Comment: The rest of the story Ed and...

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The rest of the story Ed and Cheri I first met Ed in junior high school. He was my first boyfriend at 14 years old, but my family moved so we lost contact. We have reunited and been married a little over a year now. We were both victims of "worse case" contractor fraud. We need financial or construction help to get our home our home finished and safe. I got the home in the divorce decree, but the foundation of the home was literally caving in, since neither the ex or the property management had done any repairs to the home in many years. We hired a general contractor from a referral from Service Magic, who happened to be a "con" tractor. After paying him more than the orginal bid, he completely demolished our home. He left us with no kitchen, bath or even running water and didn't ewven tell us he was leaving. He did not get any building permits and nothing was built up to code. Brad from Washington L & I took his contracting license away after seeing the damage he and his workers did to our home. We have been living in the demolished home for over a year now. My husband has done as much as he can to make this a liveable home, but we don't have any money to do anymore repairs and are still living in a home with no heat in the main living area, no kitchen and an unfinished bath. The roof still leaks, we don't have any kitchen cabinets, floor coverings and entire upper front of the home was left open to the elements, only covered by a tarp. We lived in a tent inside our home last winter. This winter we are freezing with temperatures in the teens. Nothing in our home is finished or built up to code. We are getting desperate for financial assistance. The ex who forged my signature on a 24K joint day trading account and hid other assets before during and after our divorce. We need legal and financial help so I can reopen our divorce decree. An attorney wants 5K for just a retainer.