nbc bay area's ellise kirchner has more on this. >> reporter: for at least five homeowners it's more money and team lost trying to get back into their homes. you take a look here behind me. you can see this is one of the homes where construction is literally at a stand still after the contractor working on the damaged home shut down operations. >> this orange ball came as high as the one story house is -- two-story house. it was up over the roof. >> reporter: almost neen months after a deadly pipeline explosion levelled pat gillan's san bruno neighborhood, she still has nightmares. >> reporter: now another living nightmare for pat and her neighbors. >> irene around the corner here is stopped now with her house, and it's only half finished. >> reporter: she says half finished homes are getting abandoned by vanderbilt construction. the reason? the general contractor has reportedly had problems paying its subcontractors. their phoneline is disconnected, leaving at least five families in limbo, unable to get their money back or hire someone else. while others, like pat, whose home is com