Anything Wrong? Plenty....

Consort, Jeff, Mike, and company--Have you taken a look at your new roofs here lately? Any reason in particular that they are buckling, rippling, bowing, and lifting off of the actual roof? Just wondering.

With a buyer pulling out of a market home, I wonder the reason. Of course, reasons may be many--from a defective lot, to shoddy workmanship. Perhaps I could pathetically cheap roofing materials that have already buckled in the early evening heat.

Picture to come...

(It appears that the quality of roofing material used by Consort as the default roofing material has been lowered--no shock, right? I mean, cheaper roofing tiles pasted on saves the builder money which translates to more money for the same. Yay for shitty builders everywhere!)

Just Keeps Getting "Better"....

I'm starting to wonder if Consort actually knows how to build homes, I mean, do they have the technical knowledge and skill to do so. On top of everything, almost too much to enumerate at this point (especially in a home only 2 years old), the basement windows now leak.

A large storm just passed through. Upon going to the basement I see water spilling over the concrete ledge from a basement window. ARE YOU PEOPLE KIDDING ME?! As I've said before, in my many many years I have not seen the amount of problems, and range of problems--all indicative of shoddy building, cheap materials, and a shift in foundation--that I see here.

Consort--your homes are LEMONS--and you were negligent--if not more--in the manner you constructed my home. Until I receive compensation for damages and value lost, I will continue to do my best to alert potential buyers--and already building soon-to-be-new homeowners--of the dangers inherent in building here, with you, Consort.

Fortunately, a warning was given to the people building the new home just to my south. They, of course, were surprised to hear and see of the situation with my lot and lawn. Again, Consort--have you heard of the duty to disclose? Perhaps your lawyer might elaborate on the same for you--and the ramifications of failing to adhere to your various duties.

(Another interesting point--the home to the south is building a walk-out basement--I'd like to see, Consort, how you accomplish this on a lot that floods, and how you are able to bring the land down low enough to allow for a full walk-out without simultaneously comprising the stability of the edges of mine. )

Newest Developments

Sorry to have taken a few days away, but I'm back with some new developments. First, pictures still to come that document the increasing troubles with our home.
Next up will be photos of the flooded lot adjacent, with drainage sewer blocked and clogged and thus filling to over the top with water during today's rain. Also, the ever-present ineptitude or stupidity of those working on the lots--once again, leaving the dumpster door wide open for trash to fly everywhere. Nothing sells your lots, Consort, quite like flooded sewers and garbage spilling out of open dumpsters. Way to go for the sales pitch! (Fools). Such attention to detail--and one is to have faith that Consort will build with quality and attention to detail?

Now, the most interesting development: Some weeks back I mentioned the construction of a market home on the pond/drainage route two lots to my north. This market home was eventually sold--but, without the fair and honest and full disclosure required on Consort's part. As I wrote several posts prior, I had the opportunity to meet the home buyer, and to explain what had happened on my lot: The improper compacting, the failure to disclose, the sewer line 18 or so feet down (and thus the chance that the land could fall this far down), the splitting land, dying trees, mess of a lawn, flooding, and Consort's refusal to compensate me for my loss.

It seems (though I'm not entirely certain, but will find out soon) that the buyer backed out of the deal--and the home is back on the market! As I've said before, if I can save others from the lies of Consort, the distortions, the half-truths, I will. Why just the other day I saw the Consort agent working to sell the lot just next to me. When the potential buyers inquired about the lay of the land, and the sewer, she actually had the nerve to say, "Oh, and you're fortunate to have a sewer here because it will keep your lawn dry and handle drainage"--or something close to this. She did say it was a "good thing." HAHA!!! Isn't this lying to customers, Consort? Is this part of your ethical and integrity-laden pledge? Rest assured, when I next see this couple I will show them what has happened to my lot, and explain the "benefits" of this sewer. And, should I not have the opportunity to speak to the potential buyer, and they do build and move in, and later have ANY sort of trouble with their lot--I can say that I heard, loud and clear, the lines being fed to them. And...the failure to disclose.

So, Petras and crew, you see, you've lost a buyer. Offering me compensation, doing the right thing, as asked for for almsot a year now, would have cost you less.

Interior Walls

Another day, another development with the home and lot--not only is our lot splitting further, but our interior drywall is staring to show bends at the seams, and, for that matter, show seams. Again, have to say, I lived in my first home for 20 years--never once saw anything like what I see happening here. No frost and ice on my interior walls, nor on my fireplace, no bent and curved walls (unless designed that way), no gaps between door to outside and frame so large that you can pass mail through it, no cracking around window frames. Quality is key when buying a home--Consort doesn't deliver.

Pictures to follow...