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- From: jim@doink.b23b.ingr.com (James B. Reed)
- Subject: Re: Your expeirences with Breland Homes and Brian Homes
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.174308.13503@infonode.ingr.com>
- Sender: jim@doink (James B. Reed)
- Reply-To: jimreed@b23b.b23b.ingr.com
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <1993Jan28.153137.5671@b30.b30.ingr.com>
- Distribution: hsv
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 17:43:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.153137.5671@b30.b30.ingr.com>, sreed@b30.b30.ingr.com (Sreedhar Barakam) writes:
- |> I am considerings homes by Breland Homes, and Brian Homes in the Madison
- |> area and would appreciate your comments and suggestions.
-
- You don't say if you're looking at existing pre-owned houses, existing
- new houses, or having a house built, so my comments may or may not apply.
-
- In January '92 we closed on a house we had Brian Homes build for us.
- Mike Lawson (owner) was very friendly and seemed helpful at first,
- but once we signed a contract and construction started, it was very
- difficult to actually get in touch with him and his employees tended
- to give us the runaround.
-
- We ended up having to send a threatening letter (mentioning a lawyer)
- before they would fix a problem we had with water coming into the
- garage. Before sending the letter, we had hasseled with them for
- about six months during which they kept telling us that they would
- have to regrade part of our lot to fix the problem. Everytime men
- came out for the work, they "sealed" the foundation instead of
- regrading. The work was completed within a couple of weeks of the
- letter.
-
- Their workers (or subcontractors) rarely did more than a barely adequate
- job. They slopped over simple details frequently, especially the paint.
- We finally gave up on getting them to finish a couple of minor items
- on the punch list when we realized that they wouldn't (or couldn't)
- do it right.
-
- It may sound like I'm being harsh on Brian Homes, but there are
- plenty of builders around who are worse. Still, if we build another
- house we won't use Brian Homes because they're too difficult to deal
- with.
-
- My advice for dealing with Brian Homes is to get an inspection done
- (don't use anyone recommended by Brian Homes) and refuse to close
- until every little detail on the punchlist is completely fixed.
- Don't move in before closing unless they agree to let you live there
- rent free until closing. (Once you start paying rent, you're covering
- their interest expenses on their building loan for the house.)
-
- I can share more details by email if you're interested.
-
- Jim
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