Drees Homes Reviews in Washington, VA

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Floor plans are the most attractive among the other builders.

Having the weekly calls are great. It gives you a chance to discuss where Drees is at with construction.

The sales experience was really really bad. If you can make it past that, and work with the delivery team-- you will be okay. We actually started to consider ending our build because the team was so non responsive and rude. I actually had to email the lady and ask her to please be kind in working with us. Now, once we got to delivery... it was better... Tom was amazing to work with. He did a wonderful job and was EXTREMELY responsive. We do love our home and Tom ensured the quality of the home was the best. That's why I gave it a 5 star. Unfortunately the sales team broke our trust upfront and was overall not responsive to emails, or concerns. They didn't know the product well enough to be helpful and caused a lot of confusion and mis-information. ... More

There is disturbing knocking noise coming from the ceiling in my study room and unfortunately it does not look like it will be resolved any time soon

Definitely get a private inspection done!. The sub contractor(Atlantic Building) that fixed my doors don't care about the work they did. Front door has been having locking issues. Drees put in an order for them to fix and i have had to technicians here but still need a replacement jamb. The first Atlantic worker had the attitude like I was bothering them with my report for the front door to be fixed. All the screws on the interior door locks installed were not tightened. A month and half after move in, the owner's bedroom door lock fell off. The door lock on the second bedroom got very lose almost coming off. I had to go around and tighten the screws on all the interior doors as they were all lose and shaking. HVAC unit cover over the filter insert won't close so I'm holding it in place with a tape. Horrible! Some of the tape on the HVAC system in the mechanical room has come off and I'm just wondering what is next. Basement bath needs re-caulking and Joe the builder has put in a work order to get it done but 2 months after move in, contractor hasn't done anything about it. I'm waiting on the 3 months work with Drees to bring up other issues I have to give them a fair chance to redeem themselves. It's a beautiful home from Drees but the sub contracting companies have let them down in my opinion. Overall, the sub contracting companies work is a reflection of Drees work and leaves me with a below average rating for Drees at this time. Hopefully Drees can redeem themselves at the 3 months walkthrough/follow up. ... More

We moved to Drees 2months back. We are not satisfied with quality and workmanship. Some portion of the wood is not stable. It is going down or is soft. Paint finish is not good. Countertop is slanted.

If you want a home that is full of unskilled workmanship for a premium price, then by all means buy from them. If you want to spend the first several months angry over all the items that were not finished before you moved in that you can’t get an estimate on when or if they ever will be done then go ahead. Our brand new driveway is crumbling apart, they do no soil prep, give you a lot full of rocks…not a yard, they push closing so they can get that 2% commission, they don’t care if you’re not happy with the finish work (they promise to make a list and come back to fix at a future date, hope you don’t have to work that day, or 10 others bc there’s SO much that needs fixing). This is a brand new home, I am in disbelief at what we’ve been through so far and our troubles are not as bad as some of our neighbors. Seriously, just don’t. They’re going to jack up the prices for phase 2 so you’ll get everything mentioned above for extra! Who doesn’t want a front yard that’s essentially a retention pond? Who doesn’t want a backyard that’s like a cliff? The builder needs to do a better job grading the lots. Come with a realtor so you have someone on your side to help you advocate for yourself. They tell you don’t come onto the construction sites without them but if you want to try to head their mistakes off at the pass, plan to come by every night, they literally need that much babysitting. Would NEVER build with them again. ... More

The home buying experience was overshadowed by the lack of adherence and unprofessionalism related to agreed upon purchase items to the house. Additionally, minor design flaws are not easily corrected through Drees (fixing myself). Ultimately, Drees came through in fulfilling their agreement for purchased items and corrected most but not all issues.

I honestly think that these homes were not built very well and cheap materials were used to erect them up so quickly. Walls are definitely not sound proof. I can hear noise on the 2nd floor from the basement.

Overall Drees provided a good product in the end. Unfortunately, you’ll have to watch everything they do and constantly fight with Drees to get what was promised.

Up until the final weeks, the experience was pretty good. However, the final weeks, and after signing has been a nightmare. Final walkthrough (one week out) had countless issues, while numerous things were still not even scheduled, to know if we should be requesting they be fixed. On the day of closing, there were trades all over the house, paint all over the floors, etc. Needless to say, the day we had been dreaming about left much to be desired. But the worse part was post closing. The builder made a list of issues to be addressed "ASAP". Of which, he said half would be done by the end of that day. Complete lies. Nobody showed up that day. And the builder ghosted us. Did not answer his phone, full mailbox, and ignored texts. Beware. ... More

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

Buyer be ware. If you build with this company, you may need to hire an attorney.