Went under contract with a DR Horton home a few weeks ago. I know DR Horton sucks, but where I live it’s one of the only affordable options. Anyway framing was completed and we asked to walk through the property before drywall and everything went up. Upon walking through we noticed some changes to the floorplan that is different than the models we toured or the floorplan online. We toured this floorplan twice at two different houses in the neighborhood with two different agents. Both of them said they are spec builders and everything will look exactly the same. The changes are below:
In one bedroom they moved a closet to a different wall. This changes the layout of the room dramatically to where normal bedroom furniture will not fit easily.
They moved the door going to garage to a different location.
They completely removed the only closet in the house that’s not in the bedrooms. So now the house does not have any closets in the hallway or living room.
I assumed these were mistakes and the DR rep was confused as well. The next day I was called by the Superintendent who let me know these were not mistakes. Their floorplan had changed at some point before the building had started. The other houses with this floorplan in the neighborhood do not have these changes. Neither DR rep let us know and they didn’t even know either.
We are going to walk from the deal as I feel these changes negatively affect the house and future value.
Posted by saatoday1
4 Comments
Oof that’s rough but honestly you’re making the right call walking away. DR Horton changing floorplans without telling anyone is peak DR Horton behavior – they probably saved like $50 in lumber and called it an “upgrade.” No hallway closet is a dealbreaker for most people anyway, resale is gonna be trash
How much was your deposit? Kiss it goodbye
Good on you for taking a look when you did, most people probably sign the contract then don’t do any due diligence until 6 months later
Most builders have a clause in their contract that states they are allowed to change the floor plan at any point without notice. It’s not great practice and the on site agent should have been notified or noticed when the framing was being built.