Law Blog For Design Professionals And Business Owners In San Francisco
When a clouded title complicates a flipping project
Flipping a home takes a lot of work. The process generally involves the purchase of a home that requires significant help to become marketable, putting in the elbow grease to improve it, and turning around to sell it for a profit. In California, home flipping is an...
How design professionals are affected by environmental hazards
Before a new structure can be built, a number of regulations must be reviewed and followed to ensure compliance with California state and federal laws. In particular, regulations related to the environment and potential hazards are significant in that ignoring them...
How a nondisclosure violation could impact your design company
Protecting private company information is often critical to the financial success of a business, especially for companies in creative fields. As an architectural or design firm, your company deals with a lot of proprietary information. Clients may provide you with...
What is a mechanic’s lien?
Construction projects in the Bay Area can cost millions of dollars to complete and can take months if not years to finish. From start to finish, hundreds of different workers may provide labor to ensure that the structural, electrical, plumbing, and other systems of...
Contracts are the basis of protection for designers
Design professionals have a challenging profession. They sometimes have to take a rather broad description of a project and turn it into a plan that the client or other professionals can follow that will make the client’s vision become reality. This comes with some...
Your rights when you discover a latent defect in a home you buy
Buying a house can be a process full of uncertainties. From making an offer high enough to catch the seller's attention without breaking your budget to exploring whether a neighborhood meets your family's needs, there are going to be countless potential considerations...
How long do you have to wait to flip your house?
You buy a home that needs a lot of work. Your goal is to flip the house and make a profit. You know how to do a lot of the work and you’re willing to hire people to do what you can’t. As you see it, you can get a great deal now because of the state of the home, but...
Defending a design to clients after it suffers landslide damages
Coastal, hillside and mountainside properties are often among the most coveted and expensive real estate available in California given that they offer both privacy and incredible views. Unfortunately, those pristine views and expensive locations carry a host of risks...
Forensic investigations may assist in design defect claims
Construction projects require multiple individuals and companies to play a role in getting the structure erected. While most projects are completed without any issues, there are times when problems arise. Unfortunately, allegations of malpractice might be waged...
What causes foundation cracks?
A cracked foundation can be a major issue for a house that undermines the structural integrity of the entire project. It’s also very hard to fix in many cases, if only discovered after construction is complete. One complicated tactic to repair the foundation involves...
