Black Forest family loses $59,000 after contractor inexplicably quits job Published
Black Forest family loses $59,000 after contractor inexplicably quits job
BLACK FOREST, Colo. (KRDO) A family in Black Forest is out more than $59,000 after a contractor they hired to build a garage on their property quit in the middle of the project.
In August, Jim Thompson hired Troy Rogers and Penrose Lumber Specialities to build a 40 x40 x14 tall detached garage on his property by Thanksgiving. Thompson says he hired Rogers based on a number of referrals from friends who said Rogers had done a satisfactory job on other projects in the past.
Stacks of lumber are moved last week by employees at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. Building material costs, particularly lumber, have soared over the last year, leading to spikes in the cost of new homes, decks, home remodelings, hotels, offices and retail buildings, among other residential and commercial projects. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
Stacks of lumber are moved last week by employees at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. Building material costs, particularly lumber, have soared over the last year, leading to spikes in the cost of new homes, decks, home remodelings, hotels, offices and retail buildings, among other residential and commercial projects. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
Neighbors in the Skyway area wondered what was going on in early March when heavy equipment pulled in and started digging.
Skyway resident Leigh Westin nosed around and discovered the owner of the rental house at 1202 Morning Star Drive planned to build what she viewed as an accessory dwelling unit next to the existing home, and rent them both.
Thatâs not allowed under the cityâs ADU ordinance. While designed to increase affordable housing, the ordinance, in Westinâs view, will more likely help developers create greater density in neighborhoods, undermining surrounding property values.
After Westin called attention to the matter, the city helped the owner revamp the plans as an accessory family suite, which has different rules for development.