This is where it all began

[silverwolf]

I think at this point the city building department should have some liability for passing these houses.

[KennethFox]

It might be time to catalog and publicly list each home and the city inspector that certified it for occupancy. Government should be held accountable.

[GildaLee]

That carpet urination indicates a no-supervisor situation with untrained, unskilled workers who are hostile. Jesus. It is as if the building company wants to rub the buyers' nose in their greed and hatred.

[russcrawford]

As a carpenter, I can verify a lot of these violations ... truthful content is always allowed ... thank you from an honest contractor ...

[danpinsonsax]

As a 20 yr RE broker in Phoenix, the builders, cities, and ROC have created such a lax system where even minimum building standards can’t be met.

[RogerSegerJr]

When I was 15, back in 1990, i worked for a builder during summer and weekends as a gopher/cutman. We agreed that he would get my state certified by my 16th birthday and would pay me under the table $6/he. The first thing he taught me was that the 1/8" rule is BS and any TRUE craftsman can build to 1/16" or better. My main job the first year I was with him was true up trusses and any other pre-fabbed materials that showed up. Paul Huhn took pride in his work and paid his guys according to their level of pride in their work. I owe him immensely for instilling that attention to detail & showing me the right way to build with pride!. Keep up the great work Cy!

[ashishpatel]

I blame the city inspectors not doing their jobs

[DbD]

All these 500k homes in Arizona are garbage...

[GalenBirner-segh]

The thought of spending 400-500k on a new house just to turn around and have to spend another 100k to fix the new house is horrible.

[PyroGambler]

the dislike are from the people who build these houses.

[Frostshk]

Would be a shame if somebody went around these communities & created a spreadsheet tying communities to city inspectors for some of these messed up homes..

[hozie]

Great job. I'm a PE and find the same kinds of problems when ask to do a home inspection. The realtor that use-to-use me won't use me anymore because I stopped so many purchases.

[silverthorngoodtree]

For those who think rain caps are not a big deal, Besides water coming in, it also prevents a Vapor block that pushes against the existing air, so the furnace exit gas's expel inside the house.

[RobinTig]

At this point, people out there should be able to find the cracks, welds, missing caps, broken cabinets etc just watching your vids. I go visit someone's house now they ask me, where are you going ? I say I'm off to check your terribly built home . Lemme bring in my
Thermal 😁

[jeffcampbell]

I worked for a couple of carlenters when I was young. This would get me fired immediately!
I remember when all this began. We were framing and drying in houses, except roofing. One day, the builder calls my boss, "I have a crew that says they will do it for less than half what you charge. If you can do it for his price, I would rather you do it because I like your work." My boss said no way.
About 2 years later, the builder called my boss, "I've got a massive problem! The siding is popping off all those houses. And numerous other problems!" Doors were not shutting, crooked walls, studs loose, and many more. The boss went and looked, and the siding nails weren't in the studs. Studs nailed halfway. Windows out of square and won't open. The price my boss gave to fix it was more than double what he charged to begin with. That builder got sued out of business.
I can guess who the carpenters are. You get what you pay for. People are to blame for allowing them to come and do this. They do not care about quality.

[Rob]

In cases like these where an inspector has approved a COA for an obviously deficient property, the inspectors name should be featured onscreen while exposing each violation they were either too stupid, or too corrupt to cite.

[DanR]

Dude is 100% right about being forced to close. Had the same issue with my home, and we had to pay up $3k because there were some last minute issues. Lucky for us the builders actually built pretty good houses and we're very happy. I think a large part of this is our city inspectors were fairly tough on the builders.

[jamessingleton]

You are doing a service to viewers. Expect a fight from these crooked builders.

[ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings.]

Does anyone else wonder why they leave broken welds KNOWING he's going to check them?

[cheetahb]

I don’t understand 1) Why the hell these builders haven’t been sued under massive class-action lawsuits for fraud, and; 2) Why state officials have not been investigating the local inspectors for their probably illegal buddy-buddy relationship with the builders?