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Resident says code-enforcement failures left her with failed HVAC, voided warranties and $100,000 bill
Summary
During public input, Liz Green told Horry County Council she faces a roughly $100,000 replacement for HVAC and alleged multiple building-code violations — including missing rebar on a slab foundation — and said code enforcement has not fixed the problem.
Liz Green, a Horry County resident speaking during the public-input portion of the Dec. 10 council meeting, described a string of alleged building-code violations at her home that she says led to voided warranties and a major out-of-pocket cost.
"I had to get or having to get a $100,000 loan to replace in a new house my air conditioning heating system," Green said, and she told the council she had been informed a Trane warranty was void because the installation was a code violation. Green also said her home lacks required rebar in the slab foundation, which she asserted is a code violation that affects structural integrity.
Chair (role) responded that county staff had visited Green's property and that Horry County government "has done everything under the law that they can do to help you right now," and said the matter would be followed up on. Green asked why, she said, some inspectors previously reported no violations while later inspectors found problems, and urged the council to "do something about fixing" code enforcement.
The record includes Green's reference to a specific case number she called 202472 regarding the HVAC installation; the council did not take a formal vote related to her complaint during the meeting. The chair acknowledged the complaint and said staff had been sent to the property earlier in the day.
Next steps were not specified on the record; Green framed the issue as both a procedural failure in enforcement and a personal financial hardship.
