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Caveat Emptor

Posted by James on 19th September 2006

With the explosive growth in the region, particularly in home building, this kind of situation was bound to happen:

Cathleen and Blair Titcomb contracted with G&M Homes to build a house in western Loudoun County last year, thinking they had found the perfect place to live. Their new dream home would have four bedrooms, a spacious kitchen, a three-car garage and plenty of wide-open country for the kids they planned to have to run around on. [Snip] 

 

G&M Homes never finished the house, and the Titcombs, along with several other homeowners who contracted with the company, say they soon learned that Grimm couldn’t deliver what he promised. Now, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office is investigating allegations that Grimm, 62, defrauded several subcontractors and did not complete work on nearly a dozen homes, sheriff’s spokesman Kraig Troxell said.

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