Warranty takeover · left unprotected

Foundation company gone? We can take over your home's care.

Foundation companies come and go. When the one that repaired your home closes its doors, stops answering, or simply won't honor its warranty, you're left holding a piece of paper that no longer protects you. Motmot steps in — we re-inspect, advise, monitor, and back the work we do.

Two Motmot crew members assessing a brick home's foundation during a warranty takeover re-inspection
It starts with a real re-inspection — how is the existing repair actually performing?

When this happens

A warranty is only as good as the company behind it.

  • The company that did your repair closed or dissolved
  • They won't answer the phone or schedule a warranty visit
  • They were bought out and the new owner won't honor the old warranty
  • Your warranty was 'voided' over a technicality you were never told about
  • The repair is showing movement and the original installer is nowhere to be found

You can't make a defunct company answer the phone. But you can get your home back under real, active care.

What a Motmot takeover includes

We don't just re-inspect. We look after the home.

This is the part most companies skip — and the part that actually keeps a foundation stable. Every warranty takeover comes with all of it.

A full re-inspection

We measure your floor elevations and assess how the existing repair is actually holding up — not a sales walk-through, a survey.

Written recommendations

A clear, plain-English assessment of where your foundation stands and what, if anything, it needs — in writing, so it's yours to keep.

Drainage-control recommendations

Gutters, downspouts, grading, and watering — the moisture management that decides whether a repair stays put. We tell you exactly what to fix.

Home-care recommendations

Trees, irrigation, and seasonal habits that protect your slab. The unglamorous maintenance that prevents the expensive surprises.

An annual performance visit

We come back at least once a year, re-measure, and compare against your baseline — catching new movement while it's still small and cheap to address.

A warranty on our work

If corrective work is needed, we perform it and back it with our lifetime transferable warranty — real, documented protection going forward.

A Motmot technician recording annual floor-elevation readings on a tablet to track foundation performance

Why the yearly visit matters

Clay moves every season. We watch it so you don't have to.

The reason a one-time repair can drift isn't bad work — it's that the soil never stops changing volume. An annual re-measurement against your baseline turns that uncertainty into a managed, known thing. Small movements get caught and corrected early; nothing waits years to become a crisis. It's the same reason we check in with every customer we repair — and now you get it too. Learn the mechanics in Texas clay soil, explained.

Honest about the fine print

What “warranty takeover” really means.

Let's be precise, because the word gets used loosely. No company can legally honor another company's signed warranty contract — that obligation belonged to a business that no longer exists. Anyone who tells you they'll simply “assume” your old warranty is overpromising.

What Motmot actually does is more useful: we re-inspect the home, document its current condition, hand you recommendations and a maintenance plan, monitor performance with an annual visit, and put our own lifetime transferable warranty on any corrective work we perform. That's the protection the original warranty was supposed to give you — delivered by a company that's still here to stand behind it. Already mid-project with a vanished contractor instead? See project takeover.

Straight answers

Warranty takeover questions, answered straight.

The original document may no longer be enforceable if the company has dissolved — but you're not without options. Motmot can re-inspect the home, tell you how the existing repair is performing, put you on an ongoing care program, and warranty any corrective work we perform. In practice that gives you the protection the original warranty was supposed to provide.
No contractor can legally honor a different company's signed warranty contract. What we can do is step in: re-inspect, document the home's current condition, give you maintenance and drainage recommendations, monitor performance with an annual visit, and provide our own lifetime transferable warranty on any work we do. That's what a practical 'warranty takeover' looks like.
A full re-inspection with an elevation survey, a written assessment of how the prior repair is holding up, drainage-control recommendations, home-care recommendations, and a performance check-in at least once a year. If corrective work is needed, we perform it and back it with our lifetime transferable warranty.
At least once a year. Central Texas clay moves with the seasons, so an annual re-measurement of your floor elevations is the most reliable way to catch new movement early — while it's cheap to address instead of expensive.
The initial inspection and elevation survey are free. You'll get a clear picture of where your foundation stands and written recommendations before any decision about corrective work or ongoing monitoring.
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Get your home back under real protection.

Start with a free re-inspection and written recommendations. You'll know exactly where your foundation stands — and have a company that's still here to watch it.

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