this man, agent paul stickney, who introduced them to local contractor richard birgh. he said they had superb finish work, they had a unique pricing system, they were just absolutely fabulous. he brought the contractor in to evaluate the house before we purchased the house. we would not have purchased the house had we not thought that the work could be done for the price we d wanted to pay. this was the original bid they gave us. they say the contractor assured them that the total cost of his renovations would be no more than $90,000. it was represented to us that the prices would not go over this amount and it would not go under this amount. so we were fooled for quite a long time into thinking they could do what they said they could do for the price they said they could do it. the decourseys say within six months the contractor fell behind schedule, over budget, and the renovation rendered the house unsafe. we really panicked because we could see they didn t know what the
minutes from the decourseys. a house that also has a connection to the decourseys contractor. we did no harm to that man. we liked him. we didn t deserve what we got. you had a financial relationship and you were vice president of the corporation that did the work on the house. but i didn t know i was vp. free access to chase atm s wherever you are. that s a step forward. chase customers can avoid atm fees with over 16,000 nationwide. take a step forward and chase what matters. fiber one. uh, forgot jack s cereal. [ jack ] what s for breakfast? um. try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good.
could do for the price they said they could do it. the decourseys say within six months the contractor fell behind schedule, over budget, and the renovation rendered the house unsafe. we really panicked because we could see they didn t know what they were doing. they didn t have a grip on anything. their fears were confirmed by a local inspector who came to assess the house. first thing he came in the door, he said uh-oh, i smell gas. i said really? oh, yes, he says, and he came over to the stove and he says here s where it s coming out of, here s the strongest smell. and the repairman discovered that there was a flexible pipe joining up the gas pipe to the stove had been crushed in the process of installing the stove and it was leaking gas into the house. it turns out that leaky gas was only one of their problems. for a while we were lying in bed and we could hear it creaking or cracking every 20 seconds, you d hear just as though the timbers are sliding past each other
contractor. it was learning that this man, their trusted real estate agent, paul stickney, was a corporate officer in contractor dick birgh s company, hih. we found out that paul stickney is actually the vice president of home improvement help, as well as being a real estate agent. in fact, birgh wasn t even licensed at the time he started work on the decourseys house. we ve found other people who have also been through this, and it s we can understand that it s a pattern. that he shows houses that need work, brings in his contractor, the contractor gives a favorable number on the repairs, the house is sold, he makes his commission, the contractor gets work for something he would probably not be given personal recommendation for. we decided to try to get some answers. we found the agent still selling homes like this one, a million-dollar estate just
was helping out a friend. dumb? yes. unintentional disclosure? no way. i disclose everything to everybody. in fact, i m one of the best disclosures of the stuff i know of anybody in the business. ask around. stickney does admit he didn t disclose to the decourseys that he and contractor birgh had a land investment deal. he insists there was no conflict of interest saying one had nothing to do with the other, and what about those assurances he gave the decourseys about the superior quality of dick birgh s contracting work? i said for the type of work which i was, you know, recommending, which was cosmetic upgrades, maintenance items, that i felt he provided more value for the finished product than other contractors i had dealt with. even though he wasn t licensed? i didn t pay attention to licensing for any of my subs, and dick told me that he disclosed that to carol and martin well before they ever