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thomas rush

wrote:
Thanks, Keith, for your advice. I really appreciate your answering so
promptly. However, I didn't make clear that the salesperson has NOT
deposited the escrow check. It will be deposited after we sign the
escrow contract, approximately this weekend.

Meanwhile, the house is under construction (sheetrock state or later),
and they seem to keep throwing in the cheapest possible materials.
They've said they'll price according to the actual materials used (the
salesman's boss verified this), but we're concerned that they'll sneak
in a higher price on us, while at the same time using the cheaper
materials. Is this common practice with homebuilders generally, and,
in any event, how can we prevent this? We feel we're being pressured,
even though there aren't many customers (even though this is Houston,
Texas, and not one of the recession-plagued areas of the country), and
that we have to watch them every step of the way.

These guys sound shady. Are you sure you want to be trusting them with
hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money, and years of your life
(as you live in the home that you may not be happy with)?

Have you checked them out with the BBB? Have you spoken with any people
who have owned for five or ten years similar homes they have built?

And really... once you've given somebody an earnest money check, your
negotiating power is just about dead. They know you want what they've
got too bad to walk away.

Heck, I live in NW Harris county, might know of the builder. Who is it?