:furious:Hello. I bought my home in May of 2008 and have since had numerous small "problems". These problems, (walls cracking away from ceiling, minor plumbing leaks, drywall in corners of home cracking). Basically, the house is sinking in the middle. The soil consists of heavy clay. The house, for all its charm, was built as a money-maker. They cut corners when they could, and used cheap materials. The problem that I'm writing about now is due to the strange holes that I've uncovered drilled every 2-4 inches in the block of my foundation below grade. I have a crawl space, not a basement, and evidently there is a problem with the "clay bowl" effect. There is currently a sump pump in place, but I believe it was installed in the wrong spot for convenience rather than function. The pump is located at the highest point of the crawl space instead of what makes sense to me, in the lowest spot. Two gutters have had to be re-routed away from the house since I moved in, as well as having to add a drainage ditch. I'm re-routing the other 2 gutters next and thinking of installing an additional sump pump at the lowest point where the water is collecting. There is a hill on the side of the house in which I find water standing after heavy rains. I am considering adding an additional french drain there or other measure to help divert the water from that particular hill. Basically this house seems to lack the most fundamental principle. That being to direct the water away from the house. While inspecting the piers for support of the main beam due to the sinking, I noticed that on 3 sides of the foundation, (excluding the wall with the concrete pad for the garage) there are holes of about an 1" - 1 1/2" in diameter drilled every 3" - 4"'s in the block. This is below grade and I just can't fathom what this is. Wouldn't these holes alter the integrity of each block? What do I do to stop the water from coming in? And do I need to fill each of the more than 100 holes? I'm not kidding by the way. The soil seems to be eroding away from the piers supporting the main beam. I've already poured a new support pier to re-jack the house up to it's proper position, but without addressing the water infiltration I doubt it's going to stop the problems. I've never seen any such thing. Should I contact a lawyer? This is blowing my mind. My house is sinking and I'm not sure what action to do first. Can anyone out there explain what I need to do, and in what order? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!