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Craig Winsor
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posted 9 February 2007 20:32 CET
Help! We were sent a letter to remove our message in our window -- http://flickr.com/photos/cwinsor/380006376/. We responded, but the HOA just had their lawyer ask us to give him a call to mediate, but he just tried to convince us to remove the message. We responded with a letter stating we felt they were unjust due to the following CC&R's...
Subject to provisions of Section 13.11, no sign of any kind shall be displayed from any Condominium that is visible from any other Condominium except the following:
(i)any sign advertising the Condominium for sale or rent, provided that: (a) no more than one sign is used, (b) the size, type, color, design and quality of the sin meets and guidelines adopted by the Architectural Committee; and (c) the sign is displayed within the area designated by the Board; or
(ii)any sign approved by the Board either on an individual basis or pursuant to Rules adopted by the Board
When I called our HOA management company he said they will not be responding and to call him on Monday, which he states is 10 days even though that is based on the date sent. He said then we can tell him if we are going to remove the message.
Craig
http://www.warehamsux.com |
Rumple Stiltskin
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posted 5 February 2007 08:55 CET
YouTube it....
A system has been created which allows some corporate/public new house builders to avoid accountability and responsibility for those houses they produce which are shoddy or defective. My corporate/public new house builder was given the benefit of the doubt and entrusted with the opportunity, "to do the right thing." My corporate/public new house builder, experienced in matters of this type, chose another course of action. Perhaps recognizing their ability to stonewall, and sweep under the carpet, any disgruntled customers who got less than what they paid for. There was very little opportunity for the corporate/public new house buider's behavior to receive the public attention it deserved, nor very little economically viable recourse for the cheated new house buyer to pursue in an attempt to be made whole. Fortunately, the Internet is available for disclosures to be made for the benefit of all new house shoppers who may face a similar fate. |
Craig Winsor
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posted 3 February 2007 09:56 CET
One owner is asking owners to fight to have my sign in the window taken down. The CC&R’s read as:
Subject o provisions of Section 13.11, no sign of any kind shall be displayed from any Condominium that is visible from any other Condominium except the following:
(i) any sign advertising the Condominium for sale or rent, provided that: (a) no more than one sign is used, (b) the size, type, color, design and quality of the sin meets and guidelines adopted by the Architectural Committee; and (c) the sign is displayed within the area designated by the Board; or
(ii) any sign approved by the Board either on an individual basis or pursuant to Rules adopted by the Board
Anyway, we believe the sign can NOT be seen by any other condo, unless they are peeping through our side window and reading it from the back or one is on the exclusive common area patios below.
Also, not to mention there are certain restrictions for window coverings and since some abetment had been done some windows are completely covered in brown cardboard, which technically is in violation too.
Does anyone have any thoughts? |
April
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posted 30 January 2007 14:46 CET
Beware of a private builder by the name of RON STOUT. We purchased our home in Strafford, Missouri in 2003, with escrow closing Oct 30. By January the liens started rolling in. Turned out that he had not paid some of the major sub-contractors and materials supplier. We had also paid additional monies for landscaping which was completely lost due to the incompetence of the escrow company. We were looking at having to pay for our home two fold, since the escrow company had not secured all of the "release of liens" from the contractors. We later learned that Ron Stout had secured credit against our home for additional building supplies and was relocating to St. Charles Louisiana. Local suppliers in the area are were also scammed. This guy was smooth, smiled all the while knowing he was taking our life savings.
We later learned that unincoporated areas of Missouri do not have building codes. Anyone can build a home without permits.
I'm doing research for similiar stories in Missouri. If you have one or know of someone please email me april1717a@yahoo.com |
Craig Winsor
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posted 29 January 2007 19:39 CET
Wareham Development builds defective construction! Our Story is located on the following website -- http://www.warehamsux.com |
Toni P.
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posted 27 January 2007 06:14 CET
My 6 year old Choice Home in Garland, Tx is developing some major problems. A few days ago I came home to several inches of water in my house. I noticed water coming from the garage, but when I stepped inside I saw my cat floating around my living room with a mai tai in his paw.
Seriously, this is a nightmare. I tried calling Choice Homes who could care less and tried calling the Warranty company they referred me to. Of course they all have their hands in the air and refuse to help.
My insurance is trying to get out of the whole mess, too. I am on an HO3 policy.
I should have taken it as an omen this past summer when my air conditioner broke down. Fortunately I had extended coverage on that. And about a year before that my framing around the roof of my house was coming down.
So yes you have a Choice when you buy a Choice home. You have a Choice not to do business with Choice and I hope that you will boycott them.
I am a cancer patient and stress is very tough on me. If the insurance company refuses to help then the cost for repair is going to be prohibitive to me. I am going to have to bail.
But I can guarantee you that my Choice is to let people know about how I've been screwed by Choice and my insurance.  |
Christina
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posted 16 January 2007 05:31 CET
House was brand new when we bought it 6 yrs ago. We have had the same problem since we walked through the door. The back sliding door leaks! It ruins the floor. They have put another sliding glass door in. I have had about 5 new floors. Guess what the floor is no good again. The corner of the bar is routed out also. Everytime they put a new floor they cut back the rug into the living room. That is also way off now. Everytime they pull up the floor they have me clean the mold undernealth. The gentleman who built the house told us to go out and buy gutters. We feel since we have had this problem we should have to spend nothing since the house was brand new. The yard also floods since it isn't even. They left a big hill in the back so the water can't drain into the retention pond. I could see if we bought the house and it wasn't new to have to spend money however, it was brand new. Can't handle the stress anymore. |
George Jackson
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posted 10 January 2007 07:17 CET
House is built with defects:
-Yard so unlevel that it floods, almost flooding the house this past week!
-Shelves in master closet was stapled to wall (no studs used), the hole shelfing assembly - hanger rods and all came crashing to the ground last Wednesday.
-Kitchen cabinets are not level on the walls
-Lenoleum was laid after baseboard, cabinets, and toilets were placed.
-Roof decking is stapled to joices.
-Siding on outside of house is cracked due to a patch job they tried doing - the window was not square so they attempted to square it but by doing so they put about 20 big nail holes in the one-bys around the window and cracked the siding
-Several bedroom doors are not level or square with the frame
-The pantry door is 4 inches too short width wise!
-They hung the pantry door frame 4 inches too high so they continued the based board across the bottom of the door and put in a 2x6 and painted it. Can't sweep out the pantry closet now.
-Installed the master toilet in the middle of the bathroom facing the mirror.
I have pictures of all of this.
Georgetown Mobile Homes is now building homes on slabs. This is what we purchased. We saw a lawyer today and he told us to write a letter to Georgetown Homes requested for all of the items above, which only names a few of the hole list. Georgetown homes has so far not responded to our requests in a very timely manner. They have refuses to correct the issues correctly. They want to take shortcuts. |
M. GAYLE TYE
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posted 9 January 2007 11:43 CET
GOFF HOMES / STEELMAN HOMES !! OH WHAT A RIP OFF!
March 2005 started construction on a custom home in St. Paul Texas Builder STEELMAN HOMES / GOFF HOMES. From the start it started out bad . From not allowing upgraded choices of product to bad contruction, broken foundation, No Plans for roof contruction, to failing instection of framing 8 times. To less than sub materials being used for contruction . Heard the Term " STRECTHING THE WOOD" ? Term used for not having the right builing materails to do the job.
No General Contractor on the job site the day the foundation was poured or the day framing started, we showed up to see the progress and the framing GM (sub contractor) asked us to please explain where the second floor stairs are to be built. We have a one story house. And so it started the nightmare on SIlver Maple Drive .
The house set unchaged for over a month. Steelman Homes ( GOFF ) fired four General contractors, that were working on my house , the purchasing staff, my sales rep. were let go. House had to be finished by Mr Tommy Goff himself. He did me no favors. Hard to work with and hard to change his mind on doing a good job in a good time frame. And he did not care if I was happy with the house or not.
We tried to walk away from the contruction of this house. I expected to loose some of the funds that i put in on the house, that was ok, but when I found out they were NOT going to give me back the 21 thousand dollars I put down, i hired an attorney to help in the process of getting my money back. I was told by the attorney that it could and would cost four times that amount to get money back, and he was sure that i would not see any of the money and then I would have large attoney fees to pay. Sounded like a loss I just could not afford to have. So against my better judgement we went ahead. Hind site being 20 20, I just should of walked away. I have something that I will not be able to sell without disclosing all the defects.
Found out for the first year waranty is worthless .. Nothing Steelman Homes did was covered. So that meant noting I submitted got fixed. Oh they sent people out to look at the problems, but did not fix anything.
Waited for over three weeks to get someone to come out to fix all the craks in the outside brick. Put blue tape all over the outside brick, it got attention from the new GM of Goff Homes . They coverd the cracks, but not fix them.
The VISA OAKS area is still being built and I have people stoping by daily to ask me what I think of my new house. They are not prepared for the truth..
The building of this home was to be my last place. I wanted somthing to leave my kids, but I can not leave this to them. I think a bulldozer will be the long term solution.
The house was purcahsed for over 300 thousand, you would think that for that price that someone other than me would care about how it was built. Goff/ Steelman homes do not care. Just give me (Tommy GOFF) my money so I can go to my island and get a nice tan. Thank you very much.
Stay way from GOFF/ STEELMAN Homes INC. they should NOT be building houses .
Be very AWARE! |
Mike McBride
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posted 8 January 2007 20:53 CET
Stay away from D.R. Horton!
We've had our D.R. Horton home here in AZ for a little over a year and have had nothing but problems with them.
I can't even begin to comment on the poor workmanship. During our initial walk-through the house wasn't even completed. It tooks weeks after we moved-in until all the cabinets were completed. Our drywall is absolute mess. We have flat paint where we should have gloss and vice versa. The door trims are a disaster. Very few are sanded and the paint is horrible. All of our toilets do not flush properly. One has a leak and we are unable to use it, which is a pain because it's the only downstairs bathroom. Anyway, I could talk all day about the cosmetic issues.
Our main tiled walkway downstairs has a small "hill" which rises at least 3/8" and lasts for about 12" before it levels off.
Our upstairs flooring is not level. AS you walk along the main hall upstairs the flooring suddenly drops by about 1/2". There are loose floorboards in most of the rooms upstairs. There are horrible carpet squeaks scattered everyhwere upstairs.
Every single window that opens leaks in large amounts of dust/dirt. Enough to where you have to vacuum it up.
The major problem: Our home is on a post tension slab, and when they poured the cement they totally butchered the pour in our garage. It sits about 3" lower than where it should be. Our garage and walkway to the front door are connected by a regular driveway slab. Because the poor was so uneven, when we first moved in there was as negative slope into our garage. Thus, when it rained we had massive water leaks into the garage and a major problem with water ponding. We told the builder about this, so they sent their subcontractor out and they dug up 2 driveway slabs. So, instead of water going the garage it now ponds on our driveway for days at a time. Not to mention, they created a trip hazrd because within about 20" range, the slab deviates about 3" up to the walkway. So, basically no matter what they do now there will always be a problem with that. Of ocurse they likely knew about this before we closed, which is even more upsetting. I feel as though they sold us a home with a known defect.
We informed them about this problem and they are avoiding us like the plague at this point. Considering the driveway slab is surrounded by a post tension slab, I don't think there is anything they can do. Also please note there are at least 10+ exact models of our home on our street alone, and NONE have this problem. They were all leveled as they should be and you can walk directly from the garage to the walkway without having to step up 3" to do!
It's a shame they can get away with selling someone a home with a known defect. Our real estate agent already told us that if were to sell our home we would have to do so at a signifact discount because any potential buyer would want the problem fixed. |
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