Comments on: Chinese Drywall Debacle Sparks Lawsuits

By: Lori

Lori — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:49:33 +0000

We were finally able to get our deposit back on a property we almost purchased at the Meadows Of Estero. We thought we were getting a steal at $127,000. for a 2,878 sq ft coach home (orig. sold for &400,000). The inspection on the property tested positive for the chinese drywall. We found out it would cost us around $170,000. to have the place stripped to the studs, replace the wireing, new sheetrock, and a new airconditioning unit. This along with last years tax record amt of $7200. and hoh fees of $454.00 monthly!!!! We thought the taxes would be less, because we were paying less (that’s not the case with a bank owned property). Next time we’ll be very careful :)

By: Valery 321

Valery 321 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:55:49 +0000

So not only people will pay rent and mortgage at the same time, they gonna spend on repairing their homes, have a risk the health of their children, lost their life savings.

Now also the properties have had chinese drywall, becomes to have less value and will be more difficult to sell when we need it.

Finally someone has to answer, cause we’re not talking about a toys hazard, that is much more than that, there are 35.000 properties in Florida and 100,000 across the country.

There was someone who filled their pockets with this dirty business. Where are them? facing the problem. The authorities waiting for you.

Really we do not give cheapest our properties just because they have the virus.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:16:37 +0000

Ricardo, I’m a real Estate Broker and I was just viewing a hoome listed in the Meadows of Estero. Unfortunately, as I was leaving I noticed a crew of men were tearing out all the drywall in one of the units. I spoke to the contractor and he said that it was chinese drywall. He is stripping the entire coach home back to the metal studs so the owner can install new drywall. No wonder those units are selling so cheap!

By: Ricardo Again

Ricardo Again — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:43:32 +0000

If Mattel will pay 2.3 Millons fine for toys hazard. how much gonna pay the chinese Drywall importers?

By: Ricardo Arriarte

Ricardo Arriarte — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:13:15 +0000

The main importer of the drywall was La Suprema Enterprises or La Suprema Trading whose owner is Salomon Homsany, Alias Salomon Abadi, a fugitive of the Panamanian Justice. This guy should be interviewed to find out how his company will respond to this disaster.

By: RICHARD A DOHERTY

RICHARD A DOHERTY — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:53:38 +0000

I have a home in Meadows of Estero .Has this subdivison been tested for drywall issues,or will Gov Crist have his Task Force look into testing Meadows of Esterro?

By: Rick Hollister

Rick Hollister — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:30:10 +0000

I think it is a little premature to put a number on this case. We have not yet agreed on the analytical testing. We have not even determined the remedial scope or protocols will be to clean this mess up. Good luck getting any money out of the Chinese companies. Then there are the insurance companies. Some of the contractors and distributors are not even covered for this so the insurance companies will say. We do not know what long term damage to the health or the property is going to be. Too many questions are still I unanswered.
I have met with some of the top experts in the IAQA field and from around the country in the last month and as an environmental investigator and consultant for 15 years, I think we have a long road ahead of us. Beware of any guarantee solutions to fixing the problem i.e. fogs, foam, and sprays. We don’t even know if this stuff has embedded itself into the wooden substrates in the wall. We have been getting calls from Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia Beach Virginia now there is evidence of possible fraud that may be able to be linked to either the manufacture or distributors.
We would be interested in hearing from other people experiencing Chinese Sheetrock problems as every case seems to have different details and precursors. We are putting a team of experts together to tackle the long term effects and to opine on the scope and protocols to properly remediate the homes and all the effected personal property.
Rick Hollister CEI, CMR, CLI
Environmental Administrators, Inc
Tallahassee, Fl.
rhollister@environmentaladministrators.com