Opinion ID: 1872239
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Heading: The Defects

Text: The first defect which the Bosarges noticed was the molding in the trailer popping loose. The second defect they noticed involved a bad water leak; the water was running all over the trailer and ran into the insulation. This leak caused the trailer's underside to balloon downward. Elmer Bosarge described other defects: The [kitchen] counter ... was defective. The dishwasher door was warped in it. There was a big bow over the door, and this was after the setup. We didn't know this until after the trailer was on our property and setup that these defects showed up. We couldn't see them on the lot J & J because there was no light on in the trailer... . And there was a leak come under the trailer and it was a stench. ... . ... There was numerous things that I  oh, in the bathroom the  the little thing that goes around the sink, little edging, I guess you call it, fell off. A gentleman came out and repaired that. And it fell off a week later. ... . [The bathroom door was] warped [and] couldn't [be] straighten[ed] ... . because the structure wasn't straight... . And the water would leak out when you would take a shower. This was in the shower... . And the shower door was warped. It wasn't sealed properly. The water would run out into the  into the bathroom floor. ... . [The heating and cooling system in the trailer did not work properly. That is, t]he heating proposition was, it was cold. I mean it  it just got freezing cold. And my son came in there and said, Daddy, said, there's ice on my floor. I said, what did you do, spill water? He said, no sir. It's all around the base of the wall. And I went in there and looked and the [ice at the] base of the wall was at least an inch and a half thick around the base of that wall where the wind had come in through the trailer and sheeting on the windows. You could put your hand at the sockets and wind would come through the sockets [throughout the house]. ... . The trailer was not easy to cool. The air conditioner worked fine, but as far as keeping it cool, the ventilation in it, it took all the coolness out because if the cold can come in, the cold can come out... . ... . The hot water backed up into the cold water. You would take and turn the cold water on and you would get hot water. Turn the hot water on [and] you would get hot water. ... . [T]he sink from the stove to the wall longways to where the sink is, double sink that is, it bubbled up. I don't know what they call it, but the stuff on top of your sink, it had bubbles in it where it was just put together, just pieced together this way and water would run down in it. And then when you were washing dishes ... you are going to get water on it, and eventually that started popping up. It wasn't sealed properly. And that was from one end of it to the other... . ... . [W]hen the wind would blow it would sound like a freight train running... . That top would just rumble. Instead, of being stationary it would, the roof would rumble. ... . The doors were not fitted properly [with the stripping and you could] see[] daylight [when the doors were closed]. Rec. Vol. IV, at 107-13. Martha Bosarge's testimony picked up where Elmer's left off. She described walls which buckled, cabinets with chips and holes in them, furniture falling apart, a bedroom closet which leaked rainwater, and rooms which stayed molded and mildewed.