Lemel Homes Inc

After being threatened with a lawsuit for posting reviews that Lemel Homes deemed defamatory, it is my opinion that they are the most unethical business that I have ever dealt with. Thus far they have refused to provide any evidence proving their claims. In my opinion, they will do anything necessary to protect their business practices at the expense of customer service. Based on recent events, instead of changing their habits to prevent unsatisfied customers, they will threaten a lawsuit for voicing your side of the story. If you would like to hear more about my opinion on why you should not choose Lemel Homes, then email me at [email protected]. If you have already decided to use this builder then I have three suggestions to prevent you from having the same nightmare situation that I had. The first is to reevaluate your choice of this builder once again. The second is to have a clause added to the building contract that bars the builder from charging their markup on the work of you and your sub-contractors. The third is to require that the builder remove their markup on items removed from scope of work after they present the final contract price but before the contract is signed. Because of the cease and desist order that Lemel Homes threatened me with, that is all I can say. If my previous reasons aren’t enough to sway your decision, then check out my reviews on google and houzz for pictures of what this builder left me with. At $170+/sqft, I expected near perfection, based on their sales pitch, however what I received is nothing even close to resembling perfection. I’ve had to upgrade many items as they were not safe to have kids around. I also had to fix several other items because they were deemed “industry standard” by the builder. Finally, at $170+/sqft, my house is not worth what I paid Lemel Homes to build it.

At first, Lemel Homes seemed like a professional builder with great subcontractors. After we signed the contract to build our house, I found out that my perception was completely wrong. My first issue arose shortly after signing the contract. I realized that after the bidding phase, Lemel Homes never removed their markup on items that were removed from the budget. I paid around $10,000 for them to do nothing but provide a quote. I even had to pay their markup on subcontractors that I hired and managed myself. They failed to notify me that they were still charging their markup. During the construction of the house, the trim was installed prior to the final coat of paint. When I mentioned this to Lemel Homes, they stated that they would take of it. Their painting contractor ended up getting paint on the stained trim giving a 1/4 of my house a sloppy paint job. They refused to fix the issue until the 1 year warranty work was due. After suggesting to them how to fix paint issue(remove the trim and repaint), they decided to perform the cheapest and laziest repair. In the end, I still have paint on my stained wood trim, only now more of the trim has paint on it. Their response to being informed of my dissatisfaction was, we repaired it according to industry standard. That section of the house looks like a 20 year old house with a sloppy paint job. Those are two of the many issues that I had to deal with. To sum up the home building process with Lemel Homes, I will never build another house again. Lemel Homes was supposed to build our dream house, but all they delivered was nightmares. I now have to live with the biggest mistake of my life.