I bought a house from Earl and Carmen Snyder in 2006. They own their own house building company in Shawnee Oklahoma. When I bought mine I was assured it was sound and well built. Well, not so much. After moving in and thoroughly going over the house I found many cut corners and shabby work.
There is no sophit board over the front porch, just siding which allows too much air to pass to the attick and lifts the shingles off the house. The walls in the attic are not completely closed to the outside and no they arent ventilation.interior walls are not square, kitchen cabinets are installed crooked, electrical outlets not properly installed, water heater vents not correct so exhaust ends up in the upstairs bedroom.
On top of all this the 11 year old slab the house is sitting on is falling down on three corners, the bay window is falling too and the center of the house slab is collapsing so that the house could cave in on itself. The foundation company that came out to do the inspection said the slab was not laid right. It has either the wrong rebar and mesh wire or not enough. There is no reason a slab this old should be this bad off otherwise. It will cost me $16,000 min. To fix the slab and another $5000. For the roof. That does not include the window, door and wall damage from all the movement.
I asked around town about this builder and found that all his houses are this way and the people who installed things for the builder said they would never buy anything he built because he cuts too many corners and uses cheap products that wont last. I wish someone had posted that info on here before I bought this one. I can't sell it with the problems and I can't fix them and get enough back out of the house to break even either. So I'm stuck. Thanks a lot Earl Snyder.
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