[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by ediegsimons

We just built a house.
I would never consider building here again. Although I love my neighbors there were just too many No’s when asking if we could vary from the “example model” A resale home would have already put out the expenses for, and the list is long…gutters, landscaping, window treatments, water system and irrigation filters, electrical plugs where needed, pantry and closet build outs.
Then there are the extras that some might like such as epoxy coated garage floors, if you decide because one of you is tall and the other of you is short, you may have to switch out one brand new toilet(the villages only gives you one choice when building and all bathrooms get either standard or tall) and everything I have listed is on your own dime! We had to hire a plumber to remove one tall toilet so I could have a standard one to use in our house.

Not to mention and this makes me so mad, if you get a cook top hood, they make it sound like you would expect. The backsplash should look finished. Every picture I see in any magazine has the backsplash going all the way up to a reasonable height before stopping. They don’t show you a picture while designing and you think it will look like some picture you saw everywhere but here. Here what you get is such poor quality that I want to rip it all out and start over(at my cost)! See attached picture.

There are beautiful resale homes that are just a few years old, in perfect shape. You will be better off not building.

Great post. Try getting a stone yard. Even though the water cost is high here.