Drees Homes Reviews

Overall we are very happy. Didn’t like $400 water bill we received for first month—due to non-stop watering of lawn.

We love our new home! We will definitely recommend Drees

We were happy with the building experience overall. Positives are quality and build process. Some opportunity on time frame promised vs delivered, Issues with the lot lines vs what was actually presented.

Drees offers a high quality home. The overall experience to build was not the horrible, but for the price of the home…there is definitely room for improvement. We love the completed work, although 2 months into the home (after closing) we are still waiting on a few minor things to be resolved.

We had a Build-on-Your-Own-Lot project done with Drees Homes in Raleigh NC. We'd rate Chuck F. (the marketing manager) and Jonathan N. (the builder) with 5 stars because of the huge efforts they made to address all issues before the closing, and also Rachel P. in the designer center who was very accommodating and we could feel she was genuinely willing to help us make best choices for our needs and did not push for the most expensive options. But for Drees Homes as a company, we could not give 5 starts because some upper management person was not reasonable and tried to bully us to close the sale before all problems were fixed, and some contractors did a poor job. However, considering the complex nature of the building business, we understand sometimes things could go wrong. As long as they are willing to fix all problems, we are willing to recommend Drees Homes to others, even though there is still room for them to improve. We'll see how the warranty repairs go and update later if possible. ... More

All good, thank you for the support

Good buying experience and quality

Drees has been great to work with on all fronts. I have had some issues with their contractors lack of attention to detail. But Drees is taking care of most of them.

One of the things that attracted us to Drees was their willingness to adapt their standard build to fit our needs. In our case the changes were mainly cosmetic but others in our subdivision had more extensive changes regarding room layouts. We had previously done a new build with a different builder who was totally inflexible to changes so working with Drees felt like we were more involved in our new house. Of course any builder is only as good as their subcontractors and unfortunately in our case the concrete guys were less then stellar. To their credit Drees did attempt to correct the issues but a repair job is never as good as being done correctly in the first place. ... More

Pretty nice home buying experience and I am happy with the home

It was a good experience building a home with Drees. We are satisfied with our home and thank everyone involved in this process.

I like the area. Drees employees take their job very seriouly.

Overall, the experience was great! Drees was always very responsive and quick to address our issues.

The process with Drees was over all really good. The home quality and attention to detail is really nice. We had some unusual issues during the build due to our lot (not Drees) that I would have been nice to more aggressively address, but Drees has stood by their commitments and continues to work through the problems. I would definitely build with Drees again.

Our project manager, Matt was great. Any workmanship issues were scheduled and corrected promptly with the exception of a concrete issue. The floor plan works exactly as we wanted based on our ability to customize with DOYL. Thanks George. Not cheap with upgrades and lot improvement charges, but the overall value of the home is good. It immediately appraised above the purchase price. Very happy with the house and lot.

Overall satisfied. Their quality audit process ensures typical building issues get resolved.

The personnel we have met have been very professional and knowledgeable.

Overall had a positive experience purchasing and building our home with Drees. The process is never smooth and hiccups happen, which they were mostly responsive to. The workmanship is good, not great. Bathroom shower had to be redone due to a issue they found (which I would not have noticed so that is good). The worst experience definitely has been the landscaping they provided - large portion of the sod that was provided was in horrible condition and they were happy to come out and replace those pieces. The placement and installation of trees is terrible. I had 5 trees installed - 3 are crooked and 1 was placed in the middle of the backyard (why?!). They do not fix/move them either after installation so make sure when they do the initial landscaping, you're watching closely. Like with other builders as well, your lawn is just all clay so the quality of the soil is horrendous and you're going to have to do a lot of work after to get it right. ... More

Overall my experience was pretty good.

Responded to problems in a timely manner

Drees has a lot of upgrades available . During meeting with marketing manager , Be sure you ask for all construction and framing related upgrades and get it added before signing off agreement . They didn’t told us in advance so being first time buyer we missed some important upgrades . The quality of material and construction seems to be good and value of money . The Design Centre staff is really good , flexible and will tell you all information upfront.

New home is nice to have, but issues have arisen within 90 days of moving in. Questionable HOA which has never been seen or resolved issues around the property. I.e., noisy neighbors, loud parties and frequent garage sales in one home.

Overall the home is as expected. There have been issues with the quality of some materials (windows leaking) and sub work that was completed in home. We are return customers and have had more issues with this home.

Overall the building experience was good with the builder and this was primarily because of the people we worked with at the sales office, Debbie Meyers, the design center, Amanda Keefer, the builder rep, Kris Klein initially and then Anthony Lombardo later. They were all very helpful and made the building process very easy. The main complaint I have with Drees is that corporate market themselves as a "custom builder" and this is very deceptive. I have built two other homes with true custom builders and the reason I disagree with their labeling themselves custom builder is the very limited choices you have and the restricted means of selecting and buying all elements of what goes into the home. They restrict you to use only their suppliers for everything that goes into the home and you have to almost fight with them to let you go outside their supply chain to get what you want if their suppliers don't have what you are looking for. I imagine the main reason for this is that they gain monetarily from you using their suppliers. If you have never built a home before with a custom builder, you would probably not know the difference, but Drees is not a true "custom builder". Overall I am satisfied with the home but allowing more latitude in using some of my own suppliers would have made the experience better. I did go out and get appliances separately because I could not get what I wanted, ie, black stainless finish appliance thru their supplier. The credit I received for this was ridiculous. For all appliances, except for the microwave, they gave me a $1300 credit on all appliances. You can't even buy a refrigerator for this amount of money. Typical greedy corporate practices. ... More

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