Home Remodel Financing Terms Misrepresented, Project Stalls Without Communication
A homeowner was told a remodel financing plan included two years of no-interest payments deferred until project completion, then discovered after the loan had already started that the second no-interest year didn't exist and the contractor had lied about terms. Compounding the financial dispute, the remodel ran weeks behind schedule with long stretches of zero progress communication, leaving the home without a functioning kitchen for over a month.
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