sarah jennings

OK-I read the bad reviews on this site before I bought my melody home and I figured the complaints were from people who just like to complain. We are an easy going couple and are aware that we were buying a house for a fairly low price. Well did we get a dose of reality!!! the builders are all talk no action and do a very good job of acting like decent human beings until after you give them your money. I am so creeped out when I see the builder driving through the neighbor hood. Today I found a part of the house that is missing a brick! the solution they came up with was not to put in another brick but to paste mortar over half the hole?!!. You will be told that things will be getting done today, tomorrow, and you will never get a call back. When they do show up to do repairs, they do them badly to discourage you from calling again. These houses are slapped together-I mean it! If these are the only houses you can afford it is worth the wait to save for a little longer and go with a better builder-2 days after we moved in 5 seperate couples on my street made a point to introduce themselves to compare horror stories . My neighbor(who has since sold her house)beside me told me she cried all the time about the state of her home. That made me feel lucky about the state of our house(but keep in mind it is no palace I am in). The worst part is that many of the people who bought the homes new have moved out of these homes and now rent them out instead, so I thought we were moving into a new neighborhood with other home owners but these people are just trashy renters that take no pride in the property....take a drive through it and you will see for yourself. Such a HUGE disappointment because from first glance the neighborhood could have had potential if the builder gave half a damn. This builder hires the crappiest trades and pays them nothing so there is no motivation to do a half decent job. We will be selling our house in the spring. I thought I would be home forever in this house.Do your research- And dont be so naive when talking to the builder-they will just tell you want you want to here and play the game with you until they get your money. Use your head and not your heart, because they dont give a crap about you or your family. buyer beware bigtime.