Hi, My husband and I bought our deam home just under a year ago. It's a 3-4 year old ICF home we thought it was perfect now the problems are starting, and we have no idea what to do... The finished basement is leaking heavily... under a basement window, under the garage, in the furnace room, and along another exterior wall that is under a frech door on the main floor... our home was build on grade and backfilled so never in a million years did we expect this to be a problem... There have been a couple other problems raising red flags as well, the windows sweat extreemly badly (humidity ~57%) there are littterally puddles of water at the base of the doors and on window sills. the exterior of the house below the brick ledge has chunks of stucco and foam missing ( the previous owner and builder of the home told us this was not a problem just to patch the stucco???, also almost every window and door has become harder to open and close... I know that there a likely an number of problem and what I think we really need is someone who kows to inspect the house and make some recomendations. but no idea who we should call, any recomendations would be appreciated. We poored all of our money into buying this "dream home" and are very scared that we are facing... Thanks

Do you have rain gutters and a HRV for ventilation?

Yep, both

Where are you located? The pros here might be able to refer a consultant in your area. Sorry to hear about your nightmare. Dave

Lakehurst Between Buckhorn and Ennismore.

Where is the external water coming from? When condensation is a problem, I'd crank up the HRV or add a dehumidifier to get something more like 40% RH.

The major leaks in the basement are during or just after rain...