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I am a consumer advocate. Homeowners who have purchased a lemon from KB Home need a place to talk, share, and unite. This site is educational. Consumers need to know that shoddy construction is a problem with KB Homes, and this in turn can cause upheaval and financial ruin. Consumers need to know they are in for a battle to get their homes fixed correctly. We need to work together politically to change the the new home builder industry with countless laws stacked against the homeowner. We need to contact law enforcement when appropriate and hold KB Home accountable for the houses they build. I don't want this to happen to anyone else.

May 312018
 

I get questions, is this still happening?   Yes.  I get emails and complaints nationwide.  These KB Home lawsuits for construction defects were filed in 2018 in Jacksonville area of Florida.  This is just one county.  Courts are full of recent suits against KB Home.  This is what it’s like to own one of these houses.  Decades of leaks and litigation.   See suits, Read more…

 Posted by at 8:37 am
May 262018
 

Dr. Stuart A. Gabriel is on the Board of KB Home.  He is also the Director of the Ziman Center of Real Estate at UCLA.  He personifies the disconnect between reality and what is taught in our universities.   He personifies hypocrisy.  The irony of preaching that housing is important to health when KB Home builds houses full of mold.  Read more…

 Posted by at 7:53 pm
Feb 062018
 

Did KB Home use floor tiles for the exterior of these expensive houses!?  Did they have a warehouse full of discontinued tile and didn’t know what to do with them – so they stuck them on the outside of a house?  We’re going to sue the subcontractors for all the defects in your new million dollar home, KB Home tells owners.  That may be true.  So what?  KB Home is suing subcontractors in 46 Florida subdivisions.  For whose benefit?  My house still leaks like a sieve after being supposedly fixed.    (San Jose million dollar houses built as bad as the rest of us).

 Posted by at 3:06 pm
Dec 132016
 

dream houseYour dream home. KB Home uses slick marketing slogans, and fancy model homes to lure in buyers.  They tell you there is quality at every step of the building process, and their good name, and  valuable reputation stand behind their product. But who really builds this home, and why are there so many KB Home complaints all over the country? read more…

Dec 122016
 

whistleblower Houses  Built with “Life -Threatening Defects!”  KB Home knew and sold them anyway!.  Full whistle blower suit.  The Good part starts around page eight. (why’d it take so long for this information to leak?)   Read suit:   o’neill whistle blower   See yourself why there are so many KB Home complaints.Video: Whistle Blower Attorney – Life Threatening Dangerous!

Dec 112016
 

Collapsed BbalconyEERILY SIMILAR TO KB HOME CONDOS. KB HOME KNEW THEIR BALCONIES WERE DEFECTIVE WHEN THEY SOLD THEM according to a whistle blower lawsuit.  They colloapsed – Just like this balcony in California where six Irish teenagers were killed and seven were critically injured. Fortunately No one died in the KB Home condos –  but isn’t it just a matter of time?  Are builders and government regulators playing Russian Roulette with our lives? Read more…

Dec 102016
 

KB Home walls dangerousHow could the building department not notice every single hurricane strap was missing?  How could the general contractor for KB Home not know?  News 8 in Tampa does an excellent investigation. When every exterior wall was missing crucial fasteners – why has no one made KB Home inspect all structural walls in a 3-story condominium? watch video…

Nov 172016
 

1992 Hurricane AndrewHere’s what wind can do to a poorly built house in a hurricane.   KB Home defects are eerily similar to the defects found in these incorrectly built homes that were devastated in Hurricane Andrew – far from highest wind.  When it was discovered the builder was at fault, insurance wouldn’t pay. The same could happen in a KB Home built wrong.  Financial ruin. Read more

Sep 012016
 

bbbf The Orlando Better Business Bureau revoked the accreditation of KB Home after giving them an “F” rating.  Their nationwide accreditation was also revoked. Consumer complaints of leaking, defective, dangerous homes, led them to take this action.     WFLA Tampa reports   BBB WFLA report

Atlanta  and Los Angeles also rated KB Home an “F”.  To read more about the BBB,  read more…

Jul 302016
 

demolisionkbhome San Antonio, Texas.  Defective KB homes to be demolished as part of a $20 million dollar settlement. San Antonio Housing Authority fought with KB Home for almost a decade over houses that were poorly constructed with cheap materials.  The houses failed to meet minimal standards, the property was on an old landfill,  read more….

Jun 242016
 

slabcrackCalifornia –  Owners in this Lathrop community had cracks in the slabs and walls. One owner was so tired of KB Home’s unsuccessful repairs that he created several websites to showcase his San Joaquin home.  He has a massive slab crack that appears to need major construction to repair.  His site is gone.  But see  California Slab Cracks.         North Carolina –  This owner was so frustrated she contacted WCNC NBC in Charlotte (here).  Her crack ran the length of the house and KB Home offered to caulk it (!), but then even reneged on that. CRACK LENGTH OF HOUSE

May 012016
 

plumbing leakKB Home Buyers BEWARE!   We have a new report from one of our readers.  Their KB Home house has NIBCO PEX Plumbing.  I read a little about this product and it looks like it could be the next Chinese Drywall (also used by KB Home). This potential new plumbing nightmare is in addition to all the other plumbing problems we’ve heard of.  Read more….

 Posted by at 10:51 am
Jan 222016
 

DAVIDGOLIATHKB HOME – more powerful than the first amendment? Suit filed  in federal court to suppress homeowner’s free speech!   The KB Home website is drawing too much attention to leaking houses,  shoddy repairs, whistle blower suits.  see videoKB Home- Free Speech Suppression  read suitKB LAWSUIT  KB has charged conspiracy – “letter writing campaign!” Who knew that wasn’t legal?    SURPRISE! WEBSITE IS GONE!  

 Public Citizen,  the D.C. Consumer Advocacy Group, responded on behalf of TheKBHome.” You can’t sue someone for copyright infringement if they use your name, if the website is about you.  It is a violation of free speech.   ..video and more..

Oct 032014
 

kb home ruined houseKB Homeowner protests. They lost 8 feet of their side yard & ended up with a wood fence stuck in front of their dining room window 28 inches from the wall.  KB Home sort of said, “Oops, we’ll throw you some compensation & look what you are stuck with!  Not a bad ploy to get their houses sold – but that’s KB Home!   KB Home comes under more fire in Roseville Herald Tribune 2015

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