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Originally Posted by villagerjack
I am the last one to attack the Morse family because they built a place unlike any other. It is a great success story. I love The Villages. That said, errors will be made, The most recent involves defective roofs. The builder contracted with Owens Corning for roofing material on tens of thousands of homes. A good portion have defective material ranging from granular loss from 2007 on, and blistering prior to 2007. These are not isolated cases. There are thousands of defective roofs. As you ride around you can see many roofing jobs in progress. Here is my beef. The Warranty Dept and the VHA knew about all these problems but failed to notify homeowners. When it surfaced, they took care of some homeowners but not all homeowners who were affected. Now they are pursuing " isolated cases" of roofs with granular loss. Those with blistering problems are not being pursued. My roof has the blistering problem acknowledged by Owens Corning who offered to give me new roofing material but will not pay labor to remove the defective roof or install a new one. VHA and Gottschalk basically said to suck wind. They will not pursue this matter for me even though it is recognized that they sold me a home with a defective roof. They are only pursuing certain roofs with granular loss and only when the homeowner contacts them. My only recourse is to obtain a lawyer which would be costly or go to the POA who is aggressively pursuing this injustice and in the end another Class Action suit may be necessary. The POA hopes that the builder will do the right thing and cover the cost of the new roofs. I do not consider this to be a personal attack on the Morse Family but if some others do then , so be it. Citing these instances and attacking the POA is just as wrong as attacking Mr. Morse. Because of the way this has been mishandled by the Warranty Dept and the VHA, I am probably madder than Gracie, but at least she does not have a defective roof, at least I think she doesn't.
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While pursuing a class action suit seems like what is needed, it would drag on for years and years, with lawyers on both sides getting paid, while you sit with a roof full of bad shingles and ceiling leakage waiting to happen.
I would immediately file a small claims court action, with no need for an attorney on your part. Heads roll when the defendant companies have to send in their lawyers that quickly cost more money than the actual claim (roofing labor costs) is worth.
Here's Sumter County's web page on that:
Small Claims - Sumter County Clerk of the Courts