Shea Homes-Trilogy Reviews in Phoenix Mesa, AZ

Not pleased with the quality of the finishes and appliances at this price point

Shea builds a beautiful home with thoughtful layouts. Let me start with Kara. She was incredible to work with throughout the process. She always went above and beyond for us and helped us during the difficult emotional times of building a home. She is the gold standard for representing Shea Homes!!! Scott was out Field Manager. Like Kara, Scott was a G-d send. He was extremely communicative throughout the build. He always took our calls and responded to our texts. No ask was unimportant to Scott. If it was important to us, he looked into it and responded quickly. Scott had zero black holes. I never had to remind him a second time about anything throughout the 12 month build. His attention to detail was incredible. He would notice various things (ie tile not level, master bath accent tile appearance, and so many other details),that quite honestly, we may have missed, and he would proactively get them corrected until it met his high standards of workmanship. He always explained every detail of the house build so that we understood why certain aspects of the home are built the way they are (ie the attic insulation methodology). As I mentioned, no ask was too much for Scott. We had heard horror stories about other Site Directors which made us feel so incredibly fortunate to have Scott on our home. Like Kara, Scott is the Gold Standard and represents the Shea product to its highest level!!! We are also very thankful to have Steve as our Post-Close Warranty Specialist. Like Kara and Scott, Steve responds very quickly to anything we have and no ask is too big for Steve to handle. We look forward to working with Steve throughout our first year. Design was a total mess!!! The selection offerings were not up to par with the cost of the home and the designer we were assigned to had no idea of what options were truly available and made minimal suggestions. She also struggled immensely with using the design system and selection tools. She made numerous mistakes, that we had to fix after the close, that cost us over $10,000! She even got downright rude at times. The entire design process is extremely rushed and high pressure. They need to completely revamp their Design portion of the build. As a side note, I rated responsiveness to issues a 3 because of the design process not the warranty service. I would actually rate the Design responsiveness a 1 and the Sales, Construction and Warranty responsiveness a 5. Shea Homes did not seem to care, or be willing to assume any responsibility for what happened during design. Our designer was fired, but that does not help us in any way. ... More

Turnover of staff / reduction of staff and lack of communications is reason for 4 stars. Build process takes too long.

We closed and moved into our new home in April and have been pleased with the warranty follow up, general quality of the workmanship and the responsiveness of the entire sales and service team at Shea homes in Wickenburg.

Great care and responsiveness to questions

Our overall experience with Shea was very positive! Matt our sales person is a tremendous asset to Shea! We had a wonderful experience with our field supervisor, Jason. AND would build an home with Jason again, should the opportunity present itself!! Our warranty specialist, Lala has been tremendous to work with also. The biggest issues we had was during our design center consultation and issues that arose from that process. Outlets were added when they were not needed for low voltage, tile flooring was not ordered to finish the covered patio space to match the home, bathroom faucets choice was not made originally and our back patio was lowered prior to build to allow for thicker stone when we already had decided to use porcelain tile with the landscaper. I will say that the process at the time was pretty smooth…just did not understand what it meant when our designer was new to Verde River, but not to Shea. Turnover happens and most of our issues have a positive side to them as well. Overall, A+ and we want to thank everyone to make this long distance build possible without many headaches at all!! ... More

Jason when out of his way to answer questions, guide us on issues we were having and making us feel comfortable about decisions. The area that needs work is the design center. Our designer did not offer alternatives or give suggestions or give the pros and cons of various materials. When it came to designing the lighting and placement of outlets etc., she was no help at all. There are many things I would have done differently if I had known there was a choice.

First, I have bought 5 new homes, I will say that we love this home in general, but our beginning has been rough. Deanna was a great person to work with on the front end. House wasn't delivered clean, some things out of Shea control... type of insulation, garage door opener downgrade, dented fridge, no washer/dryer (have loaners). Busted kitchen cabinet, broken tiles all through kidtcen, also in master shower. Flooring issues, window blind too small, many little touch things that should have been done prior to delivery. Then to top it off, broken cable line, so we had zero internet/tv for first two weeks. The good news is that our long punch list is being worked on now, Adam has been an amazing help and overall the staff is very supportive. Biggest disappointment would have to be the tile issues, but other than that, it will eventually be a wonderful home! ... More

Feel like we have a good home - not custom but comfortable. Some minor changes would have been nice (semi gloss vs flat, etc.) but Shea doesn't allow it.

Please be aware of very expensive landscaping, that is not conveyed very well

Communication sometimes challenging but Shea has been willing to work with us on issues and bring them to satisfactory conclusions.

I like my home but living in a construction area is challenging.

It is our 2nd home built by Shea, and we would go with them again. They do a very good job.

Shea seems to build a very good home, but time will tell. One of the challenging issues for some of us has been we were told during the sales process that we would have 12 opportunities each to play the golf course a year, and you can't get a straight answer out of the Golf Course or the Verde River Management team. They all just say it will be determined in the future?

The concern I had was with the disclosure or lack thereof regarding the surround sound system for the house. We had it installed by the builders subcontractor Adobe, but were never advised that they did not hook the speakers up to the owners receivers and equipment as part of the process. This should have been disclosed by Adobe and/or Shea as part of the build process.

The first word that comes to mind when I think about the homes built by Shea is Quality. As soon as you walk in, you feel like you have walked into a home where quality really matters, from the finishings to the sturdiness of the building. The salesperson gave us a great tour of the entire community and was very knowledgeable about the area. She showed us homes that fit into our budget which, in turn, helped us find our new home. We also looked at the homes being offered by the other builders in the community but they were either out of our price range or did not feel like the same quality that the Shea Homes have. Shea also have a great customer service program after the sale. Our representative has gone out of his way to find and replace one of the tiny lightbulbs in the vent over our cooktop! All in all, our experience with Shea has been very positive. We love our new Shea home! (By the way, I never give the highest rating because that leaves nothing for you to strive for!) ... More

Good quality, several options to make the house your home

Laura is a rockstar! Love her! She made everything worth it! Eric did great job! Neil has also been great to work with! Stephanie...not a fan! She is horrible! We flew all the way there to work on Design and she was only willing to come in one day because she wasn't willing to come in the second day because she didn't want to put her make up on and get dressed and show up for us as we had showed up for her!! She worked with us a little bit more on the design process! I wasn't already in the middle of buying process. I would've walked out and went somewhere else because of her!

Not very flexible with desired changes

The home buying experience was overall good, but felt rushed before closing due to our agent being moved to another project a few weeks before closing. We were not able to work on a few changes and we were told it was not allowed. Our agent was excellent to work with but pulled off for another project before our close. In addition, the sub contractors that need to fix problems after the 1 month walk through are not very reliable, especially with window replacements, and other documented areas of the house.

Field manager was outstanding! Plumber utilized was average at best! It is deceiving to see a model home nicely decorated and not having same or similar options when building a new house( very disappointing no alternatives were available). Very pretty house and development!

The buying process with Owen was exceptional. The design center process was rushed and way too many options in models were no longer available, making decisions very frustrating. Since we were local, we were able to find issues to be corrected readily. Primarily because we kept issues on our field manager’s plate did we end up with a home with most item’s resolved. Working with Joe to fix first month problems worked great.

Could not add options to patio, close to closing or after. Would like to use same contractor but said no by Shea. Makes no sense. Poor customer relationship. Must select all options at time of purchase.

Originally Shea didn't want us to close in mid-December until a much delayed garage door arrived and was installed. They finally agreed to install an alternative garage door to allow us to proceed with our closing. That was much appreciated. Our garage door finally arrived over a month later and was installed but had two damaged panels. Replacement panels arrived damaged. We are now approaching a three month wait without an acceptable door. We've asked our damaged door to be painted the proper color to allow our home to appear completed from a distance, but Shea has refused.

The overall buying experience with SHEA was good, and the personel were very accommodating. However the quality of materials and workmanship need much improvement. Materials are appearing to be very cheap quality, and rushed installation, leaving gaps and crooked seams of many features. Dripping sounds of hot water lines, that I'm told are normal, should not be normal.