Note that the image accompanying this story is 160 Adams St NW in Bloomingdale.
There are a number of Hofgard homes in Bloomingdale.
D.C. Files Suit Against Virginia Couple Over Shoddy House Renovations
By: Martin AustermuhleMay 7, 2015
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine today filed a complaint against Insun Hofgard, a Virginia developer who has renovated and sold dozens of properties in D.C. in recent years, accusing her of illegal and shoddy work on those homes.
In the complaint, Racine says Hofgard and her husband renovated and sold 15 homes since 2013 that had not been properly permitted or inspected. Work was conducted without permits and by unlicensed contractors, he says, and the Hofgards ignored repeated attempts by D.C. regulators that they stop.
"They represent that the properties are safe and sound and have been fully renovated and they mark up the price. People are left holding the bag, oftentimes having to go back and fix things that were represented to be fixed and otherwise live in a state not knowing if a new patio is going to hold. These are serious offenses," said Racine in an interview with WAMU.
In the complaint, Racine asks a judge to stop the Hofgards from selling any of the 22 properties they currently own and are renovating unless they are properly permitted and inspected. He also asks that they pay restitution to buyers who found problems in their homes, and that the Hofgards pay $1,000 per offense of the city's Consumer Protection Act.
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.@ScottRobertsDC when 1 neighbor called @dcra -concerned about this house-she was told to talk to the contractor
6:08 AM - 8 May 2015
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