well her's an update...numerous additional problems continue....misleading information from Mark Amos of Gemcraft and Sales Manager Lisa Hyatt...there response... "oh you must have misunderstood" this after direct questions were asked, which they deny were ever asked... A production Manager Calvin Trimble, who could care less... when he or his sub contractors make an error the standard answer is either " its your fault" or " that's just how we do it".  He now is blantely delaying and stalling the finish date until the last possible moment ( you know scheduling issues with sub contractors).  there is not 7 days worth of work to complete in this home.   they have ruined custom cabinerty by construction adhesive backsplashes to the side of cabinets ( again.." that's how we do it") was the answer.   Please everyone do not put yourself through this with this company... the appearance of a reasonalbe price for a home is misleading.  the workmanship is bad.. walls out of plumb, there best tool is a caulk gun,  i have joints that run off level by 1/2 inch over a 30" span, stacked stone work that that is indented by 2 inches from the actual corner of the home as opposed to being straight up and down.  the home page of their website is full of non-truths.... they are very hard to work with and inflexable, they do not believe in customer service or quality.  their sales agents are not knowedgeable of their product or local ordinances  (or at least mine wasn't).  The only individual that has had any common curtisy or sence is Wendy in the settlement office.

The overall impression that you get from Gemcraft Homes Employees is that they are doing you the favor of allowing the you to have your home built by them!!!

 I  have to say my experience was different with my gemcraft Home that I am moving into. I Dealt with same people and subcontactors which treated me very good. This was the third builder I built with and by far the best experience.They built my home 20 days under the 120 I was told and very happy they took the last 2 weeks to do their finishing touches at the end for a beautiful home at settlement.

Gemcraft does suck no doubt, but they did pay our realtor the $5000 bonus.  Bought the house in Oct 07 and settled in April of 08.

What kind of professional realtor starts a blog ?? get real. If I were you I wouldn't list with the Prices because apparently they don't read contracts and just want your commissions.

And if you do buy from Gemcraft count on having a battle during your warranty year on EVERYTHING.  They will handle the items they do handle in the cheesiest way possible. 

Gemcraft...ha...can we say mold, mold, mold and wet roof! Buyers beware read read read and then read again...contract!

GEMCRAFT HOMES - THE WORSE BULDER, THE WORSE COMPANY.

I will give Gemcradft the award of WORST COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH. Anyone thinking about buying from Gemcreaft Homes, I say run away, run run run, DO NOT DO BUSINESS with GEMCRAFT HOMES. Imcompetence is their name, I terribly regret buying a home from this company.

GEMCRAFT Homes did not obtain permit of occupancy and yet has scheduled settlement after settlement. The folks working for this company are crooks and they should not be allowed to build homes.

I moved out of my home and ended up in hotel with my family because the home failed inspection. GEMCRAFT HOMES has concealed the fact that the home failed inspection and I ended up in hotel room for weeks with my family. I found out that the home failed inspection through my own resarch and inverstigaion. The reason the home failed inspection was related to safety.

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In addition to the issues mentioned above, the hose bib in the rear was connected to hot water. We did not know until one of our kids got 1st degree burn when the sprinkler was turned on. There was never a Site Mgr during construction. This should be a red flag. This Company is the SYMBOL OF BAD BUSINESS, IMCOMPETENCE, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS.

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The roof on bay windows were not installed properly, they were lopsided, the back yard was not graded. Actually the City of Hagerstown issued another Building Violation and refused to issue them Final Occupancy Permit.

The dishwasher was not installed properly, was not screwed in, when you turned on the dishwasher, it woudl start moving.

POOR FRAMING JOB...

and the kist goes on and on. Please DO NOT BUY FROM GEMCRAFT, STAY AWAY FROM GEMCRAFT.

I also purchased a home from Gemcraft. It was the worst experience ever. They came in and fixed a few things but then stopped coming. We started calling and they soon began to ignore us. They lied repeatedly and stopped returning calls. I would tell anyone considering a Gemcraft Home to run.. far far away. They will leave you high and dry. Save yourself the heart attack..etc, etc!

I forgot... I wanted to commend you, Gloria, on blogging about this. Some things are more important than commissions.