-9-
(November 8, 2002 letter) to the Maryland Attorney General with
respect to Mona Builders and the custom house. That letter
stated in pertinent part:
On May 24, 2000, we entered into a Contract with
Mona Builders and Developers, Inc. (Mona), for the
construction of a custom home on a lot we had previ-
ously purchased. The initial Contract price was
$935,000. With change orders and upgrades, we paid
more than $1,000,000 for the construction of our resi-
dence.
We are currently in the midst of a civil suit
against Mona. However, in spite of the disclosure
requirements of the Custom Home Protection Act (CHPA),
and tens of thousands of dollars expended in formal
discovery efforts, Mona has yet to disclose the names
and addresses of many of the suppliers and subcontrac-
tors who worked on our home. * * *
* * * * * * *
We have been in our house for a little over one
year, and are continuing to discover that Mona deviated
very significantly and very seriously from the archi-
tectural plans we provided, and which were incorporated
into our Contract. The house we paid Mona to build was
not the house they constructed. Mona’s misrepresenta-
tions, acts of malfeasance, and deliberate acts of
fraud in building our home were, and continue to be,
egregious.
In summary, Mona deliberately and deceptively,
without our knowledge or approval, failed to comply
with the plans and specifications agreed to under our
Contract. As a result of Mona’s deliberate failure to
adhere to our construction plans, our house is struc-
turally unsound and unsafe. * * *
* * * * * * *
Mona’s acts of fraud go beyond the substitutions
and omissions in the physical construction of our home.
Information obtained through our discovery efforts
suggest [sic] that Mona may have fraudulently altered a
subcontractor’s invoice, and may have fraudulently
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Next
Last modified: May 25, 2011