You may have recently purchased a plot of land that you wish to build up to become your future home. Or you may have recently decided that it is time for a renovation of your current residential property. Whatever your specific case is, you may encounter significant roadblocks when undergoing a construction project on your property. Such roadblocks may entail outside parties getting involved and disputing your activities. Read on to discover the most common types of construction disputes and how a seasoned New York City real estate attorney at Zimmet Law Group, P.C. can help you resolve any issues that may arise.
What are the most common types of construction disputes in New York?
If you plan to add expansions onto your residential property, this may create boundary disputes with the residents of your neighboring properties. Specifically, they may argue that your additions are encroaching over onto their property, such as your fencing being installed on the wrong side of the property line. Or, they may argue that your additions are inconveniencing their right-of-way onto their property, such as blocking their side of your joint driveway. or that it is otherwise inconveniencing their right-of-way onto their property. Without further ado, other common construction disputes that you may be faced with are as follows:
- A construction defect dispute: you may argue that your hired team of professionals made flaws in their construction and thereby breached their duty of care.
- A construction breach of contract dispute: you may argue that your hired team of professionals failed to fulfill certain work requirements and thereby breached their contract.
- A construction delay dispute: you may argue that your hired team of professionals has been negligently inactive in their work and thereby caused you unnecessary monetary damages.
What can I do to resolve my real estate construction dispute?
Construction disputes may do nothing but create additional headaches and burdens for all parties involved. This is why you must be proactive in taking immediate action to resolve yours. Specifically, if yours is a case of boundary disputes, then you may want to contact state or local governments to perform land surveys or reference historical records on your behalf.
But generally speaking, you may first attempt to openly communicate with the disputing party to settle the matter amongst yourselves. If no agreement can be reached in this way, then you may turn to mediation, arbitration, or in a drastic situation, litigation. Regardless, this may require you to retain legal representation.
At the end of the day, even if you are just considering a construction project on your property, you must first consult a competent New York City real estate attorney from Zimmet Law Group, P.C. Contact our firm today.
