Lindale, TX
Two years ago we found a house that Pyramid Homes built in Lindale, Texas. This house met our needs, and because of the quality of construction and the extras offered, its price amazed us. It didn't take us long to decide that we would like living in this house, but there was some changes that we wanted to make. Anwar, we appreciate your willingness and cooperation in assisting us in personalizing the house. We repainted rooms, moved walls, upgraded appliances, changed counter tops, changed wallpaper, and various other things. Thank you for your patients and the cheerful manner in which you made these changes in order for the house to become our home.
After having lived in the house, as with any new home we soon discovered that there were some minor things that needed attention. Once again we want to thank you for the approach that you took in attending to these details. As soon as we called; you came. You worked until we were completely satisfied. We found that this is the way you operate in solving all problems.
We've had people in the attic installing television cable tell us how well the attic is insulated. We have had other people painting or doing things to the house make comments such as "Anwar builds a nice house." We are proud that this house is our home.
Woody was working with someone at the bank the other day and the person at the bank made the comment that you are an honest person. We have certainly found this to be true, but it was nice to to know our builder has earned the reputation of being honest and fair by the members in the community.
We are trying to say thank you for the wonderful home that we have and the part that you played in providing it. If we ever have the need for another home, we hope that you will be willing to construct it. Working with you has been more than a satifactory experience.
Woody & Betty Wright
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Tyler, TX
We purchased a newly constructed, 4-bedroom home in the Timbercreek Addition from Pyramid Homes, Khalifa, Inc. I must say that my dealings with its owner, the Chairman of Khalifa, Inc., Mr. Anwar Khalifa, have been commendable. My family and I were impressed by the home's practicality, functionality, and reasonable pricing. Mr. Khalifa has remained very attentive to our needs for minor adjustments after the sale. Mr. Khalifa has been honest and accommodating in our transactions. The quality and craftsmanship of the home's construction has been satisfactory and their attention to detail is exemplary.
Ralph Obach
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Tyler, TX
Dealing with Anwar . . . Khalifa, Inc. for the past years leads me to the following conclusion: His customers think that he walks on water and recommend him to everyone. His subcontractors are loyal, dependable, and enjoy dealing with someone with Anwar's integrity.
Don Formby, Sears Contractor Sales
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Tyler, TX
Khalifa, Inc. d.b.a. Pyramid Homes built our first home that we ever owned. We have been nothing but satisfied with the kind of conscientious treatment that we received.
Anwar was concerned about all the details of the house from the moldings in the rooms to helping us find a contractor for the backyard fence. He was always patient with our questions and wanted to make sure we were happy with the service not only he, but also the subcontractors, were providing us.
Four years after that move in date, we can still feel completely comfortable in calling Anwar if we have any questions or concerns about our house. Although he is under no legal obligation to do so, he still makes certain that we are happy with the way the house was built.
It is a pleasure doing business with someone who truly cares about the homeowner as an individual and not as a one time buyer. We more than recommend Pyramid Homes to anyone contemplating having a home built.
John and Cindi Musick, Tyler, Texas
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Tyler, TX
In October, 1996 we purchased our new home from Pyramid Homes. It was a great floor plan along with so many extras such as ceramic tile, lots of molding, trey ceilings, lots of ceiling fans and a "user friendly laundry room" that originally sold us on the house. However, it is Pyramid Homes' service after the sale that receives the highest marks from us. Every request has been attentively looked after, with our complete satisfaction the goal. For this reason I would highly recommend a Pyramid Home.
Steve (& Donna) Tindall
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Tyler, TX
I am writing this letter to thank you for the outstanding job you did on building our dream home at 5611 Thomas Nelson Drive. Due to your efforts it was an enjoyable experience. We really did enjoy working with you. You were always willing to answer our questions, even late at night.
It was obvious you cared about us and did everything possible to meet our needs. I was very impressed with how you were able to listen at what we wanted and was able to build a floor plan to meet those needs.
We are also pleased with your follow-up after the sale. There have been minor issues, but you have responded to all in a timely manner.
Please feel free to have any future customers call us as a reference if needed.
Randy & Shelia Pierson
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Tyler, TX
As first time homebuyers, we were very surprised at how far our home buying
dollar went. We found the quality and amenities that were standard in Pyramid Homes were only available in other much more expensive homes. Our experience with Anwar Khalifa and his staff made our transition into homeowners a very enjoyable experience. We recommend Pyramid Homes to anyone who may be considering the purchase of a new home.
Jason and Amy Gebhart
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Tyler, TX
I have known Anwar Khalifa of Pyramid Homes, and Khalifa Inc. for 18 months. I first met Mr. Khalifa at the Parade of Homes in Tyler, TX. I was at that time interested in finding a builder to build a custom house to my specification on my property. Mr. Khalifa took an immediate interest in my house plans and offered professional advice without pressure to hire him as builder. This impressed both my wife and myself and we began to discuss the possibility of Mr. Khalifa being our contractor. Upon receiving the specifications and allowances drawn up by Mr. Khalifa, he never once during the building phase left off, cut corners, or tried to change something without consulting me or my wife first. Mr. Khalifa went out of his way to make sure we were being satisfied. Mr. Khalifa knows that customer satisfaction is extremely important in every business more especially the housing industry. His true professionalism was shown on more than one occasion during the building of our home, by his constant supervision of the job and his willingness to work one on one with me. I believe that Mr. Khalifa runs a tight liner, so to speak, because he will not let shoddy work pass and his employees seem to know that.
After closing and moving into our new home we noticed a few discrepancies in which we made a list and pass it on the Mr. Khalifa. Mr. Khalifa took the list, not only professionally but also actually seemed excited in making sure we had the best possible house.
My relationship with Mr. Khalifa has continued throughout our first year in the home and Mr. Khallfa has continued to offer advice and service. We have a top-notch house built by a top-notch builder and we are proud to show it off. I will continue to recommend Mr. Khalifa to others that may be interested in building a new home.
Richard Smith
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Tyler, TX
This letter is to inform you of how my husband and I feel about Anwar Khalifa. We bought our home in May of 1999. We were new to Texas and looked at many homes. We found our dream house at Oasis South. We met Anwar; he showed us his homes with great pride. This is part of the reason we bought here.
This our second time for buying a house, he could not have made easier for us. He worked with our banker and made sure we new exactly what we needed. We did not use a realtor because we felt we could trust him right from time beginning.
We have had some problems with our house, Paint chipping at the window seals, no plug in for our bathtub; front door had gap small things like this. I have to say some times it took Anwar longer than it should have to get some of these things fixed but they got fixed.
We have lived in our house now for almost 3 years and we still don't hesitate to tell Anwar if something goes wrong or something needs fixed. He could say to us "That's not my responsibility anymore" but he doesn't he always try's to take care of us. He has been more than fair to us and we would not hesitate to ask him to build for us again.
Harold & Lorie Wilson
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Tyler, TX
Purchasing a home can be a stressful time in ones life, but my wife and I have had very little stress through the complete process from the first brick to the day we closed on our house. We have had some minor deficiencies that are to be expected with new construction however, Mr. Khalifa's company has either repaired, replaced or set up times to further inspect these areas to be addressed.
Chris Jones
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Tyler Texas Realtor
In the twenty or so years I have known Anwar; I have watched his company and reputation grow as he invested time, talent and resources into building better and more affordable homes while utilizing energy efficiencies, recycled materials and innovative designs. He has been a good steward of the talent God has given him and been a wonderful role model within the community. As a spokesperson for his faith, he has worked tirelessly to find common ground for discussion and conflict resolution and to promote the general growth and prosperity of Tyler and East Texas I am proud to have him as part of the real estate community and to call him friend.
Tom DeWitt
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Tyler Texas Sub Contractor
I'm a subcontractor that has a good standing with Commercial General Contractors and Residential Home Builders in East Texas for over 15 years. Anwar is very good at what he does. He is a professional and has repeat clients. I would recommend him to anyone wanting to build a new home. I have checked his work and know people who currently live in houses that he has built and they ALL said that he would be their 1st choice. He cares about the environmental impact that a new home will have on the environment for the next 75 years.
Matt Taylor
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Energy Star/Green Building Verifier
Mr. Khalifa/Pyramid Homes are one of the best home builder in Tyler area. I have been inspecting his houses for the last 4-years on the Energy Star Program with the EPA and Verifying the houses for the Green Building Program with the NAHB and Pyramid Homes always have a 5-Star Certification on each one of the houses he build.
I recommend Mr. Khalifa/Pyramid Homes to build your house Energy Efficient and or Green Building Certified.
Gustave Sague
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Flint Texas
We would highly recommend Pyramid Homes and Anwar Khalifa to anyone who is considering having a house built.
Our experience with Anwar is that he is very honest and service oriented. We had interviewed numerous builders and choose Pyramid Homes because of value (what we would get for the money). We were living in a rental house that Anwar had built 3 years earlier and we casually mentioned to his secretary, Mary Anne, that a utility drawer under the built in dishwasher did not close flush. Without any prompting on our part, Anwar had his cabinetmaker come out the next day and make a new drawer with no charge to the homeowner or us. This is one of the factors that helped us decide to use Pyramid Homes to build our custom home
Anwar worked patiently over a period of 6 months to make the numerous changes that we kept making.
One of the specifications that we wanted was spray foam insulation. Even though Anwar had given us a price to build the house, when the foam company dropped the price, Anwar passed those savings along to us.
During the building process, the subcontractor had located a wall of windows 6” to close to an adjoining wall. Even though we would have accepted that deviation, Anwar said that was not what we ordered and had the sub-contractor rebuild the entire wall of 4 windows, including insulation and drywall.
In testimony to Anwars excellent service, our on-demand hot water heater failed at 4am Christmas Eve morning and I had to turn off the water supply. I called Pyramid Homes office at 5 am (expecting to get a recorded message) to see if they would even be open on this holiday. I was totally surprised when Anwar, in a sleepy voice, answered the phone. I explained the problem and Anwar said he would take the steps necessary to correct the problem. In a short time Anwar called me back. A few minutes later his building supervisor called and by 8am was at our home to make sure the plumber corrected the problem. By 11am, the problem (a failed pressure relief valve) had been fixed.
If we ever build another house we would not consider anyone else but Anwar to do the job.
Please feel free to give future customers our phone number. We would be happy to tell them about our experience with Pyramid homes.
Alvin & Ming Roberson
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Lindale, TX
With the Thanksgiving Holiday rapidly approaching, we just needed to express our pleasure and gratitude with the completion of our home.
Having lived here almost a year, it is still hard to believe we have our dream home.
It was with your expert guidance of design and construction, choices of numerous floor plans, fabulous selection of materials and most of all your patience and willingness to be accommodating, that allowed us to build our custom built dream house, at such an incredible value.
Family and friends have admired and complimented the planning of details emphasizing the pleasure and enhancement of our home to be enjoyed today and in the years to come.
Anwar, we could not have made a better decision having selected Pyramid Homes.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jim & Janie Tucker
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Flint, TX
On behalf of the Nixon family, I want to personally thank you and your company for a job well done on the construction of our custom house. I have no doubt we received the best value, amenities and workmanship of any company in Tyler.
Your integrity and attention to detail did not go unnoticed, and I would not hesitate in the least to recommend Pyramid Homes to anyone contemplating building a house. I not only found an excellent builder but hopefully a long time friend.
You are a true asset to your profession.
Monty Nixon
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Tyler, TX
We wanted to thank you for building us such a beautiful home! It was a pleasure working w/you & we are very pleased w/everything that has been done. Thank you for all your hard work!
Giddy-up-
The Lowder’s
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Tyler, TX
Thank you again so much! I finally have my dream home!! If it weren’t for you we wouldn’t even have a new home. You offer everything for less than other home builders and superior quality.
We are so happy with our home, and thank you for fixing in a timely manner. My family and I are so thankful for you and Mary Anne for making our home buying experience pleasurable.
Y’all are so awesome! We would definitely build with you again!
Thank you.
Jennifer, Aaron, Alexie, Jenni, and Hunter Bowman
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Longview, TX
Anwar Khalifa built our home here in Longview, in the Palms subdivision. We can honestly say it was a very pleasant experience which started at the very beginning of choosing the right floor plan for us. They never were upset with the changes I wanted to make or the many questions we asked.
All the people he had working for him were very professional & helpful. They went to great lengths to address any concerns we had.
We are so pleased with our new “green home”. They told us the bills would be lower, however, you never know if that would be true until you get your first month’s bills. We can definitely attest to that fact.
This is our third new home we have had built and we can honestly say it is OUR FAVORITE.
Nell & Dan Poston
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Tyler, TX
As a new resident physician moving to the Tyler area, I had two things in mind when purchasing my first home: The home needs to be affordable, and it needs to be a dwelling place for my family for at least five years. My wife and I began researching the Tyler home market bout six months prior to our move. We began to see that most homes were similar – none of the homes stood out. Although there were hundreds of homes on the market in our narrow price range, we weren’t enthusiastic about any of them. Finally, however, we came across a pyramid home, and then found the pyramid home’s website. We emailed Mr. Khalifa and got a response immediately. “I’d be happy to build you a home, here are some of the spec. homes”, he said. We took one look at our future home and couldn’t believe what we were seeing. It was our dream home – granite, marble, crown molding, gas stove, tankless water heater, high-end appliances. No, I’m not talking about a 300,000 dollar home, not even a 200,000 dollar home. We never thought our first home would be our dream home. We couldn’t be more pleased!
Shaun York, MD
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Whitehouse, TX
After a year in the house, boxes that are still not unpacked, we have really enjoyed our house. We are always commenting on things that we really like about the house and how we would do it again if we had to. Working with Anwar & Mary Ann was great & they were always so helpful.
Maria Davenport
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Mt. Alba, TX
As you know in Feb 2009 I telephoned the Texas Builders Association in an effort to identify East Texas green builders. You were one of two they identified as certified green builders. Things have worked out so well that that telephone call turned out to be one of my smartest moves ever.
Anwar, you helped us design exactly the home we wanted – no more, no less. Mary Ann was brilliant helping my wife, Lynne, select colors and features.
Then you started work. Your subs were all hard working and attentive. Lynne and I lived with a daughter next to the building site so I know day-after-day they were out there working before I got out of bed in the morning and were still working when Lynne and I were watching Wheel of Fortune each evening. Many weeks they worked a seven days.
Ray, your on site superintendent, was “most excellent” in supervising the build, keeping us informed, making recommendations and resolving any issues that came up both during the build as well as with minor issues since we moved in. I greatly appreciate the fact that you didn’t disappear once you got our money and that you and your staff are as attentive now as you were when Lynne and I first walked into your office about a year ago.
Feel free to have potential clients call us or stop by to see the home you folks built.
Thanks Much
Robert G. Youney
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