Comments on: Treemont Homes: Bad Karma or Just Bad Spelling?

By: matt

matt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:27:03 +0000

And the sign in the photo really says it all.

“NOTICE OF VARIANCE REQUEST”

That means the builder/developer is wanting to do something they’re really not supposed to be doing. And that, of course, is the reality of Chapter 42.

By: matt

matt — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:16:25 +0000

Inspectors cannot tear apart walls and so in a new home you really don’t know what you’re getting because, well, it looks good and, as Jordan points out, you assume the builder has been required to meet city codes. Usually the city has just rubber-stamped whatever has been presented to them. I gave up on new homes about ten years ago. I might live in one if someone gave it to me. But I would never buy one. Not in Texas. And certainly not in Houston.

Good luck, Jordan, with what has to be the most corrupt state supreme court in the country.

By: Jordan Fogal

Jordan Fogal — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:31:14 +0000

I can not believe anyone would think us so naive and stupid that we did not have a licenced, paid inspector and a licenced realtor. The city is not surpose to put houses up for sale that are not approved and all their inspections completed. But they did and do. The mayor lets the builders hire their own inspectors…that proves he is qualifed for higher office. We still would have done destructive testin to see all the damge they had hidden. The house has been in foreclosure 5 times since we abandoned it in 2004.If anyone would just go to the web site they could read what happend and not surpose things that are not true without all the information. My testimony is right there to be read. I wrote it for the congressional hearing. Our case has now been filed in the Texas Supreme court.
Jordan Fogal
The Lemon Lady
http://www.jordan-fogal.com
jfogal281@aol.com

By: Thomas Johnson

Thomas Johnson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:28:10 +0000

I always recommend an inspection, especially with new homes, since they should be built to current code. When my client goes to sell in a few years, I want to market a house that was tip top compliant when it was built. What is surprising is how many folks decline the opportunity to have the house inspected.

I also recommend an 11 month inspection right before the warranty expires. The horse might be 90% out of the barn, but you can still grab the tail and get some items that might have been overlooked resolved as a warranty issue.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:49:24 +0000

Or maybe buyers shouldn’t be so naive and assume everything thing just wonderful.

Home inspectors exist for a reason. I had once before I closed on my new home. The builder didn’t like the inspector generating a punch list in front of him. It was nice to have the builder at the walk through before closing and seeing his eyes when I had an inspector with me.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:46:04 +0000

On top of that the BBB made a spectacle of how bad they are.
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They are not out of business. And they will continue to rip off unsuspecting buyers who will regret the day they called to complain about the leaking roof and the funny fuzzy stuff growing on the ceilings and walls. But then everyone who buys a new home or townhome or condo is a potential unsuspecting buyer in Texas.

By: kjb434

kjb434 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:38:53 +0000

matt,

Wouldn’t the consumer protection laws have worked if they can’t changed their name? On top of that the BBB made a spectacle of how bad they are.

Not all builder and developers are like this.

By: matt

matt — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:14:59 +0000

Thibiodeau was turned down, even by the Texas Residential Construction Commission for trying to get yet another company name.
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A rose by any other name….

And of course desite so many complaints and lawsuits the builders and developers continue on their merry little way. Protect by public officials who they have either bought or blackmailed.

As for attorneys committing perjury, that assumes they are lying and we all know attorneys never lie. They just have a “different perspective of the truth” as one of the few honest attorneys I know put it recently.

Realtors of course know who the bad apples are. Of course some of them are in the same barrel. Those who aren’t learn quickly to say nothing and try not to show the homes or townhomes or condos without appearing to be steering. The latter important because they not only can be sued for defamation but can lose their real estate licenses.

Welcome to Texas. Where consumer protection laws mean absolutely nothing.

By: Jordan Fogal

Jordan Fogal — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:06:48 +0000

If you really want to read and see the truth about Thomas Thibodeau and Jorge Casimiro…Tremont Homes/Stature Constructiont go to my web sight. Pictures do not lie. I have been following their misdeeds, unethical behavior since 2002. i also have a ruling of common fraud against them.
Thibiodeau was turned down, even by the Texas Residential Construction Commission for trying to get yet another company name. He was written a letter which told him the reasons he was now given the opportunity to withdraw his request was so they would not have to offically turn him down. He was informed by the comission he had too many complaints against him. Also because of his association with a known felon, who was head of his warrenty division and a director and agent for his companies.
Mother Jones magazine did a 7 page expose.

The Better Business Bureau used them as the cover for their magazine,” Builders from hell not at the BBB.

After they had made contractors from hell in People Magazine…
and been fired by the city of Bunkerhill for delays and incompetence. If you want to seriously learn more, go to the web sight…www.jordan-fogal.com I hope this helps you …

By: Hugo

Hugo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:01:23 +0000

A good friend of mine was a victim of the fraud mentioned above in their home on Richmond, although they had the money to repair the home, a lot of their neighbors did not, it is a shame what monsters can get away with.

By: marketingwiz

marketingwiz — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:22:49 +0000

I think in this case, Bad Karma and Bad Spelling both apply.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:02:54 +0000

I have sold several Tremont homes in the development in Shady Acres at Beall & 23rd and have been very impressed with their quality and service. So far, my buyers are very happy as well.