If so, you might also be able to assert they are responsible for remediation.

Also client is not responding to phone calls/emails.In the mean time, what else can I do to remedy the situation?

So we often have to remediate this and touch paint.

That ours is 3/4 inch out suggested settling since the warranty passed and/or a serious enough issue to remedy. - Drainage patterns and erosion around the foundation were consistent with the settling we saw, suggesting the slab foundation had been continuously undermined throughout the 23-year life of the house. - We plan on holding the property as a long-term rental, and the amortized cost of the repairs is marginal.

The foundation is so bad the house has shifted and I’m going to be spending nearly 40-50k to get this remediated.

When violated, contracts state what the remedy may be.

Right: but what about the dozens of contracts and hard money loans that are in default without extension or remedy.

Now, if the seller was free & clear (no mortgage) when he sold, the seller could enact whatever remedy was provided for in the Deed of Trust, if he was savvy enough to even do a Deed of Trust.

Unjust enrichment is an equitable remedy.

The overall experience was ok, I think the Morris group realized that partnering with new construction groups is a cleaner approach rather than selling dilapidated properties and trusting rehab teams to remediate the property in earnest.