Norse Custom Homes, LLC can be a difficult company to review since, after my background check that included an often required "prior direct experience with the business" in the form of contacting "owner" JL, I wasn't about to foolishly hire him...a firm requirement at many (but not all) review sites. This rewrite is to meet most review do's and don'ts so simply at JL's request, my verifyable review won't be deleted on a technicality like providing names from public record, hence, JL, EL, M ect.!!
Originally, after looking over the Norse website, I looked for what others thought with a search on the phrase "Norse Custom Homes". Of 20+ with Norse info, I found a single nice posting that wasn't clearly just a company "good guys" or other comment and an A+ rating by another. Great! But obviously not based on issues I list here! If you're beginning to consider this contractor, read on! My next checks produce results I didn't find anywhere else...a raw list of many extremely serious issues. More than enough to motivate me to post this review, making this critical, verifiable information likely to be found.
Public records (next paragraph) show JL has conflicts that are increasingly severe with the IRS & many more. Condensed for review limits, in April 2015, I found: [a.] of 255 Liljegren Auditor records listed, 4 in 2011-12 are "FEDERAL TAX LIEN" (at "Sort by:", choose "Date...Descending" to easily find) on their heavily 2010 mortgaged house showing JL and his wife additionally owed a total of $94,435 to the IRS. Another record there shows "RELEASE FED TX LIEN" on only the $14,490.79 lien leaving a total of $79,944 still due. (What underwater/judgment proof, even to the IRS, looks like.) [b.] at the Courts site, 25+ records that list JL or his wife (including the various misspellings but clearly them) as "defendant" since 1995, [c.] at the Auditor & Courts sites, many judgments and liens often against both JL and his wife, with many not shown as resolved and [d.] the "M" Courts search finds King Co Superior Ct. records showing a 45 item, 3+ year process including item 19, a "Petition For Removal Of Pr" to successfully remove JL from the Personal Representative (Pr) control of the 2011 estate. (This is a forced removal requiring clear and compelling evidence of wrong doings.) All these findings tell me this SOB has the balls to try to fight the IRS, subcontractors, suppliers, lenders, his siblings and more! Biting a lot of dust doing it doesn't seem to have improved his ways! It seems the Pierce County Parks, Peninsula School District and a few others were lucky to get JL to pay up though Auditor records do show it took more than 2 years. Bottom line, is THIS the guy to trust to properly account for of hundreds of thousands of your dollars while building your home?
Verification...per his website, JL currently is Norse Custom Homes, LLC. Per L&I, JL was formerly Liljegren Enterprises dba Norseland Construction. Go to three references: 1. *Pierce County Auditor* (there Search Documents link at the page bottom, then "click here..." then Recorded Documents gets you to Name:), 2. *Washington Courts name search* and 3. *Washington L&I verify a contractor* (there at "I want to search by" choose "Name"). Search each *phrase* to get to each reference. Search the Auditor and L&I sites with only LILJEGREN in only the labeled "Name:" box. The Courts site makes it harder by additionally requiring at least the first name initial. Of the full alphabet, clearly JL related information showed only when first initial J, S and M were added to those 3 separate LILJEGREN searches. "J" found 15 listings for JL, 4 for John (JL misspelled but clearly him), and 4 for Jane Doe (his wife's name apparently not known but these listings also include a JL/John G.L.) "S" found 3 for his wife "M" found his mom's estate with JL as the removed 1st PR. Of course, this doesn't find likely misspellings of Liljegren.
The L&I site shows JL is NOT the "owner" OR "governing person" of what is presented at the Norse and many review sites as JL's one man Limited Liability Co. His required bond "protecting" you is the minimum $12,000! EL, listed by L&I as the "owner," is not mentioned anywhere on the Norse website and returns not one public record in the Auditor search, perhaps because a separate search shows he also lives a long way from Pierce County! JL's new company with new "owner" EL's A+ rating? Why completely dump Norseland?
Do check all this out first hand. It's all there and useful to know how it works. For more, look at complete records for the details of what the above searches only list. With potentially reams of documents, it is most efficient to view them at each of the offices. Also get a professional background check to find some of what the government doesn't tell you. Remember, this lists only what makes it to recorded public records. I leave out much more where verification is not as easy. Good luck!
Norse Custom Homes, LLC Reviews
Norse Custom Homes, LLC can be a difficult company to review since, after my background check that included an often required "prior direct experience with the business" in the form of contacting "owner" JL, I wasn't about to foolishly hire him...a firm requirement at many (but not all) review sites. This rewrite is to meet most review do's and don'ts so simply at JL's request, my verifyable review won't be deleted on a technicality like providing names from public record, hence, JL, EL, M ect.!!
Originally, after looking over the Norse website, I looked for what others thought with a search on the phrase "Norse Custom Homes". Of 20+ with Norse info, I found a single nice posting that wasn't clearly just a company "good guys" or other comment and an A+ rating by another. Great! But obviously not based on issues I list here! If you're beginning to consider this contractor, read on! My next checks produce results I didn't find anywhere else...a raw list of many extremely serious issues. More than enough to motivate me to post this review, making this critical, verifiable information likely to be found.
Public records (next paragraph) show JL has conflicts that are increasingly severe with the IRS & many more. Condensed for review limits, in April 2015, I found: [a.] of 255 Liljegren Auditor records listed, 4 in 2011-12 are "FEDERAL TAX LIEN" (at "Sort by:", choose "Date...Descending" to easily find) on their heavily 2010 mortgaged house showing JL and his wife additionally owed a total of $94,435 to the IRS. Another record there shows "RELEASE FED TX LIEN" on only the $14,490.79 lien leaving a total of $79,944 still due. (What underwater/judgment proof, even to the IRS, looks like.) [b.] at the Courts site, 25+ records that list JL or his wife (including the various misspellings but clearly them) as "defendant" since 1995, [c.] at the Auditor & Courts sites, many judgments and liens often against both JL and his wife, with many not shown as resolved and [d.] the "M" Courts search finds King Co Superior Ct. records showing a 45 item, 3+ year process including item 19, a "Petition For Removal Of Pr" to successfully remove JL from the Personal Representative (Pr) control of the 2011 estate. (This is a forced removal requiring clear and compelling evidence of wrong doings.) All these findings tell me this SOB has the balls to try to fight the IRS, subcontractors, suppliers, lenders, his siblings and more! Biting a lot of dust doing it doesn't seem to have improved his ways! It seems the Pierce County Parks, Peninsula School District and a few others were lucky to get JL to pay up though Auditor records do show it took more than 2 years. Bottom line, is THIS the guy to trust to properly account for of hundreds of thousands of your dollars while building your home?
Verification...per his website, JL currently is Norse Custom Homes, LLC. Per L&I, JL was formerly Liljegren Enterprises dba Norseland Construction. Go to three references: 1. *Pierce County Auditor* (there Search Documents link at the page bottom, then "click here..." then Recorded Documents gets you to Name:), 2. *Washington Courts name search* and 3. *Washington L&I verify a contractor* (there at "I want to search by" choose "Name"). Search each *phrase* to get to each reference. Search the Auditor and L&I sites with only LILJEGREN in only the labeled "Name:" box. The Courts site makes it harder by additionally requiring at least the first name initial. Of the full alphabet, clearly JL related information showed only when first initial J, S and M were added to those 3 separate LILJEGREN searches. "J" found 15 listings for JL, 4 for John (JL misspelled but clearly him), and 4 for Jane Doe (his wife's name apparently not known but these listings also include a JL/John G.L.) "S" found 3 for his wife "M" found his mom's estate with JL as the removed 1st PR. Of course, this doesn't find likely misspellings of Liljegren.
The L&I site shows JL is NOT the "owner" OR "governing person" of what is presented at the Norse and many review sites as JL's one man Limited Liability Co. His required bond "protecting" you is the minimum $12,000! EL, listed by L&I as the "owner," is not mentioned anywhere on the Norse website and returns not one public record in the Auditor search, perhaps because a separate search shows he also lives a long way from Pierce County! JL's new company with new "owner" EL's A+ rating? Why completely dump Norseland?
Do check all this out first hand. It's all there and useful to know how it works. For more, look at complete records for the details of what the above searches only list. With potentially reams of documents, it is most efficient to view them at each of the offices. Also get a professional background check to find some of what the government doesn't tell you. Remember, this lists only what makes it to recorded public records. I leave out much more where verification is not as easy. Good luck!