My construction company is doing a large commercial construction project in northern Colorado. It will take us a couple years to complete.
Lennar, the second largest home builder in the United States is simultaneously building a new home plan nearby. So I bought one of their homes so that I can have a place to operate from. I can have internet there, a kitchen island to work on, a fridge, a bathroom for myself, etc. My plan was to sell it in a couple years after my construction project was finished.
We had a final inspection followed by a closing all scheduled for today, when Lennar abruptly cancelled everything.
It turns out, I was 6 cents short. Yes, I said 6 cents.
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Unbelievable. Tell them thanks but no thanks I will do business with someone else. I’m sure her boss would blow up if she screwed up several deals for .06
Lennar sticks in my memory as the most poorly run large builder. They have burned us numerous times on inspections by promising the house is finished, only to arrive and find drywall being hung. I’ve found the on-site, “supervisors” are about fast-food level skill level and just look down at their clipboard and report back to the mother-ship. They have no idea what is going on.
Fence in the backyard and put some hogs and chickens in it. The smell and crowing in the morning will have them begging to buy it back a twice what you paid for it. We call that hillbilly justice in the Ozarks where I live, where owls screw the chickens for entertainment.
My sister almost didn’t close on her new house because of 3 cents. That’s right 3 cents. This was over some jewelry her husband bought with 6 months to pay back with no interest. They paid it back but the store didn’t take the interest off. It showed up as a default. They didn’t know what to do. I called said store and told them they had 45 minutes to get this cleared or they would be sued for millions. They did get it cleared up. O’ by the way this was 2 hours before they were to go to closing. They went to closing.
