I contracted Statewide Modular to build me a home in Tuckerton New Jersey. Once we signed the contract it was 6 months before they even ordered the house. They said that they lost the paperwork. They also said that the basement that was being built by a company called Superior Walls had a problem with lining up the basement windows with the windows in the house. I called every Superior Walls company in PA. And I found the company doing my basement. They were very professional and answered al l my questions. The story about the windows lining up was not true. They told me that the walls were already built and Statewide never paid them the $14,000 that they owed them. From the time we signed the contract to the time we actually moved in it took three years, three rental properties, 3 years of storage and five lawyers before we were able to get into my house. Some of the lawyers were not helpful at all it was like they were on the builders side. We found out later on the Statewide had such a good contract that the lawyers were not willing to work hard for us but were willing to take our money. Statewide never seemed to return any phone calls. I kept a log of all the transactions that took place. I ended up with a 73 page documents which only served to help me remember what we did and what they did not do. As part of the modular inspection they needed to attach the straps from the first floor to the second floor every two feet. They failed the modular inspection SEVEN times before they got it right. The problem was every time they called for an inspection they never came down to do the work. We also had a problem with them putting up the double drywall in the garage. Again they never showed up to do the work. My lawyer said to me to do it myself if you want to move into your house. I said to him youre my lawyer and I want you to make them do it. My lawyer called them on the phone telling them that if they did not show up and finish the work we were not going to give them the remaining $20,000.00. They showed up for three days and never returned. I called my lawyer to ask him to copy me on the letter they sent Statewide Modular. When I did not get that letter I told my lawyer he was not doing his job so he said he no longer wanted to represent me. The Plumbing and Heating crew were about to pull everything out of my house because Statewide Modular owed them $55,000 from SIX previous jobs. We held back $20,000 and we were not giving that up until they completed our 1 year inspection. They showed up and took all the items down that needed to be repaired. They also wanted us to sign another contract so that they could get their remaining $20,000. They showed up two more times and never returned. Since they never came back we stopped paying them the remaining $20,000.00. Statewide Modular ended up putting a lien on the house. It was ironic to hear from my lawyer that they did this. I always wondered how they were able to do that and as a homeowner I could not do anything to them. The siding on the house was so wavy that it looked like it was warped so I opened up a claim with the company that produced the siding to see if the siding was defective. It turned out that the siding was improperly installed according to the manufacture. I finally called the modular home builder Crest homes to ask them if they would come back to repair the siding. They did just that and I watched them repair everything that Statewide messed up on. Statewide Modular failed to add the 24 inches of plywood to the bottom of the house prior to installing the vinyl siding, they overlapped the plywood on the back of the house after they installed two windows and stuck card board on the back of the siding to try and level it out. This caused the siding to become warped. During the construction process several people stopped by to ask me questions about Statewide because they were in the same boat as I was and of course the stories were all the same. How does a company like this stay in business? Could it be that the people that regulate this type of business are really not doing their jobs? Beware of this company, RUN if you hear their name. They opened a small office in Tuckerton N.J. Do Not Even Think About using this company. Save your money because anything you have left will be spent on lawyers that will not do anything for you. Beware of the following first names like Martin, Bruce and Dave. If I can at least save one person from this horrible company I will feel that I have done a good deed.
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