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DR Horton new construction framing finds by home inspector
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:16 pm
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Items you should look for if you’re having a home built.
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Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:28 pm to hikingfan
The jack stud not supporting the header is an immediate termination offense.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:28 pm to hikingfan
I’d think the average time owning a DR Horton home is 5 years or less so who cares. If you’re looking for your lifetime ownership in a mass produced house, you deserve what you get.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:37 pm to hikingfan
Gotta love the 1300 sq ft houses for 350k
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:37 pm to BabyTac
Horton is the bottom tier of tract home builders but even whale shite like them needs to meet minimum standards.
If the inspector keeps turning up shite like this, which is why there is a lawsuit around Lafayette, that should be reason to pull their permits.
If the inspector keeps turning up shite like this, which is why there is a lawsuit around Lafayette, that should be reason to pull their permits.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:44 pm to hikingfan
Really surprised by this, DR Horton is a pretty solid builder. I’ve own yours for over 5 yes no issues
Posted on 4/27/24 at 4:59 pm to teke184
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If the inspector keeps turning up shite like this, which is why there is a lawsuit around Lafayette, that should be reason to pull their permits.
If the houses are passing the ahj inspections then those parish/city inspectors need to be held accountable as well. There is no way they are inspecting all those homes.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:03 pm to GatorPA84
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Really surprised by this, DR Horton is a pretty solid builder
Whatever you say Doctor Horton.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:06 pm to jbgleason
Horton getting 750-800 in Phoenix area.
Still crappy...
Still crappy...
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:06 pm to GatorPA84
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Really surprised by this, DR Horton is a pretty solid builder. I’ve own yours for over 5 yes no issues
The unsupported header and missing joist hanger could lead to cracking in the molding and or drywall and the door/window below that header might have sticking issues over time IF it weren't addressed. As the builder, I would be highly pissed it happened, and would certainly address it with my framer.
If I were a shite builder and ignored/missed it, there are framing inspections by both the city and the engineer who signed off on the build who would have to miss it as well. Everything else (unsupported PEX, wrong sized joist hangars, poor lumber in places) is stupid but petty crap that will never show itself in the life of the home and is unfortunate but wouldn't affect the finished home (if they hire decent drywall people and finish carpenters)
EDIT
To be clear, I am in no way defending this shite but trying to explain why you may have been lead to believe that Horton is a "solid builder".
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:16 pm to kengel2
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If the houses are passing the ahj inspections then those parish/city inspectors need to be held accountable as well. There is no way they are inspecting all those homes.
Some do, some don't. That's the issue with ANY non-custom, non-new homes. You are buying a completed product where any and all issues are behind drywall/siding/roofing and relying on a third party (a municipality) to ensure the work was done to code. That doesn't mean it was done well, only that it meets code. And the inspection to ensure it met code may have been done in 5 mins with the city truck running at 445pm on a Friday, or it may have been done by a hard arse with a pocket full of red tags over the course of an hour. You will never know.
And as a custom home builder, I am obviously biased in that opinion.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:19 pm to N2cars
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Horton getting 750-800 in Phoenix area.
Still crappy...
There is an inspector on YT who is in Arizona and posts some crazy stuff, much of it is DR Horton.
One example, he does mainly shorts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 5:23 pm to hikingfan
My personal favorite is the 2x4 as a door header. One of my daughters got one built (over my objections) and when I pointed out things like that I was told to mind my own business.
When doors start sticking don’t complain to me
When doors start sticking don’t complain to me
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:03 pm to llfshoals
America is building future ghettos. Real estate finance is a gnat’s dick away from pure fraud.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:13 pm to BabyTac
Buy a home built between 1920 and 1950. They were built by actual craftsmen who cared about and valued their work not by low iq people who can’t even speak basic English or do basic multiplication or addition etc.
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:13 pm to hikingfan
Know someone getting a house built in a DSLD subdivision. How does the 2 companies compare? Any one have knowledge of this?
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:18 pm to hikingfan
Yikes!
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:46 pm to 6R12
DSLD and DR Horton don’t even belong in the same sentence.
DSLD is still cookie cutter, but it’s much better build quality and reputation
DSLD is still cookie cutter, but it’s much better build quality and reputation
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:47 pm to BabyTac
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BabyTac
You legit might be the worst poster on this site
Posted on 4/27/24 at 6:50 pm to hikingfan
Do people actually buy houses from.DR Horton?
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