J A Myers Building Development

My husband and I were looking to downsize and we are now enjoying our new townhome from J. A. Myers Homes. UPDATE Here we are 3 years later and I have to go from 5 start to 1 star. Issues have come up, big issues and instead of fixing them, they are just passing the buck onto the townhome owners.

Go look some where else for a builder! The builder had documented conversations with me to make modifications to the residence, and we agreed on price and changes. These changes never made it into the contract. Once I pointed this out, it was the " you can do a contract mod at a fee of an additional $1500". That's not happening. Concrete in the basement and garage is cracked to the point you can fit a coin in the width.

No caulk on the doors or window exterior which let water in to the house. The flooring was not done correctly and some of it came up in the first two weeks of ownership. The water heater was not installed level. I could go on and on. It's pointless to complain or ask the same group that did such a poor installation to come back and make repairs. I'm better off doing it myself so that I know it's done correctly. I would suggest other builders, but it seems no one cares about their work any more. If you are reading this and considering this builder, look elsewhere.

Extremely disappointed in quality, workmanship, and overall professionalism. First, quality - this was supposed to be a 'luxury' home. Please DON'T let the advertising and billboards fool you. My home is FAR from luxurious and it wasn't cheap (check the public record). I used google lens to identify most of the fixtures in the house, cheap, cheap, cheap.

Don't forget about the cheapest fireplace on the market that produces ZERO heat (I already installed a blower and still very little heat) Maybe I should have noted that before purchase, but quite frankly other things are more important to note and walk throughs are very distracting. Now, let's go to workmanship - it's hard to figure out where to start.

I have been in the house about 4 months and I have found way too many concerns. Items like a leaky sink drain that wasn't repaired for 3 months and therefore damaged the sink cabinet. A broken step, kitchen flooring not aligned and pulling away from the cabinet, cabinet doors not properly aligned, grass and topsoil (if there ever was any) washing away because downspouts are poorly positioned and don't seem to align with good storm water management practices; one would think a LUXURY home would at least come with grass.

Let's definitely not forget the GLASS shower door that hits the PORCELAIN toilet; who would do that? Let's take bets on which one breaks first? (oh by the way, the shower door issue is clearly my fault for not noticing, so I'm told, - I can't imagine who would have bought the house had they noticed that poor, poor design).and the list goes on. As for overall professionalism, I was not informed that a pond next to my property was to be removed.

The builder was very insistent upon me signing showing that a fence would be installed but - oh by the way - NEVER mentioned that the pond with relatively mature growth and clearly a wildlife habitat/ecosystem was going to be completed gutted. I would have never purchased this property had I known that the beautiful ecosystem was to be destroyed. Closing was a miserable experience.

I guess it can be good as long as you don't ask the builder any questions or bring up any concerns, or if you enjoy eye-rolling. I'll keep you all updated as more items emerge, as I'm sure they will!

First I will say I love our house and that is the reason for the four star rating. Compared to other local builders I wouldn't pick anyone else. but communication could be much better on follow up fixes. We have had some things to fix pending for many months with no forward movement on them. I am not sure if that is because they built so many houses all at once during the housing surge times.

I have had a couple semi-major water issues that were addressed right away, one of those brought Ben (the owner) out to our house on a weekend. That was a cool, but there are other issues that have gone unchecked. All in all I would buy the house again.

Poor Quality and Craftsmanship. It is definitely quantity over quality with Myers. The faster they can build them the better. Everything either creaks or has already broken. Ive had my ceiling leak and break through in my dining room. My roof leaked in 2 spots, my floors pop throughout the house because nothing was nailed correctly, my island is uneven in my kitchen and I've had doors just fall off my cabinets.

And it's the same at my families other 2 houses in my neighborhood. When you call to make an appointment they say they are too backed up or if the do show up to "fix" anything they want you to sign a waiver immediately that your satisfied with the work. Save your money.

Left concrete debris from the brick front on the roof before shingles were installed. Never cleaned the debris off. After a couple years that debris damaged the shingles causing a leak. No supports under the windows, now the water drains into the house instead of away.

We worked with J.A Myers on a hoarded home they had flipped and we wanted to purchase, it was my husbands childhood home. From the aesthetic point of things the home was gorgeous. However as we live here we notice things were done to code but no more than that, just enough to pass the inspection. There was broken glass and garbage all over the yard, this was to be cleaned up and it was not they flipped the dirt and throw grass seed and mulch on top, a busted sewer pipe in the basement they didn't see although it was swept clean they did fix this after our realtor company reached out and asking them to fix it, there is no ceiling fan boxes in any room and there was an exposed uncapped copper wire shoved in the insulation in our bedroom ceiling light.

They were not willing to work with us when their second appraisal came in lower than our first one and wanted us to pay the difference, so to prevent loosing the chance at my husbands child hood home our wonderful real estate company paid for a 3 rd appraisal in hopes it would match the first. To top all of this off we were trying to buy during COVID and already under contract during the shut down.

They threatened to pull out twice because we had to move our closing date due to not having a proof of a full paycheck for the loan company at the time to close. I am disappointed in things we are slowly seeing and noticing as the house begins to settle and we investigate further along with the obvious lack in pride of their work. You can tell things were done to meet the bare minimum of the standards and not to go any higher.

Not to mention they were rude when I went to drop off a check, the lady at the desk just abruptly and rudely asked what I wanted as if I was bothering her I will never be purchasing a home built, remodeled or sold by them again.

We are in the process of having a home built and the only time we ever hear from them is to tell us things are going to be more expensive. We entered into a contract and they emailed us that they didn't account for the sidewalk length at contract time and it was going to cost 1k more. They also increased the price of materials after we signed the contract claiming they had the wrong pricing.

They lied about an easement being able to built upon on our lot and the township notified us that that actually isn't accurate and we had to switch lots and they charged us 3 grand to switch to the one we wanted, despite having made so many mistakes for us already. To top it all off they just emailed us that even though were in contract, the price is going up 25K! buyer beware this seems like a massive bait and switch.

They list houses at 50k less then other builders in the area and then absolutely plan to make up that difference claiming a recent price spike, but the material prices have been high for almost a year now. May not even go through with this build. Their model homes seem cheaply built.

Our experience dealing with J.A. Myers Homes has been very good. We would recommend them to anyone. The quality of workmanship is excellent. In new construction if there is something you are not satisfied with they address your concern and make arrangements to have it fixed. It is a pleasure to deal with Dave (foreman)and Bill (sales manager Cherry Tree).

Very friendly and they want to please you. We are very happy in our new home! A special thanks to Ben for working with us during the move to our new home. Jack and Sandy Crawford

I purchased a home to scale down and to move my mother into a single floor home. We are both very happy with the purchase and so far all is good. There was a certain difficulty getting us in before winter but the bad weather was definitely a factor. In the end, J.A. Myers did a final push on our behalf and we were able to have the closing right before Christmas. The place is well built and the space and division of the rooms very well planned. We purchased a luxury unit and the high ceiling is what we like the most.

We chose JA Myers to build our off-site Avenel home because of great reviews, how long they have been in business, etc. Before we bought our lot from someone else we had to meet with Ben to come up with rough plans for the inside and outside of our home. We told him that we liked the first floor of the Avenel and the second floor of another plan and Ben told us that we can make a 5th bedroom where we would have a loft and and the 2nd floor family room.

We LOVED that idea so much since we didn't want any wasted space and had furniture that would definitely fit in a bigger room. Ben was patient with us and our community with building rules and customized our Avenel wherever we wanted to change things to our liking. Mike, our foreman was awesome.; he went above and beyond with his hard work and dedication to our house. We are VERY IMPRESSED with JA Myers and would recommend them to anyone who wants to build. We are VERY HAPPY in our perfect new home. Thank You So Much!

Colleen, Ben, Sandy and the entire team at JA Myers Homes were fabulous to work with. They allowed us to make customizations and changes to our new home that other builders would not - "yes we can" was always their attitude! After walking through and sitting down with other builders in the area, and having friends who bought from those other builders and hearing the troubles they had with their homes, we are glad we bought our second home with JA Myers. Proud to say we have been 12 years (10 years in our first home and now 2 years in our second) with JA Myers Homes.

J.A. Myers Homes is, by far, the best builder in the area. From the start of the construction process to closing their organization was absolutely outstanding. My family has been living in our custom home for 4 years now. They took our vision of the perfect home and made it into a reality. We are delighted with all aspects of the home and the surrounding area.

The development was very well planned and implemented by the builder. We were kept in the loop during the building process and the job was completed when they said it would be. Thank you again!