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Location: Texas | Kaycee - 2015-02-17 12:18 PM
grinandbareit - 2015-02-16 10:46 PM I LOVE Tilson! I have worked for some really nice upscale custom home builders, contracted a couple of houses myself, and when we finally decided that we are staying put this time... I had Tilson build our house. It's a pretty nice house, lol. After working for and with lots of builders and subs, Tilson was an easy decision for me. ALL builders MUST build to code, the expense is in the details. I had Tilson do some stuff that they don't usually do, but our GC on the job was awesome and finally told the guys to "just do what she says", lol. They did a fantastic job and I would highly recommend them to anyone. There are actually 3 other people down our road that used Tilson after seeing our house. The nice thing is that Tilson has been around since 1948. The thing that attracted me to them was that if I have a problem, they'll be here in 10 or 20 years. My slab was engineered and has a lifetime guarantee. That means a lot to me when we deal with the heat and drought issues that we have here in TX. Okay, now that I have cleared that up, lol.  I really love the overall house but in our case Tilson's attention to the details was really lacking. We went with them, too, as they were started in the 1930's. We went through 3 GC's. I know you are in Central Texas and we are in the North Central area so the way they do things down there maybe entirely different. I'm glad y'all got a great home. Ours was just a total nightmare to build. It was like pulling a mouthful of teeth! I think with any house if you get the right GC you will be very happy but if they try to cut corners or simply don't know what they're doing, a lot can go wrong.
I sure hate to hear that... The nice part is that they added those 90 steel piers without having to go to court to get them, lol. I agree that the "detail work" is lacking, but they definitely are not a "custom" builder.
There are so many things that I would have LOVED to do and didn't. Eventually you need to decide on what you are willing to spend and stay there. It is super easy to get WAY over budget, lol. All it takes is money and you can have whatever you want! I traded "paid for" for lots of things I would have loved to have, lol.
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