Consort--Can't You Even Get This Much Right?

So, I'm watching the new sod installation across the street. Finally, it seems, Consort agreed to replace the dead sod. Funny thing though (well, not funny--sarcasm), they're only replacing about 50% of the dead grass/useless sod. It looks like they're leaving about half of the front lawn--dead and dry as a bone--there for all to admire. Again, this is their M.O. The minimum, the cheapest, the easiest, the fastest FOR THEM. Not the best for the the homeowner, but for Consort. Do they really think half a dead lawn is an improvement?

*Update* Confirmed by the sod installers that Jeff has directed them NOT to replace the full front of the lawn. I hope to God that Jeff is there on his knees replacing it--as it WON'T COME BACK. Neighbor, I'm willing to help you with the legal issues here--and finding an attorney. This is PATHETIC. Even the sod installers seem perplexed as to why the rest wasn't replaced.

Honestly, Consort--can you EVER do the right thing? What kind of advertisement (Pepe/Petras, isn't this a concern for you?) is this for YOU? You really think it looks good for potential buyers to see that you can't even lay down sod for a new owner--and sod over the entire lawn? So 50% is what you deliver, Consort? Not 100%? Maybe you should put that in your advertising: We promise 50% satisfaction.

We have repairs to be done at home, but the hell they'll be done by Consort. This lawn debacle is just another affirmation of their pledge to cheap and easy. This seems to be the only thing that they do with any steady commitment--crappy and half-way work.

Shame shame. Pitiful.

Word is Getting Out--Thank You.

Word is getting out about Consort's practices re: my home and property, and my related blog. From realtors to local business to potential home buyers--this blog has been shared with at least 700 people! Let's keep going and spread the word--if each person can share this link with another 20, we can reach 14,000.

The more realtors and potential buyers who know about Consort's practices related to my land, home, and surrounding lots-- and their subsequent unwillingness to compensate me for value lost as a result of their acts--the better. We all know that grassroots movements have the power to grow--and grow quickly.

I'm still aghast that Consort has made no effort to reach out to me regarding my lost property value. I know you (Consort) are following this blog, how in the name of God can you ignore what your ineptitude, lack of ethics, negligence, and/or malfeasance has wrought on my property/home value? Have you NO shame? Such callous behavior again speaks volumes about your business model.

Friends, when you come to this page you need not comment, BUT PLEASE SHARE THIS BLOG! Help spread the word. Thank you to those who already have.

I'll be sending out mailers/flyers soon, and posting information on local bulletin boards (Dierberg's, Schnuck's, etc). The community has a right to know that Mr. Petras and his fellow Consort employees will seemingly do anything to protect their profits. Again, what Consort offered was pitiful. Put some dirt on my dropped land and fill some cracks with foam. I'm sorry Petras and others, this is a slap in the face. You know it, I know it--my property will never be the same, there is no real way to "fix" a natural drainage route running to sewers and ducts. My home value is lost--permanently.

Oh, and Green Builders?!?! Not with the cracks, water, insufficient insulation, and mold forming in this house. Readers, please note, this home is only two-years-old!

Build Your Home Here? Didn't Think So.

So, these are some images of the lot line that connects to my property. If you follow on past this large drainage structure you would reach the road that has buckled, and cracked, along this same route and contour. Seems the problem goes on for a loooong way. How can Consort fill these lots? They can't. Why not? Look at the large sewer in the middle of the picture--this large concrete drainage pipe. Look at the pictures of the road previously. All of this is necessary drainage, natural drainage. To fill these lots up to prevent this drainage, as Consort seems to think would be a grand idea, would impair the ability (and necessity) of the land to drain properly. The large aquaduct/sewer/drain with the stones surrounding is actually on a lot being offered for sale (incredible!!) and connects along the natural route to my lot and others in the opposite direction. Again, THESE LOTS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE. OUR VALUE IS LOST.

Something else I've recently noticed: Consort building a "market home" two lots over from my north side. At first I scratched my head, wondering why a market home on this flooded area? (They already have another market home for sale for almost 2 years now.)Then, AHA!, it clicked. The market home is being built upon a parcel of land that had sunk, and flooded so extensively (again, on the route of drainage), that there was a pond on the same. A pond deep enough for ducks to swim and graze. I can only assume that after showing this lot to potential buyers month after month, all all balking (rightfully) at the flooded parcel, they decided it would be better to just go ahead and fill that big pond up with some mud, and quickly build a market home. Thus, hoping for a better chance to sell it. Of course, this lot is on the natural drainage route, with a sewer just adjacent, and will very likely continue to drop and flood as mine has.

I, fortunately, took pictures of this pond some time ago and will be posting those as well!

Finally, notice the picture of my lot and the severly angled island of landscaping. You can be sure that my landscape designer and I didn't purposely intend to bury a maple tree 15 inches deep in a drainage route, nor did we think it would be artistic to build an island tilting deeply on its side.

Does *YOUR* bedroom wall have ice on it? Didn't think so.

Awoke in the mornings to ice forming almost one-foot up the master bedroom wall and shock to feel a carpet as cold as snow, despite the home thermostat being set on 74 degrees. Actual ice on the surface of my bedroom wall! I wasn't sure if I should cry or scream. The air blowing in the room--from the gap between wall and floor created after the lot fell--was so cold and so strong that it was necessary to line the wall with blankets. Ice formed nevertheless.

Consort dismissed this as an issue or as a problem. In fact, their lack of surprise and horror was mind-boggling. They offered to shove a little insulation on the attic side of the wall (shouldn't insulation have already been there?), but dismissed the notion that a gap like this between floor and wall was even a problem. What about the likelihood of mold growing as a result of the ice and condensation trapped in the dry-wall? Consort was similarly disinterested. Just offered more mud for the back lot. Hmmm. What about the house that is now off-kilter? Why has compensation for our loss of value not been offered?