126, Report:
#97329
Posted Date:
Jul 02 2004
Jim Walter Homes - Mid State ripoff poorly built Tampa Florida
When I purchased my Jim Walter home I was told that it was a wood frame house. Well when you think of wood house you do not imagine a house being built out of pressed wood.
Pressed wood will not stand against the weather or termites. I have had several licensed builders come out ...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
127, Report:
#92222
Posted Date:
May 20 2004
JIM WALTER HOMES AKA MID STATE HOMES ripoff, LIES & PROMISES OCALA Florida
We were looking to build our first new house. We went to Jim Walter homes and saw the Arlington model. We applied for the home and within a few days we were approved for a brand new 67,000 home. It was like a dream come true forus. We signed the contract a few weeks after.
In th...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
128, Report:
#87167
Posted Date:
Apr 09 2004
Jim Walter Homesdba Mid-state Homes ripoff mortgage interest reported on form 1098 to irs Atlanta Georgia
Form 1098 does not reflect correct interest amount.
contacted jim walter customer service rep stated
interest is calculated on the life of the loan using
the same amout each year.
This allows jim walter to use your money. not allowing
you to report the actual amout paid. less...
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Categories: Corrupt Companies
129, Report:
#81003
Posted Date:
Feb 19 2004
Jim Walter Homes - MidState ripoff started off with lies. Houston Texas
Jim Walter Homes started off with lies. They did not build to completion, my water lines where never hooked up, and the electrical portion was never installed correctly. After assuring me that they would pay off the property the house was built own, that to was never done. Right now...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
130, Report:
#75389
Posted Date:
Dec 19 2003
Jim Walter Homes ripoff Bowlinggreen Kentucky
I also bought a jim walter home.I must say the home its self is great so far but it was the electric guy and dry wallers i have a problem with.The left side of house was not working and took over a month to get him back out here to fix it then demanded money for his gas for his driv...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
131, Report:
#75239
Posted Date:
Dec 18 2003
Jim Walter Homes fraudulently graded lumber or below grade lumber used to build house Shreveport Louisiana
I know an older couple who purchased a JWH house and were asked to sign multiple copies of contracts on several different occaisions over a 4 month period. Additionally, the lumber used to build their house was to be #2 grade yellow pine or better, instead their house was built wit...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
132, Report:
#72697
Posted Date:
Nov 21 2003
Jim Walter Homes, Mid-State Homes ripoff, kitchen sink rotten, no heat after one year, forged my signature TAMPA Florida
I want to know how and why this company even after being on a television show for being a fraudulent company can still be in business. What has happened to our society. These people forged my signature on some of my signed documents when contracted to build my home. My kitchen si...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
133, Report:
#63501
Posted Date:
Nov 03 2003
Jim Walter Homes ripoff business from hell Hattiesbug Mississippi
In the year of 1994 I had a house built by Jim Walter Homes. I was a single mother I didn't know much about houses.
The first thing I noticed was a loose board in my hallway. My front porch isn't built right. The porch stairway isn't stable. The siding is beginning to rot. The ...
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Categories: Mortgage Companies
134, Report:
#70740
Posted Date:
Nov 01 2003
Jim Walter Homes ripoff on warranty service Fort Worth Texas
We moved into our newly built home thinking our dreams had come true when our nightmare had just began. After living there for about a month Jim Walter Homes still hadnt finished all the work they said they would.
Then on September 2, 2003 I called the warranty department in Flo...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
135, Report:
#70595
Posted Date:
Oct 30 2003
Jim Walter Homes, Inc ripoff! Our home is cracking apart, footing hand dug, problems from foundation to roof, promises but no action. Sherman Texas
Our home is 4 years old, we have had problems from the footing all the way thru, contractors looked at the house this past month say unless the footing and foundation are completely removed and redone our house will keep cracking apart.
Our first complaint with Jim Walters was o...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
136, Report:
#69411
Posted Date:
Oct 17 2003
Jim Walter Homes - Mid-state Homes ripoff They lie, cheat and foreclose on innocent people's homes for no reason at all because they did not finish the job that they had started. Tampa Florida
Iam telling everyone who's thinking of buying a jim walters home. Do not do it. This company is terrible in consumer relation never keeping any kind of promises. They lie, cheat and foreclose on innocent people homes for no reason at all because they did not finish the job that they...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
137, Report:
#65884
Posted Date:
Aug 18 2003
Jim Walters Mid State Holmes Best Insurance ripoff Build a house I can't get a Certificate of Occupancy to move into and forecose after I pay a Mortgage for 3 years while I'm paying rent Tampa Florida
Sign contract March 1999 for shell.
They complete shell 18 month later and I signed a completion certificate. It was fraudulent because the inspection wasn't even done and the roof permit wasn't pulled and a whole lot of other stuff.
My sub-contractors couldn't pull permits, ...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
138, Report:
#65220
Posted Date:
Aug 04 2003
Jim Walter Homes /elctrican David Willams dishonest their word is only as good as the warranty Jackson Tennessee
my house was turned over to me in june 2003. there was miner things that they can back to finsh up.a few thing i done myself.
but two weeks after we got the keys the compresser burned out in the air cond. we called ever day an was told .they will get it tomorrow, it took them 2 w...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
139, Report:
#64663
Posted Date:
Jul 25 2003
Jim Walter Homes ripoff and liers to contractors and customers cheated employees and screwed the customers even more Athens And Atlanta Georgia
DO NOT buy a thing from Jim Walter in Athens or Atlanta Georgia. I sub contracted for them and seen so many cheats and lies it's not funny.
These guys in Athens and Atlanta will tell you they pay one thing and then pay much less. They lied to customers and myself often. This com...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
140, Report:
#64460
Posted Date:
Jul 25 2003
Jim Walter Homes Aka Mid State Homes ripoff the business that doesnt give a dam Houston Texas
My husband and I have a little girl we were 21 years old when we first signed the papers to have a house built. We were so excited this was going to be our first home together on an acre of land. One year and 6 months later our house has just been completed. Jim walter has turned ou...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
141, Report:
#63800
Posted Date:
Jul 16 2003
Jim Walter Homes Still cheating customers Cayce Texas
I am suprised that Jim Walter homes are still in business.
I had the same experiences with the Cayce South Carolina office.
My home was built in Lexington SC.
When I complained about the defects and contract deviations during the construction I got no where.
I finally went to ...
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Categories: Building Services
142, Report:
#62991
Posted Date:
Jul 08 2003
Jim Walter Homes rip off What a horrible experience Hammond Louisiana
Soon after I retired from the 28 year military career, I made the decision to return home to Louisiana, get settled, and become the caregiver of my parents when the time came. I decided to buy the Cambridge Model, Regency series because of its up-scale quality and higher standards. ...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
143, Report:
#61471
Posted Date:
Jun 22 2003
Jim Walter Homes Walter Industries Mid-State Homes, Inc. ripoff victimized many consumers Tampa Florida
Please Help!
We currently have about 6 years before completing the mortgage payments on our Jim Walters Home. As of this date we are approximately one and a half months behind. One and a half months! As a result Mr. Jim Knight of Jim Walter Homes has threatened foreclosure. I kn...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
144, Report:
#57954
Posted Date:
May 22 2003
JIM WALTER HOMES AKA MID STATE HOMES ripoff business from hell ripoff liars victimized us TAMPA Florida
My parents had a house built in 1996 by Jim Walter Holmes. What a nightmare.They said the house would be done in 3 months and it took 6 months.
It's been 7 years now and the wood is rotten and termites all throught the fram. The walls and floors are uneven and the electrical fixure...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
145, Report:
#56757
Posted Date:
May 13 2003
Jim Walter Homes (Mid-state Homes) ripoff business from hell. I do not see how it's legal for a company to be able to do this. Cayce South Carolina
I am writing this on the behalf of my parents because they do not believe this will do any good.
My parents lost their house after almost 12 years of living there, it started out with the land not being parceled out the way it should have been. It was suppose to be close to 2 ac...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
146, Report:
#56018
Posted Date:
May 07 2003
Jim Walter Homes ripoff Tampa Florida
I HAVE ALSO BEEN RIPPED OFF BY JIM WALTER HOMES. I PURCHASED MY HOME APPX. 15 YEARS AGO. THE ROOF LEAKED FROM DAY ONE, THEY NEVER REPAIRED IT TO THIS DATE. THE FLOORS ARE ALL UNLEVELLED, THE WINDOWS WILL NOT LOCK, THE PLUMBING WAS SCREWED UP, MY DOORS WILL NOT CLOSED PROPERLY, AL...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
147, Report:
#54915
Posted Date:
Apr 29 2003
Jim Walter Homes I was also fooled and ripped off and harrassed the business that doesnt give a dam Greensboro North Carolina
Well I too am another victum of Jim Walter. I had my on land and decided to build a home from them. The promises they made were great. I have never been to lied to so much by even a politician and that is saying alot.
They told me when I purchased their home they would ...
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Categories: Real Estate Services
148, Report:
#54326
Posted Date:
Apr 25 2003
Neatherlin, AKA Jim Walters And Mid-State ripoff the business that doesnt give a dam a leggo house would be of better quality Bryan Texas
We had our house bulit only an year and half ago by Neatherlin AKA Jim Walter and Mid-State Homes. Since our house has been built, we have had numerous problems i.e. cracked and unlevel foundation, incorrect intstallation of siding, and very crooked walls. We are currently in the le...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
149, Report:
#51537
Posted Date:
Apr 21 2003
Jim Walter ripoff dishonest and poor quality of home, destroyed the American Dream Fort Smith Arkansas
We recently purchased a home from Jim Walter Homes in the Fort Smith office. We have had problems with the home since day one, we signed off on the house under good faith that the problems would be fixed. This was not the case.
The problems with the home have still not been fixed...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors
150, Report:
#1033139
Posted Date:
Apr 18 2003
Mid State Homes Or Jim Walter Homes ripoff false promises I wish someone had told me about their pratices before I signed on the dotted line Tampa Florida
I have also been the victum of Jim Walter Homes. I have had my home for almost twenty years and by the grace of God it is almost paid off. Now I have a home that started out at a value of 60,000, and now 20 years later it is only valued at 45,000!
The windows leak air all aroun...
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Categories: Builders & Contractors