I M A G E G A L L E R I E S

Austin Capitol Pics
Builder Clipart
Cartoons
Construction Defect Clipart
Groundhog Day Posters
Happy Homeowners
Homeowner Horrors
Mortgage and TRCC Impact
Soil Conditions and Cracked Foundations
HOT Screen Backgrounds

Austin Capitol Pics

Capitol

Capitol

Capitol

Capitol

Comptroller Susan Combs

Rep. Diana Maldonado

US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson

Lt. Governor

Governor Rick Perry

Speaker Joe Straus

Speaker Joe Straus

Texas: State of Neglect

Sunset Commission Staff Report recommending to abolish the TRCC

TX Assoc.of Builders' Rally Day

TX Assoc.of Builders' Rally Day

TX Assoc.of Builders' Rally Day

TX Assoc.of Builders' Rally Day

TX Assoc.of Builders' Rally Day

TX Assoc.of Builders' Rally Day

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Builder Clipart

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Blueprint Plans

Houston homebuilder Bob Perry

Laying Bricks

Brick layer tools

White bricks (for background image)

"Trust me" builder

Builder-owned finance companies (mortgage, title, insurance)

Beware of binding arbitration in contracts

Devil: Not all builders are that evil.

Front door

For Sale (Sold) sign

Framer working at dusk

Framing

Framing

Framing

Framing

Framing

Framing

Framing

Golden toons measure

Golden toons paint

Golden toons measure lemon

Home1

Home2

Home3

Homebuilder Banner

Homebuilder Partners (gears)

Homeowner Key

Joke from Dark Knight

Pool

Pool w/ family

Pool w/ family

Pool w/ family

Pool

Roofers

TRCC Information Booklet

Worker carries lumber

Worker drills

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Cartoons

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Construction Defect Clipart

Ceiling cave-in

Crooked House1

Crooked House2

Crooked House3

Crooked House4

Defective Materials1

Defective Materials

Lemon behind gate

Lemons (3)

Lemons in bowl

Lemon slices, many

Lemon slices, 3

Repairs cause disruption

Toxic black mold

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Groundhog Day Posters

Groundhog Day: HOT extends goodwill to builders

Groundhog Daily Nooz

Don't see the light?

If it's good for us builders...

Hey Texas, Extend the homebuilder solution

Statesman article

Bipartisan proposal

Unemployed? Come to Texas.

"Trust me" builder

Freedom from oppressive regulation

The Texas Wild West

Rescind Licensing!

Ban lawsuits...

The long shadow of builders...

Texas Tort Reform

Builders have seen the light

Get out of your hole and see...

Dear Physicians, Nurses, Attorneys...

Look what the homebuilders have done...

The good life...

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Happy Homeowners

Do-it-yourselfer drills

Do-it-yourselfer's son saws

Proud family in front of For Sale (Sold) sign

Homeowner leveled the playing field

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Homeowner Horrors

Hurricane Ike

Huricane Ike aftermath

Hurricane Ike roof repair

Homeowner squeezed by mortgage payments

Homeowner surprised1

Homeowner surprised2

Homeowner worried1

Homeowner worried2

Homeowner worried3

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Mortgage and TRCC Impact

Housing balloon-bubble

Courtroom: TRCC blocks access

Can't sell because of Duty to Disclose

For Sale sign

Foreclosure sign

Homeowner chained-shackled

HOT: Fighting homeowner injustice

Homeowners who can't sell are Trapped

Map: Homes with mortgages under water

Map: States requiring homebuilder licensing

Red toy house among white ones

Map: Registration is not the same as Licensing

Homebuilder Checks+Balances: Registration is not the same as Licensing

Spiraling decline caused by defective homes

Declining Tax Base and effect on public services (fire)

Declining Tax Base and effect on public services (police)

Declining Tax Base and effect on public services (education)

Homebuilder Checks+Balances: Bad Builder

Homebuilder Checks+Balances: Friendly Builder

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Soil Conditions and Cracked Foundations

Foundation with Center Lift (dome heave)

Foundation with Center Lift (dome heave) 2

Cotton farming and arsenic pesticides

Cotton farming and arsenic pesticides

Cotton farming and arsenic as a defoliant

Cracked slab foundation on expansive clay soil causes garage door misalignment

Cracked slab foundation on expansive clay soil causes tile to crack too

Cracked slab foundation on expansive clay soil causes tile to crack too

Cracked slab foundation on expansive clay soil causes brick work to crack

Cracked slab foundation on expansive clay soil causes brick work to crack

Expansive black clay soil cracks when dry, expands up to 30% when wet.

Expansive clay soil expands up to 30% when wet and cracks foundations.

Post-tensioned slab foundations were "supposed" to survive expansive soils. They don't.

Rich black soil: great for farming; bad for building

Houston Black: expansive clay soils can wreak havoc on slab foundations.

Love Canal was one neighborhooe. Cotton farming and arsenic pesticides span much of Texas.

Love Canal was one neighborhooe. Cotton farming and arsenic pesticides span much of Texas.

Map: Texas ecoregions shows Blackland and expansive soils.

Map showing Texas expansive soil areas

Map showing Texas soil areas

Toxic chemicals

Toxic chemicals

Foundation wall fracture examples

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HOT Screen Backgrounds

Blueprint Plans

Contractor working at dusk

How the Builder/Grinch stole Christmas

Binding Arbitration clauses in Contracts

HOT: Fighting Injustice

Making Buiilders Accountable to Homeowners

Live in a Lemon? We need a Lemon Law for homes.

HOT: Making Lemonade out of Lemons

HOT: Leveling the Playing Field

Red toy house

Does your home have you in shackles?

Christmas 2009 Snowman

Texas: State of Neglect

Does your home have you trapped?

House of Cards

Christmas 2009 candy canes

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