My husband and I have been working on an addition on our house. We have the plans from an architect and were working with builder in the planning stage. The builder took all the setback from the property and worked on the plans for the addition with the architect. Unfortunately, the permits did not get passed due to some zoning restrictions (set backs from the property line). Now, we need to go to the zoning board (about $1K in costs). We paid quite a lot of money for the plans. Can I hold the architect liable for the cost of zoning? If we don't pass the zoning board can I hold my architect liable for the cost of projects done to prepare the house for the addition? Can I get the reimbursed for the cost of the drawings? My understanding is that the architect and builder should have known what the zoning issues were and planned according to that. Any ideas, links or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ...
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18 years ago