Casey & Skoglund, PLLC

Westview Estates is a residential community comprising of 24 single family detached homes, located in South Seattle. Construction began in 2000, upon receipt by the developer of a three million dollar development loan by Washington First International Bank. Eventually, over the course of three years of construction, the loan was increased to slightly more than four million dollars. Despite the additional money, by 2004 it was clear the developer was unable to complete and sell more than 12 of the 24 homes. The developer defaulted on its Washington First International Bank loan in early 2004. Thereafter, the Bank took the property back from the original developer and created its own, wholly owned subsidiary, RE Property. The Bank created RE to complete the construction and sell the homes for a profit. However, in 2007 the City stopped the Bank and its subsidiary from attempting to sell any more of the homes. In 2007 City of Seattle building inspectors identified significant construction defects pertaining to the underground utilities, retaining walls and other aspects of the construction and, as a result, issued multiple Notices of Violation, with associated fines and penalties.

Somerset Park is a 134-unit condominium community located in Everett, Washington. Somerset was built between 1998 and 1999, and developed by The Quadrant Corporation.

Approximately five years after the project was completed, the Somerset Homeowners Association commissioned an envelope study. The inspection revealed numerous violations of the building code, architectural plans and construction industry standards. The defects included: improper roof installation; problems with the installation of the weather resistive barrier; improper foundation and concrete work; siding and window installation issues; and installation problems with the project’s gutters.

McNeil Circle, a 12 unit condominium community located in Pierce County and constructed by Quadrant Homes, retained Casey & Skoglund to assist the community in facilitating an intrusive inspection to determine the means and methods of construction.

Ballard Condominium, a six-story 163-unit condominium community located in Ballard, Seattle, was constructed between 1999 and 2001 by Ballard Residential, LLC. Approximately two years after conclusion of construction, the Association commissioned a building envelope inspection. Fortunately the inspection was commenced before expiration of any deadline for seeking construction repairs from the original builder and/or seller. The results of the inspections were disappointing. Numerous construction failures were discovered, including dry rot.

Madrona Court, a six home community constructed by the defendants in 1999/2000, contained mold, dry rot and damage at both the interior of the homes and the exterior. Unfortunatley, it took approximately five years for the owners' to recognize the extent of the construction defects. Despite the length of time between construction and disclosure of the defects, after a two week jury trial the jury returned a verdict in favor of the owners, and confirming the defendants' failure to construct the homes in conformance with applicable Washington law. The jury also confirmed the defendants were 100% responsabile for the resulting property damage.

Yehle Park is a 32 unit community comprised of five buildings, located in DuPont, Washington. After discovering that a number of communities in DuPont were suffering from latent building defects, the homeowners contacted us for advice.

Savannah Oaks is an 82 home community comprised of 13 buildings. The homeowners approached us after confirming their project’s construction did not meet applicable building code standards. Unfortunately, the owners approached us after a number of the homes’ statute of limitation expired.

Palisade Park is a 74 unit, 12 building project located in DuPont, Washington. By the time the homeowners approached us 2/3 of the homes were beyond the applicable statutes of limitation, i.e. the homes were more than six years old.

Palisade Park is a 74 unit, 12 building project located in DuPont, Washington. By the time the homeowners approached us 2/3 of the homes were beyond the applicable statutes of limitation, i.e. the homes were more than six years old.

Sinclair Condominium is a 32 unit, 12 building community located in Juanita. The original construction included poorly installed siding and drainage. We were able to recover the funds necessary to repair all of the siding and remediate the faulty drainage system; more than one million dollars.

Silver Leaf is a 2 unit complex with poor construction that resulted in water penetration into the units. The developer rejected the homeowners request to assist them in investigating the issues and correcting them. We were able to “convince” the developer’s insurance carrier to assist in paying for a complete investigation and paying for 100% of the problems discovered, including paying for 100% attorney fees.

Mr. Lewis purchased a beautiful 700,000 dollar home. His home leaked due to improperly installed siding (EIFS). In this case, utilizing our relationships with prominent construction defect defense

The 12 Thompson Townhomes unit owners purchased their units in 1999. In 2002 a unit began leaking due to improperly sloped and waterproofed unit decks, and improperly installed building paper. Aft

The 20 Wethersfield unit owners did not know at the time they purchased their homes that the developer improperly installed windows and the roofs. Though this project is not a condominium, which cau

This 34 unit townhome community contained vinyl siding which was incorrectly installed. In addition, the concrete patios were installed abutting the vinyl. This condition allowed water to wick und

This 56 unit, six story project was originally an apartment building constructed in 1962. In 1998 a developer purchased the building and “converted” it into a condominium community. During the

This case involved three insurance companies that simply refused to honor their contract with a building owner. The owner’s building burned, with damages exceeding 300,000 dollars. The owner ret

This 57 unit community contained some of the worst construction seen by this firm. The developer not only installed the siding and windows incorrectly, causing water penetration, it installed each homes’ hydronic heating system incorrectly. We discovered, with the assistance of a University of Washington Professor and plastics expert, that the plastic hoses used in the heating system, and that snake through each unit wall, were incorrectly manufactured. Though the installer, McDonald Miller Residential, at first refused any liability, four days before trial and after we successfully had defendant’s expert excluded from testifying at trial, the defendants paid all requested sums. We were successful obtaining money sufficient to pay for all of the construction defects, including the hydronic heating systems, the attorney fees and costs, i.e.

The developer of this 54 unit community decided to retrofit vinyl windows by stripping the windows of their flanges. The results were easily predictable. A number of the windows leaked. Nevertheless, the window installer refused to respond to the owners, claiming his company was no longer in business. Casey & Skolund recovered money to perform remediation at the windows and to pay fees incurred during litigation.

The Bearing is a 23 unit project which had an incorrectly installed roof. The roof allowed water to penetrate into portions of the building. After only a few months of litigation, the defendant ag

The six homeowners living at 2410 NW 58th Street approached us approximately two years after the completion of construction of their homes. Though, by outward appearance, the project appeared sound and the developer made every assurance this was the case, during the course of an independent investigation it became apparent short cuts were taken and were leading to damage.

The Parkside Place is an 8 unit project with incorrectly installed siding and underlying building paper. We were successful in recovering the money necessary to correct the construction issues, including the siding issues, and recovered all of the fees expended by the owners.