We own a Mahar home, built in 2005. This spring we noticed that the bathroom wall was wet and the drywall was starting to disintegrate. I called three tile and bathroom repair companies. All said the same thing. Our show was installed incorrectly when the house was built, and it wasn't draining properly. We hired a company to repair it, which required tearing out the existing tile to see what was going on. When the tile was removed, we found 6 inches of mold sludge under the tile, sitting in the shower pan. It has not been draining for 14 years, and created a toxic soup of mold and filth. The mold had crept up the walls, eaten away at the subfloor, and started to degrade the floor studs. Everything had to be removed. The studs were treated for mold, and the shower had to be completely rebuilt.
The shoddy workmanship and improper construction from Mahar, ended up costing us $12,000 and gave me allergies for years. Now that the mold is finally gone, I'm much healthier than I have been since we moved into this house!
Today we called someone to look at our sprinkler system that has been acting up. He confirmed that the valves and pipes would need to be replaced because they were installed wrong when the house was built! Again! The shoddy workmanship and improper construction by Mahar, is costing us money to fix. $800 this time.
I've just written to them asking for reimbursement for these expenses, since I shouldn't have had to re-do the work they should have done right to begin with. I doubt seriously that I will hear back from them.
I would NEVER buy a Mahar home. The look beautiful, but are slapped together by amateurs, suing cheap, flimsy material. I've seen cereal boxes with more solid construction.
DO NOT have Mahar build your home. You will regret it. read more