12-07-2018, 02:32 PM
Yeah I would agree, I'll never use a production builder again if I can help it. We just closed last week and I'm torn with fixing the little shit myself... Correctly... Or putting it on the punch list for the warranty because I paid you to build my house correctly.
My biggest complaints were the resistance I was met with while trying to get them to fix things that were wrong during the building process.
For some dumb reason, all the houses in the neighborhood, they dump the gutters out on the sidewalk right in front of the rear porch which is the main entrance off the driveway. I asked them to let me put a piece of pvc drain pipe in before they poured the driveway and sidewalk and they said I couldn't and they wouldn't either. I then asked them to move downspout to other side of gutter and run it down the 6x6 for the decks. They reluctantly agreed but never actually did it until we and our agent brought it up again on the walk through. Even then the PM tried to talk us out of it saying it wouldn't look good.
And I called attention to the wall not being straight the day after it was sheetrocked. They ignored it until I brought it up 3 more times. Then did some half ass job to fix it which did nothing so now I have a fridge in the middle of my kitchen. They have come out to look at it but I was basically told we have to be slotted in with their contractor who does their warranty work and go off his availability. Which didn't sound bad until it's day 4 since I was told that and haven't heard anything from pm to set up an actual time for work to start.
Tons of other things overall that it's just like why would you do it this way. But i guess for people who don't know better, they may get away with it and not have to fix it.
Overall I'm super disappointed and stressed about the build process which is definitely not what I expected. At least this bad. We went through 3 different counter installs and a backsplash that wasn't supposed to go on at all which required the entire wall it was on to be ripped out a week before closing. Almost all the doors had torn weatherstripping and some didn't even have any. The entire neighborhood is nothing but drainage issues and they just grade all the yards to create more. Of course I get neighbors that water in the rain and I'm pretty sure one of them is still watering... In December. Can't wait for his system to blow and flood my yard.
I could keep going all day...
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My biggest complaints were the resistance I was met with while trying to get them to fix things that were wrong during the building process.
For some dumb reason, all the houses in the neighborhood, they dump the gutters out on the sidewalk right in front of the rear porch which is the main entrance off the driveway. I asked them to let me put a piece of pvc drain pipe in before they poured the driveway and sidewalk and they said I couldn't and they wouldn't either. I then asked them to move downspout to other side of gutter and run it down the 6x6 for the decks. They reluctantly agreed but never actually did it until we and our agent brought it up again on the walk through. Even then the PM tried to talk us out of it saying it wouldn't look good.
And I called attention to the wall not being straight the day after it was sheetrocked. They ignored it until I brought it up 3 more times. Then did some half ass job to fix it which did nothing so now I have a fridge in the middle of my kitchen. They have come out to look at it but I was basically told we have to be slotted in with their contractor who does their warranty work and go off his availability. Which didn't sound bad until it's day 4 since I was told that and haven't heard anything from pm to set up an actual time for work to start.
Tons of other things overall that it's just like why would you do it this way. But i guess for people who don't know better, they may get away with it and not have to fix it.
Overall I'm super disappointed and stressed about the build process which is definitely not what I expected. At least this bad. We went through 3 different counter installs and a backsplash that wasn't supposed to go on at all which required the entire wall it was on to be ripped out a week before closing. Almost all the doors had torn weatherstripping and some didn't even have any. The entire neighborhood is nothing but drainage issues and they just grade all the yards to create more. Of course I get neighbors that water in the rain and I'm pretty sure one of them is still watering... In December. Can't wait for his system to blow and flood my yard.
I could keep going all day...
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2004 Honda S2000
2001 F-150 4X4 6" lift on 37" tires
2007 GSX-R 600
2008 SX-R 800
1992 (slammed by PO) 240sx Coupe (SOLD)
1999 BMW POS ///M3(SOLD)
1998 Honda Civic EX beater (SOLD)
2001 F-150 4X4 6" lift on 37" tires
2007 GSX-R 600
2008 SX-R 800
1992 (slammed by PO) 240sx Coupe (SOLD)
1999 BMW POS ///M3(SOLD)
1998 Honda Civic EX beater (SOLD)