My mom and I decide to have a new construction property built in Mississippi to help rebuild down in the Gulf region. We also saw this as a great investment opportunity because of the GOZone tax incentives and forgivable loan. Not knowing much about the builders we naively signed a contract with Don Anothony of Royalty Homes in Mississippi. Don had a partnership with Scott Allan who is a part of AJA Holdings LLC in New Jersey. I never spoke with Don, but Scott was the one that would call me and let me know how the progress was coming along on my property until he stopped calling to report.
We were told that it would take no longer than 3 months to build our modular home. We signed the contract back in spring of 2008. As of today, (March) my property is still not finished. I have moved on to a new builder and the reason is because both Scott and Don did not communicate with me or anyone else about the problems they were having. This has cost me thousands of dollars in interest payments on the construction loan as well as money to fight the liens.
They have left several clients without finished homes. Scott actually hung up on me when I called him to find out what was taking so long. They took most of my construction loan ($130K) and I'm not sure what they actually did with it. There are a few contractors that are putting liens on Scott and Don's clients because they were not paid. These two must have already spent the money.
And now Scott is preying off of other unsuspecting people in Florida trying to drum up new business. He has left a mess in Mississippi and now he thinks he's going continue with business as usual.
Please do not do business with either one of these guys. Remember Don Anthony (Royalty Homes) is in Mississippi and Scott Allan has a few businesses. AJA Holdings, LLC in New Jersey and Gulf Coast Realty in Ft. Myers, FL.
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