Shea Homes Reviews

Good experience. The Shea home staff were very helpful

The painting job is really bad, lots of errors and missed areas, paint spatter all over cabinets and floors.

A good product creates demand on its own especially one that meets market needs. It is more likely than not when demand is significantly higher than demand, sales staff turns arrogant. Not so in this case. We had a wonderful buying experience.

Had a great experience with shea.

The majority of the experience has been awesome. Many of the personnel with whom we have interacted have been outstanding. Mac, Dave, Erin, Mitch, and Suzanne. - Top notch- - Many small items create big headache. Overall great experience, but Shea drops the ball on several aspects which reflect a lack of vision and consideration for residents - 2 HOA organizations to pay every month - system is subpar and cannot handle bandwidth. Must login to the same system using two different account numbers to pay HOA dues. No auto-pay options. Never heard of this. Why 2 logins? I live in 1 neighborhood. If Shea has subcontracted out services, it is Shea's responsibility to then divide up the money and pay what is due to whoever. NOT the resident. - the fence is put on the homeowners, This creates an extremely awkward situation with new relationships with neighbors. residents with dogs have to suffer through movein and the period before a fence can be installed. We must reach out to get the email for neighbors to try and coordinate the plan and payment. My neighbor has elected to not pay me for the fence I coordinated, scheduled for install, and handled in full, This is Shea's responsibility and they have fallen WAY short by throwing this on new homeowners. Do you sell a house with a driveway. I paid >$600,000 for a new home... you can't install a fence??? ignorance! - The majority of homeowners have a truck. Driveways are not long enough for a fullsize truck to park, A mid size truck barely fits, forcing parking on the street. I paid for a decent sized yard and Shea leaves everyone's setback the same. If I purchased a larger yard, my front AND back yard should be larger. I didn't purchase a large yard so the front of my house sits directly on the sidewalk. Balance out the front/back yards for those who paid for more space. Maybe we wanted a longer driveway so we could park in our own property. This is an EXTREMELY ignorant design for an experienced community builder like Shea, who restricts street parking. I'm sure complaints will start before long about vehicles parked on the street, but Shea has caused the issue and there is no solution. Mini driveways do not facilitate vehicle ownership in the USA in 2022. This might make sense in Europe where they restrict vehicle size, but here it provides benefit for Shea to sell more properties and make more money while creating headaches for their unsuspecting new residents. - concrete is problematic. basement, garage, and driveway are already cracked in the field and in the joints after less than 12 months in service. Shea warranty on concrete is insufficient. Concrete will continue to crack and grow larger until after Shea warranty expires, becoming the problem of the homeowner after Shea walks away. Poor quality and workmanship in concrete - many of the screens were bent when forced into the frame, and others were left partially installed because they could not be bent enough and the installer walked away ... More

This was my first Shea Homes experience. It was excellent overall. Pomelo Sales Staff Phillippe and Patti made the entire experience even that much greater. they are true Professionals.

The Sales team is very knowledgeable and responsive to questions. We were remote buyers from another part of the state and able to conduct most business by phone and video calls. All our questions were handled within a day and they even provided photos of our home during the building process. The overall design is beautiful and the Design Center support for selecting options was easy and well coordinated to our style. The build quality is very good and has great functional features. I recommend Shea Homes to friends and family.

Excellent quality, trust and maintenance.

Build quality and customer support very good.

Very friendly and easy to work with

We came out from CT a year ago looking for a home in Santa Maria. We had zero interest in living in a townhouse or a community. Then we walked into the Shea townhouses at Rice Ranch and immediately fell in love. The quality is amazing, all the individuals we worked with were fabulous and we are just thrilled here. Any issues we’ve had (and there were only a couple) were handled in a timely manner and to our satisfaction. Great builders, beautiful area. We love our new life!!

Carpet was very bad and even when their own people agreed that carpet is in bad condition, office guys just wanted to fix the problem

Top notch service from the sales team (Anne Marie & Jim)! I would rate them 6 star if I could. But the quality of the house built, especially the workmanship was at an extremely low level. I'm a bit disappointed by Shea Homes on that part.

I don't fill in these types of questions.

Really like the build quality and great value

Shea builder is well experienced in explaining and fixing any issues reported . Good knowledgeable resources

The overall process great.I did the designing of the interior along with the color scheme via zoom and the rest is history.A beautiful end product.

Apparently this builder has a fantastic reputation, however our home was one of the very last built prior to completion of the residential site. It is evident throughout the property that the job was rushed; “sloppy workmanship” and mistakes that later had to be corrected - which is frustrating, time consuming, and forces me to miss career and other important commitments to redo work that should’ve been done right the first time. The experience of buying a home with Shea was great. The home I received was not what I expected.

Details are a problem with the end product

Made a mistake of buying a model home and paying for all those upgrades at high prices. Being a model home, the builder only kept up with the house to make sure the lights and AC were working for other to see. There were so many issues with the house like appliances not work, missing parts, lack of explanation/manuals for the options included in the home price, etc. Getting things reported and being taken care of is another stressful process that no homeowner should go through. Shea home should have been more responsible to ensure that a decent and working home is sold and delivered to the new homeowners...not after the homeowners to move in and have to deal with so many things to be repaired and serviced. I have to spending probably 30% of my time in the first month we moved in to wait for the repairs or service reps to come by. I bought several homes including new homes and this is the absolutely the worst experience of all. It has been 2 months since we moved in and still have thing not resolved from the walk-through inspection findings. ... More

Shea is not a custom home builder but has great options and is always evaluating changes when their clients give them feedback. I just built my second house with them in Encanterra and wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.

Great experience building a home with Shea!

We are very happy with our home in Trilogy!

Only in the property 2 months and we have no complaints. All stated schedules were met and the staff is excellent.

We are extremely pleased with all the phases and personal interaction with everyone, as we are now on the second month living in our new Shea home — from the sales office, to the building process, to the new home follow ups — having a quality, personal contact during each step of the process.