Jim Walter Homes
Mid State Homes, rip-off

Please advise people not to have a house built by Jim Walter Homes (also called Mid State Homes). Our house is nearly six years old and the foundation has major problems, the wood was rotten and full of termites, the doors had locks on the outside, but not on the inside, there are no doors to the laundry room, walls have huge cracks, the siding is crumbling, the floors are waving, walls are floors are not square, the windows leak air, the doors won't close.

The plumbing is awful, the vent a hood never worked, the air conditioning doesn't work in one room. These were all apparent from the beginning and we were told it was our problem. The warranty is worthless. Mr. Pilgrim from the Dallas office said that it was our poor soil that caused these problems. They also said I was making payments on time and was always saying they would reposses the house. They really wanted to take this house back, and I wondered why, until I realized it was because I have some expensive land as collateral.

A man named Lundquist would come to our home and talk very rudely to us about our payments. Our payments were made on time. They also took out insurance on us, when we had much better insurance already purchased. After them doing this for two years in a row, I went to the Texas Insurance Board. I would like to sue this dirty rotten company whose every answer has been, "that is your problem, not ours." I have been researching to see what my chances are, but it looks like they can sell these shanties and there is not a thing we can do about it.

I think the only way we can stop companies like this is by websites like this, where we can alert potential customers to beware.

Company: Jim Walter Homes
Country: USA
State: Texas
City: Austin
Address: Interstate 35

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