Do DMV area home builders suck?

[Anonymous]

I’m always on Pinterest and IG looking at new home builds and marvel at home designs that are almost always built outside of this area. What’s the deal - do we have any great home builders? Is it the lack of space in this area that makes new homes not have the wow factor? Don’t get it!

[Anonymous]

You never will

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You never will

Snarky Sally/Steve has arrived!

[Anonymous]

There are beautiful homes being built, but they aren’t going up en masse.

[Anonymous]

Yes, they suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are beautiful homes being built, but they aren’t going up en masse.

OP here - Where and by which builder? The ones I see are custom so not mass produced at all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are beautiful homes being built, but they aren’t going up en masse.

OP here - Where and by which builder? The ones I see are custom so not mass produced at all

Where?

There are plenty of high end quality builders in the DC area. You don’t see the quality of a build by driving by a house. And most you can’t see from the street to begin with. A lot of them don’t have flashy websites and don’t profile their projects heavily. They get business from word of mouth and their clients want to maintain some privacy/safety. Also search architects sites more than builders.

There is a whole level of construction beyond what you see on most sites or “luxury” designated HGTV/Bravo shows.

Ilex
Rembrandt
Horizon
Miller McIntyre
Bowers
BOWA
SandySpring

Plus about 50 others

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are beautiful homes being built, but they aren’t going up en masse.

OP here - Where and by which builder? The ones I see are custom so not mass produced at all

Where?

There are plenty of high end quality builders in the DC area. You don’t see the quality of a build by driving by a house. And most you can’t see from the street to begin with. A lot of them don’t have flashy websites and don’t profile their projects heavily. They get business from word of mouth and their clients want to maintain some privacy/safety. Also search architects sites more than builders.

There is a whole level of construction beyond what you see on most sites or “luxury” designated HGTV/Bravo shows.

Ilex
Rembrandt
Horizon
Miller McIntyre
Bowers
BOWA
SandySpring

Plus about 50 others

Thanks will take a look at these. I usually find homes I like from Instagram these days and never see any dC area homes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are beautiful homes being built, but they aren’t going up en masse.

OP here - Where and by which builder? The ones I see are custom so not mass produced at all

Where?

There are plenty of high end quality builders in the DC area. You don’t see the quality of a build by driving by a house. And most you can’t see from the street to begin with. A lot of them don’t have flashy websites and don’t profile their projects heavily. They get business from word of mouth and their clients want to maintain some privacy/safety. Also search architects sites more than builders.

There is a whole level of construction beyond what you see on most sites or “luxury” designated HGTV/Bravo shows.

Ilex
Rembrandt
Horizon
Miller McIntyre
Bowers
BOWA
SandySpring

Plus about 50 others

Thanks will take a look at these. I usually find homes I like from Instagram these days and never see any dC area homes

Are you looking to have a home built?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are beautiful homes being built, but they aren’t going up en masse.

OP here - Where and by which builder? The ones I see are custom so not mass produced at all

Where?

There are plenty of high end quality builders in the DC area. You don’t see the quality of a build by driving by a house. And most you can’t see from the street to begin with. A lot of them don’t have flashy websites and don’t profile their projects heavily. They get business from word of mouth and their clients want to maintain some privacy/safety. Also search architects sites more than builders.

There is a whole level of construction beyond what you see on most sites or “luxury” designated HGTV/Bravo shows.

Ilex
Rembrandt
Horizon
Miller McIntyre
Bowers
BOWA
SandySpring

Plus about 50 others

Thanks will take a look at these. I usually find homes I like from Instagram these days and never see any dC area homes

Are you looking to have a home built?

Yes in a few years. Doing my research now

[Anonymous]

You need to go with a custom home builder -- they are building to spec (on a client's request). Most of the teardowns are from higher-volume builders that are speculative (no buyer identified until home is built and ont he market. They have a book of a couple of designs, and just pull one that fits the lot well, tweak it as needed, and go with that. That's why you'll see one after another arts-n-crafts style house from the same builder.

Custom build costs a lot more of course. Can be 50% higher if you use high-end finishes also. This is what we did, and are very satisfied. It's our "forever home" so not really focused on resale value, but generally I think a lot of the nice stuff we did won't flow through to increased sale price, but who cares if that's not an issue for 20-30 years from now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to go with a custom home builder -- they are building to spec (on a client's request). Most of the teardowns are from higher-volume builders that are speculative (no buyer identified until home is built and ont he market. They have a book of a couple of designs, and just pull one that fits the lot well, tweak it as needed, and go with that. That's why you'll see one after another arts-n-crafts style house from the same builder.

Custom build costs a lot more of course. Can be 50% higher if you use high-end finishes also. This is what we did, and are very satisfied. It's our "forever home" so not really focused on resale value, but generally I think a lot of the nice stuff we did won't flow through to increased sale price, but who cares if that's not an issue for 20-30 years from now.

Can you share who you used and how you selected your builder? Also was your home a tear down? Or empty lot?

[Anonymous]

Waste of money

[Anonymous]

Part of the issue is that the buyers have bad taste here. I see lots of custom homes by great builders but the buyers choose terrible finishes. Like gold topped columns, gaudy kitchens and weird layouts. The outsides are bad too with little to no landscaping because these buyers cheap out there.

[Anonymous]

just buy a home that exists