Man, that builder should be shot and so should whoever let them place the house that high on the grade. Most likely it's a case of an idiot home buyer or builder wanting to put in a walkout basement on a lot that just wouldn't work for one so they set the house way up in the air and now look what happens. The least they could've done is to drop the garage a couple feet and just build steps into the house from the garage. Of course this was done the same way most things are to do, the cheapest way possible.
Rick
