[quote=flyer]Have several rentals in CV built by Baldwin and Pardee, and others in other locations by various builders around town, and we’ve had to have quite a bit of work done on all of them. (Should clarify these are older homes that we purchased 20+ years ago. I’m sure the newer homes in CV are much better constructed, and that this has just been our personal experience.)
All are in great locations, but the workmanship leaves much to be desired. Our primary is custom, so that’s really a different story.
Have always heard good things about Toll and Davidson. Have been hearing good things from friends about McCullough lately, but don’t know much about them.[/quote]
Back in another life, I worked in the surety and insurance biz for Willis and we did a lot of business in the construction industry. While our primary focus was surety bonds for public works projects, we also interacted quite a bit with residential contractors as well, mainly in subdivision bonds, fidelity bonds and liability insurance.
The one thing we always paid particular attention to was the number of times the contractor had been sued for latent defect and construction defect and the number of CSLB complaints for not only poor workmanship, but how long it took them to correct these problems.
This is going back a bit, but I recall that Toll Bros had an enviable reputation for quality and customer service, unlike some other big name residential GCs (who shall remain nameless.)
