If ever a builder used Murphy's Law ("WHATEVER CAN GO WRONG, WILL GO WRONG") as their principle guide for constructing a house, it would have to be this one.

Probably the biggest mistake you can make is have this builder customize your home. We realized this when they could not even get the footings in correctly. From there it just got worse and we had to be present practically every day of this pitiful construction.

Here is a list of some of the errors that only we caught during the construction of our home because they had absolutely no site supervision and for that matter no common sense either.

1. Footings installed incorrectly with front entrance footing inset 3 feet to far into house.

2. No footing for fireplace.

3. Foundation wall poured with incorrect window placements.

4. The foundation wall poured incorrectly, garage entrance not centred, have brick fill in on one side not patched and parged

5. Foundation wall back filled prematurely without the required engineered lateral support wall.

6. Drains laid incorrectly, not routed to the revised plumbing stack locations. Even though they were made aware they decided to run drain from the ensuite bathroom along the basement ceiling for 14 feet adding multiple fittings to reach the standard plan location.

7. Sump pump pit placed in wrong location, not to plan, then moved to a second incorrect location in the path of a entranceway to the furnace area. The builder obviously can't count and stated the sump was moved 3 times. Anyone with a brain would know that the original sump location is not considered as being a moved location.

8. Sump pump motor installed so low the sump cover cannot be removed. Of course a person with reasonable intelligence would have measured the pipe to ensure the required clearance space. Unfortunately for us this kind of rational thinking must have been an option during the construction of our house we were not made aware of.

9. Water meter placed in wrong location, in the path of a entranceway. Moved over to side wall but connections were not inspected by the city as required. Water leaking through the concrete patch.

10. Basement floor not poured in time, delayed installation of 2X6 perimeter lateral stud wall to support 9' high basement causing major foundation leaking cracks.

11. Installed 2X6 lateral support wall in basement cold cellar not required.

12. Supply air heat run missing in basement.

13. Several basement windows bowing in, not operating properly, will not open, can’t remove some windowpanes.

14. Builder omitted our selected accent brick; we had to correct it with bricklayers.

15. Bricklayers laid 200 sq. ft. of wrong brick (brown & black random) on front & east wall and surrounded with my red brick, we had to complain to get it torn down.

16. Bricklayers installed quoined corner below porch slab, does not match up with anything.

17. Two-second floor downspouts mounted crooked on front wall, all others appear to be straight.

18. Electrical outlet installed in garage ceiling for door opener not on separate circuit.

19. Electrical outlet for central vacuum wrong amperage and installed 12 feet from vac location.

20. Railing for stairs from garage to laundry room made out of rough timber, splinters all over. Wouldn’t use this wood for anything let alone a handrail.

21. Multiple main floor framing errors.

22. Main floor office/laundry room partition wall out of position by 1.5'.

23. Powder room partition wall out of position by 1.5'.

24. Front living room windows framed off centre by 6".

25. Main floor office window framed too large and 2' off centre.

26. Kitchen window framed too large.

27. Kitchen floor uneven in several locations, I had to use self-levelling cement to correct when installing custom tile.

28. Pass thru in family room wall framed 1' off centre.

29. Fireplace opening framed off centre.

30. Staircase not framed for being open to basement.

31. No proper support in stud wall to secure end of staircase railing.

32. Cuts in hallway, dining room and kitchen sub floor not patched, flooring laid over.

33. Thermostat placed in small main floor office room where it is exposed to direct sunlight creating above average temperatures of 3 degrees or more tricking furnace into not running for several hours.

34. Supply air vent missing on main floor.

35. Main floor and basement stairs not up to code.

36. Flooring installed to early, ruined by trades, builder had to rip up and replace 640 sq. ft. of damaged flooring.

37. Multiple 2nd floor framing errors.

38. No proper support in stud wall to secure end of staircase railing, railing loose, moves 8” side to side.

39. Semi ensuite doorway not framed for main bathroom.

40. Sitting room archway not framed.

41. Dressing room archway not framed.

42. No support in stud walls for master ensuite pedestal sinks; has been corrected but builder has refused to install fixtures and faucets contracted for to this day, 3 years later.

43. Master ensuite window framed off centre.

44. Upper hallway window framed too low on wall.

45. Cut in dressing room sub floor not patched, carpeted over.

46. Only single water supply and drain installed for double sink vanity in main bath.

47. Two vanity lights wired off centre based on incorrect vanity length in main bath.

48. Switches for entrance to master bedroom closet area located in room behind swinging door, not as per our plan.

49. Two bathrooms have exhaust vents directing air back at opening windows cause major icing on windows in winter.

50. Return air vent in 2nd floor bedroom not connected to return air system.

51. Return air vent in 2nd floor hallway not connected to return air system.

52. Drywall was installed on 2nd floor before insulation was inspected, these covered areas have never been inspected.

53. Mechanical chase provided for the shortest heat run (15 feet with 1 elbow) to 2nd floor dressing room was ignored. The duct was routed the longest possible route adding 9 feet of additional duct and 2 more elbows. This area is now 5 F colder than master bedroom.

54. Fireplace firebox not centred in mantle space, upgraded granite surround not evenly applied.

55. Builder had their labourers deliver our upgraded water heater to the house. No stairs were available at this time of construction and when they were lifting it up through the garage entrance into the house, they dropped the water heater 4 feet onto garage floor.

These are careless mistakes and only the most incompetent if builders would let this happen.