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October 2025 by Kenneth Smith
Researching building a home on my own lot. They seem to have good ideas and focused on quality and cost. Very good interaction.
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October 2024 by Savana Craig
Just had my follow up with Donaway Homes after being in our house for a year. I cannot recommend and thank everyone at Donaway enough! The whole process beginning to now was seamless and despite troubles with the county I live in, Donaway did everything they could and always kept us up to date. We have a beautiful home that we love and will always cherish! 10/10 Special thanks to Robert, Melissa, and Monty!!
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September 2024 by Kathy Everett
I was stressing over finding a builder. Donaway Homes was recommended to us by friends who used them to build in Selbyville. It turned out to be a great experience for us, too, in Lewes! We already owned our lot, and selected a model from their website, but wanted some modifications. Robert was up front with everything included in the initial cost, plus the cost of add-ons & upgrades we wanted. Monty was great with modifying the plans to meet our needs, and suggesting ways to maximize storage space (important to us, since we can't have a basement due to high water table). Melissa was wonderful with managing all of our selections, and project mgr Dave was great at keeping us informed of progress throughout the build. Everyone on the Donaway team was great with communication the whole way through! The only headaches we experienced during the process were not from Donaway, but from our bank, and the city. Donaway was excellent working through some of the City's ridiculous restrictions, and fighting for us (and winning) to keep our original floor plan when the city tried to push back over an extinguished drainage easement on our lot. The only other minor issue was getting the paver walkway laid out specifically how we wanted, which was promptly corrected with Dave & the sub-contractor, and looks great! We've been in our new house one week, and the punch list items are almost finished. We're very happy with our new house, and highly recommend Donaway Homes!!
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September 2024 by Sue
We have been in our Donaway Home for a little over a year now. We relocated to Maryland from 450 miles away. We immediately felt comfortable after meeting with the Donaway team. The building process went extremely smooth. Not being local to the area, communication was key. It was always very easy whether it was a phone call, text message or email. Their response to our needs was always immediate.
We are ecstatic with the quality of everything, inside and out!! Because of their professionalism and honesty, we highly recommend Donaway Homes for your building needs. We are extremely appreciative for all they’ve done for us.
It was a pleasure working with the entire Donaway team - Jamie, Robert, Monty, Eric, Kathy and Melissa.
We LOVE our new home!!
Sue and Jack Abady
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September 2024 by Bryan Hudson
Donaway Homes has been a blessing for my wife and my self so far, we choose Donaway to build our forever home for a number of reasons, After seeing numerous of homes they had built for our friends, we were in love, but number one being how well the first interaction with Robert went, he laid it all out in front of us of how much it takes to even have a home on our lot in town, (town fee’s, county fee’s, sewer, water, etc) so once we knew a base line of that amount then he would talk to us on what kind of home we could get with in our set budget, doing it this way unlike any other builder we went to made them stand out, Robert took it personal, and we felt a big relief in that, he allowed us to make any and all changes we wanted on our home, it took a little longer to get to the step we are in now, but it was at no fault of Donaway, the county and town 100 percent was at fault for the lengthy wait time, so far we have meet with Robert, Melissa, Eric and Monty and all of them have been great! Donaway has very knowledgeable employees, that go out of there way no matter what time of day it is, With our house projected to be completed first of the year, if we had to do it all over again, without hesitation i would choose Donaway again and again.
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July 2024 by Karrie Lord
We met with many different builders. But we chose Donaway Homes to complete our house build. They are truly amazing and have the best attention to detail. They listen to our needs and allowed us to be part of the planning and the process.
If you are looking for a new home builder Donaway Homes is the perfect choice.
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July 2024 by Joshua Smith
Robert, Monty and the entire team are the people to go to. Excellent quality home built very quickly, and they stand by their work 100%. They built exactly what I wanted and made extremely helpful suggestions along the way, making the house SO much nicer than I hoped for! The process very easy with excellent customer service and responsiveness from beginning to end. This is the company to go with.
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July 2024 by Tyler Stierhoff
The home we purchased is a beautiful home, and exactly what we wanted. However, the management in charge of the paperwork/inspection/scheduling process was a nightmare. We had to call several times to ensure deadlines were met, after the fact that we missed some deadlines which costs us, the buyer, more money. Once the house was finished, there were many things still needing to be installed (cabinet handles and light fixtures for example) which took multiple trips from the punch list crew to install. Everything form crooked hinges and loose nut and bolts are still found 3 years later. I highly recommend choosing another builder.
It’s not worth the added stress.
UPDATE: Jamie reached out to get the punch list taken care of that we requested. Last week our bathroom doors were replaced due to not being installed correctly in the first place (not blaming them directly, but the subcontractors they hire to do the work). The new doors look great! We reached out to see when the workers would return to finish. We were told a day, but never a time to make sure we are home. They did arrive and do the work, but failed to notify us that they were returning the next day. Still no communication on day or time of when they would arrive. The next morning they arrived unannounced while we were still sleeping, as well as our baby. I appreciate that they reached out to do the work we requested, but failure to communicate has caused more headaches.
This just doubles down on our initial complaints of poor communication from builder to buyer, which causes unneeded stress and inconvenience for us.
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June 2024 by Victor von Schlegell
Here are a few things to consider before working with Donaway.
We believe that they do a good job. Our concern is the way they do business.
First, you will find that Donaway uses what they call an “Agreement of Purchase" and they refuse to give their buyers the protections they should have. For example, we asked for a provision that said that the price they offered was the total cost, even if they later find errors or omissions. They had agreed to this verbally but refused to confirm it in writing. In short, they rejected everything we asked for as ”legalisms” and asked us to just trust them.
I would also advise you to look at their warranty. First, it’s only for one year. Second, it says that Donway is responsible for cosmetic issues and that if there are any issues with the foundation, framing, electrical, plumbing, etc., the customer has to deal with the subcontractors. I have never seen such a provision and for good reason.
Finally, once we had decided not to work with them for the reasons above, we asked for a refund of some of the money we had paid them. They agreed, but they said they’d repay it because the work it covered had not been done.
It turns out that the work they wanted us to pay for was not shown in any of the documents we had received. Who knows what else they’d claim we needed to pay for without telling us? It shows we were right in asking for an agreement in writing about the total cost … and perhaps it explains why they didn’t want to sign it.
Maybe you’re comfortable working this way. We weren’t.
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May 2024 by Jen Ryman
We chose Donoway Homes as our builder after visiting a lot of places and Robert was the most knowledgeable person by far. He laid out our options and visited our site that day. The staff was so welcoming and friendly as well! We have just started the process but so far we are in great hands with Donoway!
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June 2023 by E Wolfie
The website seems to forever be on the fritz (can't see not a single floor-plan) and it took days to get a real person on the phone through Delmar location number (called during weekday and normal business hours).
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February 2023 by Octive Frampton
Great houses and very professional staff
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February 2023 by Pridecarter steven (jr)
I saw my dream home I hope to have started in a few months
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February 2021 by The Pigeons
Looks to be a decent builder/company to work with. In comparison to some other local builders I've met with they didn't not include as many "free upgrades" for similar cost such as better insulation in the roof, 9 ft ceilings vs. Standard 8 ft, and 4.25" base trim vs standard, this being in addition to upgrades utilities compared to basic commercial/builder grade and warranties.Donaway homes seems to be priced competitively if you decide to go with a sub 200k home though
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February 2021 by Mark Hughes
Professional salespeople and quality homes.
