The quarry is out of business. There is a huge class-action lawsuit against them. However, nothing will ever come of it. I've gotten two quotes for replacement and both came in about $20K. Better than expected, but this will be a long, drawn-out battle with the other home owners, I am sure. One...
Well, crud. Turns out that there was nothing that the city or county would do other than point me back to the plat map that says it is our problem. That just plain sucks. It looks like we are going to have to eat the cost of replacing the wall. I am trying to find out what quarry supplied the...
So, as it turns out, the only reason there is not an HOA in my plat is that we were unincorporated Snohomish county at the time that the plat was planned and built. We were annexed to the city of Marysville in 2006. The answer I got out of the new guy at the city is that Himalaya Homes said that...
I got some more information on the wall that was replaced down the block. The HOA in that plat went to the city and talked to them, and the city coordinated through the original contractor to fix the wall. The quarry that supplied the rock was supplying bad rock. The contractor paid for the...
City/County/State: Marysville, Snohimish, Washington
We have a situation that needs an answer. We have a community-owned rock wall that is disentegrating, and need to know if we should even bother with legal action against the developer to make them replace it. It is less than 7 years old and...