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South Carolina - Near the Ocean
Bill enjoys bringing long term buyers together with ethical and value driven sellers (broker or intermediary).
Interests: blogs, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, reading, traveling, advertising sales philosophy, automotive advancements, internet education of baby boomers, exercise/racquetball, green/environmental issues. and quality movie comedies.
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Teresa, it is my opinion that every buyer having a new house built should document (online) the bad or good story of their new home construction. Only through online transparency of any builder's delivered product's performance will things get better for the buyers, and also for the sellers. While builders say they want feedback from their buyers (I was an overworked and unpaid quality control person for Ryland Homes for the first 13 months), they really don't want the general public to know of their shortcomings when they happen. Builders maximize profits by dealing with their shortcomings AFTER they get their money at close of escrow. In my case and opinion, cost cutting, a stretched too thin "on site builder" who is no longer with Ryland, and not properly inspecting things as they get done so the builder can get its money ASAP, caused a lot of problems, complaints, and stress for my breast cancer survivor wife and I. I've only had a plumbing leak problem show up after the 13 month warranty so far, but one neighbor had an HVAC unit support problem in his attic discovered after over four years in his house.
While it may cost the builders to be more quality conscious upfront, I believe it would pay off for all new construction builders in the long run through more positive online reviews and word of mouth. But, that would be long vs. short term thinking for large track home builder corporations.
My Last Ryland Homes Blog Post & My Attempt To Help Ryland Homes! - Brokerblogger
(Ryland Homes now CalAtlantic Homes) Does Chad Dreier (former COB of The Ryland Group, Inc on 5/29/09 - Bill Jews in Feb., 2010), or Scott D. Stowell (COB of CalAtlantic Homes in 2016), or Larry Nicholson (President & CEO of CalAtlantic Homes in 2016) know of the former Ryland Homes' customer ...
Jake H,
I don't know what kind of heat pump or A/C you have, as that might affect Ryland's decision? In any case, I'm hoping that my constructive suggestions regarding many things will bring a more enjoyable Ryland Homes customer experience than my wife and I had in our first year for all new customers with every home they build anywhere. Thanks for the potentially encouraging comment.
Ryland Homes Air Filter Constructive Suggestion - Brokerblogger
The caption to the side of the photo of a low cost, fiberglass, Ryland Homes initial HVAC air filter above says: "THE WORST AIR FILTER" on the "AMERICAN ALLERGY SUPPLY HOME PAGE" entitled "Pleated Air Filter Testing Using Dylos Air Monitor Laser Particle Counter". That photo is near the bot...
Since I really don't know all of the details of your situation, like how old your original struts were when they first started to get weaker, I think you got a good deal from the dealer.
Lexus Customer Satisfaction - A Vehicle For Brand Building? - Brokerblogger
As I said in "2007 Lexus LS 460's Retro 1990 Trunk Lid Mechanism", I turned down my Lexus dealer's offer in 2002/3 to replace my 2001 trunk struts with the exact same ones, as I did not see any long term benefit. Mine were just starting to not hold up the trunk lid very well, but my wife and ...
Raputtak, I really don't know if anyhing official has been resolved.
2007 Lexus LS 460's Retro 1990 Trunk Lid Mechanism - Brokerblogger
I love the Lexus LS brand and want to help it, by constructively presenting my complaint about what I, and others, consider to be a Lexus "trunk strut" engineering problem in the 2001 LS 430. In 2001, the completely redesigned Lexus LS 430 had this said about it in "'The Family Car' Web Magaz...
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