VanGorder Contracting & New Homes

We had VanGorder contracting build a home in Lake Caroline for my mother. The process was very easy and Mark made the transition easy from the initial lot choice, home design, to closing. The home was built very well in my opinion, especially the framing portion. He asked us where we wanted coaxial cables, receptacles etc and walked the property with us several times throughout the build process. They even finished the crawl space and didn’t up charge us. His team also checked on my mother several times after she moved in to ensure she was happy with the build. I typically do a lot of home repair/maintenance on several properties but this home has pretty much been maintenance free for us. I will be having him build us a home in the near future as well. Very good experience working with him and his team. Highly recommend.

We shopped around for over a year before we met Mark through a listing he had for one of his new builds. Mark made me comfortable immediately and made me feel confident enough to embark on a new build. I had always been terrified of the idea of building because every time we have met with builders we priced out of the home long before we were able to get even our list of must haves. We had a long list of desires we wanted in our new home but frankly I doubted we could afford to add the majority of the wish list because other builders charged SO much for every change. The costs that Mark quoted were very reasonable, especially with the increase in prices over the last couple of years. We were able to add everything on our wish list and found new things along the way that just made sense. I was never made to feel an inconvenience or a number to Mark. Mr. VanGorder was involved with every step of the build process from day one and it was amazing to be able to reach out to him directly with questions. I believe that VanGorder Contracting / Mark VanGorder are top notch and I would encourage anyone considering a new build to reach out to him. You can get the home of your dreams and Mark can help it happen.

Not well thought out and poorly executed. He planted our septic tank in the middle of our back yard instead of the side instead of where it was on our plan for an unexplained reason. If he couldn’t put it where it was on the plan, he shouldn’t have put it where it was in our plans to begin with. He could have asked if we wanted it somewhere else instead of deciding for himself. Several walls aren’t straight, the back yard is washing out and he refuses to bury the downspout even though he buried 3 others, several tiles are uneven, even after repair, there’s a soft spot in the tub in less than a year and he tried to fix it with spray foam and JB weld and he’s just plain unprofessional. Modelo cans all over the job site during the build. All of this was explained in an email, but he chooses to talk trash about the property instead of correcting the problem. Also you never moved the trailer off of the lot, I did. I have the video to prove it. I had to pay your excavator operator $200 to help us for about 20 min when we got stuck. I guess we will just skip the part in our contract about you being supposed to clean up the left over debris, not just cover it in straw. I have photos of everything I have stated, so call me a liar all you want. Just because you say something, doesn’t make it so, right? Find another builder.