Sweet Claims Co.

What happened to me buying through frank lumia

Everywhere else people trade fish stories. In Delhi, everyone trades stories about how Lumia has screwed them over. This slimy creep leaves you feeling like you've bought a house that fell off the back of a truck. He has utterly no comprehension of concepts like the rudiments of honesty, let alone integrity. He deliberately withheld information from me about a severely faulty chimney that the seller had had her lawyer in good faith write him to tell me. Only a chance encounter with her saved me from burning down my house and everything I owned. Thousands of dollars in repairs and would have certainly made a difference in purchase price.

He screwed his own doctor by neglecting to get a variance as repeatedly promised on her home and office and her sale fell through the day before her cross-country move and purchase of a new home. All he had to do was about ten minutes work over a years time to get it. My bottom line opinion of why the locals use his agency is he is the most expert at lying to buyers about the problems they will encounter.
If you are thinking of using him, go down any street and ask someone who lives there if they have heard of problems with using him.When I threatened to sue him, he just laughed and walked away. Apparently, that is the most common response to dealing with him. He's got litgation costs down pat and knows EXACTLY how to work the system.

Don't use his agency without personally meeting him, not a phone conversation. He'll promise you the earth and won't follow up on the smallest thing. When I moved cross-country to be there he promised white glove service and could not even be bothered to tell me how wide the doorways were for the move. I must have asked him dozens of times. But the minute I signed up with him and he got his commission, I ceased to exist.

Do yourself a favor when moving to Delhi. Rent-- don't buy in that town for two years. You'll be so glad you are free to leave. Student noise nearlyu every night-and taxes and fuel oil doubling every couple of years. Shoppers pay more for everything there, too.
Whatever you do, avoid Melissa Wakin Mostert at Timberland Coldwell-Banker. She's even worse than Frank.
Oneonta is a far better investment for the buck than freezing Dreary Delhi.
I've found the most honest and most professional realtors were at Apple Tree Realty in Andes.