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@@eddenoy321 You’re right a lot of them 90% are horrible but I own a cleaning company that does post construction there are some very good companies out there still building quality homes just really got to do your research.
@@eddenoy321 easy Ed. I have built custom homes for over 20 years. We have never had problems like these. There are processes which need to be done in certain ways with timely manner‘s so that problems don’t happen.
I’m assuming because the person wanted to remain anonymous and not show her face, she probably requested for them to bleep the company name as extra precaution so that she would not get in trouble or face retaliation from that company. So sad these homeowners are dealing with this!
I know. It's the problem. It's the whole cowardly managers. Same reason Trump ever got elected. They didn't want to offend the crazy lunatic fringe crowd.
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.
My dad and older brother are stone masons and I think it’s the foundation. If the foundation is not laid correctly the home will shift and the interior crack. The problem is forever. This will need repairing every 5 to 10 yrs depending on the weather.
When the builder says that too many people expect “perfect” for the money, is when you know you are in trouble! Too many builders take shortcuts and contract with low caliber tradesmen.
I worked for several home builders doing warranty. I STRONGLY recommend hiring a home inspector at every major point along the way and do not trust the builder. They hire the lowest bidder sub trades who then hire inexperienced persons who train as they go. On YOUR home.
I started my construction career in tracks and apartments mid 70s they always been poorly built most always subs are working piece work on a the lowest bid. If you want a quality built home find a reputable builder or build it yourself and do extensive due diligence on your subs.
Astonishingly, The materials being used are not too different than cardboard. But people dont really know that. As an architect it’s baffling the levels construction companies and “builders” go to to save money yet the client still pays hundreds of thousands for mediocrity.
@@davidpachecogarcia Fellow architect from Germany here....We actually have the same problems: Mediocre craftsmanship on million dollar homes. There is so much unskilled labor on the construction sites it is apalling. Many companies just send one person really familiar with the trade as supervisor and 10 unskilled helpers. People spend all their money on homes slapped together and sold at a premium with no sustaining value.
eaglevision993 That's interesting. The majority of new construction contractors are illegal immigrants, they're not skilled and they don't speak English. I'm surprised to hear that you guys have the same issue in Germany.
Man I feel so sorry for these homeowners. I can't imagine what it;s like buying a brand new house and having to deal with all this nonsense for a whole year. Must be debilitating.
They don't only deal with it for only 1 year. They deal with it as long as they own that house. They cut whatever corners as long as it meets code. Don't ever buy a house that was built to sell.
@@beekeeper7870 No I understood but I feel bad for them because as it ages it's going to get much worse exponentially faster than a house that was built with care.
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…….😂
Maybe you should become a home inspector for the home owners because obviously you have standards and not just a finished house inspector but also one that shows up during the build. Maybe train others and you can have a business that makes you money while you tinker in your garage with old cars. Just an idea
You mentioned the pneumatic nail gun & realized I still have a full box of framing nails from 1987 packed away somewhere wondering now if they're worth anything today.
My first home was so terrible that it makes me not want to ever own a home again. I bought a new house in 2008, in Houston, Texas, built by Lennar Homes. People don't call Lennar Homes "Lennar Lemons" for nothing! The home was absolutely beautiful but within 5 minutes of me entering the house and actually starting to move in, I had problems. The first time someone used the guest bath, a pipe "burst". So, it didn't actually "burst", the plumbers used PVC supply lines inside the house and failed to properly glue all of the joints. The pressure from the water hitting an elbow on the pipe inside of the wall, knocked the unsecured joint loose and basically started filling the cavity inside the wall and my house, with water. Here's the kicker, there was no water shut-off valve inside the house other than on the water meter, which requires a "key" to turn off. I had to call the City to have them send someone out to turn off the water in my house, which took an hour and being on the phone with the operator talking to me like I was an idiot because they didn't believe that the builder did not install a water shut-off valve. When the water department workers got there, trying to "show me", they literally saw what I had been telling them the entire time--that the house did not have a water shut off other than the meter shut off. That was just the beginning--my kitchen window wasn't secured and a gust of wind during Hurricane Ike (only months after I purchased the house) knocked it out of the frame and onto my kitchen floor. It was also during Hurricane Ike that I discovered that not all of the shingles on the roof were properly nailed down (some of the shingles were literally just laying on the roof without a single nail in them). Improper wiring was used to connect the doorbell transformer in the attic, which caused a small fire that thankfully extinguished itself (I had wondered for months why the doorbell stopped working and that was why). Half of the attic wasn't insulated which caused me to have sky high cooling bills in the summer... And this was a brand new house! I said that if I ever bought a house again, it would be something built before the 1990s. My parents house was built int he 1960s and, outside of normal maintenance, wear & tear issues, and some pretty rambunctious children growing up there, it has been problem-free.
If you get an atty to send a 60 day demand letter to builder to issue repairs within the 1 year warranty. that freezes everything for litigation. This is Texas, check with your laws or local atty. We are dealing with the same issues with our builder.
I have a Beazer home and I have had issues and they were on it. I made them fix everything that was wrong and they did. Thankful but still no excuse for a brand new build
@@maxmanx1294 I agree. Lots of builders are cutting corners. When I see new homes in my neighborhood being built, it looks like they are using plywood and they are built super fast.
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 🙏
I don't understand why people insist on buying these cheap McMansions. They're ugly, built cheaply and too many of them built too close together, with postage stamp lawns, and there's always a HOA nagging you.
There is now more. It’s mostly dr Horton home builders. They have been cheating many ppl out of their hard earn money selling homes that are not worth the asking prices. Horton. Has sketchy cheap labor and many home owners have reported they use cardboard and styrofoam materials.
the cookie cutter houses built in the 1950-80 were fore the most part well built, although the sub I was raised in , some houses had to have the brick exterior veneer replaced.
Why are these homes passing the MANY county inspection phases they have to go through? Why aren't the county inspectors who are signing off on each phase being held responsible for passing them?
I experienced this with DR Horton in Atlanta. They didn’t even respond to me until a year AFTER my warranty was up! Best advice: document every issue, conversation, agent, dates and times! They say you don’t need an inspection bc you have a year long warranty… don’t listen! Get it inspected anyway!!
Wow I worked for DR Horton in their operations department for 3 years in Atlanta. I can tell you I’m not surprised! Warranty did not care about the customers needs and builders rushed get those homes up as a former employee I refused to purchase a home from them.
It’s great you are reporting this, how about having the balls as a true news reporting and tell the public who the builders are, maybe that will catch their attention. Very suspicious about this report
True. An not to be rude these Speak in facts the people here in Las Vegas don't know how to fix things for sh t. Only the people from Mexico and South America are acknowledgeable on fixing stuff. Anyone else good luck. This is also a fact of when you look at how much the limit is in small claims court in Nevada. Because people don't do good work.... But get mad at me because I'm not good at small talk because I'm on the spectrum🤷♂️
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 watching these people with their new death traps.
In SoCal we have a builder called Lenard which is notorious for developing homes on contaminated, toxic land. Ofc I didn’t know that until I lived in one in Tustin, CA near an old marine air base. I was getting the worst migraines you can imagine on an ever increasing basis. Thank god I found a damn good Naturopath who tested me for chemical toxicities. I had sky high levels of bromopropane and perchlorate. Then I found a forum online where some old veterans were talking about the jet fuel and all the other chemicals they dumped into the ground there. It should have been a Superfund site like the one in Irvine at Great Park but it never was. I also remember women in the neighborhood having miscarriages. Very creepy, I’m glad I got out of there and did glutathione IVs to help detox the chemicals from my body.
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.
I framed a couple of Pulte houses in the 90s and they were hot garbage. they used the cheapest windows and siding, in that sub alone most of the homeowners replaced the windows within the first few years.
This happens when no habla people build a home.Nowdays you cant see one white person building a home.Its always a border brother who cant speak english and are rude AF.Cant count the times i been wiring a house and all of a sudden my extension cord has no power from my generator.They say we need power and you have generator.No,you need power,not me.I brought my own power and its not yours to plug into.After that kept happening,i got a long power cord and left generator in back of my truck and locked my camper shell after i was done drilling my holes for wiring.They would get mad and ask to plug into my generator and id tell them that this isnt the job site generator,its mine,paid for by the company i work for.Buy your own.Then they would whine and complain to the builder and they would come to me complaining.Its their job to bring power if their isnt any temp power,not my problem.They would also use my power for their mariarchi music and id unplug it immediately.They wont turn that shit down so matter how nice you ask so when they would go to lunch we would run another wire to 110 outlet.Soon as they would plug into temp power,their radio would start smoking and kill the radio
That is crazy. Where I am from the builders need to submit grading and compaction reports to the city from a geotech before they can even start building homes.
Its sad, but the home builder companies themselves want the tradesmen to crank these homes as fast as and with as little as possible to maximize profits.
Thats why I vowed to buy an older home and we've been enjoying this 60 yr old baby for 3 months now. Walls are much more solid and the neighborhood has mature trees. Love it.
My husband works construction. He immediately said no to new homes. We bought a mid century modern home that was a fixer upper. Been here 10 years and no problems. He always calls them cardboard homes.
Yep, my sister is going through the same thing in her new build. Electrical problems. Plumbing problems in the restrooms. A roof leak and A/C Problems. House is less than 5yrs old now. It's a real shame people are left to deal with these issues so soon after buying a brand new home.
@@seapeajones more population means more labor to build more housing no?? "We'll get socialism right this time, promise!!", enjoy your democrat shltholes... 😂
This is happening across America in the housing construction industry. Big companies cutting corners putting up cookie cutter houses .. US has officially put quantity over quality and took the Chinese approach to building. Americans used to take pride in things.
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 a complete joke. They miss major stuff all the time and the add the most minor crap to there report. Its a scam and most inspectors are not that good really. Jack of all trades in there head but they couldn't hit a nail with a hammer if there life depended on it.
marcyanderson4268 Some are better than others but none of them have really are as thorough as you would think or hope! Those large developments from national builders are the worst, there's so much going on the inspectors don't notice things.
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.
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 many cases unskilled workers were all that they had because the skilled workers were sitting at home with government checks. Don’t forget the supply chain was a huge factor. The Texas freeze slowed to a halt the paint industry and cargo ships weren’t being unloaded. Our Transportation Secretary was on maternity leave.
It's been going on since early 2000'S. Not just corona plandemic. Have a proper foundation contractor is key, now they just build them with no soil compact testing causing major problems down the road.
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.
The worst thing about these tract home neighborhoods is the construction never ends for 20 years. Always upgrades repairs swimming pools and landscapers ENDLESSLY driving thru and working EVERYDAY.
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!
Dr Horton homes are a corrupt company that prides in making the cheapest made homes with no inspection that can pass and sell to vulnerable ppl who don’t know any betters. Don’t buy homes from Dr Horton
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.
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?
I purchased a 30 year Vegas home. She has some dings and the inspector took 3 hrs to comb through the home. I’m happy because I know what needs fixing.
There is a company called Allen Edwin here in Michigan that makes these kinds of homes. Floor installers won’t put wood floors in those homes because they can’t hold the weight.
And to think houses can be built to last millenniums and yet the houses built today are made with styrofoam and cardboard. And breaks city laws and codes. Not safe houses honestly
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.
@@dubvc1 Agreed, better quality means more money but there definitely needs to be building standards... isn't somebody in charge of that? This is horrible
@@indypyrotechnics7750 why? Because people are paying sometimes lots of money for somethings they expect to last. If contractors/builders are going to do half ass work they better be expecting half ass for their returns.
@@colekeenan5825 I deliver lumber/ trim and doors/windows everyday..no body cares about anything it seems but to get in as fast as possible..I’m always returning to same jobs because homeowners sign paperwork and move in with things not done right but for some reason still sign.?..homeowners are trusting inspections from people trying to do as many TO MAKE MONEY..it’s crazy how this all works but..I see unqualified workers/ illegal immigrants at all job sites..So if the homeowners actually stop buying these throw up homes the builders would actually have to build quality homes..but that means hiring quality workers making homes higher..Lennar/M/I../Pulte/Fisher/Arbor-Silverthorn/DrHorton/..Davis..these builders are all the same crappy production home people are gonna buy no matter what.!
What were the building companies? Why protect them- if they did a bad job they need to be called out and held accountable for it, no? Had a bad experience with Century Communities- I would never buy a house from them.
This makes me envious in a small way of how things are built in South Korea. I know I sound a little ignorant, but those steel/concrete high-rises there look solid, plus you can't hear your neigbors...plus they are nicely designed. I would rather live in a condo unit in a solid, modern skyscraper than an actual home depending on who built it!
This is happening all over the USA, builders don't give a s***, builders are trying to make more profits on inferior products. San Diego neighborhood had to replace all the plastic piping in all the walls in an entire neighborhood for using inferior product.
It's not just builders ripping people off. Plumbing manufacturers do it to. It's known as builder grade products. Delta has different quality products. They make a brand called Pegasus just for home depot. Worst crap ever. The delta products sold in box stores is not the same as those sold in high end plumbing supply stores. In New home builds even when you pay for up grades you're not getting top of the line stuff like they claim you are. You can get high end faucets and shower bodies on a good sale as they all have close outs on discontinued styles. I got a hangroeh kitchen faucet on a close out sale for half price. And it's not an out of style look either like I thought they would be. If you want quality products that will last a very long time then don't buy from home depot or Lowe's as all they carry are builder grade crap. I notice now they are all using black plumbing fixtures in Vegas. Looks really nice. However, Vegas has hard water and hard water will destroy that black finish. Only get black fixtures if you have soft water or a water softening system. Never ever put cheap crap in a bathroom as it ages quickly.
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.
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.
This is going on in every major city in every state. I would never buy a house built from 2017 on, especially '20-'22. The material shortages and substitutions, cost cutting, and lack of skilled labor is appalling.
The house I bought was from 2016 and the stucco was chipping away fast. Underneath nothing but styrofoam. And the company they build the house is continuing building expensive cramped zero privacy cheap houses few blocks away. More of these box houses are being built and the asking prices are outrageous. The company is Dr Horton home builders.
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.
I'd request references of people the builder sold homes to one and two years prior and call the owners to inquire if there were problems that occurred after they moved in. I would also recommend using a home inspector from a reputable company to inspect any home you might be considering before you buy it. Just so you know home inspectors are prevalent in Atlanta Some are good, but most are not.@@georgewilson7706
*This been happening in San Diego County for 3 DECADES..!* Quick Cheap builds. Cabinets separated 1" from ceiling, EVERY corner of drywall is cracked, outside property walls split 1 foot apart, foundations cracked splitting door jambs doors won't close, etc. I've repaired hundreds of those homes.. 👎
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
I was babysitting a 3 million dollar home and a large crack started in the ceiling. An indication of OTHER things going on, and I'm not even in an earthquake zone.!!
Dustin Pedroza I have over 2000 Facebook friends and they are better than any real person you could ever meet. At my housewarming party , I put on the cameras in the living room and kitchen. Had a catering company prepare a huge feast. What a success that was. Raked in over 3 grand and got to keep and eat all the food myself. Virtual parties are where it's at.
CONTRACTORS OFTEN HIRE LABORERS TO DO FINISH CARPENTER WORK!! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS!! I HAVE BEEN A CARPENTER FOR THIRTY YEARS AND I STILL SEE IT HAPPENING MORE THAN EVER
Same thing is happen to my brand new house. Door is hard to closed cracks on the ceiling and around the windows. Wind blowing thru ur front door. On and on. It’s everywhere
We had a outlet buried behind sheet rocks on the wall with live wires. Talking about fire hazard. We only found out after the outlet next to it had no electricity.
They hire anyone. Our new built looks like it was painted by a rookie. The stucco is awful and I'm finding water bottles buried where My foundation is at.
No shit sherlock. Next time you see the actual guys not the idiot in a nice shirt, the guy in dirty overalls and thick accent working, ask em how much they get paid in 2022.
I moved into a brand new house in August 2020 and while I did love that house, there were obvious minor issues, we also had a crack in our kitchen too. you could tell that the builders just rush and care about getting the job done , rather than the quality and safety of the builds.
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.
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.
I love this description of your house. My 98 year old Tudor cottage basement looked like a dungeon when I bought it. My round lipsticks roll off my vanity in the dressing room because the house ¨settled¨a bit. My house is a fortress. The plaster did make installing HVAC a real challenge! I feel safe, the maintenance and repairs are pretty normal and no SAFETY issues.
I built a house 8 years ago in a different state and all of this stuff feels like my experience. Is this just what it's like building a home or do other people have positive experiences?
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.
There was a time not long ago, when builders wouldn't build on bad soil. Now they do, which only exacerbates the issue of bad workmanship. These builders need to be put out of business
Would be nice if they would hire enough building and other inspectors so you don't have to pay for your own. Building code violations should be caught early and corrupt builders shut down. Local officials need to make this a priority instead of asking developers for campaign contribution handouts.
I always tell my.m clients to get an inspector. Unfortunately some of the items mentioned here would never be found by an inspector. Cracking drywall usually happens later after the home settles or shows signs of bad taping. It’s still a must though. Push for it even if the builder says it’s not allowed.
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 video.
Part of the problem is that now building materials have a cheaper option and the quality gets worse and worse... for example; there was a time when a 2x4 was actually a 2x4... but as years pass, they keep making it thinner but still call it a 2x4 and raise the price for less material
Las Vegas valley is all alluvium and this kind of land is always shifting slightly. There are many structures in Las Vegas that have cracks due to land shifting .
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.
I had to look them up. Both couples are neighbors at a Dell Webb community at Lake Las Vegas. That area has been cursed by bad builders... I can't imagine they're local because there's nothing out there.
So why doesn’t the city inspectors get blamed for this? They have to inspect plumbing, electrical, framing, etc. and be 100% before the houses go on the market🤷🏽♂️
Going through the same shit I’m in Florida! Vitale Homes gave me a broken cabinet a year later still waiting for it to be done a part of a garage water is leaking and had to redo a wall that was crooked it’s ridiculous! I’m not asking for free things just asking for what I paid for
Can totally relate! Our 3 bedroom house in NJ still isn’t finished after three years. We had 150 items on our punch list before the roof started leaking! The quality of new builds is terrible and the builders don’t really care.
@@jenniferschaffer1625 150 items... how is that even possible? i've had 3 homes built, and have had worse issues with each, but 150 issues isn't even possible.
This smells like a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. There should be an investigation on other states and other builders and how many new construction issues there are. Because I know someone who has a new construction home and they have a ton of issues .
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 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
In Australia we have had "Post Build Inspection Service" for a few years. It did cost you about one weeks pay, on average. Now it is included in your Mortgage Insurance Policy.
...That is why we didn't get a contractor in building our house because of issues like substandard materials, rushed, etc. . . I thank my brother-in-law who is a carpenter (foreman for years) for building ours - a 2 storey with basement and attic. . . and i myself do the purchasing of materials, i am their cook and i even join and do some simple works like carrying, handling, mixing cement gravel and sand, straightening nails, etc. . .we are 85percent done🤗. I'm speaking from another country, not from USA😊...
I was walking out of HD store, three hispanic guys in front of me. Two were admiring their new hammers, the third guy said , I told you I would make you guys carpenters. There you go, this is what we are dealing with. It will not be better in the future. ENJOY
