Highland Homes Reviews

My builder promised me a beautiful home and Highland delivered on that promise! My home inspector said this was the highest quality new home he has seen in ages and actually thanked me (the buyer) for the great experience! My builder (David) was awesome, and office contact (Debbie) stayed in touch with me throughout the process. The insulation surpassed my expectations and the few problems we identified during the inspection, walk through, and after move in were fixed, or are in the process of being fixed. The quality of faucets, door knobs and light fixtures were builders' grade so I did update those after moving in. I have one suggestion for Highland and I did share it with my builder. I spent thousands extra for a free standing tub and frameless shower in the master bathroom - I consider them the centerpiece of the room. There were only two options available for finishes (polished or brushed chrome), but I wanted black or oil rubbed bronze. It is expensive and difficult to replace these items, and I wish Highland would have offered more options. Also, three holes were drilled in the free standing tub for the faucet and knobs, right in the middle, making it a little hard to get in and out of, and not the look I wanted. I would have gladly paid extra if I had been offered the option of putting a free standing faucet fixture in the corner on the floor, giving the appearance that I wanted with the spa tub. This issue was my only major disappointment. My realtor recommended Highland Homes as a high quality builder, and other than the one disappointment, I am very happy with my beautiful Highland Home!! ... More

Highland made the 'new home' process very easy. From the beginning, everyone involved was very responsive and available. Now that I am in the home, dealing with the warranty folks has been amazing. Again, the local supervisors are very responsive and they follow up to be sure everything is done to my satisfaction. Highland is truly a quality home-builder with top notch employees.

These are genuine individuals and they care a lot. We were blessed to work with all of them. Our entire process was very easy, and we are very thankful to have worked with them. We can’t thank them enough.

Overall my experience has been amazing. Love my new Home. Layne and Aaron are the best.

Worst customer service evern I have seen in my life

Home building is not an exact science right now. Be aware that even though you think you might have a date or expectation for completion that can change. Just know you should still expect weekly updates as the build progresses.

From initial contact to post-closing issue resolution, Highland has been great to work with. Would definitely recommend them. One suggestion: for the study/office, having a pre-wired (or more) Cat5 drop would be ideal. For those that work from home, hard-wiring the computer to internet connections is infinitely better.

We did a ton of research and walked through many homes under construction before deciding on Highland. Even before we ever spoke with a salesperson, we could tell their standard options and quality of materials was much better than the other builders we were considering, even builders whose homes started at a much higher price point. Before we pulled the trigger with Highland though, we asked other neighbors how they felt about their build experience with the various builders in our neighborhood, and Highland was the overwhelming favorite. We also know that so much of our positive experience is owed to our builder, Chase. 2021/2022 was/is a crazy time in the building industry. Chase was straightforward with us from the start that our build would likely take anywhere from 9-15 months due to a combination of material delays and labor shortages. As predicted, we hit a few bumps along the way, but he always kept us in the loop. Not once did we have to reach out and ask for a status update. He sent us weekly reports of completed progress and what was coming next. Even when he had nothing to report, he would still check in to let us know why this or that was delayed, and when he expected to start moving forward again. In the end, our build took 13 months to complete, which is pretty impressive considering the supply chain issues plaguing the world at the time. All of our questions and concerns along the way were very quickly addressed by both Chase and our salesperson Anna. They could not have been more patient or accommodating with us. And in the almost 3 months since we closed on our house, Highland has been quick to inspect or remedy the couple of minor issues we have brought to their attention. We would recommend Highland 1000 times over to anyone looking to build a new home. ... More

I am reasonably disappointed with our home. I DO NOT think we got what we paid for. I have owned a number of homes over the years, several of them were new construction homes like this one. While this one was the most expensive by double, it was the least well constructed. Too many cost-cutting measures. As an example, for a home that cost over $750,000, EVERY home on our block has the exact same outdoor fixtures (excluding doors which are an option). The master bedroom closet is well appointed but the poles that hold hangers are extremely cheap and skinny 3/4 inch diameter instead of 1-1/2 inch wood poles as would be expected in a home of this price. It appears that subcontractors are either required or encouraged to slap their parts of the house together as quickly and cheaply as they can, and then they ARE PAID to come back and fix mistakes later. Tell me how this doesn't always end in the subcontractor being financially encouraged to screw up. We had to have nearly the entire roof replaced prior to closing due to just this kind of effort. The home is turned over to you in a manner described by the supervisor as "Contractor Clean" (His words and this was related to me by my neighbors as well). I would not want to live in a home with a contractor if this is the case. Just cleaning my floors required 4-5 hours with a Swifter and an entire box of Swifter pads. It was filthy. One of the guest bathroom tubs had a dent with rust in it prior to mounting COMPLETELY installed with tile around it so of course when shown prior to closing, all of the tile had to be removed in order to replace it. Two months after closing, we are still having to get things repaired not because they have failed, but simply because they were allowed to be left uncorrected. Outdoor fence was installed with only one nail on each support, randomly placed and disrepair a guaranteed occurrence with the first wind. I have never, ever had a home this poorly constructed. EVER. To their credit, the sales rep and the construction supervisor have a positive attitude and do make the effort to assist us but the people who make decisions over this process are clearly overpaid and underqualified. ... More

By purchasing the model home. We did find some odds and ends that was damage which we understood because the house was a model home. But the garage was new and broke in a couple weeks. I can say Highland did not Wasted no time making sure the contractor took care of it ASAP. Other then that we love our home.

We were very happy with our homebuilding experience. In an era of shortages and delays, everything was on time and on budget. Our contact at Highland Homes was very knowledgeable and they were willing to work with us on some floorplan customizations that really made the home ours. We are enjoying getting settled!

High quality home builder and a great floorplan. Our experience was amazing from start to finish. We love our home!

Worst experience buying a new home. Through out the process Still trying to get things fixed Do not listen and do not care Just check the box

Scott was quick to realize that the flood lights weren’t in the ideal location and had that addressed. Further more he even added a kick board to the fence so that creepy crawling things would find it harder to come thru. Truly appreciate the attention to detail.

Sales team in Ventana is fabulous. However the shortages and manpower caused us numerous headaches. We had a list of over 50 uncompleted items when we moved in. After 3 months it is still not completed. Bette attention paid to this would be helpful. I do still think Highland builds a great home.

Still waiting(3months after closing)on my driveway and sidewalks to be properly powewashed. It still has red dirt stains on brandnew sidewalk and brandnew community. Other craftsmanship issues on interior of my home is becoming apparent. Other builders in same community have done much better job with powerwashing after completion of construction. Please address this issue as soon as possible. Highland home directly across street has same issue.

Terrible experience- builder was not responsive and not forthcoming on issues. First building experience and it was awful. Love the house, hated the process.

Although Highland is traditionally known as a high quality home builder, our experience was underwhelming. In the end the same trades work on all the houses, so the quality is really driven by supervising the trades closely. Unfortunately that didn't happen in our case. In fact, I don't think we have a straight wall in the entire house. We also just discovered our kitchen island and related countertops aren't level. Those sorts of things shouldn't be issues from any builder, especially one like Highland.

We had a great experience with Highland Homes. We had a tight moving window, and our house was finished and ready to move in right when we needed it to be. Thanks to all the Highland Team for making it happen!

Overall, we are pleased with our new home. My wife and I do wish the cabinets were better taken care of and the house during the moving in process should have been cleaner. However, we can overlook these things thanks to Roy! He’s been very easy to work with, communicates well, goes above and beyond for us even post closing! He is professional and is always willing to help us with any questions.

It took about a year to build my home. There were several set backs. My final walk through I noted a long list of incomplete items. The trim was not painted or caulked. A door was not painted, no door knob. The front door was not installed, the cabinets needed replaced, paint on brick, outside light fixture needed replaced, pendent lights needed install, paint on flooring, caulking on brick, etc. it has now been 2 months since closing and these have not been addressed. I have put in more warranty request that haven’t been addressed as well. I was told that the contractor has 6 closing in June then he will start working on his other houses. My house should be priority. I already paid for it and it’s incomplete. I’m very dissatisfied with Highland homes and their craftsmanship, and work ethic. ... More

There are a number of areas where the quality of service needs improvement. However, the biggest issue i had was, there was a mouse in my home who seems to be living before us. Apart from that, for most of the issues discussed, I am still waiting for them to get fixed. Builder contact Scott is nice when we meet, but the speed at which the rest of the work gets done is quite bad. I wish some of these shouldn't need so much of follow up. Hope this review will remind about the various open requests: 1. Cabinet repairs 2. Fix the floor time 3. Final coat of paint

First off I want to say that through all the delays and issues the construction manager Mark has been wonderful. I have not been made to feel like Highland homes won’t make an effort to fix issues as they are brought up. Another positive is that Highland Homes has a policy that makes sure that once you place a deposit you lock in the current “price” so your insulated from price hikes… idk how useful that will be as the housing market is priming for a cool down… so maybe that’s a moot point. With that being said, if I could sum up the construction of our home in one word, it would be “sloppy”. It’s truly embarrassing and I would like to think that if a C-level representative from Highland Homes cared to tour a finished product, that they would be dumbfounded at the lack of craftsmanship and attention to detail that went into our home. You’ll walk through the model and think your buying a near custom level quality home but make no mistake — the same worker that is building 100k-200k homes are the same building 800k-1M homes and it shows. Bottom line if you don’t have to buy a house right now- don’t. And if you do, strap in because once you have keys in hand it doesn’t mean your house is actually done. Until Highland either changes contracted service providers or holds the people doing the work to a higher standard with more QA/QC nothing will be “fixed”. ... More

I really liked the communication and dialog between the builder and my wife and I. He was open to receiving emails, even on the smallest of issues. One particular issue was the color of our brick. The builder ended up bringing out a new color of sand which changed the color of grout and ultimately made a huge difference in the color of the house. Thank you to Trevor and the whole HH team!

For a new build it would have been nice if it was cleaned up more prior to moving in. Decent responsiveness from the builder towards issues although it took some repeated requests and convincing for a few things.