The only reason we're building is that we couldnt find the house we wanted after searching for a few years. The hard part is trying to find the style we like on a lot we like within so many miles of our work for under a certain amount of money.
We eventually found a beautiful lot to build on, but this crap has really turned us off.
We're trying to work with another builder and thats been going well..so well that its really shined a light on how bad the first group was. What took months for the other guy to fix on the house plans, this latest guy had fixed over night..and it was correct.
But if we could find a house to buy vs build..we'd do it in a heartbeat just to be done with all the drama. We've built before, but it was never like this time around.
As for paying the guy an amount, like $300 just to be done with it, that seems to be the census with everyone we've talked to. Not necessarily because they deserve it (we never got a correct house plan we could build from), but just to end this once and for all and to have them leave us alone.
If theyre smart, theyd take a smaller amount vs push us to litigation...especially when we have friends in the building industry who will back us up, and, we've kept every pc of correspondence we've ever had from them. We have records, we have emails, we have witnesses, we have industry people backing us.. they have...a lot of mistakes and poor communication...and pending lawsuits from other people..
