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She knows we are not building for a couple years (I've stressed that in EVERY email I've sent her) and she completely understands and has NOT pressed us at all about coming in to meet her. She and I have emailed at various times in the past month and spoke on the phone once. Not once has she done a hard sell, since she knows that we are just NOT able to build right now even though we own the land we're building on.
Make sure the contractors are using your specs cause they originally put my shower in the wrong way which would have messed up my bathtub and tile set up. Contarctors spilled a whole bottle of some red sauce they had for lunch on the sub floor and was going to leave it there. I brought to the attention of schumacher and they barely wiped it up, so i went in and cleaned it myself so I would not have ants down the road because their spill on my sub floor . Can anyone tell me, when schumacher provided you with your final quote, did they have the cost of gravel needed for the house listed on the quote or was that already built into the cost of the home?
What does Schumacher homes charge for upgrades?
If you know Keim Lumber and the quality materials they sell, you know that they know what they're talking about when it comes to who builds a good house. Many of the good Amish and Mennonite builders only buy from Keim because their wood products are milled to order right on site and they do a lot of absolutely gorgeous custom trim and woodwork. They'll give you a list of builders in all price ranges from all over the Central Ohio area. We talked to a couple on their list and if we hadn't gone with Schlabach, we would have pursued a couple that they recommended.
One of the builders we are looking into is Paul Schumacher. I would appreciate any posts that comment further on the quality, craftsmanship, etc. of their homes. Just beyond the great room is the kitchen and butlers pantry/laundry room. The kitchen has granite countertops, a beautiful tile backsplash, and tons of gorgeous cabinets that are all soft close (it’s the little things that make me happy). There is also one of the largest islands I have ever seen.
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The good news for us is we've found our builder at last! He's someone that has been highly recommended to us by several people who have had homes built by him, one of which has had 3 homes built by him and won't even consider anyone else. Our closest neighbor's house was built by him and we've seen his quality work up close. Our neighbors raved about him and made the call to him that moved us up his waiting list, since he values his former clients. He does not have to advertise at all and is one of the local builders whose business is BOOMING because he has all the work he needs by reference only.
I met with them and the upgrades I want are easily another 100,000. Husband and wife team, inspired by their mutual love of nature, and their personal passion to embrace history and family legacy. Heading back to the kitchen and great room, we also have the dining room. There is plenty of space in the dining room for a large table and a buffet or hutch. In this model, there is a bench lining two of the three walls of the room. It is topped with granite countertops and has a large farmhouse sink built in.
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The dishwasher (spoiler alert! There are two dishwashers in this home) is next to the sink and around the corner from that, there is a wine fridge built into the side of the island facing the dining room. I wish you all the best in building your new home and hope your experience with PSH is a good one. From personal experience if you go to Millersburg and surrounding Amish country, make a day of it, the views from the back country roads are gorgeous. I absolutley love the fall season when all the trees are turning colors.
I just have to keep remembering that they build hundreds of homes a year and not everyone is going to be 100% satisfied. Find the right local pro on Houzz to kickstart your project.
Sorry, but this common error is one of my big pet peeves. (That and people saying something is a "mute" point when the correct term is "moot" point. And I guess this is a "moot" point. Sorry, but I'm crabby today, lol). The upgrades are very not to bad if you do them in your initial meeting and have it all included. Once you go past that stage, they become very expensive to do changes. Know what you want before you meet with them for blueprint detail/design. On the back wall is a wooden accent wall that again matches the floors and really ties the room together with the beams in the ceiling and the floors.

We are at the same process and are wondering when we begin negotiating, and what they are willing to take off in addition to the $15,000 promotion. I am slightly turned off by the offer of a BMW on their website, I find that a tad tacky and would MUCH rather have the cost of the car deducted from my home price. The only downside is hearing all the negativity in online forums about them which is kind of leaning me away.
Salesman said we'd have the plan,drawing and cost in 2 days. It's been two months+ and no results, called Salesman Tom Saxton a couple times and e-mailed several times. He blamed the design dept, says he can't get the info from them. Don't know how they'd build a house in 4 months when they won't respond. Anyone know how to contact Paul Schumacher?
Less choices, yes but most people can barely handle the ones they need to make. The other custom builders who did bid on our project either seemed to be one step ahead of bankruptcy court, or just didn't get what we wanted and tried to push their own agendas on us. We came really close to signing with two of them, but put on the brakes when our attorney checked out their financials and read over their stock contracts. In all, we've wasted almost two yrs trying to chase down a builder with a lot of frustration. This model is built on a hill, so the back of the home looks a little different than if it were built on flat land. The bottom level is actually the basement and the large windows in the back are the first floor of the home.
It's sad to hear some of these idiot salesmen ruin it for people and their own company. They are using that "we'll make your payments for a year" spiel right now, but what they don't tell you is that you have to use their in-house mortgage company, Triad Mortgage. They also have a pre-payment penalty clause in their mortgages, so if you want to re-finanace after the year of "free payments", you're going to pay through the nose to do that. Triad specializes in loans for buyers who can't get financing anywhere else, so it's just an offshoot of the sub-prime mess that's bringing down the whole housing industry. We've already been approved for our financing with a lender that we've used and trusted for years, so their deal was not attractive to us anyway. But if you and your husband have "been in the business" for many years, I'm surprised you don't know that the term is "tract" builder, not "track" builder.

After seeing this house in person and walking through a few other 1 story homes, this was the only 1 story that we really liked. Of course with many upgrades since the house is only 1,750 SQ Feet. By the time we get done adding the sunroom, and a few other upgrades, it'll be a little over 2,000 SQ feet which should be perfect for us.
We attempted to deal with having a home built by Schumacher Homes in Greenville SC. Our initial meeting went quite well and we received an estimated cost for our home specs from the sales person. During the next meeting to pick out the colors and specifics the price went up by over 10 thousand dollars. It was explained that the salesman had made some mistakes in the initial pricing.
