Drees Homes Sucks

A Warning to Potential Homebuyers Based on my Opinions, Purchaser Complaints, and Reports from Experts and Consultants.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU ARE LIKELY CONSIDERING BUYING A DREES CUSTOM HOME.
In my opinion, DON’T DO IT, you are making a huge financial mistake! Given the amount of money involved, you owe it to yourself to spend 10 minutes reviewing the information on this website and reading the complaints from other Drees homeowners. In my opinion, you will discover that Drees Homes and its management SUCK!

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The Reality of Drees Home Ownership In My Opinion

This complaint in my opinion summarizes how many owners feel after buying a Drees Custom Home

In my opinion YOU ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE; DON’T DO IT! Considering the cost of a Drees Home, I recommend taking 5 minutes to read the complaints, negative reviews, and other information on this website from owners disgusted with their Drees Custom Home.

Why This Website Exists

I created this website because Drees Homes took my in-laws’ money for a new home in Texas and then, in my OPINION, betrayed their trust by selling them a poorly built home with:

An undersized A/C system
An improperly installed dehumidifier
Mold appearing on interior walls
Mold behind the walls (according to my in-laws mold expert)

In my OPINION, Drees Custom Homes uses poor-quality building materials, has inept management, has no loyalty to its homebuyers, and builds awful homes. In my OPINION, Drees Homes only cares about taking your money, because it surely doesn’t care about children suffering from mold exposure; see the videos below. And, if you protest against Drees Homes because you were sold a defective home that develops mold, then maybe, In my OPINION, Drees Homes might hire a private investigator to harass and intimidate you too; read the explanation below.

IN MY OPINION, DO NOT BUY A DREES CUSTOM HOME!

My Family Sure Regrets Buying One

Mold Discovery Documentation

Based on my in-laws’ mold expert’s investigation, the Matterport image below shows all the locations where mold was discovered in my in-laws’ home, according to the expert’s opinion:

IN MY OPINION, THIS AI VIDEO REPRESENTS THE QUALITY OF A DREES CUSTOM HOME:

Kitchen Vent Exhaust Defects

The text below is from Cody Laird’s inspection report with H5 Climate Consulting LLC, a subcontractor Drees sent to inspect the defects in my in-laws’ home. The text relates to the kitchen vent exhaust ducting. This is how Drees Homes delivered the house at closing!

Inspection Finding

Kitchen vent exhaust ducting inspection image

Inspector's Notes

“Kitchen vent exhaust pipe is larger than the pipe penetrating the roof. This is resulting in a difficult opportunity to seal pipe correctly. The vent pipe size needs to be consistent from vent fan to exterior termination.”

Cody Laird discovered that the pipe penetrating the roof was smaller than the kitchen vent exhaust pipe, creating a gap between the two pipes allowing hot air and insects to enter the exhaust vent pipe.

IN MY OPINION, THIS IS THE AWFUL QUALITY OF DREES WORKMANSHIP.

In my OPINION, the photographic and video evidence below shows what happened to the kitchen vent hood because of Drees and its subcontractor’s incompetence:

Mold growth on kitchen vent cover

In My Opinion, Drees Homes Values Money Over the Health of YOUR Children!

According to other Drees homeowners, these families bought a Drees Home in Texas that, in their opinion, also became infested with mold due to poor-quality construction and builder negligence. In one owner’s opinion, the mold caused their daughter to suffer terrible allergic reactions. In the other owner’s opinion, mold also caused his son to suffer terrible allergic reactions and nose bleeds. Here are two videos and one photo showing, in the owner’s opinion, their child’s reaction to the mold in their Drees Home:

How awful to hear that little girl’s terrible anguish and see the torment on her face, which in her family’s opinion, is caused by allergies due to mold in their Drees Home. And how does Drees Homes feel about this child’s terrible suffering in my opinion? In my opinion, Drees Homes is laughing all the way to the bank at the expense of trusting homebuyers and their children whom Drees Homes has betrayed. If you are thinking of buying a Drees Home, read the complaints on this website and heed the others warnings, because, in my opinion, the next family to suffer illness from mold exposure due to Drees Homes construction negligence could be yours.

Who Are Members of the Drees Homes Family?

Ralph Drees was David Drees’s father. David Drees married Karen Drees and they have three children: Paige Drees, Scottie Drees, and Alexa Drees Walker (formerly Alexa Drees). David Drees has a younger sister, Barbara Drees Jones, who reportedly runs the Drees Foundation. Alexa Drees Walker reportedly oversees the Drees Midwest Design Centers. Scottie Drees, or Scott Drees, is the division president of Drees Town Homes.

Let’s explore some statements by David Drees. According to David Drees, “I don’t know what I would be doing that would make more of a impact on people’s lives, that would make such a difference. I love what I do.” Well, in my opinion, Drees Homes certainly made a big impact on the life of the little girl seen crying and scratching in the video due to mold in her family’s home, in her family’s opinion. In my opinion, almost nothing impacts people’s lives more than a homebuilder taking a trusting homebuyer’s money, delivering a home with construction defects, an undersized HVAC system, and mold, and then betraying the homebuyer by refusing to accept responsibility for the negligent construction and poor workmanship. In my opinion, three words describe Drees Homes management: GREEDY, DISHONEST, and BETRAYAL.

When David Drees was asked how he feels “about managing this mega-company?” His response was, “Proud,” adding, “It’s an awesome responsibility. I guess I didn’t screw it up.” Actually David, if you read the voluminous Drees homeowner complaints reposted on this website and watch the video of the little girl miserably scratching and crying due to mold that is infesting her family’s Drees home, in her family’s opinion, you did screw it up! In my opinion, run from Drees Homes as fast as you can and never look back.

Ask yourself, do you think David Drees, Karen Drees, Paige Drees, Scottie Drees, and Alexa Drees Walker, grew up in a mold-infested home, scratching and crying, or do you think they grew up in a huge house free of mold living like royalty off other families’ hard-earned money? Let David Drees know you are disgusted with how Drees Homes treats children and its homeowner’s who have mold in their homes and that you will never buy a Drees Home. Send David Drees an email at ddrees@dreeshomes.com.

Keep Reading Because There’s a Big Surprise!

Below are screenshots from a TikTok account belonging to a Drees homeowner who protested against Drees at one of it’s model home’s.

How did Drees respond to the homeowner’s protest, in my opinion? As stated in the police officer’s “Event Notes Addendum” posted on the homeowner’s public TikTok account and shown below, “Jason which works for Drees Homes” subcontracted a private investigator, Mr. Lopez, who “advised he was solely only hired by the hour to follow (the homeowner) and document his findings. Lopez did state he was entering (the homeowner’s) gated subdivision and parking by (the homeowner’s) house.”

In my opinion, how shady and morally bankrupt must a homebuilder be to hire a private investigator to harass and intimidate one of its own homeowners? In my opinion, why would anyone having this knowledge ever buy a Drees Home? In my opinion, Ralph Drees would be ashamed of what has happened to Drees Homes.

The Drees homeowner also reports that while the private investigator was surveilling him, his overhead garage door would randomly open during early morning hours. According to the Drees homeowner, the surveillance stopped after the police questioned the private investigator. What’s really interesting is that, according to the Drees homeowner, the overhead garage door stopped randomly opening by itself when the private investigator stopped conducting surveillance. Is this just a weird coincidence? While I have an opinion, I will let you make your own decision. In my opinion, DON’T BUY A DREES HOME!

Statements of Incompetence, In My Opinion, By Drees Management

In response to the homeowner’s protest at the Meridiana model home, Drees Homes created and distributed a flyer to prospective buyers. Let’s review a few of the ridiculous comments Drees management stated in the flyer.

Drees Custom Homes, LP has been in the business of constructing single-family, residential homes for 97 years.
Drees has constructed about 150 homes in the Meridiana community.
Of those 150 homes, only a select few owners have submitted post-closing warranty claims to Drees relating to mold concerns.

In my opinion, Drees’s statement shows a complete lack of business morals. What if YOU are one of the select few owners who spent $500,000 or more to buy a Drees Home that becomes infested with mold? Should a homeowner who, in my opinion, was duped into buying a Drees Home that became infested with mold be happy about their purchase because only a “select few owners” also purchased a poorly constructed home with mold? In my opinion, a company that has built residential homes for 97 years should have ZERO homes with mold.

Drees Admits It's Not an HVAC Expert?!

On 01/01/2025 an Initial Complaint was filed with the Better Business Bureau with the homeowner reporting, “We closed on a Dree’s brand new inventory home August 2023. Fast forward to Oct 2024 and we find out that we had a moisture problem with humidity levels reaching 70% or higher and staying there for long periods of time. Which caused an overgrowth of mold expanding throughout my entire first floor of my home.” The homeowner also said “this involves at least 8 more homes on my street alone!” Here is a link to the BBB page with the full complaint. Search for the word “expert”: https://www.bbb.org/us/ky/ft-mitchell/profile/home-builders/the-drees-company-0292-322/complaints?page=2

Here is part of Drees’s 01/03/2025 response to the BBB complaint above. “Drees, who is neither an HVAC expert nor a mold expert, then engaged a qualified third party mold and HVAC consultants (the “Consultants”) to open an investigation . . .” On the Drees Homes website under “Why Choose Drees,” it says: “We have learned a lot in nearly a century.” In my opinion, and according to Drees’s response to the BBB complaint, what Drees Homes hasn’t gained in nearly a century is admittedly expertise in HVAC systems. Drees also touts that it has been in the “business of constructing single-family, residential homes for 97 years,” trying to convince you to trust the quality of its workmanship. Yet, when the home doesn’t properly cool and mold starts growing inside, suddenly Drees Homes lacks HVAC expertise? In my opinion, how can a builder with 97 years of experience lack expertise with HVAC systems, especially when building homes in the South Texas market? But then again, maybe this is why, in my opinion, Drees Homes SUCK!

Important Legal Disclaimer

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by Drees Custom Homes, Drees Custom Homes, L.P. or The Drees Company. The content on this website contains personal opinions, public information, public opinions, or where indicated, opinions from experts or consultants. All media and documents on this website are real photos, videos, or expert reports concerning the Drees Home my in-laws purchased, or real photos, videos, or expert reports from other Drees homeowners who have made public complaints against Drees Homes.