What the heck is up with Wayne Homes? Seriously!
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Comments (21)Jo, But is is a good form of bad. My husband will gladly buy me anything I say I need for the garden, although I know at times he is thinking the same thing..."do we really need to spend money on this?". I have noticed that he is a lot more willing to spend money on raising edible crops than on ornamentals. He also appreciates the garden a lot more after a trip to the produce section of Central Market or Whole Foods or to a good farmer's market. After he has seen the prices of high-quality organically-raised produce, I think he sees dollar signs when he looks at our garden....as in, he's thinking of the $$$$ he is not spending on organic fruit and veggies because we raise them ourselves. Dawn...See MoreAnyone here seriously looked at modular homes?
Comments (5)We seriously considered going with modular but decided against it. The dealers who could build in our area were either uninterested in working with us (I believe because of the challenges of our lot) or people we weren't interested in working with. There is a very good modular dealer/GC nearby that friends had a great experience with, but we're building on the other side of the state line, and, while they would have been happy to sell us a house, we would have had to be our own GCs for the foundation, installation and finishing work, and I wasn't comfortable with that. Also, I watched a 2 story, 4 piece modular home get set last summer, and it was amazing to see, but despite being done by experienced professionals, it was a little wonky. One of the pieces was a little off square from the rest, and I don't know how they were going to fix it. I know my stick built house won't be perfect either, but... If we were going to go with modular, I'd want to stick to a one story home-- it seems like the stacking is where things can get iffy with modular, IMO....See MoreWayne Homes SERVICE
Comments (5)My heart goes out to you. As I recall, we've seen complaints about Wayne Homes on this forum before. My guess is they're waiting for the warranty period to run out so that they have an excuse NOT to come back and fix anything. Just a suggestion - try taking pictures (or videos if necessary) detailing all of all the problems. Then email the CEO/president/owner of the company (CC whoever heads up your local Wayne Homes branch and whoever actually supervised the building of your home) and attach copies of the pictures and videos. Skip writing a long irate letter (which won't get read anyway). Just write: "The attached images were all taken in the house Wayne homes built for me at [address] under a contract signed [date] and that I moved into on [date]. I have been attempting, without success, to get these issues taken care of ever since moving in. As president/CEO/owner of the company, are you PROUD of this quality of work? Will you be happy if I post these images on various internet sites as examples of the quality of work Wayne Homes did in building my house? If not, please contact me by [date]." Keep it just that short and sweet. Let the pictures tell your story for you. I've been dealing with various contractors now for over a year trying to get my home finished (after firing a dishonest, lousy builder midway thru the build) and recently hit upon this mechanism to deal with incomplete/substandard work. So far it has worked far better than anything else I have tried including making theats of filing a lawsuit. Unfortunately, contractors know that lawsuits tend to cost the homeowner more than they're worth. However, most business men are becoming VERY aware of the power of the internet to affect their business. As for the cleaning up after working issue, I no longer allow anyone to work on my house unless I or someone else I trust can be there to supervise them. I'll park my truck on the street before the workmen arrive so that they park in my driveway. Then, while they're working, I go move my truck so that their vehicle is blocked in. If they start to leave without first cleaning up, when they come asking me to move my truck, I point to their mess and say with a smile, "Gentlemen, I'm sure you MEANT to clean up that mess before you left. Why don't you take care of that while I go find my keys so I can move my vehicle and let you out." So far it has worked like a charm. If it ever doesn't, I intend to pull out my camera - in front of them - take a picture and immediately call their supervisor and let him know what kind of messes his workers are deliberately leaving behind. Can you tell I've fallen in love with my digital camera! Nothing like on the spot "evidence". Oh, one more thing. All my electrical outlets were also hard to shove a plug into at first. Didn't matter how old/new the appliance was. In my experience tho, they loosened up after a plug was shoved and pulled back out a dozen times or so. The ones I use all the time (mostly in the kitchen and master bath) are now easy to get a plug into. Someday when I have nothing else to do (HAH!) I plan to go crawling around the floor and loosen up all the rest... or maybe I could hire child to do it for me. LOL!...See MoreHow in the heck did I end up with such a good kid?
Comments (10)That is so sweet, Trin! I am crazy about my angel, too! She was my last and BEST Christmas present I ever want. She is 7 1/2. She is not a materialistic child (she couldn't be as we share what money we have with our family and she knows this plus she had no grandparents to spoil her) She really, really wanted a Nintendo DS for Christmas this year. All her little friends had them already or were getting them for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, I said, "What if Santa doesn't bring you a Nintendo DS?" She said, "Mommy, I don't care. That's not what Christmas is about. It's about celebrating Jesus' birthday." That melted my heart. She is the sweetest child and I couldn't ask for a bigger blessing. (My only regret is that we couldn't go back and get her a sister like we had planned but I ended up quitting my job to stay at home.) I wish I knew how to put photos on the Internet so you all could see our sweet girl. (We have this new Apple Computer and my DH hasn't read how to upload pictures. We have a USB port we can run from the camera to the computer, but we don't know how to do that either! Maybe someone can help me!)...See Moremainecoonkitty
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