New York’s housing merchant warranty gives new-home buyers one, two and six years of coverage. The deadlines are strict.
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Prince’s Bay is a South Shore Staten Island waterfront neighborhood. PropertyShark does not publish a Prince’s Bay neighborhood page, so this post uses Redfin’s neighborhood data and labels its limits.
New York General Business Law section 777-a gives a one-year workmanship warranty, a two-year warranty on plumbing, electrical, heating, cooling and ventilation, and a six-year warranty on material defects, measured from the warranty date. Written notice is required before suit and within 30 days after the warranty period ends. Suit must be filed within one year after the warranty period ends or four years after the warranty date, whichever is later. Section 777-b governs how a contract can modify the warranty. Joseph Ranola is a real estate broker, not an attorney, so have your attorney review the contract.
Redfin reports a Prince’s Bay median of $974,727 for September 2026, up 4.2%, on 15 sales with a 45-day median time on market and a 98.4% sale-to-list ratio. Redfin does not break out new construction, so Joseph Ranola prices a new home from its closest sold comparables.
No. The statute excludes patent defects a reasonable inspection would have revealed, so a pre-closing inspection of a new home is not optional.
Yes. A new home passes a municipal inspection, which is not the same as a buyer’s inspection, and the warranty clock starts at the warranty date.
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