been thinking bout purchasing my first home. just wondering if there was anybody that has a KB home? any regrets? also, how was the value on the house when u guys sold it? decent size houses for the price.

 

curious, kb homes or kimball hill homes??

 

good question

 

KB homes. i heard they had issues bout the quality in the past. but i think they have been top 3 in customer satisfaction over the years. just trying to get some feedback.


also, whats your guys take on 1 story homes vs. 2 story homes?

 

I bought a new KB Home in the San Antonio area last summer. So far no complaints. Shoot me a PM if you have any questions.

 

They make ****. At least that is all I have seen around here from them.

 

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All the KB homes I've seen in SA have been ****. Poor quality, poor building materials and I saw a home buyer out there who was an ex engineer guiding them through the ENTIRE process. Was quite sad...

 

Supposedly DR Horton homes are very well made. So are Grand Homes. But that is what I have HEARD. no idea about your builder.

 

x2 yup the make crappy houses

 

DR Horton actually do pretty good work.

 

See the thing about KB homes is they're pre-assemble by the non english speaking U.S. CITIZENS. So when they show up at the home site they have fitment problems. And just like everyone else has said they are **** for quality........

 

i like DR Horton but there stuff is pricey. im surprised that KB homes uses shitty products and quality. some of the houses are nice. my only thing here is that some of these houses have these ugly a$$ 1 car garages!!

 

I have done alot of work for kb homes,village builders,mealer homes ,etc. Mostly in houston and just for heads up for people buying new houses,they are not even worth half of what they sell for. I have done the framing,siding,roofing,sheetrock,tape float and texture,woodwork,painting.Mostly builders tell us to use the cheapest products in the market and what they pay is what they get. Just letting you know.

 

Yeah, I've heard to stay away from KB. Try Lennar homes, they are nice and not too terribly expensive.

 

I have a Lennar built house....I'm not impressed what-so-ever. Once we decide to get out of this house we're using D.R. Horton.

 

I still own a KB home in San Antonio that I'm renting. I bought one of the model homes so I'm guessing they probably take a little more "pride" in building those. I've had zero major problems and the few small problems I had they took care of without any issues.

From what I understand, just because you go with one builder over another doesn't mean the guys actually building it are going to be any different....they all hire workers from the same pool of people.

My advice is, if you're actually building the house, is to check on it often when it's being built and make sure they're not cutting corners.

I will add that if you go with the cheapest houses, you're going to attract the "cheapest people"....my old housing development is only about 6 years old and it's already starting to look pretty ghetto.

 

yeah man, thats my only thing. ive seen some subdivision here in san antonio and they look ghetto man. lennar, armadillo, and DR horton are all nice homes. i figure KB should have good homes considering there customer service is like top 3. but then again i want a house that i would have no problems sellin if i had to though.

 

Not sure but Id like to work for KB.

 

Kenne Belle makes houses?

INSANE! lol

Yeah I've never heard of anything good either.

 

pioneer homes are way better than KB homes..