Clients frustrated? Feel ripped off and can't call the police to file a report? For starters, go HERE. Read up on the "Notice and Opportunity to Repair Act" in Idaho; it is constructed in a way that is similar to an inspection contingency in a Purchase and Sale Contract, with sensitive time-limits (so that your or your clients' problem does not go on, and on, and on--part of the original problem, right?)--Just read through it, and you get the idea that there is help for you or your clients, on the shiny side of the badge (law).
We all know that sometimes construction defects, major and minor, just never get fixed by the builder because it is supposedly "expensive" for that builder, and enforcing what is right for the new construction buyer is major-league expensive too, right? Well, someone working for the State of Idaho, perhaps following other States' lead (California has laws like this, and takes it a step further: if you are a senior citizen homeowner with this problem and the builder blows you off, watch out! And maybe that is "coming soon" to Idaho...stay tuned) put this law into place, thereby potentially making "enforcement"/legal costs less expensive for consumers.
Contractors in Idaho must register with the Idaho State Contractors Board, as provided by Idaho Law. There is a short pdf handbook entitled, "Residential Construction" that you can download, and it tells you how to check out the contractor ahead of time, how to file a complaint if necessary (which goes on the contractor's registration--not good), and supplies phone numbers and links for your clients to get help.
Here's a link to the Idaho Consumer Protection Manual, and it even includes info for problems when a contractor repairs or remodels your home.
Great resources, right under our Idaho noses, right?
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