I-TEAM: Jacksonville family fed up with construction delays
Builder blames pandemic, facing dozens of liens
Jennifer Waugh, The Morning Show anchor, I-Team reporter
Jodi Mohrmann, Managing Editor of special projects
Eric Wallace, Senior Producer, I-TEAM
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Kimberly Baker said building a home has been a lifelong dream for her and her husband. That dream has turned into a nightmare. She said the builder told her their house in the Glen Eagle subdivision on the Westside would be finished within eight or nine months. Yet, it has been nearly two years.
“We pretty much don’t have nowhere to live. It’s terrible,” she explained in November when she contacted the I-TEAM after waiting 19 months for her home to be finished by Advantage Home Builders. She paid a $7,500 binder when she signed a contract with the builder in April 2019, 10 months before the pandemic started.