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Originally Posted by kingofbeer
Purchased a new home in Maxwell Villas all the way out on Monument Way. The closing is coming up real soon. Not very happy about the condition of the streets leading into Maxwell Villas. The streets leading up are littered with nails, sand completely covering the street, and construction debris.Not really safe to drive your car through construction debris. Also, if we find and point out problems with hanging lights and things like that in the house during the walk-through. Is the builder required to fix or replace them? Any idea why the brand new concrete driveways do not always look the same color throughout? Is this a quality control issue with the contractor?
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I watched an area that I'm interested in go from garbage all over the place to showroom condition in a little over a week.
As far as the concrete color problem unless it is a drastically unbelievable situation then you get what you get. The reason for the difference in color can be due to many factors. Too much water per yard of concrete, and the concrete was on the truck for too long before it was placed. The biggest item that will affect the color is the sand that is used to mix the load. It could also be from two different brands of cement to make the load. Too much Slag or Flash can drastically change the color.
The rust marks on a driveway are usually because a landscaper threw down fertilizer without taking care to not apply it to the concrete.
Normally concrete cracks because it is not deep enough for the purpose it is being used for. A quality driveway should be at least 6 inches deep and uniformly excavated. If it's deeper in the middle and shallower on the sides then it's a matter of time before it snaps. A sidewalk of quality is 4 inches deep not 3inches as most contracts use to save a buck.
On the back of any concrete delivery receipt that I've ever seen from many different companies it clearly states that there is no responsibility for the finished color of the mix.
The contractors that they use for placing concrete in the new homes are artists with concrete as they are fighting with the biggest enemy of concrete and that would be the heat. They have a whole lot going against them and the work I've seen is top-drawer.
Good Luck and welcome to The Villages. You are going to be just fine.