Epick Homes

Garbage company. I would rate lower than one star if I could and this from a guy that never leaves reviews of companies. There is too much to list here so I'll just go over the highlights. Purchased a home in 2016. Blue prints called for fake dormers on the roof. These are the little pop outs with a window or vent to make it look like the home has a second story. They're pointless and for aesthetic only. They have no structural element and must be hand built on top of the roof once you roll the trusses and install the plywood sheathing. I say all this to illustrate how easy it would've been for Epick to just not build them on the roof.

When I requested this, Epick operations manager replied that they 'could not accommodate the request but homeowner could remove them after close of escrow'. So they went forward with the process of building unnecessary fake dormers that their customer didn't want and would've actually made their job easier to eliminate.

If someone reading this thinks to themselves, 'well they have to stick to the plans approved by the City of Chico', the City of Chico building department would not care about non-structural parts of a house. If you changed square footage or added windows, they would care. For this, I know for a fact they would not care. Epick refused a simple request for no reason.

Other than that issue, there were many more issues with the house I won't go into detail about but their response to these issues was terrible. I had to redo the plumbing under almost every sink. I've had to replace several components on the toilets. The cabinets were chipping after 8 months of living in the house and their response was that our finger nails chipped the paint and their not responsible. We got a second opinion and was told they did a terrible job on the paint and neglected to apply a second coat.

I would rent an outhouse before buying another Epick home.

Bought our home almost 9 years ago in Sycamore Creek and this is still one of the most desirable neighborhoods in Chico. It was fun watching all of the homes be built out here. We love our home. We have had warranty issues over the years and Epick has been responsive and taken care of the repairs. Warranty issues are never any fun, having contractors in your home fixing things and your life disrupted. However I do appreciate that the repairs were made. Epick also lets you make changes during the build. We almost went with another local builder but were very limited on what we could personalize. Our only negative has been how crazy the traffic has become on Eaton Road over the years.