More Buyer Beware!
Buyer Beware! The NC Court of Appeals has provided us another opinion to solidify prior cases in North Carolina warning buyers in real estate transactions to conduct independent due diligence [...]
Litigation and New Home Construction
A recent story from a television station in New Mexico (“Excessive litigation a threat to home construction” read more here) so understates the matters at issue with respect to construction [...]
Private Property Management Companies and Military Housing
Over a dozen private property management companies manage on-base housing for the United States Military. This structure of military housing management arose under the Military Housing [...]
Who Pays To Pick Up The Pieces When It All Falls Down?
On October 12, 2019, the half-built Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana pancaked from the top down, injuring many workers on the project and killing three. Surprisingly, not everyone [...]
What do I do if I have leaking windows?
What to do with leaking windows? Do you have leaking Windows and Doors? Shipman & Wright can help Every person’s home is their castle. Following major rain events like Hurricane Florence [...]
New Certificate of Assumed Name Statutes
New Certificate of Assumed Name Statutes North Carolina has revised its law regarding the use of assumed business names. The new Article 14A of Chapter 66 in the NC General Statutes became [...]
The Dangers of Spray Polyurethane Foam
The Dangers of Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF): Why Homeowners Should Think Twice About Installing SPF in Their Homes. Homeowners are often told by contractors that spray polyurethane foam (SPF) is [...]
Design Specifications v. Performance Specifications: Why Control Matters
Construction contracts necessarily involve large amounts of time, money, and work, making the allocation of risk in the contract important to those investing their efforts into the project. There [...]
Do you have a “Construction Defect”?
The term “construction defect” may vary from state to state by statute or common law. Generally speaking, the term “construction defect” is broader than just the failure to construct a building [...]
New Construction Defects
Have you recently bought a newly constructed home? Did you immediately begin noticing defects on the exterior or interior of the home, or on the property itself? Have your communications with the [...]