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Old 09-21-2018, 08:44 AM
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We had our house built (2013, we bought the lot and built). We were up North, and TV sent photos of the construction weekly. House was completed in 80 days! We were very happy with the overall construction. About 11 months after the house was built, we had a home inspection (Frank DeAngelo) who found a few items that needed correction. He contacted home warranty and all repairs completed in 2 weeks. All of these were minor with the exception of some missing insulation in a vertical wall at the lanai. The problems that we had with the house in the following years have all been low voltage wiring (alarm system, built in speakers, and garage door sensors) and in all cases the wiring connections were not done correctly. (I am a retired professional electrical engineer with a lot of experience in low voltage wiring.) I had some of this 'repaired' under warranty, the rest I did myself.
On the bright side, we had NO damage during IRMA only 2 bottle brush trees fell over and I was able to re-stake these, so bottom line, very happy with the construction.
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