Richmond American Homes Reviews

I continued to receive conflicting information depending on who I spoke with. I’m happy with the home itself, but the overall process was frustrating.

Josh was fantastic. There were a few hiccups. It wasn't a great experience but it wasn't bad. House is great. Process felt really pushy so it was annoying to have to sort of block that off a bit. Overall Josh was great. Process was mediocre from a customer service perspective. Our home is awesome.

Most of the actual buying facts that we responded to were not correct or they were altered to fit Richmond Homes. We were told we were purchasing our home at 2.99 3.99 4.99, never happened. We put an additional $15,000 dollars down to qualify for all the great rates, but that dismal a difference either. We. Were quoted a price, and interest rate and payment from our sales person. They were not accurate and when we went back to question him he left quite. We had know one to help. Even though it was quoted in print it didn’t seem to matter. Then there is the flooding and poor excavation of our property. If it rains we are flooded out on two sides and our back yard. ... More

Overall the experience was good for the situation we found ourselves in (military moving under tight timeline). Shania in sales was great, and really helped us find the best deal and perfect home. This was complicated by being remote movers, operating in a different timezone. Everything went smooth up until closing/final walkthroughs (really first walkthrough for us). Shania got those appointments sorted and it mostly worked out. Found out during final walkthroughs that inspections were still needed before turning keys over, that left some work to do before moving in (still waiting on it to be done). Being so rushed during the process really feels like we missed stuff and has us worried Richmond is going to ignore us now that we are in the home. Originally we worked with Joe, builder superintendent, he has been great running down issues and getting trades to make repairs. Anytime it's been serious i.e leaking water, inop A/C, no dishwasher, etc, Joe has been responsive and immediate. Seems like after we moved in and request went through warranty department everything stopped. We still have issues waiting to be addressed from the initial walkthrough. I feel like if we just kept the relationship with Joe and not gone through warranty, everything would be completed. During the buying and initial move in process, Joe was super helpful and seemed to generally care about us and our home, look forward to working with him again. We were told there would be another walk through at the 30 day mark. We would really appreciate more info on that and love to schedule it. There are many serious issues we would like to discuss and some small ones. Please respond with further guidance on that. ... More

The solution to the problems at home has not been quick, I have had to adapt to the schedules established by the contractors and sometimes they have not gone to my house to solve the problems, in other cases the contractors have not responded, that is, I am in my new house and I cannot show it complete to my friends and family because there are still things to repair, I hope they solve it soon.

Home buying process was ok. Nothing exemplary. I had to do a lot of the “driving” to get things moving. Limited communication on resolution of issues after closing. Highly recommend you force them to fix it all before you close. They seem to have disappeared.

The buying experience begin smooth due to a wonderful realtor called Anastasia. Honestly if it wasn’t for her we would have walked away from the purchase a few times. During the process we were promised a few things that couldn’t or they did not want to deliver. We felt like they were just telling us what we wanted to hear so we could move forward with the purchase. The warranty person was great and super helpful, besides telling us what we wanted to hear. Two of the worse experiences came from the construction manager, telling us the backyard would be done in a way and completely changing without telling us (including moving tons of dirty, creating more future work for us). The other and probably the worse experience was the insurance company that they use AHI, a broker made out experience extremely unpleasant. The Broker called Jason, at one point stating that if we wanted to take advantage of the promotion we had to deal with paying more or we could just not take advantage of the promotion. It got so hostile, that I simply suggested to keep it professional and I would continue with the insurance since it was the only way to move forward, very unprofessional. Overall, the experience was ok, and I think they have the potential to improve. However, they should keep they word on what they promise you, and keep a closer eye on their partners (insurance company). ... More

Your sales person was your typical sales person, very nice and friendly in the beginning till I signed on the dotted line. To this date, it does not give me updates on issues happening with services. An example is your shoulder company went bankrupt, she never bothered to contact me to let me know and has been dismissive whenever I have called with questions or issues. Your loan officer pretty much the same as your sales person was not responsive to questions. The manager had to get involved and I was not impressed with the speediness, the loan rate, and communication. Your homeowners insurance guy, same as the previous two. Once he was unable to obtain homeowners insurance for the property, he pretty much just washed his hands and gave me a referral to another company who might be able to help me. I have not been happy or impressed with Richmond American homes. I would never recommend you as a builder to any family or friends. ... More

During the lead up to signing the contract to build, there were often times that were a bit frustrating related to the pricing of the home and different decisions that Richmond made and changes during our lead up to signing. By the time we were ready to sign RA instituted a fee to be able to choose our own options. The alternative was to let Richmond pick our options. When we inquired about pricing for their high medium and low options for their spec homes they couldn’t give us prices. Additionally, they were going to pick all the structural options so we kind of fell between a rock and a hard place. When it came to being able to choose the home we wanted we had to pay a $25,000 premium to get to the point where we could do that. Ultimately once we signed the building process was relatively smooth. There was a hiccup in the design center where a flooring option that was not included in any pictures or discussions we had was included on the final contract and we did not catch it. Once the wrong floor was put in we brought it to the attention of RA. They were slow to respond and when they finally did their answer was to charge me $1200 and delay the closing. If they had handled this and responded earlier in the process we wouldn’t have had to delay closing. I felt like this is an opportunity for Richmond to realize that they played a part in this mistake too. They took no accountability and offered a solution too late. Ultimately, I’m happy with the product we received. I’m happy with the home that we have but the process to getting there was less than perfect and could be improved upon. ... More

It has been almost 2 months since we closed on the home, and it is still unfinished. Missing cabinet door hardware for 16 cabinets throughout, and they keep telling me they can't get the hardware for some unknown reason. I have repeatedly pointed out issues in workmanship such as paint overspray on the front gate and garage access door. Paint drips/ stains on driveway, defects in drywall/paint inside and out. Carpet pulled / detached in 2 bedrooms. Cracked floor tiles inside, towel rod in bathroom completely just fell off when we first hung a towel on it. The list goes on! I understand that no one is perfect, and that there will be defects and things missed here and there, but I would expect that the builder would be prompt about resolving these issues and responding to home owners when they raise concerns. I will gladly edit this review if anyone decides to resolve these issues any time soon. In the meantime, I guess we will keep living in an incomplete home and keep trying to get someone to take action. ... More

The home is okay. There could have been a lot more smarts used when planning the backyards. Why are the homes backyards sloped?? Well because they didn’t want to make the effort to actually level out the backyards & make the homeowners pay extra to have retaining walls built. The builder definitely cut corners on materials and craftsmanship when making these homes.

I expected a better quality build, materials and especially workmanship very disappointing.

First and foremost, I have to appreciate the design of the home and community but the rest part like communication on the overall process especially from the loan department and the quality of workmanship and delivery of home needs a hell lot of improvement. During the walk through you can’t identify the minute details but when you start living, notice like uneven application everywhere, dirty finishes, chipped off paint and cabinets and door, careless work in workmanship and uneven floor. But the good part is after warranty service is great and prompt response and takes accountability. Thank you ... More

We love our new home and we are overall happy in it. The homes and the neighborhood is beautiful and there is plenty of space. It is also very quiet inside the home so even with construction still happening we don’t bear anything when inside. I’m giving three stars because considering how expensive things are, and how experienced Richmond is in building homes, things should be completed by closing and the warranty should be a last option. Instead, Richmond relies on making the buyer file a warranty claim rather than just having everything complete in the first place. If you do need to file a warranty claim you will have to wait 30-45 days before you can even get that process started. ... More

The salesperson in the office was very nice and helpful prior to moving in. However, I found an issue with construction regarding our property. I called the office to check on the warranty and to fix this problem but they never responded back to me. I am very disappointed with the response and still after all this time no one has responded back.

Michelle was the second representative I had. She was fantastic she sent new pictures of the my build every week and updates.i do love my new home!

The homebuying process went smoothly. The quality of the work was sub-par by some of the contractors, i.e. the electricians, painters, and dry wall workers. The foreman promised things fixed at walk through that have not been corrected, and since ignored. I like my home and the neighborhood but was not told about all of the taxes at the location I live.

I had a lot of moving pieces in my life and needed a house. Richmond American was there to fill that need. Our house is okay. It's an okay starter house. Workmanship is okay. There is some pretty mediocre tile work going down. Otherwise things are functional and overall acceptable. Acceptable is the key. I'm sure you didn't want this review. Maybe stop spamming my email with these requests. This was a reasonable review, I definitely could have submitted worse.

- Financing deals-felt like they tried to get out of offering to us on a technicality. Very frustrating. - Blue tape- they out it everywhere so it essentially meant nothing. Plenty of imperfections after blue tape - Yard landscaping. They put down mulch with no ground cover. Terrible recipe for weeds. Cheap. - Wouldn’t let us change common sense things. Don’t put down mulch where we are immediately about to put grass. This just makes more work for us. We asked them not to paint the bannister so we could paint it a better color (saves them money saves us time) they said absolutely not. - The in house financing has zero customer service. I had to micromanage the process. They never had answers for me about rates and deals. Darrell was specifically hard to work with. We had the go find another house and threaten to walk on our earnest money to get the rate deals that Richmond was literally advertising on their website. They tried to screw us on a technicality when they told us in the sales office that we could get those rate deals. - Selling our current house at their pre-determined price is LUDICROUS. They clearly want a choke hold on every part of the deal. They didn’t care about our best interest. They wanted to protect their deal. We almost left 30k on the table if we had sold without getting an appraisal first. - The title company was fantastic. - The house was great and we love the space and price. - The rate deals were the only reason we were willing to buy. Keep these. - Melissa was great to work with but lacked the authority to make and inform on key decisions. Rate deals, negotiate price, etc. - sprinkler controller outside. Wires exposed to elements etc. - the bulbs flicker whenever appliances run - it’s because of cheap light bulbs. The electrician that Richmond sent out to tell us we just bought a cheap house showed up 1.5 hours late just to tell me to screw off and I have to buy new bulbs. He did it nicely but huge waste of time - they forgot to finish the two tone paint and paid us at closing to prevent a delay. 4 months in the house and everything is chipping. ... More

At the time of signing, house was framed. Issues began almost immediately. A section of the garage foundation had to be cut out and repaired. This left a small portion of the garage floor discolored and scarred. It also added about a month to the estimated close. Once the house was back on track, the plumbing/electrical began. County inspection occurred and the dryer vent was determined to be too long and out of code. Between the redesign, county approval, and the fix, this added an additional two months OR MORE to our close date. It seemed like after that was finally sorted out, the house moved pretty fast.. Almost uncomfortably fast. The sales lady, Hala, was nice. We had a superintendent for one week in the beginning and then he left. We got a new one named Danny. Probably the worst, most incompetent person that works for Richmond. Not sure how he still has a job. We ended with Albert and he is better. Hala was a good communicator. Danny was terrible and would sometimes not even respond to my emails or questions. Albert responds to my questions. We'll see how warranty goes but I am not holding my breath. This is our second new home and our experience is about the same as our first. These are track homes, I didn't expect it to be an amazing experience but I did think it would be better. ... More

The quality of the overall building is not what I expected. The finishing details did not meet my expectations.

THE PRE-SALE EXPERIENCE WAS GOOD AND HIGH QUALITY. HOWEVER ONCE I SIGNED , THINGS FLIPPED AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE SALES AGENT AND THE WARRANTY PERSON HAS BEEN SUPER ROUGH. I WILL LIKELY THINK TWICE BUYING WITH RICHMOND AMERICAN AGAIN.

We love the location and floorplan of the home. The process to purchase the home was smooth. For the price of the home, I believe the builder used subpar finishes. No pendant lighting or room lighting other than outlets, no drawers in bathrooms, no backsplash. They've never repaired our slider that has a torn screen. It was on the check list but not corrected. Several items that should have been caught by at least the inspector, we are now waiting to have repaired through the warranty like no cold water in the kitchen. Who checks that? We didn't. Once we moved in, very little response from anyone. ... More

Multiple issues with the house. Still waiting on builder to fix it.

Something could have been done better.