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Viceroy homes

davejayme
10 years ago

Hi

My wife and I are planning on building our retirement home in 2 or 3 years on a lake in Virginia. We have already bought a lakefront property and are going there nest week to have an initial talk with several builders, an initial informal type meeting. One of the builders is a Viceroy homes builder. We have looked at their catalogue and liked what we saw, but we feel that they are out of our price range. We plan on a 2800 or so square foot home, 1400 main level and 1400 walkout finished basement. We figure we will have from 325k to 350k to spend. We may be starting early but from what I have read on this forum probably not. Does anyone have experience with a Viceroy home or an opinion on this type of home versus stick built? thanks in advance for any help

Comments (9)

  • gabbythecat
    10 years ago

    Have you checked them out with the BBB, Angie's List, etc? I googled Viceroy just now and found what appears to be a lot of web sites complaining about them...I don't know if that's a normal number of complaints, though.

  • davejayme
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    gladys1924. thanks for the reply. I did google them and saw some complaints, but I wanted to see if anyone on this forum had any personal experience. The information that I have seen on this site has been impressive for someone just starting out on this house building journey and I would feel more comfortable with someone's opinion here than some random complaints.

  • LuAnn_in_PA
    10 years ago

    Never heard of them.
    You might do better posting on a Virginia message board.

  • davejayme
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Actually I believe that they are based in Canada and distribute their products throughout North America, but thanks just the same

  • MFatt16
    10 years ago

    I had never really heard of them but I passed a sign for them today in a suburb of Seattle.

  • davejayme
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    Guess they do exist. Fortunately we are also meeting with 2 other builders next week for a first time meet and get to know each other. Thanks MFatt16

  • tonygail
    10 years ago

    We too are planning to buid on a lake in Virginia and I have been looking at the Viceroy company. Would be interested to know how your meeting went and your impression of the company. I understand from the office in Charlotte that there are several Viceroy homes on Smith Mt. Lake.

  • davejayme
    Original Author
    10 years ago

    As it turns out we are going to build at Smith Mountain Lake. We had an initial meeting with 4 builders, one of which was the Viceroy rep. There are numerous Viceroy homes on the lake, but for the most part it seems like the local builders build homes that resemble Viceroy but are not actually Viceroy homes. The local builder who does Viceroy homes, does more homes that are not Viceroy than are Viceroy. He was on of the 2 out of 4 builders that we really liked, Viceroy not withstanding.

  • Louise Valiquette
    8 years ago

    Viceroy Homes is under bankruptcy protection. The same owners/management are calling themselves Viceroy Houses 2015 now. They screwed their workers out of employment, haven't paid some of them for work they performed, haven't finished multiple houses that buyers were told to keep sending downpayments to have their houses moving along. They stole money from these buyers and did not provide the goods. They are now going to home shows to scrounge up further buyers. They are not to be trusted in my opinion. If you look at their facebook page you will notice that comments are missing. They delete the negative comments, which is the majority of them, and then block the posters from further posting. Beware of getting involved with these people. #viceroyhouses2015 #nationalhomeshow #bankruptcy #fraud #unionbusting