Don't make our mistake, find another builder, you can do much better, not commensurate with the money paid for our home! Keystone Custom Homes makes our previous builder in Virginia, who has not won any awards and replaced almost all the cabinetry in the home, look outstanding! Had to meet with the company after finding beer cans, bottles, and bottle caps on numerous occasions during the construction process, only to ge that it is local kids, what a load of crap. A blind person could have done better quality control. Their slow follow-up service demonstrates a lack of quality and commitment to your satisfaction. Issues only get fixed if you stay on top of Keystone asking for a status. Still not satisfied with our home!
Too many errors in quality control before close. Entire driveway was replaced and they still didn't get it right, should have been replaced a third time. Paint company was horrible: painted dust into the ceiling in numerous rooms, all interior doors painted with semi-gloss along edges andwith flat paint in the middle, bottom half inch to inch of baseboards not painted with semi-gloss paint, corners not properly painted, areas near cabinets, the baseboards were not painted at all, and many areas still needed nail holes filled and missing caulk. Missing dual zone HVAC dampers for the second floor and first floor not even hooked to power for the system to work and first floor duct work on one side of the house tied to the second floor duct work. Fire place had multi speed fan switched without our permission three weeks after close. Many other issues, that took Lancaster Handyman at least five days to fix instead of Keystone.
Follow-up customer service is abysmal, a total lack of communication when you have an issue that needs to be fixed. Have submitted several issues to the rep, with zero follow-up from the customer service rep whether it will be taken care of. Told parts would be on order, took months to fix. Issues from Keystone's own QTW prior to close , took five months after close for Keystone to address, this was only after several emails about the issues.
The work order process is extremely slow, takes almost two months, one month to go to the contractor and almost another month to schedule. 11-month drywall repairs done by Rocket Drywall had to be re-done by Lancaster Handyman with House markedly in blue tape over 90 days waiting for repair.
Emailed company owner Jeff Rutt, who at closing hand us his card and stated, contact me if you need assistance, nothing but silence from him. We were forced to email him because, customer service rep, regional manager, and customer service manager are inept at getting things done, they only say we will get your work completed.
After submitting a complaint to the BBB, work finally started to move forward. Lancaster Handyman worked on all the repairs, opposed to the Keystone sub-contractors who did the original work. Lancaster Handyman far superior work to any Keystone sub-contractor.
Keystone really needs to conduct a root cause analysis of why their customer service reps are overworked. Is it poor quality work from the trades, enough reps in the field, poor management, or a combination of all three.
Worst part of whole process is that Keystone cannot admit a mistake and issue an apology. read more