My wife and I are looking at purchasing a new build in Ankeny this summer. Does anyone have experiences (good, bad, or otherwise) with home building companies in the Des Moines Metro?
Home Builders in the Des Moines Metro
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I have a Jerry's/Adam Grubb house. Its a B/B+ (bought used, high quality for starter home in western suburbs).
My uncle used Sage Homes on a $350K house in Ankeny. I'd say that is B+/A-. A lot of his issues with the house come from the $hit work done by a plumbing subcontractor.
The goal is to live in a former home builders house. About the only home they don't cut corners on or get lazy watching sub contractors
My uncle used Sage Homes on a $350K house in Ankeny. I'd say that is B+/A-. A lot of his issues with the house come from the $hit work done by a plumbing subcontractor.
The goal is to live in a former home builders house. About the only home they don't cut corners on or get lazy watching sub contractors
I've been following Dreamscape Homebuilders on social media and they build some awesome looking homes. I have no firsthand experience with them, though. I'd be curious to hear from anyone here that has used them. I assume their prices will most likely be outside of our comfort zone.
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Never heard of Sage, we have looked at few of Jerrys and like them. Our big thing is the ranches everyone is putting out now don't have a space that can be used as an office so we are looking most likely at a 2 story.
MJ Properties is owned and operated by the majority owner of CF. PM me and I'll get you in touch with them. Our office is literally inside of theirs. They are Ankeny based.
They made the first bedroom on the right smaller for office use. That allowed for a bigger hall bath and bigger living room. So only 2 beds on the main and 1 downstairs
Floor-plan: https://www.sagehomesiowa.com/the-cypress
I knock ours for: wall insulation feeling just ok, fireplace leaks air like crazy, already had to replace the spigots for outside hose hookup (built in 2011).
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OP is looking for new builds...not re-modelers.
(BTW....are you serious Clark? )
Yes, Chip was making breakfast at the Grove Cafe.
I have a Stephen Grubb house and I would hate to see what a C or D house looks like then
Ours has been very solid to tell you the truth. Roughly 20 yrs old and we've lived there half the time. Nothing unexpected has happened.I have a Stephen Grubb house and I would hate to see what a C or D house looks like then
we used a local builder Frampton Homes. Have had nothing but positives from them. Not a huge company so felt like it was more personal then a huge builder.
https://framptonhomes.com/
Up to 330K we can comfortably put 20% down on and not have it impact us. We are selling our current home too.
Most builders pull from the same relatively small pool of subs in each trade. A crew can frame a $200,000 starter home one month and a $600,000 home the next. That’s the problem and you need a home builder who will work with you and not get pissy when you identify problems. A builder who doesn’t just disappear after the warranty is up.
