A focused practice for serious homeowner property problems.
Burnside handles a narrow set of serious homeowner matters where repair cost, insurance underpayment, or post-purchase defects create real financial pressure. The work is focused on disputes serious enough to justify review, not routine property frustrations.
Burnside works on contingency. In plain terms, there is no fee unless money is recovered for you.
The three main categories of work.
These three categories cover the main kinds of serious homeowner property disputes Burnside handles. Each one explains the issue in more detail.
Construction Defects and Builder Disputes
For major residential defect problems where the cost to investigate, repair, or hold the builder accountable is too large to treat as routine.
- Water intrusion, envelope failure, or recurring moisture damage
- Builder repair promises that keep repeating without fixing the real problem
- Structural, settlement, or major repair-scope disputes
Home Insurance Recovery
For serious residential property claims where the insurer's number, scope, or delay is changing the owner’s repair path.
- Denied or underpaid claims after major property damage
- Repair scopes that do not reflect what proper restoration requires
- Claim delay that is affecting timing, funding, or next steps
Hidden Defects / Inspection Problems
For expensive post-purchase problems where the facts may point toward missing disclosures, concealment, or inspection failures.
- Serious defects discovered after closing
- Seller-side facts that may not have been disclosed
- Inspection misses involving costly structural or moisture-related problems
What usually makes a case worth review
Cases usually become worth review when the stakes are real and the other side is already changing the path forward.
The repair cost is substantial
The issue is no longer a minor annoyance. The owner is facing meaningful repair scope, claim exposure, or post-purchase loss.
Someone is already minimizing responsibility
The builder, insurer, seller, inspector, or another party is narrowing the problem, denying responsibility, or trying to make a smaller issue seem final.
The owner needs a practical next step
The question is not whether the situation is frustrating. The question is whether it is serious enough to justify legal pressure and recovery work.
Problems that usually justify review
- Major repair cost or a meaningful gap between the problem and the money offered to solve it.
- A builder, insurer, seller, or inspector is already disputing scope, responsibility, or value.
- The facts need to be sorted while decisions about repairs, claims, or next steps are still moving.
Situations that are usually outside the lane
- Routine punch-list issues, minor repair frustrations, or ordinary wear without meaningful financial stakes.
- Situations where there is no real dispute yet and no meaningful reason to think accountability or recovery is at issue.
- Matters that are better handled as standard transactional, landlord-tenant, or general property work rather than serious defect or recovery disputes.
Burnside works on contingency. In plain terms, there is no fee unless money is recovered for you.
Bring the issue in for review.
If the problem involves major repair cost, underpaid recovery, or serious post-purchase defects, start with a short summary of what happened.