Richmond American Homes Reviews

With any large transaction you are going to have some issues along the way. But one thing that I felt confident about along the way, was that those issues would get solved. Travis was always a phone call away and willing to help or point me in the right direction anytime I needed anything. The loan team (Jenn Fuggi) did a good job breaking things down for us so we could understand our options. This was our first home, so it was a bit overwhelming ant first, but Travis and Jen helped calm us down and Keep us on pace. Overall I felt satisfied with the experience.

Go through your home with a fine tooth comb, there were a lot of things that were not properly done and covered up, things like chipped tiles that had been painted ect. If we were to do it over again we would definitely hire a home inspector to help identify deficiencies up front.

Experience with the Builder Superintendent Was Not Good

We love our home beautiful home and it’s in a beautiful area in Black Ridge Cove. We love the deck and terrace, size of rooms, etc., but as a spec home there are things we couldn’t give input on through the building process. There appears to be a clear emphasis on speed of subcontractor work and not quality. The floating floor was not checked to ensure that it was cut close enough to the walls so that when the floor moldings were installed, the ends were covered. The floor moulding subcontractor also didn’t pause when they clearly saw that the floor was cut short, so now we have several areas where the floor is cut short of the moldings and are still waiting for resolution of the issues more than a month after closing. Shouldn’t someone inspect the work at each stage to ensure it meets a certain standard? Other issues that are head scratchers include no light over the sink and not installing lights over the kitchen island. I realize that an electrical line was put in the ceiling so that we could install them ourselves and choose between two or three lights, but that doesn’t seem like the right thing to cut costs on. At my age it’s difficult to install lights over a large kitchen island with 10 foot ceilings. I have to put a ladder on the island to reach the ceiling. The other thing I would have done differently is to put the light by the door to the garage on a separate switch from the can lights in the family room. The light is primarily used for the closet by the door, but when you turn it on to get a coat from the closet, you also turn on the 4 can lights over the family room. That makes you not want to turn that light on if others are watching tv in the evening. Did they talk to anyone who had actually lived in a home before designing the lighting? ... More

Better don’t go to Richmond preferred lender. It’s a life long traumatic experience. They operate with a selfish, customer don’t care approach. It’s haunting and my body became weak due to huge stress.

Straightforward experience. We utilized the broker from Richmond American. It was a very big purchase and I'm disappointed there was no real home warming gift besides a keychain. The house when we toured it was basically finished and the builders prioritized other homes to put up. While sitting there were multiple things in the house they had to come back to finish such as handles on the cabinet.

The house itself was delivered ok. The workmanship was less than stellar. When we did the final walkthrough we placed lots of blue tape but maybe 10% was fixed and then the clean up was terrible. When you move into a new home you shouldn’t have to clean up before moving in. We found lots of drywall dust in wall and trim throughout the home. The front door looks terrible with bubbling paint and streaks. The painters were sent back but it looks worse now. When we did the 30 day checkup she assured us that it will be taken care of. I really like the home but the little things make it hard to be happy about paying so much for a house. When everything is completely taken care of then I’m sure I will feel better about things. ... More

You are getting a nice, quickly built new construction home, but ... the appliances are crazy cheap and garage walls move when opening and closing the side door. What other quality issues exist under the surface?

Everyone has been busy here, clearly taking on a lot of work. I have seen this before in new home construction. Things get overlooked, not done at all, or flat forgotten about. I am thankful for James, our warranty contact, as he has done a lot for us. We have a long way to go to be fully happy, but we will get there. Praise The Lord for everyone’s hard work here, before, during, and after the builds.

Great pair of dudes here. This is my first home and although the process was overwhelming at times, these two gentlemen made it a little better. Overall I have enjoyed our new home. Some issue still to be dealt with but I know the team will get them done. The one thing I will say is training needs to be done on the sprinkler systems. We could have avoided some issues with a better review of the equipment. Jim even came by to address an issue and still didn’t get it resolved. That’s my only complaint. As I said some items will still need to be tended to but I’m positive the team will get it done. ... More

Selena the sales agent was very knowledgeable and very helpful with the buying process she made it very easy and put all my worries aside

During the punch walk , we found issues and later some of the things were fixed but not all, had to wait a month because the kitchen drawer was never attached and my mom fell back and hurt herself, another was the kitchen knob, all has been resolved except for the dead tree on the front yard, that should’ve been and still should be replaced by Richmond, but myself and kids love our new home.

Sales representatives, Chris, helps us a lot, and very responsible. Location is good and some of house design is good. The building workers are bad, quality of overall finishing is poor, finding a lot of small issues after move in . Warranty service is bad.

Cindy DeValle may the whole experience great without the purchase would have never happened John made walk through easy. The old saying you get what you pay for. I think quality on products in house could be better than what you represent in retail numbers you have a huge buying power for your products. Also your 24 hour policy is terrible with closing escrow arranging move un your expected to get problems reported and then you say it takes 10 days to schedule for problem to get resolve. Jennifer is great at getting problems done. Except you only had 24 hours to report. If you asked would I buy this home again I would honestly say NO. That came with finishes picked and no offer to change anything cost me a lot to make my home . Please better quality quartz that’s the biggest thing for me the quality of the workmanship mainly rough edges can’t be address because I noticed past the 24 hours. Plus had crushed ducting if it weren’t for hiring electrician to wire my spa would have never known it has been resolved took 3 weeks since filing an issue. ... More

This is difficult because not every team should be grouped into a rating whereby their performance and responsiveness is tallied with other groups that do not meet a certain standard. The volume that each team has to handle and move production through the process should not be measured collectively nor grouped with another team whose standards fall short of client expectations. Ratings above need to be grouped into the different teams so each team can be rated accordingly. Overall the Sales team, Design Center, and Finance Teams met our expectations and were an absolute pleasure to work with but once production began, Line Production fell short. Knowing that the vendor / contractors in which Richmond contracts with are an absolute representation of the workmanship and quality standards I hold Richmond to, make your vendor / contractors accountable. If I have an issue with quality and craftsmanship so should Richmond. I shouldn’t have to concede to and/or lower my standards because it is a burden to a Richmond representative or that he/she is just Reluctant to Resolve in managing the quality issues I have with the final product. Defend your clients, not your contractors. Hold them to the same standards of quality and craftsmanship I bought into during the initial purchase phase, especially when thousands of dollars are invested in with upgrades and higher quality materials. ... More

It sounds frustrating that the promised gutter and other items weren't addressed before closing. I have contacted the superintendent to express my concerns and inquire about getting these issues resolved. Nothing has been done yet.

This was my FIRST home buying experience and it went fairly easily. The sales team was exceptional, the loan team was okay, the building team was also fine. The loan team had some gaps in communication throughout the process due to their volume of applicants. The construction team also felt pressed for time and breezed through the inspection but they completed most of the adjustments.

Overall I had a moderately good experience. I do feel like I had to stay on top of the builder to make sure most of the outstanding items were followed up on before the closing date which I didn't expect with such a short closing period before the holidays. There were also a lot of nails and materials left in the backyard which I didn't anticipate. In general the sales office was helpful and my builder contacts were mostly responsive. I do feel they would of been more attentive if I was able to review their work more often but unfortunately I don't live in the state so that wasn't an option. ... More

Deb is always on top of everything. I always got answer and help from her during the purchasing process. After moving into the new house, she still provide help to us.

Good attention and service from sales staff. Responses on time but not always with solutions. Average quality homes in general. Lack of clarify on timeline, like closing date. Lack of communication in some aspects.

We signed for an already started Richmond spec house in June. 2023. Promised to be completed in Aug. 2023, but delayed to what ever the reason is! By the promised time we sold our house by Richmond provided agency and paid rent until the new Richmond home is completed and closed on Oct. 31st. I requested Jaci to consider reimbursement of the rent amount ($3700), but she declined it.

Rob, the superintendent we had in the beginning was absolutely amazing! He provided updates every week on the home building process for us. Alex was our rep was absolutely outstanding with how he handles business and makes the process so smooth. Towards the end of the home building process, we got a new superintendent named John. John lacked communication and hardly ever responded to text messages. He would always tell us text messages were the best way to reach him but never responded back. It got to the point that we had to reach out to Alex numerous times to get a response back from John. There were multiple minimal things that needed to be done with our home. Every time we ask John about updates on when the house damages will be fixed, he always either does not respond to the question or doesn’t respond at all. It’s extremely frustrating. We have been in our home for almost a month now and the damages are still sitting all over our home. We love our home but the lack of effort and communication from John is poor. ... More

Things that were pointed out during the walk through were said to have been fixed but they were not. When asking to resolve these issues nothing has come of it. They say they will fix it but fail to give a time frame on when making us think it will never be fixed. Corners were cut during the building process that we have noticed after living here for a month.

Too many little issues We will see how they are handled

The house buying process was overall smooth and without difficulty however; there are still some unresolved issues with the house that haven't been addressed in a satisfactory time frame. Hopefully Richmond Amercian will come through with their end of the deal and fix the requests I submit. Again, I am happy with Paul and John for their help in these matters.