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Drainage Issue with new home

5 years ago
Hi! We built a home 14mo ago and built at the end of a private cul-de-sac that slopes downward. Unfortunately, when the driveway was put in, it was put in lower than the drain, so when it rains, all of the water from the street runs down our driveway rather than into the drain. We mentioned this to our builder when building but they didn’t adjust in any sort of way to avoid the issue.

This weekend, after heavy rain, we came home to serious water erosion which sunk in about 3’ under the concrete of our driveway, and eroded about 5’ down along the side of the house and pulled in additional yard. We called our homeowners insurance and they claim this isn’t covered because there is technically no damage to the house. I’m wondering if this is something we should be taking to the builder for them to resolve or what our next steps should be? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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