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What Homeowners Have to Say About Highland Homes.

Highland Homes has a reputation for building quality new construction homes. Their satisfied homeowners give them an average rating of 4.4 stars for their beautiful floor plans and affordable upgrades, their skilled craftsmanship, and commitment to customer service on each house they build. You can read all of Highland Homes 2928 homeowner reviews to learn why they are the right team to build your new home.

Highland Homes

has 4.4 out of 5 stars in All Areas

2928 Reviews in All Areas

Ratings by Category

Overall 4.4

Quality 4.2

Trustworthiness 4.4

Value 4.3

Responsiveness 4.3

Customer Reviews

Decent Starter home builder

  • Mark H.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • March 21, 2019
  • Spring, TX

Average home builder...

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 4

Mixed Emotions on Highland

  • Brad B.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 08, 2019
  • Leander, TX

Overall we were pleased with our home, but it wasn't without a lot of frustration. Our construction manger left the company after the slab was poured. We were assured the new construction manager would be just as receptive. I believe he was spread way too thin and possibly placed his trust into someone else. We did a number of changes from the standard build plans and the construction crew didn't follow the build plans at all. As someone who isn't in the business at all or is handy blue prints it was easy for me to see the glaring omissions and items that were not built to spec. Since ...

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Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 4

Value 4

Responsiveness 2

Disappointed in Quality of Craftsmanship for the Highly Rated Highlands Homes

  • Ronald W.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • February 26, 2025
  • Sherman, TX

I chose a Highlands Home because of its stellar reputation for quality work. However, I don’t think Highlands has completely delivered on the townhome I purchased. Highlands responds in a timely manner to my concerns. However, there’s (at least to me) a defensiveness to my critique of some of the carpentry workmanship, especially the trim work done on the baseboards and door mouldings. As of the writing of this survey, I haven’t even moved in yet, and I’ve noticed the moulding around ALL the doors is separating and in some places, pulling away from the wall. I have voiced concern about ...

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 3

Value 4

Responsiveness 3

Man

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • November 22, 2024
  • Georgetown, TX

Quality build. Construction manager does a poor job with following up with communication and misses details in every single email exchange. Construction manager is nice. He tells the buyer he is available for questions/concerns, but does not actually follow through with a quality level of responsiveness. Outright ignores some topics in emails. Issues/agreed upon repairs would persist for weeks and I had to keep asking up until the day before closing. Sales counselor was consistently excellent, responsive and proactive. I would give her five stars.

Total Score 3


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 3

Value 4

Responsiveness 1

It was alright but not horrible

  • Bethany G.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • November 01, 2024
  • Bulverde, TX

Sales person was rude and aggressive & loan office wasn’t good at communicating

Total Score 3


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 1

Value 5

Responsiveness 1

Did NOT expect this from Highland Homes.

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • October 06, 2024
  • Cypress, TX

I absolutely love my new townhome! It's beautiful and everything I ever wanted. The problem is in the quality. I have had so many problems since closing. Not even two weeks after moving in, I was infested with mice so bad that I had to move out temporarily. They did not properly seal the attic in six places and left open gaps. I was lucky that only mice came in. Their warranty department would not reimburse me for what I had to spend to get this fixed. I could not get my shutters installed because water was coming in through the windows and had to force them to fix this. It took a long time ...

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 4

Responsiveness 2

Very unhappy

  • Qiao Wen C.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • July 21, 2024
  • Brookshire, TX

The materials used in the house are acceptable, but there is no good construction team to bring out the best in them. There are too many areas in the house that need improvement, many walls do not look new, and the attitude of the house inspection supervisor is extremely bad!

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 4

Value 5

Responsiveness 1

Not up to the reputation

  • Bharat V.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • March 31, 2024
  • Leander, TX

Definitely not up to the mark. Being premium builder the cost is definitely higher than other builders in same neighborhood but we don’t see that difference in quality or features or finishing. The main complaint is the amateurish finishing overall and clearly shows that care was not shown and was rushed. They are good in responding to service requests.

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 4

Enjoyed Loan Department, Less so with actual Builder

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 04, 2024
  • Aledo, TX

Home buying experience with loan department and realtor was very pleasant. Felt as if they were trying their best to allow us the best opportunity to purchase the home, and made the loan process straight forward. Greatest challenge during process was working with Jason the project manager. His response time was poor, and was very inflexible in finding a time to meet with him. I had to do his ONE OPTION, and my concerns/schedule was of no priority to him whatsoever. The walkthrough was condescending how he instructed and went over the home features, and if anything discussed prior needed to be ...

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Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 4

Value 4

Responsiveness 1

Builder experience

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • November 22, 2023
  • Celina, TX

We did our closing in August. During closure, we had few things which were pending, but trusting the builder went ahead and closed. Its been 3 months since then which has ruined the overall experience since those list of issues have still not closed.

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 4

Value 4

Responsiveness 2

Disappointed

  • Jitendra B.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • September 21, 2023
  • Aubrey, TX

When I called my sales agent to delay the closing for one week then she denied saying that she is going to cancel the contract and house was even not completed. Post closing I have to follow up with builder many time to get the things fixed but still its on. I am definitely not happy. They even didn't share the electrical upgrade list with price breakup.

Total Score 3


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 2

My Experince

  • Ashkan M.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • March 14, 2023
  • Katy, TX

Poor quality - I guess this must be acceptable and normal for Houston quality level , and Highland is doing good based on the Houston quality level measurements. But if you want to compare it with somewhere else (my case Canada), way poor quality specially in finial finishing , touching , cleanness ...

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 2

Responsiveness 4

No internet for three months

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 10, 2023
  • Celina, TX

Highland Homes passed the buck for not having Internet to the Developer. Either way they should have been able to make sure that their new residents get Internet, a basic necessity for work from home folks. They didn't provide any alternatives for this either and their contract states that they are not responsible for making sure Internet is available at their homes. Apart from that they have been very responsive to fix things, and their workmanship seems above average. They charge extra considerably for having rocker switches instead of the toggle switches ($650), adding recessed lights ...

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 2

Responsiveness 4

Frustrated with the quiality

  • Arina K.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 10, 2023
  • Wylie, TX

We love the floorplan and how the home looks, but it was not finished by the closing time despite all the promises and now almost months after closing we still have unfinished items. I spent tons of time following up with the manager on finishing it and very frustrated with it. Thq quality of finishing is another point of frustration. There is no attention to details, a lot of stuff done roughly, uneven, with spots, sharp edges dents, scratches, etc. The builder didn't care about fixing it unless we insist

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

Mixed review

  • Jerry S.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • December 20, 2022
  • Fort Worth, TX

Communication was not always good including the lack of consistent, periodic updates on construction status and warranty work. Some subcontractors were good, others were sloppy and unreliable.

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

Not finished

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • October 25, 2022
  • San Antonio, TX

Builder made promises at the time of closing that they have not fulfilled close to 3 months after closing. Bathroom cabinets are broken, missing fixtures, unpainted items, etc.

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

Great Customer Service, not so great product.

  • Khoai D.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • October 18, 2022
  • Missouri City, TX

Our family fell in love with Highland's floor plans and overall design. It was different from the other model homes we visited. After a long fail attempt of trying to purchase a home we decided to just build a new construction. Glenn was great from the beginning, he made us feel really comfortable and we felt really good with starting the process. Unfortunately we had a major delay with CenterPoint, as frustrating as it was we understand it wasn't Highlands fault. What we feel like was Highlands fault is that the craftmanship wasn't up to their standard. The house sat for months with ...

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 4

Value 2

Responsiveness 4

Highland has issues just like lower quality builders

  • Justin H.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • October 18, 2022
  • Wylie, TX

Highland has excellent customer service, but the workers they use will cut every corner and leave your brand new home unfinished and looking like a home 1/3rd the price. Micromanaging every aspect of the build is required and even then more mistakes are made. This is acceptable according to them in this current labor market. Wife, daughter, baby and I have even had to relocate to a hotel(covered by Highland), so they could fix issues, 1 of which was a HUGE saftey violation nearly 1.5mos after closing. Im sure Im just the outlier here as Highland is one of tbe best, but it doesn’t change ...

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 4

Value 2

Responsiveness 4

Walsh Ranch Review

  • Jason H.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • October 09, 2022
  • Aledo, TX

Disappointed in the lack of attention to detail in workmanship. Builders rep has been responsive, but the quantity of discrepancies and the duration of time to remedy them has been frustrating. Some repairs have caused the need for subsequent repairs which have not been addressed. Unfortunately I would not recommend Highland Homes to others.

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 4

Value 3

Responsiveness 2

Highland Homes - While ultimately, we believe that we made the right home purchase

  • Glenn B.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • July 12, 2022
  • San Marcos, TX

While ultimately, we believe that we made the right home purchase for us. the process needs some work. The salesman tells you that Highland Homes can't do certain things and then we find out that for other buyers they might/or will. They tend to blame things on the Developer to get out of doing things for the Buyer. The Builder tried very hard to accomodate us; but ultimately he's limited by what he's told he can or cannot do. The quality of work is lacking. They need to adopt a motto of 'doing it right the first time'. It's got to be costing them a lot of money to come back 3+ times on ...

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

$1M+ doesn't guarantee quality

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • June 21, 2022
  • Celina, TX

Although Highland is traditionally known as a high quality home builder, our experience was underwhelming. In the end the same trades work on all the houses, so the quality is really driven by supervising the trades closely. Unfortunately that didn't happen in our case. In fact, I don't think we have a straight wall in the entire house. We also just discovered our kitchen island and related countertops aren't level. Those sorts of things shouldn't be issues from any builder, especially one like Highland.

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 4

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

Highland Homes - Really enjoyed the sales person but I have been disappointed

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • March 03, 2022
  • Celina, TX

Really enjoyed the sales person but I have been disappointed with the overall building process.

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 3

Value 4

Responsiveness 3

Highland Homes - Overall we’re happy to call this house home.

  • Richard C.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • February 08, 2022
  • McKinney, TX

Overall we’re happy to call this house home. Just few issues with some of the work done on the house already seeing Cosmetic issues, with cabinets, have a rat in the attic first night moved in, was told to call the exterminator v. The builder taking care of it.

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

Highland Homes - The house has several issues that needed to resolved after closing.

  • Tim H.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • February 08, 2022
  • Waxahachie, TX

The house has several issues that needed to resolved after closing. Now 2 months after closing, and I’m still waiting on several issues to be corrected.

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 3

Sales & Superintendent Team Great BUT Poor Quality of workmanship

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • February 01, 2022
  • Katy, TX

The overall materials used to build the home is good but really poor workmanship. Not so happy with the electrical planning & workmanship, kitchen cabinet install work, work around the yard that was supposed to be provided and some tile work.

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 3

Value 3

Responsiveness 4