#20
Thu, July 19, 2001
This email is a rebuttal to RipOff #5508. It was sent by Cindy Schnackel at [email protected]. Lawless Homes, Inc. in St. Louis, MO is a Rip-Off (#5508) They filed the following rebuttal to the above Rip-Off Report: Their email: [email protected] Their name: Cindy Schnackel Their relationship to the company: Consumer Suggestion Rebuttal: Contact Nancy Seats, president of Homeowners Against Deficient Dwelling, http://www.hadd.com I believe she is in your area. Also, a TX based organization, http://www.hobb.org has info you can almost certainly use too. I know the problem of cost of an attorney vs cost of cutting your losses. In most areas it seems legal costs and other damages are unrecoverable. Even if you sue and win, and even if the builder pays--which he may not--the settlement may be nothing because the lawyer gets paid first. That's why it's so important for people who've been ripped off by a builder to complain and stick with it. Otherwise it will only get worse, and it's already a lot worse than most people realize. Some people's houses are so bad they are not salvagable. Good luck, I think you'll find Nancy very helpful!