Water leakage from a brand new roof - Sue Builder in NJ

[Thao Kieu]

Hi Biggerpocket

I have this situation I want to share with everybody and seeking for advice if you run into this problem and how to deal with them.

Our house was burn down by a fire and we got a builder in NJ which specialize in service environmental, construction and restoration to rebuild our home. We moved back in June and here the major issues kept happening.

1 Dec 28, 2018 Leakage from kitchen ceiling

Problem:

• I saw the puddle on kitchen floor in last 2 days, ceiling dry
• Today, water pouring from the vent on the ceiling at 12PM & stopped at 3PM
• It was raining since last night and still raining at the time I found out
• Contacted the Project manager and he is sending roofer out

2 Dec 27, 28

• I saw puddle of water on kitchen floor but the ceiling was dry, vent as well

3 Nov 27, 2018 

Weather was dry, no raining at all

Water was drifting from the light on ceiling. Turn out boot covers were missing.

Roofer installed the missing boot but got 1 wrong size, after we pointed it out they fixed it with correct boot cover.

4 Aug 7, 2018 Leakage from kitchen ceiling

2 months after we moved in there was a sign of water leakage from kitchen vent.

With all the frustration we are seeking for the option that we can do:

• Request this builder to pay for the cost of other roofer to take a look and fix where needed
• Anyone can refer a RE lawyer been dealing with contractor/builder issue to see if we could build a case
• What would you do?

Thank you very much for your help.