- Jul 19, 2001
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So my mom and dad are in the process of selling their home in South Fla.
Roughly 1 month ago, they got a decent offer on their house from a recently Divorsed man who said he works for that food transportation company (Sysco?) and needed something closer to work, so they decided to take it. Closing was set for the middle of November.
Hurricane Wilma ripped through their area in Oct and caused mainly minor damage to their home, mostly trees down and whatnot from what they could tell.
Nevertheless, as usual, the buyer brought out an inspector to check out the property. The inspector looked over the house and said everything was great except the roof. He noted that many tiles were partially loose and there were 2 small leaks.
Needless to say my parents weren't happy, but they went ahead and called their insurance company to file a claim.
Right around the same time, the buyer contacted my parents and told them he had a friend in the roofing business that he wanted to get an estimate from. My parents agreed, an estimate wouldn't hurt.
Yesterday, the buyer, the agent, and the roofer he reccommends come over to my parents. The roofer gives an estimate of ~ $32,000 for the roof. My parents are unsure of the estimate, so they decide they are going to contact a few other companies to get more estimates. They also found a few things fishy. When they got the roofer's business card, they asked where the city the business was based (i think Tequesta) was located, he didn't know and the buyer didnt either (he didnt say anything). They buyer stated he would be willing to take the house if they dropped the price of the roof off the total, something my parents didn't want to do.
However, later that evening, my mom has a bad feeling so she goes on Sunbiz.com (Florida's Corporations website) and pulls up the company information.
Shock. The VP of the Roofing Company is the Buyer, the President, his wife. The entire time, from the first inspector to the "friend's" estimate, the buyer acted as if he knew nothing about roofing, even said so to my parents. Turns out the "friend" was actually his employee.
I didn't even know what to tell them except get the hell out of that deal. My dad had a BAD feeling about the guy from the very beginning. Turns out, he was right.
Roughly 1 month ago, they got a decent offer on their house from a recently Divorsed man who said he works for that food transportation company (Sysco?) and needed something closer to work, so they decided to take it. Closing was set for the middle of November.
Hurricane Wilma ripped through their area in Oct and caused mainly minor damage to their home, mostly trees down and whatnot from what they could tell.
Nevertheless, as usual, the buyer brought out an inspector to check out the property. The inspector looked over the house and said everything was great except the roof. He noted that many tiles were partially loose and there were 2 small leaks.
Needless to say my parents weren't happy, but they went ahead and called their insurance company to file a claim.
Right around the same time, the buyer contacted my parents and told them he had a friend in the roofing business that he wanted to get an estimate from. My parents agreed, an estimate wouldn't hurt.
Yesterday, the buyer, the agent, and the roofer he reccommends come over to my parents. The roofer gives an estimate of ~ $32,000 for the roof. My parents are unsure of the estimate, so they decide they are going to contact a few other companies to get more estimates. They also found a few things fishy. When they got the roofer's business card, they asked where the city the business was based (i think Tequesta) was located, he didn't know and the buyer didnt either (he didnt say anything). They buyer stated he would be willing to take the house if they dropped the price of the roof off the total, something my parents didn't want to do.
However, later that evening, my mom has a bad feeling so she goes on Sunbiz.com (Florida's Corporations website) and pulls up the company information.
Shock. The VP of the Roofing Company is the Buyer, the President, his wife. The entire time, from the first inspector to the "friend's" estimate, the buyer acted as if he knew nothing about roofing, even said so to my parents. Turns out the "friend" was actually his employee.
I didn't even know what to tell them except get the hell out of that deal. My dad had a BAD feeling about the guy from the very beginning. Turns out, he was right.
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