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I'm just a dumb southerner admittedly, but I swear I know better to buy a home built by Brad Pitt. SMH
So Pitt built these home by himself? Sounds like whomever built the homes and the inspector are the ones at fault here. No home should be rotting after only 10 to 12 years.
The houses were not free - owners made a down payment and have a mortgage.
And this is not a lack of maintenance issue. The homes were poorly made, have mold throughout, and also electrical issues and and fires, and gas leaks.
There should be some recourse against the builder.
So the houses costed over $260,000 on average each and still poor built?
A house shouldn't disintegrate, rot, grow mushrooms in the walls in less than 15 years. these 'make it right' home buyers paid for these houses. the houses weren't given to them for free.
Perhaps brad, et al, should have prioritized quality materials rather than environmentally friendly, cool looking architecture.
these home owners have every right to be mad their houses are rotting.
A house shouldn't disintegrate, rot, grow mushrooms in the walls in less than 15 years. these 'make it right' home buyers paid for these houses. the houses weren't given to them for free.
Perhaps brad, et al, should have prioritized quality materials rather than environmentally friendly, cool looking architecture.
these home owners have every right to be mad their houses are rotting.
well, let me tell you, homes that have been build with the so called particle board plywood will do the same thing eventually....all it is, is pieces of wood glued together....and a whole lot of homes are eventually going to start having problems of the same kind.
A house shouldn't disintegrate, rot, grow mushrooms in the walls in less than 15 years. these 'make it right' home buyers paid for these houses. the houses weren't given to them for free.
Perhaps brad, et al, should have prioritized quality materials rather than environmentally friendly, cool looking architecture.
these home owners have every right to be mad their houses are rotting.
well, let me tell you, homes that have been build with the so called particle board plywood will do the same thing eventually....all it is, is pieces of wood glued together....and a whole lot of homes are eventually going to start having problems of the same kind.
They don't use good plywood any longer....
plus if the homes are in an area of high humidity, forget it....there will be a constant moisture problem.....
So they basically spent $260,000 per home built and they are poorly built? Sounds like someone was pocketing a lot of the money.
It's New Orleans so you can bet there was some of that going on.
Realistically though, depending upon how soon they were built after Katrina, there may have been a shortage of materials and even labor. This is called "Demand Surge" in the insurance industry and relates to post hurricane cost spikes.
May not be the case but thought I'd note it as a possibility.
I just looked it up, average cost for a habitat for humanity house is 90k.
Granted that would include a fair bit of donated labor and they usually get the land for free from the city.
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