ronandannette
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- Joined
- May 4, 2006
I work for a large-volume home builder and this is a total nightmare. Really just beyond anything anybody could have ever imagined. We've got over 100 houses to be built and delivered between now and August and about 150 more under contract for construction before the end of the year - all of them sold 6 months or more ago at prices that no longer support the input costs. We have taken the unprecedented (and unthinkable) measure of cancelling all conditional sales currently in the works and completely halting any further sales until we can get our feet back under us.
Suppliers are just flat-out breaching contract delivery dates and price quotes or cancelling them altogether and there's literally no other sources to turn to. The gravest situation of all is the desperate shortage of plumbing components (ABS pipe and acrylic tubs and shower bases) resulting from a North American resin shortage caused by the Texas ice storms this spring. We can't build houses without bathrooms and it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to get a delivery day for tubs and showers. We had staff members spend an entire day last week trying to on-line shop for plumbing parts at Lowe's and Home Depot; even acquiring a few retail ones would help but nope - not a single one in the entire city. I have no clue where this insane ride will end.
Suppliers are just flat-out breaching contract delivery dates and price quotes or cancelling them altogether and there's literally no other sources to turn to. The gravest situation of all is the desperate shortage of plumbing components (ABS pipe and acrylic tubs and shower bases) resulting from a North American resin shortage caused by the Texas ice storms this spring. We can't build houses without bathrooms and it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to get a delivery day for tubs and showers. We had staff members spend an entire day last week trying to on-line shop for plumbing parts at Lowe's and Home Depot; even acquiring a few retail ones would help but nope - not a single one in the entire city. I have no clue where this insane ride will end.