Homeowner’s Claim for Faulty Construction

A homeowner’s damages for the contractor’s failure to construct the house in a workmanlike manner is measured by the difference between the fair market value of the property as it was constructed, and the fair market value of the property as it should have been constructed. McDonald v. Schwartz, 706 So.2d 1230, 1233 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997); S.S. Steele & Co., Inc. v. Pugh, 473 So.2d 978, 982 (Ala.1985); Crocker v. Reed, 420 So.2d 285 (Ala.Civ.App.1982).