OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – While chemo treatments have cancer in remission, Tami Winther gets a shocking diagnosis on her home improvement project.
“It is by far the worst that I have ever seen when it comes to the electrical,” said Shawn Mosites, the owner of XS Electric. “Whoever installed this electrical system was putting [Tami] in danger.”
And it’s not just the electrical work.
A team of licensed remodeling experts found that an unlicensed contractor left behind several hazards in Tami’s house.
“This is going to fail,” said David Benson with Superior Home Improvement. “There’s going to be a joint loose in there. You could have water going down the wall, but this is not going to be moving.”
Tami says she and her boyfriend paid Rodney’s Renovation and Remodeling more than $12,000 and the contract lists plumbing and electrical work.
The licensed electricians are rewiring what they say appears to be work done by someone who isn’t licensed, or shouldn’t be.
“This is just complete negligence right here,” Aiden Borngreve with XS Electric said. “It’s very dangerous, especially in a bedroom. I mean, you could have kids sleeping in here.”
An Omaha plumbing inspector reports the kitchen and two bathrooms have been remodeled without permits on inspections.
The owner of Rodney’s Renovation and Remodeling answered an email from 6 News, claiming he does have a contractor’s license and he only acknowledged installing the rile in the showers. He claims the customer didn’t want permits pulled.
“That’s absolutely untrue,” Tami said.
Tami estimated it will cost her and her boyfriend about $50,000 for licensed electricians, a plumber, and a general contractor to redo the work on the house they plan to share together.
“This was supposed to be my forever home,” Tami said. “I sold my house to do all this because I don’t want to be alone when I get sick again.”
The owner of Rodney’s Renovation and Remodeling, Rodney Krimmel, says the electrician he had come to the house claimed the home already had messed up wiring, but Krimmel didn’t say if electrical work was performed.
As for the plumbing, the contractor says he used a private worker to plumb in the new shower. The contractor claims he had good reasons for walking away from the projects.
The city’s superintendent for permits and inspections didn’t find a required contractor’s license for Krimmel.
Any homeowner paying for a project can check the planning department website for permits by clicking here.
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