Comments:

Our building superviser was very courteous and tried to be accommodating about resolving any "defects" during our preliminary walkthrough. (It's too bad he wasn't able to be on site and watch over the construction of every part of our house.) However when we arrived for our final walkthrough, workers were still in our house and much of what was pointed out during the prior walkthrough wasn't done. Although I believe our new home does not have any serious defects, we are going to have to make a lot of changes. For example, we cannot wash the walls due to the low-quality ("builder's grade") paint, the dishwasher is extremely cheap, our windows are covered with paint splatters, the shower curtain rod was installed almost a foot too low and adjusting the height damaged the wall because one side was missing a rubber gasket, the vinyl floor is the cheapest line sold by the particular name brand and it tears with even the slightest movement of our dryer. Also, there was an undisclosed $75 fee we were required to pay at closing which was not in our contract. The positive elements of our house come from the choices WE were allowed to make - the floorplan;the lot; the brick, roof, counter, and cabinet colors, and also the two additional upgrades which the developer gave to us after we had already signed our contract (these upgrades were added to the community basic package to encourage new contracts under slowing market conditions). Adams also hesitantly allowed us to hire an independent inspector; some issues raised by our inspector were addressed, but not all of them. Would I do this all over again? Yes; we were aware of problems with volume developers, and the "final product" is actually better than expected. I believe the quality of some of the workmanship is poor (and poor is average for this type of development), but the design of our particular floorplan and some of the materials are actually above average.