Our experience with this builder was an absolute nightmare. Based on our experience, we would…read morestrongly advise others to think twice before trusting him with one of the largest financial investments of their lives.
We were left dealing with approximately $90,000 in remediation, repairs, and additional work on our home. The problems included redoing the entire home's interior flooring and painting, correcting excavation, drainage, and landscaping issues that required 26 tri-axle loads of dirt, redoing tile shower work, rebuilding portions of the deck and stairs, redoing the porch pillars, fixing falling gutters, and repairing a hole in the roof. And this is only a partial list of the issues we had to address.
As if correcting this much work weren't enough, we also had to pay to finish work that had not been completed, despite being included in the agreed-upon floor plan. We were left spending additional time and money correcting problems and completing work that we reasonably expected to be handled as part of the original construction agreement. That is an unacceptable position to put a homeowner in after paying to have a home built.
The lack of professionalism was just as troubling. We found an employee sleeping inside our house, discovered cases of beer bottles around the property, and encountered cigarette smoking inside the house. These were serious concerns involving the basic standards of professionalism, supervision, and respect for someone else's property. This was not the level of care or conduct we expected from a builder entrusted with our home.
The situation ultimately led to an approximately 18-month legal dispute. Instead of being able to enjoy our home with confidence, we spent an enormous amount of time, money, and energy dealing with construction problems, unfinished work, and the resulting dispute. The financial burden and stress of this experience have been substantial.
What makes this experience particularly frustrating is the sheer volume of work we had to address after the fact. This was not one isolated defect or a minor disagreement over cosmetic details. It was a long list of significant problems, additional work, and concerns about professionalism that collectively turned what should have been a positive experience into an expensive and exhausting ordeal.
We would not hire this builder again, and we cannot recommend him to anyone considering building a home.