California,
We recently put down a deposit on a house bought off-plan that is now under construction. When doing an initial frame walk it was immediately obvious that ground floor (3 story house) has 8' ceilings compared with the 9' ceilings we were led to believe would be included by the model house and condo plan.
The contract is with a large building firm and typically one sided, including mandatory arbitration and language that states that all dimensions in advertising materials could be wrong and there is no guarantee that any of the dimensions will match what you were promised.
We have contacted the seller who apologized for the error but pointed out the relevant contract clauses and said pretty much tough luck.
Do these contracts trump all consumer protection/false advertising laws?
We recently put down a deposit on a house bought off-plan that is now under construction. When doing an initial frame walk it was immediately obvious that ground floor (3 story house) has 8' ceilings compared with the 9' ceilings we were led to believe would be included by the model house and condo plan.
The contract is with a large building firm and typically one sided, including mandatory arbitration and language that states that all dimensions in advertising materials could be wrong and there is no guarantee that any of the dimensions will match what you were promised.
We have contacted the seller who apologized for the error but pointed out the relevant contract clauses and said pretty much tough luck.
Do these contracts trump all consumer protection/false advertising laws?