Richmond American Homes Reviews in Nashville, TN

The sales agent Dan was extremely helpful, communicative, and accessible during the pre-purchase process. Once I signed the contract, that completely changed. He took multiple days to respond to questions and didn’t come to the blue tape walkthrough. The construction team at the blue tape walkthrough was an assistant and a guy that was here for a week. The assistant left 30 minutes into the walk because he had a doctors appointment and was unaware of the walkthrough until the morning of. This left me asking questions 5 days from closing that couldn’t be answered by the guy there for a week, and the sales agent nowhere to be found. Upon closing day, 90% of my list was incompleted. The house was not clean, paint all over the floors, dust from drywall touchups all over the floor, and the exterior by hose bibs were splattered with paint. The construction team was clearly spread too thin and my punch list was not a priority. The punch list is still incomplete 30+ days from closing. The sales agent/builder never respond, and there’s no ETA for when my list will be completed. Terrible customer service and follow up. Would not recommend to friends or family. ... More

I had to close twice because of the lack of the certificate of occupancy. I could never get a real closing date in order to schedule my movers. I lost $1500 at the 2nd closing that I wouldn't have lost in the 1st closing. There was no oversight on the trades such as my entire floor of the house. It wasn't leveled before the LVP was installed leaving hills and valleys in my flooring. My beautiful quartz countertop on the kitchen island has a extremely visible seam directly down the middle...as do the countertops by the stove. Doors are hung correctly to be able to close. An uninstalled shutter was in my garage. And my premium lot, which costs extra, has a retaining wall built 15 feet inside my property line giving me zero access to the back 15 feet of my property. From the street, this looks like a beautiful house, and for the $$$ it should never have had these issues. So far, the builder tends to make excuses about the major issues. I'd lost trust in them during the purchasing process. I should've cancelled this purchase and moved on to a more reputable builder. Now the company has been bought out by a Japanese firm. Maybe they're more reputable and will fix these issues...but after going through this process, I doubt it. I'd suggest looking elsewhere for a quality built home. ... More

It wasn’t even ready by the time I signed. The seams of the wall can be seen through the paint, there’s dust every time i use my microwave. They didn’t have bedroom lights/fans. Numerous other issues.

Everything about this experience has been bad. When we initially signed the paperwork we purchased sight-unseen. We liked the area and the floor plan so we ignored all of the terrible reviews of the builder online. Well, the bad reviews are well-deserved. We were initially told the home would be completed in January. We closed in March. I understand delays, of course, so I can forgive two months, considering weather delays this was not bad, in my opinion. What I find to be a real issue is that we hired a third party inspector and it was impossible for him to inspect the whole house. Things were not even close to finished. This was one week before closing. And, after asking multiple times if we were sure we would be able to close on time it wasn't until less than 24 hours before we were supposed to close that we received a TEXT MESSAGE from the super's assistant to tell us we would not be closing the next day. We finally got the certificate of occupancy and closed late, but nothing that was on our punch list from the walk-through was completed. And we found multiple other issues in the days that followed, with no response from anyone. About 3 weeks after moving in we asked when someone would call us to schedule the 30 day walkthrough. We did get a response, but no one actually showed up. It wasn't until we went to corporate that we finally got the name of the boss to call to get scheduled. We've now confirmed the 30 day walkthrough where we hope to go through our laundry list of items that were not completed before close. We will see if anyone shows up this time. Given the fact that we haven't found a single neighbor in the whole neighborhood that has had their issues resolved I do not have high hopes. And after all of this, not a single apology or offer to fix anything. Instead, it's excuse after excuse as to why things aren't done (if you can get ahold of anyone, that is). In my opinion, this neighborhood needs to stop expansion until the houses that have already sold are completed. Obviously they are more concerned with selling as many homes as possible as quickly as possible and less concerned with their reputation or our home values. ... More

The experience was the worst

DO NOT BUY!!! Waste of money! Do not get your money’s worth

I am extremely disappointed in Richmond American homes. The process started out well. My agent that handled the initial sale and my design consultant Taffie did a good job. However, once construction began and throughout the construction of my new home, I have been extremely dissatisfied with the communication regarding the process and the workmanship that went into my new home. I closed my sale on January 16th, 2024 and there are still unfinished items that I have paid for and yet to have completed. I have not heard a single word from anyone at Richmond American about these issues. I have significant problems in my home that will never be fixed. This situation is true for many of my neighbors as well and we are discussing the possibility of litigation at this point in order to enforce our rights. I would strongly recommend against anyone buying a Richmond American home until the company fixes its communications problems and hires better contractors that complete the work at an acceptable level. I could not be more dissatisfied with Richmond American Homes. ... More