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Article #1721CenTex House Leveling - horror story
From: helyer
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 00:00
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The company is named CenTex House Leveling. The owner is Ben Cooper. CenTex House Leveling employees jackhammered through the foundation and broke a fresh water pipe which ruined the living room carpet. The owner says that the damage is "NOT CenTex's responsibility". CenTex House Leveling contracted to not only level the foundation of the home, but also to *level* a carport/storage area. With the owner present and giving direction, the CenTex employees dropped the slab while trying to level it. The slab cracked into several pieces. CenTex then broke the slab into smaller pieces with sledgehammers so that they could pour concrete on top of the rubble. State certified engineers have said that pouring a "cap" on top of the rubble would *not* work. CenTex has been unable (or unwilling) to offer any other solution. Should I mention the wastewater pipe which was broken by CenTex House Leveling employees (most likely with their trusty jackhammer)? I'll stop the list here for now. CenTex has been unable or unwilling to reply to direct questions posed in written correspondence. Indeed, we have received no written correspondance from CenTex House Leveling which offers a solution to the broken slab and other damage. The extensive damage is still visible now, just as it was left in early June when CenTex walked off the job never to return. There are pictures and letters which help to outline and underscore the facts above. If you want to contact me for further information, please feel free. Obviously I would most likely NOT recommend this company to anyone. Has _anyone_ else had any GOOD or BAD experiences with this company? Perhaps an agreement can still be reached, but time is running out. --Andrew; helyer@mail.utexas.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10db0a,3c4555fa39fc880e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db0a,public X-Google-Thread: ffea8,3c4555fa39fc880e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidffea8,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,3c4555fa39fc880e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 10b82c,3c4555fa39fc880e,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10b82c,public From: helyer <helyer@mail.utexas.edu> Subject: CenTex House Leveling - horror story Date: 1997/08/25 Message-ID: <34025B2D.440B@mail.utexas.edu> X-Deja-AN: 268546667 Distribution: tx Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Reply-To: helyer@mail.utexas.edu Newsgroups: tx.general,misc.consumers.house,austin.talk,austin.general