[QUOTE=twoplanekid;1301399]Today, I am paying the $85 “service charge for inspection of yard for drainage” to Tri County Landscapes. It’s a scam in that warranty will not respond until a Tri County person visits your property. I say visit because that is all they do. They give you no paperwork, analysis of anything other than a bill.
My letter to Mr. Hess has been ignored and I thought I was being nice!
Dear Mr. Hess,
I received you letter of 8/4/16 discussing the drainage issues around my house. As your visit to my house was in June not July, you may be thinking about the wrong house. As you didn’t take pictures or any measurements of the property during the visit in June, I am a little perplexed that anyone would know that the grading is correct. If you made measurements after that first visit, I would request to see those measurements to present to people who can correct the issues.
Maintaining turf is not the issue but having soggy ground for extended periods of time is. I will be happy to provide you with pictures of wet ground that isn’t draining. As I would like to resolve the draining issues, any help you can give me would be much appreciated.
I love the Villages except for shenanigans like this.
I see your frustration on Drainage. This is bbbbbb responding.
Over a period of three years, we came and did long visits and immediately we found situations very similar to what you have described. On one house we were minutes away from a deposit, and I wanted to evaluate the drainage further. I got total resistance and could see for sure, BUY it and then we would be stuck. So, a year later, we found another house, it had some problems or potentials and we found the same story, very close to a deposit, BUY it and be stuck. So we did not go through with that sale. Finally the next year we found a unit that seems to work. We have out of state friends who we told about the good things here, they came for their second visit recently and immediately on their own, without any negative input from us, they got the same story that if they bought with potential problems, they would be stuck with real problems. So, they are finishing up their rental and in two weeks will leave and go home and IF they return they intend to buy elsewhere locally.
Sorry but that is how it goes.
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