Barry Barnett Ansbacher's Reviews

We built our home using a local builder. When the home was nearly two years old we discovered the drywall around our bathroom window was deteriorated and we noticed a constant greenhouse/musty smell in the bathroom as well. We cut a hole into the drywall to look inside the wall and discovered the insulation was wet and rotting. We contacted the builder and they came out and said that our home was over a year old and they were not liable for it beyond that point. That's when we called Barry.
Barry is extremely knowledgable about the construction industry and the Florida laws governing that industry. He not only represents homeowners like myself but builders as well, making him able to direct his clients as to what path to take and why.
Barry was very honest about what to expect from our case, time frames, and what we needed to have done in the meantime. Barry has an impressive team of various building industry professionals that he works with closely to assure the reports required for the case are nothing short of "court worthy".
As Barry predicted, we settled at mediation. We are now in the process of our home being fixed, but that is an understatement. The level of the repair to the entire exterior and interior of our home is one that I believe an attorney with lesser credentials could not have achieved. If you need to go down this road, Barry is the only attorney I would recommend.

Barry represented us in a construction-defect case. We were the plantiff, a not-for-profit Condominimum Association, and we took on one of the country's largest builders. The issue was that the builder did a very poor job constructing our condo's, specifically the buildings were not constructed up-to-code and the stucco was too thin, and if we did not invest in a major repairs to the buildings, we would be faced with substantial damages to the interior of the buildings in the future. Of course, the builder fought us every step of the way.

Barry actually took on the case from another lawyer, he helped us catch up quickly in our due diligence as we were way behind in completing the various expert witness testimonies from the engineers and contractors and others that needed to be completed. This was a key turning point in the case because if we had not hired Barry at this point, we would have been doomed because the previous attorney was not suggesting that we hire the necessary expert witnesses to build our case (this of course I did not realize until much later).

As the case went on, Barry and his team continued to have our back every step of the way. When the day came to give my deposition, Barry was there with me and very well-prepared in assisting during the full day of questioning from the opposing attorney, who of course represented their billion-dollar client as the innocent victim.

Prior to actually going to trial, there were numerous occasions when Barry went above & beyond the call of duty. I can't list all of them here, but they include working with our expert witnesses, negotating with the opposing attorneys, speaking at our HOA meetings to frantic homeowners, and various other forms of assistance.

Thanks to Barry and his outstandign team, the case was settled in mediation. His team went above and beyond the call of duty.

Written by President of this Condo HOA