Willow Woods Neighborhood
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Goobergrl6
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GRSHPPR said:
umm where to start....you randomly loose a channel even if it is a sunny day out. And not all channels. Just random ones. The picture will just freeze up because. The signal breaks up, the pople working there generally are clueless about everything and in general they just suck!
HisKid
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Willow Woods Builder
Who is the builder for homes in Willow Woods?
My wife and I have a contract on a house in Willow Woods and I see some small stuff that needs to be done to the house on the outside. The house is about 2 years old and I am not sure if it is still under warranty.
Anyone have any info?
Thanks!
Who is the builder for homes in Willow Woods?
My wife and I have a contract on a house in Willow Woods and I see some small stuff that needs to be done to the house on the outside. The house is about 2 years old and I am not sure if it is still under warranty.
Anyone have any info?
Thanks!
HisKid said:
Talk to your real estate agent and have a list of everything that needs to be done. They know how to work with the builder/seller's agent to make sure that everything is up to par before you do your walk-through before the sale. If you have not finalized the contract specific items to be fixed can even be listed in the contract.
Good luck.
HisKid
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Crow Bait said:
Thanks for your reply Crow Bait,
Yeah, I do. I am using a Coldwell Banker agent. I have purchased a home before, I know I can use the home inspection to get the owner to fix things, but the stuff I see is a builder issue. My agent says that Brooke Homes is the builder. I am not condemning them (owner or builder) for what I have found, Its pretty simple stuff, but I wanted to know if the warrany on the home is transferable or renewable and if they can explain the stuff that I have found.
Does anyone know how to contact the builder so I can ask them these questions?
Thanks!
HisKid
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Ideally, all I want to do is have all my ducks in a row for the home inspection tomorrow. I want to make sure that the house is in the best possible condition because I plan to stay for a very long time. Everyone keeps telling me to rely on my home inspector, which is fine, but from my POV, the more I know about the builder, the homes they build, and their reputation, the better off I will be in the long run. Ya know?
Mr Brooke is the builder. The name of the Company is Party Walls inc.
He's a nice, but shrewd Chuck County Business Man. He has resolved almost every issue I've brought to his attention (except for small non-issues).
I can tell you with almost complete certainty that he will not touch the house. I can't tell you anything about the home warranty, so you'll have to discuss that with the current owner.
One thing I can tell you is that the development has taken FOREVER to complete, and there are still empty lots near me. We moved in almost 2.5 years ago and never expected we would still be waiting for the contruction to end.
He's a nice, but shrewd Chuck County Business Man. He has resolved almost every issue I've brought to his attention (except for small non-issues).
I can tell you with almost complete certainty that he will not touch the house. I can't tell you anything about the home warranty, so you'll have to discuss that with the current owner.
One thing I can tell you is that the development has taken FOREVER to complete, and there are still empty lots near me. We moved in almost 2.5 years ago and never expected we would still be waiting for the contruction to end.
HisKid
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Crow Bait said:
Thanks for the Info Crow Bait. I will be moving in at the end of the month, and I am looking forward to meeting people in the neighborhood.
I think that I will likely have to fix most of the stuff that the home inspector flagged myself. There is a laundry list of things that weren't done properly on the house and the builder is responsable for some of them. I still don't understand how the electrical passed county inspection as it is not to code. One of the exterior doors is not sealed or insulated. I can see daylight when looking between the door frame and the exterior wall... There are a dozen or so things like that...
None are terribly difficult to fix, but they are are sending my signals that this house needs an owner that pays attention to detail. Then again the house is in great shape overall.
Thanks again!
John
HisKid
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willie said:
Wow, Sorry its been so long. We had a snafu that put our buying the house in jeapordy. Our contract fell through! It took us this long to get another one. The market out here is really slow right now, but we did end up having 2 competing offers... So that was great.
The Problem with the electrical: In the breaker box, the wires have to be identified on the breakers by color. Black wires go to the breaker, white and unshielded wires go to their respective junction points, which really both end up leading to ground...
When the house was built, some of the electrical circuits required white wires to go to the breakers as they were being used a 'hot' wires. This is fine, as some more complex electrical circuits use more than one 'hot' wire, for whatever reason; but by code, these wires are supposed to be colored black, either by magic marker, or more commonly with black electrical tape. The wires in the breaker box were still white.
I know its a nit, but code is code. If the tiny details were overlooked, then I wonder what else was?