We had a conversation with a concerned member of an HOA over the last couple days and his concern was regarding empire works + the contract that they propose to make repairs to his association's decks in Ventura County. Watch my video at our YouTube channel here at the link below.
https://youtu.be/h6Z4eb7IMa0?si=H6HY2UTkiEsx1Mjq
the contract appeared to be open-ended with numerous exclusions + when he attended his board meeting last night, he found that empire works had actually waived the fee for the stage 1 inspection provided they performed the repair work on the balconies.
this should be a clear warning sign, but the association thought that it was a good deal until they came up against a million dollar bill and having to pass a special assessment. This is why contractors need to be banned from bidding on repairs at associations they inspect.
It turns out that empire works is using an architect who although he's licensed In California, he actually lives in Tennessee. which means that he is robo signing their reports and he admits as much in his cover letter by saying Empireworks performed the inspection.
326 needs to be amended to ban inspectors from bidding on repairs.
