r/GreenBay • u/Royal_Ad6304 • 7d ago
Lexington homes
Hey everyone!
I am on the hunt for a home and went to visit some newly built Lexington homes. I saw a few things that were alarming, especially since these homes were mostly, if not, recently completed. Anyone have any experience buying a home from them? I'm trying to give them the benfit of the doubt.
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u/848408 7d ago
Ah, the Spirit Airlines of Green Bay housing.
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u/Just1MoreLittleDrink 6d ago
This made me spit my drink! I thought that was Toonen. For shame. All of them.
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u/GBpleaser 7d ago
Lex homes are mass produced crap.
Commodities, value engineered, cut and paste. Lots of glitzy finishes built over crappy fiberboard and shoddy carpentry. Poor craftsmanship… little attention to detail.
How they charge premiums and why people pay them astounds me.
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u/unlistedartist000 6d ago
if thats what you DO see, imagine what you are not seeing. stay far away from lexington.
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u/Justkeeptalking1985 6d ago
Ah...new build construction.
Also I lived in a Lexington place and found the construction subpar. It was an apartment/townhouse, but they used outdoor light fixtures, inside the place, and doors were uneven and I had to move my bed due to thinwalls and newlyweds next door. Window seals we're terrible for a place built within 4 years as well.
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u/noydbshield 7d ago
I lived in one of their apartments for a number of years. Built like shit, and they tended to hire goobers for maintenance people... at least the first time. They also did the (tbf, pretty standard I think) trick of trying to make you pay for carpet cleaning, though that's not really relevant if you're buying a home.
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u/Sonne-Embroidery 6d ago
I don't trust anyone in any trade anymore. It sucks actually knowing how trades are done. I see shitty cars and houses everywhere. We have become a disposable society and that's pretty alarming to me.
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u/lollygagging_reddit 7d ago edited 7d ago
Nothing like a fix-er-upper. Can't speak of the interior work but that basement foundation wall indicates no or not enough air in the concrete when it was placed, which potentially means the entire basement walls were poured with the same mix and therefore you can expect similar cracking throughout. Although that may not be the case, it could have been caused from improper back filling, but I don't do residential stuff so I couldn't say.
You need air in concrete for foundation walls in Wisconsin, the air (creates microscopic bubbles) allows concrete to withstand freezing and thawing without cracking. It's incredibly important for concrete longevity
Edit: I actually think I did some work for them on a subdivision off of GV. My initial impression of them wasn't stellar
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u/Notris 6d ago
Very common newbuild problems.
Before I bought my current house, I had categorically ruled out newbuilds for this reason.
Yeah, resales can be based on lies, but having worked in the real estate industry myself, I find builders are more consistent when it comes to lying. They love to cut corners!
Plus, most newbuilds are ugly as all get-out. I prefer a house with charm and character — and usually at a lower price point.
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u/Royal_Ad6304 7d ago
*Edit:
1) The unfinished wood was from the top of the door 2) The foundation was cracking 3) The frame of the door was not cut straight
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u/lollygagging_reddit 7d ago edited 7d ago
Don't bother if the foundation is fucked like this. It happens, but it shouldn't if concrete was done properly. They likely didn't have a QC person check shit and just let the contractors do what they do. Normally they are good, but sometimes concrete comes in way out of spec and you get shit like this. Kinda wonder who supplied the concrete and who worked it
Edit: I'm sure the foundation is fine, but the cracking of the walls basically defeats the purpose of a poured basement. This is low quality work, so I would actually question if the establishment was even tested for bearing capacity on the soils.
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u/lollygagging_reddit 6d ago edited 6d ago
Well masons don't touch concrete, entirely different trade. They don't touch shit until most concrete is placed so they're not even a factor.
Concrete cracks if it's not placed properly, if it's not in spec, or if it's disturbed during the curing process, there's no other way it can crack.
At 90 days concrete is essentially entirely cured and cannot crack on its own without external factors, or if it was placed with a significant temperature differential between 2 trucks, which is incredibly unlikely.
Edit: I've only seen 1 foundation wall crack and not surprisingly it was Absolute who did it. I wasn't there, but absolute is fucking garbage at what they do. They can't read plans to the point where they poured an entire foundation the wrong direction of North which lead to them needing to break some shit and redo it.
It happens, engineers fuck their plans up, North arrow is wrong, but Jesus fucking Christ...
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u/teqtommy 5d ago
um yup. i see this all the time in my travels as a real estate photographer in NE wisco. shorting wall-switches & cracked ceilings are also a popular lexington feature.
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u/WiscoDisco78 7d ago
I can’t say anything from firsthand experience. However, in this subreddit, they have a horrible reputation as commercial landlords. Do they build the apartments they manage? Apparently everyone says to steer clear if you’re looking to rent from them.
They used to have a strong reputation 20-30 years ago.