Robie Builders

Update: 14 months after closing, our house is still not finished. Take the outdated review below and do with it what you will. If I could go back in time I would have never worked with this outfit. This is about as fair of a review, and non-bias, as I can provide. The Good: They worked fast. They are kind, decent human beings in general and depending on the circumstances, I would recommend them to others looking for construction or remodeling. The Bad: There are some clear and consistent issues with Robie Builders that stems from (likely) too many projects being juggled at the same time and lack of organized management. I truly believe they would be an excellent construction company if they stuck to building/remodeling single homes and not working on several development projects at the same time. I have spoken with four other homeowners in the Belvedere development and each one had similar complaints. Now, not all of the issues are directly attributable to Robie (materials unavailable, subcontractor’s work) – but nonetheless they are the GC and need to have some accountability. The Ugly: 1) In general, awful communication and project management. Even their subcontractors complained about it - which isn't a good sign. Likely a result of too many projects. 2) Our house was about 90% complete when we closed (they hadn't started the lawn when we moved in and after a month it is still only halfway done, missing closet shelving, missing thresholds to exterior doors) 3) Shoddy craftsmanship (handful of windows and doors are not square, deck railing has already been replaced, light switches that aren't wired to any lights); and 4) There was a trash bag’s worth of garbage left on the exterior of property (construction materials, bottles, cans, cigarette butts), the interior wasn't fully cleaned, and they left materials for the other houses in our basement. Overall, they have made attempts to cure the defects, but the communication is always on us; rather than Robie trying to fix the problems without prompting.

One month into our new home and I’m still amazed by this house! Every detail Robie worked through with us is making this house exactly what we wanted, and we weren’t easy. Jarod and Brent helped us through every step including after the closing. And all the people that said to add 10% to their quote because everyone goes over were just wrong. They stayed to exactly what the contract said, they didn’t try to nickle and dime us on the way out the door. Overall great experience, couldn’t recommend them enough. And no, I’m not related and this isn’t the owners fake profile...

I have sold 19 homes built or rehabbed by Robie Builders and have never received a complaint from any of the Buyers after the sale. Jarod and his staff are very capable and are attentive to the needs of their customers from start to finish and beyond !. If there were more stars on this rating, they would deserve them.

Robie built my family a great home. High quality, great suggestions, instant pricing on things I wanted to add or change. A perfect mix to make me feel like I am getting a custom home but they help make a lot of the decisions easy. Brent, Joe and Jarod all are great. Harrison

Very professional. He’s built two homes for me. I deal with builders all the time being in the mortgage business and they are one of the best. On time on budget and extremely professional. Job site was always spotless.