10-07-2009, 08:02 AM
Thanks for your input Kathy. Of course, I don't intend to take this as far as you have gone on your own...Kudos to you for your diligence. For my own abilities I have to quote that "he who represents himself has a fool for an attorney." LOL Also - I believe the responsibility is on the shoulders of the seller as to disclosure. We could not know (haole factor) about sinking land and green waste improperly disposed of.
I have started the process with my own letters and inquiries and have considered actions with the DCCA...or even a moderator to cover all bases before we go into debt trying to process this case. We do NOT have deep pockets to be sure.
I did expect everyone involved in this process to point in another direction, or totally exonerate themselves from any responsibility, and was not surprised by their reaction.
I have also gotten some wonderful advice and information from other people along the way.
We have neighbors down the road whose front yard of their property caved in completely and when I mentioned to the GE my knowledge that he came out and repaired the property, he stated that he was paid to do it by the developer.
ONE QUESTION: I was under the impression that an Architect was responsible for each step taken in the construction of a project. Is this incorrect? Doesn't he do more than draw up the plans?
PETER: We also live in Hawaiian Shores Recreation Estates...please email me privately...comparing notes may help us somehow.
I have checked on the GE and actually found cases where he was warned and fined in 2007, and long ago in 1992 there was a JUDGEMENT against him. There are no further details given.
I'm sorry to bore you all with this...I appreciate all your input! I made a decision not to mention all the names involved, but if you live in Hawaiian Shores there were several developers and this one in particular slapped these houses up for their Japanese clients who were charged triple the prices they should have been. Homes were built with as little quality and concern as possible.
Carrie Rojo
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it." Galadriel - LOTR
I have started the process with my own letters and inquiries and have considered actions with the DCCA...or even a moderator to cover all bases before we go into debt trying to process this case. We do NOT have deep pockets to be sure.
I did expect everyone involved in this process to point in another direction, or totally exonerate themselves from any responsibility, and was not surprised by their reaction.
I have also gotten some wonderful advice and information from other people along the way.
We have neighbors down the road whose front yard of their property caved in completely and when I mentioned to the GE my knowledge that he came out and repaired the property, he stated that he was paid to do it by the developer.
ONE QUESTION: I was under the impression that an Architect was responsible for each step taken in the construction of a project. Is this incorrect? Doesn't he do more than draw up the plans?
PETER: We also live in Hawaiian Shores Recreation Estates...please email me privately...comparing notes may help us somehow.
I have checked on the GE and actually found cases where he was warned and fined in 2007, and long ago in 1992 there was a JUDGEMENT against him. There are no further details given.
I'm sorry to bore you all with this...I appreciate all your input! I made a decision not to mention all the names involved, but if you live in Hawaiian Shores there were several developers and this one in particular slapped these houses up for their Japanese clients who were charged triple the prices they should have been. Homes were built with as little quality and concern as possible.
Carrie Rojo
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it." Galadriel - LOTR
Carrie Rojo
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future..." Galadriel LOTR
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future..." Galadriel LOTR