Outdoor Living Space Is "structurally Unsound"
Location: Tennessee
We dropped about $70k on an enclosed patio back in 2020 (structure completed in early 2021). We were told by this company that permits for any of the work are not required because it was considered an outbuilding.
Despite the company coming highly recommended (the owner is a childhood friend of my best friend) and completing multiple jobs in our neighborhood, that company went out of business due to a nasty divorce.
We recently had a different company come out to help us with some wiring issues and other cosmetic/more superficial updates. The estimator took one look at it and said that the space is structually unsound (not enough support beams for the roof), the electrical work is not up to code, and the gas line is done incorrectly...and, they should've pulled permits for all of this work...The new company basically told us that it wpuld actually be more cost-effective to demo and redo. The only thing they'd help us with would be to install some temporary support beams, to prevent catastrophic failure.
Should we seek legal action?
TLDR: Professional contractor who is a mutual friend fucked up our $70k backyard patio to the point where it's dangerous to be under it. Should we see legal action? CAN we?.... considering his company went out of business? Location - TN
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