A young Sanford family feared their new home would never get finished after a builder went bankrupt last year.
5 On Your Side first spoke with the Knowles family in May 2022 when their home was about half finished.
Their builder, J&R Homes, had just declared bankruptcy. Money that the builder collected from the Knowles family should have been paid to subcontractors, but it wasnt. The subcontractors then put liens on the Knowles home, meaning the family would have to pay twice for work that was already done.
It was becoming a desperate situation for the family, who just welcomed their first child.
A year later, their home is finished, and they are moved in thanks to the kindness of a different contractor and others.
“We were trying to fi…
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