I am mainly on The Nest but it's not as active as this board so I thought I could ask here. We had been looking at buying a house in June but we now are thinking about building. What builder did you use and why did you pick them? (kykassie we will have lots of questions for you sometime in person!)
Re: NBR: Anyone build a house?
We built a house and it was finished in May '09. We chose to build with Ryan Homes, but honestly that was just because they were within our price range and in the neighborhood we wanted. We previously looked at Ryland Homes about a year before we decided to go wtih Ryan, but we couldn't come to terms with a sales price and walked.
As for working with Ryan, we have very mixed reviews about that process and the final result. They were very shady about stuff and the more time we spend in our house the more things we notice. The up-side is that we got a much larger house with many upgrades that if we built with anyone else (or bought a previously owned home) we wouldn't be able to afford. So it's a give and take. Anyways if you have specific questions feel free to e-mail or page me. Oh and we built in Liberty Twp, I know at least for Ryan, it's all about who you work with, some people are great others are shady.
Agreed. I was single when I built my house in Maineville in 2001 and had a very good experience with them. Ryan's morning room option was one of my reasons for going with them as a builder. I had my choice of many builders in the area at that time. My house is almost 9 years old at this point and it has held up incredibly well.
In a neighborhood with it's own builders.
Thanks I will look into Ryan and let you know if I have questions. I appreciate it.
Married to my BFF on 8.13.05 (after dating 5 years)!
DS born 2.14.08. DD born 9.30.09.
Independence is one of the areas we are considering so I will look into it. Thank you!