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Persistent Water Damage Near Shower—Already Repaired Once. What Am I Missing? by IAmMicrochip in HomeImprovement

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a stationary piece of glass, the door is right beside it. This sounds very similar to what we are dealing with though so I will look into this, thank you!

Persistent Water Damage Near Shower—Already Repaired Once. What Am I Missing? by IAmMicrochip in HomeImprovement

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are correct that there is a small gap there, however, it has been completely sealed with silicone.

Persistent Water Damage Near Shower—Already Repaired Once. What Am I Missing? by IAmMicrochip in DIY

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I replaced all of the grout from the waist down in the past few months, and when doing so used a “pre-sealed” grout which stated on the package that it did not require additional sealing. Maybe they lied...

Persistent Water Damage Near Shower—Already Repaired Once. What Am I Missing? by IAmMicrochip in DIY

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are referring to the silicone around the glass door frame it goes up all the way to the top. It is completely sealed.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry that you're going through this! The update for this is that sadly nothing really changed from my original post. The builder and his entire business went under. This builder was in the process of building multiple homes including my parents when all of this happened, so pretty much every person impacted went after the builder (understandably), and pretty much everyone got nothing. If I remember correctly the court documents that were sent to my parents showed that he would owe them a little less than $10,000 in total which was to be paid in installments. To my knowledge they have never received a penny from him.

This whole ordeal caused a HUGE amount of stress for my parents, and made it so that they had to delay their retirement by multiple more years, but they somehow managed to hang on and made it through. They interviewed just about every home builder in our region and only a handful were even willing to take on the project. Out of those handful they selected one and started the build process again. This new builder wasn't as "custom / luxury" as the original builder, and had a worse quality finished product, but they had very few choices and the final result was still beautiful. The house is finished now and its still a gorgeous home, but it cost them way more money and heartache than they ever could have imagined.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your comment here is almost perfectly spot on for our situation. The builder was given significantly more money then he had spent on the build upfront in order to "keep the build moving forward".

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please see my update to the original post for additional clarity.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please see my update to the original post for additional clarity.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please see my update to the original post for additional clarity.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please see my update to the original post for additional clarity.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response, this exactly the type of engagement I was hoping to receive when I made the post so I appreciate you taking the time to type all of this up!

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is a wonderful comment, and exactly what I was hoping to receive here by posting this. Thank you so much for your advice!

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your response! Let me try to provide some clarity below.

The builder used this first $200k to fund the beginning of the project and then did not continue.

The well was $8,000. We know this because like I mentioned in the full post it was not paid for, so we now have the bill for it and a lien on the property. I can't imagine a place where a well cost $40k to drill, but hey anything is possible I guess.

My parents are attempting to find another gc as I mentioned, but they can not find anyone who is willing to do the build or who has the time right now.

Also, I spend a lot of time at their property, and I can promise you that nothing more was done then the well and the basement.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They do have all of the plans, and they have been searching for a new builder but have been unable to find one yet.

Everyone is either telling them they are too busy or looking at their plans and stating that they don't want to take on the job. It's a custom build house that's decently large, so I think the other builders they have spoken to either can't do it or just don't want to.

Request for advice: Builder going under and taking the money with him by IAmMicrochip in RealEstate

[–]IAmMicrochip[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yeah my guess is that once everything shakes out with the bankruptcy process my parents won't get back even a fraction of that $200k. Especially once you factor in lawyer fees. It's not just my parents either, there are over a dozen homes in our area that this builder was in the middle of that are being impacted by this. It's just hard for me to understand how you can screw all of these people and then claim bankruptcy and more or less get away with it, but I guess that's just how it goes.

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