This post isn’t about programming or web development, sorry.
My wife and I are/were looking for a new home.
Ratings for builders are unreliable, all the big ones showed 1.5-3 starts because people are generally happy for a few months, then complain for a couple years, then are content. So it depends more on when they rated. So, I created something a little more objective… but only a little. I will probably work on law suits and lender ratings next, if I keep interested.
It’s not totally complete, if you have any corrections or missing data, let me know.
| Rip off report | Revenue 2013 | Closings 2013 | Complaints/revenew * 10^9 | Complaints/closing * 1000 | |
| D.R. Horton | 15 | $6,655,000,000 | 25161 | 2.253944403 | 0.5961607249 |
| Lennar | 27 | $5,935,000,000 | 18290 | 4.549283909 | 1.476216512 |
| KB | 13 | $2,097,000,000 | 7145 | 6.19933238 | 1.819454164 |
| Taylor Morrison | 12 | $2,323,000,000 | 5829 | 5.165733965 | 2.058672156 |
| Meritage | 13 | $1,834,000,000 | 5259 | 7.088331516 | 2.471952843 |
| Beazer | 13 | $1,334,000,000 | 5056 | 9.745127436 | 2.571202532 |
| Ryland | 33 | $2,141,000,000 | 7027 | 15.41335824 | 4.696171908 |
| Pulte | 89 | $5,680,000,000 | 17766 | 15.66901408 | 5.009568839 |
| K. Hovnanian | 46 | $2,157,000,000 | 5927 | 21.32591562 | 7.761093302 |
| William Ryan | 3 | $87,000,000 | 287 | 34.48275862 | 10.45296167 |
| David Weekley | 4 | $1,120,000,000 | ? | 3.571428571 | ? |
| Ashton Wood? | 0 | $734,000,000 | 2241 | ? | ? |
| Del Webb | |||||
| Ryan | 69 | ? | ? | ||
| Maronda | 5 | ? | ? | ||
| Centex | 24 | See Pulte | See Pulte |
Pretty interesting. I moved Ashton Woods to the bottom of rated builders, because they didn’t have any Rip Off Reports… Sounds strange, but to have $734,000,000 in sales and no complaints is a bit weird. Until I have some proof that they are that awesome, I can’t in good conscious put them ahead of builders with more data. But I did put them at the top of the builders without enough data as a consolation.
| Avg Home Price | Rating 1 – Rip off report | Revenue 2013 | Closings 2013 | Complaints $ Value/Revenue*Closings | |
| William Ryan | $303,135.89 | 3 | $87,000,000 | 287 | 0.3 |
| Taylor Morrison | $398,524.62 | 12 | $2,323,000,000 | 5829 | 1.2 |
| Meritage | $348,735.50 | 13 | $1,834,000,000 | 5259 | 1.3 |
| KB | $293,491.95 | 13 | $2,097,000,000 | 7145 | 1.3 |
| Beazer | $263,844.94 | 13 | $1,334,000,000 | 5056 | 1.3 |
| D.R. Horton | $264,496.64 | 15 | $6,655,000,000 | 25161 | 1.5 |
| Lennar | $324,494.26 | 27 | $5,935,000,000 | 18290 | 2.7 |
| Ryland | $304,681.94 | 33 | $2,141,000,000 | 7027 | 3.3 |
| K. Hovnanian | $363,927.79 | 46 | $2,157,000,000 | 5927 | 4.6 |
| Pulte | $319,711.81 | 89 | $5,680,000,000 | 17766 | 8.9 |
| Ashton Woods | $327,532.35 | 0 | $734,000,000 | 2241 |
