Days before we were to relocate to Fargo from CO and close on our new home, the appraisal came back showing a staggering 625 sq ft missing from the square footage Ryan Mullikin (Park Company realtor) had advertised!
Our agent, Vicky Matson (also a Park Company realtor) was more concerned about her upcoming nomination for realtor president than actually representing us. She tried to talk us into buying the home anyway, as did her boss, Jeff Botnen, the Park Company managing broker! We we forced to fight for ourselves, and when Ryan and BMW homes refused to correct the price to correlate to the ACTUAL square footage, we did NOT buy the home.
Jeff Botnen claims that Park Company is not responsible, because we signed a square footage “waiver” with Vicky Matson when we hired her, therefore he claims they are released of all responsibility! Obviously a sq footage waiver is not intended to cover a 625 foot discrepancy, yet this is what Park Company is claiming!!!!!!
We have lost thousands of dollars because we were forced to find a rental on extreme short notice and we sadly even had to rehome our 5 yr old family dog because he was over the weight limit for a rental property. Our children were absolutely crushed!
On top of it, we have the added expenses of paying for an extra unnecessary second move when we finally find another home to purchase and can move out of our rental.
Ryan has never once even tried to extend an apology to our family for what he has put us through, which pretty much speaks for itself.
The BBB has directed us to take this to a higher authority, as they have no jurisdiction when it comes to legal documents.
There truly are plenty of honest, hard working realtors out there who care about more than lining their pockets! Skip Park Company for the sake of your family and your hard earned money!