When a reality-show television producer says Trust me, run. Thats the lesson Gary and Sharon Rosier of Lemont Township say they learned when Fox Broadcastings Renovate My Family promised them a new and improved home designed to accommodate their recently paralyzed son, Steven.
Instead of a handicapped-friendly home that made their life easier, they got a shoddy wreck of a house that latest estimates say will cost $350,000 to fix, the Rosiers attorney, Mark Belongia, said.
Essentially what they did is build a movie set, Belongia said.
Wiring remains exposed; door knobs are round, impossible for Steven to grasp; a dryer is vented into the home rather than out of it; smoke detectors dont work; plywood covers basement windows; siding and plumbing was improperly installed; the furnace has no foundation and is stuffed in a crawl space and sod was installed directly over limestone paving, Belongia said.
They didnt care (that it was impossible for the grass to live). All they needed was for it to be green for the episode they shot of the people coming home, said Belongia, who filed suit on behalf of the family Wednesday in Cook County Chancery Court.
Fox Broadcasting in Los Angeles referred all calls to the production company, Rocket Science Laboratories, which did not return phone calls.
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Instead of a handicapped-friendly home that made their life easier, they got a shoddy wreck of a house that latest estimates say will cost $350,000 to fix, the Rosiers attorney, Mark Belongia, said.
Essentially what they did is build a movie set, Belongia said.
Wiring remains exposed; door knobs are round, impossible for Steven to grasp; a dryer is vented into the home rather than out of it; smoke detectors dont work; plywood covers basement windows; siding and plumbing was improperly installed; the furnace has no foundation and is stuffed in a crawl space and sod was installed directly over limestone paving, Belongia said.
They didnt care (that it was impossible for the grass to live). All they needed was for it to be green for the episode they shot of the people coming home, said Belongia, who filed suit on behalf of the family Wednesday in Cook County Chancery Court.
Fox Broadcasting in Los Angeles referred all calls to the production company, Rocket Science Laboratories, which did not return phone calls.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/cookstory.asp?id=75624