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• By Kesha B.

  July 18, 2020

  Build home

  $280,000

  BRAND NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME WITH A WET BASEMENT! NO ACCOUNTABILITY FROM FISCHER HOMES!

  I was excited about purchasing my first home. I looked at existing homes and did not find what I wanted. A few had wet basement issues, which I was trying to avoid. Did not want to invest in a money pit and really needed a dry basement because my mom was moving in and I was planning to turn the basement into a space just for her. So I decided to build. After meeting with Thomas Stine several times, I decided to go with Fischer Homes. I’ve been under contract since January. The house was near completion when 4 weeks ago I stopped by to check on the progress and found standing water in the basement, a few days after a really hard rain. Told the builder about it and sent them the photos of the standing water in the basement. They shrugged it off and stated that they don’t know where the water is coming from. It may be from the furnace condensation line. (See the photos)

  I have photos and videos from multiple days over the last 4 weeks of standing water and water spots throughout the entire basement. Had a home inspection and there were pools of water on the floor in the basement. There was also white outlined water spots. The inspector said the water near the wall/floor is coming from outside infiltration and that the issue should be evaluated further. Sent my home inspection report to Fischer and they blew it off. They said they ran a water hose in the backyard and did not see any water infiltration in the basement.

  Fast forward. Wednesday July 8, 2020, I went to conduct a orientation home walk through. I spoke to Greg Selby (construction supervisor) about the wet basement issue. Again, I showed him the photos and asked where the water is coming from. He simply stated that he does not know but he stands by his product (house). He said he was going to run the hose in the backyard for a few hours and see if he can find any problems. July 11, 2020, I went to check on the basement. There are new water spots on the floor and the builder has put blower dryers in the basement to dry the area. The dryers were on full blast. If there is no water issue, what are the dryers for? Obviously after the hose test, there was water infiltrating into the basement, again. There were also new white outline water spots that were not present in the basement on July 8 during the orientation.

  Fischer has offered no remedy or plan to address the issue. Their approach has to been to pretend the issue is non existent. That is completely unacceptable. This has been a nightmare. This was my first time buying a home and I want nothing more than to just close and move in. But I cannot do that until Fischer adequately addresses the water issues. I really thought I was doing the right thing by building. The worse decision I made was to choose Fischer homes. Based on my opinion their work has been subpar and way below the standards I expect for a new home. Fischer has shown no integrity. They have taken no responsibility for adequately addressing the issues. No accountability what so ever. I am spending almost 300k for a NEW home, and so far that is not what I am getting. I am bewildered at how Fischer can just ignore this serious problem and keep asking me when I’m going to close. I will close when you give me what I am paying for a quality, well built home free from water infiltration. I won’t accept anything less.

  I highly discourage anyone from using this builder. You work hard for your money. Don’t waste it. Do your research and find another company who actually takes pride in their work product. A home is a big investment. Don’t make that investment with Fischer Homes.

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