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re: Brad Pitt's "Make It Right" homes are falling apart

Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:47 am to
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
34130 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:47 am to
My house is 15 years old and I just had to get a new HVAC and a roof. I guess I need to sue the builder.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
87205 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:48 am to
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A new roof shouldn't fail in 5 years.
It's been 13 years.
quote:

A new wooden deck shouldn't sag or become covered with mildew stains in 2 years.
It's been 13 years.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:48 am to
Sure beats being homeless though.

Posted by notbilly
alter
Member since Sep 2015
6763 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:49 am to
Someone should send them a copy of the Louisiana New Home Warranty. You basically don't have shite covered after 2 years unless it's major structural issues and that is only covered for 5 years.

quote:

§3144. Warranties; exclusions
A. Subject to the exclusions provided in Subsection B of this Section, every builder warrants the following to the owner:
(1) One year following the warranty commencement date, the home will be free from any defect due to noncompliance with the building standards or due to other defects in materials or workmanship not regulated by building standards.
(2) Two years following the warranty commencement date, the plumbing, electrical, heating, cooling, and ventilating systems exclusive of any appliance, fixture, and equipment will be free from any defect due to noncompliance with the building standards or due to other defects in materials or workmanship not regulated by building standards.
(3) Five years following the warranty commencement date, the home will be free from major structural defects due to noncompliance with the building standards or due to other defects in materials or workmanship not regulated by building standards.
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
79347 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:49 am to
I was going to say, maybe we shouldn't assume what all of the issues are and when they started showing up.
Posted by lsu13lsu
Member since Jan 2008
11767 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:50 am to
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So 11 year old homes shouldn't need maintenance or upkeep?


Exactly why so many of the donation houses fail (this situation and habitat for humanity). These people have come from generations of renting. I feel like taking care of my house is in my dna. I helped mow my grandparents yard and my parents and now I take care of my yard and house.

#whiteprivilege

Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27894 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:50 am to
Our house is 15 and I have to fix shite every month (or it seems).

Frick these ungrateful turds

What about the fact that you were able to live in a free house for 10 years
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
46445 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:52 am to
Classic Case of "we need help again".

Maintain the damn house & be grateful you rec'd a severely discounted gift.

This world sux
Posted by BitBuster
Lafayette
Member since Dec 2017
1633 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:52 am to
Brad Pitt owed New Orleans nothing. frick him for trying, right? That'll teach him for trying to help.
Posted by Placebeaux
Bobby Fischer Fan Club President
Member since Jun 2008
51852 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:54 am to
Black people are hard on housing.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
73271 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:55 am to
maybe we should also not assume anyone, i mean a single fricking person, has any sympathy for these people who won't help themselves.
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
31064 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:56 am to
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Working with a building material supplier I was involved in bidding on the framing materials used for these homes. All the framing lumber we were bidding included having them sent to a specialty chemical coating supplier that is lifetime warrantied against mold & mildew and like 50 yr insect resistance. I did not win the bid, it went to a larger supplier out of Alabama but I heard they only used it on about half and then stopped to reduce cost.


Be ready for the imminent subpoena.
Posted by member12
Bob's Country Bunker
Member since May 2008
33061 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:58 am to
quote:

Brad Pitt owed New Orleans nothing. frick him for trying, right?


Correct. He didn’t have to do anything.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
108590 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:58 am to
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That'll teach him for trying to help.


,Maybe it will teach him why so many people with far less money than him are sick of their taxes going to people who piss the money away....
Posted by GeeOH
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2013
13376 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:58 am to
quote:

So 11 year old homes shouldn't need maintenance or upkeep


quote:

Essentially, Make It Right was making a lot of promises to come back and fix the homes that they initially sold these people and have failed to do so,


That's the point you racist fricks are missing.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
87205 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:00 am to
quote:

That's the point you racist fricks are missing.
Are those promises in writing?
Posted by jlovel7
NOT Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
23853 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:01 am to
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That's the point you racist fricks are missing.


I think if they promised (in writing) that they'd take care of specified items for a number of years then they should be held to that. But at the same time, if I'm a home owner and there's issues with the house, I'm not going to just let it fall to shite until the legal system works it out for me. If it even does at all.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
73271 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:02 am to


please point to said racism
Posted by ctiger69
Member since May 2005
31030 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:02 am to
Exactly
Posted by Hogwarts
Arkansas, USA
Member since Sep 2015
18303 posts
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:02 am to
No good deed goes unpunished.
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