I'm shocked.

I would buy a trailer house before a horton build

It's not just Horton homes. I have seen some horrific framing and other construction on homes in our area of some very reputable builders. It all about the care of the workers who often don't give a crap about quality and doing it the right way and about the level of oversight by the supers.

How do people not just know this just by looking at those things?
to spend that much money on those homes and not do any kind of research... smh.

As fast as some of these B/CS neighborhoods are built up, I would have a house thoroughly and carefully checked out before purchasing. Buyer beware.

Would this also mean that building inspectors aren't doing their job?

A friend's parents bought in Midtown. They've not had any issues with their house. Though wagons are circling the developers on both the residential and commercial sides for community amenities that were promised and not yet delivered.

Residential developer is same as Castlegate II and that fiasco.

My parents were going to buy one last year in midtown as a rental property. I wasn't involved except to do a walk through when my parents couldn't be there and found a lot of issues like a weird dip in the floor in a couple of corners, bathroom faucets splattering water on you because of the angle of the faucet and the shape of the bowl, flower beds with no edging or pavers to prevent Bermuda grass from growing in, etc. It was definitely not worth what they were asking. I later found out about their reputation from here and it pretty much lined up with what I saw. When my parents finally did their follow up walkthrough, my dad pointed out a bunch of flaws including a crack in the countertop and the guy that did the walkthrough refused to replace the countertop. My dad ultimately told him that the house was trailer park quality. My parents refused to follow through with the sale and lost their deposit.

I thought this would be about DR Horton building to code and that really not being a selling point but that article is bad. One of the embedded videos shows the top of a brick wall at the peak of a gable rocking back and forth and when they go into the attic the inspector finds that most of the framing is not nailed to any particular parts of the frame. No structural integrity at all. Feels like a class action suit coming that ends of bankruptcy for Horton. Hard to shake this kind of reputation once it sets in.

Southern Pointe
Midtown
Wellborn Settlement
Pleasant Hill (Bryan)

They have a terrible reputation everywhere they build.

Stylecraft is a step above. But the reality is that all tract homebuilders are going to have some bad builds. DR Horton is the worst of the bunch, from reviews.
Many folks just can afford to own a new home, in a decent neighborhood, without tract housing. So they continue to find customers. As housing continues to go up, I am guessing they will only continue to grow.

I can't speak to other spec builders in those areas, but if I was to buy in that area, Kaleo Homes would be where I was looking.

I say this maybe being a little bias as they use us in the process of new homes. When Fred with Kaleo contacted us, he was unhappy with his current supplier. We did a walk thru one of the houses already built(this was several years ago), I was able to point out several differences between how they did it, and how we do it. This is to include using a industry standard door mounted to IDA(international door association) recommendations.

Kaleo is the only one i know of using an industry standard door in that area mounted to IDA specs.

I say this to say, if Kaleo is taking those extra steps you don't usually see to take care of you, imagine how well
They will take care of you during the buying process.

Just to note: This is not a paid endorsement(lol), just want to give credit to a builder taking care of his customers when no one is looking.

This is what happens when you source your labor from a parking lot on San Jacinto Street instead of using experienced journeymen.

tu ag said:

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Southern Pointe
Midtown
Wellborn Settlement
Pleasant Hill (Bryan)

They have a terrible reputation everywhere they build.

Stylecraft is a step above. But the reality is that all tract homebuilders are going to have some bad builds. DR Horton is the worst of the bunch, from reviews.
Many folks just can afford to own a new home, in a decent neighborhood, without tract housing. So they continue to find customers. As housing continues to go up, I am guessing they will only continue to grow.

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Stylecraft builds a decent entry level home and they seem to address any issues after sale.

Our major home builder in the past that built crap homes was Main Street homes that build a lot of home out in Southwood Valley and out in Meadowbrook and Meadowcreek subdivisions. When I showed those homes, I would get my buyers to shake the interior walls about an inch.

Buyers should also hire their own building inspector and get one that knows their business. If an inspector takes less than 2 to 3 hours, he's not doing a deep dive job.

maroon barchetta said:

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Agreed on the inspector. We had one that wanted to do be done in 45 minutes.

Main Street got their butt sued by people on I&GN after the residents there developed flooding issues after rains when Main Street clear cut that tract where Meadow Creek is located. I never heard the outcome of that suit.

I think it's a requirement when buying in Meadow Creek that you have at least five vehicles and promise to never stop at the stop signs leaving the subdivision and don't stop at Koppe Bridge and I&GN.

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I go out to Meadow Creek every once in a while and with the narrow streets and cars parked all up and down the streets, I get dizzy trying to drive down those streets.

Those homes in MIdtown are horrific looking. They are so close together that I bet you can hear your neighbor fart in their bathroom. In a decade that subdivision will be trash.

If they wanted close dwellings, they just should have built attach townhomes with nice covered back patios.