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Lindal Cedar Homes

Kevin From Boise Idaho of Boise, ID March 25, 2009

Because of the direct result of our general contractor not being on the job site.. instead taking multiple vacations and sending us 50K over budget. our house finished 2 months behind schedule and our home burned down 4 days after we moved in. It burned down on 12-19-07. 2 weeks later while the insurance company was trying to figure out the total dollar amount of the loss Frank Hurlbutt took a 2 week vacation to Mexico. He promised to have a bid turned in before he left on vacation and took off without a word, delaying the start of the rebuild by approx. 6 weeks. I'm looking for any former Lindal clients who have taken Lindal Cedar Concepts to court in the last year or two. also anyone who has had business dealings with Frank Hurlbutt with simular results.

Kevin of Boise, ID March 24, 2009

My experience with Lidal Cedar Homes has been a nightmare!!!!! The company hides behind their dealers, claiming no responsibility. I built my home in 2007, moved in on December 14th after going 50k over budget and finishing 2 months later than promised. 4 days later on December 19th our house caughter on fire due to builder error! We lived in a hotel for 6 months. Legal action is pending. Now our builder Frank has even placed leins on our home, and did not pay one of our main suppliers which also placed a lein!!!! Be very careful before you decide to do business with either of these people. This is my opinion and I stand behind it and all of the facts as well!

Insurance claim is over 400K not counting personal and emotional damages

Steve of Seattle, WA November 13, 2008

We have recently arrived at an overall estimate for a Lindahl home which is 30% over our initial estimate with Lindal. We approved Final Design Plans, then discovered this increase. Does anyone have any experience with the notification process for Lindahl price increases since there is an escape clause in the contract to this effect?

If we dont figure this out, we feel like we will be out our deposit of over 30,000.

Richard of Big Timber, MT February 24, 2008

During construction of our package deal we discovered one of the beams had started to separate. We called the rep (salesman) and he said that is common and he would send out a repair kit and if done properly you could hardly tell it was patched. WHAT? Also the windows were so bad we could not use them. They said they would take them back at a fraction of what they cost and we pay freight. We still have them but put in Anderson windows. None of the beams in the house are of the same size. The beams on the left do not match the ones on the right and even in the master bed one beam is ONE 2x6 shorter than the other one and it is only 5' away same in the other bedroom. But it is even more noticable in the great room as the beam that is suppose to match the kitchen beam is 8 shorter and because it protrudes out side for support of the roof it looks atusive. It's as though the engine could save an extra 2x6 because of the load calculation and did not care of the customer's dream home.

I have not heard from them and after reading some of the horror stories of other customers I don't expect to. If you are thinking of a Lindal Cedar DON'T. Hire an architect, design what you want and hire a builder. My contractor said if we would have done just that, we could have saved about 100,000 dollars. At this point we will make the house as beautiful as we can despite all of their shortcuts.

Brian of Chicago, IL December 15, 2006

In March of 2003 I went to Dr. Robert Schaeffer for a LIFESTYLE LIFT(facelift) which was done in his former office at 651 W.Washington Blvd. Suite 306,Chicago IL.60661.I was assured by there video and the staff that there would be no visible scars,the incision was made in front of both ears by removing the side burns!WELL! the scar is very visible to this very day and I cannot grow any sideburns to hide them !,during my follow up visit Dr Schaeffer suggested I wear large earrings!(I am A MAN ),I know I have no recource legally and when I attempted to contact his office by phone 16 months after the procedure I explained to the person who answered that I was unhappy with the scars and she told me someone would be in touch with me soon (this never happened).

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