Meritage Homes

DO NOT BUY a Meritage «lack» of a home. They lie to you just to get you to close. And they slap these homes up and the core functions do not even work. Our electrical box always blows and the sprinklers leak horribly. The doors fall right off the hinges. The dryer vent comes clogged. As for the HOA, they are headed by first residential and Martha Schiffer. They will tell you that you can have the fence you want before you close and even go as far as let you install it, then ask for it to be removed. Their attorney harasses us with letters and emails but we ask for everything to be documented and we catch Martha in her lies. They old told the residents at the Watermark Town Hall meeting that the the HOA guidelines are all a grey area and that Martha has the right to do as she wishes with the guidelines. It’s her way or the highway. My recommendation is get everything in writing because the HOA has gone as far as turning residents against each other.

Meritage is by far the worse builder I have dealt with it. We bought a house in Orlando, it was built in 3 months. We have been living in this piece of house for 8 months and they are still trying to repair things that they built wrong. My back yard is a mess, always under water and the grass is dying because is drowing. The quality of construction is very cheap. From drywall to doors, electrical, plumbing, fixtures, granite tops… Everything is Cheap, Cheap, Cheap.
Construction and Warranty department workers are the most incompetent creatures I have dealt with. They come with this unreal excuses. They think everybody are moron like they are.
No wonder the Meritage Florida President resigned and went to another builder.
Run away from Meritage, unless you want a «piece of property»

I purchased a Meritage home, moving from out of town. The closing went fine but warranty department is incompetent. They continually lie and do not do what they promise. I emailed the CEO and he never replied but rather had another local person contact me that hasn’t got the issues resolved. The local warranty guys, tried to install a medicine cabinet and put a hole in the wrong wall, shattered my oven’s glass window, painted the wrong color on my walls, TWICE. They can not even schedule the contractors to complete the few small tasks necessary. They just don’t care once you close on the house. Look to another builder if you can.