Swamplot reader Scott Broschart sends in a photo he took last Monday from the roof of the Herrin Lofts in East Downtown, looking west toward the GRB Convention Center. “Take a look in the windows of the yellow town houses across the street,” he says.
Okay . . .
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You mean here?
Photos: Scott Broschart
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11 Comments
That’s good. Humor is alive and well.
That window sign is probably more likely to get the problem fixed than submitting to arbitration!
You can say that again RWB.
Embarrassment is really the only way a builder would address issues.
Does anyone know of other units that are available there? It would be funny to see the realtor or salesperson try to have new buyers of neighboring units avoid seeing this display.
If the semi-permeable nature of their dwelling is in issue, perhaps the hot tub on the roof is less than ideal…
One of the first things you learn in Structures Class as an architecture student is that flat rooves leak. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but one day they will leak.
Looks like the elevator shaft may be dry.
I’d suspect the 17 most likely improperly-flashed windows… It seems like Houston contractors can’t seem to get the idea of proper window/door flashing correct.
That window sign is probably more likely to get the problem fixed than submitting to arbitration!
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Or get them sued.
If it is true that their house leaks, how can that get them sued?
I’m sure the Lege is drafting a law against posting or carrying mean signs about builders as we speak. Call it the Tremont Towers Developer Reputation Reparation Act.
“If it is true that their house leaks, how can that get them sued?”
Hmmmmmmmm. I think this is the answer to your question:
“I’m sure the Lege is drafting a law against posting or carrying mean signs about builders as we speak. Call it the Tremont Towers Developer Reputation Reparation Act.”
Just ask any of the few homeowners at Tremont Towers who dared to take the matter of mold public.
Sleazy developers are allowed time to make repairs. The legislature of course never has said how much time they’re allowed so all the developer has to say is “we’re working on it.” Which most people find out the hard way when they protest and try to file a lawsuit. And since they’re “working on it,” well, you have libeled them. And so they sue you. Or just foreclose on you to be rid of you.