County Government corruption?

[shabobaloo]

What is the name of your state? Georgia

Long story short, We have built a home that has passed every inspection along the way. We are now at the end of construction, and have been told that because of the way we built the house on the lot, the developer is having a hard time selling the lot next door. We are completely within the bulding codes on our home, and the county has been unable to show where we are not, but they refuse to give us a certificate of occupancy until we saatisfy the developers requests, which will cost us thousands of dollars. We are living in the home, they previously gave us a verbal C/O, which they are now trying to revoke. Several of the county insopectors have said outuloud that if we just buy the adjacent lot, this would all go away. The developers right hand man told us yesterday that if we would agree to grade and clear that lot, he would call the county and get our C/O rfeleased. This developer is a huge big deal in my area, and apparantley has all of the say in what the conuty approves and doesn't. Surely this is illegal.

 

[JETX]

We are now at the end of construction, and have been told that because of the way we built the house on the lot, the developer is having a hard time selling the lot next door.

Okay. So, what EXACTLY is the developer claiming is causing this problem??

We are completely within the bulding codes on our home, and the county has been unable to show where we are not, but they refuse to give us a certificate of occupancy until we saatisfy the developers requests, which will cost us thousands of dollars.

What EXACTLY are the 'developers requests'??

The developers right hand man told us yesterday that if we would agree to grade and clear that lot

From that, it would appear that 'someone' is claiming that you may have graded your property to runoff onto the adjacent lot. Is that correct?? If so, then YOU will have to repair your problem.... and not simply 'transfer' it to someone else.

Surely this is illegal.

Surely what is illegal?? There is nothing in your post to even suggest that.

 

[shabobaloo]

answers to questions

No it is not our drainage that is the problem. The lot next door is the one with the drainage problem. We have had the storm water and sewage county officials out here to look, and they have agreed that this is not our problem, we are within the codes. These inspectors are who told the deveoper and us that the drainage issues can be solved fairly easily, but the developer says that he canb't find abuilder who is willing to put the extra effort into it. You should also know that these two lots, ours and the one next door, were sold as out-lots, undesireable. We incurred high site costs to put our house here. Now it seems he would like us to keep another builder from the same problems. The developer somehow is able to keep the inspectors from issuing a C/O even though by their own accounts, we have not violated and codes. My concern started rising when the first inspector mentioned us buying that lot. Then only escalated to alarm yesterday when the developers guy told us that as soon as we agree to prepare that lot for the next builder, which obviously to us, is his problem.

 

[shabobaloo]

missed one question

on your question as to what would be illegal, is it not the inspectors office responsibilty to remain impartial? Are they not here to make sure everyone, including developers with a lot of money, follow the codes? Are there not laws against a developer being able to make a phone call and hold up the C/O for someones home when no codes have been violated? He is just simply unhappy that he could have made more money off of our lot had he known the building codes better? This all reeks of inspectors being on his payroll. I want to know what can be done, if anything, legally?