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How to choose a Dallas New Home builder is very tough question but in order to help you out with this dilemma we have selected some of the basic guidelines. In Dallas Fort-worth are Builders Review” we have compiled our views on list of available builder in Dallas Fort-Worth areas. Here is the basic guideline in selecting a builder.

Dallas Area Builder Rating and Complaints

  1. Better Business Bureau: This is the best place to research about the Dallas New Home Builder. Here is the link (Dallas BBB Home Builder). Here you will find Dallas new home buyers who have complained against most renowned builders but sometimes this can be misleading. One factor you should always consider the number of home a builder makes create more chances of getting complaint. So you should always consider the ratio of complaint and number of houses build.

    Here is the list of Number of Houses build by Dallas Home Builder last year 2005.


    Builder

    Number of Houses

    D.R.Horton

    4479

    Centex Homes and Fox and Jacob

    3365

    Lennar Homes

    2919

    Highland Homes

    2257

    Choice Homes

    1822

    Pulte Homes

    1583

    Meritage-Legacy Homes

    1454

    First Texas Gallary Homes

    1438

    KB Home

    1376

    K Hovanian formerly Goodman

    1361


    Note: above data has been provided by Metrostudy.
  2. Consumer Research agency like JDPower™ provides a study and ranking of all the builders available in Dallas Fortworth area. You can access their report on their website at ( JDPower™ Builder Ranking ). Their study is based upon Builder’s Warranty, Customer Service, Home Readiness, Builder’s Sales Staff, Construction Manager, Quality of Workmanship & Materials( paint, trim, windows, doors, light fixtures, appliances, and flooring ) , Value of Money, Physical Design Elements, Builder’s Design Center, Recreational Facilities and Location. This study is mostly based upon consumer feedback regarding look and feel of their home and builder customer service.
  3. Certified by EnergyStar™. As Dallas Fortworth come into one of the warmest region of US so we have to worry about this factor. On the average utility cost in our area is at present 5cents to 13 cents per square feet and it can go more in near future. ENERGY STAR™ qualified homes are independently verified to be considerably more energy efficient than their counterpart. These savings are based on heating, cooling, and hot water energy. Please visit EnergyStar™ website.
  4. Certified by NHQ. NHQ (National Housing Quality ) certification is one of the most exhaustive compliance in the home building industry and their quality standard is based upon ISO 9000. They take care almost all side of building process not only customer feedback and it is very rare to get certified from this authority. For more detail explanation please visit NHQ website.
  5. Energy Value Housing Award: Their criteria is home energy efficient is your home. This award goes to those value whose home perform good on energy conservation. It is different from EnergyStar™ compliance as this is ranking and EnergyStar™ is just compliance. For detail explanation please visit EVHA website.
 
 
 



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