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G Radetti
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posted 5 April 2005 11:36 CET
We've had major unresolved problems with our 2002 Legacy Homes Builders in Houston, Texas, and are wondering if anyone else had any complaints. |
C.R.Murthy
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posted 2 April 2005 22:01 CET
DR Horton built a brand new apartment which had mold. They offered to buy back in 2 separate emails. These offers were made in writing by Philip M and also orally by David L. Now they are back tracking on that offer because more homes have mold.
This in Downtown San Diego and the property is called Union Square. It is located at 1465, C Street, San Diego.
They are putting us in dire financial straits because they have the money to bully customers and have the lawyers. We want to sue them and make them accountable.
They have put up people in 2 Residence Inns at La Jolla and Pacific Highway because of these construction defects. Residents are fearful of this coming out because of the value of their homes dropping.
Best regards,
CR |
PRUDENTIAL BURN VICTIM: Jim Blackstone
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posted 1 April 2005 07:30 CET
Is it common practice for Prudential realtors to cut and paste signatures on house contracts? Prudential cut and pasted mine and my wife's signature on a contract without our permission and later admitted to it after a government investigation of the incident. They later claimed that they did not wrong even though it caused the collapse of the contract. Is this happening throughout this organization? Isn't this a clear violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act?
More information is on my website at
www.jimblackstone.com
Sincerely,
Jim Blackstone
jim38@charter.net
www.jimblackstone.com |
Amy
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posted 30 March 2005 10:53 CET
Anyone heard anything about Richmond American Homes??> |
Cindy Mizsak
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posted 29 March 2005 08:36 CET
We built a home with Trinity Homes which is now Beazer Homes. The same people are with Beazer that we were dealing with when it was Trintiy. The house built March to July 1998 had a wet basement. We noted concerns with Trinity / Beazer before during and after construction. While we never had standing water in the basement, it was extremely black and that would flucuate depending on how much rain there was. We noted the problem in our 45-day, the one-year and beyond. We decided to gather evidence from professional to document the problem because Trinity / Beazer Homes insisted that there wasn't one. An engineering company, 2 different plumbers, and a widely respected home inspection company in the Indianapolis area all noted and documented for us that the construction of the basement was flawed.
There was standing water in the hole in the ground before the basement floor was poured. The workers drained the water, dumped the pea gravel in (without making sure it was compacted first) then poured the concrete floor! (Ever see water poured into sugar or sand and see how it disperses the granules?) A technichian from OLSHAN told us that the underside of the floor is probably pourous and since the pea gravel dispersed, the area where the floor is the wettest is where the water just has no where to go. (That is the purpose for the cross floor drain that they put in!)
In spite of having 3 pieces of literature from Trinity / Beazer Homes that interior drains were constructed on the inside walls of the basement, a plumber with a video scope could not find any. After 5 years of watching our basement turn all shades of black (except for 3 dry corners, which exemplified the contrast, and the problem), we decided that we had to get the basement floor fixed, because the highly respected home inspector said that we would not be able to sell our home unless the problem was fixed. If we tried to sell it, we would have to disclose the problem to the potential homebuyer, and lose the value of our basement because they would be forced to make the repairs. We searched now for "How do you fix this". We opted to go with OLSHAN. There fix was to put in interior drains and to put a long cross drain in to a more powerful sump pump. Water movement is constant. We chose to contact a lawyer in order to document what we were doing and ask the builder to reimburse us for the expenses to repair the basement. He suggested we do our own moisture testing to document the problem further. The builder did do a moisture test in January of 2003 (one of the coldest January's on record in Indiana). They used a company who used only 2 test kits, one of which was not pre-weighed. The technician went to the post office and weighed the test granuals and then converted it to grams. We used a company called Patriot Engineering who used 3 test kits, performed the test in early April, and had everything pre-weighed and ready to be placed. Their results showed where the wet and dry areas were in the basement.
There is so much more unpleasant details to this, but the sad story is that Trinity / Beazer Homes won't admit that they did anything wrong or that there is a problem. A representative from Trinity / Beazer Homes recently pretended to be a vice-president of the company and talked to me for about 20 minutes agruing the details of our case. I, for the second time asked that they put in writing, their reasons for not fixing our basement or reimbursing us, and he said he would send the letter out. I haven't received anything (not surprised).
The lawyer we had wrote 2 very powerful letters asking the builder to take responsibility for the shoddy construction. He advised us that we could go to arbitration, probably win, but never see a dime from the Trinity / Beazer Homes.
We've tried the Attorney General's office, the Better Business Burea (what a joke! Never take them seriously as a resource for a good company. They merely cover for the company paying their little membership fee)
Between repairs, inspection fees, tests, the lawyer, we our out $13,000. Not to mention the time to write, take pictures, gather information, the lost sleep.
What does a homeowner have to do to get fair treatment? I hope legislators and those who make and enforce laws will start helping hard working tax payers who don't normally ask for anything but fairness |
Comin family
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posted 28 March 2005 20:20 CET
My one-month old Centex home in Templeton California has a leaking window. Some 30 homes in this development have the same problem. Centex says they are committed to fixing the problems. They "fixed" my window once....it still leaks....they are going to "fix it again." I would never recommend anyone buy a Centex home. |
Terry Z.
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posted 22 March 2005 10:26 CET
Never,ever buy a JMC Homes, Inc. home. We bought our home on July 23, 2005 here in Roseville, Cal. Terrible workmanship, several areas of damage by subcontractors and JMC Homes, Inc refuses to take responsibility for their subs and correct the damages. The warranty dept. does evrything they can not to correct the problems. They are focused on low ball bids by subs. They often misquote California Contractor Law and state, "the sub won't authorize the work so there is nothing we can do". Get the word out |
Heather Mickelson
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posted 13 March 2005 20:15 CET
Tremont Tower resident now experiencing mold-related symptoms: bloody nose, sneezing attacks, mild fever, dimentia, fatigue. Leeking roof and deck, broken pipes, musty smell/ strong 'gas like' vapors in unit. Trying to sell.. 2 months on market listed w/ realtor, not even a call. |
Florence L Lamb
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posted 11 March 2005 22:16 CET
Alexander/Catania Development, Inc. Bought a home 1999. Creaking floors, plumbing leaking outside and inside. Stucco cracking outside and inside home. Faulting roof which leaks. Bad insulation in home during winter and summer weather. Mostly with leaks downstairs in celling. Other neighbors with same problems in area. |
newgirl
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posted 9 March 2005 17:02 CET
This is not a complaint for a builder, but rather a comment for the HOBB community to review. The complaints of the community are of course, extremely valid - in fact, more than justified. HOBB is a wonderful forum for voicing important concerns and creating advocacy.
However, there are some homeowners who have gone too far. Once a homeowner has taken legal action, voiced his/her concerns with advococy groups and even alerted the media to his/her situation, what else can a person 'do' to the offending builder? It is unfair to continue penalizing a builder or any business person who may actually be trying to perform better business practices, currently. These individuals (yes, builders!) have families, as well - and must, in some way survive in life. How can they be expected to be held to this community's high standards if you never give them the opportunity to utilize their trade again? I'm no builder, and I understand the philosophies and emotions involved here, but this seems to make little sense.
I applaud this relentless tenacity - such energy and devotion is remarkable. |
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