Highland Homes Reviews in Austin, TX

1. Buyer selections and design gallery experience was horrible. Samples were extremely small. Everything cost "extra", there was no cost breakdown to compare the cost of what was included in the contract vs. the "extra" costs. 2. Misleading advertisement of what was included in the purchase of the home. Some items were "discontinued" after purchase. Had to fight to receive a credit that was not commensurate to the item that was "deleted". 3. Quality of work was horrible. As home buyer, we had to point out things that they did not install, including missing an entire bathroom under slab plumbing. Some items caught in time to eliminate demolition and repair of work completed. 4. Initial builder (superintendent) was extremely rude and somewhat confrontational. The replacement builder was very kind and helpful, however the post builder is as rude as the initial. 5. Quality of work is below what should be expected for a house costing almost 1/2 million. Concrete work is not good. 6. Overall very dissatisfied with the entire experience with Highland Homes. ... More

Every highland representative was very friendly, trustworthy and easy to deal with. The materials used around the house are top notch, with only a couple issues primarily related to painters not being careful! As with any new house, a few issues came up after living in it for a few weeks, Highland's builder was extremely responsive and always willing to help out, I do feel Highland has my back if anything major were to happen.

Good experience.

since Highland is moving out of this community least care was taken to the customers. Construction manager feels customers are slaves for him. How many times we need to follow up to get the issues resolved. We bought a brand new home so that , there no issues and we are good at least for 2 years. Till date in last 45 days, i had issues with my Air conditioner and roof. I don't know what all are pending. Had faith in highland homes till i bought this home. But now its a question mark.

Overall the home is awesome. Small things that could have easily been fixed before I moved in were clogged drains, scratches on the cabinets, front door finish, yard watering system issues, etc. Highland Homes was responsive to fix the issues.

Great experience overall.

The team we worked with at Highlands Homes were very responsive to our needs and issues.

The entire process from sales (Lula & Danielle) to construction (Javier) to last minute financing (Troy & Meredith ) EVERYONE was professional, kind, promptly answered all of my questions and concerns and even went above and beyond with helping me resolve an issue in a calm and timely manner! I could not be more pleased with the entire process of purchasing and building my new home!!! Thank you ALLLLL!!!

Overall good experience, but some of the aesthetic issues called out on the punch list were ignored. I'm not happy with the quality of some of the finishes and faucets, but I guess it's acceptable for the price point. All of the people I worked with were great, there was just a little under-delivery in the final product.

I love my highland home. Some issues through the build process related to quality of work the tile and trim contractors did. All issues resolved in time for closing.

We got a very nice house with some very nice features. The sales team was great and very responsive. The first foreman (person in charge who gets everything done on time and correctly) left much to be desired. Subsequent foremen have been wonderful. Our best suggestion to a future home buyer would be to pay very close attention to the change orders which identify any enhancements or modifications to the base plans. Be sure items discussed end up on the change orders or they won't happen. Review the change orders closely and make sure they are complete and accurate.

Our entire process with Highland has been a great experience from our first meet with Amy and Larry in sales through the building process with Brady. We felt we were in good hands, especially since we have never built a home before. All of our questions were answered in a timely manner and we were updated weekly about the progress of our home. My sister recently built a new home in Texas too and unfortunately did not have the same positive experience we did. They were impressed with the quality of some of our standard features and fixtures. We could not be happier with our beautiful new home and would definitely recommend Highland Homes to anyone thinking about building. ... More

Highland was great to work with. Construction was efficiently managed and never in disarray. All Highland personnel worked to get questions answered and kept in contact with us. We will use Highland again should we decide to build another home.

overall good quality of house, but expensive than other competitor builder (M.I home and some other builders. not clear why it should be expensive than competitor. I see lots of little minor thing not done properly. a little poor in finishing work.

Very good communication and timely help with builder with all of any issues. Just was excited as we were during the process.

Work well with salesperson and building manager

The sales and financing process was so easy!

Loved the quality and customer service. The team was easy to work with and our home is just beautiful!

We absolutely love our house, we tried to be a part of it through much of the process. Timelines and apparent work shortages cause us to do an initial walkthru before the house was even complete. Not everything identified was fixed prior to purchase and now that everything has to go through "warranty" service and response has dwindled considerably. We still have a laundry list of items and haven't heard much from highland. Up until this point we felt much more positive about our overall experience, just seems typical now to forget the customer once the home is delivered.

From the start to the finish they were a great company to work with on the build of my first new home. Gracie was my sales rep and she was amazing from the beginning to the closing.

Overall, the sales process, lender and closing services with the title company was very good. However, the operations, ( builder and warranty service) has been less than satisfactory. It took serval calls to get someone to respond to our requests for warranty service. Our original builder did a walk through the less then a week before closing and a final one a day before closing. There were still issues with our house the day before we closed. The were some things wrong with our home that that was very obvious and which should have been addressed, yet he chose not to. We have someone else assigned to us due to the fact that our original builder's unsatisfactory response for service and the fact that he waited until the day before closing to do a walkthrough with us. The fact that there were details that still needed to be addressed and/or corrected a day before is completely inexcusable. Also, we were the ones who had to reach to builder to request a walkthrough, when it should have been the other way around. ... More

Extremely disappointed with workmanship and “their process”. Re-doing things 4 & 5 times is not a process. It’s poor quality & oversight. There was basically none. We had to be there everyday to point out the errors which for the most part they ignored. We would not recommend Highland Homes based on this experience. We’ve built numerous homes between the two of us and none of them have been this poor.

There were several issues discussed during the first, and only, walk through (I was promised two walkthroughs before the closeout; but, Nick, the builder, refused to do a second one) and the issues were not covered between the walkthrough and the closeout. The day of the closeout, Nick had someone pulling blue tape off the walls (blue tape indicates areas needing touch-up) but no work was being performed. The garage door was supposed to be fixed, it was not, the texture on the entrance hallway was supposed to have been fixed, it was not, he had the sprinkler system running every day and now there are runoff lines in the lawn, those were shrugged off, the sprinkler system has had issues “not running,” and leaks, the front door is missing screws, nick has yet to address this issue, Nick promised me on the first walkthrough he would get me a price on a solid core door for my wife’s office, this took an extraordinarily long time and when I replaced the door the top hinge jam side screws were completely stripped, like there’s not a stud back there. I was supposed to be put in touch with the painter so my wife could have a few rooms painted before we moved in, that never happened. ... More

must resolve issues

Our sales agent was amazing and our second CM has been wonderful, but unfortunately, some mistakes are too expensive and work-intensive to resolve at this point. Our first CM made a slew of mistakes -- misframed walls, crooked island, and we ended up with a sewage backup within the first week, of living in our new home. We definitely wish we'd had an inspector come out for the predrywall walk and again before closing. GET A GOOD INSPECTOR! However, overall, we are loving our home and our new CM has been very empathetic and good to work with in correcting issues that we can still resolve. While there are things we wish we'd done differently during the building / inspection process, we don't regret going with Highland and would recommend them to our friends and family. ... More