Anybody know about NRIA?
We received in the mail a semi-official looking notice from the “National Residential Improvement Association” announcing a project called NY5-06 which “qualifies us for Sponsor pledged, NRIA certified discount rates for…siding, trim, replacement windows, exterior doors, etc. I looked their website up and didn’t get enough info… Does anybody know anything about this?? Did you…
We received in the mail a semi-official looking notice from the “National Residential Improvement Association” announcing a project called NY5-06 which “qualifies us for Sponsor pledged, NRIA certified discount rates for…siding, trim, replacement windows, exterior doors, etc. I looked their website up and didn’t get enough info…
Does anybody know anything about this?? Did you get a notice??
I contacted the people on the card as well. They linked me with a company out of my area and I had them come out…it definately was and still is a scam. They offered to put new siding and gutters on my house, which is a smal 2 bedroom, for 25K. i told em this was way to high and they should lower it and they did the call the office gig and lowered it to 15K. I promptly threw them out of my house. This type of buisness is predatory and dishonest and anyone getting this card should be wary and trash it, but, first notifiy the BBB that they are in your area.
The National Residential Improvement Association thorougly Pre-Screens contractors to make sure they are reputable, credible, properly licensed and insured contractors. They also provide FREE Dispute Resolution services to consumers and provide millions of homeowners throughout the country with free information on numerous government programs that may help homeowners pay for the improvements they need. All services provided by NRIA are free to consumers as program sponsors pay for all of the administrative costs associated with the program. Information on these programs are available online at http://www.nria.org. It is not necessary to call NRIA or even to use an NRIA Authorized Contractor to learn more about these programs.
I received one of these notices here in florida. Being skeptical by nature, I don’t plan to do anything with it. Thought I would poke around out of curiosity. If it is a scam, maybe I can alert some others.
You’d do far better going directly to your local utility or checking with the various government agencies directly for many of the energy-saving credits. And you certainly don’t want to give NRIA ANY personal information.
I’ll be checking my credit report to find how who was poking around in there to “pre-qualify” me for these wonderful benefits.
If it sounds too good to be true…
This is the person that posted the link above as guest.. (9OCT2007 2029)
The info on the link was posted 2005. A similarly named group also operated in NY. Not sure if they are connected but they offer the same services.
I also found this link:
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/consumer/IQext/csd_acs.asp?byletter=Y&lookup=7108617&lastset=N&detail=Y#legend_place1
Hope this helps others keep there eyes open.
I was looking for information on this NRIA and I found this on Richmond.com. The link looks like something left over from someone else’s research since a printer friendly script link–
http://www.richmond.com/printer.cfm?article=3627964
National Residential Improvement Association
Paul Ray Verrey
1136 Cedar Rd
Chesapeake 23322
Still does not prove or disprove that it is a scam setup or just a very poorly presented helpful official (albeit unattached to the gov) company.
I will personally look into the programs the links may point me too be I would recommend doing a search for other information resources, besides those links, about the programs mentioned.
Got one in Norfolk, VA a few days ago. The programs it talks about on the back appear to be valid, but they are for EXTREMELY low income home owners. It appears to be a scam of some kind, but at least it has some good info on the back.
My mother called the number on the card and they asked for income information and her social
security number. Thankfully she did not give it
but that is a RED FLAG.
I looked up their physical address (did a reverse address search) and it’s registered to: “Professional Answering Service.”
That should tell you all you need to know. It’s a scam.