Windy City Rehab hosts are sued by Chicago couple who bought $1.4 million home featured on HGTV show

A Chicago couple after buying a $1.4 million home featured on Windy City Rehab has sued the show’s hosts claiming defective and shoddy work.

Windy City Rehab hosts Alison Gramenos, who goes by Alison Victoria, and Donovan Eckhardt were named as defendants in the lawsuit, according to a report Sunday by the Chicago Sun-Times.

Home buyers James and Anna Morrissey filed the lawsuit on December 30 in Cook County circuit court alleging defective and shoddy work, breach of contract, breach of warranty and consumer fraud.

The lawsuit alleged that the day after the buyers closed on the 4,000-square-foot home in Lincoln Square that an upper-level shower leaked into the below kitchen ceiling.

Other defendants in the lawsuit included: Eckhardt’s Greymark Development Group,Alison Victoria Interiors Inc., two other associated businesses and contractor Ermin Pajazetovic.

The lawsuit was seeking the reversal of the sale last March, plus $80,000 paid by the buyers for upgrades and landscaping.

It also was asking for unspecified damages for emotional distress and punitive damages.

The lawsuit alleged that a new roof was never installed and the existing roof caused ‘leaks and water penetration’ through the ceiling and into the masonry, walls and windows.

An inspector found that, ‘Nearly every window throughout the property was not installed correctly’, according to court documents.

Victoria declined to comment on the lawsuit, but told the Chicago Sun-Times in an email, ‘I worked directly with the Morrissey’s [sic] to resolve any issues of concern related to their home renovation’.

A text included in the lawsuit pointed to a strained relationship between Victoria and Eckhardt after a check bounced to reimburse the buyers for a new roof.

‘If I have to cover his portion I will. I do not want him to f*** with my life or business any more than he already has,’ Victoria wrote in the text, according to the lawsuit.

The season one episode featuring the property was titled Massive Giddings Street Rebuild and aired on January 29, 2019.

Chicago subcontractor Ermin Pajazetovic’s company, Space Builders Inc., also sued Eckhardt and Greymark Development Group on December 30.

Space Builders claimed that Eckhardt owed $108,500 for work performed at a house in the Lake View area.