Homebuilder Ratings & Reviews

New Home Co. Reviews

888 Homeowner Reviews Completed Dec 2021 - Jun 2023

Overall Satisfaction

4.4
Customers' overall satisfaction
4.2
Customers' willingness to refer our communities to their friends and family

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Most Recent 20 Comments From All Locations
Purchase Experience Testimonials from Real Homebuyers

Ontario, CA, on Jun 01, 2023

I like the very communicative staff. Everyone is so pleasant to work with and our home is everything we hoped for!

5.0
Verified Homeowner
Ontario, CA, on Jun 01, 2023

I dislike the fact that I can't park my car on the street over night. As this has become a rule of the HOA. I believe all homes should be given one parking pass. Whatever that homeowner decides to do with his or her pass is their responsibility. We as home owners don't want to be or feel micromanaged. We as homeowners paid good money to live here and don't want to go out to our cars and have a note placed on it. As this feels more like apartment complex living than homeownership.

4.9
Verified Homeowner
Ontario, CA, on Jun 01, 2023

Loved the kindness and patience of the staff

5.0
Verified Homeowner
Ontario, CA, on Jun 01, 2023

Great communication with all agents and coordinator. Process was easy and everything went smoothly.

5.0
Verified Homeowner
Rancho Cucamonga, CA, on May 31, 2023

Have not had any issues with customer care or warranty service so far.

5.0
Verified Homeowner
Folsom, CA, on May 31, 2023

Compared to your competitors , the homes look a class above. [name removed] thing that did not go well, compared to the model home, our home had a lot of fit and finish issues (paint quality, grouting quality, mistakes in cabinets etc). It is clear that the finish was rushed through.

4.4
Verified Homeowner
Rocklin, CA, on May 31, 2023

Customer service representative [name removed] is doing a great job. She has been doing everything she could to get fixed all the quality issues we found in our new home. Unfortunately, we do not feel the same about the rest of the New Home Company and their sub-contractors.

3.0
Verified Homeowner
Folsom, CA, on May 30, 2023

[name removed] has been amazing and very responsive. We are still very unsettled about the sidewalks curbs and gutters. I am concerned they will not be satisfactory

4.8
Verified Homeowner
Folsom, CA, on May 23, 2023

There are a few issue that don't seem your team is pushing hard to be solved, they're looking for excuses and siding with contractors. These are the most relevant to me: + Number of zones for the HVAC are insufficient in its design. Two rooms in my single story house can get 7 degrees further from adjacent room. One room was 69 degrees while the next one was 62 degrees. This is an issue for many homeowners of the same model, model 1. + Bathroom exhaust vents consistently leaking when taking hot showers, particularly during cold weather season. + Some of my granite countertops are scratched and/or badly cut. They said I should have noted this during the first walk. It's obvious the issue was there before I moved in, but it's a hassle to try explaining this. + My garage epoxy coating wasn't completed. It was not sealed with the gloss finish, now the decorative flakes are flying around, and is getting too dirty. + I selected framed mirrors, and by mistake they glued the mirrors to the walls using a mastic. When they realized they removed the glued mirrors and replaced them with framed ones, but the mastic was left behind. The most problematic set of mirrors is in my master bathroom, where the mastic was applied on the marble tiles, now those need to be replaced.

3.5
Verified Homeowner
Folsom, CA, on May 23, 2023

Your workman's craftsmanship is much less than my expectations. Your drywall guys did not put back a lot of wall insulations back. Wall painting was simply lousy. Many doors were squeeking. I had to pull the pins out and oiled them. Towel and toilet paper holder fell down and needed to be screwed up tight ect. The porch light cover on front of the garage fell down because there was no bolt and nuts holding down. The light bulb went out on us 1 month after we moved in. It was the porch light the cover was not bolted. I'll run out of space if I continue. One good thing is that your manager [name removed] is very diligent and right on top of everything. She is catching up with bigger problems one by one, thank God.

4.7
Verified Homeowner
Ontario, CA, on May 22, 2023

Fit and Finish warranty was promised, but not fulfilled once actual problems came up

4.8
Verified Homeowner
Vacaville, CA, on May 22, 2023

Nothing

5.0
Verified Homeowner
Chandler, AZ, on May 20, 2023

There are certain features in my home that I am not happy with. One, I specifically asked in the pre-building process about the wall finish and was assured it would have a more finished look not the base that wipes off when a mark is removed. Another feature is the lights on the stairs. It makes no sense to have the step lights only turn on when the overhead light is on.

4.2
Verified Homeowner
Ontario, CA, on May 19, 2023

[name removed] is great! Very prompt with our requests and always going above and beyond!

5.0
Verified Homeowner
Ontario, CA, on May 18, 2023

The problems we reported have been resolved.

4.9
Verified Homeowner
Granite Bay, CA, on May 16, 2023

[name removed] contract was fine. [name removed] actual build was terrible. [name removed] home wasn't complete. There were too many deficiencies. A great deal of the work was either poorly constructed or not done at all. We are 3 months in to our home and repair work is still being completed. In some cases the repair work has required multiple visits. This is our 5th home and this one has been the most poorly constructed one. We are very disappointed with the experience.

3.1
Verified Homeowner
Folsom, CA, on May 16, 2023

[name removed] purchase experience was clear and communicative. [name removed] was fantastic. And extremely forthcoming. What we extremely disliked was the fact that there was no consideration for contingent buyers until the demand dried up. We were passed over for 3 other lots that we signed up for to make way for non-contingent buyers. It was even comical that one of those lots was later backed out of by the original buyer, but after we had purchased our lot. During a hot housing market, there really aren’t any risks to accepting contingent offers. It’s just as easy for those folks to sell their homes as it is to buy one here. Of course with all new construction, nothing is perfect. However, we are very pleased with overall construction and appearance of our home. [name removed] only negative is the side and back yards should be turned over to new homeowners in better condition. There are simply too many rocks and uneven ground not a grade. Extremely tricky to even walk on and totally useless to even wheel the trash cans through the back gate without them falling over.

4.6
Verified Homeowner
Granite Bay, CA, on May 16, 2023

Up to now, they can’t find a solution yet on the mess that they did on our countertop in the kitchen. They installed 2 different color of quartz. It makes our kitchen to look like not a brand new house. And also with regards to the garage flooring paint/epoxy issue which I reported early January, they haven’t fix it yet.

2.7
Verified Homeowner
Lathrop, CA, on May 15, 2023

I moved in Feb and there are still pending items that need to be fixed. It would be great if they fix things on time.

4.0
Verified Homeowner
Lathrop, CA, on May 14, 2023

Purchase process was easy, however after moving in I’ve been finding issues you wouldn’t expect to find in a house of this price range

4.4
Verified Homeowner

Builder Profile

All of us are looking to build a better life. A life filled with everything and everyone that matters most. And a place to call home that brings it all together in the best possible ways. We understand how important your home is to you. It means a lot to us too. Our homes are an expression of the knowledge we have about how people want to live. For us they are individual works of art for the world to see and enjoy.

This is our legacy.

We hold ourselves to a higher standard. We demand more from ourselves. Our recognition as the nation’s most awarded builder for customer satisfaction matters deeply to us. We care about our home buyers experience, how their home looks, feels and lives. Why a particular piece of land was chosen. We care about the relationships with our craftsmen, our lenders, our neighbors. And we expect from them what we expect from ourselves – a belief that this process is as much about building a better life as it is about building a better home.

We’ve spent decades building homes and became a publicly traded company (NYSE: NWHM) to help fuel our growth while remaining committed to our roots. Homebuilding gives us a profound sense of fulfillment as we strive every day to provide better environments, contribute to better schools, support communities with a sense of social consciousness – all with a level of integrity, respect, and compassion for the world in which we live.

Each of us here at The New Home Company share in a strongly held belief that every new home is a new opportunity to build something better.

A better experience. A better home. A better life.

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