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Photos of lot and additional issues to come.

Consort Doesn't See This As a Problem

WOW! Look how well plastic tarps keep out water. Seems that lessons in topography, gravity, etc are needed for the good folks at Consort.

Consort Homes ignores the very real issue here...flooding on adjacent lots can't be remedied by plowing over with soil. This is a natural drainage route--and it will continue to be one long after Consort tries to convince people that filling ditches with mud will do the job.

First, Consort can't fill these ditches with mud because the water NEEDS an outlet--and conventiently, there are drainage pipes and sewers located further down the empty lot line. To fill these would compromise the drainage needed. Second, if the lots around our home are built upon, and Consort attempts to artificially raise said lots under development, our lot will become the lowest point, and thus depository for water and further erosion. IF, however, Consort decides not to raise the lots next to us (let's face it, they can't raise them as the manhole and sewers will be covered up), the issue of soil erosion from underneath the surface will continue--until everyone loses property value.

*If you were to follow the path of water in this photo you would see it follow the contour of our lot and adjacent lots. A good rain and we might just have a pond in our lot too.

A Consort Home Fireplace, The Story

The images just below are of the living room fireplace. Notice the ice and frost?! These photos were taken in the winter, and Consort asserted that all we need to do to remedy a frost and ice-covered fireplace is "close the flue." Uh huh. First, the flue was indeed closed. Second, I've lived in many homes--and have never seen an open flue lead to ice and frost. Third, this didn't occur in Year 1 of living in the home (we're now in Year 2). And, fourth, after a severe drop in our land do to issues stated in previous post, a host of gaps developed between walls and floor and sides of fireplace and frame. These gaps, in the winter, cause a tremendous draft of ice-cold air.

Next up, pictures of the master bedroom walls in the winter--also covered in frost and ice.

Consort--the Green Builder! Again, Consort refuses to acknowledge the sinking soil in the rear and the shifting this has caused. One of their remedial ideas was to simply place a tarp next to our property--to keep away water. GENIUS!! (Heavy sarcasm.) How about compensating for loss of value? How will this home ever be sold to a new owner?

A Consort Home Fireplace

Buyer Beware-Consort Homes-Countryshire

We've started this blog as a way to get the word out to potential buyers re: the severe problems inherent with our Consort home. See this as "a buyer beware" to potential buyers in the Countryshire Manor development, premium lots.

We've had tremendous problems with our lot and in our home, and plan to detail the same through images on this site.

As an overview: Over half of the back of the lot sold to us seemingly sits over a natural or other sort of drainage ditch--while Consort admitted to the developer not having compacted the soil properly, the bigger issue, I suspect, and in my opinion, is that this lot and those surrounding should very likely never have been sold. The lot has sunk steeply, creating a drainage ditch of its own, a "shelf" in the land, and large cracks in the backyard making it impossible to mow, or safely utilize, destroying the design of $18,000 worth of our landscaping, with flooding on each side. Consort's "idea" for a "solution" was to suggest, this time around, proper compacting. Compacting will not remedy this issue--the earth is being pulled from below--and Consort refuses to compensate monetarily for the loss of property value and what is now, basically, worthless land in the rear.

While Consort seeks to sell the lots adjacent and down the entire street line, it is visually apparent that there are big issues with land sinkage, and sewers and drainage ditches catching water down the same line. Take a look around other developments--most builders will NOT sell this area of land for homes--they fill it with large boulders and count it "outside" of the land sold to buyers. Forget even trying to re-sell our lot/home in this state. We'll be putting signs and notices on our property to warn potential buyers of the possibility of value loss. I'm sure Consort will remove this post, but I'll continue to get our message out there one way or another.

Stay tuned for pictures and more discussion on the way Consort has "responded" to our nightmare.