The Never-Ending Story....Consort Lot Nightmare

AKA, Consort Homes, LLC disaster. My previous post showed a widened crack on the north side of my lot, the worsening state of the lawn a result of excavation and grading one and two lots to my north.

Today, I found another horrific surprise--a hole adjacent to this crack that has turned out to be the "mouth" of a 19 inch void in the soil. As I suspected, my landscaping is now "resting" upon a hollow, a "sink hole" of sorts, extending 19 inches straight down under the surface of my lawn. Essentially, it seems that the ground beneath my landscaping, the ground and earth upon which Consort should never have built, and upon which--even better-- they improperly built (per their own admission re: soil compacting), has sunk, completely dropped, and continues to drop, leaving an unstable surface lawn--with no support underneath it.

I've attached pictures of a pole that we stuck into the hole--straight down with ease (and over to all sides under the lawn surface)--as well as a ruler against this same pole showing the depth of the sinkage.

I'm not sure if Consort is actually waiting for my entire rear lawn to simply fall before taking any action to compensate me and remedy an unsafe situation? Or, if once more, they are deliberately denying that a problem, a LARGE problem, exists.

Please, for your own good, if you are considering a home in this stretch of lots, THINK AGAIN. Do not lose your investment, do not risk watching the value of your home drop, and do not take this kind of stress upon yourself--battling a corporate entity deaf to your losses (at their hands), one that claims to be tops in customer service), and losing all hope of re-selling your home. Allow me to put it very plainly: Consort is NOT A BUILDER WHO CARES. They are a BUILDER who DOES NOT CARE.
Not only did they sell (and continue to sell) lots unsuitable for building, they then, by their own admission, screwed up when it came to preparing my lot, and now refuse to acknowledge or confront the issue they have created.

More Thoughts on Land Collapse

I've posted pictures of the backyard, but again reiterate that the pictures cannot possibly depict the pitch of the drop, or, of course, the rapidity with which the land fell.

I'm continually aghast that Consort trots out potential buyers to surrounding lots--sometimes with the construction manager in tow explaining away any issues, as though what potential buyers see and presume (correctly)to be a problem is just a figment of their imagination. I've actually heard the construction manager saying, "oh, don't worry, we'll just fill that ditch in" when referring to adjacent lots. Disgusting.

Let me explain that when *I* bought this lot, the first lot sold on the problematic line of lots, the land had been filled. The lots had been cleverly covered with enough soil to give an impression of even land. I initially found the backyard so boringly flat that I wondered how we might enhance it. Little did I know. I now look at the buckled street and sidewalk several lots down and am incredibly dismayed, again, at the rapidity with which all the underlying land sunk and shifted. When my home was built, the street showed no signs of damage. Now? It's buckled, cracked,and prone to flooding--and, funny enough, following along the same line of drainage that tracks all the way through my lot and contiguous lots.

I'm heartbroken at what has happened to my property. But beyond heartbroken, I am incredibly stressed. Again, a home is an investment--and watching the value decline because of Consort's greed in selling unsuitable lots is a daily burden and strain.

Let's follow the route of the natural drainage

Seriously? Consort wants to just "fill this in" with a little more mud? They're either incompetent, unethical, or both.

Here we see the street (near the tennis court), several lots down. Notice that the buckling in the street and sidewalk? Yep, that follows all along the straight line of the lots up to and including our property--and beyond. This isn't a "one lot" problem as Consort seems to think--this stretches all along the line.

Beware, or you'll suffer value loss as well.