Over 100 lawsuits connected to company building homes in Tampa Bay area
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2024
- Mattamy is not alone in facing homeowner construction complaints. Searches for other major homebuilders also reveal litigation over alleged construction defects.
As somebody who used to help build multi-million-dollar condominiums-- Always have the house thoroughly inspected prior to purchasing. Do NOT use the company's recommended inspectors. Fight tooth and nail to get a third party inspector. If they want to put up a fight over that, buy elsewhere.
Sue the county. They kept giving an OK to the homes.
Exactly why I refuse to buy a new house 👌🏽
Its Tampa construction standards
Exactly
If this company did things right to begin with they would not have to come back 10+ time for one home to fix screwed up work and they would not have 100+ lawsuits against them. "Buyer beware in doing business with this company" should be in big letters on the first sheet of the selling contract. Shalom
Never buy a new home, there are no skilled craftsmen anymore, just laborers.
Man, those skilled craftsmen from back in the day. That knowledge and skill used to get passed down from one generation to the next. It's why we have 100 year old homes still standing. These new builds may not make it through the next winter. It's unbelievable how short-sighted these companies are. They should be ashamed of themselves.
Very true! They hire day laborers for cheap. Sad
So basically just have a significant portion of the population renting forever because nobody should buy a new home and just rely on current homeowners dying off?
I bought a brand new home in 2018, but I didn’t have these issues . I live an hour or so away from Tampa going north. However, I *definitely* got my *_house inspected_* from an outsider inspector.
I would be interested in having Tampa Bay 10 come and visit the new residents and owners in the 55 and over Medley @ South Shore bay community built by Lennar in Wimauma
Lennar is garbage.
So take the steps to make that happen
It's not just Academy homes it's DIA Horton Holmes you gotta fight to get service
back in the 80's there was no work in michigan so many construction workers went to florida. i knew 2 carpenters who went. they came back to michigan a few years later. they both told me they couldn't believe how shoddy the homes were built in florida.
It’s true. Our home was burnt down because of it! Saddest part We lost our dog.
We were told to sue the county but had no money after renovations
While I don’t doubt that problems with these homes exist, the story was really lax on any specifics or their severity.
that's the problem trying to build too many homes so fast to make money.
My God. You're the only person looking at this intelligently.
This is what happens when people become so obsessed with the trend of Flo king to one state. Everyone is cashing in on the obsession. People think Florida is the only nice place to live. When you can live just as nice in other places
This is why you get a home inspection before closing
It's insane that standards have declined so badly. That's the problem with the profit only mentality. It degrades quality. Sadly, now America will be known for substandard houses. It's a damn shame. You look at the older builds and understand why they stood the test of time.
Greed, cheap products, inspectors that don't care and construction workers who are not trained well in their jobs all mean that when the housing market is doing really well, the home builders bloom like mushrooms in the dawn making millions of cheap and badly constructed houses that homeowners must deal with. Even new home buyers should hire an inspector to make sure things are right. Just because it's new doesn't mean it's right. Trust me, as I got caught in that slamming door too, and filed a lawsuit to cover my repairs. They fought me, even though I had taken pictures. The day before the court date, a representative showed up at my door with a check for the amount of the lawsuit. Many of these companies are slimy. And they simply do not care about you.
They don't care about their country. They would rather the U.S. burn in order to make a buck. It's utterly disgusting.
Exactly
Did they not hire inspectors?
In all fairness it is the sub contractors that they use but they operate like they do in Canada where there seems to be no consumer protection laws. I hope they get a lesson in consumer protection here.
So these companies manage the construction from an office, cell phone and a spreadsheet. They go with low bid, low quality subs that pay the workforce so low that you get no one that really learns the trade and craftsmanship required. It is just like auto manufactures that don't fix the defects before the car is fielded to consumers. I just put new windows in my 40 yr old home north of Tampa. The block work was nice the straight and square. I told the replacement window contractor that I should get a rebate because he had to use so little caulk to seal the windows. I still have some Florida Hurricane Retrofit work to do on this home but when I am done, I will have 135 mph strong house with no real maintenance other than roof and AC replacements as they years go by.
OMG this home builder built a bunch of homes next to me in AZ and they literally were falling apart (I seriously do mean coming apart at the seams) as soon as people moved in. These homes are expensive, and they are put together with tape and spit it seems. I lived right next to this area and watched every day the places being built and thought oh wow this is awful I feel so bad for all these people who bought these places because you could see that they are just put up liceity split with no professionalism or care, I could see corners being cut and things not being done right. It's not just FL in AZ this home builder-built crap too!
Exactly, I heard about this company here in Arizona.
@@lewisbale1 The gated community that I lived next to is called Haven by Mattamy Homes off W. Pecos and Alma School in Chandler. The homes started falling apart as soon as the people moved in, just horribly built and so expensive. I watched every day during 2020 and 2021 as these homes were right across my fence line and I would walk with my dog through the subdivision and just be shocked how fast and reckless they were being built. I even told people the owners were going to be having serious issues, and sure enough some of the places had walls falling down, and 2 and 3rd floors caving in, plumbing flooding, rain coming through gaps causing drywall to crumble, garages built to short for cars to get in and driveways built to short to be able to park....tons more issues. Such a nightmare!
AZ has no building standards that's why.
I live in the Cape and I have been seeing the construction for the last couple years while I run up and down the road. What do you expect they are employing migrant workers who don't care about you or this country. Put the company owners in jail that is the only way you will ever fix this issue.
Most of these contractors are crooks. They all use subs, very few have their own crews. I worked for a major roofing ,siding, window , doors, storm chaser. An absolute crook. He was an insurance scammer.
It is also DR Horton we have to deal with someone with the name Carlos and we can't get anything done or he will Send someone to take out a nail and close out the whole homeowner's request to have something fixed. And then if you proceed on About the issue hillside stop being so difficult
Just wait till that huge common roof needs replacing good luck getting all the owners to chip in for the cost to replace. A typical new roof in my area can cost upwards of $20,000+ that huge common roof is 3 to 4X the size. No way would I move into a dwelling with a common roof such as these units have.
Usually in these types of communities the HOA will replace the roofs through reserve funds collected from homeowners over the course of the usefulness life.
Weren’t inspections done before buying?
They should check if they have issues in Canada too. They built lots if new homes in Canada
Buy an old block house and redecorate it. If some has been around almost 100 years with little problems, you know itll last your life time with little work. Dont buy hoa , id rather buy old, if not id just buy a manufacturer home.
Ans Mattatamy is a sponsor.
It's like this all over the United States, shoddy home's being buiyin a couple months and falling apart.
The problem is with the city inspection department when these places are being built I have worked in many large development residential areas and the builders become buddy-buddy with the contractors they sign off the inspections at the Roach Coach while they're getting food without ever looking and they don't even check anything they just sign them off because ultimately the Builder is responsible not the city so I blame the city
I know someone going thru this same exact thing.
Whatever happened to inspections during the purchasing process
I had a few issues with my new home different builder n they disregarded things that were considered functional. Yeah cheap products n labor.
WHERE IS THE DBPR AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL?????
When builders want to put up a dwelling with cheapest materials and labor, this is what happens. I wouldn't buy anything built in the last 5 years without an independent inspection - even new builds - never trust the builders move in inspection.
Those townhouses all share the same roof. 🤣
And foundation (more than likely). That happened to family of mine - a foundation problem impacted all 3 owners on the same slab so they had to coordinate all the repairs and cost.
Keep buying those bulks constructions homes
They all crooks once they patch things they sell there share or part of the company too another investor apartments building too they do this while the value somewhat still high but they all get government grants
"Bow job" ("Animal House")
Only the rich can afford a brand new built house because their there to actually over see the work for regular working 70k a year citizens not so much long story short never buy a brand new house 🤔👀🤫🧠🤦🏽💯
These people are old enough to know to hire a reputable builder. They bought track homes.
Plenty of people live in developments that are considered track homes. Everybody can’t afford to hire a builder to create a home for them.
@@sharonsparks900 So don't complain when you get what you pay for.
@@francismarion6400 You’re missing the point. Buying land, hiring a builder, architectural plans, wells, sewer, electricity, it’s very expensive. Of course, the end result is fabulous, but it’s only an option for the wealthy.
@@sharonsparks900 What's the point in buying a poorly built house that you have to fix?
@@francismarion6400 We’re going in circles.
Sounds like zero home inspections were done lol clowns
Insould never buy a New Construction ever. Your aaking for peoblems , Lennar, D.R horton r both awful. The subs they use r shady, not licensed at sll. Never would i buy from them. Goodnluck ifnu buy new construction. Never ever