Experiences with Manuel Builders (good or bad)?

They are typically much better then D R Horton. When it comes to the quality of construction of a dwelling, in all seriousness, you get what you pay for. The more you are willing to spend, the better the quality of building materials, components, & systems.

Regardless of who builds your home, the best investment you can make is to have a home inspection performed upon the dwelling's completion. Thank me later! It is amazing, regardless of the builder the number of loose ends that remain.

I live in a Manual neighborhood. The first phase homes (mine, circa 2016) were all a bit more contemporary and ALL of us have full or >90% brick. All of the stuff they have built in the last 5 years is more modern and trendy, but I don't think it's as high of quality.

Don't get me wrong, they still look good overall (especially the interiors), but the speed at which they're built, for the relatively low cost, combined with the bland facades makes me think the quality must be suffering a bit.

I could be totally wrong in my thinking, of course.

It is definitely a step up in every aspect from DR Horton (and we know who those homes are for).

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every single one of them said they'd never use them again

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I was hoping for better feedback than this, but this seems to be the norm nowadays. I'm fighting with a roofer and a metal building contractor to finish and start their respective projects. How some of these MF's stay in business is beyond me.

Anyways, we are looking at an "upper end" home plan from Manuel, built on property I already own. Listed pricing on their website is $180/sq ft (+/-), which is a tad lower than the going rate for standard finish/features I think ($200/ft?).

I'll still go to their sales pitch, but armed with the information in this thread I'm not impressed.

Side question - does there exist a home builder who isn't a pathological liar or scam artist? Do what you said you'd do, and charge a fair price. Changes and add-on's are on me. Is that really too much to ask for?

Make sure they double check your plat lines before building, unless you want half your house on your neighbors property line.

I live in a small town, so we have local builders around. That's what I did. It's him and his crew. I grabbed a floor plan I liked online, brought it to him and off we went.

They're equivalent to DSLD

DR Horton is a big step down form both of them

Only builders in area that I know for sure to stay away from is DR Horton and Bardwell Homes. Bardwell homes has gotten such a bad reputation amongst builders in the past few years.

Can ot list some names in the ebr area that we can follow up on some leads to build for fair price around 200$ and below? Quality dont have to be top notch but sound.

Colby is a good choice as mentioned above.
Schumacher and manchac obviously
Also Patterson and Alvarez worth talking to

Don’t discount companies like manchac. Your budget is worthy, the land sounds like it’s ready and it sounds like you know what you want…ie; you will be a good customer to have. It will help greatly if you have (at minimum) a general floor plan flow you like and a general idea of exterior wants and needs. Make it easy for a company like that to build your house and you’ll be shocked at the result

Greatly appreciate the recommendations.

Sidebar - do you still like your Bluestar oven?