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Teofilo of Michellville, MD February 10, 2008

Teofilo of Michellville MD (02/10/08)
There are too many things wrong.  They have painted my house 4 times and it is still no good.  The island in my kitchen is not finished, the underside trim only has primer.  Now I received a bill for utility work and other things around this house, but nobody is taking responsibility for the poor job.

Debra of Spring, TX February 4, 2008

Debra of Spring TX (02/04/08)
I purchased my home in the summer of 2001. I have had numerous problems since day one. Plumbing leaks, rotted boards, leaky faucets, doors installed incorrectly, locks that didn't work, electrical problems, missing gas pipe line, explosion in the fireplace, etc. I truly could go on and on. But the worse thing happened yesterday. My carbon monoxide dectector went off. After an inspection by the gas company I was told I had two gas leaks behind the stove and a major gas leak in the furnace which could have easily caused an explosion. This was all due to the flexable tubing not being taped at the connectors when it was installed. High levels of carbon monoxide in my home and was lucky I didn't die from exposure.

Moises of Sanger, CA January 16, 2008

Moises of Sanger CA (01/16/08)
When my home was built, the doors between the laundry rooom and garage hit each other and I've tried and tried to get them to fix the problem and they say they will be here but never show up. My doors are very damaged now and they need to be moved further apart. They will not repair them. It is a warrenty issue and I need help please.

Both doors are damaged and we all have caught our fingers between them.

Kathy of Wylie, TX January 8, 2008

Kathy of Wylie TX (01/08/08)
We bought our home in August 1999. We also had lots of items that should have been fixed under warranty; some were, and some we just had to give up on because our year was up. What has been most disappointing is the use of the CHEAPEST materials, appliances, AND LABOR they could get. In the first year our garage door started binding up (never made it out to fix that one), they had to break out and repair 2 sections of our driveway, some of the the windows leaked buckling the sill (didn't see that until year 2), some of the windows wouldn't close right, some windows had moisture between the panes of glass, and the upstairs air conditioner NEVER worked right. The repairmen came repeatedly but never fixed the problem. We ended up replacing the coil in that unit in year 3. The wall and carpet in my closet had to be torn out because of a leak caused by a water line (to the upstairs bathroom) being hit by a nail gun. Since the first year we've had 2 more leaks in that bathroom, one resulting in a section of my closet ceiling being replaced and a lot of clothes ruined.

The outside trim boards around the windows were ROTTING AWAY in less than 5 years. We've had a roof leak. Now our downstairs A/C isn't working, which will result in the whole system needing to be replaced. My dishwasher is broken, and we had to have 2 holes jackhammered through my kitchen floor a week before Christmas because of a leak in the lines from the water heater. (They didn't protect the lines going through the floor beam, and evidently the shifting concrete broke the line.) Also, the water heater was installed wrong, resulting in loss of hot water pressure because they melted something (back flow valve?) in the top of it during installation. This is just off the top of my head. I could name a lot more if I were to think about it a while.

We are making a new home payment which doesn't allow much money for replacing everything in it. I have never been more disappointed in any purchase I've made than this. We live in Texas and I'm really dreading the A/C replacement. We spent what we had saved for that on the water lines under the foundation, but it HAS to be done. What happened to hiring professional carpenters to build houses? I'd rather pay more for a home knowing that the guys who built it had some pride in their work, but Horton will only hire the day-laborer, who worked on lawns yesterday. I've decided that FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS BUY A D.R. HORTON HOME!

Bill of Tucson, AZ January 5, 2008

Bill of Tucson AZ (01/05/08)
Funny how we accept the way things are. Ive been looking at stove fans for a while cause the one I had seemed so puny. Today, after I had created an ordinate amount of smoke, I started to clean the fan. After rubbing and looking at it a while I couldnt find where the silly thing vented. So investigating a little further I removed it from the wall. Hmmm. Guess what? The sheet metal to the wall vent had never been removed. Please tell me more about D.R. Horton quality.

More smoke deposits in the house and furnishings than would be normal.

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