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My husband Pat and I have three children Candace-17,Nick-13 and Josh-3 we are a typical family with the dream of building our own home,we had saved our money for 17 yrs. And that dream came alive in the yr. 1999.
We bought the land and started to get contractors lined up when A builder approached my husband and gave us a great deal,which we accepted.
To make long story short now we are in court with the builder,he did not finish the building of the house for which he was paid in full for and caused so much damage we had to hire a nother builder to fix the damages and to finish the building of the house.
We arent the only ones he has done this to, We now know of several others that he has ripped off but no has the funds to take this creep to court and sue him.
It seems that too many builders gets to get away with ripping people off, such as us and thousands of other familys.Our dream has become a nightmare I would not whish it upon no one. T
ts been two yrs. since we have filed a lawsuit against this builder. We havent been to court yet but the attorney fees still keep adding up, if anyone could help us in anyway with our situation it would be greatly appreciated. For we do not have the funds for all the attorney fees and court costs we are going to have to now sell the house that we built and be left with nothing but the dream that we started with.
We bought the land and started to get contractors lined up when A builder approached my husband and gave us a great deal,which we accepted.
To make long story short now we are in court with the builder,he did not finish the building of the house for which he was paid in full for and caused so much damage we had to hire a nother builder to fix the damages and to finish the building of the house.
We arent the only ones he has done this to, We now know of several others that he has ripped off but no has the funds to take this creep to court and sue him.
It seems that too many builders gets to get away with ripping people off, such as us and thousands of other familys.Our dream has become a nightmare I would not whish it upon no one. T
ts been two yrs. since we have filed a lawsuit against this builder. We havent been to court yet but the attorney fees still keep adding up, if anyone could help us in anyway with our situation it would be greatly appreciated. For we do not have the funds for all the attorney fees and court costs we are going to have to now sell the house that we built and be left with nothing but the dream that we started with.
4 Updates & Rebuttals
Cindy
Edmond,Oklahoma,
You're definitely not alone!
#2Consumer Suggestion
Sat, November 02, 2002
Thousands of home buyers in this country are being defrauded by unscrupulous home builders. When a buyer tries to research builders they are often misled by clean reports from the Better Business Bureau. This even happens with state consumer protection agencies that use OUR tax dollars to support the agency. Complaints on file are not necessarily available to researching consumers, and if they are divulged, they may be labeled "resolved" when they really aren't. Arbitration clauses in builder's contracts are another way thousands of complaints are hidden because this takes away a home buyer's right to use the courts, is not public record, and often comes with a gag order. Once you have closed on the home, if hidden defects or omitted materials are discovered when the damage from them shows up, the typical home owner has a very hard time getting warranty service. Laws that once protected consumers with regards to a home purchase have been eroded by the home builders association lobbyists. Home buyers usually do not have anything close to the legal recourse or consumer protection they think they do, when they are forced to take action against a bad builder. Check out the Buyer's Guide online at www.hadd.com and if you want to show your support for accountability from the home building industry, check out the Petition link on hadd.com too. This industry has been hard at work taking away our consumer protection and this has resulted in many ruined lives; speak up loudly and publicly and help put an end to this fraud!
peter
St. Charles Illinois,Illinois,
I too regret building with Stephen Lane of Perillium Homes now d.b.a Lane Custom Homes ASK ME WHY !!!I
#3REBUTTAL Individual responds
Tue, March 12, 2002
These builders ARE scumbags! My builder say's F/U sue me. Go to his website www.perilliumhomes.com. You will see he now goes by LANE Custom Homes, guess why ! I cannot tell you how much grief this moron has put myself and my (disabled) wife through. His attorney's are very well politically connected in this horsebutt KANE County Ill. Everyone is related here, but us. This builder has left us with at least $100,000 in repairs. If I had an attorney to take this case on a contigency basis I would sue the pants off this guy. I cannot afford the lay out $15-20,000 at this time. My wife and I both drive around with professionally made signs on our car's saying, "We REGRET building with Stephen Lane of Perillium Homes now d.b.a. LANE Custom Homes. We have gotten unbelievable support by people that not only know this guy, but have gotten ripped off also. This man does not realize yet how fast bad news travels. MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN YOU GET RIPPED OFF, this is the best means of retaliation. GET A SIGN !!! GOOD LUCK!
8-23-01
#40
Thu, August 23, 2001
this builder has two of his naighbors that he also built homes for and one is still in the rough stage and now going to court because it has to be tore off because of bad a roof.the other neighbor has so many things wrong that its a shame but they to are a young couple that they have no money to go after this builder to sue him so there you go he the builder will keep on going and nothing is stopping him from doing this to many others.
8-23-2001
#50
Thu, August 23, 2001
