Sunstone Preserve Single Family Homes by Stanley Martin Homes

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  corey banaszak

  Oct 20, 2025
  1.0
  DO NOT BUY FROM STANLEY MARTIN AT SUNSTONE PRESERVE Do NOT, and I repeat, do NOT try to buy a home from Stanley Martin at the Sunstone Preserve. My family and I recently tried to buy their largest home, the Finn, and what we experienced was a total disaster. Stanley Martin has a fully built Finn on Lot 47 listed on their website and on Redfin for $771,000. It has been sitting there since August, with the price dropping over time and still not selling. That’s understandable given today’s tough market with high interest rates and fewer qualified buyers. We asked for the exact same model with the same options on a lot across the street, Lot 22. Instead of matching the existing price, Stanley Martin told us it would cost $810,000. Same house, same options, higher price for no reason other than greed. We started negotiating and got them to come down to $785,000 in writing, knowing we’d still have to spend another $30,000 to $40,000 at their “design center” for interior finishes. We then scheduled a meeting with our salesman, Jachin, expecting to finalize details for Lot 22 and the Finn model we had been discussing all along. When we arrived, we were blindsided. Jachin told us, with zero warning, that Lot 22 was suddenly “going under contract” with another buyer putting $400,000 down and that we’d have to pick a new lot. No courtesy call, no right of first refusal, nothing. We were furious. We had been told the Finn would only fit on a few lots, and they acted like they were negotiating in good faith with us, when clearly they weren’t. Jachin then told us Lot 16 would work but that the layout and back exit would be slightly different. We decided to give it one last shot. We pushed for a fair price of $771,000, the same price they publicly list for the identical home sitting unsold across the street. Considering the market conditions, the added design center costs, and how they had already wasted our time, that price was beyond reasonable. Jachin agreed to $771,000 in writing, saying it was the lowest they could go. We immediately accepted and said we were ready to sign the contract. Then, nothing. No call, no paperwork, no follow-up. A full week went by. After sending multiple emails, we finally got a response. They backed out of their own written offer, saying they could no longer sell the home for $771,000 and that the price was back to $810,000. At that point, it became clear that this company operates in bad faith. They play games with buyers, make promises they don’t honor, and use shady tactics to pressure families into overpaying. The story about another buyer putting $400,000 down seems highly suspicious, and the entire experience feels manipulative and dishonest. Avoid Stanley Martin at all costs. They are not serious professionals. They waste your time, move the goalposts, and try to squeeze every last dollar out of potential buyers. If this is how they treat you before you even buy, imagine what happens after they have your money.

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