Charleston Construction
Defect Attorneys
Our lawyers have 20+ years combined experience, prosecuting hundreds of cases, recovering millions of dollars.
Contractors and developers frequently deliver shoddily built homes to homeowners, and carelessly developed communities to HOAs, POAs, and HPRs, in Charleston and across South Carolina. This poor workmanship causes leaking roofs and windows, rotting wood and termites, flooded homes and yards, sinkholes and collapsing driveways, buckled floors and siding, and numerous other problems. As a team of construction defect attorneys, we know this ordeal can be stressful.
Fortunately, South Carolina law arms homeowners with powerful rights and remedies. Our construction defect attorneys have more than a decade of experience putting these influential tools to work, pursuing claims against builders, developers, and others responsible for defective construction, negligent land development, and flooded property.
Our Charleston law firm is well equipped with construction defect attorneys with SC law legal advice and legal representation to successfully manage your construction defect claim. We can review your claim and verify SC law protects you in cases of construction contracts, builder negligence, bad contractor, structural defect, water damage, or there house damage and house defects where you as a homeowner have the right to sue.
Has poor construction left your
home in need of repairs?
- WATER AND TERMITE DAMAGE
- DENIED WARRANTY CLAIMS
- UNDELIVERED HOA AMENITIES
- BUCKLED FLOORING
- HVAC/PLUMBING/ELECTRICAL ISSUES
Do you have right to sue? Take this construction defect survey to find out how we can help.
Injured? We Can Help.
Our team handles personal injury cases too, with our experience spanning the spectrum. From car accidents to slip and falls, our personal injury lawyers are proud advocates for the injured. We will handle every aspect of your accident claim, from start to finish, so you can focus on restoring your health and getting your future back on track.
We handle the following types of personal injury cases:
- Medical malpractice
- Truck accidents
- Auto accidents
- Nursing home abuse
- Workers’ Compensation
- And more!
If you have been injured, Ben Traywick Law will fight for the compensation you deserve – no matter how minor or complex your claim. Our personal injury lawyers are here to help, so don’t hesitate to reach out.
CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
If you’re unsatisfied with your home’s construction, our trusted of construction defect attorneys are here to help – and to hold your builder or contractor accountable for any home structural damage or other construction defects.
BUSINESS LITIGATION
As experienced trial lawyers, our business dispute attorneys are equipped to plead your case in state or federal court, always keeping your company’s bottom line in mind.
PERSONAL INJURY
Our team of injury attorneys have handled a wide variety of personal injury cases, including Workers’ Compensation, Auto Accidents, Slip and Falls, and all other personal injury claims.
Our Results | Construction Defect
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT RESULTS
In 2020, BTL recovered $250,000 in claims against a developer and two builders of a waterfront neighborhood in Charleston. Our clients purchased new homes which featured deepwater docks, only to find shortly after moving in that the creek bank was undergoing alarmingly rapid erosion which threatened to collapse portions of the docks and, if left unchecked, eventually could threaten the houses themselves. Through discovery BTL established that to build our clients’ houses, the developer had stripped virtually all vegetation from what historically had been a heavily-wooded, long-stable creek bank, but had failed to install the seawall which was necessary to prevent catastrophic erosion of the stripped, nearly treeless creek bank. The sum recovered represented the full price of the seawall and ancillary damages.
$250,000
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT RESULTS
In 2018, BTL successfully resolved claims for clients in Beaufort, SC, who purchased a new home from a national homebuilder, moved in, and promptly began to notice old glass, rusty sheet metal, and other solid waste just beneath the grass in their yard. Through discovery, the firm established that the house had been built on an illegal dumping site that the builder had not remediated before construction. On the third day of the jury trial, the builder relented and agreed to buy our client’s house back at full value, and to pay our clients $92,500 as well.
$92,500
(Home Repurchased by Builder)
CONSTRUCTION DEFECT RESULTS
In 2020, BTL settled a case for clients who had been driven from their new home by a persistent metallic odor in the house, apparently emanating from the materials the builder had used to construct the house. The builder paid for alternate housing throughout two years of litigation, ultimately repurchased the house at full purchase price, and paid our clients $175,000.
$175,000
(Home Repurchased by Builder)
Meet Our
Attorneys.
Our highly-qualified team is here to help, focused on securing results for the clients we are proud to serve – in the community we are proud to call home. Trust our Charleston law firm of South Carolina attorneys to fight for the justice you deserve.
