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Posted by modularhomessuck on December 14, 2007, 11:01 pm
Beware: Do not buy a modular home until you learn of our nightmare
experience.
We bought our new modular home from New Millenium, Warner, NH. The home
was built by ProBuilt; Miffleton, PA. The dealer refuses to fix any
problems stating we needed to contact within a year of taking possesion.
The problem is some problems (ie. mold,mildew moisture) took more than a
year to develop. further, some problems (ie. siding) required that the
building systems be dismantled. The dealer states now that more than a
year has transpiredThe following are the problems we have to file a claim
with the home warranty people. The dealer must know, a reasonable person
would expect, that the home warranty, a major selling point of theirs so
they must be familar with its provisions, does not cover water, moisture,
siding etc. The problems:
1. All exterior doors out of square.
2.All exterior doors leak lke seives when it rains.
3. Moisture infiltration somewhere near my daughter's room causing a
mildew odor.
4. Baseboard trim nail shot through drain pipe rendering sink unusable.
They said they were willing to fix this one but the process the required
was too ardous. Also, they did such a shitty job taping the hole I did
not want to cut a hole in the drywall. The vanity needed to be removed to
spare my wall any more patch jobs.
5. Bubbling and sliced vinyl kitchen floor. Once again they said they
were willing to repair this but also stated the whole floor would need to
be replaced. They would not replace it in kind, instead they wanted to
substitute inferior flooring for it.
6. Improperly installed siding.
7. Incomplete attic insulation which allows condensation to form under
the attic deck. I found this today as I was hiding Christmas presents. I
noticed one board was saturated. I began pulling up the decking and the
problem was widespread. As I said, this was found today, approx. 2 yrs
and 3 months after taking possesion. I haven't decided what to do yet.
8. Peeling cabinet veneer. They did provide new veneer but left it to us
to install.
9. One driver delivering the house arrived four hours late, got stuck for
more than 30 minutes down at the corner, ran over the stop sign, went of
the road coming up our straight road, got stuck turning into our driveway,
crushed our culvert, got stuck again in the driveway. Our dealer's
comment was, "Boy, I don't know what is up with George. He's usually one
of our best drivers". Later she did concede that she heard the crew
laughing about how bad he was. She also offered to replace the culvert.
10. No consistant pattern or logic to the electrical wiring (ie.
different corresponding switches in different rooms activate different
lights)
This why I believe modular homes, New Millenium and ProBuilt Homes suck.
I elect to remain anonymous because once we can sell this place in good
conscience we are selling. This place will never be right.
Anonymous.
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Posted by Matt Whiting on December 15, 2007, 9:05 am
modularhomessuck wrote:
> I elect to remain anonymous because ... I'm making this up and don't want to
get caught.
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Posted by PeterD on December 15, 2007, 9:22 am
On 15 Dec 2007 04:01:05 GMT, modularhomessuck_at_gmail_dot_com@foo.co
(modularhomessuck) wrote:
>
>I elect to remain anonymous because once we can sell this place in good
>conscience we are selling. This place will never be right.
>
Good conscience? bwa-ha-ha-ha!
What did the home warranty people say, when you asked them? You forgot
to add that to your rant.
As to your problems, if you really feel you were treated unfairly,
then hire an lawyer and file for relief. There is a method to resolve
these types of problems, and you are not following the methods to
speak of.
You need someone who is independant of you and the builder to evaluate
the situation, do that first.
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