Highland Homes Reviews

Disappointed in my home. Things are breaking, caulk is already lifted, door knobs are coming up. Overall the price I paid for this home was not worth it.

I had the best experience with Highland Homes!

I would recommend Highland Homes to anyone looking for a new house. I could tell their goal was to build us a great home from the start, and every action through the entire process supported that goal. Questions and concerns were addressed immediately. The quality of the home is wonderful as well. Even after closing the support is great. They are happy to continue answering questions or concerns and the warranty support is top tier as well.

Great customer service and beautiful homes!

not the basic cookie cutter home like most. I was able to make changes to fit my "wants" and allowed to rearrange standard plans.

I enjoyed the ability to choose from so many options while also receiving impressive standard options as well!

Robbie Salamando is exceptional at his job, follows through and always makes sure every thing is done with perfection. Jeff and Colleen were fair, honest, incredibly likable and made good on all things.

Debbie was great! She never once pressured me into doing anything I didn’t want to do and was very responsive. Her communication is superb (even after the closing). You can tell that she is genuinely on your side and wants what you want.

Well built home and customer service from everyone was phenomenal.

Do not close without having your punch list addressed and completed. I was trusting that the punch list items would be addressed in a timely manner after closing and that was far from the case. I have emailed Highland Homes and have received no response to my issues. I am at the point where I am willing to pay out of pocket to fix my new home, Sad state of affairs.

Do not close in December. We were rushed to close for the end of the year even tho we new there was a lot to fix. These issues/workorders took months to complete. If i was to do it again, i would wait until the house was 100%. With the rush, there was a lot of poor craftsmanship. To the point we regret buying our family home.

When we made the decision to move from MN to TX we knew the home buying experience was going to be a challenge but Highland and the Team made the transition as seamless as possible! We are so happy we chose to go with Highland based on the home, the community and the overall experience. From the sales team to the construction manager, no question or issue was too small. Thanks for the welcome to our new state, enjoying Harvest and our Highland home!

I will say that the sales rep was phenomenal, the construction manager started off great, but as we were at the end of getting the house build, you could see our house was not as important to him as it was from the beginning. Later found out he was transferred to a different area which didn't help since we had questions. But now, with the people I am dealing with now, they are great and wished I had all along. We are so happy to have them help us out when we have any kind of question.

The sales rep was untrustworthy and the builder still has not completed our house after he said he would finish everything up the week after closing. It has been three months and we still have blue tape in our house.

If you’re considering purchasing a Highland Home, I hope you’re reading this review in time to change your mind. In fairness, we purchased our home in Sienna Plantation and our neighbors have similar complaints, but we know others who own Highland Homes in other communities and are satisfied with their purchase. From start to finish, but especially at the finish, Highland was less than impressive. From our salesman giving us incorrect information to our home not matching the elevation we agreed to and ending with very poor craftsmanship, this house is nothing but a headache. I wish I could include pictures to show you, but here are some examples: multiple fans wobbled upon move in and had to be serviced multiple times, there are paint drips and smudges everywhere, paint splatter dots all over the floors, caulk all over the place, many, many, many cracks and openings in the trim and floor including a hole in the wall that was concealed by a support leg for our counter top, tile floor was installed with too shallow grout and had to be redone, shower floor was installed with very inconsistent spacing between tiles and and had to be redone, instead of cutting small pieces of tile to fit into the corners of our master bath, the installer filled those corners with big swipes of grout, grout and black wash from the tile installation is smudged all over the white trim in the bathroom, tile around the tub is poorly installed, especially at the edges, cooktop was installed at an angle in the kitchen, Silestone was the promoted quartz material at the design center, but our actual brand was a no-name, despite our sale agreement specifically listing Silestone, our backyard is a sopping mess and finally, the most egregious: we have RIGIDCORE installed in the majority of our house and the entire floor needs to be replaced. This is a floating floor product and the installers did not evenly spread the float beneath the floor, causing pieces of the floor to “touch down” to the concrete below and gaps between the floor and trim. Additionally, they installed the boards too tight with no margin on the edges for expansion, so our entire floor has peaks and valleys; in the sunlight, it truly looks like it’s a wave. The corners of the boards are chipping across the entire floor because of this. Some of these issues were noted prior to move in, but some we discovered after living here for a few months. Highland fails to hold their trade partners to a high standard and the builders fail to recognize these issues independently; it’s up to you to note all these flaws. Highland promotes that they have exceptional customer service and I would agree that they are quick to respond to items outside of “warranty”, but then drag their feet to get the work done. I would personally rather have a house that doesn’t have these issues instead of spending an absorbent amount of time trying to get them fixed with “excellent customer service.” ... More

When we found out my company was going remote, we immediately knew we wanted to move back to our homestate of Texas! With no geographical restrictions on where we could live, however, the propsect of finding a community and a new home was very daunting. We looked at over 100 houses across Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington and all communities therein. We are SO GLAD we found Highland Homes in the Walsh community! It was immediately apparent that the build quality was a level above the other builders we were looking at, and their whole team was friendly and responsive. Layne, our sales rep, was on call 24/7 for us and even helped us navigate the pecularities of insurance, taxes and other factors unique to Texas. We couldn't be happer and I couldn't reccomend Highland highly enough! ... More

Relocating from out of state meant we needed stronger and faster response on queries we had about the home, statuses, changes/modifications, etc. Buying process was difficult, too much confusion between Highlands (due to a lack of prompt communication), their chosen Title Company and our bank (a major credit union); this was quite a stressful situation on top of our relocation. Title company apparently made a last minute mistake on a closing doc, and we almost missed getting keys to the house on time. Literally had to sit in their offices until they corrected the issue, and they were close to closing for the day. Highlands takes the blame on that because they chose them to run Title; perhaps Highlands should look into a better title company. Moving in was rushed (lots of outstanding problems the day we took keys). Several warranty issues and “blue-tape items” persist even to this day, about 90 days after move-in. Highlands wouldn’t help with any repairs due to the winter storm. Ice Dam or other roofing issue caused interior leak on the house (60 days after moving in). Ice Dams could be caused by poor attic insulation, but despite this, Highlands won’t help or warranty the problem. Really poor experience given we just moved in here. I understand the severity of the winter storm, but we should not be experiencing ice dam problems or roofing issues 60 days after we took keys. Not acceptable. We intend on writing their corporate offices. For what we paid for the home, I definitely expect more. Almost 90 days living here and I still don’t have basic items (“paint kit”, etc) when buying a new home, and several issues are still outstanding warranty-wise. The one thing they did do well during construction was the additions we asked for. Those were well executed (water softener line, and other electrical). That said, it doesn’t make up for the rest of the experience we went through, and I can’t say my wife or I are happy with Highlands (quite upset overall actually). For being so well-reviewed and rated, we are perplexed. ... More

Do not purchase a home without the actual homebuyer approving the overall process and closing.

Trustworthiness throughout the whole process from start to finish.

Quality workmanship, efficient home is related to utilities

Very disappointed with the quality of the house.

Highland homes’ plans really stand out with the high ceiling and open floor concept.

Still waiting for a microwave trim piece, paint kit that was promised, and proof of purchase for appliances so we can get a warranty item taken care of. Going on three months now to resolve these issues !!!

2nd new home purchase and by far the quality of craftsmanship is unlike any other builder. From Sales to Design to Construction, the entire process was met with highest level of knowledge and professionalism. Customized to our wants and needs. Customer service was above and beyond anything we have seen before. As a RE agent who deals with many in the same field, Highland homes knocked it out of the park!

There’s a massive lack of detail with highland homes. Maybe it was just our experience though? We had three different building supervisors, I don’t know maybe they just didn’t care. I can walk into any room in my house and find a handful of things that are wrong. On top of that, there are a lot of things that just look sloppy. No attention to detail, they just threw everything up as fast as possible and there was no supervisor watching. For the amount of money we paid and the quality of work performed, not impressed.