Drees Homes Reviews

We still have blue tape all around our house on things that aren’t fixed. We are missing a cabinet in our basement bar because the cabinet installers left a broken cabinet, like we wouldn’t notice. When we opened the cabinet door, it just fell off. Also, our flooring was put in so terrible that we have lumps and bumps all over the place. I have zero trust with the team of people that were supposed to “help” us; they basically took our money and have left us. As much as we paid for the house (and our first water bill was over $600; there’s only 3 people in our house) our lawn should look better. Actually, we don’t really have much of a lawn. At least Atlantic Builders puts sod in their customers yards. Also, we were supposed to have a cutout for an electrical outlet for our basement for our business purposes and that still hasn’t been done, hindering our business growth. The workmanship was so sloppy that on the side of our home, they didn’t finish a row of stone; just put the mortar there and didn’t finish. I will NEVER build a new home again and I definitely recommend anyone building a new home to go with custom builder. ... More

over the years we have built 5 times and working with Drees is by far the best. A responsive company, always willing to answer questions, to help seek solutions, and to keep us updated. we hope never to build again, but we will always tell people, if you are going to build, build with Drees.

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

Too much to share in writing. We’re still struggling to receive full compliance of materials and service work and installations.

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

The process can alternatively be described as either a straightjacket or as well organized. There were supply disruptions...which is understandable. But, instead of pausing and waiting, the schedule was maintained, with the result that necessary preconditions for installation of later phases were shortchanged or not met at all. This resulted in mistakes that were difficult to rectify or required compromises.

Everyone on teh Drees team was engaged and a pleasure with which to work.

Great home buying experience! Extremely professional people at all levels and departments! We recommend Drees homes without hesitation!!

Floor plans are the most attractive among the other builders.

My experience has been wonderful. Great professionals were in every step of the construction of our house. Always willing to help. Thank you all very much for your great work.

Drees builds an incredible home for all phases of your life!

My overall experience with Drees is they do what they can with what they are given. Their biggest issue is lower management and their contractors. Management doesn’t hold the contractors accountable and the contractors do the bare minimum to get by. You as the homeowner have to micromanage the build from the start and make sure all the items you signed for are completed. It made the process incredibly stressful and not enjoyable. Hopefully the issue can be resolved and improved upon. Hopefully making future homeowners processes more enjoyable.

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

I chose Drees to build our home because of the modern floorplan and upscale design. Although there were many obstacles and I had doubts that I would get all that I originally had hopes for, the Drees team did what they could to ensure that the challenges were overcome and I ended up with the home that I set out for from the beginning.

... until you close. We have an incompetent warranty representative. Small things, such as caulk missing around our tub were handled in such an unprofessional manner and have yet to be truly fixed.. Major things, like drainage in our backyard swale & moisture in/around our AC, have yet to be addressed/feel as though they had zero urgency. The sales rep & construction managers we've worked with are both amazing! The build process was clear. Given the pandemic, we expected multiple delays. Everything that was impacted was clearly communicated. Our home was very well built. I wish I could give 5 stars but at this point, not happening. ... More

Second time customers with Drees. Very pleased overall.

Makes sure all is complete prior to closing. Even though I did a walk through the week before I was assured that all maintenance that showed would be completed prior to closing. When I walked through the day before closing the work had not been done yet. I was given a lot of assurances that they would get on it immediately but it took 2 months before any of the work was completed. I am still waiting on a ceiling light to be replaced and it has been 3 months now. "The only way I was able to get anything done was to go to the sales manager and she called people and got it done. Otherwise, I think I would still be waiting. ... More

I am very excited that Drees is building my home!!

An excellent experience with the builder and a high quality product.

You have to watch what they do closely. There were numerous mistakes that were made on the building of our home. They don’t address the issues right away either. Try wait until everything is done and then have a “fixing crew” come back to fix the issues. Bit not everything can be addressed that way and so some of our finishes did not turn out the way we would have liked. We have lived in our home for 3 months now and they still have not fixed items that we told them to fix before we closed. Despite all of the publicity surrounding them I don’t really feel like Drees cares about it’s customers. ... More

The workmanship is horrific

Overall my experience was pretty good.

Drees was wonderful to work with from start to finish. We had a great experience, and you can’t beat the quality!

Selection experience was really bad. And back yard you need to re do it again if you want a decent yard

Logan and Ben took excellent care of us every step of the way. We had always heard “If you want to put stress on a marriage, build a house”. But that was not the case with Drees. We absolutely loved our experience and love our new home.