Lori
Kalkaska,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, October 19, 2005
It sounds like you contracted work to be performed on a manufactured home. What make and model? How old? Were these defects present from the get go? Is this a private company that specializes in repairs to site built homes, or manufactured homes? The sad truth of the matter is that a lot of general contractors that work on site built homes do not have the knowledge and/or expertise to work on a HUD home. It is often helpful to contact other contractors to come out to your home and look over the work. Ask for a write up of the work that needs to be performed, as well as a cost estimate. Take pictures of the defective work that has been done. This will give you something to work with when you contact the contractor about returning at no charge to redo the work the correct way. If you get no where in having the original contractor correct the work, consider small claims court as a way to get a refund of the monies that you've already paid. In the meantime, consider buying a roll of belly tape and getting the insulation beck up into the belly and taped up before winter gets here (from experience, the cold air that will come through your floor will not only make the home difficult to heat, but expensive as well!). I wish you the best of luck in resolving this!