Saturday, 14 August 2004 |
FRISCO ENTERPRISE - Frisco Top Stories Group aims to remodel city charter The largest single investment most people make in their lifetimes is the purchase of a new home. It is part of the American dream. For Dr. David and Carol Becka of Frisco, however, that dream turned into what they described as a nightmare as the new custom home they built in Starwood became a ""money pit"" of problems. They blame shoddy construction and plumbing problems for rendering their ""dream home"" uninhabitable, and appeared before the Frisco City Council last year to share their fears over what they said was black mold that grew in the damp environment caused by water leaks in the house that began shortly before they closed on the home in June 1998⦠|
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Residential housing standards are in the works |
Friday, 13 August 2004 |
Residential housing standards are
in the works
Adolfo Pesquera
Express-News Business Writer
Skating between the public's skepticism and an industry increasingly sensitive
about its image, the Texas Residential Construction Commission rolled into
San Antonio late Wednesday to solicit comments on its draft for housing standardsâ¦
The existing draft is essentially a carbon copy of the limited warranties
that homeowners have found so troublesome over the past decade, said Janet
Ahmad, president of Homeowners for Better Building ⦠Despite Thomas' assurances,
Scott Emerson of Scott's Inspection Co. spoke for many in the audience when
he noted that the commission had a perception hurdle to overcome â eight of
its nine members earn their livelihood within the homebuilding industry. |
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Texas Commission - Perception of Impropriety |
Friday, 13 August 2004 |
Residential housing standards are in the works Skating between the public's skepticism and an industry increasingly sensitive about its image, the Texas Residential Construction Commission rolled into San Antonio late Wednesday to solicit comments on its draft for housing standards⦠The existing draft is essentially a carbon copy of the limited warranties that homeowners have found so troublesome over the past decade, said Janet Ahmad, president of Homeowners for Better Building⦠Despite Thomas' assurances, Scott Emerson of Scott's Inspection Co. spoke for many in the audience when he noted that the commission had a perception hurdle to overcome â eight of its nine members earn their livelihood within the homebuilding industry. |
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Consumer groups skeptical of new law |
Thursday, 12 August 2004 |
Consumer groups skeptical of new law
Industry-created legislation creates dispute resolution
By PURVA PATEL
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
Texas builders received a little-noticed victory during last year's legislative session: the industry-drafted Texas Residential Construction Commission Act. ""Although it was touted as legislation that extends more homeowner protections with the creation of a commission to govern the industry, consumer advocates say the new law works more to protect builders than homeowners. Homeowners really don't have any rights at all,"" said Cheryl Turner, a consumer attorney in Dallas. |
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Crooked contractors leave clients in shambles |
Thursday, 12 August 2004 |
Crooked contractors
leave clients in shambles
'I feel like I have zero rights,' says a homeowner whose work
was left shoddy and unfinished
By PURVA PATEL
Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle
â¢The state attorney general's office received about 750 complaints about contractors
in the last two years.
â¢The Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston has received some 4,200 complaints
in the past three years.
â¢The Harris County district attorney office's consumer fraud division reports
receiving more complaints about contractors than any other profession since Tropical
Storm Allison struck the city in 2001. |
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