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The countys Office of Consumer Protection has resolved 16 of 19 complaints brought by Arora Hills residents in Clarksburg against Beazer Homes.

There are three still to go, said office director Eric Friedman on Monday.

The office is charged with investigating complaints from residents about a variety of problems, including residential building issues.

Friedman said he hoped to have the final three cases resolved within a few weeks.

One complaint involves alleged excessive noise from adjoining apartments. The countys Department of Permitting Services is looking into whether there were any violations in the building code, Friedman said.

Another complaint has to do with the placement of a microwave installed in the wall beneath cabinets in the kitchen, and the third is about a request for reimbursement for mold remediation, Friedman said.

Most of the 19 cases were filed after Arora Hills townhouse owner Elizabeth Kessler raised the issue of shoddy workmanship during a community meeting she hosted in Clarksburg last spring.

Kessler sued Beazer Homes in June and voluntarily dismissed the case in August. No further information was available in the Circuit Court case file as of Monday.

vterhune@gazette.net

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