Consumption and Real Estate
Does anyone know what the consumer protection laws are for swimming pool construction in VA?
I just recently had an in ground swimming pool built in my back yard. That is the beginning of my problems. Here is the list:
1) Dug the pool too deep and caused drainage problems
2) Poured concrete
- left holes and rough edges
-put seams in crooked
-seams are not symetrical
-seams are missing
3)installed the slide on wrong side
-when he moved it to the correct slide left hole in concrete on other side
4)Slide leaks
5)Oh Yeah! Its the wrong slide!
6)Scratched up coping trying to scrape concrete off
7)Light was installed off center
8)Ladder is crooked
9)Ripped up edges of existing concrete while working
10) Tore up neighbors yard and tree with concrete truck
Anyway you get the picture. Help!!!
You should have checked the references of your builder before agreeing to let him build your pool. It seems to me that with this many problems, this is a pool builder that probably shouldnt be in the business anymore. Always Check your local Better Business Bureau for complaints etc. If you have had this many problems, I am sure that there are others that have complained as well.
I don’t know the laws for Virginia, but i am sure if you get an attorney to try to recoup some of your money due to inadequate or shoddy work, since things were not done to expectations that once served with these papers from the attorney the company in question might change their ways. Your other choice is to have the decking and the slide, and other such problems fixed by another company and make them pay for the repairs necessary.
The one problem you might encounter is that a pool company might sub-contract some of the work out, and therefore, while technically they are liable for the work of the subcontractor they hired, the subcontractor can also be liable for their shoddy work.
I would consult a lawyer. Obviously having the pool in the backyard, there wont be any issues with seeing the problems. Just make sure you have your contract you signed with the pool builder, and the blueprints if they were given to you, or you have your own copies so that you can prove that the design of the pool was not followed as planned.
Hope this helps.