Extreme lack of quality and attention to detail. We're In the process of purchasing an Almont Home in Park Walk subdivision. During our pre-closing walk on 3/9/2021 there were 37 discrepancies noted. When we went to the final walk on closing day (3/30/2021) only 5 of the items on the list had been completed and there was 3 new items of damage that happened after the pre-closing walk that had not been corrected. They stated because of all the rain they hadn't been able to correct a lot of the items. It only rained for 5 days out of the past 20 days we live just a mile from the new house. The Almont representative had several items checked off on his list that were not completed so I refused to sign the Pre-closing check list. Now they want us to move in and work around painters inside and out and a crew that's installing a Radon Mitigation System due to the excess Radon coming into the house. read more

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The craftsmanship of our newly built home is terrible!! It's like the builder and employees took a YouTube lesson and started building homes. Not to mention our toilet seat wobbles, the garage door doesn't work, and looks like there's a leak in one bathroom. Did I mention as I am writing this, we have lived in this home for 5 months. Luckily I have already gotten the garage door fixed and tomorrow the plumber is coming . The paint on the walls is agreeable gray and I think they lunged the paint from the can onto the walls. Art time!!!! Looks like the most unseasoned painter came to paint our walls. The corners are horrible. Oh I can write a book. I don't recommend Almont homes. I can't wait for my one year walk through. read more

My Almont Homes nightmare: We spent most of this year building a new house with them. All was good initially and for most of the process - the agents on site, the floorplan, the construction progress. But at the very end, when the house was ready and closing was coming up, Almont was sued by someone outside the new neighborhood, which resulted in all pending closings being delayed. This wasn't Almont's fault, but their reaction was terrible: after the court case had dragged on for a month or so, they lost patience and gave all of us buyers-on-hold an ultimatum: rent our future homes on expensive terms (including an increase in eventual sale price) or else get our deposits back and walk away. I was called and given these options at 5:30 pm on a weeknight, and told I had to decide right away. So we walked, and I bet most of the other people with houses ready walked too. It would have been nice if Almont had at least had someone high-ranking call and personally apologize, or offer us some concession like "hey, sorry this happened, but we'll give you first choice of lots in another Almont development" or something like that. Just...something. We feel like they just cast us off when faced with difficulties. read more

I live in an Almont Subdivision - Twin Bridges. Back in March 2018, my family noticed a large numbers of rentals. After several email exchanges with Almont, we learned that Almont was renting homes in Twin Bridges. We never heard of a builder renting homes. After further investigation, we discovered that Almont was not paying into the association for their rental properties. Almont renters are using the swimming pool but not paying into the association. Almont is not managing their rentals. This past weekend an Almont renter was evicted from their house - police and fire trucks were came onto the street. Recently, I drove to an Almont community in Flowery Branch - Park Walk at Lanier. I shared my experience at Twin Bridges with three residents - Almont renting homes and not paying into the association. The residents provided their contact information and thanked me for the information. Today, I received an email from Almont Homes. Almont Homes is prohibiting me from reaching out to their communities to share my experience. Why is Almont Homes attempting to suppress the truth? You decide if these facts are worth publicizing: 1. Almont renting homes in their subdivisions 2. Almont Homes not paying into the homeowners association. 3. Almont Homes using a property management company run by the owner of Almont's wife. 4. The property management company refusing to arrange for an audit of the HOA books as directed in the bylaws. 5. The property management company is not funding the capital reserves as specified in the budget. 6. The property management company is mismanaging funds. 7. Homeowners had to threaten lawsuits in some cases before Almont resolve warranty issues. read more

Almont should be ashamed of the quality of their homes as well as their output of customer service. They are very attentive at luring individuals into their new homes, but once they are in there, beware! If we knew then what we know now, we would have never purchased one of these less than sub par builds. The only thing that makes it well is having wonderful people around us. This SHOULD scare you as a potential homeowner of an Almont build. We have been in our home for less than 2 years, and all we've managed to do in that time is do a lot of this and spend a lot of . And if you think you are covered by your one year warranty, think again! Almont is genius at manipulating their investors with their documentation and semantics. Not only that, but if you have a quarrel with them, they have a lawyer with a vested interest in their schemes so they will stop at nothing to stop you from pointing out their faults. We have held up our part of the contract but Almont refuses to hold up theirs. We have contacted them numerous times in good faith for them to repair or replace issues caused by the builder but they either refuse or ignore our pleas. We feel that purchasing a $300,000+ home, you should receive what you pay for, but that's not what Almont thinks!!! They use cheap material, cut corners on quality work, and hide issues from you so you will not see. Upon our FINAL walkthrough, we found human feces in our spare bedroom closet! Bryan McKendrick simply said, "It happens." What?!!!! It happens? And you're okay with that?! Not only that, but we were pointing out legitimate problems (issues he would find unacceptable in his home) yet he tells us, "You're not buying a million dollar home." Again...excuse me? So problems are acceptable to you since we are not investing $700,000 extra on this home. I see. Now, what chaps my ass even more is that he gets to customize his home, and he probably gets everything done perfectly. And if it is not done perfectly, I bet someone comes at his beck and call immediately to remedy. Not you though, folks. You're not that special. Let me be the one to tell you. We have two bathrooms that still need to be addressed. Our entire downstairs bathtub needs to be replaced because it was literally coming apart when we moved in. They still have not fixed. Things like poor drywall issues we have managed to have people come and "repair" but we found it is easier to fix it ourselves because their so called "repair" wasn't a repair. As untrained individuals, we have done better at drywall repair and nail pops, etc. Also, do not wait the full year to paint your home. If you want to paint your home, do it. The only thing painting your home voids, is nail pops. If you're unsure how to do, I'll help you. I've had to fix well over a hundred and they keep coming. The reason they use flat paint is not only to hide the poor quality of the painters, but it is also to hide the crap drywall as well as structural job they do. Once we got closer (you know, the 6 foot rule) we noticed the literal wavy lines where our wall joints meet! Everything is wavy. We have also replaced our upstairs carpeting (for personal reasons) and we discovered that they did not use flooring screws in our sub floor! In fact, they didn't use screws at all! Everything was nailed in. We had to reinforce all the subfloor by adding screws so that overtime we would hopefully not experience as much shifting and squeaking that you get with shifting boards. I could continue to go on and on, but buyers beware! Know what you are investing in and be prepared to handle it. Almont, your warranty is a joke. You are a joke. We are forever disappointed in you. You put out sub quality material and you should not take pride in your homes. They clearly are not your passion as your website claims. You need to fix this and address the needs of the people you have put their faith in your business and your product. Hey, John Davis (jdavis@almonthomes.com) and Phil Donehoo. I am speaking to you! You who are ALWAYS too busy to do your job. read more

If there is a negative five star, I will give them negative five star. Purchased NEW CONTRACTION HOUSE from Almont Homes NE, INC. , I am so disappointed. 7 windows leaking water, basement foundations leaking water, and basement door leaking water AS WELL. The inspect and repair more than TEN TIMES, but still leaking. How comes the house can pass the inspection?????? I feel that all the BAD GUYS on Earth are working in this company. Mr. John Davis always ignore my email, he looks friendly and kind, BUT he will do some bad things behind of you. Mr. phil, the VICE PRESIDENT OF ALMONT HOMES, ALWAYS LIE TO US, told us that everything is no problems, BUT the gold always shine and the problems always appear. There are four families in our community are going to sue the Almont Homes NE, INC. NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH THEM!!!!!! read more

My husband & I built a house in one of Almont's communities in Forsyth Co. almost 2 yrs ago. Since that time, we have had to pay to fix significant drainage issues in the yard, replace the a/c compressor during the hottest part of last summer (labor not covered thru home warranty), replace all 3 toilets (exact same hairline cracks in all 3 tanks due to improper installation), replace the water pressure regulator valve, and most recently & notably REMEDIATION OF MOLD in our attic. Because of the type of mold it was, where it was (only on trusses, not sheathing), the fact that it was in a dormant state in our attic (moisture levels too low for growth), and the fact that there are NO moisture intrusion points in our attic, the mold had to be built into the house by Almont. It came in either already on the trusses from the lumber supplier Almont used &/or it grew on the trusses once they were delivered to our lot, where they lay on the ground in the open & unprotected through the building process. I know of other houses in another Almont community in Forsyth Co. that also have mold in them. We tried to seek remedy for the mold issue first through the warranty program & also through our lawyer...Almont fought us at every turn. The warranty is full of gaping exclusion holes & you sign away significant rights regarding the express & implied warranty of the finished product in the initial contract signed with Almont...and the worst part is they know that you have done just that, and they will use their lawyer to make sure you understand that fact loud & clear if you ever get in a dispute with them. They know they have no legal obligation to do the right thing. We decided it would cost us more in legal fees to fight with them than it would to go ahead and fix our house...a fact I'm sure they were counting on. The statements on the home page of their website regarding how they "stand behind every home we build" and "strive to make you feel comfortable every step of the way" are a lie. They are, at best, reluctant to fix even the things that they DO have an obligation to make right under the warranty. We had TONS of items that needed follow-up, most of which took prodding & nagging to get them done, and it still took 7 months after we submitted all of the 1-yr warranty ppwk. The exterior trim paint bubbled up all across the front of the house. The "fix" that was completed thru the warranty doesn't look much better than it was before, but that was all they were willing to do. We will probably end up having to have the house repainted in less than 3 yrs from now. We had horrible pops & squeaks from the 2nd floor subfloor that took them months to fix, and still another month to finally get all of the padding & carpet re-secured. We went over a month with almost all of the upstairs carpet unsecured from the tack strips while they were figuring it all out. We also went months without a working deadbolt on our front door that they had to replace because they didn't properly align the bolt in the door frame when it was installed, causing the lock to seize up due to too much tension when the deadbolt was set. They finally found "our" new lock rolling around in the back of someone's truck. Don't think you will be different or that you will be the exception...do the research and look at the reviews that are out there for Almont. The stories are remarkably similar because this is how Almont operates. Most of the issues actually don't make it to a public forum, but the FB group for my community is FULL of them. Don't be fooled either by the 5-star Google reviews, as 2 of them are from realtors that sell houses for Almont in their communities. read more