We love our first home. It's spacious and for the most part, well constructed. When we first moved in, we thought, it's only 11 years old, it won't need much work anytime soon. Boy were we naive!
Fast forward four years: Apparently, the crew who sided our house wasn't very good. Take exhibit A: Over the garage. A piece broke off during a winter wind storm and since that piece is no longer repairable, several other pieces have loosened up as well. We have a problem.
Fast forward four years: Apparently, the crew who sided our house wasn't very good. Take exhibit A: Over the garage. A piece broke off during a winter wind storm and since that piece is no longer repairable, several other pieces have loosened up as well. We have a problem.
Exhibit B: The back of the house - Two pieces that are also broken and constantly coming unsnapped between the two windows. There are other pieces that are loose, but it's hard to tell from this picture. Apparently, the siding job was a lousy one.
Exhibit C: The side of the house, opposite the garage - More loose pieces. The one about half-way down is the most visible. There are pieces on the front that are loose/broken as well, but I don't have a good picture of them. 
So now we face having to replace all of the siding after 15 years. It should have lasted 25-30 years, but because of poor installation, it's life has been halved. And we have to pay for it. We've had 4 contractors look at it, all of whom have agreed that it just needs to be replaced rather than repaired. The first was prompt in every way and gave us a very professional estimate, but we wanted a couple opinions. The next tried to sell us "His" "better" product for about $4,000 more. The third was $1500 more than the first and the last...well, we've never heard back from him, so in my opinion, he's out. Now I just need to call and see if our homeowners insurance will cover any or all of this. The fun never ends.
And did I mention that the deck really needs to be replaced too? Yep....the money pit we call "home"!
4 comments:
Sorry to hear you are having to deal with all this. Are you in a sub where other people are having problems? Maybe you all can get together to find a way to get some help.
The wise man built his house upon the rock... Though I'm not sure how that applies to vinyl siding.
I HATE this for you! You should not have to mess with all of that. :( I could send my siding guys up to you. They were AWESOME. Perhaps I should wait another 11 years to see if it holds up, but I was extremely impressed with the job they did while they were here. Even my dad was impressed. And he's nit-picky about stuff like that.
Do you know who the builders were? MI Homes built the houses in our development.
I'm hoping our 11 year old home is sturdy. But we keep watching "Holmes On Homes" and I think maybe our home was built on the cheap.
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