The first sign of trouble came when a storm poured water into the house’s basement through an improperly closed window.
When drywall had to be removed to repair the damage, that’s when John and his partner realized they had been tricked.
Behind the walls, they found cracked clumps of mud, growing tree roots, and black rot. When John tried to contact the people he had bought the house from, he discovered that the couple he believed lived in the house and were in fact part of a company called ‘Ace of Spaces’ set up to handle the sale. and the dissolution of the house. a few days after the closing of the sale. John also discovered that none of the work done properly in the house was allowed.
One of the core members of the Ace of Spaces was a man named Joe Werb, according to a 2017 story, in prison for his role in another cellphone sales scam.
In 2017, John and his partner were in the arbitration process to try to recover some of the money they had invested in the house.
