@researchbuzz Yup, and our soils - such as they are - are a mix of sand, dredge spoils, and all the other materials nobody else wanted.

@cassandra17lina I am not a geologist, but I've read enough about climate change and changes to coastal groundwater to have an immediate, visceral reaction:

@researchbuzz I am a geologist with nearly 40 years of subsurface project experience and I’ve built a couple of houses and published 12 articles about home construction and I can assure you that a sprinkling of holy water into the trenches would have been just as effective.

@cassandra17lina is there a way to report that to someone? that's fraud at the very least.

@holon42 @cassandra17lina Yeah, haven't you accidentally clicked on it at least ten times making a post? It's a report button

@MidnightRider @holon42 I don’t think we’re talking about the same kind of report here.

@cassandra17lina Maybe not, I'm on an internet learner's permit

@cassandra17lina no, it's reporting fraudulent building practices not a toot🤪 hard to get the message without the context. i've done that too.🙄🤣🤣🤣

@holon42 I have kept the property owners informed with e-mails, texts, and photos. I don’t know the terms of their contract with the builder. I do know that this builder is notorious for shoddy work (like cutting through our fiber optic cable) and we put the owners in touch with prior clients of this builder who had serious problems. The owners proceeded anyway, because this builder was the low bidder. I can’t save them from their decisions because… you cannot enlighten the unconscious.

@cassandra17lina @holon42

Isn't there any municipal agency in charge of preventing building collapses?

@EileenKCarpenter There’s actually a pretty aggressive building code in our county. The bigger driver of outcomes is the BANK that makes the progress payments to the builder. They have more skin in the game than anybody until the mortgage is paid off, and they do NOT like having problems that will result in continuing costs!

@cassandra17lina oh well, they obviously don't care. i wonder if they plan to flip it quickly.

@holon42 They’re moving down here “permanently” so “flipping” is not really an option. Plus, there are many more attractive and better built homes that discerning buyer could buy.

@cassandra17lina very strange way of economizing then.🙄🫣☠️

@holon42 As my design engineer dad used to say: “never time to do it right; always time to do it over.”

@panamared Good question, but it’s unlikely to be a problem as our house is built like a fortress (by a much better builder.) The bigger issue will be drainage if the neighboring house builders pile a bunch of soil to raise the flood certificate elevation. Fortunately both our properties drain to the back of the lots where there’s a pond.

@cassandra17lina Whew! Glad to hear it. Our house is about 100 years old and sits atop a fairly steep hill. We have our issues, but drainage really isn't one.