Donald Bowles Inc.

Worst home purchase of a lifetime. If you are looking for that type of experience Don Bowles Builders is your guy. Used a dented stove in my home which I only found out because it was replaced with a propane range. Back patio cement is fully cracked all the way through from front to back wall (this is after 8 months). Even the mailbox was installed overhanging the road and was hit twice by vehicles and now is completely replaced. The septic system is a nightmare with a horrible stench, when it rains the the leach field is like a pond with standing water which takes days to drain due to the heavy clay soil, and there was absolutely no drainage put in to the property to avert the water away from the building or leech field. The one year warranty is useless, Don Bowles will email after 3 weeks to tell you he is busy "building houses" and that I should contact the subs to come do repairs, and in my case also the manufacturers. He is great at deflection and gas lighting, and will tell me everything was "done to code" until you call the inspectors and they tell me it was not in their purview to inspect.

Mr. Bowles has done an outstanding job in building our home. I would like to commend him along with Gerald and Brandon for attending to our needs. He has even installed two medicine cabinets in the master bathroom and acquired tile to go throughout my entire home. He has completed the list of discrepancies after the home was turned over to us and in short time. I would highly recommend any home that Donald Bowles builds.

My house is 13 months old, we moved in December 12, 2017, the very first night in out home I feel through the tub, not good for a 200 lb man. On top of that, we didn’t have a dryer vent and water leaked from the second floor down to the living room floor for the laundry room to the living vent. This is all in the first 12 hours of my family being in this home. The floor tiles in the master bath cane up, water leaked out to shower because it was sealed at all. Water leaked into my home from around the kitchen window 4 or 5 times. Don sent his son over to put silicon around the window each time. Water also came inside the house from the second floor balcony, so he decided to put silicon around that also and put gutters on my house thinking that would resolve the issue, ( thanks for the gutters) but after I told him, that was the issue, water continued to come inside the front and back of the house. So I sent him more pictures of my floors where the water was coming in he finally come to loon at it in August, he didn’t replace the floors until 2 weeks before Christmas 2018. While pulling of the floors, it was a lot of mold buildup. Over the past 3 weeks, he sent workers over to my house to find the water leak after it continued to spread from my kitchen, dining room and now the car garage. The only this he has done since finding the water leak, was take some of the stone done and replaced to plywood. He is the most unprofessional person I have ever encountered in my life, he try’s to make it seems like it’s my fault that all these issues are happening to my home. He has an excuse for everything and dances around solving them. Now granted to did fix some of the minor issues, but the major issues we still have. They only way he attempted to fix some of the issues is because VA threatened to pull his privileges. I am merely stating this are the issues I have had on my house that yet to be resolved. I am in know way trying to make Mr Bowles look bad, but after a year something has to be done. After reading other people’s comments and reviews of his shooty work and failing to fix our house and yard issues is beyond belief. It’s unfair to us homeowners to pay the amount of money we spend on our homes, having issues like this are unacceptable.

This is the second home that we have built with Don Bowles(first home was built in the Spring of 2000) and once again he has exceeded our expectations. Our experience has been pleasant. Don listened to our requests and paid attention to details. He is a true custom builder. Thanks to him, his crew, Jared Bowles and Clare Bowles we are very happy with our forever home!! We will highly recommend him! Brian and Maria Bialoncik

Horrible finishes, cheap drywall labor, flat paint to hides the bad job, no actual landscape contractor or crew to speak of. So, you get a horrible grading of your lawn, badly laid sod, buried construction material, and a ton of hay to cover it all up. Once you own your home you have a better chance of finding Waldo than him to do repairs and fixes for shoddy work. His first step is to try to blame you for something then say he cannot get his subs to return his calls. All in an effort to string you along until you give up. How he gets his inspections passed is beyond me, I have dropped 12,000 in my yard in last year to make it safe for my kids to even play in it. Stay away from him.

Don has been a customer of mine for 10+ years. Never had a issue with payment or anything we couldn't work out together with a smile on our face. Such a great guy and builder. I look forward to doing much more business in the future. He is highly recommended by me. Glad I can call you one of my customers and better yet , a friend!!

I have been working with Donald Bowles for many years as a lender financing the properties for the buyers. A good number of these buyers obtain VA or FHA loans. As a lender, we require inspections and do not allow the loans to close until all of the inspections are done and meet the guidelines of VA, FHA, the city and county. I do attend all of my closings and every buyer of a Donald Bowles home that I have worked with leaves the closing, keys in hand and a huge smile on their faces.

I have had the opportunity to work with Don many times representing clients building a home with him as a real estate professional. Don does a spectacular job listening to the needs of the client and always has an open mind and willingness to fulfill those requests. He is always only a phone call away and takes initiative to be present on the job, not just behind a desk. I think it is important to note his availability because most buyers don't realize the typical absence of the builder during the building process. The amenities he provides are well above the rest and offer a stellar representation of the attention to detail that go into his homes. I would absolutely recommend Donald Bowles for your next home in Muscogee and Harris counties in Georgia!

My wife and I were looking to build a house and we stumbled across him. He talked a good game and seemed good so after several meeting we decided to let him build our house. BAD DECISION!!!!!! Not only is it taking a lot more time than the contract states he does not keep his word . If his lips are moving he is lying. MAKE SURE you read your contract with a lawyer before you sign it . DO NOT TRUST HIM at all. PUT Everything in writing. He will do the absolute BARE MINIMUM on your hous and yard. He cuts every corner he can and hide behind the state codes and standards. I don't know how he gets inspectors to sign off on his work . He is friendly when getting your business , then he becomes arrogant and rude. His excuse for everything is it's built within the codes. I would not recommend anyone letting him build there house. It's the worst experience anyone could have . Once you give him your deposit, the screwing begins. We will regret we ever let him build our house.

We purchased our home July 2016 from Donald Bowles. We love our beautiful home. They recently sent workers out to do some repairs before our warranty runs out. The whole crew was very professional and did a great job. I would recommend buying a home from Donald Bowles.

Working with Don was a pleasure. We came in on the final stages of a home he was building and fell in love. Everything about this home was perfect for us. The quality of the home, the colors, the lot were all just as I envisioned a home for my family. After purchasing our home, I looked at some of Don’s other homes and there wasn’t a home he is working on that I would not consider for my family. His design is modern and clean. Don was very easy and quick to communicate with our realtor in response to any of our questions. We are very pleased with how smoothly the contract and closing process was with Don. We are even more thrilled with our new home.

Not a good company to do business wtih. Shortcuts are the norm. Must be forced to do what he sas he will do. The land in which the house I purchased from him has a problem with flooding. During the intial build and leveling of the land, his people found underground springs. Not a problem with proper sloping and french drains. But Mr. bowles refused to consider fixing the problem until the owners of every house on this side of the street went to a lawyer and had the city inspectors come out and force his hand. Even then he did the absolute minimum. I had to did up my own yard and put in the correct drains so that I could walk in my yard. He never did anything. The house itself is falling apart after only one year. The walls are crumbling, screws can be seen sticking out of the ceiling and walls. He uses the absolute minimum of insillation. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!!! YOU WOULD REGRET IT. Ask any of his customers.