All-Georgia Development, Inc. v. Kadis

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff purchased a house from defendant in December 1981. The house was built by defendant, a registered builder in the Home Owners Warranty program, and it was covered by Home Owners Warranty insurance.

In early 1982 plaintiff notified defendant that he was experiencing drainage and erosion problems. In this regard, plaintiff complained that water was pooling in the crawl space under the house and that the front lawn was eroding. Initially, defendant was slow to respond to plaintiff’s complaints. After additional prompting, however, defendant took various…