WATER LEAKING IN WALKOUT BASEMENT

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MISSOURI.
I HAD A NEW HOME CONTRUCTED IN JANUARY 07 AND CLOSED IN JUN 07. APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS INTO OCCUPYING THE HOME, I WAS IN MY FAMILY ROOM WHEN THE CARPET SQUISHED. I CALLED MY RE AGENT AND HE CONTACTED THE BUILDER. NEXT DAY, THE BUILDER SENT OUT SOME GUYS I HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THEY HAD TO PULL BACK THE CARPET HALFWAY AND THEY SUCKED UP 15 GALLONS OF WATER FROM THE CARPET, FLOOR AND PADDING. AFTER TELLING THE MEN THAT I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE PADDING BEING WET AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MOLD GROWING, THEY EVENTUALLY PUT SOME NEW PADDING DOWN. AFTER WEEKS OF BEING DODGE BY THE BUILDER, HE SENDS HIS NEW SUPERVISOR, HIS SON, TO OUR HOME AND HE TELLS US THAT IT WAS THE 100 YEAR FLOOD AND OF COURSE WATER WILL GET IN. I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT ANSWER. LONG STORY SHORT, WE WERE TOLD BY THIS BUILDER'S COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THE BUSINESS SUPERVISOR, THAT OUR YARD WAS PITCHED TOWARDS OUR HOME AND WE NEEDED AT LEAST SIX LOADS OF DIRT FOR GRADING AND TUBING ON OUR DOWNSPOUTS IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. THEY FINALLY COMPLETED THE TUBING MINUS 6 LOADS OF DIRT ( ONLY 2). DURING ALL THIS TIME I KEPT SMELLING A MUSTY SMELL AND IT BUGGED ME. THEN IT WAS NOTICED AGAIN, MORE WATER IN THE PADDING IN ONE CORNER OF FAMILY ROOM AND ALONG THE COMPLETE BACKSIDE OF THE HOUSE, THROUGH THE BEDROOM AND JOHN DEERE ROOM. ALSO, THE TOP OF OUR LIFT IN THE UTILITY ROOM WAS POOLED WITH WATER AND INSIDE THE CEMENT WALLS OF OUR TORNADO SHELTER AND UNDER STAIRS WAS COLLECTING LOTS OF WATER. I HAVE TAKEN LOTS OF PICS AND CONTACTED THE BUILDER, ONLY TO HAVE THEM DODGING ME AGAIN. I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SELL THIS HOME LIKE THIS NOR RECUP THE MONEY I PUT DOWN ON THIS HOME. I ALSO FEAR MOLD GROWING. ANY SUGGESTIONS?

Based on what you say here, you could file suit against them (or at least threaten to do so) in small claims court or in regular court; filing in small claims court is easier and requires no attorney but amounts are limited...you could try to collect all of the costs and damages that you suffered due to their behavior... You may also report them to your state attorney general's office.