James Edward Builders built my house in 2009 and my basement kept leaking. He sent some one over to put another sun pump in and it worked for a few weeks but whenever there was rain or a lot of snow it would flood again. He promised that he only build 5 house in a year, and that he would oversee the house being built, but he never was there. It was my first experience in not only buying a home, but owning one aswell. I lost all my savings, over $20, 000 in down payment money, and then I spent over $10, 000 in monthly payments. A house that was supposed to cost me $150, 000 was increased to over $220,000, and was not built according to the specifications we had agreed to. As one other complaint wrote, you start off talking to the nice guy and then you get the negotiator, that forgets to treat you as a customer and starts treating you like a dog. He would meet with me and act like he sincerely wanted to do right, and after you have problems them he treats you like you are nothing. After the house was built, he raised the price of it, and pretended to give me the best price. I ended up losing all my money, the house flooded over 4 times in a year, and then he wanted me to keep paying the mortgage although he admitted that there was problems with the build. I went to an attorney but I did not have any money because I took my retirement money to pay for the down payment. I eventually was told by a legal team offered free from my job that I needed to cut my losses and move out, give the house back to the builder, and move on. I asked him if when he sold the house if he would give me some of my money back, he slightly said yes, but to this day when I run in to him he acts like he never met me before. read more
