KB Home Reviews in Austin, TX

This was a struggle from beginning to the end! Terrible workmanship and finishing on the home. The caulking and paint job was so horrible, I’m having to call warranty office every week. I’ve already found a water leak in my kitchen within a month of moving in. My walls were cracking even before I moved in. The warranty rep for this communique has been great in responding to issues and making sure it is resolved as soon as possible but if I knew what I know now, I never would have purchased a home with KB. The construction team don’t care and they will lie their way through any questions. They are careless, and won’t own up or fix construction mistakes when you point it out. Never again! This was an expensive lesson for me. ... More

You will have to watch everything the construction crews does on the house - be an active home buyer and hold all the parties accountable. Do not sign the ready to close document until all is fixed they way you like it. If you actively involved all the little or big things can get fixed along the way. Don't let the construction crew bully you. It was less than stellar for my family and quite stressful.

We signed our contract in January and we closed on our house November 5th. Communication was a nightmare! I had to reach out to them to ask what the status was each week. Unfortunately, we were lied to about a lot of things including the corporate office/permit department dropping the ball on ordering our permit. Thankful for Russell, who got involved with us and helped smooth the process but I can’t say the same for the so strict job person Trevor who was responsible for communicating with us from the meadows. He had absolutely zero customer service skills. The biggest disappointment was the quality of work done on the walls with, texture and paint. Looks like my 6 year old did the work and it still looks horrible even after they sent some people out to apparently fix the issues. The overall quality of work was rushed and not done the way you would expect when you are paying over 300,000 for a house. Hopefully they will hire new people and not continue with the guys who were drinking on the job doing our tape and float, texture and paint work. Something definitely needs to change! I hope they fix their issues before more home owners experience what we went through! ... More

There were all sorts of mistakes throughout the construction process, a few of which were major. It was difficult to get many of these addressed at all, let alone in a timely fashion. By the time we finally closed (after the closing date had been moved back many times), most of the problems had been addressed in a fairly satisfactory manner, but some problems remain today, since we were just not able to wait any longer before closing, and fixing some of these issues would require major demolition and reconstruction (e.g. entryway walls and corners being very far out of square). Overall, we feel like we got a pretty good value for our end product, but we did not expect as many problems as we encountered along the way, or having to be so repetitive and insistent in order to get obvious problems fixed. ... More

If I want to fix all the issues in my new house, Will they have to make the house a part and put it again.

I had a great sales person who walked me through everything. Always there to answer questions.

Daniel came over a couple weeks ago and we scheduled a time to have some repair work done. I took off work for the appointment which was 1 week later and no one showed or bothered to call me.

Bought our home for the location. Not for the builder (KB). Not trying to be rude but honest. The house is one mile from our Church.

My experience with KB Homes has been a mixed bag. While there have been some positive aspects, the overall journey has been marred by several significant issues that are yet to be resolved. One of the standout problems with our KB Homes experience was the lack of transparency when it came to crucial information about our lot and an adjacent construction project. This lack of disclosure was a major disappointment, as it left us feeling like we were not adequately informed to make a decision about our purchase. Had we been given all the necessary details, we might have reconsidered our choice. Another area where KB Homes fell short of expectations was in the craftsmanship of our new home. We have experienced more issues in this brand-new home than we did with our previous builder, Meritage. This speaks to a potential lapse in quality control and attention to detail during the construction process, which is concerning when investing in a new property. On a more positive note, we do appreciate the layout and design of our KB home. It's clear that thought went into creating a functional and appealing living space, and this aspect of the home has been a redeeming factor in an otherwise lackluster experience. In conclusion, our experience with KB Homes has been characterized by a lack of transparency, disappointing craftsmanship, and ongoing issues. While the layout and design of our home are pleasing, these positives are overshadowed by the negatives we have encountered throughout our journey with KB Homes. It is my hope that the company can address these issues promptly and improve its overall customer experience moving forward. ... More

I like my new house, but I cannot deny that it has a lot of paint and finish details, it has a problem in the bathroom plumbing which flows into the garage, they broke the wall and left it that way and they still haven't repaired it, I don't I can't and I don't have time to be calling and writing to the repair technician, the yard is old and damaged and still hasn't settled, compared to other new houses that have not yet been delivered, they glued the bathroom floor cover badly and it's peeling off , I need pest control, and many details that I still have no answer

Bad response on issues. Very late response even after multiple follow up.

From the sticker in our attic window, our warped stairs, cracked cabinets and leaking backdoor. We feel overwhelmed with the large and small issues. I'm disappointed with the quality in the carpet and bath/shower combo. Our grass in the back yard is muddy an uneven. The quality of our home did not meet the value of what I paid for the home. Carpet with no padding is coming up on the stairs, our cabinets still have a spit, what we were showed in demo to our $3000+ tub shower combo was extremely misrepresented. The communication between our builder to us and the rest of Kb was terrible. Deb was amazing giving us the start of our home, however the design studio and what the builders presented was night and day. ... More

Overall buying a KB Home house has been good, selecting the plot and model was easy. Then came the selections at the home studio, it was ok, there were some selections that they offered and some they did not offer but then when the building process began those items that were offered were taken away with the explanation of "Oh we don't offer that at that location/anymore ect." The items that the home studio said were not available I have seen on several of the other homes, it seems like no one know what was supposed to be offered. Then there were changes made some were beneficial others annoying. The build, you can tell that the builder(s) and contractors rushed through some areas more than others the quality shows and its little simple things. On a daily basis we continue to find things that were not finished or rigged to look finished. Some warranty things have been taken care of however the contractors show up do have the work leave then come out another day do a little work here and there, so you have to take time off work and rearrange your schedule for things that should have been taken care of from the start. Over all the whole buying a home with KB has been good, that being said it could have been much better. ... More

The main reasons for the scores mentioned above was due to the quality of the work that went into building the house.

Sales was rude, unresponsive and apathetic. The construction crew was not much better. There were several items that were not broken or not properly installed that they tried to hide as if I would not notice. The only positive was the finance team.

I understand our initial consultation guy got laid off, so none of our initial issues are fixed. We are now in warranty and have had a major plumbing leak that we've already cut thru walls and have fans in our house for a week, not happy. I still have paint touch ups (inside&outside) nails sticking out, repaint in certain areas, recaulking around windows (sloppy job). Everyone at KB is nice, but getting no immediate help on getting my house 100% after sale.

Where to start... contractor team doesn’t listen to concerns, cheap material used, landscaping is terrible. Started out great then the lack of communication got worse rushed everything after my concerns started to show. Have a ton of items still to get fixed under warranty.

horrible workmanship. unfinished touches on the home. driveway and garage foundation already cracking before moving in amongst many other things. staff is nice but unfortunately building houses fast in mass equals low quality of the property.

I’m appalled at the fact that in the last few weeks it’s either my water heater stops working or my thermostat shuts down or my range shuts down the breaker and I have to boil waters in kettles in a brand new home

We still have so much work left to do, we have a whole framing work in the front, a shower door that still needs to be replaced, cabinet replacement, floorboard work upstairs, floor work downstairs, and plugs not working in multiple places. These are big projects to fix after we moved in, especially since they were supposed to get fixed before when we had an inspection done. I first praised George for helping to give us a garage for the opener and helping with the move-in date. But I can't overlook to constant issues and I have been disappointed. I have always heard things about KB Home or houses similar to KB, proving the rumors right. I am a first-time buyer and I would not want an experience like this for anyone. ... More

We were reluctant to build with KB based on others' experiences we'd heard about, but in a tight housing market, we decided that it was the easiest way to get a house in the location we wanted for a reasonable price. The sales experience was fine. The design studio process was unnecessarily confusing and time-consuming because they use software from the 1990s (I'm talking green type on a black screen) that makes it take forever for the consultant to give you the price for something and ultimately build the order. Our first consultant made several key errors. We complained about this and the manager did our final appointment (via Google hangout due to COVID). She was great, but after our home was in the build process I really wish she (or someone) had walked us through the lighting locations. We ended up with a lot less overhead lighting than we would have chosen if we knew how few lights they would provide. The build process itself was not well-supervised. Subcontractors installed broken cabinets and then the construction manager had them patched up later. Our window wells are uneven so our blinds fit well at the top of the window but not at the middle or bottom. This is a framing error. I could go on, but basically anything we didn't upgrade was inferior and even some of the stuff we did upgrade wasn't the quality I would have chosen. We've found a lot of mistakes in the couple months we've lived here. Nothing we can't either fix or live with. Not sure another Austin-area builder would have done a better job as they all use the low bidder subcontractors. Thankfully my husband is super handy. Be prepared to watch everything, spend the money on a 3rd party inspector, and then set aside a couple thousand dollars to make your home what you want it to be. ... More

This is our 2nd KB Home - there are pros and cons to everything Pros - more square footage for the price and great location - no doubt about it However more cons than pros.... Cons - Craftsmanship is not great quality as it used to be - rushed, quick builds are more about QUANTITY AND NOT QUALITY Customer service is not that great - needs much improvement Hire cheap labor workers - get what you pay for, sad but true. We hesitated to give any reviews and give them a chance to help fix and make things right but when you keep getting these requests to submit surveys, on the daily and weekly - just going to have to be honest and truthful. 1st - we were told and advised that build time was 9 months to a year. "Just sign a year lease to be on the safe side." THANK GOODNESS we only signed 10 - month lease. EVEN THEN - we were told it was going to be completed 6 months sooner. We can't afford to break the lease on top of paying for higher mortgage! After back-and-forth negotiations, they still would not help us but wait. there's more. We will come back to this later. At this point - we were so stressed out and caused a lot of pain and heartache with non-stop bickering with my spouse, but we pushed through. 2nd - during the build - went from 1st foreman to another. During this transition - right after Insulation had been installed all around the house - everything was tight fitting, pretty and snug - No insulation was missing - we even asked if we could add more to certain areas while introducing ourselves to the new foreman - he said yes. so, we did. When we came back next week, the sheet rock people had already started - at this time it was only the top half around the house, we walked around the house - there were cigarette butts on our sheet rock, and there was insulation stuffed under the staircase void. We asked the foreman where the insulation came from, and at this time we were concerned about missing insulation where we can't see since half of the walls were already walled up. He said he would ask and talk to the sheet rock supervisor. All because we asked a legitimate question - coincidentally we came afterwork to walk through and check our progress - come to find urine in two different rooms that had spread to our framing and joining / connected rooms - we took pictures and immediately called the foreman. He stated that we cannot just say it's urine - we'll have to check for water leakage - so he had the plumber come out and do testing - EVERYTHING WORKED FINE - found NO LEAKS. at this time my spouse is crying because of anger and frustration - first new build and to have to deal with someone urinating in our house is unacceptable. Told our sales rep. and sent pics and e-mail. Nothing was done about this except they had to clean it and sanitize the framing. This is unacceptable - who knows how many other people's homes have been urinated in if they're not able to watch their house being built from ground up. FINE - we let it roll off our backs. They've lost our complete trust because of this. Back to closing date - only reason why they even gave us an opportunity to extend our closing date was because of this urine issue and the fact that we were told it would take longer to build and were advised to sign a year lease which we didn't thank goodness - No ONE Even knew about the urine issue we had experienced a couple months back at this point. The GM didn't even know he was baffled and shocked to hear this had happened. He helped to accommodate our needs to extend as we couldn't break our lease which we were thankful and appreciative of. Fast forward to closing date - we did a walk through and had agreed to sign and close on the house but in return things that needed to be completed would be completed - DO NOT DO THIS!!! MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS COMPLETED PRIOR TO CLOSING. FAST FORWARD -- so many other issues afterwards - we have just moved in this month - so far, we are now on Warranty rep number 3 Let me tell you - we have not had great customer service so far -- 1st guy (Matt) met us in person - we did not have much time to go over things that were not completed so we showed him the things that were high priority - as we talked about setting up time for appointment - we had discussed PM and NOT AM - better to take the latter half and rest of the day off than to stress out about not making it to work on time. Finally, the day has come - My spouse is out of town for work. Here I am sitting at the house waiting for the painter and framer to come - texted Matt to let him know I will be here from 1 - 6 he responds with a thumbs up. (Thinking to myself - what the heck is the thumbs up for) does that mean he's saying Ok or everything is good?? fast forward to 4:30 - no one has showed up yet, messaged him again - he finally responds with well they came earlier this morning but no one was home... WHAT??!!!! we scheduled for PM not AM - I just wasted my time off that I can't get back, his response was Must have been a miscommunication. -- Instead of apologizing for the mishap, he pretty much blamed us. WHY would we take off morning half and stress out about getting to work on time and not just take the afternoon half off? My spouse was really upset - when I told her --- she's already dealing with work, she's exhausted and now she's having to call Matt as well. --- Next day, we get a text stating that Matt has been moved to another community. WOW. Go figure Kelly would be our CSR -- let me tell you - his communication skills are not great; he gives you ultimatums instead of asking you when your next availability is or what would work best with your schedule. We asked if he would kindly meet with us so we can do a meet and greet and show him things that needed to be completed but never got completed, would not even give you the time or day! He states he's only in the community Tuesdays and Thursdays. NO MORE SPACE TBC ... More

house was not ready when stated it was.

Elegimos esta compañía de construcción porque nos daba a escoger cada uno de los detalles que queríamos para nuestra vivienda , eso nos hacía muy feliz. Con respecto al personal y servicio al cliente , no puedo quejarme , realmente ellos atendieron y aún atienden cada una de nuestras llamas e inquietudes . Con respecto a la mano de obra , una porquería , dejaron tantas imperfecciones en mi casa que no puedo explicar , incluso después de realizar la última caminata . Llevo un mes viviendo mi casa y ya está llena de grietas en bornes por todos lados . Dejaron clavos en los marcos de las puertas por lo que eso rompió nuestra puerta principal . El llavín de la puerta está torcido , en fin innumerables defectos que se podían haber corregido . Por eso doy 2 estrellas porque a pesar de que el trato al cliente es magnífico, pienso que lo más importante es la mano de obra de la casa que se va a vivir y es desastrosa . Todo está mal terminado , para el precio que costo lo casa , pensé no tener que hacer nada en ella y ahora ando retocando gritas por todos lados aunque se que la vas puede moverse un poco hasta que se quede fija en el suelo pero igual , es demasiado , se que es mal trabajo porque estuve viendo cada detalle de mi casa desde que comenzó la construcción ... More

All staff needs to communicate with buyer more often.