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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 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 ....
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 hired him. that he was unlicensed? correct. halfway through our interview stickney tries to redefine dick birgh s business. using the word contractor. whether dick was a contractor or not, he s a handyman. dick birgh s company was a help homeowners upgrade and maintain ....
Plaster, the roof has a dip in it, the floor is cracking, the counter is out of alignment, and so on. within weeks of moving in mark learned just how hazardous the contractor s work proved to be. i was washing the dog in the bathtub, and i put my hand in the water. the electricity from the electrified metal drain came up through the water and into my hand and down through my body, and i got a shock. now, had they gone into the tub and had a shower in there and completed the circuit, they would be dead. it would be an electrocution. the decourseys called an emergency electrician who rushed over. they really couldn t believe it. they were up and down and all over the house and found out that it was running 110 volts ac. and there was a dedicated circuit, a 20-amp circuit, right to the main circuit panel. they couldn t understand why anybody would electrify a bathtub. and who was the vp at the company that did the original electrical work? dick birgh s son, stefan. ....
Wife, carol, spend sleepless nights worrying about their future. it has been an absolute nightmare. the person that we blame for it is the real estate agent who swore to us repeatedly that this contracting company was the best that he s seen. that agent is this man, paul stickney, who they blame for what has become a three-year nightmare. i wanted to talk to you about a story we re doing about the decourseys. yes. and about the fact that you were financially involved with the contractor that they hired. the decourseys say their problems began in october 2004. like millions of americans who relocate each year, they placed their trust in a real estate agent, who helped them find this house in redmond, washington. this time the home wrecker was a fully licensed professional, a long-standing member of the local real estate community. the house the decourseys bought was in desperate need of upgrading, something mark and carol say they were not prepared to do, but were convinced ....
Their house with what i call little stuff. doors and trim is little stuff. but these documents show that paul stickney recommended home improvement help to do much more than just the little stuff. in fact, he recommended hih to six other real estate clients. there was another revelation about the home stickney was selling that day. whose house is this that we re at right now? who owns this house? stefan birgh. it s the contractor s son. it s his son. you get a commission. if i do a good job selling a house, that s what i do. what about the man, dick birgh, who was paid $164,000 by the decourseys to remodel their home. he says his company didn t exist before their remodel. there was no company. the company was formed for the benefit of them. ....