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The common theme among Bartell Meitus Real Estate clients is the need to find knowledgeable representatives they can trust. Because we are ourselves engaged in every aspect of commercial real estate, we think like our clients. What better way to create trust and confidence and produce results? The Challenge The elevator jack failed on this 18-month-old Lakewood building. The general contractor and elevator vendor quoted the building owner $24,000 to replace the jack, resting their argument on the expired one-year warranty. Knowing that elevators normally last 30 years, the owner asked Bartell Meitus Real Estate to intercede. The Solution Through a combination of due diligence and hands-on construction experience, we recognized immediately that the contractor had not put a protective sleeve on the steel jack, and the steel had rotted. Following this discovery, we brought in a Bartell legal advisor with experience in elevator construction issues to initiate legal proceedings. This resulted in a negotiated settlement in which the cost of replacing the elevator jack was reduced to $17,000 (from the quoted $24,000) and the elevator vendor and contractor paid the entire cost of replacement. Our client got a new jack at no cost.

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