Across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, a growing number of builders have begun dictating the exact date and time when a buyer’s independent final inspection “may” occur, often limiting the window to a single option with no exceptions. These notices read less like coordination and more like commands: one day, one time, take it or leave it. It is an unmistakable attempt to limit oversight of defective work by making third-party inspections as inconvenient and impossible as pos

Across the Dallas–Fort Worth region, a growing number of builders now condition their sales contracts on one astonishing limitation: the buyer may conduct only a single inspection , almost always the final inspection immediately before closing. On paper, this appears benign—a scheduling control measure. In practice, it’s a calculated device that shields builders from scrutiny, prevents early defect discovery, and leaves buyers functionally defenseless against construction fai

When a home construction project goes wrong, the same builder or contractor who caused the problem often demands the right to return to the property for “repairs,” “testing,” or “inspection.” To the uninitiated, that might sound cooperative. To anyone familiar with post-construction disputes, it is an enormous liability trap. Once a disagreement exists, the property is no longer just a house — it is a piece of evidence. Any careless act, untrained worker, or uninsured “expert

When litigating a residential construction dispute, building codes are often the fulcrum of liability. In Texas, the International...