Page 8 of damages... Home Re-Set on March 10th of 2006
On March 2nd of 2006, I was finally able to get a group from Liberty Homes, Inc. to come out to inspect the damages on my new modular home. This inspection was the direct result of my complaining to John Reilly from the IL Dept of Public Health in Springfield, IL. This group consisted of Gary Alberson (General Manager), Nader Tomasbi (VP of Engineering), and Quentin Martin (VP of Manufacturing), Glenn Stickney (Liberty Homes, Inc. carpenter), Josh Blount (Liberty Homes, Inc. carpenter), Robb Robbins (owner of Woodale Homes, Inc., dealer that sold me the home), and John Reilly from the IL Dept of Public Health in Springfield, IL. Gary Alberson, Nader Tomasbi and Quentin Martin measured my home foundation, and told me that it was out of square 3 inches. I could not believe that number, so they re-measured, and came up with 2.5". These three individuals from Liberty homes, Inc. began telling me that my foundation was the problem. I had my foundation professionally surveyed and the foundation is not the problem at all. CLICK HERE to see the foundation survey These photos on pages 8 & 9 were taken on March 10th of 2006 after the set crew Liberty Homes sent to my home was done re-setting the home on the foundation. The problem here is that Liberty Homes told the carpenters and the set crew that my foundation is out of square by roughly 3 inches. The carpenters and set crew believed what Liberty told them was true. This is not the case. The carpenters that originally installed the sill plates (different than the carpenters sent by Liberty Homes), informed the dealer and then later informed me that the foundation was out of square by 3/4 of an inch. At around 5PM on March 10th of 2006, I re-measured the foundation with my concrete contractor and found it to be roughly 1/2 inch out of square and not 3 inches as these top individuals from Liberty Homes, Inc. measured. We then went in my home and measured the bedrooms and the living room for square... each were out of square by as much as 1 inch... making the left modular section out of square by approximately 3 inches. I do believe that Pete Oprea, the man in charge of re-setting, was misled by Liberty Homes, as was Glenn the carpenter. Pete did the best that he could given what he was told. This is unfortunate. Had Liberty Homes represented correct information, rather than erroneous information, Pete would have had a different outlook on how to do things. At the end of the day, Pete told me he has never seen anything like this... and he has been setting modular homes since the early 70's. When the home was originally set on January 14th of 2006, the left modular section was placed in to position first and was therefore used as the reference section for placement of the right modular section. On March 10th of 2006, when the home was re-set by the set crew Liberty Homes, Inc. sent out, the right modular section was re-set first and aligned as best as possible first; then the left modular section was set using the right section as the reference. This procedure was exactly the opposite of what was done on the original set day, and the final outcome is a near mirror image... i.e. left modular section overhangs rear corner by ~2.5" and the front corner is recessed in by ~2.5", whereas previously the front of the right modular section overhung the foundation by ~3"-3.5". The right modular section now is overhanging and recessed in by ~1". The McHenry County Corrections Notice specifically states that the house overhanging the foundation is something that needs to be corrected... yet Liberty Homes, Inc. completely ignored the corrections notice when re-setting the home. When I confronted them about the home still overhanging and that nothing was resolved by their re-setting the home, Liberty Homes, Inc. told me that I had agreed to accepting the home not sitting right on the foundation. Every step of the way, Liberty Homes, Inc. was changing their minds. After the re-set, the marriage wall area where the two modular sections meet, appears slightly better than the first setting... still a far cry from anything near correct. However, everything else is extremely out of alignment (not plumb, square, or level).
BELOW... the start.
BELOW... on the day of re-setting.
BELOW... photos of "finished and back together again".
BELOW... photos of the front roof peak/gables area.
BELOW... photos of the front roof peak/gables area.
BELOW ARE PHOTOS OF THE RIGHT MODULAR SECTION
***Please note that ALL photos are referenced from the front of the home as you are facing it.***
***Photos on pages 8 and 9 are viewed in a counter-clockwise direction.***
***Starting at the right front on page 8, and starting at the rear center marriage line on page 9.***
BELOW... this is the very left of the right module (by front marriage line/center line), just under the front door.
BELOW... the right front corner, as viewed from the side of the home.
Overhangs the front of the foundation slightly (to left as viewed in photo).
BELOW... the right front corner as viewed from the front of the home.
Again overhangs slightly to the right of the foundation.
BELOW... the right rear corner as viewed from the side of the home.
You can see how the corner trim is bowed out because this modular section is set inward because
the front overhangs the foundation a little.
BELOW... the right rear corner, as referenced when looking from the rear towards front.
BELOW... between the right "rear corner" (as viewed from front) and the marriage line, the gap increases as you near the center of the home (marriage line is to the right).
BELOW... the marriage line where the two half modular sections are joined.
Note the lack of level (there is a gap), and the bow of the rim joist where it meets the other module.
