Hwo do you refuse a delivered home?

[Jean]

Actually, it's a partially delivered home. Remember me? I'm the one who's been trying to get my home in for months. The rain keeps falling. The house has been in storage, outside in a fenced lot, since Thanksgiving. We finally gave up and let them bring it down our regular driveway. They only got the first half in. It took 6 hours to get it in and we lost many, many, many more trees than they told us to expect, which isn't helping this at all. It was heartwrenching and we didn't want to do it in the first place. Anyway, when we finally got it in and could take a good look at it, we discovered that the roof has been leaking for quite some time. The ceiling has caved in, there's wet insulation all over the wet carpet, the underbelly is bulging and the moisture barrier underneath has split. According to the head of the set-up crew, they've known about this for quite some time. He thought they had fixed it "awhile back." If so, they didn't do much of a job. It had begun to rain while they worked and it was steadily dripping inside. They don't know when they can bring the rest of the house out, but I don't want this half. This being Central Texas, I'm sure the molds have already started growing in the house. I'm not going to pay to breathe mold in my home. Certainly not to put my asthmatic son in! We can't close until we hook up the utilities, which we're just not going to do. But that just leaves us in limbo. Which we're kind of used to by now, but we'd like to move on. We're in a horrible, tiny old thing right now and our kids don't even have room to do their homework comfortably. Can anyone tell me what I should do now? What magic words do I say to this dealership to get them to take their (mostly) beautiful home and go far, far away?! I'm fed up!!

[rmurray]

First...talk to the dealer...explain you now have NOOOOOOO interest in this home...Tell them to remove it asap..

Second..consult with an attorney asap...there are all kinds of laws concerning real estate and contractor liens....You must protect yourself now...Have him/her send a letter to the dealer and advise you on what to do now...Take him ALL papers that you have signed..This will cost a few hundred now...but might save thousands later...

As a dealer...I have a hard time beleiving a dealer would deliver a home in this condition...;Any experienced dealer should have known about the trees.....You need to be away from these folks asap...Good Luck...DO NOT DELAY...

[Jean]

Thank you! They've agreed to take the house away and let us out of the deal. Paperwork is flowing. Thanks again and best of luck to you.

[Myra]

everything will turn out all right in the end. I see below that they agreed to take it back, which is good. I know how awful it can be to be in a shoddy living situation and not be able to get out!

[Mac]

Go getem! There are great dealers out there; we have one (in Oregon) - they did an excellent job. Talk to the inspectors where you live, they MAY let on who's good and who isn't.