Glassed in porch, instead of deck; small sunroom on right corner, instead of small corner porch

I was just looking in to Connor Homes and found these comments helpful. I have been disappointed that after several attempts to reach them I have not received any return phone calls or emails. I'm in New Hampshire and kept trying to find out more information when I stumbled on only TWO local articles stating that Connor Homes just laid off their entire workforce. One article was published by a local Vermont newspaper on January 3, 2017 and the other on January 4,2017. Connor Homes Lays off workforce - Jan 4, 2017 the other article is longer and states the entire workforce is furloughed for the entire month while they re-group; Connor Homes furloughs entire workforce to "regroup financially" - For me I plan to stay away. I was wondering why their process timeline was 11-12 months which is as long or longer than stick built. Now I know why and for anyone looking at them note that I had to really dig to find these local Vermont articles about the layoff of the entire company, not a good sign.

16 months—that’s how long it looks AFTER we moved in to get our house almost finished, but we ran out of time so we’re stuck with persistent problems. We chose America’s Home Place for our home build after a lot of research and review reading. The reviews were positive, so we moved forward—chose a floor plan and went to the store to start the process. Signed our contract in July 2019 with Chad. We chose our finishes but still had some design questions. He told us he’d help us the whole time. He quit in October and Thomas started. Things went really quickly and we were so pleased. Began asking our project manager, Shannon, about our design questions. We had customized a plan and some questions. Each time we talked, he assured us when it came time for those rooms, we would talk. I finally went back to the office to review the plans again. Thomas met with us and essentially laughed off our questions. Each time I talked with them I felt more and more anxious instead of reassured. We were given a May move in date. It was delayed—no big deal except it was delayed because workers stopped showing up. The handyman who was supposed to do trim and our deck and railings would take days off for other projects. Finally moved in on June 25 with no shelves in our closets, no stairs on our porches, no crawl space door, no screen under our porch, and a punch list that filed a page (cracked mirror, no window locks, etc.) but reassurance that it would get done. Greg came and knocked most of it out quickly. Then the joist lift started upstairs in almost every room, the floors started shifting when we walked. Each time I contacted AHP, a different person would tell me someone would call back. Then Thomas quit and Ryan started. Finally got a warranty walk through. Joist lift upstairs, stair treads not attached to the frame, subfloor not attached to the joists, still no window locks, gaps under floor moulding, broken attic door, broken garage door motor…the list continued to grow. Ryan couldn’t be bothered to look up from his phone while we walked through. The warranty manager, Mark, was very attentive and made his notes but pointed out that we didn’t have a warranty issue but a project manager’s issue. He did what he could and hired Jeff who was fantastic and fixed so many issues. He finally finished what was approved to be done in October 2021–16 months after we moved in! And guess what, more subfloor lifting under the carpet and hardwood and the warranty is up! Will never recommend them to anyone else. Poor customer service once you sign on the dotted line, poor workmanship and poor communication all the way around. We have a beautiful house on the outside that we’re having to put more money into to fix the problems on the inside.

JJ- yeah, it's ridiculous. Burlington is about an hour from us, but that looks similar to what I see around here. We're looking to build (or buy if by some miracle something is affordable) anywhere in south Seattle down to federal way. If Adair ends up also not being affordable... Guess it's back to crossing my fingers for a good deal to pop up :-/