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shaddock@muddy.unx.sas.com (Mike Shaddock) writes:
>Was PULTE cooperative or did you have to pay for the repairs yourself?

My personal experience involved a problem with a house bought from Anderson
Homes that occurred about two years after purchase.

Anderson refused to even come out and look at what we were complaining about.

Here's what I learned from the experience:
  1.  The various HOW-type programs are worthless, except perhaps
      for problems reported during the first year IF the builder
      has gone bankrupt.
  2.  Get your complaints to the builder in during that first year...
      the only problem with this is that their "repairs" are so shoddy.
      I don't know whether it helps to file a lawsuit during that first
      year, but it is definitely necessary to be assertive.
  3.  Using the home inspection services prior to purchasing a home from
      the builder aren't much help.

Ultimately a settlement was reached with Anderson.  At least it covered
the legal expenses we incurred in suing them. :-)

				Eli Mantel (eli.mantel@bbs.oit.unc.edu)
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