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Old 06-12-2013, 11:14 AM
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This is my opinion for what it's worth. They are building 250 housed per month in a down turned economy. Before that in "08" 450 houses a month. People buy here all the time. People of all walks from contractors to doctors. They wouldn't be so successful if there were quality issues that were not addressed.

I believe the problems are always over blown. When building as many houses as TV does there will be issues but they are few.
They did have vinyl siding install issues which are all corrected.
They do use lower priced appliances for lower priced houses. Not poor quality just lower cost, big difference. I think that is to our advantage because a builder might pick an expensive appliance that the buyer doesn't like. For instance I don't like a fridge with water and ice in the door. They alway or almost always drip or the user spills water and ice and messes up the flooring. JMO.
There were some roofing issues.
And More issues I am sure.
But and this is a big But the home warranty department, at least in our case, really came to bat and fixed everything we mentioned including replacing an oak tree that we thought had a bad shape. We were wrong about that but they still did it.
All this is just my opinion.