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Jimmy Carter's Habitat For Humanity homes are falling apart. Will he and his Hollywood celebrity friends be willing to pay union construction workers to repair the work Carter and friends performed?
If I had an offer to have a home built for cheap by Habitat for Humanity versus paying more to have a custom builder build it... I prefer the latter.. you get what you pay for... these people got these homes for almost free.... they shouldn't be complaining, they should be kicked out into an apartment.... either fix the home or buy a new one... you got one for very little and at 0% APR... and cheap usually means "not great"... what were they expecting?
This is a bit of an historical problem, the quality of constuction is appparently "inconsistent":
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When Habitat for Humanity built the Fairway Oaks development here seven years ago, Mary Zeigler thought, “This is a blessing.” In just 17 days, an army of 10,000 volunteers, including former President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter, built 85 low-cost houses, one of the nonprofit group’s biggest “blitz build” projects.
“My pride is gone,” Ms. Zeigler said, pointing to cracks in her house’s ceiling and its concrete slab foundation. “I’ve got a 25-year mortgage, and I’ve got stuff that needs to be addressed or I’m just paying my mortgage in vain, because I won’t have a house in 25 years because it will be falling apart.”
This is too bad. I always wondered about those reality/charity shows where they get all those people and try to build a house in a week. How can it be any good?
If the homes passed building inspection, I'd say that HfH upheld their part of the job. Now the recipients of free homes want life-time warranties with them.
If the homes passed building inspection, I'd say that HfH upheld their part of the job. Now the recipients of free homes want life-time warranties with them.
Kdog we agree!!!!
Years ago I helped on a HFH project. The future owners were about as pickey as any I have ever met. I walked off the job 4 hours into it..
It has always seemed to me that HfH has a strange way of going about doing things.
I've been involved with HfH in smaller towns, where they insist on going in and building a new house, when there are dozens upon dozens of older houses - in need of repair - that could be had for a fraction of the cost.
The real bottom line though, is that any time you have a whole bunch of volunteers building something, you run a very high risk of shoddy workmanship.
I am just waiting for them to ask for expensive crown moulding, granite countertops, etc. for their 50k house.... and then turn around and sue because the granite counter were staining from all the food and water left on the countertops that weren't maintained or cleaned... I guess they expected lifetime maid service as part of the deal as well.... I remember the people who volunteered to build houses for Habitat for Humanity... when I met them, I felt sorry for the house to have these volunteers... volunteers with no real skill at house building should not be house building...
If the homes passed building inspection, I'd say that HfH upheld their part of the job. Now the recipients of free homes want life-time warranties with them.
How are these free homes when the owners have mortages on them?
... then of course they'll need that all-important RV garage bay to keep up with the neighbors. I mean what was HfH thinking?
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