The house was built in 2008 and I purchased it new, never having been lived in (after inspection) in 2010. Within 3 years it began to fall apart. I first attributed it to the ground sinking/shifting problems they have around Lakeside although none of my neighbors have any problems. Various abañils which I've hired to shore up the problems have pointed out construction inadequacies like faulty materials used in the foundation and voids in the ceilings and walls. They've discovered many of them by simply tapping the surfaces and listening for hollow sounds and digging a little around the foundation. You'd think an engineer could have employed similar measures when inspecting the structure if not more sophisticated ones?
Brad is a hell of a nice guy but I do not believe he's a "structural" engineer.
It's a crap shoot buy a house Lakeside given there are no protections like title insurance, etc. I assumed buying a "new" house would garantee structural integrity, especially having it "professionally" inspected but no such luck.
Buyer beware!