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She knows we are not building for a couple years (I've stressed that in EVERY email I've sent her) and she completely understands and has NOT pressed us at all about coming in to meet her. She and I have emailed at various times in the past month and spoke on the phone once. Not once has she done a hard sell, since she knows that we are just NOT able to build right now even though we own the land we're building on.
Make sure the contractors are using your specs cause they originally put my shower in the wrong way which would have messed up my bathtub and tile set up. Contarctors spilled a whole bottle of some red sauce they had for lunch on the sub floor and was going to leave it there. I brought to the attention of schumacher and they barely wiped it up, so i went in and cleaned it myself so I would not have ants down the road because their spill on my sub floor . Can anyone tell me, when schumacher provided you with your final quote, did they have the cost of gravel needed for the house listed on the quote or was that already built into the cost of the home?
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There are so many things to think of when building and anything you may possibly forget and add a change fee. We made some design changes and always a few things you wish you would have thought of but in the end yes, was happy and we love our home. We had a great builder that worked well with us so we were quite pleased.
I really like the layout of the Heritage B home. We have not gone into one of their models or design centers yet. My question is that if I sign with them at 177,000 (It won't be that much by the way, we have selected one of their ranch homes instead of this two story home.) Anyways, will I be expecting to pay anymore? I can see if I go over my carpet limit, etc I would have to pay more or if I wanted to add something later. My main concern is unexpected stuff such as in the post above how the guy had to pay an additional $6,000 to have gravel pored around his house. The next stop on the second floor tour are the two bedrooms.
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I do not see any of the other architects here. We loved their new Craftsman plans and we set up a price quote appointment with them at their Ashland Office. That's where the good part of this experience ends. Right off the bat, they quoted us a "starting price" that was $3500 different than what was quoted on their own website, even taking into account the difference to build our in our rural county. Luckily, I had printed out the website with the lower amount quoted.
I met with them and the upgrades I want are easily another 100,000. Husband and wife team, inspired by their mutual love of nature, and their personal passion to embrace history and family legacy. Heading back to the kitchen and great room, we also have the dining room. There is plenty of space in the dining room for a large table and a buffet or hutch. In this model, there is a bench lining two of the three walls of the room. It is topped with granite countertops and has a large farmhouse sink built in.
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Late to the game here, but I agree with millworkman. We built through TK Constructors in Ohio and deducted a woodburning fireplace and received a 600 dollar credit. I was kinda pleased with that because we were okay not having a fireplace. Well, guess what, now 4 years later my wife wants a freaking fireplace and of course, good luck adding a woodburning fireplace with proper venting for 600 bucks. I'll buy you an electric fireplace/tv stand.
I really like the continuous flow of this house. Paul Schumacher Homes did a really great job carrying those details through the home. The exterior of this version of the Olivia certainly does not disappoint. The home has a combination of stone, vinyl, and shake shingle that all go really well together. The white trim and large white columns leading up to the front entry do a great job of catching the eye and making the home stand out.
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The next day, the district manager called. Same approach, but offered us $10,000 off our upgrades as a "good faith offering of customer service". My husband told him that no matter how much we loved their house, we could never do business with a company with so little regard for integrity and we were passing on the house. The district manager had the nerve to say "well, if we can ever do business with you in the future, give us a call".
We are at the same process and are wondering when we begin negotiating, and what they are willing to take off in addition to the $15,000 promotion. I am slightly turned off by the offer of a BMW on their website, I find that a tad tacky and would MUCH rather have the cost of the car deducted from my home price. The only downside is hearing all the negativity in online forums about them which is kind of leaning me away.
Salesman said we'd have the plan,drawing and cost in 2 days. It's been two months+ and no results, called Salesman Tom Saxton a couple times and e-mailed several times. He blamed the design dept, says he can't get the info from them. Don't know how they'd build a house in 4 months when they won't respond. Anyone know how to contact Paul Schumacher?
We originally wanted to talk to him a couple of years ago, but he had a waiting list of clients from references - always a good sign. We originally thought we couldn't afford him, but much to our delight, we've found that we can, even with substantial upgrades. He charges a fair price and he's totally upfront about the costs with no surprises. And we'll have a quality built house, using local Amish carpenters, with custom built cabnetry and trimwork, and local building products that support the local economy.
Our salesman at first didn't buy it, but I made him go into their website as we sat there and proved to him that I was right. He looked puzzled, then agreed that it was their error and confirmed with his sales manager that the lower price would be honored in our quote. He made that note in our quote - "price adjusted to reflect pricing error on website". My homestead model is near completion and the house is actually under budget by $2000 from our quoted contract price at the time of the preconstruction meeting. They didn't try and nickel and dime me like I thought they would and the builder I received is incredibly good and was able to get things done the day he said he did.
After seeing this house in person and walking through a few other 1 story homes, this was the only 1 story that we really liked. Of course with many upgrades since the house is only 1,750 SQ Feet. By the time we get done adding the sunroom, and a few other upgrades, it'll be a little over 2,000 SQ feet which should be perfect for us.
Inside Paul Schumacher Homes Stunning Olivia Floor Plan
I have worked in the homebuilding industry here in Indianapolis for the past 15 years side by side with some of the best in town. I feel that as a member of the Builders Association of Greater Indianapolis I have that responsibility. Not only do they charge you full blown retail, if you deduct you will only get a very small portion back in credit and they charge change order fee's for everything. At the end of the day the margins are small on the basic house package they offer and they swing for the fences on anything outside if that basic package.
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