Brand new home, AC doesn't work within 9 months of purchase and they can't be bothered to act on the maintenance request, this item is covered in their warranty. read more

If you are looking for a brand new home that you will have to continuously fix then Nilson Homes is a great pick. Beautiful homes with doors that don't latch, fixtures that fall off the walls, tiles that are not even, scratches all over nice surfaces from day 1 moving in (which they won't cover btw), "floating" laminate that is nailed down and so much more. Such a great experience trying to get them to fix anything. Our first call took 3 months to get any help. We submitted our request for asthetic things and 2/3 were never taken care of. I understand that their subcontractors are other businesses... but Nilson Homes is aware of the quality of work and the issues regarding it. I had to sit and fight with their flooring contractor to come out and fix our floors that were separating because they had replaced random ones with flooring that didn't even match AND had holes from nails all over them. It literally took me sending around 90 pictures pointing to every single nail hole on my floor for them to come out. The nails void the flooring companies warranty, unlike the contractor tried to convince me. Luckily I am familiar with shady contractors so I did my own research before even reaching out to them so I could let him know he was lying to me. We would try to call and they would tell us they were figuring it out then never call us back. We did months of trying to get them out before we gave up. All of the neighbors homes are having the same issues. The airflow of the entire house is absolutely awful. Makes total sense now why the guy on our final walkthrough was telling me about how to get airflow better... he knew it was going to be bad. Our main bedroom is above the garage and approximately 90 degrees all summer. We have had to sleep on our main level to survive and have had to buy a mobile swamp cooler to make it even livable. read more

Update- 8 year old plumbing crimp not tightened all the way has been leaking for years (unknown to us). 12 foot section of basement wall, carpet and pad (behind couch) has to be replaced. OPEN UP THE WALL AND IT HAS CRAP LOAD MORE SHEETROCK STUFFED BEHIND 2X4s. And the electrical wire is pinched between 2x4 and foundation. Poor poor work! Original post- Coming from construction back ground I understand quality and going the extra mile ,it shows as years go by on a home. Our house built 2013...so 7 years old. Looking adding a wet bar in the basement. So I bring my tools home and start pulling cover and outlets to look behind the walls with a camera scope to layout our wet bar. And I find CRAP! Lazy , pour quality work hidden. Piles of sheetrock left behind the walls. Faults walls NO to bare insulation. Cut off pipe just left around the drain pipes. Who knows what else will be found in this. read more

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Heidi Iverson was AMAZING!! She made everything seamless and a breeze, I seriously HIGHLY recommend her! Nilson homes has been so amazing to work with, I was worried building a home would be hard and stressful. But it has been actually the opposite! They have been so great! Especially with crazy year they have worked with us and answered any of questions if we had any, but most importantly it was smooth and we have a beautiful house that is safe and done right! Nilson doesn't cut corners, they make beautiful homes and they also make sure you are happy and safe in your dream home! That's how I feel, and I'm happy to call my dream house my home now thanks to them!! read more

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WE sure noticed a difference with Nielsen Homes. Poor workmanship, bully supervisor, and after the bully asked us to come meet him to tell him "how you want your front stairs ", he charged a change fee because we didn't want the same stairs that everyone else in the neighborhood had. Nielsen homes seated our shower into mortar mixed with dirt from outside, rather than sand and mud as they should have (check out the pictures) and we have to get a new shower and fix the water damage in the basement. This is not covered by home insurance. Damn you Nielsen homes!! We have found SO many problems with our home since it was built. We came every weekend to check the progress and the thieves tried to cut corners or not even follow the building plans on a regular basis. They had the fireplace and area for tv on the opposite ends per written plans. We caught that early, thank goodness. If they would have followed the blueprint, it would have saved them a lot of time and money. Nielsen homes tried to cut corners on us and even argued over facts. Our deck roofing was shorter than the plans, good thing we were there so often to point out the errors. Whenever there was an issue we brought up, the next week there would be obvious damage done to a window sill or a scratch in the wood. Seemingly on purpose due to holding Nielsen homes accountable for their promises. The banister came apart after a few years because it was installed incorrectly. Special shelves for the kitchen broke the first month of using them because they used super short screws so there's holes where the screws popped out chunks of wood. I could go on and on. I'm just shocked that this company is still in business, but then again, WE trusted them. You would be disgusted. Like we are. What a betrayal of good faith and trust in a company. Nobody would ever use Nielsen Homes if they did their homework. I wish we had. We weren't even allowed to pick out our own toilets. Next time we deal in writing for every communication and deal ONLY with a main office... of a completely different builder. Never again with Nielsen Homes. They suck and are costing us thousands of dollars to fix their mistakes. I posted pictures of the trashed shower. There should be minus stars. I couldn't post if I didn't pick a star. Crappy, unethical, unprofessional-- two guys were here on closing-Chris, he helped put the plans together and the building supervisor-I've obviously blocked memory of his name. Foul tempered bully. On the very night we did the last walkthrough, we noticed that all the higher quality doorknobs and hinges had been changed out to a much less expensive and lower quality of product. We pointed this out as soon as we walked in the home and requested what we had bought be put back. These bully men began arguing with us quite loudly and I'll NEVER forget what Chris said: "Hey, you STILL have a beautiful home!" Like we weren't supposed to get what we paid for. There's problems in most of the houses in our neighborhood that Nielsen Homes built. Chris had to sell his house and leave post haste due to people taking a bat to his a/c a few times. Guess I'm not the only one around here that felt like they gave us the shaft. read more

Stay away from Nilson homes. In the three years since they built my home in 2019, I have had four emergency repairmen come - one on the conked out air conditioner on a 100 degree day, and three over leaking water in three separate problems. They covered only one. None of them should have happened at all. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. read more

Nilson Homes is a fantastic builder that provided an excellent build process for my family and I. From initial contact to the day we received our keys, they have been attentive and appreciative of our business. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend their services to anyone building a home. read more

We have enjoyed our new home so far with minimal wear from settling with additional minor workmanship issues that are easy fixes for us to complete ourselves. Our largest headache has been the landscapers which Nilson used for our neighborhood: Kodiak Landscaping LLC. Communication, plant health and unfinished work continue to be issues which seem to be multiplying; many neighbors have had and continue to have issues similar to ours with no updates. Our newest issue is a flooded yard, root rot, and clogged downspout drains due to poor sprinkler install. We continue to wait on a reply from Nilson to remedy these issues months later. We have spoken to several employees from Nilson and one came out to see the start of the issue approx. two months ago. We have yet to receive an update. If you purchase from Nilson and plan to have landscaping completed, ensure Kodiak Landscaping is not contracted for the project. read more

These guys are slapping together garbage and calling it a house. If I were you, I would run. We have had nothing but trouble with our Nilson home, everything from a cracking foundation, concrete sloping the wrong direction (or not sloping at all), and wires that aren't even connected. My favorite so far is that the AC unit they installed isn't big enough to cool our house, so the AC runs all summer long and never gets the house cold. When another company came to look at the problem, they found that the ducting they used was too small for the AC unit anyway, so even upgrading the AC couldn't fix the problem because the ducts are too small to move enough air for this size of house. The only way to fix it is to pay another $60,000 to replace the entire system on our brand new house. These guys are jackals. They'll push you around and lie to you about everything. They shouldn't be allowed to be building houses in Utah. read more

We built a home with Nilson homes and were super impressed. We signed papers in 2020, with Hiedi Iverson. Heidi was amazing, she was upfront and honest with us the whole time! Heidi spend lots of time with us, looking at floor plans, walking through models, figuring out what I could afford. When it came down to signing papers, I said I was nervous and not sure. Heidi told me, don't purchase if you have any sort of second thoughts, I loved this support and extremely non-pushy approach!! It made me feel cared about and not just another sale for her. We obviously decided to sign, and it was such a great decision!! Like I said Heidi was amazing and communicated with me often, and still to this day after closing answers any questions I have. Eric was our supervisor, and also extremely responsive, and again still responds to me even after closing. Eric paid such close attention to detail on our home, and caught things I never would have. He came and unlocked the doors for me to walk through it any time I wanted. My dad is a custom home builder and extremely picky on how things are done, and he too was very impressed with the job they did. I'd highly recommend working with Nilson homes!! My experience through the whole thing was nothing but great!! Since closing their warranty department has also been amazing, if something small has come up they were out there within 48 hours. read more

First off find another builder! Talk with people that have built with them. My subdivision had the same problems we did. Here is a email I received from one of their sales agents. read more

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For the most part, we were fine with Nilson homes. However, the stairs off our deck ended ~2 steps short of the ground. Instead of contacting us to add additional steps, they just piled up dirt and put the cement pad on top of that. this left us no way to use those steps to access the back yard. Nilson told us it was our problem and they would not help to defray the costs of adding stairs or getting fill dirt. Never thought I needed to ask if we had enough stairs reach the ground. Too bad Nilson doesn't believe in customer service. read more

I cannot recommend Nilson Homes enough! This was mine and my wife's first home purchase and I am positive we went the right route. Each step of the way (from design to closing) we felt that everyone we worked with from Nilson truly wanted to ensure that we were well informed and that our needs were met. We moved in last week and still can't believe that this beautiful home is ours. Our realtor, Heidi, was awesome to work with and was quick to provide answers to our many questions. We always felt as though she was honest and forthright (something we didn't feel with some of the other builders in the area). If you're looking to build a home, Nilson Homes should be your first choice. read more

Do not build with nilson homes. Very poor customer service. Do not look out for clients needs. Keep information from you till it's too late to back out and their finish work is so crappy. We'll be redoing a lot of it ourselves at additional cost to us. Also they pay you for good reviews. I'm not sure how much to trust reviews anymore. We rated them high before the actual building process started. Really wish I hadn't done that. Myself and many of my neighbors disappointed in their work. read more

Nilson Homes was great to build with. We were able to work with Heidi Iverson. She did a fabulous job and was really responsive when we would reach out to her. She has a wealth of knowledge and was able to answer all are questions throughout the whole process. I would highly recommend Nilson Homes and Heidi. read more

We started our project with expectations of a 6 month deadline, we're 3 months in and still have 5 to go, no communication from the builder except when we hound and harass. If they're telling you 6 months, don't believe them. The model homes are nice, sure hope our house is done with the same attention to detail. Had I known it would take a year, I would have gone with a different builder. read more

We had such a great experience with Nilson. From our initial meeting all the way to closing we felt informed and valued as customers. The design studio was a wonderful experience with Jossilyn, she had wonderful design expertise while also being very open to hearing what we wanted and needed in our home. Our realtor, Heidi Iverson, was a delight to work with!! She was so attentive and responsive anytime we needed her and was always open and honest about any foreseeable delays or bumps in the road, which was much appreciated. We also loved working with our superintendent, Kurt Dixon, who also kept us very informed through buildertrend. We love our home!!! Highly recommend. read more

Nilson homes has been such a great company to work with. We are so happy with our new home. Holly made the process so easy, and helped us make all the changes we wanted. We were so happy with all of our choices at the design center, and the quality of all of their products. Our home turned out so beautiful and we couldn't have been happier. Our project manager Neldon always made sure everything was done perfectly, and if it wasn't he would get it fixed. He always kept us very informed and the process was so easy. We love our plan and our location. I would recommend Nilson homes to anyone. read more

I would love to say the quality of their homes is good but I never actually made it that far, I was unfortunate enough to get Darin from the south Weber branch as an agent helping me and that is where the experience went bad, he should be working the drive up window at McDonald's, not helping people build half million dollar homes,he was super excited to help until I cut him a check and then if you need to get a hold of him after that good luck, he would go days without returning your calls or texts, then of course he allows us to make it into design, before we are told that all of the colors we have chosen we can not have because someone in the neighborhood already has those colors, that would have been nice to know before he told us to pick out all of our colors and be ready but not one word was mentioned about it, finally I got so frustrated dealing with him, I actually walked away from the 3 grand I had given them to go elsewhere, worst 3 grand I ever spent, in the end they may put out a good home, but make sure if you end up with this guy just ask for someone else to help you. read more

We've been working with Nilson on a build for a couple months and it is going very well. We've done the full design center and now just waiting on our dig date. We're stoked! I looked into several home builders and Nilson was the one that offered the quickest build times and very competitive pricing. They aren't a custom home builder so with that you don't get to make huge structural changes but we were able to customize our home with tons of changes the base floorplan that really made it perfect for us. Chad was great to work with and I even referred 2 of my close friends to Nilson and they are building right next to us. read more

I would never recommend working with Nilson Homes. They couldn't care less about the quality of the home, all they intend to do is build the homes as fast as they can. They're subs are unresponsive and contend everything you ask to be fixed. Don't ask for any modifications because they absolutely will not do anything custom for your home so don't even bother asking. I had to come by my house every day to make sure things were being done correctly because the superintendent only came through once a week for half a day. They pay low dollar for the cheapest subcontractors......I had problems beginning with the foundation. Crappy concrete work that had to be repaired within a week, the concrete started to crack after a day and the foundation was square on the front of the house which Nilsson homes went on to tell me that it's build to industry standards. I cannot emphasize enough......never build with Nilson Homes. read more

This company is very difficult to deal with, we ask for things do be done when is is able to be fixed, yet they wait until the house is at a point where it can not be fixed to get back to you! well of course it cant now, because you waited 2 weeks to get back to us. We would never build with them again. Jodi stein does not care about your personal choices. read more

Do not trust this company especially the owner Bruce Nilson!!! He built the wrong floor plan on my property, refused to sign the origional FHA/ HUD1 docs, and left me with a home in Morgan, UT. since August 29, 2013 with the Certificate of Occupancy REVOKED by the county of Morgan!!!! He got his money and has no remorse. I have a vacant home sitting on my lot that is Unlivable. Two major fire violations in the home and no access to the main floor of the home because the steps inside and outside were not built to code, charged for services and equipment NOT DELIVERED!!! .......BUYERS RUN FROM THIS COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read more

I recently bought a new Nilson home in Evanston, Wyoming. It was not ready on the promise date and when it finally closed had a large "punch list" that took months to complete. The finished product is fine but be prepared to call the contractor every day if you want something completed. Their sub-contractors are all out of Utah and it takes a lot to get them to come to Wyoming. My neighbors had even more difficulty than I did so buyers beware. read more

After viewing an available model home multiple times in the same week (that was on the market nearly a year), and deciding to make an offer, I spent a week getting my house listed, had an open house, got the lending, and everything else to show that I was serious about selling. Their agent was kept updated about all the steps I was taking, and that I would be submitting an offer. I found out the day I was going to make the offer that they sold the house before mine even hit the market several days earlier, and they didn't let me or my agent know. They said they were not required to let interested parties know that it sold (it's called respect), and that I probably wasn't serious anyway-not sure how else one would prove they were interested in purchasing. Their agent in Layton is unethical and extremely disrespectful. They wasted mine and my agent's time and money because they have no integrity and no regard for people. I can't imagine how they would handle homeowner's issues after a purchase. I would never buy from or recommend Nilson Homes. BUYER BEWARE read more

We built our home last year with Nilson Homes. Let my first say how great a few people are that work for Nilson Homes. Many more but these people were fantastic. Kim and Dustin Morgan were our sales agents. Both are very experienced and professional. Dustin made sure our house would fit on our lot. The both answered our many questions that a buyer will usually have. Dave Durham was the site manager and made sure the house was completed including a few items after closing. Laurie Johnson was our designer and we gave her a tough task. Our house exterior is a dark green exterior which is unique. Also we decided to go with a big range hood, cherry cabinets and Cambria quartz. Everything turned out fantastic in the end. We really enjoy our house and it is efficient. Our last house was an Energy Star rated split level built in 2006. So far we have experienced gas/electric bills about 20% less overall. Our last electric bill was only $18 more than our apartment that we lived in last year. Their preferred lender, Linda Rose, from bank of Utah was also great. Most of our stress was from living in an 1100 sq/ft apartment with an 11 year old boy, 90 lb dog and terrible upstairs neighbors. I will be honest and state that Nilson has some things to work on but all companies should strive for improvement. Nilson Homes generally feel spacious and their standard options are real good. Another builder wanted $$ for everything and was scared of meeting the appraisal. Our home appraised for over $20k ABOVE the final price. If you are considering building then you should talk to Dustin or Kim Morgan. They are usually in the Clinton or Syracuse model homes. read more