Couple Sue Homebuilder Over Urine-Soaked Walls

[matcom]

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Bradley and Margaret Parker's version of the American dream was ruined by subcontractors who urinated in the unfinished house, a Tuesday lawsuit alleges.

"It shocks people. It was something (the Parkers) couldn't mentally overcome," their attorney, Douglas May, said Tuesday after filing suit against Ryan Homes.

The Clermont County couple put $5,000 down in June on the $290,390 home they contracted to buy on Lot 44 of the Terrace Ridge subdivision.

In October, though, they made a surprise visit to their home as it was under construction and found several areas inside the home that had been damaged due to pooled urine, the suit stated.

"There's really no dispute that the activity of urinating occurred," May said, adding that drywall contractors are the prime suspects. "We have photographs of the stained areas."

NVR, Inc., doing business as Ryan Homes, was contracted to build the house. Representatives of Ryan, which builds homes in 10 states and has a regional office in West Chester, couldn't be reached for comment.

The suit against Ryan accused the builder of "allowing workers to habitually urinate within the home while it was under construction.

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[SheepyMcSheepster]

1. sounds like the contractor did a piss poor job! eom

[Spinzonner]

4. Actually it was piss rich

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Don't think of it as "urine".

Consider it as a very organic aromatherapy treatment.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Gotta pee somewhere.

:shrug:

[LiberalinNC]

5. This does happen more often than you think!

While a house across the street from me was being built, the workers would use the "large" crawl space to pee, instead of using the Jiffy John.

[underpants]

6. I've got a friend who installs fireplaces

and quite often the empty fireplace is used as a toilet-mostly by workers who live in the apartments while they are being finished.