Richmond American Homes Reviews

We've had to gradually accept the sad truth that, in this day and age, you can't find anyone who will deliver an acceptable product. The housing industry is no exception. Over many months, we observed the building of our new house, in addition to multiple homes in our neighborhood and others. What we saw was subpar work, done hurriedly by workers who either A) don't know what they're doing or B) simply don't care. They obviously put quantity over quality, and the proof shows in the final result. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain here in detail Richmond's failings during the building process, but let's just suffice to say their over-reliance on vendors has created an inefficient and dysfunctional system. Because incompetent craftsman cannot do the job right the first time, Richmond and the buyer spend precious time and effort arguing over who is responsible for items which need fixing. On the occasion Richmond actually accepts responsibility, getting someone to come over and do the repairs is an entirely different challenge altogether. We had to constantly monitor the building process just to keep everyone honest, and were forced to move into a house with multiple unfinished issues just to close on time. Throw in the fact that their in-house lending entity treated us like potential money launderers, and I have to say having Richmond build us this house has been the most stressful experience we've ever been through. We won't do it again. ... More

I’ve experienced the home buying process 5 other times before working with Richmond. This is by far the worst experience I’ve had from beginning to end and even after buying the house. The Lender could not give me firm or confident answers to my questions. I go the run around many times from the sales person and the construction person in charge while the home was being built in regards to things the home came with and what, how and when it was going to be finished out with. The underwriter and the lender were not on the same page even after I provided the same documentation to them multiple times. My real estate agent tureens out to lie about commission percentage that we agreed to. The title service was the best part. I’m not new to the home purchasing process. It’s been 40 days after closing and some things are still not painted (doors, walls, touch-ups). I’ve notified them at least 3 times and nothing has been done about it. ... More

progress on the house was pushed back 2 times and then when it came to the end of the month they pushed us in due to rate locks even though the house was not finished to our liking. We went to 3 separate walk throughs and items on our punch list were not taken care of and a month into living here have still not been taken care of or even discussed when the work would be done. They contract out all the finishing work and this was not up to par by far! Base boards have paint run and over spray all over them. nail holes are still exposed and not covered up. corners of the baseboards are not flush or are clumped with paint overall looking terrible. All doors and door frames have chips or holes from the nails that were not filled prior to paint. Areas of the texture on the walls are missing in some spots or over splattered in some. The wrong paint was used in some areas and some areas not even painted at all. Overall finished product was rushed and the Superintendent didn't even look over the final product to even give the okay on the walk through. It was embarrassing to see that many tape marks through the house and between the walk throughs minimal things were addressed. almost as like they just removed tape and didnt think we would check to see if it was fixed. Still embarrassed to invite people over to my "brand new house" with it looking like i hired some random joe off the street to complete this work. Unacceptable! ... More

dealing with the insurance and mortgage folks was not the best

I'll start by saying this was the worst 1st time home buying experience for me and my wife. I feel completely misled from the get go when looking at the model home. I was told my home would look exactly like the model, when come to find out this was completely untrue. There were upgrades in the model home that cost additional and weren't mentioned to us until after we left a deposit. When we found out we weren't getting certain features we tried to back out and get our deposit back, the sales lady gladly mentioned if you back out, we keep your 11,000 deposit. Now would you feel trapped, who walks away from that kind of money? I almost did because the house we were stuck with did not look like the model home, no fireplace, only certain railing up the stairs and not all of it, a huge water heater UPSTAIRS in our laundry room which reduced the size of our master closet nothing like the size of the closet in the model home. I observed the house being built because there was no security onsite and I could literally walk in the house after hours any night of the week. They went through three super intendants so my house was built completely unsupervised which explains the low quality work in some areas. Because of lack of supervision, our closing date continued to get pushed out because delays with materials and deliveries affecting us the new home buyer. Items were broken as they were installed and repaired instead of replaced. Wait, I thought I was buying a NEW home not repaired.When escalating this up to the V P level, he took my call but was prepping for a fishing trip and didn't pay attention to my concerns. Monty mentioned he would return my call and never did and never answered my call after that, what kind of customer service is that, but you're quick to tell me I'm locked in a deal that I was misled into. If I could afford an attorney, I would have reported this company and tried to sue as I was bullied around and forced into buying a home I DID NOT WANT TO BUY! Does that sound like a good experience to you? Sincerely, an unhappy 1st home buyer with Richmond American. This probably won't be posted anyways. ... More

The house over priced. The house have so many problem to fix. Request some one out to fix. It take week before thing could be done.

With any new build it’s common advice to be involved in the building process as much as possible. The sales representative was awesome and ensured I had ample walk through given the lead time to closing. In said walk throughs, I listed items that were below the standard or in need of repair months before closing. The week of the final walk through many items had not been resolved and new items came up. The construction team was not aware that my closing was the next morning even though the final walk through and closing had been scheduled and I had come back from out of town. Initially there was pressure to keep the original closing date but I was not willing to close with the home in its current condition. Corporate or whoever decided that because there were so many issues remaining they would push closing. At closing corrections had clearly been made. Workmanship to final touches of the home were bad. Grass had many dead patches. Plants planted sideways. Sprinkler installed with wrong sprinklers. Had to higher painters and cleaners to remove paint off of fixtures and repaint. Drywall repairs due to break in that happened while the home wasn’t mine cracked almost immediately. Interior door did not close (fixed by moving plate - sticks off the wall). Warranty repairs left more damage to paint / wall. Exterior of home need washing. Sliding door not level when installed has to be completely replaced. They installed mandatory white cabinets that have construction hand marks in them that I cannot seem to get out. Construction dirt / hand marks in freezer and refrigerator upon move in. Dryer not hooked up to vent (found out after drying a load of clothes of course). Any damage done during construction is essentially painted over. I can see where damage was. Beautiful floor plan but if you are hoping to buy new so that you do not have much maintenance this is not the builder for you. Upgrades are required to make the home appealing if your hoping to eventually sell it or rent it. There are some other things that came up that I may be forgetting to mention but I will put them in my Google review in the form of picture. ... More

Chuck was exceptional, professional and very very responsive. If it wasn’t for him I wouldn’t have bought the home. He went above and beyond the call of duty to get things done and address issues that wasn’t even in his job description. Scott has been great in addressing repair/missing item issues. Quite a gentleman and knowledgeable. Your mortgage side is horrible except for Khrista. She was wonderful. The underwriter was totally absurd. Kept asking for information previously submitted. She aggravated me to the point of me calling the deal off and Chuck actually intervened to help. Wrt workmanship, please do not hire the people who did the paint, spackle etc. ... More

So far my personal experience has been bad!

This has been quite the journey. I tried buying a house with Richmond for nearly ten months. Once I got the approval, they rushed through the process. I was railroaded on almost every front while trying to acquire an independent inspection. My experience with McKenna hasn't been ideal either. When we did my walk through, she tried to make some of the issues I noticed small. She also didn't write down all of the issues I mentioned, so she thought I believed her when she said she had mentioned it to the builder and the builder said it wasn't an issue. There were clear issues. What I didn't share with McKenna is I am not newbie. I have purchased a home before. That home had far fewer issues than this one. Not to mention that there are some items that were never corrected, and some warranty issues that haven't been resolved. ... More

Riley at first seems to be an engaged construction super, but it is only superficial. There are so many things wrong with this house, and you soon learn that it's because Riley does not lead by example and hold his workers accountable. Tiled backslash with glazing worn off--rather than use a handful of new tiles, just slap them up on the wall. Plumbing fixtures that aren't quite tight and leak. Mis-wired switches. Scratched windows, with damaged frames and broken locks. Mis-cut trim around most doors. So many things to fix, we filled more than a page prior to closing, and it continued even after closing. And then some things only get partially fixed. I could write an even longer essay on the lack of attention to detail and poor follow through, but it will only fall on deaf ears. I am VERY DISAPPOINTED with this whole experience. ... More

Our move in was pushed multiple times. We signed early with the promise from Richmond that multiple issues would be fixed after. 2 months after moving in and there’s still things that haven’t been fixed. It is very hard to get ahold of anyone to take care of these issues and having gone through 3 superintendents on a 6 month period seems to cause things to fall through the cracks. The quality of materials is not great considering the cost of the house.

It was awful...if time could go back I would never purchase this house. I moved a month ago and one thing after another doesn't work. I have been promised multiple times that this will be corrected or that.....never happened. I have uneven ceilings, broken cabinet, uneven flooring, chipped wood in stair rail and hundreds of other things.

Workmanship has been a major problem. Still dealing with warranty issues. Unable to get anyone out to come fix it. Items in house that no one can give an answer as to what they are or why they are there. Can’t get in touch with anyone to schedule repairs. Electrical and hvac both with big issues. Cannot get answer as to who installed certain systems so I can get more info from company since richmond American had no clue who did it.

Because it's my first home, I really expected to have a good experience. But it's been terrible. My house came full of defects. And I have to beg for the warranty to be fixed. There were things I asked someone else to do myself because I gave up.

Always, Always have a home inspected prior to purchase. So much wrong with our brand new home before we signed, even more found after close. A 12’ hole had to be dug to fix underground plumbing sewer line belly. We have lived here for 45 days and still have a laundry list of repairs needed. Trades are garbage with zero care for their given trade. We have bad flooring, subfloors, large holes in the walls, exposed copper. Took 45 days post close to get front landscaping. Landscape company is another nightmare. They have delayed, delayed blaming us as homeowners somehow for their delay and crappy work. Richmond builds as fast as possible and hopes the buyer doesn’t care about safety or fit & finish. Zero oversight of trades from the builder during construction and even less after close. Someone needs to be in the Quality Control mindset on the job site, unfortunately this isn’t the builder for that. The contractor who builds metal hand railing for Richmond walked right into our home like he owned the place after we moved in. He was supposed to replace the hand railing leading into the basement. This contractor has known about the faulty handrail for MONTHS. Of course the builder waits until after we have closed to approve the handrail to be replaced. This initial delay has now turned into a 6 week wait with no updates. We have no clue when our documented list of repairs will be completed. We were told that all neighbors had to share the expense of the back yard fencing. Of course my neighbor wants to avoid us like the plague now that we have paid for the entire fence. I urge anyone reading this to do more research on the builder in the area you are considering. Have your new build inspected!! Do not take possession until your list of repairs have been completed. I can tell you after 45 days we still have no end in sight for the easiest of repairs. Lord help us if something really bad happens to this home. Zero faith in this builder and their hired trades. This is a million dollar house Richmond. Do better! Hire better! Have some freaking oversight of your trades. Have some pride in the homes you build!! ... More

If you have to buy a Richmond home make sure to bring an independent company to do inspection for you. the homes are built with all cheap materials and in a mass production manner. If cheap materials are nicely put together i believe it would be a better experience. There were nails poking on the carpet and Joy & Brandon did not see anything wrong with that. Extremely over prized homes based the quality of home/house delivered. Worst exo\perience ever for me personally.

I would like other home buyers to know that agreeing on the price is a choice but not getting a response to an issue from the builder is breach Thank you for ignoring the review

Workmanship is very poor. Quality of products used throughout are less than desirable. Still waiting on repairs from initial walk through and 10 day inspection. Lack of communication post close. They were great to deal with in the beginning to buy the house. Once closed, it’s been complete opposite

There has been a lot of issues since buying and it seems as alll the nice people during the buying process have now disappeared or just send over a warranty link when I ask them to fix something but conveniently enough it seems like almost nothing is covered under warranty

Buying a home with Richmond American was an extremely interesting experience. Initially they drew me in with a promotional 3.99 interest rate which is as good of an interest rate anyone can get in the current climate. Unfortunately, that is about the only upside to buying a house with them. Everyone associated with Richmond American knew little about how the house was set up and worked. The HVAC was zoned incorrectly from how they sold us the house, the sprinkler system misses multiple spots in the front yard, and the upgraded features were installed incorrectly. The actual process of buying the house was also equally difficult and frustrating, on the day of our closing they had secretly moved our closing date. This compiled with both Richmond American’s in-house lender and their preferred title company accusing each other of engaging in mortgage fraud and breaching their obligations did not sit well with me. Ultimately, this has been one of the most interesting, bizarre, and awful experiences I have had and it happened to be with one of the most important and expensive purchases one could make. I’m sure your experience will go better, but my experience was too bizarre to not give others a fair warning especially when they are spending upwards of $600k on a home. ... More

We bought a model house that was built in year 2020 and seeing a couple of physical problems and signs of usage, instead of being a brand new home.

We recently purchased a new home and unfortunately our experience has been very disappointing. From the moment we moved in, we encountered multiple issues, from the carpet to the paint and even the appliances. The carpeting was poorly installed. The paint job throughout the house is subpar, doors and trim were painted carelessly, with drips and rough edges everywhere. The installed appliances were either low-quality or not properly tested before handover. We’ve already had multiple issues, including a malfunctioning dishwasher and a fridge with cooling problems. This is our third home and I've never had so many issues. ... More

Went to the model home about 8 months ago. Told the sales person that we wanted the same paint color inside and out to include the stone work like the model home. Elevation F. She said ok. When our home was built it was the complete opposite. Apparently, everything about our house had already been planned by the builder long before it was built. It seems the sales person told us this just to get a sale in my opinion. Since we were deep in the process of buying our home and it would be hard to get our Earnest money back; we begrudgingly decided to take it. The stone workmanship on the outside looks very poor and hurried. I told Chris the builder it looked like it was done by elementary kids. My friends who drove by said it looked "poor" at best. Chris said that is the way they do it now and nothing could be done about it. The only person I have meet who seems to have any moral integrity is Corey who works on the warranty. He's about the only one I trust. We have several issues that he is working to get corrected. Also, we thought that a couple weeks prior to having the house being finished; we would be called in to see if we wanted upgrades. That never happened. It is very apparent that the cheapest bathroom and sink fixtures were installed to save money. The reason we picked Richmond American is my wife thought they had a fine reputation. I personally don't and feel that way and I'm sure she has changed her opinion as well. After paying half-a-million dollars; sometimes I lies awake at night sorry I bought this place. Oh well, now that I have satisfied your request for my buying experience, you can file it in a black hole somewhere with others who are dissatisfied as well. One last thing; since ours is the only house that is finished and we see a lot of building going on around us; most of the sub-contractors don't even have a company logo on their vehicles. That tells me that much of the work probably went to the lowest bidder. ... More

Buying process was okay, build quality is sub-par. Lack of drainage between houses is keeping in between both side our my house swampy, i havent used my sprinkler system since we moved in in December. Tiles in master bathroom cracking, looks like a 3 year old painted the house, these are just some of the extra issues i have found since our mive in walkthrough. Cant get a response for our 30 day warranty check in to address these issues as well.