examined Cited as authority (quoted) Schenkel & Shultz, Inc. v. Hermon F. Fox & Associates, P.C. (2×) he date the damage to its building was apparent or ought to have been reasonably apparent is the date cause of action accrued.

discussed Cited "see" Bryant v. Don Galloway Homes, Inc. A failed attempt to repair an alleged existing "defective or unsafe condition of an improvement to real property" starts the running of the statute of repose anew, as the attempted repair is the "last act ... giving rise to the cause of action." N.C.G.S. § 1-50(a)(5)a (1999); see New Bern Assoc. v. The Celotex Corp., 87 N.C.App. 65, 70-71 , 359 S.E.2d 481 , 484-85 (in reversing summary judgment the court necessarily found repair of defective roof material for "last act" analysis under section 1-50(a)(5)a), disc. review denied, 321 N.C. 297 , 362 S.E.2d 782 (1987).