So here is the base board that holds a good portion of second floor and roof. It's a bit difficult to see from the pic but there's a huge chunk missing from the bottom of the board. I was promised this was going to be replaced. Over a month ago. Nothing ever happened.
Here is our house, held together with tape. Yes, tape. So when you think of Mercedes Homes, think of quality, or tape. Now why would there be a huge bulge in the side of the house? Why does the thermosheath need to be held together by tape. Because the plumbing actually extends outside of the frame. Great planning there guys.
Here's what it looks like from the inside, in the kitchen...
so you are probably thinking, well maybe there wasn't another route for the plumbing, but you would be wrong. Because you can go look at the other two houses that are the same plan as ours and you can see how it looks when done correctly. 
Wow, nothing running down the wall. It actually goes across the ceiling and down through a pipe that goes down by the garage. This passed our builder's stringent quality control. Apparently this is how our builder, Monty, would "build his own house", only he would do it differently the second time. Lucky us we built the first one.So the lesson here is, if you do decide to have Mercedes build your home, make sure you get one that they have already made before in that subdivision. A better lesson would be to go with a cheaper builder, you'll get the same quality as KB Homes or DR Horton, but you'll save quite a bit of money.
