Is it unethical NOT to tell about new development next door?
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Comments (34)Newhomebuilder, I find this thread fascinating, too! And to think for the longest time I never opened it because I thought it was something I would not be interested in. Judiegal, God Bless you and your large, wonderful family. I think it is just lovely. This coming from someone who is an only child and has no children...and I don't particularly even care for hubby's family. HA! I've many times wished I were Italian....if only for the pasta. HA again! And can I just say...to the real point here, good grief at all those tomato plants!!! And oh, oh...the canned ones. A thing of beauty to behold. My beloved father lived to 92 years of age enjoying his vegetable gardening. He couldn't do it the last two to three years of his life as he lost his sight, but in his 80's he had just as many tomatoes and such as you that he loved and cared for. His favorite was the Super Fantastic tomato. Me, at the present, I have three tomato plants and think I'm doing good to take care of them. Thank you so much for sharing your pictures...enjoyable indeed! pup...See MoreUnethical Realtor!!
Comments (24)Sometimes things happen for a reason and turn out better than you thought at the time. A similar situation happened to us, in which a listing agent on a property withheld a counter offer from us to the seller. She wanted us to just accept the seller's counter offer, saying she got another offer on the property...but instead we wrote a counter offer and told her if we lost the property to another buyer, that was fine with us. Turned out she was lying, anyway. The reason we found out is we got suspicious when we never received a response to our counter offer for almost 2 weeks (and we were all cash and could close in 14 days), so we contacted the seller directly and asked if he had seen it. He said he didn't and then he said that his agent told him we lost interest and bought another property...which was totally untrue! Talk about an unethical Realtor!!! Anyway, after this happened and even more unethical behavior displayed by the same agent, we ended up buying the property next door at 17% less than the first seller's lowest price. We closed our deal in 12 days and the first seller has had his property listed with the same unethical Realtor for 4 1/2 years now and he started out at $850k and he was at $259k when we made an offer. She's unethical, he's stupid...what a match! ;P goldensmom, I wish you the best of luck in finding your new home. It will find you eventually, but I hope the sooner the better! BTW, you're absolutely right...that agent should have presented your offer to the seller under your terms. Instead, that agent wrongfully acted like a principal. Non-refundable $20k deposit and "non-negotiable" full price? Hah! You did exactly what I would have done...good for you. P.S. Your comment about him saying he was Realtor of the year made me chuckle...I guess putting themselves on a pedestal could be one thing unethical Realtors have in common. The unethical Realtor in my situation introduced herself in our first telephone conversation by saying, "I'm the number one agent"....See MoreVerizon Unethical Sales
Comments (15)That's why I drop companies and services that are too complicated and that I have to struggle with to get a good rate. (Not to mention adequate customer service.) Life is too short to have to police everybody. If a company wants my business and my $$ they have to give good service and not have hugely complicated structures in which the customer is entered into a maze that keeps ever-spiraling upward. In a competitive economy, the smart companies will realize this. Even land phone companies, which were once monopolies, are no longer able to dictate because we are developing alternative choices all the time. I have Verizon as my land phone and received (and am still receiving) a ton of ads to use their DSL internet. So I gave it a try. First they brought used and faulty equipment, then I could not reach them for customer service. Every night for two weeks we were on the phone, first holding a half hour or more just to get customer service. Throughout this time, the recording continually told us to contact them by internet - but we never could get ON their internet. Then finally we were connected to people in India who were not really able to help. After two weeks, I finally cancelled the service - and got a whopping bill for "terminating my service early". Uh huh, we never once GOT any service. That was more than a year ago and the bill has still is in dispute. So my point is, no, I don't have time to deal with companies like this. Maybe they do fine in an area of the country that are less populated, but my experience and that of several people I know, has not been one that would lead us to continued use of this company....See MoreBuying in new development.
Comments (5)Well, since you get to choose your own builder, you'll be able to compare builders before deciding on the right one for you. A few things to consider: Does the development have any rules at all set in place for the minimum home size, sqft of stone front, quality of build, etc? We came across a few neighborhoods like this and I don't think they all had a HOA. If there are zero restrictions set in place, I would be a little hesitant myself...you say the surrounding homes are valued at 1+mil, so who's going to stop someone from building a smaller or lesser quality home valued at 400k right next door? Excellent points brought up by rrah and bpathome -- check and double check on the school district if relevant, and whether certain roads are private, or what easements you may have on your lot. I happen to love HOAs because I'm a rule follower and like my neighbors to keep their homes & yards tidy (and not leave barking dogs outside all day) so we specifically chose a development with one, but it is a deterrent for some folks for various reasons -- is there any possibility of this development having an HOA, and if so, are you okay with not knowing what the yearly dues might be? In my city there's a gigantic development (started as one builder, then over the years has switched hands several times and now I think they allow a few different builders) that started out as higher-end homes and once the market crashed in 2007/8, they started building less expensive homes in the same development. I'd be pretty livid if I owned a higher end home and then had to be surrounded by homes 1/2 the price of mine without knowing ahead of time. Just like there are developments that have gorgeous houses, then right in the middle of the development there are apartments...yeah, no way in heck I'd buy a house with an apartment complex in my neighborhood!...See MoreBilll
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