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I have seen big electric boxes on lots, in all the developments but never an exposed pipe. Maybe it had been a bit underground & the soil got washed away? Interesting.
As for the price on the homes they had good floorplans & the price included things that were options from other builders. For example, in the one development we saw, all the houses had base prices in the low $300K range. St. Lawrence had a gorgeous model , but it was was about $580K the way it was done up, whereas the Drees model was $370, similarly done. Furthermore, The $350K St. Lawrence house was nowhere as nice as the $350K Drees house..
We still have to decide if the Drees way of building is better or worse than stick built (Like St. Lawrence), I have heard both sides of that debate.
St. Lawrence had some massive closets but I do not want too much square footage there- I prefer it in living areas.
I have seen big electric boxes on lots, in all the developments but never an exposed pipe. Maybe it had been a bit underground & the soil got washed away? Interesting.
As for the price on the homes they had good floorplans & the price included things that were options from other builders. For example, in the one development we saw, all the houses had base prices in the low $300K range. St. Lawrence had a gorgeous model , but it was was about $580K the way it was done up, whereas the Drees model was $370, similarly done. Furthermore, The $350K St. Lawrence house was nowhere as nice as the $350K Drees house..
We still have to decide if the Drees way of building is better or worse than stick built (Like St. Lawrence), I have heard both sides of that debate.
St. Lawrence had some massive closets but I do not want too much square footage there- I prefer it in living areas.
Nah. The pipe thing was intentionally laid on the property. Every house has it exactly the same way. I have to ask my friend why and also why he knows of many trying to sell their homes there. You can also check the subdivision that my friend is in which is across the road (Park at WestLake). There are a number of different builders. The one my friend had was Brazwell and he paid $350k for a 3k sq ft home. I must say that The Drees does have very nice homes.
I have friends who love their Saussy Burbank homes. On the other hand, I've heard that some of the other builders listed here are the McDonalds of the homebuilding world. This ranking is simply based on those who get the most clicks. I doubt most of those clicking for their builder of choice really knows enough about the others to make a meaningful comparison.
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So far, no one has voted for Saussy Burbank and Ryan homes has 2 votes. Should we read anything into either of these? My perception was that Saussy was a good builder - but maybe its just that no one has much experience with them.
I checked out Shea, Centex and Orleans this past weekend and have to say I was impressed with all 3. Orleans seemed to have more of a uniqueness to the floorplans and were nicely presented.
I have a new Shea home and it has been a near nightmare of expierence. From the poor customer service to the poor quality. The sales team is great and then the company gets your downpayment (typically about $5000 to start) and the problems slowly start coming.
The worst of it comes after you close on the house and you need them to fix problems.
I would suggest that no one in Charlotte or the surrounding areas use Shea Homes. Any builder has to be better then them.
I checked out Shea, Centex and Orleans this past weekend and have to say I was impressed with all 3. Orleans seemed to have more of a uniqueness to the floorplans and were nicely presented.
I am not sure if you have chosen a builder yet. We are in a new shea home, we closed this summer. It has been and still is an awful expierence. We are in a new neighborhood and all the people in our area are in a state of regret for using Shea as thier builder.
They are great at Sales time, and OK during the Design portion as well. However when you see poor quality and quick workmanship, Shea is difficult to fix anything. Once they have your money, they do not care.
Shea is more concerned with not putting thier tradesmen out rather than ensuring the customer is satisfied with thier product.
What neighborhood did you build your home? What specific problems did you have w/ quality? I have had Bruce hardwood floors before and they were fine. So was it the quality or lack of the contractors. I was thinking about building w/ Shea but I postponed the contract twice. I sent you a PM. I would love to here more of your opinion.
I checked out Shea, Centex and Orleans this past weekend and have to say I was impressed with all 3. Orleans seemed to have more of a uniqueness to the floorplans and were nicely presented.
I have heard nothing but good about Centex. Check out this link I found about customer satisfaction:
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