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Building a house in Canonsburg PA with Maronda Homes! Excited

So my wife and I are building a house in Canonsburg Pa with Maronda homes. I was wondering if anyone has built a Maronda home and their thoughts about their home. We decided to go with Maronda Homes because we could get a modern updated house at a fair price.  I was wondering about the interim tax that you have to pay.  How does that work?  Also would you recommend getting a home inspection even after the final walk thru?  We also need to find someone to put in our side-walk.  Maronda gives you a credit so you can find a contractor to build your sidewalk.  Any recommendations to have a side-walk put in and how much that usually costs? 

Re: Building a house in Canonsburg PA with Maronda Homes! Excited

  • I have NOT built with Maronda, nor built any house, but I would definitely recommend an inspection. Things happen in construction no matter how much the home costs, and I am in the "better safe than sorry" camp. Best of luck with the building process!!
  • I have no experience with Maronda but we recently bought new construction with Ryan.  Absolutely do an independent home inspection.  We found several issues including a very high radon issue which needed to be resolved prior to us moving in.   Good luck and congrats on the new home!  If you are looking for home inspection recommendations, I actually asked in a prior post and got great recommendations.  We ended up using Jason at Guardian.  http://www.guardian-homeinspection.com/ 


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  • That’s funny cause we almost bourght a home 2 years ago and Jason from Guardian was our home inspector.  He was very good and found mold in the attic.  We did not buy the home and our old realtor was upset we didn’t buy.
  • we had a great inspector, Harry Thompson you can schedule him at VBinspect.com. Apparently local realators refer to him as the deal breaker, b/c he is so thorough. I walked through the inspection with him and it took about 4 hours!
  • csuavecsuave member
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    Congrats!  My old townhouse was a Maronda and I loved the layout and space.  They don't use top notch materials everywhere but that helps make their houses more affordable.  My townhouse was built in 1996 and I think I was the second owner.  I lived there until 2013 without any major issues.

    I don't know what options you have for additions but when DH and I built our current house we did a couple of things to make it more energy efficient: 1. added extra insulation that was sprayed in and 2. got a tankless hot water heater.  The hot water heater is good but I think the jury is out on weather it is really that much better than a regular.  The extra insulation however made a noticiable difference.  During the super cold days our house didn't seem to struggle to keep warm.

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