Shea Homes-Trilogy Reviews in Tacoma, WA

I love our home and am delighted that we found this area and home builder. It’s not a custom home and so we are adding what we like. I am however very very disappointed with all the outside area soil. I have never moved into a home that the builder did not improve the soil so that it was possible to plant. The other day I saw my neighbor shovels out water in his yard with a BUCKET! I thought a water line broke . I asked him what happened and he said: this is crappy soil - water can’t be absorbed . A very expensive and time consuming fix is required. That is deceitful and not necessary. You could definitely do better for your clients. ... More

This is more for the false advertising of our home. We bought our home because I loved the outdoor paint and all the detail. Well our house looks nothing like the picture of what it was sold to us as . Very disappointing. When asked they said oh ya those pictures are wrong . Well, that should have been told to us when we bought the house !!!!

There needs to be more attention to details: ie. nailing the molding to the bathroom cabinet and floor, putting molding on the floor next to the kitchen cabinet and refrigerator, installing scribe on the cabinets at both ends of peninsula. Replacing kitchen cabinet panel and trim next to refrigerator, securing kitchen cabinet trim atop of cabinets.

This is a beautiful, quality-built home. Nicely designed. The design center was a fun experience. The team of community representatives at Trilogy helped us get settled in comfortably, and will be a great resource going forward.

Sales (April) were very helpful; would like to have had more flexibility in design phase. We had had experience in designing a custom home so this was a disappointing experience

The process was fairly well orchestrated throughout the months it took to complete. There were problems encountered outside the builder’s control that could have been better communicated but the overall experience was a good one with very positive results.

After looking to downsize in several locations, we found way more house for the money at Trilogy at Tehaleh. Mount Rainier shines over this community that has fantastic amenities—a pool, an excellent restaurant, and a large network of well-maintained walking trails. Shea continues to works hard to seek our input on how things are going and if we have any issues. We also chose to work with Shea Mortgage which made the buying process seamless. This is a very friendly neighborhood. For us, it is a perfect fit.

Love the Shea home product. Would recommend the area and Shea Homes to others.

I give the Homebuying experience 4 stars. The only drawback I experienced with the Shea company was that they do not go "out of the box". When you make a request, it was 100% denied. Boundaries were set, and they do not budged, and stayed within the lines. Sometimes, you need to give a little leeway...which would have made the experience a bit more personal, understanding, and not just another transaction with the seller. Other than that, I enjoyed working with your outstanding employees, particularly April, Trisha, Alicia, Frankie, Ryan, and Todd. Thank you.

Very beautiful home and community. Construction in general is high quality, and design of the home is well laid out, Energy efficient systems and automatic /wireless options are working well and convenient. Shea did well at keeping me apprised of construction progress and held to the promised dates for the construction steps. i rated responsiveness as a three as the warranty service processes seems to have some gaps that allow for concerns to fall through. One gap is that a service request disappeared after being acknowledged. the second is that i twice received letters saying that the service had been completed when it had not. I rated quality of workmanship as a four as i have found two problems with the electrical wiring. One was a dryer plugin wired incorrectly, the second was a ground wire left loosely connected that caused loss of power to the living room. ... More

Enjoyed his attention to buyers need to be informed.

Beautiful area of the state with expensive, nicely designed homes. Sizes and color schemes are great. Some things in the home could have been done better. The HOA is strict and not quick to respond. Looking forward to the clubhouse being built. Glad we have a Lifestyle Manager already in place.

This was my first new construction purchase. It was a mix of experiences. My initial sales person disappeared. I learned she was gone via email and never felt that I had a single person that I could direct questions to after that. The most responsive person I dealt with was my Field Manager.

All issues were handled professionally and quickly by the initial team at Shea Homes. The quality for the money is great!

I think there prices were a little high and would have liked to have had more options available but there promise of resort style living is a great selling feature for the 55+ buyers.

The house is great, however, there where some issues that need to be resolved

The hardware for all cabinets and drawers were not an option. Cabinet and drawer pulls are necessary but not provided. Was not given option to add electrical outlets (buyer needed) while building. Costed more to cut through drywall to add later. These are simple things that Shea could have provided that would make a lot a difference to a home buyer.

Nice +55 Shea Home Trilogy Community.

I am not as happy as I thought I would be with the quality of our home.

Let me start by saying that my wife and I love the area, neighbors, and the model home we selected. We also appreciate many of the Shea associates who helped us along the new home journey. With that being said, unfortunately in my opinion the quality that was touted prior to building has left us very disappointed especially for the amount of money you are spending to purchase your new home. We understand that with a new home there will be some issues along the way, but we have had our fair share of challenges which has taken away the excitement of enjoying our new home. To Shea’s credit, the staff and workers have been very responsive to our needs in trying to make things right. I sincerely believe that with so many new homes under construction each with their own time frames, quality is definitely suffering. So, would I recommend Shea homes, time will tell. To early to make that recommendation. ... More

The construction of the home was very smooth. The home is beautiful.

The home is lovely. Some tweaks, of course. But while they were building, we were buying furnishings and getting ready to fill the house appropriately. Since there was no model of the Liberty design here, we relied on the floor plan and virtual tours of Liberty’s online. The dining light was 8 ft. From the wall. But here it was hung 5 ft. From the wall, contrary to the videos and tours. They said it was according to the plans. Apparently Shea advertises one thing and delivers something different. In this case, a dining chandelier that is in the wrong place. They refuse to admit the impracticality of the placement, claiming the blueprints were followed. We feel strongly that because every virtual tour of the Liberty shows it 8 feet from the wall should mean they should have to move our Liberty chandelier to 8 feet from the wall. They admit it is not in a usable spot, but say the blueprints were followed. Then CHANGE THE BLUEPRINTS...and move our chandelier to where it should be! ... More

Love floorplan but this builder needs to hire better quality inspectors. Way too many things wrong. Plus the response time for corrections is very slow.

All in all, it was a good experience, despite the pandemic and supply chain issues creating delays in the move-in date. One word of advice to new homeowners, be very critical and thorough during your final walk-through. It seems the workmanship was a bit 'sloppy' perhaps due to the extended delays and deadlines not being met on time. There were things that could have been done more carefully, had the workers taken the time to do them correctly the first time. As an example, the caulking wasn't completely done around my tub and faucet, which meant a plumber had to be brought in after I moved into the house. The water wasn't turned on to the fridge and when I pointed it out during the walk-through, the sales person wrote it down but didn't follow through on the complaint. Thus, it took 2 weeks before I could get someone in to fix the issue (and it happened to be the builder superintendent I ended up calling, because Shea Customer Service never responded to my calls and emails). ... More

House is fantastic. Used Shea to hire fence install; terrible height placement abs more than five requests to talk with me about it, zero response. You will love the house just watch for these types of potential issues.