Others have elaborated on this so I won't belabor the point. And if you think the licensing board is just going to shut them down just like that it doesn't work that way. just like they did to the customer and the complaintant rarely follows up. They're not set up to police and when a complaint is made they get their say also and will lie etc. The licensing board was little more then a revenue collector for licensing fees. I often worked as a subcontractor for general contractors and I had many problems with them and they were all licensed. ![]() One of the reasons I wrote what did about licensing was because I was a masonry contractor for 20 years. I am really sorry this happened to you sincerely. Maybe you can approach the problem with a fresh mind and come up with a solution that would better prevent situations like yours in the future? I understand that you feel the need to do something about what happened to you, I just don't think builder licensing will solve the problem. I recognize that hindsight is always 20/20, and it's of little consequence now. Perhaps you could also have gotten a performance bond posted on the project, so if it was not completed, you get to keep the bond money. In addition they would have been able to make sure that there was someone to sue if various performance guarantees were not met. Unfortunately I suspect that the only way to have prevented your situation would have been to hire a reputable real estate attorney to find all the "gotchas" in the contract (such as unloading the 18 wheeler). If the license is for an individual (as opposed to the corporation), the builder's next company will sign up the builder's spouse for a license. The builder will simply close up one shop and start another, and continue to rip people off. Licensing (in other states) simply has not solved the problem. And we only concentrate on log homes - we don't even count the other construction types. ![]() Our website has links to dozens of such log home horror stories (). Many other states have builder licensing (I would venture to guess most states) and there are still people who get ripped off by disreputable builders. He probably won't even have the decency to change his phone number when he switches corps. You would still be out the money, and the builder can just declare bankruptcy and start a new corporation to do business with. Regarding builder licensing, do you suppose it would "feel better" if you were one of the first or second people to get ripped off? I'm pretty sure it would be no consolation if you were scammed by a "new" builder and then you got his license revoked. I assume you've already looked into lawsuits against the various players, any luck there? Other than that, another avenue might be to draw media attention to the problem (which you are already doing with the website). It's a real shame that something like this can happen, and when it does there doesn't seem to be much you can do about it. Greetings ifeelnothin, welcome to the forums!įirst I'd like to say that we all feel horrible about your situation. Like, do we have to unload our own 18-wheeler when it arrives at our site? Wouldn't have thought of that one. But hard to ask questions if you don't even know what they are. And their references, well, guess it was friends of theirs or something and they shnookered the log home company too because they couldn't believe they did that to us either. I am sure the bums who took us are doing it again and again. Right now there is no way to check on builders other than word of mouth and this is what I am attempting to help with my site. I guess why I think licensing is the only answer is that at least if they have a few complaints they will no longer hold a license and won't be able to swindle 15 people, it might end at 2. I still don't get it! The next builder came recommended from another trusted log home company in our area. ![]() When we met with the owner of Katahdin Cedar Log Homes, Dave Gordon, he said that the builder was really not their builder, just someone who was a dealer. His lead man had a few months experience and that was the only one who knew what he was doing. We did view work done by the builder from Katahdin, the problem was, when he got to our home, he had a couple of messes to clean up behind him so he never showed. We read the magazines, talked to several builders etc. I am the poor sucker that you said did not do my homework.
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