Family’s dream of multi-generational home dashed by contractor delays [Video]

PORT SHELDON, Mich. — A West Michigan family said they paid a man $70,000 to build an addition onto their home so several generations could live together, but they have little to show more than a year after work started.

The family reached out to the 13 ON YOUR SIDE Help Team, we began investigating in Sept. 2024.

Stephanie Balbuena said what started as a dream project had to be downsized after she was diagnosed with cancer and required months of treatment.

A close-knit family, Balbuena, her daughters, her mom and her stepdad all decided they wanted to live together.

“They just love it here,” said Balbuena’s mother Mary Zoerman.

Balbuena added, “my parents aren’t getting any younger, but, also the fact that it’s really …