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With the slew of new construction projects that hit the US during the boom of the real esate market for the last few years, many developers cut costs, corners and basically left condo and home owners with basic construction problems and issues that are costing home owners ten of thousands of dollars in special assements, repairs and lawyer fees.
DeveloperDispute.com was created by another condo owner who has been hit with the same problems and wanted a free way for others to post their complaints and basically just get the word out about the developers and their developments, so that others are aware of the problems.
Signup, posting and searching are for FREE and we do not sell your info to anyone.
Use this site to vent, warn, and just plain talk about the problems that you have faced and hopefully this will help spread the word and bring more to the voice of the honest, hard-working home owners!
Since I was acquainted with the developers trickery, I was very conscious while looking for real estate agents or developers. During this time, many friends of mine had alerted me before I sought to a developer. However, I came across a developer finally, who appeared to be honest and responsible than the lot.
After I visited the office of the developer he asked be to chose a plan from the drafts he showed me. He gave me all the project drafts he was handling then. Eventually I chose one of the drafts and hired him. However, I was very happy considering that I have found out an honest developer.
Later I visited the site regularly when it was under construction. It is needless to say, my supposed condominium was looking great with all the modern amenities, when it was built. I was happy for not being cheated but my developer was shrewd enough. He had already cut corners, which was not possible to figure out immediately. It is the interior artwork where he used his trickery to make cheap profit. I wanted to design my home with exclusive artwork and also asked the developer accordingly for which he also charged me an extra amount but after taking such a big amount, what did I find? I discovered that the artworks in my home are neither unique nor exclusive. These are the replica of the original things bought from the local market.
I was shocked and there was no use to ask my developer for an explanation. It is great to know that today there is site like developerdispute, which maintains the forum dealing with these issues.
It is not easy to determine in what way, the developer will cut corners. In the posh cities of USA, such cheatings and the trickery by the developer is an everyday happening. I was a victim of the developers shrewd policy when I was new to Washington DC. I was desperately looking for a condominium. After I met my developer in his office I asked him to show me drafts of the buildings. I chose from one of the drafts and hired him. This time I gave him an amount as advance.
After a couple of months my developer handed me my new apartment and I cleared all the installments I am supposed to give him. I shifted and found my apartment beautiful. The furnishings were so impressive that it cast a luxurious view. Even more the ceramic floorings and the wall paintings attracted me most. However, this is not all, there was something left to shock me. In this well-furnished impressive apartment, I discovered that none of the electronic appliances is in good condition. The refrigerator did not start working although I plugged in and in due course, the television, fans etc stopped working.
I asked my developer discovering all such faults in my home but my developer told that according to the deal he was not responsible for any damages after the delivery and to do the work again he demanded an extra amount.
I had no other way but to give him extra money and get my work done.
