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Old 07-14-2024, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by frayedends View Post
No idea why I'm posting this now. I actually meant to mention it to my builder when we did our walk through with him. But all the new houses I saw in Lake Denham and the other nearby areas had short baseboard and then 1/4 round at the flooring. Generally this is done on floor replacements when they can't put the new flooring under the baseboard and don't want to remove and replace the baseboard.

It really cheapens the look. 4" baseboard with 1/4 round looks smaller and just kind of crappy. Why would they do this on all the new construction. Some of the more expensive model homes in the new Eastport area had bigger baseboard and no 1/4 round, so they were done correctly.
Waiting for our Premier home to be completed for October. Our only trim offered was base board, tall (5”) or short (3”) square edged trim board. No quarter round.