DFW Home Builders - K. Hovnanian Homes

August 12, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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K. Hovnanian® Homes® has earned a solid reputation for integrity, dependability, leadership and value, due in large part to our unwavering attention to quality construction and unfailing pursuit of customer satisfaction. It is their promise to build a trusting relationship to meet your expectations. Their Associates are available any time to answer your questions and make your homebuilding experience a positive one.

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DFW Homebuilders - Taylor Morrison Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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Morrison Homes builds nationwide and ranks as one of the nation’s top 20 builders in sales–over 4000 sold annually–and among the top 5% in the nation for customer satisfaction. Morrison Homes builds only single family and town homes in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, Reno, Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, Denver, Sacramento, and Phoenix.

Morrison Homes is known for honesty and integrity, ability to deliver quality new homes on schedule, and for making home warranty repairs quickly and efficiently. Morrison Homes has developed a customer commitment called the Signature Pledge. This pledge promises an attentive personal relationship with your builder, a customized design, a strong warranty, and an outstanding neighborhood.

Morrison Homes - Seven Steps to Satisfaction

Step 1: Signature Selection Center Meeting
Signature Selection Centers are located in every city where Morrison Homes builds. Here you’ll consult with Designers to select all the finishes and upgrades to cusotomize your home to your individual tastes and requirements.

Step 2: Owner’s Orientation Meeting
You, your Builder and your Sales Associate will meet to review and confirm the plans and upgrades you’ve selected and visit your lot to review its specifications.

Step 3: Mid-Construction (Pre-Drywall) Meeting
After the home has been framed, wired, plumbed, your builder will walk through your home with you. You’ll have the chance to verify your details and upgrades as well as confirm placement of windows, doors, lighting fixtures, and switches, as well as electrical, phone and cable outlets.

Step 4: New Home Demonstration Meeting
Before closing, your Builder will give you a final walk-through and show you how all the appliances and mechanical systems work. You and your Builder will also review your Home Warranty as well as regular homeowner maintenance needs. You’ll also have the opportunity to note any items that may need adjusting or require touch up before closing.

Step 5: Two-Month Home Review
Two months after your closing your Builder will note any items covered by your Home Warranty that need repair.

Step 6: 11-Month Home Review
After you’ve been in your home for 11 months, your Builder will note any items covered by your Home Warranty that need to be repaired.

Step 7: 22-Month Home Review
Your Home Warranty expires after 24 months. This review is to ensure that there are no issues that arise after expiration.

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DFW Homebuilders - Meritage Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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Meritage Homes is the 12th lagest national builder in the U.S., operating primarily in the South and West. Meritage operates in six of the top ten single-family housing markets in the country. In Texas, Meritage builds homes in the Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston areas. The company has been named in the Forbes Platinum 400 list for the fourth consecutive year. Meritage sets it’s own standards by using it’s national buying power to deliver superior craftsmanship in up-scale communities for a surprising value.

Some features that Meritage builds into all of their homes are:

* Superior sealants
* Improved insulation
* High-efficiency windows with advanced Low E or double-paned design
* High-efficiency mechanical systems
* Rapid recovery water heaters
* Energy Efficient HVAC units

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DFW Homebuilder - Lennar Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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Lennar Homes was founded in 1954, and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. Lennar has been one of the nation’s leading builders for the past 53 years. Lennar builds in 18 states in some of the most up-scale markets in the country.

Lennar has developed a customer care system called Total Lennar Care (TLC), which focuses on total involvement and attention to every step of the home building and buying process and beyond. After you have moved in, Lennar has a series of scheduled visits from the customer care team to make sure you are 100% satisfied and have no issues.

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DFW Homebuilders - KB Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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KB Homes has been a nationwide builder of quality homes for fifty years. KB builds in all major housing markets across the country. KB Homes strives to offer superior quality construction, unique architecture and dedicated customer service. KB has developed a number of architectural designs that reduce energy use and have earned Comfort Wise and Energy Star ratings. KB also works with the Natural Resources Defense Council to help assure that lumber used in KB Homes does not come from endangered or old-growth forests. KB Home has created a unique,step-by-step plan, Built To Orderâ„¢, that guides customers through the entire construction process. Each phase of construction has a specific quality checkpoint that must be passed in order to move on to the next phase.

Preconstruction
You are meet with your sales person and superintendent for a final review of your home plans.

Quality Checkpoint - Pre-pour checkpoint includes a review of the lot prior to pouring the slab.

Foundation
KB Homes checks soil conditions,government requirements, and home size to ensure structural integrity. Post-tension engineering is used to stabilize each foundation.

Quality Checkpoint - Before framing starts, the foundation and post-tension engineering are checked.

Lumber Drop and Framing
The framing stage usually takes one to four weeks, and consists of the following:
Walls start going up, work starts on the second-floor system (if applicable), using engineered floor joists.
Roof trusses arrive at the home site.

Quality Checkpoint - During the framing stage, there are three separate checkpoints: the frame of the house is checked for correct sizing, squareness and workmanship.

Plumbing and Electrical
Air conditioning, heating, ventilation, plumbing and electrical wiring are installed.
Once the roof is installed, the exterior detail work begins, including trim, windows and doors.
HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) and plumbing systems are “roughed-in” as exterior trim is completed. The electrical system is “roughed-in” during two days. Exterior trim is painted

Quality Checkpoint - Mechanical systems are inspected.

Drywall
It takes about two days to hang interior drywall. Then, drywall taping and finishing are completed and insulation is is blown in.

Quality Checkpoint - There are two checkpoints before drywall begins and after its completion: Upon cleaning up any drywall debris, FCMs check all walls and ceilings for finish and consistency.

Trim and Finish Details
Two-week phase during which all customized trim and finish details are completed

Quality Checkpoint - Three quality checkpoints, trim, pre-carpeting, and pre-final are conducted during this phase:

Interior trim is examined for fit and quality of installation. HVAC systems are finished as a pre-final quality check focuses on all completed areas of the home. Pre-final quality review of entire home. Appliances are installed. Door and window screens are installed. Carpeting is installed. Various final inspections (bank, city, etc.), garage cleaning and paint touch-ups take place.

Quality Checkpoint - Upon completion of the finals, one last quality check is conducted prior to scheduling the homeowner orientation.

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DFW Homebuilders - Huntington Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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Huntington Homes is a Dallas area luxury homebuilder specializing in custom homes that are as unique as the individuals who dwell in them. When you buy a Huntington Home, you’re investing in quality construction, craftsmanship and superb service from start to finish.

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DFW Homebuilders - Highland Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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Highland Homes is one of the top home builders in the North Dallas area. Highland is a family-owned company founded in 1985 and builds about 2,500 homes a year in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston areas. It is consistently ranked amongst the top 40 new homebuilders in the country.

Each Highland home is an original design created to provide livability and functionality while enriching your life with an element of architectural drama usually only found in custom homes. Rooms flow in comfortable usable patterns, while soaring ceilings, art niches, angled walls and wide expanses of glass create stunning impact.

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DFW Homebuilders | Drees Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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Drees Homes has been building quality custom homes for over 75 years. As the nations 25th top builder, Drees remains headquartered in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, and has operations in Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Nashville, Raleigh, N.C., Frederick, Md., Washington D.C., Jacksonville FL, Austin and Dallas/Fort Worth.

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DFW Homebuilders - D.R. Horton Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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DR Horton builds homes throughout Dallas and Fort Worth ranging from the $190s to the $300s. Based in Arlington, Texas, DR Horton has a solid reputation for fine workmanship, aesthetic quality and stellar customer service.

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DFW Homebuilders - David Weekley Homes

January 16, 2009 by jenna · Leave a Comment
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David Weekley Homes is a Texas based home builder that wins many awards for its outstanding home designs. Since 1976, David Weekley has topped the market when it comes to building outstanding homes in gorgeous communities throughout Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Denver, Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. Known for its outstanding home design layouts, David Weekley Homes builds houses that are usable with incredible open floor plans and amenities.

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