In the process of buying a home....i think i'm getting screwed

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My fiance and I are in the process of buying a home. We are buying a home from a place called Excel Homes. They make modular houses. There has been a bunch of crap that has happened since we started this process. First of all, we started all of this in October of last year. We contacted Excel Homes and they said that we had to go through a real estate associate to order one of their homes. They listed a ReMax affiliate. We called this person (we'll call him "Jeff") and started talking about what we wanted. We chose a floor plan called the Keystone but we made some changes to it. One of the first problems we encountered is that "Jeff" never had any of the paperwork done right the first time. We would show up and sign papers and then later in the week we would receive a phone call that he forgot this paper or that paper and we had to meet him and sign it. Then he wanted a $2000 good faith check made out to him...which thank god I made sure we didn't pay. We told them that we would pay for the septic system, the excavation, and the driveway. Next, they put stone on our driveway after we told them not to. (Subsequently, all the stone got lost in the mud) Now, they want us to pay them for that. Somehow, in the course of the mortgage agreement (which also took weeks because our original mortgage officer got fired) it shows us owing $7,500+ dollars for the foundation and $5,000 dollars for the well. We are getting a geothermal heating/cooling system put in and it uses two wells. One for the heating/cooling and one for the excess water. The excess water tank is also supposed to be our main water well. Since, we are already paying for the geothermal system then we shouldn't have to pay an additional $5,000 for the main water well. The latest problem is that Excel Homes mysteriously forgot to put in a way to hook up the heating and cooling vents inside the home so, the subcontractors decided they want to build this hideous 14" box coming into the kitchen. It will go up through the floor to the second floor and take over closet space upstairs. The subcontractors claim that someone from Excel came out to look at it and agreed with them but I'm not so sure. I can't get anyone at Excel to return my calls. Please HELP!!!!!!


P.S. Sorry I'm so long winded but, you really need all those details.

Based on what you say here, you could file suit against them (or at least threaten to do so) in small claims court or in regular court; filing in small claims court is easier and requires no attorney...you could try to collect all of the costs and damages that you suffered due to their behavior... You may also report them to your state attorney general's office.