I also hate tile and grout. It's why we got LVP flooring. The shower is pretty big (too big for pan) and tile is all they do for the build apparently. Our tile is porcelain, but had a lot of defects and doesn't cut well. I may see if someone can doTadelakt or maybe I can teach myself with a YouTube video LOL.

We have been in constant contact with warranty and subs. Cabinets and windows are mostly supply chain issue (besides poor quality). About six windows and six cabinet doors were replaced and the replacements were all also defective. A lot of people having the same problems with the windows and cabinets so they say six months blah blah blah.

Timberwood the cabinet installer was great and finally fixed installation defects. Cabinet manufacturer is still messing with us and wanted to hold a training session in my house for outside vendors to show them how to repair the cabinet finish. Timberwood backed me up and said no to the outsiders. The finish guy was due at my house in June but he "got Covid". So now it's in a few weeks. We are trying everything we can for resolution.

When asked to document every cabinet defect, it took us an entire week to empty, inspect, photograph, and provide drawings of each defect. Both the installer and cabinet rep spent four and a half hours at our house going over the 400+ defects and deciding who's defect it was. This is just one small example of time-consuming stuff we've had to deal with.

The builder has never wanted to make the sub redo the tile properly for some reason. They had wanted to rip apart all three bathrooms at the same time but we have three people living here and said we needed two functioning bathrooms at the same time. We also said they should fix the one properly before moving on to the next and that hasn't happened.

I have an email from a tile place that says you can't just replace the shower floor tile. I spoke with a certified tile expert, and as a last resort I might pay him the $2k he wants for inspection report and use that in small claims court.

As for Morgan and Morgan, the lawyer who almost took my case told me to consult with them. I knew they were injury lawyers. Maybe he figures I've suffered - LOL. I think they do class action, but I haven't considered that at all, but maybe someone else has started one. I know some people having similar issues have mentioned it.

I have been told that even if you are awarded a settlement in small claims court they will not help you in collecting the money and often it is a useless pursuit. Maybe someone else has more info about this. I have no personal experience.

Actually I just found this:
When & How Can You Collect Your Small Claims Case Money | Nolo

Tire Insurance?
 

Tire insurance.... is that an addendum you get on auto coverage?

I think it is insurance you can get when you buy new tires. It's called road hazard insurance.

Roberto’s. Highly recommend them. They showed up on time, on the day promised. Moved all the furniture. Finished when promised. Moved all the furniture back painted the floor molding after re-installing, and then sent cleaners to make sure everything was perfect.

We got it at the car dealership.

Roberto's does mostly floor tile. They will do showers, but they are primarily flooring experts. I have heard many good things about their flooring installs, but nothing about their showers. I did stop in there and the display showers weren't done with super high quality.

Trouble collecting if the business is not doing well. I think The Villages is doing pretty good business and are not in danger of filling for bankruptcy. I fear the matter can be brought to Circuit Court where I would need a lawyer. Or as the tile expert said about a woman who hired him and had horrible tilework, the judge and the defendant's lawyer were friends so she lost.

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OMG! You Poor Lady!
 

same here. we were told it has to do with settling of the house/slab. our floorman said the same thing yours did & the issue was fixed promptly

An odd situation ...
 

We were the second owners of a three-year-old Designer home owned by a family trust and occupied by a very, very elderly couple who were frankly not completely with it. Presumably the trust received the bills and paid them without questioning. We purchased privately; the trust apparently contacted The Villages Realty and told them to end the listing, that they were selling directly.

Our inspection report showed poor pressure in one irrigation zone. We were unfamiliar with water billing; we had always lived with wells. I took the bill to Customer Service, where a clerk uttered the equivalent of 'Holy cow!' 'What?
I asked. 'You used 33,000 gallons of water!' 'What should it be?' I asked. 'Maybe one-tenth of that....'

We then discovered that an irrigation line ended abruptly underground, and it had never had a sprinkler head on it! Whenever that zone was on, it essentially ran like hose fully turned on, and the water disappeared into the sandy soil.

Out of curiosity, we approached The Villages with the view that this was a construction defect. The Villages did not agree; the issue was not that we were the second owner but rather that the 'statute of limitations' on the sprinkler system was one MONTH, not the one YEAR that applies to most everything else.

To us it was part of the adventure, not that big a deal. It did bring up some negative feelings in some persons on the fence about buying in TV and instead went elsewhere but still nearby. ToTV was fairly new then, but if it kept its archival material, this story should be somewhere in there....

This all seems like a plot, most if it has already been written, for a book. Not a good book…..just a book.

One the most important thing before buy a home is location! Location! From what I have saw that needs to be addresses in these home locations.