This is my third home, the first in Washington. When we looked at the model homes, we fell in love with the floor plan. The sales rep told us about a development they are building in the city I had currently lived in. We made an offer the day it was released. We were excited about it and could not wait. The process was not as pleasant or smooth as my previous two purchases. It started with the preferred lender SeaPac chose. The mortgage rep was slow to follow up and did not keep us in the loop as to where we were in the process or what to expect, etc.... Let's just say that we only went with their lender because of the incentive they gave us; otherwise, we would have gone elsewhere. That was one issue.
The second issue was with the builder. SeaPac did not provide walk-thru's as most builders did during the process of the home being built despite our request. They stated, they only have one walk-thru, which was toward the end. During our walk-thru, we pointed out things that needed to be fixed and was told by the Project Manager for that site that it would be fixed before we moved in. That did not happen. It was very frustrating and we did not have a choice, but to hope that they will fix it after we took possession as the walk-thru was a couple days before we closed. We were not happy with the home as it seemed the builder, or their construction folks, just did the minimum to finish the house. For example, the wood on our patio was not nailed properly. How they missed this is beyond me. The quality of the home is not as we had expected, especially for the price we paid for. The standard fixtures did not match. For instance, our bathroom faucets did not match the towel rod - the faucet was chrome while the towel rod and chrome. We brought this up and was told that, "that is what the vendor installed". The heater in my son's room broke two weeks after we moved in. We have had the heaters replaced 3x!!! We were disappointed at the quality of the craftsmanship of the home. It seemed as if the builder, or their construction folks, did not put enough time or detailed into the home. Like, they were in a rush to put it on the market. I brought this up to their Project Manager, Customer Relations Coordinator, Closing Coordinator AND even responded to their survey they had mailed me, but I have yet to receive a call from anyone at SeaPac. My feedback was brushed under the rug, as I expected. The only "good" experience I had was with the Warranty Manager and the Sales Agent. I will NEVER buy another SeaPac home nor would I recommend SeaPac to any of my friends or family. Below is the email I wrote to the Project Manager, Customer Relations and Closing Coordinator....
I would like to thank you for all your help throughout this whole process. It was not easy and it definitely was not a pleasant experience, especially considering this was our first experience with SeaPac Homes. I hope that other buyers do not have to go through what we went through, not only with the builder, but with the builder’s preferred lender. Our experience with SeaPac was and has been less than pleasant throughout this entire process, and even after. Maybe I just expected more from a builder, considering I paid $400k for it, but now I know. I understand you are just the middle person and probably couldn’t careless (especially now that we have already closed). I will tell you that because of this experience I will never buy a SeaPac home ever again nor would I recommend to my family or friends to buy a SeaPac Home. This is my 3rd home, but my 1st new construction home, and by far this has been my worst experience. I welcome a phone call from your boss or the builder or whoever is in charge to discuss this over the phone, if SeaPac cares to hear my experience at all.
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