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Choosing
Your Builder
When you choose a builder make sure you choose a professional
that is a member of the Indiana Quality Assurance Builder
Standards program. This program provides new homebuyers
and remodeling homeowners with a tool to measure the
quality of their project against and industry approved
set of standards adopted by the Indiana Builders Association.
The Indiana Builders Association is a non-profit, membership
trade association representing over 5,300 member firms
in the state of Indiana. Your Home Builders Association
of St. Joseph Valley is a local member of the Indiana
Builders Association.
Since January 2003 all of the members of the St. Joseph
Valley Home Builders Association have been members of
the Indiana Quality Assurance Builder Standards Program.
We have found that consumers and builders appreciate
the program and information it provides. The Standards
manual, which each homeowner is given upon closing on
their home, spells out in detail the answers to the
vast majority of questions that arise in the course
of a typical new construction or remodeling. By defining
and implementing Standards for common issues, complaints
and disputes are minimized. For example: The bathtub
or shower leaks.
Standard: Bathtubs and showers should not leak.
Builder's Responsibility: The builder will repair bathtub
or shower leaks as necessary to meet the standard.
Homeowner's Responsibility: Proper maintenance by the
homeowner includes sealing areas around tubs and showers.
Maintenance of caulk seals and grout is the owner's
responsibility.
Undefined expectations are the number one frustration
for both a builder and a homebuyer during the construction
process. The Indiana Quality Assurance Builder Standards
Program helps to eliminate the confusion and allow for
a smooth project.
Remember that the Indiana Quality Assurance Builder
Standards Program is only available through an Indiana
Builders Association Member or a St. Joseph Valley Home
Builders Association Builder. Be sure to ask your builder
if they are signed up.
Send
your written questions to:
Ask
a Builder:
Home Builders Association Of St Joseph Valley
105 East Grove St.
Mishawaka, IN 46545
(574)258-0411 *fax (574)255-6705
HBAofStJoeValley
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