Posts Tagged ‘contract’
Payment Feud Entraps Owner
Question: I recently signed an agreement with a contractor to install new kitchen cabinets in my Chandler home. Without my knowledge or approval, this contractor subcontracted the work to a local carpenter. The cabinets were built poorly and were not even the ones I wanted. I paid my contractor after we settled for 20…
Read MoreReport Must be Given When Signing Contract
Question: I signed a contract to purchase a new home in a development in west Phoenix. I paid a $20,000 non-refundable earnest-money deposit. At the time that I signed the contract, the salesman for the development company said that the company temporarily had run out of subdivision public reports, and that one would have to…
Read MoreContract on Wrong Home Can Be Canceled
Question: In a large Chandler subdivision, we were shown several houses that had all been re-possessed by a major bank after foreclosure. We decided to make an offer on one of the houses, and we signed the contract prepared by our real-estate agent. A few days after escrow was opened, however, we attempted to meet…
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