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I thought I smelled a flamethrower in here ... lol. My home in the DFW area is an Ashton Woods home. I bought it in the early 2000's and Ashton Woods had a good rep back then. Back then you were allowed to pick out stuff from what I recall (not just buy packages). There were a few blunders I caught in time during the build process and one that wasn't, and that one was never really corrected "adequately". Then I had foundation problems, but so does pretty much every neighbor of mine (and others in the DFW area) whether Ashton Woods or not. I think one of the important things is to pray you get a good builder (the person overseeing the actual build process in your community) that can catch stuff before screw ups. If you get a bad one, it probably won't matter much who the homebuilder is. I'm looking in the Houston area for a move now and I was looking at Perry homes and Drees. The Perry home had quite a few bizarre "errors" in the model home including cracks running away from door corners and one "fix" where they looked like they did a poor job of covering up another crack. Not a good first impression of a builder when walking into a model home and seeing stuff like that. Good job on the video, and I like how you are open to say the bad things as well as the good things about homebuying rather than just sounding like a 1980s used car salesman (*cough*).
Thank you for sharing your experience with Ashton Woods! I agree…all builder experiences are very very dependent on the construction manager overseeing the build. I feel since the pandemic a lot of home Builders have struggled with quality and consistency. They have also subtly eliminated standard features to keep costs lower. You really have to do a lot of research before picking a builder and see some of the non model completed homes in whatever community you are thinking about to really get an idea of what you can expect.
Ready to connect about buying or selling?
email: daniellekim.htx@gmail.com
Call/text: 702.406.8120
Want more content: Instagram: @livingnicypresstx
Guides: stan.store/thedaniellekim
Can you review Long Lake homes?
I thought I smelled a flamethrower in here ... lol. My home in the DFW area is an Ashton Woods home. I bought it in the early 2000's and Ashton Woods had a good rep back then. Back then you were allowed to pick out stuff from what I recall (not just buy packages). There were a few blunders I caught in time during the build process and one that wasn't, and that one was never really corrected "adequately". Then I had foundation problems, but so does pretty much every neighbor of mine (and others in the DFW area) whether Ashton Woods or not. I think one of the important things is to pray you get a good builder (the person overseeing the actual build process in your community) that can catch stuff before screw ups. If you get a bad one, it probably won't matter much who the homebuilder is. I'm looking in the Houston area for a move now and I was looking at Perry homes and Drees. The Perry home had quite a few bizarre "errors" in the model home including cracks running away from door corners and one "fix" where they looked like they did a poor job of covering up another crack. Not a good first impression of a builder when walking into a model home and seeing stuff like that. Good job on the video, and I like how you are open to say the bad things as well as the good things about homebuying rather than just sounding like a 1980s used car salesman (*cough*).
Thank you for sharing your experience with Ashton Woods! I agree…all builder experiences are very very dependent on the construction manager overseeing the build. I feel since the pandemic a lot of home
Builders have struggled with quality and consistency. They have also subtly eliminated standard features to keep costs lower. You really have to do a lot of research before picking a builder and see some of the non model completed homes in whatever community you are thinking about to really get an idea of what you can expect.
I appreciate your honesty ( good and bad about any of the builders). It is refreshing to hear from a realtor.
I am one of the homes in league city 2 years of waiting on them for this mold issue with them not taking responsibility for their build!
Can you do more individual builder reviews from entry level to high end? I enjoy these for research purposes 😊
Yes! More coming soon. Working with an inspector to walk the homes and builders and do a review together.
Do a review on Chesmar please