My husband and I made the mistake of buying a 16 Acre Horse Property in Watertown, South Dakota. This agent, Dorette Clark, represented the sellers. Our own agent tried to get things right for us, but the sellers and their agent failed to abide by the terms of the contract to properly fix things both inside the house and outside.
The house itself was left dirty and with repairs undone. The grounds were the worst. The contract stated that the dead trees and tree debris was supposed to be cut down and REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. The sneaky sellers just piled up all the dead trees, limbs, weeds and other debris in the back end of the property in various junk piles. Our agent was assured that all work would be done before we closed, but was fooled himself.
We were 2,000 miles away and could not attend the closing, but kept up with everything. I meant to write this review 1 year ago, but I was physically and emotionlly ill over the condition of the home and the fact that the seller's agent did not make her sellers abide by the terms of the contract.
We paid $ 369,900 for this property and had to clean things up ourselves. Our agent arranged a on site interview with the seller's agent to show her what her sellers failed to do. She arrived first in her car and was on the phone. After waiting 10 minutes, my husband just went up to her window and knocked on her door and asked to TALK TO HER.
Instead of talking to him, she just DROVE HER CAR TO ANOTHER PART OF THE DRIVEWAY AND REFUSED TO SPEAK TO HIM. When my agent arrived, Dorette Clark told him, that SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR HERSELF! This is a TOTAL BALD FACE LIE. She treated me and my husband with gross dis-respect. Something a licenced professional SHOULD NEVER DO.
In short, we got stuck with all the damage and the filthy wood piles. She should have made the sellers pay to clean this all up. She should have paid us back some of her lofty commission for the cleanup. Instead, this Dorette Clark treated us like DIRT. Our agent tried to get us some money, but - now that the sale was closed, the mean sellers just wrote back to him saying ' SUE US."
In short, she and her sellers, got away with everything. We got stuck with the repairs and the clean up. We managed to sell the home for the same price we paid, but lost in commission repair expense and related expenses. Our agent and kind neighbors tried to help us with the clean up, but The Realty Team and Ms. Clark and her sellers did not care. I am grateful that this Rip Off Report Site Exists. Complaints to Real Estate Groups and Real Estate Commissions go NO WHERE FOR THE PUBLIC.
These agencies, both private and government EXIST ONLY TO SERVE THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY AND THE CONSUMER IS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. This all happened between June, 2020 and October, 2020. As I said, this report is late in coming. However, I was quite ill at the time and was barely functioning enough to have the capacity to write it as it truly happened.
Based upon our exerience, I would NOT recommend The Realty Team in Watertown, South Dakota, and their agent, Dorette Clark.
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My husband and I made the mistake of buying a 16 Acre Horse Property in Watertown, South Dakota. This agent, Dorette Clark, represented the sellers. Our own agent tried to get things right for us, but the sellers and their agent failed to abide by the terms of the contract to properly fix things both inside the house and outside.
The house itself was left dirty and with repairs undone. The grounds were the worst. The contract stated that the dead trees and tree debris was supposed to be cut down and REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY. The sneaky sellers just piled up all the dead trees, limbs, weeds and other debris in the back end of the property in various junk piles. Our agent was assured that all work would be done before we closed, but was fooled himself.
We were 2,000 miles away and could not attend the closing, but kept up with everything. I meant to write this review 1 year ago, but I was physically and emotionlly ill over the condition of the home and the fact that the seller's agent did not make her sellers abide by the terms of the contract.
We paid $ 369,900 for this property and had to clean things up ourselves. Our agent arranged a on site interview with the seller's agent to show her what her sellers failed to do. She arrived first in her car and was on the phone. After waiting 10 minutes, my husband just went up to her window and knocked on her door and asked to TALK TO HER.
Instead of talking to him, she just DROVE HER CAR TO ANOTHER PART OF THE DRIVEWAY AND REFUSED TO SPEAK TO HIM. When my agent arrived, Dorette Clark told him, that SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR HERSELF! This is a TOTAL BALD FACE LIE. She treated me and my husband with gross dis-respect. Something a licenced professional SHOULD NEVER DO.
In short, we got stuck with all the damage and the filthy wood piles. She should have made the sellers pay to clean this all up. She should have paid us back some of her lofty commission for the cleanup. Instead, this Dorette Clark treated us like DIRT. Our agent tried to get us some money, but - now that the sale was closed, the mean sellers just wrote back to him saying ' SUE US."
In short, she and her sellers, got away with everything. We got stuck with the repairs and the clean up. We managed to sell the home for the same price we paid, but lost in commission repair expense and related expenses. Our agent and kind neighbors tried to help us with the clean up, but The Realty Team and Ms. Clark and her sellers did not care. I am grateful that this Rip Off Report Site Exists. Complaints to Real Estate Groups and Real Estate Commissions go NO WHERE FOR THE PUBLIC.
These agencies, both private and government EXIST ONLY TO SERVE THE REAL ESTATE AGENCY AND THE CONSUMER IS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG. This all happened between June, 2020 and October, 2020. As I said, this report is late in coming. However, I was quite ill at the time and was barely functioning enough to have the capacity to write it as it truly happened.
Based upon our exerience, I would NOT recommend The Realty Team in Watertown, South Dakota, and their agent, Dorette Clark.
We are now with less money and more pain.
Signed,
Still Feeling the Pain from this Experience.