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I had a bad experience with MI Homes. We terminated the contract after months of delays so I can't comment on the quality of the home. Every time the sales consultant or the site manager told us some milestone was coming up, it was delayed. For example after plumbing and electrical, we were told the drywall will be delivered on Monday, then it didn't arrive for a month. Other MI homes just a few miles away were built much faster, even homes that were started after ours. Other builders we considered in the area were also able to complete their homes faster than MI.
Additionally, the sales rep we worked with wasn't the most helpful. When we pressed him to get more work done on the home and mentioned that we might have to look at a resale home instead, he told us the market is too hot and we won't be able to get anything. We have built with Meritage and DR Horton and had much better experiences with them in terms of customer service and timing. We have only noticed minor quality issues with Meritage and DR Horton so far (though a lot of quality issues depends on the subcontractors used anyway).
The market is just so ridiculous right now I have not even felt like researching builders for a vacant lot that I picked up several years ago. I know they're all full up with jobs, having difficulty securing supplies and their subs chasing top dollar. It's been amusing how many postcards I get nowadays trying to buy that lot, though. Individual builders are having trouble finding small parcels. Most of the available land is larger tracts for the mass-scale developers to act on and build subdivisions or apartment complexes.
The market is just so ridiculous right now I have not even felt like researching builders for a vacant lot that I picked up several years ago. I know they're all full up with jobs, having difficulty securing supplies and their subs chasing top dollar. It's been amusing how many postcards I get nowadays trying to buy that lot, though. Individual builders are having trouble finding small parcels. Most of the available land is larger tracts for the mass-scale developers to act on and build subdivisions or apartment complexes.
Or Townhomes. Townhome developments are going up all around us. We have one development going up that is starting in the low 400's.
Yeah ... I am having to come to terms with the idea that $300k is "entry level housing" now, sort of like accepting that gasoline will always be $3+ a gallon.
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