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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
White Burch Builders- anyone have any opinions?
Hi everyone! My husband and I are starting to get serious about finding a new house and were driving around the other day looking at open houses. We found a neighborhood we love and there are some open lots to build on. The builder is white burch, I can't find any reviews online so I was wondering if anyone knew anything about them? Also, any advice on having your home built as opposed to buying would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Re: White Burch Builders- anyone have any opinions?
I have not heard of them. I have not gone through the building process, however I would recommend the following, based on what I have seen other people gone through.
Know going into it what is standard and what is extra. I know way too people who have spent way more than they plan because they go to look at the model house and fall it love with it, Once they meet with the builder they discover the majority of the items in the house are the upgrades (carpets, cabinets, etc.) so they end up spending more than they expected. Or they do what my parents did and spend the next 10 years and a lot of money replacing cheap builder quality products.
Now that we are coming 7-10 years off the building boom, I keep hearing horror stories of people in new homes having a ton of issues with their houses, like windows, etc. If this builder has been around for a while, see if there are any their "older" homes for sale and check them out to see how they withstand 10 years of normal wear and tear.
If you or your husband are not up on ways a home should be built, try to find someone that can be your eyes for you. My dad was at the job site daily for their condo and also for my two sisters' homes. He caught mistakes before it was too late to fix. Plus, with the guys knowing my dad was going to be around, I think they were a little more careful.
I think building home can be a good way to get what you want, you just have to be on top of things.
Good luck!