DENVER — After more than a year away from their home, Kevin and Noelle Collins finally have some hope that their remodel can get back on track and the company that allegedly left their home uninhabitable may be held responsible.
Denver7 Investigates first reported on the Collins’s situation in January , a few months after they were forced to leave their home. At that time, the City of Denver issued a “stop work” order on their house in the Cole neighborhood after the unpermitted remodel had begun.
The couple said they had paid Schwalb Builders more than $250,000 for an extensive project, only for the company to leave the home in disrepair. The Collins had to move out of their house shortly after Thanksgiving 2023.
Since then, they’ve been forced to pay their mortgage to keep their house as well as rent at their temporary home. A third-party engineer’s report noted that their house was “unsafe to occupy,” and that the contractor did not pull building permits and was not licensed.