UPDATE: HOUSTON PRESS CONFERENCE |
Thursday, 16 June 2005 |
Lemons, a Sweet Victory for Homeowner June 15, 2005 It was a sweet twist of lemon for the 27-year-old Heather Michelson who was smiling after she and the Builder/Homeowners Assoc. signed an agreement in Judge Block's Courtroom. "I am very happy," said Michelson. Supporters and legislative representatives showed up for a HomeOwners for Better Building press conference at the Harris Country Courthouse where Heather Michelson representing herself was victorious. "The builder agreed to wave all attorney fees and court cost if I agreed not to paint anymore lemons on the windows of my condo. Now I can concentrate on the loss of my condo and the fraud that was involved when I bought it," said Michelson. |
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Victory for Lemons & Homeowner |
Thursday, 16 June 2005 |
Angry resident paints giant lemons on her condo's windows in protest ABC13 Eyewitness News (6/15/05 - HOUSTON) â A homeowner has found an unusual way to speak out against her homebuilder...Heather Michelson headed to court over large yellow lemons painted on the window of her quarter million dollar Montrose condo. It was art -- and a statement. "The only voice I had," she said. "I put lemons up and I moved out." ... "I had bloody noses at night, nauseous, dementia," recalled Michelson. "I was fatigued. I'd sleep for 18 hours a day." The symptoms, she says, disappeared when she moved out... Janet Ahmad with Homeowners for Better Building explained, "Anyone can be a builder in Texas. But only in Texas are the home builders unregulated and the buyer is regulated." |
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Heather Michelson discloses loan fraud by Tremont |
Monday, 13 June 2005 |
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People Magazine - Homeowner fights back |
Friday, 27 May 2005 |
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River Oaks - Tremont Homes |
Friday, 08 April 2005 |
Frustrated home owners protest builder Fogal and Mickelson contend they both have suffered the frustration of trying to get the builder of their homes, Stature Construction Inc. and Turner Construction Inc., to repair defects they say are due to substandard construction, including water leaks, possible mold growth and cracks in the exterior. Further, they say their choices for compromise are now limited... Fogal questions the ethics of allowing a group of individuals who may practice âdefectiveâ construction building to participate in further home development. Moreover, she says there is a complicated web of business entities that share managing officers â a group that includes the builders and developers of her home and Michelsonâs â and that itâs extremely difficult to get straight answers from them. |
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Tremont Homes - Construction Defects, Mold - Fogal Lobbies Lawmakers |
Friday, 18 February 2005 |
Disgruntled home owner turns to Better Business Bureau Houston River Oaks Examiner - Jordan Fogal Since she and her husband purchased a $360,000 town home in Montrose's Hyde Park Crescent community at 1515 Hyde Park Drive, Fogal has been battling with Stature Construction, Inc. to fix repairs she contends are due to substandard construction... Fogal has also turned her energies to consumer advocacy, and has been assisting other distraught homebuyers, consulting with anxious Realtors afraid of being sued for selling faulty buildings, and lobbying state legislators to change housing laws. On Monday, Fogal joined a group of unhappy home owners at the state capitol to lobby lawmakers to make builders more accountable by making proof of expertise and financial responsibility mandatory.
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AAA & Tremont Homes poor building practices in the news again |
Thursday, 27 January 2005 |
Houston Chronicle Owners, builder in standoff over home Couple wants house bought back, plus cash payment; company says 'no'
When Jordan and Bob Fogal purchased a $360,000 town home in Hyde Park Crescent in April 2002, they thought they were making a sound investment... "The first night we were there, my husband took a bath on the third floor and water leaked all the way down to the first floor," she said. As the months passed, she said, the home continued to deteriorate. The stucco on the outside walls began to crack, the kitchen leaked badly and the house began to smell... Tremont is forcing the fogal's into binding arbitration which Jordan describes in this article as: "You've got people blindly walking into arbitration, hoping to get a fair deal, but they're not going to. It's like a drunk driver suing you for denting his car with your head." |
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Villages grill builder about delays in new police headquarters |
Wednesday, 20 October 2004 |
Tremont Homes/Stature Commercial Construction, Inc. has a history of extensive mold contamination in new homes and the new police headquarters in Houston. Houston Chronicle Villages grill builder about delays in new police headquarters Confronting a project six months behind schedule, the Memorial Villages Police Commission is taking steps to terminate its contract with the construction company building a new police headquarters. Read more... |
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