Started off ok and went down. We set low standards and they continually failed to meet them…read more The owner, in an email, said my expectations were too high. I was told this was said to others. One misstatement followed with a delay followed by more incorrect statements and every time it was somehow my fault.. that the paint had drips, the yard wasn't done. Same appliances as all the standard home builders. Ask around the neighborhood, I thought it was just me, until recently.

The process started off great. The build part of the process NOT GREAT. You had to keep a…read moreconstant eye on their work. MANY mistakes were made. Drinking on the job was an issue. Preclose items were not completed before move in. Sub contractors are sub par. Many empty promises. Unless you like babysitting a custom home builders work and pointing out constant unprofessional mistakes I would not recommend this builder

I'm in the initial phase of speaking with Boss Hog Bardo's. They called close to the appointment…read morebut were five minutes late. Then they wanted me to provide them pictures of the examples provided in my initial inquiry. I previously provided model numbers and names of the websites. They did not take much time before the call to familiarize themselves with what we were looking for. One of the examples was on the Boss Hog Website. They were not on-time or prepared. The call was less than 8 minutes. A far cry from the 30 minutes I planned on discussing the design and construction ideas. I was then sent over the email for financing to schedule an appointment. It was not the best start to building our last home. They are based in Indiana, the first call came from Florida, the second from California. I understand, many things are contracted out and no one does everything in house anymore but I'm not getting good vibes from the start. It seems like this entire process is going to be sub-contracted beyond belief and Boss Hog is making their money just coordinating the process. From their website: "Boss Hog Barndominiums is a full service barndominium designer and builder nationwide." We'll see how the next phone call goes.

Much like the other reviews on here, I have found Boss Hog Barndominiums to be a SCAM…read more Unfortunately, I saw the reviews too late. In August of last year I contacted Boss Hog to quote building a detached garage for me. I worked with Caylee Erwin to spec out the plans for our build. We paid $4500 to start the process and get engineered drawings for our garage. The first red flag was this process took several months, mostly because we would tell Caylee what we wanted and we would get something completely different on the plans. We even sent pictures and I drew my own plans on software that I purchased to show them what I was looking for and they still kept getting it wrong. Finally, after stix months, our drawings were completed in February for the shell of the garage but not the structural drawings, which we have still not received to date. Then we moved forward with a contract and paid a deposit in March of this year. Then I came across the reviews for Boss Hog. I expressed my concerns to Caylee after reading the reviews and she put me in touch with Allen Erwin, her father and one of the owners Boss Hog. He talked me through all of the legal issues against Boss Hog and assured me it was because of the prior owner who now has a warrant against her. He assured me that they were changing things for the better and they brought in a new contractor, Mark Wortley of Master's Mark Builders, who was going to do a great job with our project. As a compromise to move forward, Allen refunded a portion of my deposit and assured me work would start moving forward soon on my project. In April, Mark came to my house to start marking out the concrete pad and footings. When he showed up, he had different drawings than what we agreed upon and what was in our contract. I made him aware of the discrepancies and he said he would get with Caylee to get them fixed. At this time, he also made us aware that he would be the GC for this project but he didn't have his GC license in North Carolina but he would be getting it soon. He told us they would be starting concrete work in 6-8 weeks. Fastforward now 12 weeks and Mark Wortley has still not obtained his GC license in North Carolina and no permits for our build have been obtained. Allen, Caylee nor Mark will return any of my calls even though I have left numerous voicemails and text messages. We are a little over a month away from being 1 year since starting this project for a simple garage, not a house, a garage - and we don't even have an engineer signed drawing to show for it. If anyone has any information on legal proceedings against Boss Hog please share them them, as I am working with a lawyer to move forward with actions against Boss Hog and Master Mark Builders.

I built a new home through Arbor Homes (honestly which has been great) but I closed in the winter…read morewhich means the sod installation got pushed back until spring when I was already in the house. Because of this the watering was not done by Arbor and I was hit with a $1400 water bill. During this same period there were vacant houses that had their sod installed and watered on Arbor's dime while I am getting hit with this extra expense because my house was ready in the winter time. I reached out to Arbor management team, which didn't respond for weeks, about this issue and they told me that the sod was an investment in my property and watering was my responsibility. I asked why I was having to have this extra investment when neighbors right next door will not have this same expense because of the house being built and sodded in the spring/summer time. So effectively I have been hit with a $1400 penalty for closing in the winter time. The customer service with Arbor Homes is atrocious. Once you close on your property you don't matter to them and they will not help you. If you close on a house in the winter time be sure to ask about sod installation and make an addendum on the Sod paper that you sign to protect you from this same situation. Until they can make it equal for people that close in the winter as it is for those that close in summer/spring buyers need to push back on this.

Don't do it!!! Its…read moredefinitely one of those situations where I wish I could give ZERO stars. I have had countless warranty claims. You have to stay on top of them non stop, they will send someone to basically play with the issue, but almost never fix the issue. My biggest concern is that they charged us something like $15,000 for a larger back yard. But unfortunately, because they are terrible at landscaping, half of my backyard is pretty much worthless. Its either a lake or a swamp. They have come out numerous times over the last year to "fix" the issue, but every single time they have only changed the issue. I've called everyone. I screamed it from the rooftops. They had their chance. Now, I'm going to leave a review every place that will let me. I am also going to file a claim with the city of London.

We built with Arbor Homes in 2016. From the first day that we walked into the model, unsure of why…read morein the world we were thinking about going through this process until today - 2 years later - we have had a fantastic experience. Of course, anytime that you build - or buy an already built home for that matter - you will run into issues, questions, concerns, etc. The benefit with Arbor is that those questions, concerns, etc were answered and /or addressed as quickly as they were discovered. If we ever decide to build again we would choose Arbor!