Yorio Ferratella & Bowes

Critical: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness

I couldn’t recommend Bowes to anyone. When we purchased a home, he cost us thousands in home repairs that were supposed to be escrowed from the sellers at closing.We bought a house January of 2020. We knew from the inspection that the house needed a new sewer line, so we worked with Bowes and he suggested having the sellers put the money into an escrow that we could access for the repair up to 6 months after closing. We and the sellers signed multiple versions of an addendum saying this, to the point where everyone was happy with the details.We received no communication from Bowes about any issues before closing. No emails, no calls, to us or our realtor. We assumed everything was good to go.So we went to closing- again, no mention of any issues- and bought our home.A few months later when we go to access the escrow, suddenly Bowes doesn’t have it. Didn’t we get his email with the latest version of the addendum?! (No) Oh well, you didn’t sign that and your realtor didn’t either, so we didn’t take the money from the sellers before closing.We and the sellers had already signed several previous versions of the addendum, and both us and our realtor never received this latest version. Bowes knew that we hadn’t signed and never called or emailed to make sure we signed before closing. He knew we thought we had access to the money and let us close on the house.(Also, regardless, the previous version signed by all parties should have applied and the money escrowed.)When we confronted him about it, he blamed his secretary, then his interim secretary, then our realtor, and finally us.We ended up having to pay close to $10,000 for the repair, out of pocket. This was an expense we were not expecting, since Bowes had the escrow taken care of, as far as we knew.The sellers had already moved out of state at this point, and Bowes refused responsibility, so there was little we could do.We briefly met with an attorney, as we had everything in writing and there was clear fault. But, since he knew Bowes, he couldn’t represent us, and it was difficult to find someone who didn’t have a connection. The attorney tried calling Bowes to see if there was anything he had to say or offer, and Bowes refused.We decided just to take the loss, as court fees would likely be higher than the escrow amount, but I wanted others to know what could happen to you if you choose Bowes. I don’t want others to lose money, too.*Do not use Bowes.* If you have to, only use him for the simplest of closings, because he apparently can’t handle making sure details are in place. $10k may not be much to his firm, but it is to a first time homeowner.

Critical: Professionalism, Quality, Responsiveness

We began a purchase of a property with this firm Long before COVID-19. Their office generated a document with a typo which named the seller with my surname rather than his own. One would consider this to be a very simple Issue to resolve but in the case of this particular firm, it has turned into a two month debacle where apparently none of their staff are capable of editing a word document. We were told that all such problems are resolved by one person in the office who happens to be a paralegal which means that the partners themselves sit back on their laurels and let their minions do all the heavy lifting while they pilfer you for exorbitant legal fees. The laziness is astounding. You would be better off Going to law school yourself and generating your own degree in order to serve your needs than you would to rely on these feckless twits.