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posted 21 November 2007 03:42 CET
Complaint on Brent H. Tuggle with END OF THE TRAIL LOG HOMES of Gulfport, MS. I have a similar complaint to Ms. Compton. Brent was hired in June of 2006 and house is still not complete. He was fired in September 2007. The list of corrections and rework needed to make the house safe is unbelievable! Log package was purchased from Southland Log homes. Unfortunately, Brent was a strong verbal recommendation from the sales rep. |
Craig Winsor
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posted 10 November 2007 23:13 CET
Finally, after almost 4 years of trying to get our building fixed the HOA and Wareham Development's Insurance company have reached a settlement. What does that mean? Well, it means the building will get done correctly and we will get to move home. Yeah!!!
That is awesome, but like any long process there are "casualties" and 20 homeowners were displaced for over 3 years. Where is the justice when a development company can build a building with defects (did they know?), turn it over to the insurance company and not make amends to the owners who have been displaced for far too long. Please Wareham Development make it right!
Wareham Development |
LISA LOMAS
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posted 5 November 2007 09:32 CET
DO NOT TRUST TROPHY HOME BUILDERS IT IS A DIVISON OF NEWMARK HOMES I CLOSED ON MY HOME ON NOV.23 2006 . A PIPE BUSTED UNDER MY HOME 3 MONTHS AGO AND THEY BLAME MY HUSBAND AND ME FOR OUR HOME FLOODING IT HAD DESTROYED EVERTY THING WE OWNED EVERTYTHING WAS BRAND NEW. THIS IS JUST CRAZE WE HAVENT EVEN LIVE THERE A YEAR. NOW 3 MONTHS LATER THE ENTRANCE WALK WAY WAS THE ONY ROOM NOT TO GET WATER ON IT BUT IT IS PILLING UP AND THE TELL US YOU HAVE TO FIX IT YOUR SELF I HATE THIS COPANY NEVER NEVER NEVER BUY ANY HOME FOR THIS BIULDER WE ARE THE SIXTH HOUSE ON OUR ROAD TO HAVE PROBLEMS THEY DON'T WANT TO FIX |
Paula Compton
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posted 1 November 2007 12:28 CET
My nightmare began in 2001 when we hired Brent Tuggle of South Coast Painting & Contruction in Gulfport, MS to constuct a log home for us. His company name has changed to End of the Trail Log Homes. I am writing this hoping to save some other poor, trusting soul the heartache we have lived with for the past 7 years. We have over $200,000 in a house that to this day is incomplete and has so much wrong with it that it probably never will be right. The roof leaked from day 1 leaving water marks on all log walls & tongue & groove. Water runs down fireplace & pools in living room floor each time it rains. No insulation around any windows or doors. Untreated wood was used for exterior facia & porch rails. Can see through cracks in logs. Electrical wiring was done wrong. Some lights wouldn't work. Dryer vent was a hole drilled in the floor. No sheetrock was finished. Toilets leaked & turned wood floor black. They chipped the $200.00 kitchen sink. Track lighting over cabinets is just laying there. Main ridge beam was cut in two and is being supported by a 6 x 8 post alone. No staining or painting was done. Doors don't fit. Closets not finished. House is cold in winter & hot in summer. We have had snakes, mice & insects in the house that crawl though holes under the house. Nothing was sealed. Air conditioning duct work falls away from vents in floors so we heat & cool underneath the house. The list goes on & on. Then there are the materials that we stolen. Days they got paid for but didn't work. A log home is a lifetime dream for people that work all their lives for. Please don' let this man destroy yours. |
Edna
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posted 28 October 2007 15:09 CET
Beware of Top-Notch Homes (Massachusetts/NH builders). You get to choose a home plan and options, but what a TERRIBLE experience! What they don't tell you is that the price only covers the BARE MINIMUM for options and the allowances cover BOTTOM-OF-THE-LINE products (plumbing, lighting, and carpeting). All other allowances are very low (i.e., $1500 for kitchen appliances and $9500 for kitchen cabinets). Be prepared to pay 20k+ beyond whatever the list price is. Consider yourself lucky if you're told what the allowances are.
Some of the contractors they use produce POOR QUALITY WORK be prepared to file complaints just to get warranty service.
You pay an enormous amount of money and get lied to about what they will do for you. |
Edna
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posted 28 October 2007 14:58 CET
With these Massachusetts builders you get to choose a home plan and options. What a TERRIBLE experience it was! What they don't tell you is that the price only covers the BARE MINIMUM for options and the allowances cover BOTTOM-OF-THE-LINE products (plumbing, lighting, and carpeting). All other allowances are very low (i.e., $1500 for kitchen appliances and $9500 for kitchen cabinets). Be prepared to pay 20k+ beyond whatever the list price is. Consider yourself lucky if youre told what the allowances are! Some people didn't find out until they showed up at the builders supplier.
Some of the contractors they use produce POOR QUALITY WORK. For example, one Top-Notch homeowner had to file a formal complaint just to get warranty service! Also, the plumbers that Top Notch uses are not very good.
You pay an enormous amount of money and get nothing for it. |
Dr. Christopher M. White
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posted 27 October 2007 18:17 CET
Mr. Walders (TimberCreek Developers, 234 N 2000E Road, Pxton,IL 217-637-1396) offered to build us a house in the Deer Run Subdivision in Mahomet, IL. We signed a Memorandum of Purchase with our Realtor that stated clearly that this was a non-binding contract and that the earnest money check for $2000 would not be deposited until a contract was signed. When our lawyer and my wife and I went over the contract we could not agree on some of the terms so we did not sign it. I emailed Mr. Walders about our decision and returned our copy of the blueprints. Mr. Walders cashed the $2000 check several days before giving us the contract to read. When asked for the money back through our lawyer and also our realtor he refused and said come and get it. At no time did we agree to his cashing of the check nor did we or he make any written or oral statements that the money was not to be returned. Mr. Walders claims that because he made some room rearrangements on the blueprints we owe him the $2000. Since there is no binding contract of any sort, this is a gross violation of the contract. |
Craig Winsor
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posted 26 October 2007 07:33 CET
Displaced since August 8, 2004!
"Did Wareham Development know about the leaks and mold?"
Decide for yourself by clicking on the following link and then select the update titled "Did Wareham Development know about the leaks and mold?".
[URL=http://www.warehamsux.com/update/update.html ]Wareham Development SUX[/URL]
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Michael Cleveland
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posted 25 October 2007 15:53 CET
From the very beginning I have been arguing with Paul Thomas Homes regarding the materials used, lack of supervision, and quality in the construction of my new home. If you go to the link below:
http://www.mwcleveland.com/JamesCreek
Lack of construction by Paul Thomas
you will see pictures and a inspection report. The wood used is split from top to bottom, basement support beams do not even touch the floor, roof trusses are split in half and leaning to the right. The list goes on and on.
Since no one seemed to be concerned with the new house, I hired an inspector during framing. He said it was the worst construction he had ever seen and that even if they corrected all of the errors, I should "take my money and run" (if hypothetically, he was purchasing the house).
After I forwarded the inspection report to the salesman, VP of Sales and VP of construction, they hired a structural engineer to inspect the home. Of course the report came back with very few issues I should be concerned with. However, not the engineer but his assistant was the one who performed the inspection.
Three houses down from my lot, the owners were having similar problems, but the building supervisor assured they were nothing to be concerned with. But the owners hired a structural engineer who stated the first engineer’s report was both wrong and not based on the current building codes.
The new Paul Thomas marketing campaign is “Every Paul Thomas home is built to make you feel good inside”. I felt good inside only when I first looked at the subdivision and floor plans. Now I am sorry I ever spoke with them.
. Lack of construction by Paul Thomasclevelmi@yahoo.com |
RETHA ALFORD
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posted 21 October 2007 14:52 CET
I wrote my congressman Senator Howard Coble of NC, and recieved a letter back from him stating that he has taken the stance to be for binding arbitration, and will not be voting against it. I just wanted to let it be known to all North Carolianians that our law makers are for us being treated the way we are by bad builders. |
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