A family has been forced to demolish their home after it was left uninhabitable by a Lowe’s worker.
Eric Naddy and his family moved into his late mother-in-law’s house in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2020 after she died of cancer.
Eric and his wife, Terri, got married in the property and raised their son, Declan, there.
After they moved in, they realized the home urgently needed repairs.
The Naddys struck a deal with Lowe’s in November 2020 to replace the shingles and other parts of the roof for $15,000.
But what started as a simple repair spiraled into a disastrous five-year-long legal battle, ending with the property’s demolition.
‘The home that we built all the memories in is gone. Destroyed in fact,’ Eric told AZFamily.
The subcontractor overloaded the roof with shingles, punched holes through it and broke ten trusses.
Eric Naddy and his family moved into his late mother-in-law’s home in Gilbert, Arizona, in 2020
What started as a simple repair spiraled into a disastrous five-year-long legal battle
Rain then poured into the house, causing water damage and mold.
The Naddys were forced out of the home and into a trailer for nearly four years while they waited for insurance and for Lowe’s to help.
‘We tried to solve it with Lowe’s – Lowe’s took like a month to get back to us, and they gave us like $3,000 to go fix the entire roof where ten trusses were broken, which is nowhere near enough money,’ Eric told Gilbert Sun News.
‘We actually said, “We don’t want money – we want you to fix the roof. You’re a construction supply company. You can easily go and do this.”‘
As months passed, their calls for help went unanswered, and no repairs were ever made.
‘Over the next nine months, the house was destroyed by weather and Lowe’s did nothing to resolve it,’ a GoFundMe for the family stated.
Last month, they finally received a bittersweet ruling: Lowe’s and its roofing contractor were found at fault, but the family was awarded no compensation for damages, no money for emotional distress, and no reimbursement for legal fees.
They were refunded $15,000 for the original contract deal and another $3,000 for their deductible.
‘We figured in fairness they damaged the house, we would get money to rebuild and that wasn’t the case,’ Naddy told AZFamily.
The subcontractor overloaded the roof with shingles, punched holes through it and broke ten trusses
The family were eventually forced to move out of the home and into a trailer
Rain poured into the house due to the damage to the roof, causing mold
The site where the home once was now sits empty after the house was demolished
Since the case was resolved through arbitration, they are barred from pursuing any further legal action or filing a lawsuit.
Now the site of their home is just an empty lot.
‘After paying about $100,000 in legal fees, we still do not have a house,’ the GoFundMe said.
‘We don’t know what else to do, but turn to everyone out there to ask for help. Our son has spent all of his teen years without a real house.
‘My wife has lost the first home she ever purchased and all the memories she made there. I have had to watch my family suffer through this entire ordeal, only to get told the people at fault don’t have to pay.’
The Daily Mail reached out to Lowe’s for comment.
