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NorthwestConstruction &Insurance Law
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For building owners

Construction defects & builder disputes

Help for building owners facing defective work, recurring leaks, structural concerns, or failed repairs—whether the building is a home, a commercial property, or part of an owner association.

No fee unless money is recovered on accepted matters, subject to a written fee agreement.

Representative results

Results in construction disputes.

Apartment and condominium matters involving defective work, repair costs, and the consequences for owners.

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Commercial construction

$3.6 millionRecovered

Apartment-building defects, delays, and lost rents.

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Condominium construction

Full repairsSecured for all 12 units

Building-wide siding and window repairs for a 12-unit condominium.

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Representative results are examples only. Every matter depends on its own facts, evidence, timing, contracts, policies, parties, defenses, damages, and applicable law. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes.

Reading the property

Look beyond the visible defect.

Close-up illustration of deteriorated siding and wood around a window

A damaged finish can be one part of a larger repair scope.

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The visible condition

A patch may leave the cause unresolved.

Recurring moisture, cracking, or failed finishes call for questions about the underlying assembly. A record of earlier repairs helps show whether the same condition has returned.

The repair question

What work will correct the cause?

The review connects cause, affected materials, access, reconstruction, and cost. The proposed repair should be tested against those requirements.

  1. Identify the cause
  2. Define affected work
  3. Price the complete repair
Understand repair-scope disputes

Found a construction problem? Start with the evidence.

The disagreement

What needs to be resolved?

Damage that keeps returning

Repeated leaks, cracking, or movement may call for investigation beyond the visible symptom. Keep a record of repair attempts and recurrence.

A proposed fix that misses necessary work

Compare the proposed correction with the cause, affected materials, access, and reconstruction sequence. A completed patch is not necessarily a completed repair.

Responsibility and cost in dispute

Contracts, plans, communications, expert findings, and repair pricing help show what was required, what failed, and what correction involves.

Prepare for review

Keep the record together.

Start your inquiry with a short summary. Prepare these records and provide documents when the firm requests them. Address urgent safety and mitigation needs while documenting conditions when safe.

Before-repairs preservation checklist
  • Contracts, plans, specifications and warranties
  • Dated photos and inspection or expert reports
  • A chronology of reports, promises and repair visits
  • Repair scopes, estimates and invoices

The decisions beyond the claim

Homeowner guide

The condition of the home, daily disruption, and the owner’s practical choices inform investigation and repair planning.

  • Safe, durable repair and restoration planning
  • Temporary housing and everyday disruption
  • Personal expenses and property impact

Association guide

Repair planning must account for governance, reserve and assessment concerns, and the communication demands placed on volunteer leaders.

  • Durable repairs and phased restoration
  • Board decisions and owner communication
  • Reserves, assessment pressures, and resident disruption

Commercial owner guide

We consider the physical defect alongside tenant, operating, financing, and carrying-cost consequences that shape a practical resolution.

  • Durable repair and asset restoration
  • Tenant, rent, and operating disruption
  • Financing, carrying costs, and sequencing
How the approach connects proof, repair and your priorities
Initial review

Start with the damage and your concerns.

The firm considers the available evidence, deadlines, repair costs, and possible responsibility before recommending deeper legal work. You can inquire even if the amount or legal category is not yet clear.

No fee unless money is recovered for you on accepted matters, subject to a written fee agreement.