Have You Heard The Horror Stories of New Home Construction?
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Have you heard all the things that can go wrong when building a new home?
My brother bought a newly built house in a big development tract. After living in the house for less than six months he noticed some discoloration on the wall of his daughters bedroom. He found out that a slow leak had been soaking the interior of the wall for months and now it was full of mold.
He had to put his daughter in the same bedroom with her two brothers while the leak was fixed, the mold removed, and the wall repaired. His children were sharing the same room for months before her room was livable again.
A friend of mine bought a new 3 bedroom condominium. He found it was hard to afford the $175 to $250 electric bill to keep it cool because it was so poorly insulated.
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Jan 17 2009
