thinking about building a new Mayer Home...Read this FIRST

Many of you who read my blog on a regular basis know I am building a new home with Mayer. First off to avoid any legal technicalities that may arise when/if they see this I want to make it clear I am NOT trashing the quality of the homes Mayer builds. My new home that I no longer can afford due to curcumstances beyond my control will very nice and well built...but I wanted to warn anyone who is thinking about using Mayer for their new construction about my situation.

We put a contract to build a new home with Mayer back in Feb/March of this year. It is scheduled to be complete in November. I read the contract thoroughly and thought I understood exactly what was in it. Our biggest mistake was not getting a realtor involved to look over the contract and tell us exactly what certain things meant.

A few months later something happened that will drastically change my life forever. I won't get into on here (many of my clients know what I am talking about though) So it was with great sadness I informed Randy Mayer, owner of Mayer Homes, about my situation (which just to give you an idea of what I am going through...it's like I am stuck in the middle of a lifetime movie with no commercials and I can't get out)

In a letter I wrote to Mr. Mayer I informed him that I was/am emotionally and quite possibly financially broke due to circumstances beyond my control and would not be able to continue through with the contract on the house. I gave him the whole story of what happened to me. I am quite certain given my situation that I would not qualify for the new loan and literally BEGGED him to let me out of the contract. I also spoke with Karen Anderson, sales manager and and a man named Mark who is supposed to be the customer service manager and they all said the same thing. Karen went a step further though to inform me that "when I signed a contract with Mayer Homes I signed away all financial rights and even if Mayer breaks any part of their end of the contract it doesn't matter..I still signed away financial rights" then proceeded to tell me she wasn't going to argue with me because she had "6 people standing at her door waiting to talk with her about issues that were more important than mine" hmmmm...so is she saying customers aren't important to Mayer? I guess they are only important while they are getting you to try to sign the contract in the first place because let me tell you...they talk a good talk and will tell you what you want to hear.

The bottom line is Mayer Homes is not letting me out of my contract even though they know of my horrible situation...and when I say horrible...I mean really, reaaly, really horrible...and not only are they not letting me out of the contract, they said will sue me even though I won't qualify for the loan. I asked Karen Anderson if this happens frequently and she said "yes" and I asked how many times Mayer sues given these circumstances and she said "Mayer sues everyone that does not follow through on their contract"

Apparently when you sign a contract with Mayer homes there are lots of little things written in there and you are signing your life away. Mayer Homes is a multi million dollar company. Randy Mayer could put my house up as an inventory home and keep my $10,000 construction deposit and be done with it. Seriously Mayer has like 27 communities and build homes for the Bucks for crying out loud. But instead of doing that he is acting like a money hungry, greedy heartless jerk who OBVIOUSLY doesn't care one bit at all about his customers. Having to put one house up as an inventory home in jefferson county is not going to send him into bankruptcy, but it will most definitely send me there...He is basically forcing me into this house knowing I can't even bear to live there now much less afford it. I know contracts are there for a reason...I use them with every wedding...however given the situation and the fact that his company prides themselves on being so customer and family oriented, you'd think he would have a little more compassion. I have never been more disgusted with someone in my entire life. I don't know how this man sleeps at night knowing that he forces his clients to go through on things when he is 100% certain in doing so the house will most likely end up in foreclosure.

So If I can even encourage just one person to not build with Mayer I will think I have done the Saint Louis area a great service. I plan on getting the word out. And if you do decide to sign a contract with Mayer...be soooooooo very careful...even if you think things in your life are perfect and nothing could go wrong...GET AN AGENT...I HAVE A GREAT ONE NOW THAT I WOULD LOVE TO REFER TO YOU...