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Jeff Kast
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posted 20 April 2005 22:36 CET
My Wife and I hired Taylor Building Corporation of America (based in Louisville, KY) to build us a new home in March 2003. This home was to be built in Tell City, Indiana 47586.
Taylor had lumber delivered to our building site in August 2003, and estimated our home our home would be under roof Oct. 1,2003. Completed by Christmas 2003.
They never showed up to start the framing until Oct 17th 2003. They had 3 or 4 different framing sub-contractors working on our home through Feb. 2004. In February 2004 Taylor Builders drew $100,000 of our funds. The house was still not under roof. They worked on and off on the house until April 2004. In April with the house still not under roof, Taylor's ask us to release them from the contract, to build this house. By now, We had learned that the house was full of BLACK Toxic MOLD. And all the lumber was so weathered that it was warping swelling, bowing, Etc. When we refused to release Taylor's from our contract, Taylor filed a Mechanics lean against our property, and walked off the job. Never to return. I have since been forced to spend tens of thousands of dollars on lawyers, inspectors, mediators, and now we are headed to an Arboration. Thousands more dollars, and All we have to show for it is a frame of our dream house, sitting in front of the private lake that we built on our small farm on the edge of town. We have hired inspectors, other local contractors, the local building inspector, and they all say we will have to destroy the frame work that Taylors built, and start over. Taylor Building Corp. is a very large contracting company bilding hundreds of homes a year, but they will not honor they commitment to build us our dream home. So, we continue to spend tens of thousands of dollars, and have nothing to show for it. |
Alan Loo
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posted 14 April 2005 00:15 CET
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm in the process of purchasing a Pulte Home at Heritage Oaks that closes on April 22nd I was just informed that my front porch upstairs and downstairs will not be stained or painted like the model. I have complained to the Project Manager and Sales Associate, the project manager stated that it was an option on the model. The Sales Associate looked on the pricing sheet and no option or pricing were available.
The Model that I'm purchasing is the Berkley Model with and upstairs and downstairs porch. All of the pictures on the website and the model show paint. An option sign is not on the model. I'm pretty steamed to be receiving and unfinished house. In my 40 years of living I have never seen a new house sold with an unpainted part of the exterior of the house. The models can be viewed on: http://www.pulte.com/homefinder/community.asp?CommOrg_AcctCode=1996 />
The Address for the House is:
10206 Lateleaf Oak
San Antonio, TX 78223.
Please help me to get this issue resolved. I don't think that I should have to pay to get the exterior of my house painted. Thank You.
Sincerely,
Alan G. L. Loo
210-725-6963
alloo_66@yahoo.com |
Laurie Rodriguez
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posted 13 April 2005 03:39 CET
In March 2003 we purchase a DR Horton home. During our final walkthrough in August I noticed a secondary drain located by the front door that is very visible even from the street. The superintendent at the time stated that was where it belonged. As more homes were built in this area there are no other homes with the secondary drain located by the fron door, they are located on either the side of the house or in the back. We contact the customer service dept of DR Horton and spoke to a Roger DelaCruz he researched our complaint and agreed no other home has the drain located by the front door however stated that because DR Horton was not in violation of any city codes they are not willing to relocated it to the back of the home. Now as a consumer I do not feel it was my reponsibility to have the drain moved during construction, that was the job of the superintendent, whic he failed to do. |
Chris
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posted 7 April 2005 22:06 CET
This isn't really a complaint, more of a suggestion. I'm looking to buy a home now, and all the comments I've read have indeed helped. I will be staying away from KB for instance. I was considering D.R. Horton, but they had 65 better business bureau complaints, (KB didn't even have any when I looked it up). They didn't resolve all of them, only just over half of them resolved. That says something to me.
If you have these issues, please contact the Better Business Bureau. Even if they can't help you, they help the rest of us. |
G Radetti
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posted 5 April 2005 11:45 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. |
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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