Richmond American Homes Reviews

Over all not to bad. Still have a hand full of small things that need to be fixed

Purchasing was fine. The readiness for walk-through was an issue twice. The first time I verified on Friday that the house would be ready Monday. I was traveling from 10 hours away to get there. When I arrived they were framing the driveway to be poured and there was still work to be done inside. The second time it was still not totally done and we discovered that where there was supposed to be an 8 ft french door per the JIO, there was a 5 ft empty opening. I closed anyway thinking it would be handled quickly. I have been out once since then and it wasn't done yet. At that time I also discovered with the help of Richmond staff that there was no modem in the utility closet to set up internet. I plan to be there the week of Thanksgiving for most of the move-in and I have no idea if it's been resolved yet. ... More

The appliances were great also the floor plan and front yard and irrigation and plants. Driveway very nice. Great view. The painting and wall work were below standard. very sloppy and not done w care. Looked like very rushed job. Hose to vent dryer missing. Windows filthy. Follow up slow Thank you to allow us this opportunity to share our experience anonymously

Make sure that EVERYTHING is fixed or finished BEFORE you sign the closing papers. Because after that nothing gets fixed.

The superintendent Eric was excellent. Very thorough and responsive.

Love my home however we did 2 walkthroughs prior to close to make a list of things that needed to be addressed. None of those things have been addressed. Despite the “ warranty” I cannot get anyone to answer me. I have called, put work orders in and I am ignored. I have a door that won’t even close! Overall I do love my house but do not sign closing documents until everything is correct. You will never hear from them again

This is my second home, but first time with Richmond. Sales representative is great. I appreciate Brad for his prompt replies and sharing progress every week. Construction manager was responsive to the issues reported to him with immediate actions. I am yet to evaluate with the warranty guys as I will need them very soon for the recently discovered construction issues. Overall not a bad experience but could have been better if Richmond had a better policy about after sales and service. This is not people problem, but the Company policy. Problem:. Most of the buyers will have trouble finding drywall's/paint issues during inspection causing them to live or fix their own. Richmond doesn’t provide warranty on drywall and paint which is standard with all the builders. BUT, Most of the other builders provide a couple of “free hours” for paint/drywall post closing, but Richmond just wants you to live with that. This could have been better with Richmond to have a best customer experience. ... More

If you don’t do any upgrades the quality of material used is very cheap. A lot of simple mistakes are made. Seems like they rush through the process of building these houses. In our experience we had a leak, excess foundation, solar panel box put on wrong, flooring was scratched, carpet was lumpy and you could see the seems, breakers tripping and paint that needed to be redone. They give you a matte finish which scratches and stains very easily. Overall I am happy with my home, just wish everything was done right from the start. It’s a hassle trying to get all these issues fixed while moving in and getting acclimated to your new home. ... More

The overall look of the home is very nice.. The finishing touches that were done was sloppy and careless in regards to the drywall and painting.

Not too happy with certain problems that I have encountered and still dealing with. I would have hoped for a better experience with the final walkthrough and fewer house problems.

Low quality material repair work are to hard to get done bathrooms are ridiculously small very very unsatisfied.

After submitting warranty issues, have received very poor response to getting items fixed.

Quick and easy experience for home purchase

It was okay, not superior or poor.

The roof line looks like it has speed bumps in it. Speaking to neighbors I learned everyone has issues. The walk thru was a joke. Andrew was like, "We aren't fixing that." All houses have been sold and the retaining ponds are horrible. Full of trash and debris. My house humidity runs around 75-85% due to fresh air return not working. I've been in my home 30 days and had to clean out my gutters. They were clogged solid on inspection and they told us that it wasn't their problem. They were not cleaning them. The warranty people told me that they would take care of it but never showed up. It's a beautiful home. But build quality isn't very good. ... More

Hold them to dates they promise and have an external inspector to find all the issues behind the walls and electrical.

When we first moved in some of the electrical did not work. But the main problem we have is the HVAC system, I thought that with this much square footage of living space, that Richmond would do different control for the 2 different levels of the house. But now we’re stuck with the house only heating in the second level and no so much in the main level. And even their HVAC guy that came in when I requested to inspect it said that, it’s a very poor design. Our first month bill for our gas was ridiculous as the heating kept running and running, cause the house ain’t proportionate when is heating. I feel like they cut corners on this to save a few hundreds and it’s costing us. ... More

We had the Best sales person Elisa. That really cared about our home purchase . She kept us up to date with progress of home being built. She was very helpful with all of our questions. She alone has saved any value that Richmond home has to my wife and I. We found our experience buying a spec home style sale was very frustrating. Even though our home was not even started when we purchased it. We were not afforded the opportunity to add or make any upgrades . We were told that we could not even change the interior wall paint color. Unfortunately the final stages of our of build went south. The pre selected floor tile thru out the house was not available at the last 3 weeks of our build. We had an emergency tile replacement selection that was supposed to keep the house on target closed date, This new tile did not show up at the house until two weeks later. Even though it was order with express delivery! Moving the closed date out two plus weeks. This caused us a very large out of pocket moving expense to compensate for the delay of housing for us. Richmond homes did not have any mercy. We were not compensated one penny. Elisa again was able to get Richmond homes to provide us with one option that was mysteriously left out during production. Again Elisa is a hero for Richmond homes again! Since we have closed the house there has been a very delayed process for items that were called out during the walk thru over a month ago!!! We have been in the house for over a month and there is still a long list items and issues that are not being completed. We have not received ANY communication for any second level manager at Richmond homes about any issue. We do love the model that we purchased. We just feel like since money was exchanged we are not important to Richmond homes anymore. ... More

I have been trying for weeks to get a dead tree and plants replace they said they are not under warranty! This is poor service for a house we paid $500 thousand for. What a scam.

Been having pluming and ac issue . Haven’t responded to my concerns in a timely manner. Hard to get a hold of people

Overall the buying experience was very good. The let down came after I closed on the home. There were workmanship issues that were found and discussed when I did my initial walk through. At final walk through some were taken care of but others weren't and still haven't been addressed a month later. Communication has been nil. While I understand that this is only one home out of the hundreds they are building it's still important. The sales team was good, and responsive. The construction team started that way, but as the construction neared completion they became less so. I'll see how it goes with the warranty team. ... More

Had to follow-up more than once on project issues that needed to be resolved. A few promises were made and not kept. And a couple appointments for scheduled repairs were no call, no shows.

My experience for my new home was not properly installed heat and cold insulation protecting heat during summer time During heat waves my house reached over 98 degrees if you don’t used air conditioning.I used to live in Stockton I never experienced 98 degrees inside my home even outside with 115 degrees.

During our final walk we had a list of things that were wrong. Only half of them were resolved. Head contractor didn’t seem to care about the issues that were not fixed. We were unable to get a hold of him after that day. We had to contact home warranty people to have someone else come over and fix some issues. Shouldn’t the final acceptance form half to be signed and the customer satisfied before you release the home?? This never happened. To this day we have never signed off the final walk paperwork. Terrible!

Overall experience is good but still workmanship and details still need to improve. Ashley at front desk is the best from RAH. Everything else is ok.