Celebration Frays Around The Edges

Who would have thought that rot on the trim of Celebration houses would result in a feature length expose in the Orlando Sentinel...

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February 4, 2003, 8:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"As many as 500 of the 700 homes the company has built in this tony, immaculately landscaped development may have bad trim. Some of the homes are worth $500,000 or more... The cause of the problem was surprising to owners of the Weekley-built houses, all of them frame structures replete with traditional architectural details. The faulty trim -- though painted and designed to look like wood -- actually is a fiberboard many associate with far-cheaper houses."

Thanks to The Practice of New Urbanism

FULL STORY: What? Rot in Celebration?

Sunday, February 2, 2003 in The Orlando Sentinel

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