Our Story

In September 2012, we bought a home in rural Kingston, Ontario for $190,000. I was 27 years old, raising a 7-year-old and 2-year-old, and starting a new chapter with my partner. We moved with hope, investing everything we had — $10,000 down — and poured all our available finances into renovations, along with time, love, and energy to make it a safe home for our young family.

What we didn’t know at the time was that the man who sold it to us, Dave McClement, had knowingly and illegally concealed major health and safety issues.

The house was sold through the estate of Howard McClement, with Dave acting on its behalf. He had illegally “repaired” the septic tank — extending a pipe out into his own adjacent field, where human waste was being pumped above ground. We later discovered that he had also tampered with the well. He left an open pipe in the ground, a reckless act that contaminated our drinking water.

It was, in every way, a betrayal.

We trusted the process. We trusted our agent, Dave Redmond, who failed to disclose the issues and later misled me about the law. When I discovered the problem just after our wedding in July 2013, he told me it was too late to pursue legal action — that the statute of limitations had changed from two years to one. That was false. I later learned from a lawyer that I actually had two years from the discovery of the issue. But by then, we were completely out of money.

Our toilet stopped working the week we got married. A full septic system replacement cost us $20,000. I was financially maxed out — no credit, no options, and overwhelmed. I was working constantly, anxious, afraid, and uncertain how to stand up for myself or protect my family.

I was just trying to survive.

Dave McClement, by contrast, was doing just fine. He was a successful electrician, lived on Howe Island, and maintained a large property right next to ours — the same one he was pumping our waste into. His son, Jay McClement, was in the NHL. Dave had power, money, and real estate connections. I was just a young dad, trying to make a life.

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But Now, I’m Telling My Story

It’s taken years to process what happened to us — to rebuild our finances, find our voice, and start healing from the harm that was done.

I now understand that what Dave McClement and Dave Redmond did wasn’t just negligent — it was wrong. It was dishonest. And it left a young family drinking unsafe water and wading through sewage because of someone else’s greed.

I’m speaking out not just for myself, but for anyone who’s ever been taken advantage of when they were vulnerable.

Because silence protects abusers.

But telling the truth protects others.

The only way to get even with rich narcissists is to attack their ego and reputation ..