Legal rights for work completed based on original scope of work, not including extra work

Your legal rights are defined by your contract (which may be a writing but can be oral). If the homeowner agreed to pay you at a particular point...

My wife and I are suing the builder for 100+ construction defects, big and small.

I am going to assume your suit is in State court in Wake County. If so, the local rules can be found here: ...

Under contract law you are entitled to recover what you bargained for at the bargained for price. So the answer is multi-layered. You are...