Exhibit A.pdf

2024A-06409-CHC-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2025-04-24

April 23, 2025

Mr. John Smith, the ROC inspector for our claim, advised us to get a minimum of two quotes for the items idenCﬁed in the ROC complaint to be ﬁnished/corrected.

Serious Electrical Concerns

We contacted Mr. Electric and Blake Electric for our two quotes and Mr. Electric came to the house on April 5, 2025. Upon the iniCal inspecCon of the main panel, the main feeder wire kept arcing and when inspected, it pulled right out. There were burn marks on the Cp of the wire. On the sub panel, there were mulCple loose connecCons not only on the breakers but on the neutral bar. On two of the breakers, there were also double tapped wires on the breaker that created a heat point that can damage the breaker, the panel bussing, and the electronics on the circuit. There were wires that were double tapped and also undersized which could lead the whole line to the house to burn or damage all electrical devices on the circuit. There were many issues in the panel due to improper installaCon. It was also discovered that the breakers showed signs of old age (for a brand new panel), he suspected they installed used/old breakers.

Because of the immediate danger this posed to us and our home, we elected to have the panels tuned up and added a Type 2 surge protector in the amount of $2,046.19 (invoice [number redacted]). This work was completed on April 5th and 6th.

When Blake Electric inspected the house and panels, they immediately found the following major issues: • 400-amp main electrical service panel, the grounding and neutral wires are crossed over the bus bars. • Old breakers are used in the main and sub panels. Old breakers are determined since they can be opened with a ﬂat head screwdriver (new ones are square Cp). • The knockouts were removed from the dead front exposing dangerous live open ports. • Wrong sized wires were used feeding the sub panel from the main panel. Also 2” conduit is needed to be installed to run the 200-amp feeder wires into the sub panel. • Sub panel is an exisCng 125-amp and is being fed with a 200-amp breaker. Also #4/0 wire is needed to be installed from the main electrical panel to the sub panel in order to feed a 200-amp sub panel. • The sub panel grounding and neutral wires are not connected to the back of the main panel (open ground and neutral). • ExisCng #8 grounding bonding wire system is not adequate for a 400-amp main service panel (#4 bare copper wire is required for grounding and bonding for a 400-amp service). • Loose and faulty connecCons are exposed at the tankless water heater juncCon box. There is no plasCc bushing surrounding the wires. All wires need to be protected by a surrounded bushing at any metal knockout entry. Blake Electric Contract #1 (Proposal 4429 - $5,465.50) Proposes to correct and thoroughly comb through the electrical issues that have been provided by Roy Lawson which include items 1-5, 7-11, and 14-15 only. Will diagnose the electrical issues and correct without installing any new circuit wiring. This includes the tankless water heater correcCon. This contract was signed on April 9, 2025.

Blake Electric Contract #2 (Proposal 4431 - $5,895.70) Proposes to correct the exisCng 125-amp sub panel which is being fed with a 200-amp breaker. Will install a 200-amp sub panel with all new breakers and feed it with #4/0 wire rated for 200-amps. Will install the proper grounding system for a 400-amp main service panel and label each new breaker. Will replace all the breakers in the main 400-amp panel. This contract was signed on April 9, 2025.

Blake Electric Contract #3 (Proposal E-20250419 - $11,919.15) Proposes to install the proper and adequate circuit wiring for the tankless water heater by replacing the exisCng #8 thhn, #10 awg Romex wire that was found in the abc crawl space on April 17, 2025 by Blake Electric. Will run four sets of #6/3 Romex through the abc crawl space from the main service panel and into the tankless water heater locaCon for the exisCng 4-50 amp 240 volt circuits.

Proposes to install the proper and adequate circuit wiring for the inducCon cooktop by replacing the exisCng #10 awg Romex wiring that was found in the abc crawl space on April 17, 2025 by Blake electric. Will run a #6/3 Romex through the abc crawl space from the main service panel and down into the cooktop locaCon for the exisCng 1-50 amp 240 volt circuit. NOTE: JR Ramos (Blake Electric) found a live hot wire coiled up inside the wall when working on the peninsula to correct the wiring to the inducCon unit.

Proposes to install juncCon boxes for any ﬁre hazard wiring splicing in the abc crawl space that was found on April 17, 2025 by Blake Electric.

Note: When we ﬁrst suspected that there were issues with the house, we hired OX Home Inspec:ons on 2/5/24 and we were no:ﬁed of 43 issues including open wires found in the aCc. We told Julien Flores of these open wires and later he assured us that he ﬁxed them, only to ﬁnd out recently that Blake Electric found ﬁLeen of these exposed wires in the aCc space.

Blake Electric proposes to remove the exisCng EMT conduit on the back porch for the ceiling fans and re-pipe the three new ceiling lights with the exisCng three fans. This contract was signed on April 19, 2025, to comply with the original plans.

Blake Electric Contract #4 (Proposal E-20250422 - $3,695.45) At the Cme of install for proposal E-20250419 for correcCng the tankless water heater electrical circuits that were inadequate and the wrong wiring type and size, Blake Electric discovered that the two air condiConing unit disconnects were sharing the same circuits with the tankless water heater. In order to properly supply power to the two air condiConing units as per code, Blake Electric proposes to install two dedicated 2-240 volt 30-amp circuits as per the original plans provided by Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, the 2- 240 volt 30-amp circuits will be run from the 200-amp sub panel up through the abc crawl space and down inside the wall to the exisCng air condiConing disconnect locaCon. This contract was signed on April 22, 2025.

Electrical Financial Impact Summary So far, we have spent $26,976 to Blake Electric and $2,046.19 to Mr. Electric, totaling $29,022.19. Ader hearing and seeing all of these electrical details, we feared for the safety of our home and ourselves, so gebng these electrical issues ﬁxed right away was paramount to our safety. There are approximately 51,000 residenCal electrical ﬁres annually and we did not want to become another staCsCc.

When we built this house, we expected a brand new, safe, clean home. With the highly deﬁcient electrical workmanship, we are forced out of pocket $29,022. It is a miracle we didn’t have a ﬁre and lose everything we have worked so hard to build.

This cost does not even include the paCo rooﬁng which sCll needs to be ﬁnished (the wood paCos are at risk of damage because the underlayment is old and damaged), and the exisCng main ﬂat roof conCnues to have maintenance issues with leaks, improper drainage toward to the scuppers which is causing pooling, not rolled properly, holes at the penetraCons, and Blake Electric could see daylight coming from the roof space into the abc.

There are sCll plumbing issues, ﬂoor leveling, and other items documented in the ROC complaint which we cannot even begin to think about at this Cme. There are countless personal hours preparing for these hearings, having to take Cme oﬀ work, plus paying agorney fees along the way.

We can see how a contractor would be tempted to walk away from an unﬁnished job like this, only to be on the hook for $30,000. They pay the recovery fee to get their license back and we must pay for all the other items that are sCll pending. And what is the status of ANY warranty work for all the things that have or will fail.

This has been such a nightmare and we’re just trying to get our home ﬁnished ader 2.5 years and counCng. This process has been such a stress on us physically, mentally, and ﬁnancially. We are simply looking for jusCce and some kind of resoluCon. Someone should be held accountable.

Roy and Susan Lawson