Man turns to NBC6 responds for help with home-improvement project NBC 6 South Florida [Video]

When Joseph Johnson and his wife moved down to South Florida from Georgia, they were excited to settle into life in the Sunshine State.

“We love the house,” Joseph said. “The area is very nice. The neighbors are very nice.”

Top on their to-do list: getting their home hurricane-ready.

“That’s the whole reason why we called the Alco window and door company,” he said.

He said a representative from the Doral-based company came out to their home on Aug. 22 of last year and measured all of the six windows and two doors they would be replacing. That same day, he signed the contract and the paperwork to finance the $25,898 project through a third party.  

He started making payments on that loan in September, he said, adding the Alco representative told him the entire process would be completed before the start of this hurricane season. 

“Somewhere up to four to six months, and it would be finished,” Joseph …