Woman Hires Investigator to Find Out Why Her Tiny House Wasn’t Delivered
A woman in Tennessee resorted to hiring a private investigator to find out why her tiny home hadn’t been delivered months after paying nearly $50,000, NBC News reported. Matt Sowash, the founder of Colorado-based nonprofit Holy Ground Tiny Houses, faces multiple lawsuits after being accused of failing to deliver homes.
Lori Birckhead, who runs the By Faith Farm in Tennessee with her husband, transferred $46,504 to Sowash in April for an 8-by-28-foot house to put on their property and was told to expect delivery in July.
She told NBC that after multiple attempts to contact Sowash, an aide said it could take more than two years for the house to be completed.
And the plot thickens. Court records show Sowash filed for bankruptcy on October 7, despite telling NBC in September that he wouldn’t “Because I can’t sit back and watch all these people lose their homes.” Sowash also told NBC that he borrowed a $400,000 loan from Kinetic to build the houses, but was unable to make the payments.
The Englewood Police Department in Colorado said it is investigating the allegations against Sowash and his nonprofit, NBC reported. He discovered an interest in tiny houses while in prison and previously told NBC that he built his first house in his garage in 2019 and sold it for $12,000.
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