McGuinn Homes

BUYER BEWARE! I was set to close on a house in Ashton Lakes, Lot #88 1144 Citation Street in Lexington, SC, on June 14th but ended up walking away because of the shoddy workmanship this company presented to me and refused to fix. I did my "blue tape" walk through on June 2 and pointed out things that needed to be fixed. There were so many things wrong that I doubt I will have enough characters in this review to put everything. From cracked kitchen cabinet, cracked kitchen granite, dent in microwave, doorbell installed crooked, washing machine hook up installed crooked, broken bathroom cabinet, huge scratch on shower door, the drywall in garage was not uniform along the bottom, stains on the floor in garage, you could see the lines/bumps on drywall on ceiling and walls, squishy areas on the floor where the vinyl plank flooring was installed, areas on ceiling where you could see drywall tape exposed and many other minor items. I was assured that these items would be fixed. I specifically asked for the cracked kitchen cabinet to be replaced and not to spackle and paint it. The night before closing I asked my realtor to let me look through the house. Needless to say that I left there in tears. They didn't fix the majority of my blue tape items and the ones they did fix were done so poorly and quick you could tell that the builder just doesn't care. My realtor sent an email to the builder and I met with them at the house the following morning. I met with Brian and Sergio. To make a long story short, Sergio said that he tried to fix the walls and ceiling, but he couldn't smooth them out. He blamed it on cheap paint, not that their construction was done poorly(eyeroll). My realtor said if it was only the paint then they could agree to paint my walls in the same paint as model since the model doesn't have bumpy walls and ceilings. They refused saying it would cost them too much to use the model home paint. In reality, they knew a better paint wasn't going to fix the issue because they did shoddy construction and it shows. Maybe they thought a woman buying this house on her own would believe the BS and accept this shoddy POS house? They promised to replace the cracked cabinet after I pointed out that they sloppily patched it and painted it against my wishes. They refused to replace cracked granite, but said they could polish it out for me(another eyeroll.) I told them that I wasn't going to buy this house. I told them that they should be embarrassed to show this house as a finished product.

Afterwards, there were some people behind the scenes trying to get the builder to do the right thing and fix the mess they created, even if it meant for them to totally re-do the drywall and ceilings. The builder refused. My realtor told me the builder was afraid that I would call them constantly to come in to fix things with the 1 year warranty they offered. Their warranty isn't worth the paper it's written on if they don't have skilled workers to build their houses or have management who care enough to make sure their workers are doing the job right. Funny thing is, the builder never would have heard from me again if they would have built it right the first time. Don't trust this builder.

McGuinn Homes did not disclose a drainage problem at Harbison Grove - I bought a townhome in October 2019. Every time it rains I have ankle-deep stormwater/runoff in my parking spots. I have been asking for it to be fixed since the problem started after I moved in. The community was not graded/pitched correctly. The entire development has a drainage problem. I have been ignored and never get an answer. Buyer Beware - poor customer service, no follow-through or follow up. I regret the purchase - I can not even sell because I would have to disclose a problem that was not disclosed to me. Photo, videos are available. other residents have also had issues and are not getting assistance or resolution to the problems. I have filed complaints with the City of Cola and BBB.

McGuinn Homes purchased the remaining unbuilt lots in Mariner's Creek neighborhood in Lexington, SC along with the development rights from VRP Development LLC in late The purchase was conducted under the name of EQUITY INVEST PARTNERSHIP ETAL, with McGuinn Homes being the operating partnerThe neighborhood had not previously had an HOA, but a set of neighborhood covenants were recorded previouslyMcGuinn Homes started construction on some homes and hired [redacted] Services to start up and HOAThe HOA has been formed, and dues were set by Mcguinn Homes and / or [redacted] Dues were first collected in July in the amount of $for the second part of with yearly dues of $being billed thereafterSince the time of the first HOA dues being billed and collectedMcguinn Homes refused to appoint a HOA board required per the recorded neighborhood covenantsPer the neighborhood covenants, an HOA board must set the HOA duesMcguinn Homes and [redacted] Services refuse to provide any income and expense reporting to homeowners in the neighborhoodMcguinn Homes refuses to allow any homeowner involvement in determining how the HOA money is used

I was consistently contacting the builder regarding an issue with unlevel concrete on the front porch for a new construction home
I purchased a new construction home from McGuinn Homes in June Shortly after purchase, the garage would flood because of the poor concrete grading on the front porch Builder tried to fix grading and although the garage stopped flooding the water would pool onto the front porch I was told it would be fixed at the month punch list - it was not I travelled to SC from my home in NJ on Aug 22, to meet with McGuinn Homes rep, Charles Moore, and showed him the problem I was assured it would be corrected Numerous emails to Kay J*** at McGuinn Homes and they finally sent someone on Nov 2nd and he tore up the front porch and left the debris I sent an email to Wade McGuinn (owner) asking for his assistance to resolve the matter I received no response so I phioned him on Nov11th and he told me that he would not discuss the issue or an

They built my house poorly and not as we discussed per contract When I complained they found alternatives that did not meet my original requests
I am a Vietnam Vet and a Senior Citizen and I was taken advantage of by McGuinn Homes On 9/2/2016, I met with the owner of McGuinn Homes Wade McGuinn and Steve Beasley to discuss the issues that I have been having with their build job We discussed the major deficiencies and workmanship and looked for a compromise to suit my requests for those deficiencies and shortcomings At the meeting I gave them my personal inspectors list upon their request so that they could attend to the issues at hand I was satisfied with the promises they made to repair the issues at the time of meeting At our meeting they proposed to me that they could possibly add another closet upstairs to make up for the extreme lack of closet space in the master bedroom because of the stairs going through the top of the closet thus cutting the master closet space in h

After purchasing a home from Mcguinn homes we have not been given our checklist dates as mandated in the contract we signed
This complaint is in regards to the fact that I signed a contract for $168,dollars for a houseIn that contract I was told that I would receive a day, and an month inspectionI have never received my day inspection which would clear up my whole complaintI moved into my house in November of 2015, and it is now August of and I still have not had my day inspection of my houseI have problems ranging from a leaky fireplace which could be leaking into the wall as well, to something as small as the guest bathroom door not closing and latching properlyI am just wanting to let it be known that if you sign a contract with this company, it is not likely to be honored, unless I was to hound themI shouldn't have to do thatI paid them $168,In my opinion they should be telling me when my inspections are due, and taking care of whatever pro

Checklist items from house closing now months overdue Despite multiple attempts to "nicely" get things done, lawyer now involved
Checklist items from house closing now months overdue Despite multiple attempts to "nicely" get things done, lawyer is now involved because of extremely poor communication within the company to get work done and unreturned phone calls
Contract work started on 4/for steps to house Extremely poor worksmanship (see youtube video for further details)
Last checklist item to be completed 5/

They built our home and didn't fulfill what was required we went without our master bath for over a month and half, they had to come back numerous
They built our home and didn't fulfill their commitment, we went without our master bathroom for over weeksWe had to use over weeks vacation to continuously be here even though they would mess up what they were supposed to fix, so it seemed as if it was our fault The president responded to our home and never fixed the major issues

McGuinn Homes purchased the remaining unbuilt lots in Mariner's Creek neighborhood in Lexington, SC along with the development rights from VRP Development LLC in late The purchase was conducted under the name of EQUITY INVEST PARTNERSHIP ETAL, with McGuinn Homes being the operating partnerThe neighborhood had not previously had an HOA, but a set of neighborhood covenants were recorded previouslyMcGuinn Homes started construction on some homes and hired *** *** Services to start up and HOAThe HOA has been formed, and dues were set by Mcguinn Homes and / or *** ***Dues were first collected in July in the amount of $for the second part of with yearly dues of $being billed thereafterSince the time of the first HOA dues being billed and collectedMcguinn Homes refused to appoint a HOA board required per the recorded neighborhood covenantsPer the neighborhood covenants, an HOA board must set the HOA duesMcguinn Homes and *** *** Services refuse to provide any income and expense reporting to homeowners in the neighborhoodMcguinn Homes refuses to allow any homeowner involvement in determining how the HOA money is used

Quality of work, unfinished painting, problem with a moldy smell that is not being resolvedMultiple emails and conversations on the matter
Moldy smell and issue from October 2017- Present