Richmond American Homes Reviews in Albuquerque, NM

We were looking for homes in Los Lunas and fell in love with the model home. We also fell in love with the size of lot. It seemed to be off to great start until it wasn’t. The sales rep Claudia, gave tons of inaccurate Information to our family regarding color schemes ,materials , trim color , all the way down to the lot she said she would hold for us . After about a month of thinking the lot was held for us , when we went back to look at it Claudia took us to the WRONG lot. At this point panic set in as she held the wrong lot . Thankfully it was still available. We sat down to talk colors , and Claudia gave us the wrong color scheme 3 different times . We didn’t even have a clue what colors we were getting until they were installed . Thank goodness they were colors we approved of. We had several bumps in the road and misinformation from Claudia, and instead of taking any accountability, she was abrasive with her responses . I asked several times for her supervisor to include my realtor , and Claudia refused to supply that info. Our home is beautiful, but the superintendent literally waited to the LAST possible second to complete the home . After taping items all throughout the home , they STILL missed several key items , which after I had to hound them to compete. Be careful with sales and construction, if you do not stay on top of things daily , things won’t get done correct or timely ! I did not have this experience with other builders previously! The president and vice president are good people , but sales and construction need LOTS of work . I hope this is considered at face value as a method for Richmond to improve for future buyers to have a better experience then we did from their employees who work face to face with the customers ! ... More

The magic and the excitement of moving to a new house was replaced with disappointment and frustration. The entrance column and walls of the house were crooked, and everything that was agreed upon during the final walkthrough was not done, inspite of giving them more time to complete it. Because of this, we were not able to move in right away, and the worst thing is, we had already moved in when the repair took place. If not for Mr. Dale, we would have hated the house and Richmond for the bad expereince. It was Dale that assured us that everything in the final walkthrough list will be addressed, and anything that needs repair, we just have to email/text it to him so it can be added to the list for the warranty. We also appreciated Edgar for assisting with the needed repairs. They are such relaible guys. Kudos to Dale and Edger for assisitng us with the needed repairs and assurance that the issues will be taken cared of. The repairs are still ongoing as of this moment. ... More

do not complete sell till after inspection

You want to believe that they will help. They show you their warranties and how often they are, see it's in those forms you signed. But they said yes to all of it and that they'd take care of all of it, tomorrow.... Tomorrow comes and goes. I have waited two months (since October 2). The weather stripping on garage, stucco issues, deadbolt doesn't lock, no door on bathroom, screen door, right front window doesn't lock. You get the picture don't you? I have contacted corporate in Denver, they passed me on to Albuquerque. Guess what? They will fix it....NOT. Still waiting. How can such gross incompetence be excusable? Why not take care of the problem? I spend more time trying to chase someone down (anyone) to take care of problems then it would have taken them to fix it! It's probably a ageism issue. Ignore, the old lady she will forget all of it and it will go away. Please beware. ... More

We were pushed to close yet the house wasn’t completely ready. We have a long list of items on the final walk-through that are still pending repair. Quality of grout and tile work is terrible. Trying to coordinate getting these repairs completed has been more than frustrating. Have left here about a month and already have a hole in the side of the house that has appeared along with a giant crack down our garage wall just to name a few. Richmond blows a lot of smoke about repairs. Good luck! I was warned and I didn’t listen.

Easily the worst home I’ve ever purchased. From quality of materials, craftsmanship, and customer service. Buy elsewhere.