Shea Homes Reviews

After we moved into our home we found a few issues. Shae was very slow to respond to the issues. When they finally did, during our 30 day follow-up, all we got was a lot of excuses and "well we can ask if they can fix this". A huge issue, that has yet to even be looked at, is our door leading from the house to the garage. This door is a fire door and on a windy day you can hear the wind howling through the huge gap in the bottom of the door. We are still waiting for someone to come look at it two months later... This is just one example, there are other issues that I don't have the time to address. ... More

Question everything. Many things are not as pictured. Shea constantly substitutes vendors, often not for the better. They tend to blame the vendors for reasons the substitution is inferior but when you talk to the vendor it is a different story. This project is almost complete and Shea wants to be gone. It shows in having a finished house and the amount of time I spend waiting for repairs. Not much pride in their product at this point in the development. Everyone says in the beginning it was much better and Shea made sure things were done right. Two months later I still can not use my master shower. It will be repaired in another 3 weeks ... More

I have heard great about Shea homes, but in my case many things were missing when I get the keys and until I remind them there is something is missing, they are not ordering it. It’s really painful to find each and everything. It’s been 2 months, still there are many items are in back order and there is no ETA. Moreover the issues in the home are not yet addressed. I am really disappointed.

I will not recommend anyone to use this builder!

Punchlist items from pre-closing meetings still not fixed after 3 months in the house. Electrical issues, painting issues, security equipment issues. LOTS of fit and finish issues. Wouldn't recommend.

Lots of items need fixing in this house!

They are great until they get your money!! Follow up on repairs and service are unfortunately less then satisfying.

Due to builder negligence, we experienced a flood in our home the day before we were scheduled to move in. Your Project Manager did a great job getting the various subs out to repair all the damage. I sent a letter asking to be reimbursed for the cost of our mortgage during the time we had no use of the home (15 days) in addition to the other out of pocket costs of rent and electricity. Shea paid the 2 expenses, but offered no reason why they would not consider the mortgage cost. A simple letter with a reason would have been nice in addition to perhaps recognizing all the stress and worry we went through looking at our first brand new home being torn up and rebuilt. Overall build quality not at a level I would expect for a company known for building great homes. Understand COVID impacted availability of workers, but with that in mind, greater quality control measures could have been in place during the build so that you didn't have to come back after the build to make corrections. We are still working with the project manager who has addressed our issues as they have been presented to him. I wonder if reviews are even read by management. ... More

Shea's focus seems to be "on getting the house closed" and less on customer" after sales service."eg two Monogram appliances installed by Shea have required repeat service calls organized by the owner; service calls are usually made by less experienced employees (faulty HVAC needed three visits to get level expertise needed. However, Field Rep selected by Shea has been helpful, polite and supportive.Punch list completion slow and requires new owners to spend a lot of time on appointments which are often not long enough to get work done ("will have to come back.")......punch list crew seem to be rushing from appt to appt. ... More

We have chosen this home mainly for community and proximity to our parents. Unfortunately the quality of workmanship and material was way below what we expected for such a high price!

Expect less than full candor from Shea, reluctance to address for builder to correct reported issues, certain paired windows that do not match in size, haphazard interior work with wall surfaces, and incomplete resolution of all reported issues at one month walkthrough. Many issues were missed by time of closing by the builder at the first walkthrough. We expected much better and now have to endure two years of ugly construction behind our home and also occasional blasting that will continue for awhile, both of which we were not told about by Shea Homes.

Builder uses subcontractors and coordination between trades is poor or non existent. Sometimes things are put together without any thought being given to function. So for example a video doorbell is installed where the pointed at a wall rather than the entryway. A towel holder is installed such that any hanging towel blocks the electric outlet a few inches underneath. How does one plug in a hairdryer with a wet towel draped over the outlet. The front lawn is graded wrong and the manhole cover for the City drains are covered- solution? Unknown workmen come in, dig to uncover and expose the manhole cover and leave a pile of dirt on the lawn and an open hole that is a now is a potential hazard. The best part is this is done without any information being shared with the homeowner. Not even a knock on the door. Warranty service is very spotty. Messages left and e-mails go unanswered. It is just too bad as the home itself is beautiful. ... More

I used the in home lender. Dealing with the processor and Lon officer was great. I would absolutely recommend them. Dealing with the supervisor and that group was also good. They were friendly and communicated with me. But once I got the house everything went down hill from there. The counter top, which we also paid and upgrade charge. Where the slabs meet and when they put either sealer or a glue they never cleaned it off and dust collects there and you can feel it when you’re cleaning the counter top. The quality of the finish of the home is horrible. So when you pay to upgrade something in your home your expect at minimum great quality not perfect because we are all human. But when you bring up the issues and the response you get is, we only fix issues you can see from 3 feet away and you paid a significant upgrade charge, that doesn’t fly in my eyes, we paid this for our cabinets. They have paint missing, there’s a lot of runs from the paint. There’s complete sections of the cabinets that were not sanded. There’s many places where the paint is flashing and due to them not being painted correctly. The cabinet doors next to the stove hit the stove when you open it. I mean just horrible. The side of the doors weren’t sanded which we also paid an upgrade charge. The side of the doors have long cracks going down by where the door latches on to close. They at least agreed to fix that but not to sand them when I first brought it up which to me sanding and painting is part of the process. The paint job was done by Someone who was lazy to a T. The metal on the window have paint when they should of been covered. The outlet cover plates have paint in them. Where the toilet paper goes have paint chips when they rolled the walls they weren’t covered. The cinder block wall in my back yard was done incorrectly. It’s just a privacy wall and it should be a retaining wall. Not only that the footing was done incorrectly. My yard has a hill going up against the wall and my yard looks bad. I had to essentially argue with them as to why the wall is not done right. My house is the only like that I can see my neighbors house from my window and theirs are great. There’s more but those are the major ones. A lot of the issues here are from workers just being sooooo lazy and just plain out not caring about the quality of their work. This is my first house and for it to be a new build and have this major issue is a horrible experience. If this house had been built years ago I would understand all these issues but not on a new build. ... More

Ensure you check everything works cause they don’t seem to do that QA. For a brand new home at this price, we found things not working or broken items and gas leak in water heater closet that PG&E needed to come for and told us they don’t know why the builders just didn’t tighten. Some issues we had to go back and forth on with other vendors only to find out the builder needed to come check as they didn’t wire. We are waiting on some issues still to be fixed. Elevator didn’t work the one day within a month if moving in. Definitely wouldn’t have expected this many issues with a new home. Floor material used is really really bad and not durable at all!!! Gets scratched and damaged VERY easily. We were told garages would fit big cars but it is very very tight and tough to get in and out if your car in the garage. Also no ramp to drive car into garage as entrance has a bump so you have to get yourself own ramps. Garage unfinished which we knew but would have been nice to have completed. Also garbage bins have to be stored and pulled in and out every week from the tight spaced garage. Definitely the garage space is the biggest inconvenience with how it was planned. We were told our building was the last only to see new construction of the same type condos right now, thus could have opted for other floors and plans had they been honest and not felt like we had to rush cause they were selling out. ... More

Builder is slow to respond to issues. Lack of transparency with items that they will not be able to complete and/or deliver by the time the house is delivered to home buyer. Poor coordination and communication with Shea staff as well as with trades. Lack of accountability for trades that don’t do their job well or staff that don’t follow through.

Thought Shea Homes was a good builder. Not so much on my home. Too many things wrong with it. I expected better from Shea Homes.

Many minor defects in finish. Feels like builder moving so fast the quality is suffering.

I know its hot market and you are trying to build fast. But the decrease in quality is showing. I have a family member who bough with shea a few years ago and the quality difference is night and day. The workmanship has dropped. Change your subs or have a talk with them.

Multiple issues from cabinets will not close due to not being adjusted. Frontdoor hardware will not work properly ,thank goodness for the garage or we be locked out or unable to lock when leaving. Two screws fell out of it first day. Still waiting. Counter top for island has 3 major circle flaws in it still waiting. Light fixture falls out of ceiling they came pushed it in ,that night fell out again n just hangs there we have 10ft ceiling so can't just hop up there. Think you get the point,oh in December when choosing our package and it HAD to be done that week I asked for a different color garbage switch which they offered. It is 1st week of August and finally they call its here. Counter dude came took the Third set of pictures of Counter still not resolved. He thinks they will pull Counter n try to buff. It won't work,in the mean.time where is my advocate from Shea , no where. First week run microwave n blows a fuse, panel had to be replaced (one switch) but new house had to wait a week. Would I ever by a Shea home or refer someone NO ... More

Shea looks out for Shea.

The initial home-buying process went smoothly, although it took the company a long time to finish building my home. Now that I'm in it, I see issues with some of the workmanship, mostly with what appears to have been touch-up work to finish the job. Some of the painting, cabinetry, and other installations were done very sloppily, as if the workers rushed to finish and get out of here. Dealing with these and other issues with Shea's Customer Service also hasn't been the best experience. The representative I've been working with to fix problems doesn't communicate well at all, and she gets things wrong or forgets things all the time. When I've pointed them out to her, she's gotten rude, defensive, and even accusatory, as if these problems or misunderstandings are my fault. She just doesn't seem to care about my convenience or overall satisfaction. She makes decisions based on what seems satisfactory to her or what she thinks I should just accept, instead of asking me about what I want, including when repair technicians are scheduled. She doesn't apologize for mistakes and miscommunications, and gets upset if I don't just accept her decisions and treatment, to the point where she won't even respond to me. I don't look forward to having to work with this person for the next few years. ... More

Say produces a nice lovely Home!!!!

The cheapest materials are used and the upgrades are way overpriced.

The quality control and attention to detail was very poor on our new home. The entire house has flaws and sloppy work through and we were very disappointed with the quality of labor that was put into the finishes. We paid extra for two tone paint and could have had a far better job done elsewhere, paint is sloppy and not even through the entire house and now we are stuck with a subpar job that we paid thousands for and extremely unhappy with the paint and baseboards. They really let us down with all of the finish work and is not what we would have expected when spending this type of money on a new build. We are also very concerned and upset that are lot has no full dirt and is solid rock. We are unable to plant any live trees, bushes, grass, or plants because there is no dirt and just solid rock that is exposed in the backyard. I am having to spend tens of thousands of dollars to hire excavation teams to come in and jackhammer the back yard to level it to have any landscape done and to finish the yard which is beyond frustrating and not ok. Alison with quality control has been out several times now and great but we are really hoping that Shea homes steps in and makes this right. We are very disappointed with the build and the lot. ... More

A Problem I see is not at all a problem to the builder. Here I would like to share one of the weird answer I heard. In the living room, there are gaps between flooring and wall edge trim. At some parts there is a gap and no gap at other parts. When I asked about this, I got this answer... “Those gaps help to let the air flow and settle down the walls, also advised me not to fill those gaps.” Now I feel wind blowing through the gaps and Ants are passing by.