K. Hovnanian® Homes Reviews in Cleveland, OH

This is a production builder. The emphasis is creating a stream-lines process to build a home in the fastest time possible. That is a good thing, just know that the selections are extremely limited and once you have made your selections, there is no turning back.For the most part, employees were helpful and easy to work with. When adjustments and remediation were needed on the house, they were completed in a timely manner.

Woodwork was poor! Way too much caulking to cover up too long/too short cuts and gaps. Electrical was barely adequate and placement of receptacles and switches should really be done BEFORE they’re installed. Feel like not nearly enough pride was taken by the various subcontractors, especially for the price point of these homes!

Overall, we are satisfied with our new house. However, I feel that our concerns were not heard throughout the building process. Once our house was complete, there were multiple issues that still have not been fixed because we were passed on to the service department. It feels that as soon as we signed the final documents, the customer service went away.

Sales person was awesome. Warranty dept. Has been nothing but broken promise after broken promise. Not one item on a long list has really been addressed yet. After they receive the check, they forget about the new homeowner. It has been very frustrating to say the least, nothing like what was promised.

This process started out great. It was quick and painless. As we got into the build things started to go wrong time after time. Things such as our basement flooding 2 separate times due to errors made by the contractors. For us to then move in and still have a thick layer of mud/dust from the mud all over our basement. We had to fight to have the concrete replaced for our driveway because it was so rippled it would have been destroyed in a few short years. We had cracks on our step for our porch, which were still not fixed properly. We reached out to our building manager for a few simple things once the home closed, and have yet to have these items corrected. Our furnace wouldn’t turn on the first cold day of the season and we called the emergency line for them to tell us we had to wait multiple days for the heating company to come out and they’d call to have it scheduled, but when we called the company to follow up because we hadn’t heard from them 24 hrs later they said they heard nothing from KHovnanian to schedule them to come out. This process started great and ended with a bad taste in our mouth. Although we love our home, the process to get to here was more stressful then we expected. The many errors that occurred throughout the process were careless errors that could have been prevented with more attention to detail. Would we recommend your build to someone else? I wouldn’t say we wouldn’t because the home is much nicer then most local builders, but we will be sure to explain our struggles throughout this process. ... More

House was delayed 3 weeks, which was an issue for multiple reasons. 1) Almost no communication from the construction manager, and sales agent who promised us we would be taken care of since we were moving from out of state; 2) because of the delay, since we were moving from out of state we had to find lodging during the interim since we timed our previous home sale to the promised delivery date; and 3) previous house closed the Wed after Thanksgiving and the so called "Gold Key" turnover was on 21 Dec. As you can imagine there was not much time for a thorough inspection (not that it appeared the builder had done one) and we are still finding issues. Some issues were initially hidden by the dirst and debris left behind. Sad, very sad. ... More

We do like our new home but unfortunately there is zero response to issues. I would expect some issues but a timely response would go a long way. A brick fell off the house several weeks ago and it’s still sitting there. We moved in on March 1st and still do not have a graded yard or any communication as to why newer homes around us have been graded/seeded and ours is still dirt. Everyone has garage door hardware but not us. Some not exterior painting was completely missed and left untouched. That’s not a huge deal but it’s adding to our irritation. I would recommend NOT closing until everything is completely done! ... More

Lies, shady tactics, and false promises. Offer ZERO options, no follow through, once you sign you are immediately forgotten about. Will never recommend KHov nor will I ever build with KHov again

First we bought the home as we were moving from different state to Ohio and did video walk through and of course the faults of the home were not shown or discussed! Second when I inquired about why there was no deck on the back of the house I was told “we don’t build decks you will have to subcontract that out” However when I arrived to the community I seen decks built on other homes and they’re all exactly the same and clearly built by KHOV and when I inquired why we were not offered that I was told, “ we don’t build them on Spec homes “ if we did it for you you could not move In until January. It does NOT take 5 months to build a deck.! The center island in kitchen shakes as well as Mitch floor due to structural design flaw with no I beam. Also our lawn is not a lawn by any standards and has many wholes and zero good soil and old fill/clay dirt. There are many more issues and I am deciding on course of action to take. ... More

The framers were fantastic. Most of the contractors are garbage. When we moved into our home we found we had a water pressure issue after new lawn install builder blames city city blames builder still no fix. Many small drywall issues never fixed. And still missing light fixtures in the home a month after closing.

Our project managers made this a negative experience. Issues came up and it took longer than expected for them to be resolved. It was clear that nobody checked the work before our walk through because we had to point out major and minor issues, I thought that was there job and we were supposed to walk through to make sure everything looked good. One major issue is our garage door wouldn’t shut all the way and did not open or close properly and this was brushed off that it was fine. We weren’t able to use the hand rail on the stairs without it giving us splinters it was so rough. The stone on the fireplace was not finished. Our front door did not open or close properly. I also don’t think it should be the homeowners job to inspect every single room for paint mistakes and every single window to make sure they open easily. Issues were also brought up at the walk through that either weren’t addressed or they were addressed after we moved in. We were also told a cleaning crew had been in even though the floors were covered in dirt. My husband was told in person we received a new furnace filter but the one we have was never replaced with a new one prior to moving in (still hasn’t been replaced). On top of that after we moved in it took them about two weeks to move a portapotty off of our property. I had brought this up to them about a week after moving in and it took multiple texts asking it for it to be moved before anything was actually done. Our managers could have easily moved this themselves after being told once since they walk past it everyday, but a few weeks went by before moving it 10 feet across the street. Pleased with our home, but not pleased by the way these mangers blew concerns off they were advised of and the lack of care they had. hopefully they learn how to prepare future homes before a walk thru and cater to the buyer considering how much money were all spending on these homes. ... More

Horrible quality of workmanship and cheap products put on home

We purchased our home approximately 6 weeks ago, and we are still struggling to address issues that were noted during walkthroughs months in advance of the home sale. The responsiveness of the team has been slow, and has led to significant frustrations during an already stressful moving period. Each individual that we've worked with has been pleasant and understanding, but the team as a whole has been a bit of a let-down.

In the beginning there was a lot of support. Once the contract was signed and the home building was moving along that changed. I was being put in the middle between the home builder, construction manager and finance company. I had one person tell me to get with the other and there was a serious lack of communication. It was not a pleasant experience. Also when I moved into the home, the floors were still very dirty and had sticky residue on the floors from the adhesive used to lay the floor. The basement had water backed up prior to me moving in and now the floor in the basement is still extremely direct and I cannot get the crud from the flooding off the floor. My yard grade was absolutely horrid and I had to deal with the inspector coming out to the house 3-4 times because the builder was not responsive to the request of the grating being corrected. The house still has the black driveway barriers there as I could not lift out of my yard as it’s too heavy. The backyard still has debris which is a safety hazard. ... More

Whenever there is something wrong that they need to fix they do not fix it. You get blown off every time and get the run around.

I would just like my back yard fixed. Back yard need properly graded

Contractors did minimum work to get the job done. The designs are nice. Be over the top on checking in on your house. Even after you are things will still not be done correctly. Communication will not be great either.

Review every detail before signing. We thought we were getting 2 basement windows. Had 1 standard and 1 egress. Removed egress before submitting since we are not putting bedroom in basement and thought we were getting at least 2 standards. Upon receiving blueprint, only 1 window and had to call sales to ask where the basement windows were located on blueprints. Sales said only 1 and we could not add any further windows as it was past 5 days. Model shows master shower in one location, when receiving blue print, the shower was behind the door to enter the bathroom and the doors swing into each other and sales/cad would not change. They said these were final blueprints although they were the first and only set of blueprints we received and they would not correct them. These items were not our doing but we were stuck. This was a disappointment not getting what we wanted and what we assumed we were getting. Upgraded to maple cabinets, however, cabinets installed are particle board and laminate covering maple. All cabinets need replaced as they are chipped, broken and peeling before we moved in; very cheap quality. The carpenters used giant oversized nails around all door trim, looks terrible as even with fill/paint can see giant holes. All corners of baseboards are jagged not cut correctly. They tried to caulk them and made it worst. Very poor quality of entire home. Paid for tv pre-wire and requested to contractor and design center that it be placed on right of fireplace and it was installed incorrectly on the left and contractor did not communicate to tech that we paid for electronic box in basement; we waited about 3 weeks after move in to have it installed. Per blueprint, outlet in entryway, but is missing. Punch list was not done when we moved in and still waiting a month later. Damaged materials were used as baseboards, door frames, porch materials with gouges and construction attempted to patch them instead of replacing with undamaged. small things are normal, but the kitchen cabinets are a huge issue, did not get what we paid for and most need replaced. Design center needs to inform customers they are not getting solid wood cabinets even if you upgrade. Only good thing is the sales lady is kind and patient, construction manager came over to fix handrailing and screw somethings in after we moved in, and warranty department responded quickly. People are nice but quality and communication not so great. ... More

Sales was amazing!! Design was great!!! Everything after that was awful. No one was on the same page, responsiveness was not timely at all nor was the care of the customer...who is funding the whole project! There was no way the customer could make any changes but if the builder made a change there was no communication regarding it to the customer. Builder was more loyal to contractors who had an extremely low level skill than they were for the customer.

Very cheap materials used. Final grading has debris that is left behind from construction including slate rock; yard is unusable unless you have an extra $10k to put into your yard so you can grow grass. Warranty department seems to take complaints personal; the main person seems to be more administrative than knowledgeable on home repairs/issues. There’s no communication on when things will be done and if they give you a date, they don’t follow it at all. There seems to be no leadership and no inspections after each trade. Spend your money elsewhere!

A lot of things were told to me that were not correct! A lot of offers and other information was left out.

Do not ask me to do this again. There is nothing inappropriate in my review. You don't want to put it on website because of the horrible experience we have endured. No one has contacted us to see what went wrong and there is a lot!!

Workmanship on all interior areas is exceedingly poor (fit & finish, molding for both floor & door trim, painting, lighting, cabinetry). All construction work felt rushed with inexperienced or incompetent trades in all areas. After this experience, would not recommend K Hovnanian for new home construction in any manner.

At time of purchase everything sounds perfect: the price, the options, the final product. The selection of structural options is not the worst but not the best. ie. you can add a door to the garage but can’t change the location of that door along the same wall. The selection of interior finishes was good. Our interior designer was excellent at pointing out what options were a good choice. During the pre construction meeting we establish how the process would go and were told we could visit any time we wanted without interfering with the construction process, which is understandable. Construction was ahead of schedule in which you pay the price with the poor workmanship. We paid for upgrades to base trims and cabinets. What we got were scratched cabinets because of poor handling, poor finish on corners on trims. When we pointed it out we were told the final product would look perfect. To not focus on the ugly duck phase of the construction. You can put all the caulk you want but if it’s not cut or installed correctly it will still look bad. And yes the final product looks bad. Windows were installed with defects. If we didn’t point them out and ask for the construction manager to verify with the manufacturer we would still have bad windows. Building materials... we had some studs that didn’t look good and some were cracked. We were told that the cracked ones were going to be fixed by adding a support, we don’t have any evidence this was done, since when it was repaired no pics were taken and sent to us and the drywall was put almost immediately to keep schedule. The stud that looked rotten, we were told it wasn’t to be replaced since it wasn’t a bearing member it was just for drywall purposes. I don’t agree with that but still no change. We selected granite countertops, the supplier got a bad batch, we were notified and a change order was done. Kudos to our interior designer. The poor workmanship in this house can be seen since you enter the front door. The spray painted door has spots on the underseam that you can see wasn’t painted correctly. The base trim inside and outside corners are awful between chipped, not squared, “ fixed” with caulk and painted over leaves a lot to be desired. Some were replaced after pointing out, we could still see the damage caused by the installing crew. Chipped tiles “fixed” with caulk, drywall holes fixed with mud and being painted over skipping the sanding process. This would’ve been a great experience if it wasn’t for the lack of carefulness in workmanship. We pointed all of this and we were simply told it was part of the process and it was what it was, but they “want to make you happy!” We got our windows replaced, and many other things got fixed. Kudos to our construction manager for that. If you are buying from any production builder, USE a realtor! The main things I got from dealing with K.Hov are the following: 1. Build it fast, don’t worry about cosmetics; 2. Build it good enough to pass inspections, don’t worry about cosmetics; 3. Selling to client that visits at home site can happen at any time as long as not interfering with subcontractors and in the presence of K.Hov representative. At times it would take up to a week to get a reply, meanwhile construction is moving forward and client doesn’t get to have a chance to inspect the home; 4. Client is not allowed to receive the house plans, so client has no way to know if everything was built according to the plan; my front patio is off centered by 3 inches. I’m wonder what the plan shows....; 5. Client is being promised house is being inspected on daily basis. Possibly True, but what is being inspected is that the construction process is moving forward in accordance to schedule. Quality inspection, if done, is insufficient, that explains why client finds so many defects; 6. I believe the GKO gives 2 hours time frame to rush client through the whole house. Any house inspector can tell you 2 hours is not enough time to do a proper inspection. I wonder if that’s done intentionally so client doesn’t have enough time to finds defects......; 7. Closing day is scheduled to happen a week after the GKO. Knowing the amount of things that needed to be fixed we knew a week was not going to be enough time to take care of everything,and that’s exactly what happened. We met at closing and the house still had many things that were not taken care of. We were asked if we believed the house was substantially finished and if we could sign off the remaining papers. It that how K. Hov sells homes? I would think the correct way to sell a house is to have everything repaired, including cosmetics, before closing; 8. Now that closing has happened, and I have the keys, I’ve had the unpleasant inconvenience to take time off from work several times to make myself available to let K. Hov subcontractors come in the house to fix things that were noticed before and after closing, for example hot water running into a toilet, kitchen cabinets were not installed according to kitchen design plan, crack in master bedroom ceiling, etc In my opinion we could have avoided all these problems if K.Hov put more effort in quality control and didn’t mind spending some extra cash by hiring extra personnel helping to oversee the construction process, use better workmanship and higher grade material. I had one main request from the beginning: take your time when building my house, so you build it right. Nobody cares, everyone is in a hurry to get the job done and move to the next one, and the client suffers the consequences. I praise the hard work the construction manager, interior designer and sales representative put in, not K.Hov culture. ... More

Terrible experience. Would not recommend.