How a Consumer Hired a Lawyer to Review a Design-Build Contract in Texas

In 2023, a personal client in Texas posted a project seeking assistance with their design-build contract. The client was negotiating the purchase of a custom home, where the builder was about 50% complete with the property and preferred to utilize a construction contract rather than a purchase and sale agreement. They needed a lawyer to review the contract, evaluate its fairness to the buyer, clarify the builder's responsibilities, and address owner liabilities, obligations, and warranty processes, as well as to help draft an appraisal contingency. As a result, the client received four proposals from licensed lawyers, with flat fee bids ranging from $495 to $1,850, all submitted to complete the work within the requested deadline of less than one week.