New home nightmare: Families stuck with massive bills; unfinished homes after local builder closes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- A home builder unexpectedly goes out of business leaving homeowners with questions, unpaid bills from subcontractors, and uncertainty surrounding the construction of their homes.
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The builder should be in prison for fraud
If she has proof of paying the builder, then she cannot be held responsible for the bill. I had a roofer pull that, he did not pay for supplies, the supply company came after me, I provided proof of payment and the case was dropped.
I say they start by taking the builder's home away and selling it, then using any profits to pay for these people's repairs!
How do you trust anybody these days?
'Love Many, Trust Few, Always Paddle Your Own Canoe'
$41,000 in carpeting!
Right? Thats what i was thinking.
Was the carpet made from Persian rugs?
is the carpet company charging them for all the carpets installed in other houses too ?
2 new washroom at $20K each ya but carpeting mmm NO that a rip off & a scam
The builder probably took their money and used it to buy carpeting for other jobs he had not been paid for yet because he had not finished. Then before he could finish their job and pay off the carpet bill he went out of business. Now the carpet store is going after them because the invoice has their address on it but in reality the carpet was used in multiple houses.
Who in the world closes on her house before the items are finished or without holding back money at escrow.? Also, the title company should cover the liens if they were smart enough to get title insurance.
How the heck do you spend $41,000 on carpeting? That does not make any sense.
That sucks. The carpet guys provided the material in good faith and they didn’t get paid for
What idiot pays the contractor instead, tho?
And how do you buy 42k of RUGS, THO?
What a mess! Poor people!
they didn't seemed poor to me
Never ever buy a house or sign your name or money to it until it is completed and inspected by the state there is a plumbing inspection for the sewer and one for the structural plumbing and electrical before they hanging sheet rock and the other foundation
This is a fine example of cheap labor and dummies building house’s they are just throwing houses together with dollars signs in their eyes
People are too trusting...It stinks that you have to be so overbearing but; it saves the aggravation;
WAIVER OF LIENS
WORKMANS COMP FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE OF EVERY TRADE...
CONTRACTOR ON SITE EVERY DAY.
NEVER BUY A NEW HOME...
This is why you always have a real-estate lawyer review every step of the home building process.
No, lawyers are involved.
Buyer's nationwide beware!
No wonder they were plagued. The house itself is totally lacks scale and balance . It’s gaudy. Just look at that garage.
I am so sorry God bless you and your family what is going on with this world why are we ripping people off on their home 🏡 🙏👏✋🍀💚🧸❤️🙏💜I pray this gets straightened out without this family having to lose their home or any money let alone the Anxiety and depression this is gonna cost them
This story is several years old. Did this family and other families get their homes completed.
For a retired couple a tiny home would be better plus lower taxes.
Can you bypass the general contractor, get the sub contractor's info and pay them directly??🤔
That's how it's normally done. You hire the contractor and all the subs you get the bill directly.
Yes you can but then you are basically the general on the job most companies don't like that cuz they charge you a upcharge on everything electronical is 10k probly 8k to electrician and the home builder pockets 2k
Didn’t she already pay the contractors though? She would be paying twice?
Yes
And you let your customers deal with the fallout and just walk away.
I’m in the uk..but if the subbys haven’t been paid there contract is with the builder not the homeowner?
That's why I never pay upfront for reminding. And people work for my remodeling always get paid as we agreed and everyone is happy.
"00" OMG!!!! Watching during the Covid-19 lock down!!!
Builder probably developed a drug habit.
Why would you close on a house that's not complete?
Sounds like an opportunity to create an "income loss type of insurance" for builder's in case builders are fraudulent, mismanage building funds or otherwise. This way the families can get their money back. If the builder doesn't have sufficient assets, filing asset Leins won't help.
Whenever possible pay the sub contractor directly and avoid the GC. 🤔
So sad.
so they are paying for stuff twice. smh
This is why being a Karen is secretly a great thing, my mother was there from start to finish..heckling them and pointing out all the issues...the workers were fed up but they were scared of her nagging so they always did the best job they could. Corporations hate karens for a reason, keeping them responsible for their crap.
It sounds like someone is robbing Peter to pay Paul. Who is taking care of the books for general contractors? Computers smoking!
This happened to my friend. He had to file bankruptcy.
Whatever happen to this case?
This is my problem with the legal system. Thee with the most gold wins.
just dont pay the bill end
Go fund me!! so I don't have a mortgage!!! It's getting out of hand!!
You got to get the news involved
These home owners might be better off living in an RV ;or a mobile trailer.
Now you know what builders go through , next time buy a 2/10 warranty.
Clearly you didn't watch the video, this has nothing to do with having any warranty!
Wait - why is the homeowner responsible?
How about fund me!!!???
Sad
Modular homes way too way
I had the option to build... I bought a new construction instead
spend more on the grand kids
No kid needs more junk.
Honey! Let's build a house!!
How we going afford that!!?
We got $ to put down !
Then when that runs out we'll do a utube and local news video
The dumbass people will give to our go fund me page!!!
Build your own house. It's not that difficult and you control the cash flow all the way. Giving $$ to builders is like tossing it into the wind. Get rid of some of the building codes to that folks can have a roof over their head that is affordable. A good portion of the building process is fees and inspections. It couldn't be any worse than what these people have. And stop trying to outdo your neighbor with fancy overblown houses which you don't need and will never use. The house in this piece was large enough for 8 families to live in. Show offs that got burned.
You’re just jealous
Totally agree. I lost all pity for her when she said the “toughest” part was not spending copious amounts of money on her grandkids. Sorry she’s going through this but when people don’t take a little bit of effort to do a simple search, ask some questions and look around before spending that kind of money, then sadly, kind of on them.
They knew the risk. .when builder bails you responsible..I guess they bought too much house.
Perhaps the new home owners should build their own homes themselves!
YES!!
Lol
bruh if a builder did this to me id find him no matter what....