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Contractor rips roof off of wrong house and leaves, refusing to replace the roof
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:11 pm
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:11 pm
Newsweek
Steve Lehto covers the story on YouTube
quote:
An Idaho family was shaken to find the roof of their house gone after a grave error from a contractor they never hired.
Jessica Hotvedt, a mom in Spirit Lake, Idaho, told local station KXLY-TV that her daughter came home from school to see people removing their roof on June 1. The building has now been roofless and covered in a tarp for over 20 days.
quote:
It turned out that a contractor for D.R. Roofing LLC had gone to the wrong address for a roof removal.
The only explanation left behind was a letter from the contractor, which read, "Due to miscommunication I was given the wrong address to do some roof work. After I did some tear-off I was informed this was the wrong house. I deeply apologize for the inconvenience."
quote:
The note also directed Hotvedt to call the roofing company for assistance and promised to repair the roof "in a timely manner," adding, "we will take responsibility for this mistake."
But over three weeks later, Hotvedt said her home is still missing a roof. D.R. Roofing told her the company's insurance would cover the damage, but so far, their insurance claims have been denied she told KXLY-TV.
quote:
A letter from the insurance company informed her that "the policy issued to D.R. Roofing contains an exclusion for property damage arising out of an open roof condition."
Price estimates to redo the metal roof have only further demoralized the mom, who said bids from other companies have quoted over $70,000.
Steve Lehto covers the story on YouTube
This post was edited on 6/26/22 at 1:12 pm
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Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:14 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:its all good then. Said he was sorry
I deeply apologize for the inconvenience.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:14 pm to LegendInMyMind
If you went to a random house and tore the roof off, would you get jailtime?
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:15 pm to LegendInMyMind
Should be an easy lawsuit.
Yeah just say sorry and all will be right.
quote:
I deeply apologize for the inconvenience."
Yeah just say sorry and all will be right.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:15 pm to LegendInMyMind
Lawyers fixing to eat
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:15 pm to SEClint
quote:
its all good then. Said he was sorry
Yeah, whoopsies don't cut it here.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:15 pm to member12
She should have lawyers lining up to take this case already
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:16 pm to member12
quote:
If you went to a random house and tore the roof off, would you get jailtime?
You'd get more than that.....
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:16 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:17 pm to member12
quote:
If you went to a random house and tore the roof off, would you get jailtime
Yea I would think this would be grand theft, vandalism, criminal trespassing, and destruction of property at least
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:20 pm to member12
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If you went to a random house and tore the roof off, would you get jailtime?
I would think at least a destruction of property deal.
I’d be looking into the criminal side of it for sure.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:21 pm to SEClint
He said deeply sorry. That’s way more meaningful than just sorry. Guy deserves a pass.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:21 pm to LegendInMyMind
The one thing about contractors is that all the good ones are always busy. There are a lot of shite contractors out there.
When I worked in building inspections and permits, it blew my mind how the same contractors would make the same mistakes over and over again.
Someone coming out of HS could work under a contractor for about two years, come up with a plan to start their own contractor business and if they are good, they could make a lot of money. There are too many contractors out there who is trying to make a quick buck, they don't pay attention to detail, and in this case can't even do the job on the right house.
When I worked in building inspections and permits, it blew my mind how the same contractors would make the same mistakes over and over again.
Someone coming out of HS could work under a contractor for about two years, come up with a plan to start their own contractor business and if they are good, they could make a lot of money. There are too many contractors out there who is trying to make a quick buck, they don't pay attention to detail, and in this case can't even do the job on the right house.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:25 pm to LegendInMyMind
Yeah I’d be taking a sledgehammer to this dudes work truck/equipment if this continued and he refused to help. It’s not hard to do the right thing after you frick up
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:25 pm to Smokedawg
quote:
Yea I would think this would be grand theft, vandalism, criminal trespassing, and destruction of property at least
Could you imagine some autistic kid Swatting people with this? Win a game of CoD and the next thing you know a bunch of Owlies are ripping your shite off
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:31 pm to OweO
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When I worked in building inspections and permits
Lol and you have the gall to talk shite about contractors
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:31 pm to Sao
I'm not seeing how the homeowner hasn't involved the police/sheriff at this point.
"Sorry I ripped your roof off." doesn't cut it.
"Sorry I ripped your roof off." doesn't cut it.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:31 pm to OweO
quote:Jesusgod, this news.
When I worked in building inspections and permits,
I’ll bet you have personally caused heart attacks, strokes, and suicides.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:33 pm to LegendInMyMind
I know someone this happened to after ida. It was quickly resolved.
Posted on 6/26/22 at 1:33 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:
I'm not seeing how the homeowner hasn't involved the police/sheriff at this point.
Who would be arrested?
The owner/operator? They didn't do it.
The illegals? Yeah they did it but they were probably just following orders.
The right play here is to lawyer up and get as much money as possible from the owner.
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