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ABC Special Report - New Homes - No Warranty |
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Wednesday, 16 November 2016 |
Investigation: New Home Heartbreak
Some homeowners have claimed the company
seems to have waited them out until their warranties expired.In
suburban Washington, D.C., holes in the foundation led to an
infestation of rodents under the house -- and at least one large
snake... and that builders are slow or flat
out refuse to fix the problems they created, as found in a recent ABC
News "Nightline" investigation with over a dozen local ABC affiliates. Jackie Walker, a freelance makeup artist who works for ABC News and other media outlets in Washington, D.C. "It's
been a nightmare," she said. "In just the first year, I had 23
appointments and they missed 17 of those.
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Worthless Connecticut Homes Crumble |
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Wednesday, 08 June 2016 |
With Connecticut Foundations Crumbling, âYour Home Is Now Worthlessâ
Across nearly 20 towns in northeastern Connecticut, a slow-motion disaster is unfolding, as local officials and homeowners wrestle with an extraordinary phenomenon. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of home foundations that have been poured since the 1980s are cracking, with fissures so large you can slip a hand inside.
âThis is such an emotional roller coaster,â said Tim Heim, a homeowner who started the group Connecticut Coalition Against Crumbling Basements.
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Crumbling Foundation in Connecticut |
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Monday, 06 June 2016 |
NBC Connecticut: "Crumbling Foundations" IRE
Advocacy Group, Connecticut
Coalition Against Crumbling Basements speak out Elected officials US Senator Richard Blumenthal and State Senator Tony Guglielmo call for Investigation. NBC received over 250 emails from people crying about crumbling foundations.
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NEW FEATURE: Connecticut Homeowners Website |
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Monday, 06 June 2016 |
Connecticut
Coalition Against Crumbling Basements
Countless homeowners in northeastern Connecticut (and lower parts of
Massachusetts) are facing crumbling basement walls that provide the
foundation upon which their houses sit. Cracking, flaking, bowing, and
separation of the concrete has been progressing on these homes, built
between 1980s to 1998. The damage appears to take decades or more to
appear, yet there is no magic number or formula to determine the rate at
which a home will begin to fail, or when it will become unsound to
inhabit. The date range of 1980 to 1998 is only a current estimate.
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Monday, 06 June 2016 |
Former Whitestown-based builders charged with $1.2M in fraud
The co-owners of a Whitestown-based homebuilder that filed for bankruptcy in 2013 have been arrested and charged with theft, corrupt business influence, perjury and forgery, Indiana State Police announced Saturday. Ogle is already facing similar felony counts in Marion County after prosecutors charged him in February 2015 with defrauded a homeowner whose house was damaged in the 2012 Richmond Hill neighborhood explosion.
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First Coast News Special Investigative Report |
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Monday, 28 September 2015 |
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Monday, 28 September 2015 |
Donât give homebuilders a pass to cut corners on construction
We are the unlucky ones who bought homes
with expensive and dangerous construction defects â crumbling foundations, structurally deficient walls, leaky roofs and more. We
needed to have legal options to hold our builders responsible for making us whole again. |
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Uninhabitable House Getting Old |
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Thursday, 26 March 2015 |
New Jersey Man Sues Builders Over $1.6 Million 'Uninhabitable'
When the house in Florham Park, New Jersey, was completed in 2007, Humayun Akhtar, 66, discovered the homeâs interior and exterior had cracks and that the house was âsliding down the hill it was built on,â he told ABC News today. The house is âunrepaired and uninhabitable,â according to court findings, which added the soil the home was built on was âof insufficient load-bearing capacity to hold the building.â
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Builders Fails to Accept Warranty Responsibility for Construction Defects |
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Tuesday, 09 July 2013 |
Canyon Lake dream home fills with mold, not memories
She pays the mortgage and insurance, yet a local womanâs dream retirement home has been vacant for years. Karen Rutledge said dangerous mold lingers in the walls, in a house the builder refused to fix properly. |
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Cibolo Texas Serious on New Home Defects and Homebuyer Protection |
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013 |
Cibolo backs efforts for home buyer legislation
By a 6-0 vote, the Cibolo City Council Feb. 26 passed a resolution supporting state legislation that would provide protections and remedies for homeowners whose homes have structural problems. Cibolo is the first area city to support the home buyer protection legislation. Issues with substandard home building, Hartman said, have come up in cities across the state. âWe are trying to show it is not just a Cibolo, Metrocom, or San Antonio problem,â the mayor said. âIt is way beyond our community. We need to address this at the state level and give home buyers protection.â |
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Home Builder exempted from using licensed roofers |
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Saturday, 02 March 2013 |
Critics call roofing legislation a job killer
A bill in the state Senate would require roofing contractors to be licensed and regulated for the first time inTexas...Legislators say the bill, which exempts new construction, would help consumers... a substitute bill is being written that is "a little less stringent." |
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