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From: Nigel Ziyad
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 00:00

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Hi!
 I'm interested in hearing what people's experiences are with buying a
new house and
how one would rate certain builders. Some people to told me some stories
about
Ryan, Winchester, Centex, and Washington homes. What about the others? I
am interested
in finding the good, bad, and the ugly stories.

 To start with, I have been looking at Centex homes in Laurel. I have
heard that they are
a pretty good builder, but they have had some quality problems at a
Germantown site. Is
this widespread? One guy I talked to said that one of his walls wasn't
straight. Also the
model had some problems with the flooring. Patriot Homes seemed like they
build a very
solid home. They are the only one that uses wood in the walls (Everyone
else uses some
type of cardboard- but it meets code). I've seen where holes were made in
the cardboard
at a Winchester site and the guy covered it with the siding! (Maybe I
should have said
something to the manager, for the buyer's sake. My bad.) I'm stuck
evaluating Centex,
Winchester, and US Homes right now. I will appreciate any info.

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Nigel A. Ziyad                      
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center      
Automation Technology Section/522.3   email: ziyad@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov
Greenbelt, MD 20771           
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From: Nigel Ziyad <ziyad@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Subject: Builders- The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
Date: 1995/08/21
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