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J P

TELL EVERYBODY, YES. This is a major way to stop shoddy construction from builders like DR Horton.

D

nice, but a lot of things aren't picked up until there is an actual problem.

tigerbalm

As an architect, I've heard too many corners cut by DR Horton, even negligent construction practices! It's criminal that these builders get away with it. Local bldg inspectors should be prosecuted also!

Tony

The fact that the state attorneys haven't gone after DR Horton and local building inspectors is a crime in itself.

Flowrider Guru

They built thousands if not millions of homes in Florida all problematic

James Buckingham

That's why they have lawyers on retainer and you don't; they'll ware you down.

Megan Simone

Back when my husband and I were renters we were in a DR Horton home and while it served it’s purpose for two years I knew I’d never purchase a home by this builder. My realtor also told us straight up that this is not a good builder and that the homes are built terribly. Very thankful for her!

Elizabeth Hernandez

Yes, I used to work as a purchasing agent with a custom home builder and one of my coworkers used to work for them and she even told me that they do a really bad job.

Annie in KC

And now Horton is partnering with Boxable. Hmmm...

SophieB2U

They hire terrible subcontractors!

Annie in KC

@SophieB2U I had someone on here just arguing with me because they have sold the most homes a year. That means nothing, LOL!

Jermaine Pryor

Lennar is also another terrible home builder. I know plenty of people who had nightmares with them. I'd say they're probably the second worst after them.

Love Jones

I really hate this for these families! 😢 Buying a home is supposed to be a happy experience, not a nightmare! I hope they’ll be HEAVILY compensated for their grievances!

Jp

Part of our home buying process was to google each builder b4 purchasing. I'm glad we did. DR Horton was at the top of our "do not buy list". Their homes had all sorts of issues across multiple states. From improper grading resulting in flooded properties, to molding, structural damages, leaky roofs, and more. Buying a house is the most expensive purchase u'll ever make, choose wisely.

Han Pham

There are many new homes down here built by Dr. Horton and it’s look horrible from the outside, they keep it minimum and charge high cost, look low quality

Francis Marion

most nationwide builders are all owned by the same parent company. They are all the same now.

Gunnar's Games

Please post the list here.

A Khan

Please share your list of do not buy builders.

ganesh18r

Please share your 'do not buy builder list' here,wud be quite useful and ofcourse the buy list as well.Thanks

Juan Lega

We went through the same situation at my community. We even won the lawsuit against Dr Horton twice, but they refuse to pay and kept taking it back to court "hoping that we either give up, or run out of money" it went all the way up to the Supreme Court. And Dr Horton lost having to pay my community $11 million. Stay away from Dr Horton built homes.

J Dub

What community is this?

playhooky

Where was this please???

SophieB2U

Where?

Ches

Where was this? Going through this now.

Juan Lega

@Ches look up herons landing Florida. Jacksonville

Beach Bum

This makes me ever so thankful for our little 50 year old home. It's not fancy, but we have structural integrity you can't buy at ANY price today.

AseeF

your home will withstand a tank. These DR Horton homes are lucky to withstand 1 monsoon . Unlucky for all the buyers.
I hope the lawsuit goes in the favor of the buyers and this company gets dragged through mud and has to pay up

Lynn Daniels

I'm going to be inheriting my dad's house which is probably over a hundred years old but built like a rock! I was thinking of not accepting it but I think I will now. It just needs cosmetic work on the inside has a new roof new windows and siding is solid.

James Leon

I'm with you ,my home was built in 1972 and sits on half acre. It was renovated with hardwood floors , tile in the kitchen and bathrooms, granite countertops, I re-did the pluming , and installed new windows, so it basically a new home, these new homes are not worth the price of a mobile home, no land, and are built too fast and cheap.

Scott Tilden

@Lynn Daniels I would rather have an older home built like a rock then the POS Homes built today.

Lynn Daniels

@James Leon And they are surely not worth the money they're asking for. I saw a news report last night where there's another company that has a civil lawsuit against them. Quite a few homeowners had filed a lawsuit against them for mold damage in brand new homes.

August Daye

There should be a "lemon" law for homes. After a certain number of valid complaints - rebuild the damn thing. Providing the homeowner with other accommodations while the work is being done. No excuses. I'm not anti-developer. I'm pro homebuyer.

S L

Ooh, yes! I like that idea. Homes are more expensive so there should definitely be a lemon law for new construction.

Relatable realness

Exactly!!!! The patch work is a COMPLETE DISASTER!!!!!

Miss Lowery

Exactly!

Chip Manly

People would abuse tf out of those laws and every home builder would be out of business. You think homelessness and house prices are bad now?

August Daye

@Chip Manly The Attorney General’s Lemon Law Arbitration Division administers a forum for the resolution of disputes between consumers and auto manufacturers. It also responds to inquiries received on the toll-free “Lemon Law Hotline” It hasn't driven the auto industry out of business in Florida. It can work for homeowners, too.

Cole Train

I built my own home myself. I was a commercial drywall contractor and built mine out of steel studs and fire rated materials... You NEVER regret over doing your house.

James R

I heard decades ago when you're using wooden studs, you use 2x6's on exterior walls for a stronger home & more room for insulation.

243wayne1

@James R My home is built with 2x12 studs throughout. VERY stout. It has an R factor of 113.

David Curtis

@James R I would never use steel studs on the outside walls of any building I own.

Joe Z

If you bought a home shortly after covid started in 2020 and all the way through just recently - chances are GREAT that you bought a home from a builder who had sub contractors who were pressed to "finish the home" and so they were putting in whatever garbage they could stick in there with the thought - we only need that to last 1 yr. After that the builder is off the hook. The problem was - with a/c, plumbing, electrical and other stuff - some of the equipment being produced also was being produced by manufacturers who were stuffing whatever 2nd/3rd/4th tier component they could get their hands on due to material shortage. I pray for these folks - the amount of equipment destined to fail, and fail early is huge. Trial lawyers are licking their chops!!!

Cosmic Fairy Godmother

DL it’s a bad business

Pete Busch

@Cosmic Fairy Godmother All builders suck.

jokarlo

True, I work for DR Horton as trim carpenter and I know all they care about is selling a lot of homes but quality is poor and after covid it got worse, but in my area almost all home builders are the same

David Curtis

Use crap, build fast, we can always dissapear... Thoughts of a crap builder.

David Curtis

@Pete Busch Not all but a lot...

Ashley Armstrong

Their neighborhoods look miserable to begin with. They clear cut the properties & the houses are like 2 feet apart. Very sad, but not a surprise, to see a large corporation disregard the longevity/quality of their builds, stuff as many parcels as they can out of a lot, & remove all trees sometimes replacing them with invasive species. Then to find out that the people living in them are having major issues is absolutely cause for a class action suit. I hope to see builders bring communal regard back to creating communities.

Zenith Perigee

@Ashley Armstrong, well the other issue is people who are buying the things. WHY on Earth anyone wants to live in a "NJ-style apartment" house, is beyond me. I mean some of those are so close it's like you could ask neighbor to scratch your back as you lie in bed... -_- IF at all possible, I always prefer having LAND, you have space, privacy and you can actually build something on it if you want to... Some people go into debt 3 times over just because, "This house is fancy in a fancy neighborhood", yea but you only need a pair of scissors to "mow your lawn" because you have no freaking land. It's like stepping off the side of your driveway in that $995,000 mortgaged house & you're "in" your neighbor's living room window. Unbelievable.

Jo Schmo

None of this has to do with the quality of build or the purpose of this video.

Tyreek Jones

@Zenith Perigee facts 😁

Alexander Haro

Zenith Perigee lmao!!! True true

Ashley Armstrong

@Zenith Perigee Absolutely! And it's almost eerie how most of these neighborhoods... you never see a single person coming or going outside. Just boxes on a hillside. Yeah, I think most people don't actually want houses like that, but it's so hard for so many to actually even get a house that they'll be excited to be able to put any roof over their head- which I totally get. Which is what makes D.R. Horton so bad.. they're selling a bad product that is supposed to be a life-long investment & they've worked so hard to get that mortgage.

Luke Chert

I nearly worked as a subcontractor for D.R. in WA. I was invited to submit a bid for an entire project of over 1,000 homes doing post-construction cleanup and all the glass. Usually this work pays well because scratched windows are expensive to replace and few are willing to even touch the job because it's very tricky to do right.

DR countered by saying they would only be willing to pay 15% of my bid, and not to worry about quality, "it should only take you a couple hours per house" I obviously did not take the job.

The guys they did hire damaged the windows so bad you can still see the mess when you drive by, blue tape, sticker shadows, and giant razor blade gouges on every ground level window where the mortar and concrete splashed the glass.

Nikki H

Wow, you are so right! We bought a high end DR home back in 2015 and many of the windows were scratched. They were great about the warranty though, only because of the cost of the build IMO.

Carlos Mesa

You pay pennies, you end up getting monkeys

Tipperary

Horrible scam.

SK

Was this for the Federal Way/ Des Moines?

Francis Marion

yep they pay carpentry subs 25% of what we make on custom homes. I honestly don't know how they get anyone to work for them.

Roberto Mezquia Jr

We had our home built in 2019 by a different builder. During our final walkthrough we brought up several issues with the quality of the build and the General Contractor doing our walkthrough used that exact line "it's up to code" to the point where we had to stop talking directly to him. It was our first build, definitely a learning experience.

Amanda

I was just a signature away from closing a new built home by d.r. Horton. But at the last second, I backed out because it was so cheaply made and used minimal city codes and the quality of the house was just not acceptable. I was able to go through all the underwriting process, etc. which was not a pleasant experience at all because I was pretty much neglected if I had any questions to them, and they wanted your immediate attention if they need something from you. After the final walkthrough I told them I am not signing the paperwork. I do not regret at all even though I lost my deposit because I know it would cause more problems down the road and I would bleed more money and energy into this piece of cheaply made I am sure if I can call this a house…

Grumman 777

Do not buy those houses they are just Garbage I been on this business for 22 years don’t buy those houses not even a 1/3 of the price believe me.

Amanda

@Grumman 777Exactly! They didn't even do an inspection on this new home I almost bought. The agent persuaded me to use their own mortgage team, DHI, and one of the reasons he gave was the communication for inspection would be easy since they will just internally coordinate. In fact, they never notified me for inspection, so I thought it must have been taken care. But when I asked the agent for the inspection report, he said something like oh we don't do inspection for new homes and we don't need to because this is new blablabla. Now when I look back and think this is all BS. So glad I backed out.

Adarrin Smith

YOU WERE WISE THE BUILD STRAIGHT TRASH ,LOOKS GOOD FROM OUTSIDE BUT ONCE IN AFTER 6 MONTHS AND WHEN WARRANTIES RUN OUT A NIGHTMARE STARTS

northcackalacky

Amanda
As someone in this industry for years, I respect your simple observations and getting OUT!
Congratulations to you

G-Force

Good move.

HoldenTudiks

This is a huge inspection issue also. There's a strict building code for reasons that cover all these problems. It's up to the inspector to either close up a wall or close up a ceiling or close up a pad of concrete. This all could have been avoided with better paid help, better made products, and an inspector doing his job.

P

I’m from California. I live in a seven-year-old DR Horton home as well. No problems here. However my brother who also bought a DR Horton home about 30 miles away from me has more issues. I was amazed at the poor build quality of his brand new house when I went to go check it out. I think it ultimately comes down to the subcontractors that they use.

DFW Euro Cars

the subcontractors are only as good as the blueprints - they build to plan and spec so if crap is spec'd out - its crap they GET! xD

J L

@DFW Euro Cars yes but do the blueprints define the materials used and quality control? I would think blueprints are one thing but when a contractor uses cheap sheetrock or doesnt properly insulate who is on the hook for performing inspections and remedying the findings? Do blueprints define how many nails go into each roof shingle, is it 6 or 8 and who checks that? If those things fall through the cracks I suspect that would be more than a blueprint issue.

DFW Euro Cars

@J L depends on the architect and how detailed they are but yes usually all finishes are spec'd out on a set of plans so there's no questions what to use...SUBSTITUTIONS ARE SOMETIMES ACCEPTED LOL xD

John Frank Z

Inspectors are responsible too there is too many idiots out there don’t even know what they looking at

Ari Shem

we are getting what we are paying for. 50% extra in the house and nobody will have those issues.

The Catholic Girl

I purchased a home from DR Horton and I’m very happy with it. I was also a residential real estate appraiser that specialized in new construction. The level of incompetence of that woman representing DR Horton was out of the park but it’s certainly not a problem unique to DR Horton. We had some issues but I got them solved. You have to be your own advocate. They should have gotten an outside expert (3 estimates) outline the problem, the resolution, had the work done and had DR Horton pay for it before it got to out of hand.

243wayne1

I'm sorry your house is garbage. Prayers to you!

DIVIDED USA

My heart goes out to people like this for being in the situation that they paid good hard-earned money and they got screwed in return SMH

243wayne1

I couldn't possibly care any less.

Anita Carreras

@243wayne1 You onviously

wO_owzerz

I bought a DR Horton home and was really excited initially since the model homes and neighborhood looked nice. Only after a couple of months did things start falling apart and material wasn’t aging well. Materials used for the house feel cheap and the home was poorly put together — my aunt who is one of the nicest people on earth told me it kind of felt like the house was put together by volunteers 😂.

Anyways, I sold the DR Horton house and moved into an older home which feels more structurally better.

xiomana xoxoxo

Wow that's good to know . What state are you in ?

Stephanie Jimenez

Yes I agree, in August 2022 will be a year since we purchased a home with this builder and the quality is very bad. Holes are easily made on the walls, there’s a crack in the ceiling of my room that goes right across to the other side, 4/6 windows do not close they are installed incorrectly, there’s cracks everywhere in the walls, there’s been high traffic areas that have just started falling apart, there’s staples that are sticking right up from the carpet we had remove after stepping on them, I could go on 😔. We live in Nevada btw.

srarcade

Wow i feel for these families! I owned a DR Horror home that also had leaking, mold and moisture issues. We (HOA) tried to get them to buy back the homes but instead settled out of court- they had to rebuild all the exteriors and fix everything. I had to short sell to get out, so glad its long over.

Tonya Peavy, Psy.D.

This absolutely crazy. My husband and I are coming upon our 1 year anniversary in our newly built DR Horton home in suburbs outside Houston. I can attest to the major issues Day 1 of moving in. The subcontractors who build our home were fired due to major problems. We are still getting warranty repairs now.

Francis Marion

They don't pay enough to get quality subcontractors.

Patrick McNutt

That’s why you have to be vigilant during the building process. We just finished our house with DR Horton and it would have had numbers of issues had we not checked on the process through the entire build and raises concerns throughout the entire process. Punch walks are important. If you don’t know anything about construction or housing you should hire a local contractor to come with you through the punch walk.

john sasso

I have heard nightmares of DR Horton!! We lived in a rental house built by this company and we found so much mold and leaky windows and cracked garage that we moved out after a few years when we bought a home. I believe my wife now has asthma and breathing issues because of that nightmare home. I lived in Texas also and we were going to purchase a home there and were looking at a subdivision built by DR Horton and I’m so glad my wife got a job transfer before we made this horrible decision. I wish the best for all the people who are getting scammed by this greed monger!!

F P

Since the late 80s, most of the national home builder brands have taught naive-buyers that "open concept" is actually a desire now. It's to the point that many home layouts barely have any walls in their main living areas or actual useable wall space to place furniture against. Why on earth does anyone need to be that close to their family members in two different rooms, all the time, is beyond me. You're all in the same house, your kids won't go missing if your family room is not seen from the kitchen. The point is, even though these builders like to call this layout "open concept" and give fancy names like "flex room" to useless spaces, the buyer is STILL paying the same price for less materials. They've convinced the buyer that this is the way they want their house, but it was originally to maximize the builder's profits, not make the house better for the buyer. Furthermore, the builder isn't charging the customer less because less materials are involved and less time and man-power is needed to build it. So then, where is the money for less wood, less wall-board, less electrical, less ductwork going? Directly into the pockets of the developer and NOT into your new house. Sounds good, right? Less house, for the same or more money, and no land ta' boot! Don't even get me started on why there isn't a discount on the use of PLASTIC potable-water pipes that are being used in almost all mass-housing now. You want copper water pipes, build yourself your own custom home because you ain't gettin them from a big-corp home builder anymore; not even in your $1.5-mil+ mcmansion.

Jennifer

Good grief. Open concept is usually just between the kitchen and the great room. You're talking about one wall. All the bedrooms and bathrooms are separated by walls and doors. Some large houses also include formal dining rooms and "formal living rooms" (aka parlors), but they are separated by walls (with the option to include a closeable door). So the materials you're ranting about missing in an open- concept are minimal.

Francis Marion

No one uses copper anymore. Pex piping is FAR superior for many reasons.

WhatWho Me

You do know that all the furniture does not have to be against a wall right?

cschow

The open concept plan: Great room, kitchen, dining nook is very popular now. There may be a separate bonus room, formal dining, den elsewhere and the master bedroom and secondary beds are on opposite sides of the house.
By the way, nothing wrong with PEX piping. It has many advantages over copper. Don't compare it to the polybutelyne of the 1980s.

J P

EXACTLY!

M. S Thomas

It is not just DR Horton. All of the builders are doing this. I was in my house 3 years and sold it. Felt like it was made out of paper the way it was falling apart

Donald Seymour Personal Channel

Dang.

mike

must be kb homes

Remo Evans

I had a local builder design and build mine, finished in September 2020 with no issues. My neighbor on the other hand used one of the well known builders and has had issues from the day they moved in.

Jon Hogback

Probably cost way more then they should charge for it too

Norm475

Not all builders, I know a builder in Wisconsin and Fl that both build quality homes. But, they are not cheap. You can't get cheap and quality and some people think they can. However, I do agree with you that most builders build junk homes.

Becoming A better Human.

This happened to my mom in 2014 her house had Chinese dry wall and mold in Naples FL on new construction. She got nothing form the class action lawsuits and she lost everything, the builder went BK and just opened another contracting business. I still have a bone to pick with the builder I am just waiting for the right time to pay him a visit 👊

Nelly

That’s soo terrible. I would have to pay him a visit too

Norm475

Naples and Fl in general had a lot of problems with Chinese drywall. That is what problem builders do, they go out of business and then open a new business under a new name and are back to their old unethical practices.

Marisa Mendoza

As a realtor this is so sad because we would advise our clients to always get full inspections and many peep don't use a realtor to represent them on a new build and many things like this happen assuming that everything is fine since its brand new at the time always get inspections folks!!

user@1969

These are brand spanking new homes you should not have to get an inspection like that they should be built better but unfortunately they're built by low grade Hispanic contractors that don't know how to do things properly

Craig Shelton

People don’t think that a realtor is really important when building. They are though. Would you go to trial without a lawyer? Nope. Don’t build a home without a realtor. And always get an inspection two months before your first year is up too!

Zell

@Craig Shelton What f realtor know about building the homes. Inspectors check homes.

Texas Hayes

We bought a HR Horton Home in 2002 in Mansfield Texas - Nothing but Issues, The Drive was cracking within 2 months, paid to have the driveway scanned - ZERO No rebar - No Metal in a double-wide driveway at all, and The widows were installed upside down, so the water that ran down the brick would flow behind the brick, The water pipes were crossed over in the kitchen and both bathrooms so that hot and cold water was mixing. Insolation in the attic was not to code it was only 6inch deep when the sales contract said 21 inches of spray in insolation. The garage was not painted and the closets did not have 16" centers on wall studs, instead that put in 24" centers, and the gas exhaust piping was vented under the cabinets rather than outside the house, upon some repairs we found trash in the walls, 1/2 eaten sandwiches, numerous soda cans and bottles, and some beer cans in the walls.

Forrtex

Who would someone recommend in the area?

anh vu

if youre moving and want to stay in that area, the homes in grand peninsula are good quality and there are also some homes directly north of lynn creek park which are too good quality homes

Jerry Lance

Them Mexicans did you goods

Kris M

Yep that’s what happens when you get a greedy rich person who hires people with no experience and pays them peanuts on the hour. If only they would hire qualified local workers but then those greedy companies will complain about not making enough profit. It should be owned by Americans and built by Americans, but nope, it’s owned by Americans wanting cheap labour so they hire inexperienced newcomers to the country.

Ayo Yayo

Terrible sub contractors

Victor

I bought a DR Horton home (Brand New) last year, and I've had to submit no less than 10 warranty claims. During the building process, I hired an inspector that wrote up ~20 different issues, some concerning improper or missing flashing (water and condensation proofing), uneven windows, exterior doors not mounted properly (I had to fix it), and various other things they said they fixed or stated it was all "within tolerance" and "up to code". The warranty claims covered things like the damaged countertops, broken ceramic sink, bubbles in the floor, loud creaking subfloor, AC unit condensation and improper setup of the dual stage system, The Sprinkler system was broken, the grass was dead (they replaced with half dead grass and ignored any requests to fix it), and a few other things. Luckily for us, we don't plan on staying here long, and will likely turn this into a rental. Maybe the extra cash from the rental fees can be used to fix this house over time. (I'm just being optimistic).

David Curtis

Local codes have to be changed and made better for the buyer and not the builder. Usually minimum code means just crap building...

James Buckingham

Being a landlord you're still on the hook for defects that the renters want fixed. No win here.

Rena W

Y’all don’t walk but RUN from DR Horton and Express homes. My husband and I was going to build our first home with them. However they gave us such a hard time about wanting to have our own independent inspections. They refused to give us timelines so we could line up inspections. They also wanted to move up our closing date 3 months early they said the home would be finished. Just red flags all around we ran away. When building friends definitely hire someone to do your own independent inspections.

Jessi Jasa

Same thing happened to me. They kept calling my inspection company changing my date. They didn’t even call me. I was notified by the inspection company of the change. I was a week away from
closing and told myself if they cancel again i’m going to back out. Sure enough, around 4:40pm i receive an email from the inspection company saying that my inspection had been changed to AFTER the closing date. I backed out. So glad I did.

Bobby8451

If they knew that the construction of the home wasn't suitable for that particular environment it should NOT have been built. PERIOD

Laura Splicer

Dh horton has the local regulators inpsectors and zoning committees on the payroll.. Thats the america way !!

Francis Marion

The home plans are fine. It's their quality control. Cheap windows probably not installed right. Leaky ductwork. These nationwide builders beat the cost down so much on the subcontractors there are very slim margins to make a profit. They have to move really fast and if the superintendent isn't checking then this crap happens. The new development going in next door to me doesn't even have an on sight supervisor!

Francis Marion

Possible but unlikely. They can opt to hire their own licensed inspectors. I know engineering firms that offer this service.

Jack Mandu

The real issue is that residential building the code is a minimum standard, not the standard to which a home should actually be built. The woman on the phone stating they built a home to a standard they knew was inadequate for the location is basically admitting they didn’t build it properly. There are likely many things (all more expensive) that they could have done to build the house correctly for the humid environment.

Francis Marion

@Jack Mandu The HVAC plan is reviewed by the building department in Florida. There is no "minimum". Either its right or its not.

birdhead73

DR Horton built my home. We've been in it for almost 15 yrs. We haven't had a single problem. But I can most certainly sympathize with these people. I would hate to go through something like this, all the time and expense. 😪

xiomana xoxoxo

I've seen some of their homes here in California they are perfect . I'm
Shocked at this news .

J E M

@xiomana xoxoxo could be due to more regulations and building codes in California.

Josie

We bought a brand new home that was built by Dr Horton May 2021. But thank God, our experience is different than what I have heard. Even our 1 year home inspection was a nice experience. Dr Horton warranty person came and marked even little tiny things that we don't even see any issues. And the construction workers came and fixed all the things that had tape on it. I watched how they work and we are pleased. DR Horton's contractors varied each location. I feel bad for those who experienced all these issues. I hope that they will be resolved in favor of the homeowners.

Cassandra Anderson

I am glad you had a good experience because so far my experience has been great from the pre-drywall meeting to the final walk through. I just purchased mine 6/2022

Jared Crawford

I looked into working for them as a superintendent. I’m serious to know if there supers are not properly checking quality and things like that. I know there are a lot of lazy people in the industry, so it wouldn’t surprise me that they are just trying to complete the homes for bonuses.

Lari Logsdon

DR Horton is building a massive development in Springfield, Oregon, and is driving down my property value. I’ve watched their building process and they are built so quickly and I question the quality of the construction and materials if they finish a house in 8 weeks. My realtor refuses to show these homes. I feel sorry for those people who have bought and can guarantee in 1-2 years they will regret buying from them.

Maria Contreras

😮😮😮 that’s true in Woodburn or ,they building houses to fast Dr Horton this good news for not buying home from this company .

Winds of March Journey/Perry tribute band

Never seen an agent w scruples. Hmm. 1st time.

Drew A

Everyone needs to understand this when it comes to construction there’s three key factors; speed, quality and price. You only get to choose two of these and with DR Horton you get speed and price but you definitely don’t get quality.

Mark

We had a DR Horton house built in 2002, in Minnesota - had it for 20 years. Was a good house. I believe it depends on the quality of the contractors as well

Austin Maxson

One of the worst decisions I ever made was buying a home from them. I had over two pages of items for them to fix when I moved in and within a couple years I had water coming in the windows, roof leaking, water leaking downstairs from the tub upstairs, electrical problems all over the house, etc. I don’t understand how they can be so poorly built. They always have excuses and takes forever for them to do anything. I will never go through that again and so glad to get rid of that house.

Slow 2stroke

45 pages after our private home inspector report. Ridiculous

DIVISIONINCISION

The neighborhood adjoining mine was built by DR Horton. These homes look good, but they are cheaply built and have about 2 ft. between them. You would need to get a corner lot to have decent space from your neighbor. When I was looking at new builds, I decided against DR Horton because the homes are very small inside because they are intent on building 2-story houses on such small lots. Just wasn't impressed with their houses, especially for what they charge.

Christian C

Never hesitate to spend and hire a 3rd party inspector. We are thankful we did it. They found multiple fails in building. They corrected it and it gives them that thought not to mess up with you. All the inspection have pictures stating how it should be done.

Jon Jon

I live in a DR Horton home and can tell you that even if it’s the emerald model which is supposed to be very luxurious it has many problems. The biggest being the fact that it’s 3100 ft.² and only has one AC unit. We have one bedroom in our home that you cannot even sleep in because the air circulation there is nonexistent. Had an AC company come out, the only answer is to put a secondary unit which would cost around $9000. thanks, DR Horton. Keep fucking people. The AC guy actually laughed at the fact that anyone would only have one AC unit in a house over 3000 ft.²

Adam Craig

I agree, two systems would be better. Maybe like (2) separate two 1/2 ton units, If zoning was done right though, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

Slam Dunk Slam Dunk

I live in an original Emerald home from Emerald Builders superbly built in 1993 in a master planned community with top tier builders. 2 AC units in a 2850 SF two story. Years later (2001) DR Horton purchased Emerald Homes. Glad I have an original pre-Dr Horton gemstone.

Avi

I have 3200ft home. Two units; 3 ton and 2 ton.....I think five ton is required for for home around 3000ft

HVAC-R Freddy 🤙🏿

Facts should of been a two zoning system, in that house, pretty much consist of two parts of the house, rather one up stairs unit and down. The contractor for the hvac should of know this after seeing the prints .

Ross Smith

We installed an ac window unit for our master bedroom. Cost was 275.00. Great value as we keep the bedroom at the temp we want without having to ac the whole house to that temp.

Gwen Graham

Federal housing code?? There is NO federal housing code. There is not a federal agency who has the responsibility to administer and/or enforce a federal building code. In Lafayette Parish there is metro code which covers the city of Lafayette and the unincorporated areas of Lafayette Parish. Towns ofYoungsville, Duson, Broussard, Scott and Carencro have their own building codes. I am amazed that these houses passed the standard basic building codes. DR Horton is a nationwide company. It’s not hard to check to see if they have been sued and are currently being sued throughout the country. Sadly though, who would think that type of research would necessary before buying a home. I sure hope the class action suit will be certified.

Rebecca Lee Hazel

Money makes people do dumbass things

Keith James

I also thought building codes were basic minimums. If they only build to basic minimum code people better run from Horton.

Ruthgar

That person on the phone didn't say Federal housing code, she said Federal Mandate Code which is basically all of the federal laws and regulations the U.S. has, which does include essentially recomendations for building standards based on various factors as determined by the various federal agencies. But it is up to the individual States, Counties, Cities/Towns to take those standards and figure out what does and does not apply to them and use them to develop their own building codes, and trying to use the same standards to apply building codes to two different areas can have some bad consequences. For example, the standards that Juneau Alaska used for their building codes, don't really apply to what is needed for Orlando Florida, and trying to use the same standard to develop their building codes will basically lead to building in one or both places failing drastically. What it sounds like to me is the architects for D.R. Homes developed their plans and lists of materials for one particular area and then have been trying to use those plans in more and more places. I'm just wondering if they are submitting a different set of plans to the local areas they are currently building in showing updates that would be in compliance with local codes and just using their already prepurchased materials and building the original plans anyways while adding on a little extra to the houses just to hide the issues to pass the inspections and get the houses sold, or are they not even bothering with that and just doing other shady things to get these houses built. I will bet however, that whatever area these houses were originally designed for, the only issues those houses in the original areas have were ones caused by low-skilled under-paid workers, and not the fact that the materials/plans were wrong for the area.

K B

@Rebecca Lee Hazel Yip look at Washington D.C.

Tyrelious Zukarious

This is key. They lobbied for federal government not to get involved because it means regulation and protecting "consumers"...uhhmm i mean citizens rights. Politicians need to stop looking at citizens as consumers and people have to vote to protect their rights at all levels.

Veronica Rivas

This is so sad! Here in Houston there’s a neighborhood Called Marbella. They had the same issue, hundreds of homeowners had to be placed in rental homes while the company remodeled their homes due to black mold. Come to find out the builder had gone w/smaller air conditioner units. The units were for smaller homes when these homes were 3,000 & up sq ft homes. My friend & both of her kids ended up getting asthma.

Ranger Recon

I had a DR Horton home in Georgia and had leaks around the large window over the front door that resulted in water running down between the pain & drywall and flowing like river from the lightswitches next to the front door when we had heavy rain that was more vertical, blowing towards the front of the home. It was out of warranty, so we called an independent service provider why came out and did a lot of work as they said the original construction was very problematic. That resolved the issue, but it was paid for out of our own pocket.

Our current home was built by Century Communities and is just over a couple of years old. I paid carefully attention to the construction process as I visited the site daily. I was impressed by the level of vapor control and sealing that Century utilized (I suspect it is required by code) and I'm not anticipating a repeat of the DR Horton disaster.

Tratios

This is what most of the non custom builders are throwing up.. do they meet code... Yes or at least passed inspection (lots of stuff gets overlooked) built as cheap as possible. They are pushing them as close as possible per state or local guidelines to get as much profit out of the development before moving on to the next one. The best you can hope for is that the local supervisor cares enough to make them do it right but talk to any home inspector and they will have horror stories on new construction perhaps not as much as flips but took much stuff gets hidden before some trim and caulk and everyone focuses on a couple of high end finishes and never notices all of the serious issues till after the builder is long gone.

marcus markus

Thanks for sharing this. Here in Jacksonville FL, DH Horton is a big builder here. It seems to me they build homes here quickly and look cheaply made. A 2 or 3 bedroom townhome here with no garage sells for $270.000 and up square footage is 1100 -1250 sq ft. and they are tightly fitted together. Sad thing is that people are buying out these developments before they are finished. They will probably have the same experience that these people have had and paid too much for these poorly constructed homes that are overpriced. Stay away from DH.Horton

Rich Cousin aka Nice Like 13Love

Same home in Orange County CA goes for $660k to $800k. Crazy.

KStar

That lady on the call says the code is not designed for “very humid markets” WTH it doesn’t get any humid than Florida😦 For sure folks who buy their homes here will be guaranteed problem🙁 That’s why home owners need to do their research.

Stephanie Dukes

I too live in Jacksonville and have a DRHorton home. We were blessed to be the first phase of a development with 17 homes. DRHorton did a good job if you were diligent and on top of everything. We rode them like a donkey and didn’t let up. I saw someone wrote that this is the most expensive purchase you may make in your lifetime. We were not closing until EVERYTHING was fixed. I had copious notes during our walk through as well as my own appraiser. I can tell you that Phase II didn’t get nearly as many incentives as we received and they have more problems because that phase is 100+ homes. DRHorton, as well as other builders, are greedy and will cheapen their product when it’s beneficial. I am sorry for those who are having trouble. I pray that things end well in their favor.

Stephanie Dukes

CORRECTION - we hired our own home inspector.

Carrie Smith

@Stephanie Dukes this is an absolute must

Kelly Canty

This was me in Las Vegas. Started a class action in 2008 and finished 2011. Has to short sale as the home was just falling apart due to shotty build. After lawyers and specialists I did not even make a portion to strengthen foundation and fix damages. It all went to the lawyers and their peoples. You will not find homes like the 70's before when they were built with pride.

Mk B

Nope. Because the demand is out weighing the supply right now, and it's all about the monties!!!🤑💵

Francis Marion

yes you can if you hire your own GC.

As a structural engineer, local codes always take precedent over national codes. I do not live in a humid area; but similar to snow loads for various parts of the country, I am sure there are codes for humid climates vs. arid climates.

Monica Bryant

This is crazy! I had a home built by Melody Homes which changed their name to DR Horton in 2003. I have had issues with water coming through windows and my garage ceiling still leaks due to a flaw design in the vent on the garage. I wish there was a way for me to get it fixed and made right by them!

Brendon Williams

It would be nice to know what specific building deficiencies are causing their problems. KLFY should have rounded out their report with an inspection from an expert and a report on the cause. They forgot the "why" on this one.

xOHSOx

D.R. doesn’t (at least when we looked at them a few months ago) offer any home warranty. I’m guessing they can’t qualify for any and that should be a huge red flag for any home buyers out there. Absolutely disgusting D.R. is preying on working class families especially during a housing shortage and high interest rates. They need to be held accountable. I’m sure this won’t be the last we hear about this.

Shelby H

I am not sure where you were looking at DR Horton homes, but that is not true. I have warranty and just bought a brand-new DR Horton house last month.

Adarrin Smith

ITS LIMITED AND VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME,TRUST ME I BEEN A DR HORTON HOME FOR THREE YEARS HERE IN ORLANDO

Shelby H

@Adarrin Smith Most new home builders have a limited warranty... its 10 years for main structural issues and for the first 1-2 years any other issues are covered. That should be sufficient for any minor issues to be addressed and caught.

Adarrin Smith

@Shelby H Iam not sure where you live but the DR hHorton in Winter Garden Florida in the community of Waterleigh have no such a thing

Shelby H

@Adarrin Smith hmmm so must just be your state and community. I am in AZ and they have a lot to offer with their warranties for our new community. That is terrible if there isn't anything for your new home! Hopefully if anything happens your insurance will cover

33Lady RAM

I just became a member of our HOA community, and I wanted to know how to go about doing the same. Our community is only 7 to 8 years old, and most of the home owners have had to have their roofs replaced, and DR Horton said our warranty had expired.

Bear Future

I work for these guys and they are absolutely correct, starting with the foundations. The concrete is poured WAY to wet, like a 8 inch slump with 5 inch rated concrete. I have seen many time where a foundation is poured and the next day before the concrete is even cured they are already framing out the house.

These houses are literally thrown together as fast as humanly possible. Every day I work on them I think to myself who ever was stupid enough to buy this is screwed, ALL of these subdivision houses won’t last 15 years Lol and it’s not just DR Horton homes neither.

As the concrete cures inside of closed walls it releases a ton or moister that has nowhere to go so it gets trapped in the walls and house, on top of that all the framing and roof truss sit outside in the rain and suck up all the humidity then are framed in and sealed while they are still wet and leak all the moister back into the house.

If you were dumb enough to buy one of these your better GTFO while you still can.

David Cantor

This is why I REFUSE to purchase a home from one of those national cookie-cutter home builders. Literally fast fashion for housing. Great price, looks good, but should be thrown out after. A few years.

A J

Most large scale home builders build poor quality homes. I’d prefer buying a fixer upper existing home rather than a mediocre new construction home. Cosmetically they look nice, but are very poorly built in all sorts of ways.

Tim Clark

I own a DR Horton home. We documented the whole build, had inspections done, and they were quick to fix anything we needed done under warranty. Very happy with our home. They build an extremely wide variety of homes. We paid almost 700k for ours so there was an expectation there and we had a couple inspections done. Would buy again.

redspock

I've toured construction sites throughout the South and I can honestly say it's like night and day compared to the Northeast. I was meeting contractors that were golf instructors, maybe read "Contracting for Dummies", it was unreal. There were some good quality guys obviously but guess what, they're costs per sq ft were no different then what you'd find in New England, quality is gonna cost, no matter where you are, no way around it... I mean they were building houses and the outer sheathing wasn't even plywood it was some glorified cardboard, you could punch your hand through it... You wanna break into a home, you run through a side wall forget breaking down a door or window.... From what I saw, search for a custom builder, forget tract housing.

Tom Parsons

I have a family member who is a Superintendent for DR Horton here in Georgetown, TX. He tells me they are just cramming the new home builds onto each Super's job list and just tell them to get them built. The quality isn't that good. I used to build for a semi-custom builder in another state who made sure things were done correctly. What a shame here in Georgetown, TX.

A guy named Kirby

Always, always ALWAYS get a home inspection. There are plenty of horror stories out there about people who didn't get a home inspection. Whether it's a $250 or $1,000, the inspection is worth it.

Daphne English

Talk about having a dream turn into a nightmare. This would be angering and frustrating to anyone building a new home.

There are so many contract workers and builders that don’t take pride in their work or have integrity.

I hope these families win their lawsuits.

Gee

I personally know people who had issues with DR Horton here in Florida too. Had to have windows ripped out because of leaking issues too. Her floors too. What a nightmare. They should go out of business!

Honey Isweet

Lawsuits should be filed against the federal government for the unsafe products used to build housing authorities/projects for low income or affordable rent homes. People have gotten sick from cancer, lung/respiratory diseases. Housing directors collect money, put poor quality materials when they update and it’s wearing out. Mold growth is ridiculous and paint chips in large flakes. Some kind of particles coming out through the air/heat vents and it’s not regular dust particles.

Rita Anderson

I just ran across this video and was not shocked by any means because I also bought a DR Horton’s home in Okaloosa county Florida last year and was surprised to see how cheaply it’s done first their were no hardware on kitchen and bathroom cabinets doors,no toilet tissue holders and towels holders when we asked about them we were told that builders doesn’t install those anymore but two months after moving in our home the most of the doorknobs fell off fortunately we haven’t noticed any leaking yet but I will be looking out for them thanks to this video.

Rita Anderson

@You Tube yes but brand new house nothing should be falling apart.

MS D.

They'd better be careful... When others have sued homebuilders, courts ruled that a "new home didn't mean a perfect home."
I hope the homeowners prevail.

Lulbora Fejza

We backed out of buying a Dr horton home which was one week before closing and a day after our final walk through. First of all, let me tell you, there were red flags all over the place. Not very nice customer service either. As time was going by we realized that the quality of the house was garbage. We hired a 3rd party inspector, he called out several stuff, Dr horton had an excuse for EVERYTHING to not fix the stuff that was called out by the inspector and by us(myself and husband.) Uneven walls on the second floor in EVERY single room! The guy that did the final walk through with us told us they can't promise that it will not be noticeable. Well you know what? Fix as much as you want, I'm not buying a house that has constructional issues. What kind of quality do you expect there? There was a huge gap between the fence and the ground. The excuse was: a pond nearby was under construction. Ok? So an entire person could fit through that gap and crawl into the backyard. The backyard was not leveled properly. During the walkthrough they told us to buy dirt from Walmart to fix it ourselves. Really? You had only ONE job. Is to build that house. HVAC system was too small for a 2100 sq ft house. Kill that ac unit by placing one that is 3 ton when 5 is average. Do we want a house, of course! But are we stupid? Hell, no! Run, run, run!!!

Gene Miller

Back when homes ended up with Chinese drywall with sulfur nearly all builders had to be sued to get it removed. GL homes went in and moved everybody, fixed it and moved them back. They even upgraded homes for free. Quality builder, nobody even had to ask. They took the lead because it was the right thing to do. The intimate goal made me laugh, it’s to make the attorneys rich.

Otrebor Fashion scene

My house is 110 years old, this is my 30th year living in it, had minor repairs, nothing mayor like leaking water during big storms or cracks, I keep remodeling throughout the years to have a nice modern decor, the last owner before me removed all of the classic decor of an old house, am a designer and my house is now a show piece and tried to incorporate some classic elements with a modern touch.

Dusty

As a journeyman carpenter, here in the nineties, builder’s started paying by piece work. You get X amount of money to hang all the doors put in the shelves and the baseboards. The faster you go the more money you make. Most piece carpenter’s do the worst work. Hell in my opinion they are not carpenter’s just assembly workers.

Keyser Söze

My sister had the same problem when they had a fly-by-night AC company put in a AC unit that was too big for their home. A bigger unit does not mean it will get your house cooler there is certain steps needed to be taken to make sure you have the proper AC unit in the square footage of your home. That's what causes the moisture buildup around windows and condensation around ductwork and the vents the AC units is too big for the square footage of the home

Adam Ben-Shimon

Wow what a nightmare. I feel bad for those people. I can’t imagine having an issue with my new house.

Tom Cartwright

I knew some men who were subcontractors that worked for Horton , they worked for a couple months at Horton and left, because the company was doing things that were” unconscionable “.

Ayo Yayo

Looks like this is a subcontractor issue, but it’s DR Hortons own fault because they pay subs insanely little to nothing and are constantly rushing you to finish otherwise they’ll just bring in a different sub contractor

Kory Brooks

Always a good idea to do self inspections of the home as it's being built if you are having a home built to order. If you don't know what to look for, bring someone who would.

Ms. B

This is very Shocking News!! Especially for First Time Homebuyers, for Potential Homebuyers or for someone just looking on the internet for Home buying information that maybe helpful because on line I think they are listed as the No.1 Home Builder even in 2022 and although they're Business isn't Accredited BBB. I believe an A+ Rating for them is on their website. I Pray that Everyone who is standing up for themselves, receive a Favorable Resolution!!!

Raquel Flores

We purchased a new build DRH home in 2003 had a corner lot loved everything about it except that our kids were small and the master was upstairs. All of the bedrooms were huge we had a four bedroom two living areas and a formal dining room. We never had ANY problems with anything except our shower leaking. Of course our insurance company blamed the builder we had to get that fixed.

Viviana Yhap

I been living in my Dr horton home for two years now in Washington and can not wait to move . By far one of the worst builders I have ever dealt with . I move frequently so I have a good idea of other builders. I will NEVER purchase a home through them again. PERIOD !

Name

🤣 Federal code mandates! Former homebuilder here that worked for one of Horton’s competitors. I entirely got out of the industry because of how dirty it is. You would not believe some of the stories.

First Place Real Estate

I've had many clients buy DR Horton Homes without any problems. They also have good resale value. I like the DR Horton product and I think you can complain about anything finding fault if you look hard enough.

Joe Varga

I think what's going on is that the local building code requires a certain level of insulation R-value. Many of these homes are made pretty much airtight, with expanding urethane foam squirted around electrical outlets and anywhere that air might pass through from the inside to the outside. These houses DON'T BREATHE. Imagine wearing a jacket made from a plastic trash bag. You'll be sweating in no time. When people breathe, they exhale a lot of moisture which builds up inside the house. These homes often need dehumidifiers running constantly to control moisture. Ooops! THERE GOES YOUR ENERGY SAVINGS!

Conrad Gonzalez

If you live near gulf coast high humidity areas please think twice about using spray foam insulation. Especially do not use spray foam which can soak up water, moisture. Gulf Coast is too humid to make homes near 100,% air tight. Reconsider spray foam in you live high humidity area.

Francis Marion

You can put in a fresh air return if the system is too tight becauseof icynen. The AC is the dehumidifier.

Fenton B

Building Codes are laws that set minimal standards, so if something is "built to code" that doesn't mean quality built, it means that the local building inspector has to accept it for what it is

James Berry

You can be sure that any production home builder will only follow the minimum code if that, and use the cheapest materials possible. Make you wonder if some of the municipalities inspectors are not doing their jobs as well.

C.Partipilo

Large corporations have inspectors in their pocket. Any interference creates friction with politicians who benefit from the corporations

jokarlo

I work foe Dr horton and I see the inspectors just go to the houses like 5 minutes, sign papers and leave, they don't inspect the houses, neither the superintendents, they don't know what they are doing

Garrett Mort

I lived in a brand new DR Horton home as the first owner, the mini split AC was absolutely TERRIBLE even after warranty services. Definitely not a quality builder like Toll Brothers.

Francis Marion

lol if you only knew!

bug

NEVER, NEVER buy a home from a National Builder. Buy from a small builder who actually works on the home itself and lives in the area.

Ruthgar

Only way I would buy from a national builder is if I could get a local architect to sign off on the plan & materials used in the particular house I wanted to buy, and one if not two local building inspectors signed off on no major issues with the house. Trust me, I've seen some horror stories of my friends who had the 'pleasure' of living in housing that wasn't meant for the local area.

Christie Nelson

Sounds like water is flowing too close to the home. If a underground river is close to the home they should have built drainage below the river level to keep water from the homes. Did the developers even survey the land to prevent this damage from potentially occurring? Many states have water table laws and I hope an out of state builder should still have to follow them. I wonder who inspected these properties? I hope their daughter recovers as well as any other home owners. Prayers and love to the families.

Carol Smith

They seemed to be cutting corners. That’s so sad, because their homes are not cheap, but they are cheaply built. They need to banned these builders. Kmt.

Ron Mack

Carol, I couldn't agree more. I will be joining this suit. I have one of their SHODDY, SHITTY built homes

Old school dude

This is sad. Family's getting sick after living in there homes. Long time ago I worked for a designer that we designed homes for Dr Horton and back in the day they were one of the top quality builders. Seems like anymore dr Horton is terrible. I hear so many problems with Dr Horton homes. I work with a guy that bought a Dr Horton home and it was falling apart. The foundation gave out and was destroying the home. Best to stay away from this builder no matter what state you live in.

E_M_T

Purchased my home new from DR in 2010 I'm in California. I have not had one issue with my home I do a lot of maintenance and modifications myself. The only thing I had to address was the house settling and repair drywall cracks which they were very good about and is very common in new builds. I was recently contacted by a law firm for a class action for stucco crack after that fact I had just recently myself re painted my home the still honored to pay me a decent amount so I took the $. I feel bad though for someone that does not know how to maintain a home or what to look for because depending on the sub contractor you get, it could very well be a nightmare. Im an HVAC contractor my neighbors home was built by another company that went under before DR pick up the contract, his home had all mismatching equipment and major ducting problems. Also I see a lot of homeowners that just wait for stuff to go bad before replacing it or rely on home warranty companies to fix things, news folks thats the wrong answer and your begging for nightmares. So like I stated and others have hear in the comments no matter who the builder is hire a a 3rd party inspector and research the sub contractors...by no way im I agreeing or promoting DR just saying there isn't much diff in any cookie cutter builder IMO...I hope everyone get compensated as deserved...

ERocks

whatever, homie

E_M_T

@ERocks yeah homes 😂😆

The calm way home

But you’re still willing to sell these trash homes to these families. Absolute greed. I hope these poor families win their lawsuit.

Adrian Cruz

I would imagine the purpose of the codes is the same across the country. Here in CA, we see them as minimal design parameters. The codes do not state that you cannot go above and beyond in quality, from what you would get if you design to code. If they felt that the code mandates were subpar compared to what was needed to deliver a quality home. They could have gone above and beyond the minimal standards mandated by code.

P JB

It’s such a common knowledge about this builder that people deserve what they get when they get a home from them. Especially not hiring their own inspector.

Patty Robarbe

We have a Dr Horton home since 2009 brand new. There were a few things that weren’t perfect… but so far we’ve been ok. But yeah, the windows are bad. You can feel the wind and hear every noise. Thankfully when it’s been super windy, they’ve been strong enough. 14 years later we’re still here and the house is still strong!

MD D

I am familiar with DR in another state.They hire subcontractors to do all the work from foundation to landscaping. It's an open secret that the subcontractors mostly hire undocumented workers so they can pocket the majority of the money. I am not disparaging the workers, because they worked hard. But, the homeowners are basically paying more for the name DR & they only build cookie cutter track homes. The contractors also purchase subpar materials. Back in the early 2000's there were hundreds of NEWLY built DR homes in a well known tourist state with issues of termites & columns beginning to deteriorate after a few months due to cheap wood purchased from China.

Dreadina

I sure wish I had known about this builder.

Our AC vents are dripping condensation
They have done the worst job at irrigation, most of the back yards in the neighborhood are flooding, a walk path collapsed in a mud slide.

Nails sticking out of the roof, we had a ton of stuff that had to be fixed during the 1st year

Seth Sears

I work for dr Horton on the west coast and it kills me to read all of these comments. I am sorry that you guys have had such a bad experience with dr Horton. I can’t speak for other superintendents but I strive to make the houses as good as possible for my homeowners. And they always have my number to contact me if anything where to happen. I know you might have had a bad experience at dr Horton but please don’t let you think that that’s every division in dr Horton, we do have great employees that strive to be the best. Thank you.

Joni Therrien

My friends daughter and her husband bought their fist home from DRHorton in Indiana 2022. Free they closed and moved in their front porch and back patio were not built correctly. Both would hold water as the cement wasn’t level. Instead of replacing one at a time. They came out and tore the front and back patios out at the same time. They have a dog and could not let the dog go out front door or back patio door as it was a pit of mud. They left it that way for a few weeks and finally fixed it. They want to sell already. They just got married also so this was their first home as a married couple. The walls are so thin you can hear right thru them. Beware of DRHorton. This is in Indiana. They cram houses in these neighborhoods right up against one another. I think you could stand between 2 houses, hold your arms up and touch both houses. Maybe not but sure looks that way.

Jay pile

i recently bought a house and was promised 18,900 dollars worth of extras and when i moved in i noticed that half of the things i was promised were not there and it is a home builder that is nation wide and I'm trying to put together a class action law suit against them because i know for a fact that they lied to others as well just to get them to buy their homes , why do they let these home builders get away with things ?

The Clear T.O

As a Inspector on many of these types of jobs here in my state, I would never buy in these cookie cutter subdivisions. I ran QC/QA from the time the grubbed the site to pouring the slabs. I didn't see any interior inspections as it was outside our scope of work. But if you do ever buy one I would look for the ''Cut'' lots rather than the ''Fill'' lots.

Jer_bear_stare

“Cut” vs “fill” Can you explain what that means?

Aries W 🌎 R L D

In 2018 when I was trying to purchase a home, I visited one of their new subdivision in GA and the home they showed me had water leaking in the family room. Thanks to the rain gods for saving me 🌧🙏🏻🙂

Tuan Tran

We bought a new home from this builder. After four years later, there was a water leak from one of the windows. We hired at least four inspectors to check for leak. Three of them told us that the roofing company did not put the shingle starter strip on. They added that the leak actually goes under the strip edge and got behind the wall into the window.
A few months later, there was a problem with the AC. The AC technicians came to check for the leak of the refrigerant and what they found was the contractor previously built the aluminum tube on copper tube.
There have been many things go wrong with this house, and many of them we manage to fix with our DIY. We could not believe that this home is only four years old and there have been many things need to be repaired. We already paid 20 grands for the roof and the AC repair so far.
Is there a way we can create a petition and have owners to sign for it in order we can sue this builder?

kinggzz

most of these “production” home builders use the lowest bid subcontractors. even when prices go up, they refuse to pay the sub a dime more. even when the sub encounters problems these builders never compensate for it. be very wary of high volume builders bc of what you can’t see happening behind the scenes and in their board rooms.

Adarrin Smith

AND I THINK THATS THE ISSUE

kinggzz

@Adarrin Smith absolutely agree.

Francis Marion

yep

Jon Hogback

Even people fortunate to buy their own home for their family get screwed out of it and has to run in circles with these guys!
And people wonder why there are so many homeless, that easily could have bankrupted them leaving them in a never ending bankruptcy that will lead them to the streets, where someone will walk by and judge them for being homeless. Happened to me. This world is BS.

Nunya Bidness

Amazingly, these homes all passed all sorts of codes, laws, regulations, and inspections which raised the price and for which no one in government will ever take any responsibility for. Get an inspection company to watch over your project.

luv roxie

That is horrible 😳 what is going on to take advantage of people like this🤔