Meadows Group Inc Realtors

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Lawsuit Filed and Ethics Complaint Being Filed with State of Oregon Realtors Board.

In 2017 Meadows Group Inc Realtors fraudulently represented a house that I purchased. They were the "selling agent" to me and previously, they were also the "buying agent" for the same home. Overwhelming evidence shows intentional deception regarding the condition of the home.

Let me explain:

Agent Dustin Funes misrepresented the foundation's condition of the home I purchased in January 2017 (readers please note that Dustin Funes is also listed as the primary contact for the Meadows Group Realtors leadership team according to their website).

Shortly after finalization of the home sale, which I purchased based on the specific conditions disclosed in contractual form and otherwise by Meadows Group Realtors, we had nearly immediate foundation issues culminating in a basement wall collapsing and destroying the foundation while causing ripple effect damages throughout the entire structure (from basement to 2nd story ceiling, walls, hardwood floors, tiled areas, flooring, etc.).

Repair costs have amassed at hundreds of thousands of dollars with much work still remaining. These undisclosed issues could very well have caused severe injury to anyone inhabiting the home at the time of the collapse.

Evidence:

After the collapse, when the basement foundation repairs began, the walls were finally viewed fully bare (as new sheetrock had been built over unsafe areas). This showed dramatic and dangerous issues. These issues were completely absent in all disclosures and communication to me ALTHOUGH they were repeatedly disclosed many times over in the prior home sale documents from the party that owned the home before me, Dustin Funes for Meadows Group Realtors was the buying agent that property and was well aware of these disclosures. This home would have never been purchased by me had I been aware nor was the home safe to live in.

Additionally, Dustin Funes and the seller remarked in the disclosures "unknown" when asked if an inspection report had been conducted on the house in the last 3 years (an inspection report was literally attached to the closing documents for the prior home sale that Dustin was the buying agent for, not even 6 months prior). This was intentional deceit.

After a series of investigations were conducted post-collapse, we were able to garner copies of the home's previous sale disclosures along with a myriad of additional evidence, both written and testimonial (the testimony from other parties involved with the prior home sale are even more damning). These disclosures, inspection reports, interviews, etc along with feedback shared by additional involved parties clearly show the intent of fraud. The previous home disclosures and included inspection report reference, in multiple places, that the basement walls were significantly damaged and the concrete was soft and crumbling requiring repair or replacement. The disclosures also note several other other areas of damage to the foundation that was never shared with me.

NONE of these issues were expressed in the disclosures to us nor by way of any other communication and we know for an absolute fact that no significant repairs that made the walls more stable were conducted during renovation before selling the home to me (forensic engineering analysis and discussions with the construction company who performed the renovations prove this, they literally just put spackle in areas of the wall where concrete clumps had fallen off).

INSTEAD, the parties built façade walls over the damaged basement walls to hide these issues. This is abhorrent behavior; the broader Oregon homeowner community should and will be aware of how Meadows Group Realtors really conducts business (and they will when this is over).

Unethical. We will never hire him again.

Our experience with Brian Bellairs was very negative. We made an offer on a home he had for sale (with himself as the listing agent). He accepted our offer but unfortunately the home appraised at a value less than had been negotiated. We liked the home very much and were already invested in it through inspections etc. so we offered to pay the full appraised price requesting no closing costs or repairs. Brian insisted on taking several days to respond to our offer (beyond the agreed upon termination date). Brian finally accepted our offer through e-mail confirmation with our realtor and said he would send over the paperwork the next morning. We were so relieved as we had already invested over $1000 in the home with the inspection and appraisal. The following day he verbally retracted acceptance of the terms. The entire scenario in whole is too long to recount but our experience with Brian is that he is unprofessional and unethical. I would caution anyone considering using him as their agent or considering purchasing a home from him.