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As homeowners share ongoing problems in Las Vegas Valley new-build homes, is quality falling between the cracks? STORY: …
I have been working in painting and drywall repair for over 20 years and in my experience, that crack in the ceiling will be back within 2 years… That crack is not happening because of the drywall, that crack is happening because of the framing of the building is moving. It has to do with the wood framing which is a much bigger problem.
I visited my new build every week and filmed ever step and when I found something that needed addressing a went to the superintendents trailer and let them know. They tried their hardest to keep me out of my house but I wouldn’t give up. It’s my house and I’m paying hard earned money for it so it should be built correctly.
There should be a lawsuit against these damn new home builders. The problem is they are “cookie cutter homes” so builders are making millions if not billions at half the cost and half the time building these new home communities and the victims are new home buyers. This is just unacceptable. I hope they all have their issues resolved 🙏
On the east coast, we have a company called Dan Ryan that build the most dangerous homes I’ve ever seen. A friend of mine bought a Dan Ryan home in Northern Virginia, that was 700,000 dollars, in 2015. The first week he realized you can’t park a car in the garage because it’s too short and the car sticks out, he can’t put the garage door down either. The railing on the 2nd floor foyer fell off a plunged into the first floor landing. The heat would keep running in the winter, he found out that they put zero, I mean absolutely nothing was put behind the walls for insulation. The stairs to the attic actually get more narrow as you walk up, like a fun house or some shit. The entire house has a slight lean to left so if you drop something it will roll halfway across the room. There’s a light switch in the kitchen the turns a light on in a bathroom in the basement. ….just why. He got lucky and electrical fire burned the whole thing down, he took his insurance and bought a house built in 1881 a gorgeous Victorian, it’s a better investment and well made. It needed less work than brand new house built by Dan Ryan. I don’t know how they stay in business, they must have a deal with class action lawyer’s or something. Dan Ryan is a shady company that get sued for poor craftsmanship and hazardous conditions all the time. Sounds like West coast got its own “Dan Ryan” running around making garbage look like a “home”. Seriously, electrical work should not be a half-assed, my friend could have died, that worries me the most perusal these people with their new death traps.
I’ve been in the construction business my entire life and have always said the worst thing that ever happened to the industry was the invention of the pneumatic nail gun, because at that point the onus of the business changed from doing things RIGHT to doing things QUICKLY! The vast majority of subcontractors these days don’t care one iota about the quality of the work they perform – they just want to get in and out quickly and get their check! As someone who is particularly familiar with the structural frame of a new home, most homeowners would be horrified if they could walk through their new build and see what was going on through my eyes. And quite frankly, part of the problem is being driven by the homeowners themselves. Way too many people who consider themselves “royalty” and focus only on fancy cabinets and countertops and plumbing fixtures, and don’t pay enough attention to the quality of the building envelope! Oh well, four more years of putting up with this BS and I can head out to my garage every morning and happily tinker away on old cars…….😂
I just sold a 1909 home in WA state. When we bought it the inspector said the home was in great condition for its age. We never had any problems with it. 14 yrs later we sold it and the new inspector said it was a great home. Better to sometimes buy old than new. My 1909 had a ton of character. If I could have moved it to our new home in our new state I would have.
Another house comes to my mind and that was a MCmansion next to my sister house that was built over a small creek. What a disaster that was, but it kept getting resold time and again. She told me that the entire first floor deck framing and sub flooring was covered in mold, and it sounded like a small jet engine was in the basement with all the commercial dehumidifiers running.
It seems like this is happening across the board and not just with houses and it’s a shame. A lot of companies want to sell you products with lower grade materials but charge you the same or more. It broadens their profit margin and sometimes it’s just greed. Not many places care to give you quality anymore. Quality needs to be brought back into a lot of things.
they need to name those companies that build these houses so that future customers are aware that they do horrible jobs. This is a nightmare for new home owners and just a home owner in general especially if its your own build. I feel so bad for these people i really hope they get everything fixed. Please whats the name of those companies lol
It’s the same with the new houses being built on my block in citrus heights,ca. The workers that they hired dont have contractors license, the head general contractor does but then he hires plumbers, electricians, drywallers etc. The stucco is so bad that when you touch it it crumbles and you can see the chicken wire underneath. I feel bad for whoever’s going to buy these houses. They are selling for around 600,000.
This is why my remodeling business always has work. Houses need repairs and updates constantly. New construction is risky when you have endless hands in a project and no direct oversight or concern about quality. They just move on the the next subdivision selling the next “cubic zirconia” to a debt slave.
In AZ we had this same issue. Upgraded items we paid extra for had issues and Pulte tried to weasel their ways out of responsibility. I have a long list of complaints for Pulte as well as the trade companies who “fixed” our issues. Unfortunately with the boom in house building, the priority is quantity over quality. At least from our experience.
In the western Phoenix metro, there area a lot of houses being slapped together in a hurry by “day laborers,” who are often unskilled and inexperienced. And, soil compaction for foundations seems to be lacking. In any area that is undergoing rapid development, I’d be suspicious of quality and safety. In 7 to 10 years, we may see a lot of people with homes that are in really bad shape.
I used to be a professional wallpaper installer in metro Atlanta in the 80s and early ’90s. I saw this type of thing when there was a building boom there. People that weren’t knowledgeable enough regarding home construction decided to become builders and would hire the lowest bidder on the various stages of the construction of the homes. I can remember working for a woman that bought a home for close to half a million dollars and when I entered the great room which had 20′ high ceilings with crown molding, I looked up and immediately notice a joint in the molding that was butted together when it should have had a scarf joint. In another example, I recall a builder complaining about the poor job the drywall people did because there were obvious bows in various walls. He didn’t seem to realize that the people to blame were the framers rather than the drywallers. I could go on but I think you can see my point. As a builder, you can’t brag about the high quality of the materials used and the construction of a home if you are contracting the people that are the lowest bidder and will take every shortcut possible to get done and paid as soon as possible. The old adage applies here that you get what you pay for.
My first home was a new build. No huge problems, but the crawl space flooded like a swimming pool. We installed sump pumps and a French drain and a moisture barrier which fixed the problem, but the sumps had to be installed on the low side which was under the master bedroom. They ran CONSTANTLY due to the amount of water and were so loud. We sold that home after 2 years and bought a bigger home with a garage and a finished poured concrete basement. It was built in 1999 and if there was going to be an issue, it would have popped up and been fixed. My inspector said “if there was a house worth buying, THIS IS IT”. We’re very happy with it!
This is so typical of builders, trade services and repair companies in Nevada. They are all scammers, liars and lousy humans, every last one. Its sickening that you pay through the nose for everything and it still fails. I’m not a fan of higher government involvement in anything but we need to vet these inspectors better and weed out the shoddy business practices
This is totally a trend. I purchased a new home and this has been our experience exactly. This would make a great inside investigation to put out to every new homeowner and get a huge report and a class action going. Do we even have records other than just constantly fighting them and waiting for trades to show up then recalling since they are low quality anyway?
Time to get together with neighbors and file a class action. From 2005-2008 I worked as a customer relations manager for Pulte/DelWebb. This is why Pulte had guys like me for these issues. I was on the short term team meaning I handled home for first year then long term team handled home for 10 years after for all major issues mandated by California law. The closing wasn’t complete until the walk through they did with me and signed off that the home was 100% complete and any minor issues or major issues I was required to handle within 30 days. At 30 days each homeowner got a survey and if they didn’t give all 5s especially a 5 on was your home 100% complete at closing then you’d get a talking to and General managers tradesmen, foreman etc would do everything we could to appease them and fix the issues. Pulte was so serious about that and we got major incentive to make sure we kept our homeowners happy and resolved any issues major or minor. Pulte built good homes and had a good system to take care of issues. I was good at my job. Dunno if Pulte is still delivering great homes now but back then they had fantastic homes. Get lawyers file class action.
My house was built in 1919. I have the original hardwood floors – and lathe and plaster walls which do kinda suck. 9′ ceilings and the original trim moulding and baseboards- seriously every single door and window. They liked 6″ trim and tall windows! Glass door knobs and skeleton keyholes. And my floor joists are 6″x12″ oak timbers set about 10″ apart. My house is set onto a foundation that is 2 foot thick cement walls built into the slope. I’m kind of thinking that maybe they built the floor joist out of the trees that they removed because they’re huge. I can walk under my house. A taller person probably not. But my furnace is under there. And during tornado season I hang out with the spiders. It’s completely dry underneath and there are very old shelves, so it was used a a root cellar. I’m not sure what they thought they needed such a sturdy house for but my 🐷 butt can do jumping jacks in my living room and nothing shakes on my shelves. Oh I did have new windows made triple pane pull out ones for all the windows. It’s very warm even in a hard winter I can go barefoot and my floors are not cold. It has settled over the years so when the cats play with their toys in the living room, the ball will roll all the way into the dining room. But I don’t care. I wouldn’t trade my little house for a brand new one. To be fair you probably couldn’t afford to build a house now the way this one is built. But on the other hand builders don’t have to be such cheap asses either.
My Father had a Construction Company. Those cracks in the ceilings will never go away on 2 story homes. The weight and humidity, etc will always cause stress on the joints. There seeing it now due to poor quality of materials and workmanship. That is why we lived in a Ranch style with a partial basement.
I’m so sorry for these people. My question to you Fox5 News is, what builder are you referring to?. 🤔. I purchased my very first home back in 2011, which was a newly built home, where I had the same/some of the issues these people have. Thank God, I was able to “fix” the issues before my warranty expired, but what about the potential buyers out there who are unaware of a certain builder’s lack of workmanship?. I’m just curious 🤔 to know the answer.
We had a new build home for my mom who I had to be on constantly during the construction process for shotty work, even had an inspector come generate a report multiple times during construction. However, my house was built 20 years ago by DR Horton with 2×6 studs and not a single structural or gap problem
Do people not get inspections done in other states prior to finalizing paperwork? Do a final walk through? I live in Maryland. I used to work for a home inspection company. We didn’t do a ton of new builds but even those were inspected once complete and there was an extensive checklist. Yes even the doors not closing correctly would be noted.
That long ceiling crack is a much bigger problem than they think it is. If the home owners where smart they would hire an inspection engineer and be there along with him to see what it looks like when they open up the ceiling. My guess is they used the wrong sized beams, didn’t add enough joists and used sub par wood to hold up the floor above. In a nutshell it’s a framing structure problem that can’t bare the weight of the floor above and it will collapse Same shit happens in Miami. Another place with building inspection code corruption. What a nightmare it is
Mice got in my AC unit and every company said they were 2 weeks out. I ended up rewiring the entire unit myself. I still had the service company show up to look over my work. They were so impressed the owner called and offered me a job. I took the offer and started the next day. They sent me to work on a new construction home with a proud Meth-head who told me he had bedbugs. He ended up drilling a 4″ hole in the wrong spot of the foundation. On top of having the new (me) guy doing all the gas line work. There was no way I was working for that place another day. That was my 1st and last day working HVAC.
I think deep down, people are used to moving every 5-7 years that kicking the poor quality/overpriced can down the road becomes the unspoken norm, pre covid. The covid boom just further exasperated the quality to be poorer and the price to be higher due to skilled worker and material shortage, and demand for working from home. If the balloon popped, so many of these will be underwater and will be stuck in an unlivable house with mortgage due every month.
you have to understand to do certain construction conditions have to be perfect. You can’t paint when it’s 40° you can’t build out a wall when it’s humid. there’s obviously no reason or no excuse for an appointment scheduled and then not showing or contacting you, and explaining the reasoning why they can’t do it at that time during that day. but if someone say today had to do a concrete pour, they couldn’t do it because it’s too damp out or if they were going to paint, etc. but the communication aspect is definitely unacceptable. (and I’m not in construction but i am in construction site security). 🙏🏼
I notice homes built in Las Vegas are built for profits only .This is an issue for many many years.California mission style seems to be the only thing builders know how to create.Whats the matter with colonial,georgian,, cape cod ect.Make neighborhoods with more style,more craftsmanship more scenic apeal.
If you get a new build hire an inspector to check out the foundation, one to inspect once all the pipes, electrical, etc etc go up (pre-drywall) and one to do a final inspection. Then hire one to do an inspection a couple of months before your one year warranty is up. The hundreds of dollars you pay in inspections will save you thousands of dollars later on.
I am looking to buy a home in AZ, south of Tuscon. 2 builders, Centex & Lennar, have almost identical floor plans. Probably have the same parent company. Hope the realtor can advise which builders to avoid. I saw the same kitchen floor plan in AZ that I do in tis article, a kitchen island, with a sink. Why put a sink on the island ?
The problem is no one takes pride in their work nowadays. Their supervisors are not held accountable and the standard is lowered, to allow cheap pay for the laborers and the owners of the construction cash in and laugh on their way to the banks. Then you could also factor in that no one wants to work, they want to get paid and yet the work they actually do is below standard, it’s a shame that piss poor management and selfish, irresponsible, and childish behavior, has lead to the downfall of this country, nothing it built to last anymore, it’s built to “get by”.
We have a few developments like this. The developers build quickly and cheaply with poor quality, but because they are in desirable neighborhoods (next to the 2 big charter schools) they get top dollar. We have seen these houses at all stages of construction as the finished products are in our Parade of Homes. They use particle board instead of plywood and a walk around a model home shows the imperfections talked about in this article. People who’ve bought here are torn between prime location and poorly built house.
Its unfortunate that this is happening to the new home buyers. I bought my house new over 10 years ago and at the time im even worried about workmanship. But thank God all i had issue with are wear and tear. Todays homebuilders needs to be held accountable. At the very least homeowners should allowed to return the home to the builders after so many repeated attempts to resolve workmanship issues. I agree. I think older homes over all are better purchase…..
So, what caused the crack? Just replacing drywall does not fix the reason for the crack. Replacing does not fix causation. Look, the next time it rains or if the ground underneath the foundation moves even a quarter inch. Your homes will experience cracks. In a hurry to build??? San Franciscos leaning tower. The drywall just does not dry out! The drywall was cracked by the movement of the foundation. Drywall is cosmetic.
I’m sure this happens in all these Western States that they’re slapping up these houses in record time. It’s ridiculous. I would never buy a brand new house. It’ll be interesting to see next time SW ID has an earthquake like the one in 2020 which was a 6.5. We’ll see how many of these houses are still standing after any earthquake even close to that strong.
I’ve been in the Building/Remodeling business, (east coast) for 35 years…A word of caution; DO NOT BUY A NEW HOME, EVEN IF IT’S 50% BELOW MARKET. They are all junk, with junk materials and “built” by the lowest priced sub contractors, it’s going to get worse too…I got away from the construction 15 years ago; I saw the depletion of the tradesman pool decline exponentially, in REAL TIME…The good tradesmen, especially in areas like Florida, Texas, along the east coast are up to their asses in alligators.. There are no tradesmen left…They’ve died or they’re too busy heading into retirement…
This is why you work with a realtor even if you are buying a new construction home. With supply chain issues from the last two years many builders(not all) made short cuts to building homes. I helped my clients get a pre-drywall inspection AND a final walkthrough inspection so we bluetaped the whole house to make sure they fixed a lot of the issues before closing. Thankfully the builder we worked with was reputable and did take care of all those issues but not all builders are like that so it’s good to work with a realtor who will coordinate and work for your interests. My advice, get a home inspection done before you close and prior to your one year warranty date!! It will be the best money spent.
My home is 120 years old ..two-story with huge rooms and has been renovated inside …not One crack on the wall..no separation on the floot or wall…..it has survived 60 plus hurricanes (near the beach) these new homes are made too fast and with cheap materials…its horrible!!!! I ran to my car when our realtor tried to show us a new development neighborhood…take me to the oldest,nice neighborhood
This is going to be the norm. These builders don’t care. It’s all about how much they can make how fast. I have a town home in NC built 2001. The master bedroom floor is a bit on the tilt ( noticed when a small portable tv was on a floor console) also, in a certain part of that floor they have to be missing planks because it doesn’t feel sturdy when we walk over it. My neighbors kitchen floor caved in months after she moved in. Another neighbor has a stream running through her home which she will have problems selling the house later, what the city told her. So many more. Back then the owners couldn’t do anything because the contractor declared bankruptcy 😡
Carpenter here, I’m sure that crack is back, hey that rhymed 😂 anyways I’m sure those trusses weren’t braced, x braced is usually installed, and catwalk under that x brace to make sure there isn’t any movement. My advice to people wanting to buy a home is hire your own inspector. Builders are being cheap, subcontractors are working quick to get in and out. And they’re hoping you don’t see the mistakes.
The county inspectors didn’t do their job. I had to go to the county for them to deal with my problems in 2005. They did the same thing, saying they were coming and never showed up. So I said, ok, lets see what will happen when the county knocks on your door.” I had county cars all around my house writing down the problems. Coupler days later the builders was there fixing things. We had to get a committee together to hold home owner meetings on the house problems. The ballroom in our community was packed with builder house problems home owners. The committees staff had houses they monitored to make sure the builders fixed the problems. The committee also had meetings with the county executives because they allowed this sloppy builder build in the county.
In terms of plumbing, good quality plumbers tend to go into service. That is to say, working on existing homes and infrastructure. This is because the pay is better, although you have to be more experienced as you’re dealing with a wider range of fixtures and plumbing systems that changes every day, as opposed to roughing in a home, which becomes repetitive. That being said, I’ve noticed a significant decrease in the quality of new homes over the few years and they typically have the same characteristics such as being built on a concrete slab, Mansfield EZ toilets, ect. I’ve also noticed significant code violations that I know if I were the one pulling the permit for an existing home, I would fail inspection. I don’t know what can explain this as I receive different answers to explain this phenomenon. If I were in the market, I would avoid buying a home newer than 5-6 years, and avoid buying a home built on a concrete slab. I can’t say this enough.
This is happening everywhere. They’re building these homes fast and they’re not building them the right way all for greed. I had a friend of mine who purchased a home and there was no drains in the street so when it rains all the water backs up in everybody’s garage and all the people that purchase homes on that street they were all provided pumps to pump the water out and when it would get too serious the city would have to come and pump the water and I’m just like why would the city allow them to build on a street that does not have drains in the street. it took almost 15 years of them living on the street for the city to finally say they can’t build any more houses on that street and the city finally build the drains in the street after everyone threaten to sue.
I hate track homes. Every trade has a time frame to complete their job before the walk through from the superintendent and homeowners. Some of these workers start to do short cuts, just to complete on time. It all comes down to the Builders and the superintendent responsibility to make sure everything gets done correctly.
The builder is only as good as the people he hires. Don’t care how nice they seem. Doesn’t make them a good builder. I’ve worked for this guy for 36 years. He is the best of the best. I compare all the others to him. 36 years and I’ve never encountered a builder half as good. He is on the job every day. So he has learned the how to of every aspects. Now that we’ve got old he is losing a few guys from retirement. But he knows what’s right and wrong. I know builder’s that don’t even get out of their trucks, stop by twice a month. He builds 1.4 million dollar houses. He stands to make a lot of money or lose a bunch of money. He builds in the Collerville/ Germantown area near Memphis. Most builders cut dollars and this is where you go wrong. I do interior trim. I notice everything. People don’t notice right. They notice wrong. So people don’t have an eye for anything. Great floor plan, great colors. Yeah but the doors don’t shut. The walls are leaning making the door shut by itself. Manufacturers flooring, manufacturered exterior doors anything to save money. I call it, almost truly simulated wood. Almost truly simulated iron. People need to take a close look at the builder. A close look. And just because he’s building a million dollar house doesn’t mean anything. It’s the banks money. Or yours.
I am A retired inspector that worked in Pennsylvania and we had a program that new built homeowners could request an inspection regarding the energy efficiency of their buildings compared to the minimum standard the state had set. In the case of most large corporate built housing developments I found defects in the required insulation standards and other issues such as windows. Although. I was not a certified total housing inspector I saw many other parts of the house i felt were either built with cheep materials or not properly installed. If I was buying a house in general an older house built before 1950 or so is much better structurally than any new big housing development built today. The pride in workmanship just is not there and they all use the cheapest material but charge high prices for poorly built houses. You can usually modify an older house to look more modern however again be careful in what contractor you choose and insist on approval on what materials will be used in any modifications. Cheeper materials usually don’t last and can cause problems like those cited in this article.
All these Homes are ” Rushed ” when built, its absolutely Criminal. Really. It is AN ISSUE WITH BUILDERS, INSPECTORS. AND Who IS ACTUALLY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR SHITE THAT SHOULD NOT EVEN HAPPEN. No one wants to take responsibility for anything. All they want to do is cover their own a s s and not do what they’re supposed to be doing,…” doing right by the Consumer, ” not just ” making fast $$$$$.” I can remember a time when Homes were built with meticulous standards. And you would never expect anyone to pay their hard- esrned money for a home that was substandard. Well, Greed and Overbuilding CHANGED ALL THAT.
Even a well built timber frame home is going to struggle with noise isolation and longevity even if corners aren’t being cut. Add in to that the fact that we tend to have a major building materials scandal every 10 years and it’s hard to trust any houses. By ‘scandals’ I mean things like Asbestos up until the 1980s or 1990s, the heavy use of aluminum wire in the 80s, the big problems with spray foam insulation that are emerging, toxic drywall filled with sulfur compounds in the early 2000s, defective drywall that breeds black mold shortly after, and then those air leakage standards that seem to constantly cause problems with moisture retention and indoor air quality (who would have thought that if you legally require a house to be an airtight tupperware container that it would have trouble breathing…. durp). Add on top of this a market motivation to cut corners and find work arounds when materials are in short supply and I’d also be wary of buying anything before a 15 year shake-out period.
A few related questions: 1. Why would anyone live in Las Vegas, Nevada? 2. Why would anyone purchase a brand new home in Las Vegas, Nevada? Or anywhere else in the USA, for that matter? 3. Why would anyone purchase a brand new house with only a laughable 1-year warranty in Las Vegas, Nevada? Or anywhere else for that matter? 4. And so on, and so forth. Oh, and BTW: when the gypsum board on thre ceilings cracks that way, the frame of your stick-built house is shifting. Moving away. Replacing a part of the gypsum board — is nothing but short-term, cosmetic make-up job.
This is why, when I’m ready to buy a house, I go for an old one because older houses have good bones. These new builders are building new houses with no structures. It’s just bad that they have no good bones. They rush and put everything together and make it all fancy with appliances and lights, but really, when you truly look deep into the construction and the foundation, it’s not worth it.
As a multi property’s owner …..crack is normal….the planet is moving… For the rest…the house was built to fast and material take time to dry and shrink….for the ceiling, they don’t overlap the sheetrock panel and to cut a slice in the middle…..you will have crack… For the ceiling they probably use nails instead of screw for the gypse……
Bottom line is……DO NOT CLOSE ON THE HOUSE…. if you suspect any problems. Warranty ticket issues will be “attempted” to be repaired by the same unqualified contractor who screwed it up in the first place. DO NOT CLOSE IF ALL PUNCH ITEMS ARE NOT COMPLETED TO YOUR SATISFACTION….also there is a “new” practice where “the supply chain issue” (it is real) will be used to try to close the house even though multiple items are not addressed like a ceiling light or appliance, any number of things, do not close because new damage or problems can and will happen when the material finally does arrive. Don’t be afraid to say no. The Supers are stuck in a tough spot trying to finish the house and be the connection between the builder and the inspectors and the home owner. It is a fine line balancing act that they are required to play. Back in the day most builders had a build schedule that exceeded 150 days for an average house, now most have taken out schedule days to get under 100 days as construction loan costs have risen especially when you are a production builder with hundreds of homes on the hook. You will be on the hook too. Nearly all of the quality workmen have left the Industry only to be supplanted by either someone who just crossed the border or another who was changing tires two weeks ago. These are the hard realities of what you currently face.
Unscrupulous builders/flippers, bribes, backdoor deals, lousy architects, zoning that doesn’t do proper ground testing, and hiring unskilled laborers who many steal the jobsite materials blind when no one is around to watch them (I was a general contractor hired to inspect by a group of home buyers and caught them numerous times day and night when they thought no one was around–studs moved to 24″ so they could steal the ones that should have been there, wiring stretched, drywall scraps used, missing fans and ducts, bad bricks, bad blocks, and I found them at their own homes using those supplies). Some scummy states like Colorado ban the new owners from being able to sue these crap builders who are violating building codes left and right while banning affordable prefab and tiny homes built right. I finally had to quit after death threats and harassment by people I know were associated with the county, city, and builders in the last area I worked.
When building a new home you need to unfortunately foot the bill and hire an independent contractor who will oversee everything the builder is doing and making sure the specs for material are being adhered to. Many builders just love charging top dollar for a new build yet use the cheapest materials possible and rush to finish the job so they can move on to the next unsuspecting customer.
This is happening all across the country,this is what you get with an almost entirely immigrant work force building almost every home around almost every city in the south, builders are trading quality American tradesman for cheap immigrant labor our country is it’s being destroyed from the inside out.
I live in a pretty ritzy neighborhood and this has been happening throughout this whole town: tear them down and build anew. Theyre called cracker houses because of their crackerbox quality and how fast they can build them. Only reason why im still living here is because its prime real estate for what theyre trying to do, among other and more personal reasons- all in all dont buy these new houses. Theyll cost more repairing it in your lifetime than buying it in the first place
My Woodside home built in 2010 was the same. Trying to get the issues alleviated satisfactorily was impossible. We still live with lumps under the carpet, badly sealed casework, 2-rooms that never heat or cool enough, unsealed tubs, improperly hung master bath shower door (fell off and trapped my spouse), shoddy scrap quality trim lumber, etc. We fought everything for a year and finally had to give up.
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Just so that we are clear, it’s not the workers fault. The main issue is the home builder’s work ethic. 1. The quality of material they are using is not the best – wood, stucco, electrical, cement barely passes to code. 2. Inspection – there is not enough reports per home. Some are missed and the work goes on. 3. Licensed contractors are payed to finish a job in time. In most cases they are behind schedule and they force workers to speed up the process which will lead to mistakes. You can argue that it’s the ” workers fault” No. These builders will try to maximize their earnings and disregard any petty “fix it” request. As a previous contractor and new home buyer, I had to get my lawyer involved to fight for my request before I move in to my home. Fix it or no deal. Unfortunately not will do what I did. Please be cautious of new homes and make sure to get a home inspection
I will never trust any of these builders. We bought our home from S & A Homes in 2015 and they told us we had warranties and that they would come back and do Walk Throughs at varying stages. They told us they would fix anything that may need fixed. We’ve never heard from them again. They literally closed their local office and moved out of state within months. Nothing but a bunch of crooks.
This is why our current house hunt is for older, well-established homes that have already gone through the ‘settling’ process. I’d never buy a new build in this economy. Too many trades are having trouble finding, hiring, and retaining skilled workers. I’d rather take my chances with a well-built 30 YO home than roll the dice with a shoddily/dangerously built new home.
Now days it does not matter whether it is a custom build or a production model, they all suffer from the following…..Cheap quality products installed in house, unskilled workers doing the stuff a skilled worker should be doing and the final straw…Just plain greed on the builders side where they try and make as much profit per job as they can no matter what.
Cookie cutter homes are notorious for this type of thing. If you are a person looking to buy a home. Just simply look into what your buying and apply some common sense. Cookie cutter homes generally hire new workers at low wages. Nothing illegal about it. Saved them money. And people have to start somewhere in the construction industry. Just expect to do a lot of fixing when you get a home. Unless you had it built by a reputable small company. Never have a home built by a major builder. If it’s not locally owned and the owner is not on site working, you don’t want that company. If you want quality.
First off, keep posting and advertising these crooked builders so people stop buying their screwed up houses. Secondly, I blame the city and city building inspectors for not inspecting these houses properly. The city wants to get their money asap, so they’re overlooking at the problems with these building. Who’s getting into problems,you guessed it, the poor people who are buying that property.
Yes. Everything is happening based on cost efficiency. Using the cheapest qualities materials to get the bigger payout without lowering prices. Their only goal is to increase their own profit, and America is suffering under this. We will be our own doom if stuff does not last like it should. Resources and availability matter!!
Good job pulling out all the stops to make sure you didnt mention the names of any of these construction companies or contractors or developers, and even went as far as to bleep out one that was mentioned by hand-model-lady at 4:50. And of course its part of a trend, the exact same stuff is happening with new builds down in Phoenix.
Homes today are not built like the 80’s or even the 90’s. Unskilled untrained labor, cheaper materials, lots of cost cutting and just plain sloppy work. Tied in with building too fast, no pride in a job well done and/or inspectors being paid off…I feel for anyone buying a new home nowadays. Very scary. You have to watch them very carefully every step of the way.
Unfortunately most homes today were not built with pride like they were yrs ago. Now it’s all about making as much money as possible the greed and competition has ruined new quality homes. Do yourself a favor go old and used as long as it can pass inspection and looks to be solid it will outlast you and your kids but these new ones I’m just not so sure.
A realtor told me years ago never buy brand new home that hasn’t been built and that’s so true as time goes on think about it we don’t have really professional Builders anymore some of these guys who build these houses are just day workers they don’t have the craft build a home and this is the result we don’t have professional bricklayers anymore people just day laborers that they pick up help complete these projects.
Another problem is.. Every place I’ve lived they are always short on building inspectors…some places have just 1 or 2 for the whole county, so they are just rushing through the inspection. Some who are buddies with or trust the builder because of years of working with them will pass the houses inspection when they never have even looking at the home/homes….I know all this because my son in laws family owns a Hispanic store/ butcher shop in Vacaville, Ca. and all the non English, illegals wait there every day till a pick up comes to pick them up to go work construction…and My X worked construction and heavy equipment for 37 years in Calif. I listened to all the stories of how the contractors got away with using cheap labor illegals all the time…even huge Construction Companies do it. They travel them around the state too, shoving 5-6 guys to one hotel room to save money..Its still better money than they make in their country so they are happy to have the work.. One day they might be putting up sheetrock, the next day pouring concrete, or putting on a roof. They are not trained or specialize in any one trade. Just a heads up to anyone dumb enough to buy a new house these days and pay the ridiculous prices they are asking. If u only knew what I know.. Flippers are even worse. People who buy messed up homes, throw a coat of paint, replace carpet, put some tile up and double or triple their money selling a cosmetically cleaned up house, with all the problems still in the plumbing, behind walls and in other places u won’t know about till u buy it and more in and make them a bundle.
Funny people don’t know the difference between a track house and a custom house. Just cause the prices raised so a track house costs what a custom used to that doesn’t mean you get a custom house for that price. Google track houses. We built them so fast it’s not possible to get everything perfect. Spent double and get a custom and I bet that list shrinks
We had the same issues but were able to get most of them remedied before move in by perusal the processes and hassling the builder when we saw something wrong. They finally admitted that they are told to cut corners buy ownership to save money and time. Their excuse was they were bought out by a Chinese company. The builders name ” Dan Ryan Builders” .
There needs to be a “Lemon Law” like some states have on new vehicles that apply to new homes. After so many repairs on a new home the homeowner can give it back to the developer/builder and they have to have the home deed put back in to their name by state law or buyers receive another new home to the buyers specs !! That will make builders take notice and construct homes the right way !!!
The contractors are hiring cheap labor and when you hire someone with little to no experience that’s what happens. The reason he’s paying to put people in hotels is because he made a small fortune from using cheaper labor. The reason tradesmen make a decent living is because they have spent years working in the construction industry. The disconnect now is your job is done by someone who has no idea what he’s doing and he will go on to do it again and again. I can tell you that you can take your list to the neighbors house and you will have similar problems.
I used to build houses with my father. There were builders that after only a few months, the poor homeowners had so much issues that their contractors would show up for 6 months straight, every other day to fix their f*ck ups. These types of builders just rip everyone up, take their money and muscle their way through the industry, knocking honest homebuilders out of business. My dad is not a multi-millionaire because he did it the right way and got little out of all his work. Those same builders now have $12 to $25 million net worths. And there are no laws to go after these types of characters. Free market won’t do sh*t for the rest of us.
This is why I said not to get a home built after 2020 or nor you buy one after 2020…..these devs are cutting corners and the inspectors may not care or know or paid off to look the other way… Its better to get an older home, built during the time of prosperity, and fix it up over time… you have to recall history like 2008 stock crash and the after math in real estate as the homes were built like trash… LOL
Maybe it’s the drinking on the job! Not covid or supply chains or labor shortage it’s being drunk on the job since 6am. I worked on these job sites for 7 years between 2014 and 2021! Everyone knows it goes on with all trades from different builders on every site! Nobody says anything just get the job done!
I’m a General Contractor. People don’t realize that new homes settle and you can have expansive soils that heave up and down. Most custom home builders like to lay in your foundation and then let it sit for a month or two before framing goes up. This allows time for the foundation to cure and settle but nowadays with these track homes they start framing the second the concrete looks dry. Those drywall cracks and door opening/closing issues are 100% from the house settling and are easy fixes, if you know what you are doing.
Built a house on the east coast and didn’t have problems for at least 15 years with anything, built a house in Arizona and problems arose almost immediately, in less than a year. Big problems too. Honestly, the quality of workmanship out west is pretty bad and it takes them years to get anything done. Classic..
My first question is … did these buyers have a Realtor represent them or did they just trust the builder and represent themselves? Because a good Realtor would of told you to have your home inspected prior to closing. All this would of been caught by a good inspector prior to your closing and you could of not closed until everything was as done correctly. Also who is the builder? Why are you withholding that info? You get everyone stirred up and no builder name??
If we look into construction company’s and builders they want your money for almost nothing !!! Just a box made of wood and drywall, workers bearly make any money and can bearly afford tools, basically we can build a house for the 3rd part of the money, just look how they operate they rather pay cheep labor than invest money on there workers training . It’s been happening for a long time workers get pushed for production and quality is kicked a side plus working 55+ hours a week does not help.
Lmao. You can tell these folks used to all live in apartments. New home builds tend to settle and hairline cracks are to be expected. Adjusting doors is supper easy. These are the type of people who will still complain 4-6years down the road and expect to have everything fixed because they are used to having a maintenance company. Warranty isn’t maintenance.
In the Aerospace Industry having worked at Boeing we check all fastn3ers. Structure, model on computer before we build them, test for structural failure for all sorts of loading, test wings, Antenna externally mounted, Gosh if you see what we do before we build a plane and while building and completing a plane it is a nightmare. We literally get the most educated Engineers look at everything.. There is terrifying amount of work. But on other when you see homebuilding such an easy task and they still goof up big time tells me we need something like FAA for the housing Industry. Otherwise have the Feds deal with these slackers. Yes my 45 k house which I bought had no problems . I put 20k in it . Lived in it for quite a few years . Had new heating. Fairly new composite roof, triple pane 22 windows, concrete walkway, new plumbing. New landscaping, ADT system, New 2 doors, New patio doors, new dishwasher, fairly new one single bathroom, and closed in patio room. That was couple of years ago . Tell me what you can now get for 65k.
Sounds like the builder just slapped the houses together 🤬 A new house isn’t necessarily the best house to buy ! My husband has a friend that purchased a new home and they started having issues in the house so he asked hubby over to look at the problems and he told them what the issue was and what had to be done to fix it 👍the owner asked him to come back when the guys were going to show up to fix things and my husband did show up and watched what they were attempting to fix and he eventually told them they DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY were doing they were just putting a BANDAID for a temporary FIX 🤬🤬 I know there is THE LEMON LAW for new cars they do not have it for NEW HOMES and they should !!!!’n
Most of the people doing the actual work building the homes don’t care about their work quality or don’t actually know what he heck they are doing. You can find this in every single state and the builder companies don’t care, they’ll hire ANYONE! What I’d like to know is who was their inspector? Should be inspected during the build, before the sale, and within 6 months of home purchase. NEVER go without proper inspections!!
😂😂😂 bet its lennar or KB or a offshoot under another name .. we had a masonry business in California for quite a while .. I would never EVER buy a track home !! Cheapest materials on top of lowest bids it will fall down before 10 years. You have urine in your wlls probably beercans in attic and roof issues… THERE IS 1000s of lawsuits against these builders they pay out minimum fix wait until the warranty up then it will leak settle and permantley have issues.. Cannot believe people buy these homes …
Press board/cookie cutter plywood, adaquate within bedrooms-living rooms, within kitchens/bathrooms, that are prone to any water exposure, not so bright, save couple bucks initially, only to spend much, as soon as water evolution arrives. What follows is girlfriend, and-or wife, which most if not all when buying, or even viewing a residential house. Which are the very first aspects they walk/view first, kitchen, also bathrooms. When they become un-functionable, boyfriend, and-or husband definitely will least hear aboit it in detail. Worthy to save few bucks within cookie cutter press board in water conclusive fixture rooms. Weeks within in-convience, same weeks girlfriend or wife feeling like there house is a joke. Which it actually is.
I lived in what is now called “Northern Liberties” in Philadelphia for over 25yrs. Once I saw the homes they were building and units I sold my brick home and left. Not only were my taxes going to up because of the saw dust homes that they were building, but those homes are going to start falling apart in a few years and drive property value down. I was called CRAZY for selling when I did. I’m actually getting the last laugh because some home owners are having these same issues. LOL