Greifenberger v. Pav

The plaintiffs contracted to purchase a single family home to be constructed in the Town of Smithtown (hereinafter the Town). The closing of title was conditioned upon the defendant Meadow Acres Realty Corp. obtaining a certificate of occupancy for the new home, which was accomplished on May 6, 1993. By December of 1993 cracks began to appear in the home. After an inspection by a professional engineer revealed that the home’s framing did not meet the requirements of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code (9 NYCRR 600.1 et seq.) and that no blueprints had been filed with…