silver creek communities in Mc Donough (Atlanta, McDonough: low income, crime, home builder)

[c78]

My family and I are considering moving to Mc Donough, in the silver creek community. The schools in this area are Mcdonough Elem. Ola middle and high school. We don't know much about this area. Does anyone have any input as far as homes,schools,crime rate, and anything else that we might need to know.

[sahm3]

McDonough elementary is a Title one school which means it is a low income school with most of the kids being on free or reduced rate lunch.They have received awards for meeting the whole child left behind thing and all, but I can tell you from experience it is not a good school.
However one of the neigborhoods that has a huge population going to the school will not be there next year.So that may dramatically improve the school.
There is hardly any parent participation in any of the school events.
The Ola schools are suppose to be very good, however I would double check your location. B/c I really don't believe that there are any schools from Mcdonough elem that feed into Ola.. I think It would be henry middle and henry high.. Which are horrible!
I am not familiar with silver creek communities it must be new.

I personally would never buy in a new development again, we saw first hand how things changed and went down hill very quickly with new developers coming in and changing things or not doing what was promissed and in todays market you have no idea what will happen to the subdivision. I think alot has to do with where you are coming from and what your expectations are in things etc.. Good luck

[K'ledgeBldr]

ALthough I haven't seen or heard many things about Silvercreek Comm. I can tell you this- they are the same type builder as Legacy Comm. They offer substantial sq/ft for the price with little or no "bells and whistles". I do know for sure- where ever Silvercreek is, Legacy is within a couple of miles. As a matter of fact, they are next to each other down on the southern end of Fulton Ind. Blvd. The land was developed by the same co.- split it in two different sections. And I believe they are not members of the Greater Atlanta Home Builder's Association.
But the lack of squak on this forum about them may speak volumes about their business practices.

[premiereinspections]

What ever you buy, get it inspected by a professional. All builders have some issues and oversights, some more than others. An inspection will let you know if your home is built to the minimum standards required by the State of Georgia. If you have code violations that were undetected and are visible, you can have all of those issues correctec before you close. Just don't let anyone talk you out of a home inspection. To be penny wise and pound foolish could be an unpleasant experience. Do your due dilligance.

[Impact Professionals]

I am an agent with Silvercreek, so do not believe the HYPE. All builders look for a popular area and begin building. Silvercreek is great on construction and if you do not believe that please check out the BBB report and compare reports.

ALWAYS DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE BUYING ANYWHERE. Do yourself a favor and hire an Realtor. What the heck the seller pays their commission anyway. Free advice, why not!!

[lestersine]

do beware. these houses are cheaply built. I am in the Madison Point subdivision in Cobb county and the houses are showing problems.
Initially we were totally abandoned after the pre buy inspection before closing. None of the inspection items were corrected prior to moving in. only one was fixed after move in. In the first year I had an air conditioning failure that was fixed under warrenty. now at 2 and a half years I have found a plumbing leak coming from the second story bath and damaging the first story ceiling. a neighbor reported this happening to him a year ago, have to find out now if I am still under warrenty. we only have around 32 houses in this subdivition. for 2 houses to have plumbing problems seems like too many for such a small group. there are spots on the walls where you can see the paint is too thin. I have had to adjust my garage doors several times becuase they slipping off the tracks. When I was looking around and saw Red Oak communities I thought wow those are really cheaply done. bad looking construction all through them. I figured Silver Creek was better but now I realize its the same game. Every concrete slab in the house is cracked. the driveway,
the rear patio, the garage floor. The pre wired cables and phone sockets throughout the house....take the cover plates off the wall and you will see that several are not even connected, they just run the wire in the wall but dont bother to terminate it at the socket so you have to have a tech come in at extra charge to make it usable. I have learned from dealing with Silver Creek and would not under any circumstance recommend them as a builder to anyone.

[VJP]

Not to be too crass but I don't know anything about Silver Creek. What I do know is that a purported agent with the company has come on here to vouch for build quality by telling you that Silver Creek is supposedly attractive in terms of BBB complaints. That's just lovely. Also, the lack of proper grammar and English skills makes me hope that "Impact Professionals" is not real, or else you have all the answers you need for Silver Creek.

[dkbluiis]

2 out of 32 with a plumbing leak? That doesn't seem so bad for homes that are 2.5 yrs old. We had issues with our new home also, but followed up with each of the builder's subcontractors to resolve. I'm just glad we didn't by a re-sale that we were considering b/c that would have come with no warranty. My guess is that all new homes, just like a new car, will not be perfect. Sorry you had to go through your issues though.

[lestersine]

? well I don't consider a 2.5 year old house to be old enough to have problems. And its 2 out of 32 that I know about. Maybe more that I just have not heard of. Within the first year the downstairs A/C unit needed a repair due to a loose wire falling off its screw and making contact with the adjacent terminal. The plumbing problem presented itself after the covered time period so I'm fixing it myself. I have had several new cars that never returned to the stealership for any repairs. Fact is there is a lot of shoddy work done when houses are thrown up so fast. The pre-closing inspection/walk through was also a failure. only one of the inspection items was corrected to this day. There are orange stickers throughout the house that their own inspector used to mark items that need correction that were never corrected. The only thing they replaced from the inspections was the front door, which was damaged and then repaired with putty and repainted. problem is the door has fake a woodgrain pattern in it and the patch job was smooth and so it was too obvious. Their rep was also 2 hours late to the closing. After cutting a hole in my ceiling I know why the tub drain leaked. it was 1/2" off center and the gasket at the bottom of the tub was too large in diameter, so one spot under the tub was not sealed and was leaking. Low quality workmanship. They just pulled the pipe in place long enough to glue it together then it shifted over into a crooked position where the seal no longer made enough contact. Although these may seem like small problems, the A/C problem could have resulted in a fire and the plumbing problem could have resulted in a mold problem. Neither would be fun. Cutting the ceiling out is anoying enough. I am sure there are plenty of other builers that have a similar lack of quality. One has to remember though, its not the company on the web page that actually built the house. It is the non licensed worker on site thats putting stuff together. I can almost not notice that the wood trim around the bottom of the kitchen and bathroom cabinets at the floor was stained brown when the cabinets themselves are maple. Yet another inspection item that was supposed to be fixed. Im with the other guy on the BBB comment. it doesnt impress me that a complaint was fixed. its better to avoid the complaint in the first place.

[crux]

Ola schools are of good quality, but I would be hesitant, at that location on 81, due to the volume of traffic on little 'ol 81. Good luck making a left or right hand turn out of your community during rush hour.

You should review the henry county website to review committee hearing records. You can usually catch builder complaints by residents and alot of other helpful information. I would review the developer and builder(s). Find out if they make a lot of front companies in their construction process. Some swap names like they change clothing to dodge complaints, collections, BBB, etc.