Terrace Homes

This family-owned business has a THREE MILLION dollar vacation home in Sarasota Florida which is financed by slick accounting, overcharging and by ripping off good, honest, hard-working people. Beware! These people will promise you the world and rip you off blind with poor customer service to boot. My husband and I researched numerous builders in our area. Then we found Terrace Homes. We took our three kids and drove out of our way and came to their quant little “village” of model homes and we were very impressed. Unfortunately, that’s where the warm/fuzzy feelings ceased. We had to wait several weeks just to get a quote from one of the daughters of the owner. This was even after we had drawings already made for them. All they had to do was price it out. Not too hard since most of that can comes from the same building they are working in. Next, we found a model we were interested in and one of the daughters gave the price page plus a page of INCLUDED FEATURES. Beware: this is the place that they use to trick you and take your hard earned money. Just because Terrace Homes says it’s included, they may not include it or include it and over-charge you for it. Read the paperwork including all the fine print. They cheat, fudge and rework facts to get you to pay more money to them to help pay for their three million dollar vacation home in Sarasota Florida. For example, we had several improvements already done on our land which they originally said they would give us a credit for (this is also spelled-out specifically on their INCLUDED FEATURES sheet), but once the time came for a quote there was “credit” but they over charged us for the hook ups which significantly increased the base price of the home. By increasing the base price of the home, they were essentially almost double charging us for a these “included features” that, according to their INCLUDED FEATURES should be…included. This over charging that Terrace Homes operates from added up to a significant amount compared to the total price of the home. Another thing to beware of is their “base price” of their models. This can fluctuate from client to client. It would be best to get their base model and then see if you make changes to that existing plan. Also, beware of their “price guaranty”. This is a slick scam. You have to have an absolute apples-to-apples comparison. In other words, there’s a mile wide gap built-in for their advantage to deny you any price match you can find. These people are slicksters and through an Enron type accounting system, they will steal you blind. If they ever call you back, and if you do do business with these rip-off artists, make sure you hire an attorney who is well versed in real estate law and pay extra for him/her to go through every single line, otherwise you’ll be taken advantage of and cheated. In addition, if you have time, you’ll need to shop around for any upgrades or extras (lighting, plumbing fixtures, etc.) that are not included. I’ve seen 100% – 200%+ increase in some of the upgraded items that can be added on such as lighting, trim, etc. which you can easily buy online or at one of the big box stores for a fraction of their price. Now you know why they can build a vacation home for themselves worth over three million dollars ($3,000,000.00) in Sarasota Florida! Want to see it? Just do a simple Google search and you’ll find it.

They were really fussy about the door opening, the steps being the right height and those sorts of things. They were specific about everything, and they made sure that everything was quality built. We really appreciated that, and they gave us two fire walls, we only needed one, but they gave us two. They went out of their way, just to do a good job. They don't cut corners, they know what they have to do, and they know what quality is. The person who worked here was Ron Williams, I would recommend him to anybody, he is so nice on a personal basis too. I would call them again in a heartbeat, in fact I need to tear down a building I have, and I think I am going to hire them. I have recommended them to some of my neighbors, because I know that they do quality work at a good price.

They built our house in 2008, but they are still helping us out with any problems we might have. They were here last year also, to fix our patio door. They don't have any problem coming out and correcting any problems that we may have. They went through our home step by step with us, there were no hidden costs, and they gave us a number right up front. If we wanted luxuries, it would have added on to the cost, but basically they were right up front with us. They also helped us with decorating, picking our cabinets and such things. What I like about them is their follow up, some builders will build the house and say goodbye, but these people will come out after the house is built to sort out any problem, and they did. I would recommend them to anybody. Their price was excellent, I did price a lot of home builders, and theirs was the best price per square foot area. As far as price and quality goes, I think they are the best. Another thing we liked about them is that they don't use sub-contractors, they take care of everything themselves. Their responsiveness is excellent, they are about fifteen miles from us, and they come as soon as they can. We can't expect them to come the same day, unless it is an emergency, but they do come as soon as they can.