Alberta J.

About 2.5 years ago I was looking to buy a townhouse. I had very specific needs such as square footage, finished basement, etc. I located one in southeast Colorado Springs, CO that I thought would work. The starting bid was $220k and I ended up bidding $30k over asking price. The sellers agent was Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. The appraisal came in okay but my agent (Coldwell Banker of Denver) thought since she had an inspection of sorts from Berkshire that I would not need to get another. So I trusted her advise. Within weeks of moving in this is the list of things I had to replace or repair: stove, refrigerator, water heater, garage door motor, sump pump. There were a few other things I changed but those were cosmetic so I figured that expense was on me. Now, just two days ago I had an AC man come in and told me that both motors on my AC unit and furnace needs to be replaced.

I have been in contact with Berkshire and their reply was basically "buyer beware" tough luck---you bought it---it's yours.

The main thing is I had a house previous to this one in Aurora, CO that my husband and I bought about 5 years previously. He died in the house while I was out of town and for that and financial reasons I decided to sell to Colorado Springs where my son lived.

All of the repairs that I have had to make in this house added up to about $15k---most all of the nest egg I had saved up from the sale of my previous house. I give up at this point and am selling and moving out of state where the cost of living is much better. I am at this point just getting it ready for market in early fall, cut my losses and run.