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Yeah, I got burned by a crazy increase once. I signed and put a deposit into a townhouse Feb 06 for like 230k. July I got a letter also quoting an increase due to "escalated costs" with no adjusted price given. Sept comes along when the boom was in full motion. Conveniently, they now have a solid estimate. They were going to rape me with a new price of 330k!!!
Being the generous souls they are, and considering I already paid a deposit, and that I wrote them a page long complain letter. The gave me a deal and said I can have it for 310k.
I said thank you for the offer, I'll for sure go and fck your mother to show my gratitude. And that POS developer is Rockford Developments.