Centex Homes Reviews

I was told when I would point out bad quality or issues in my walk through, that I purchased a “level 3” house and needed to remember that. I am not exactly sure what that means, but as a home buyer that’s not a response I should ever hear. Also issues were not reviled before closing as I was “promised” they would be.

I bought a house for primary residence and was forced into a investment mortgage with a much higher interest. Today, the house is being used as a primary residence and I am paying high mortgage rates.

We have quite a lot of issues with this new build home And none of them are resolved yet, there isn’t any timeline yet for the fixes First, vinyl floor installation is very poor quality. The work is carried out by RiteRug, which surprised me. We have found a lot of places that short end joints are separated. So when you step on it, it squeaks and falls. Most ridiculous is the explanation of inspection guy from RiteRug. He told me “there is not teeth on the edge of each vinyl plank, they just pieced together”. I knew that is not true. Each vinyl plank bites to each other piece by piece to form a whole floor. It proved that same material is handled by different person, you will get completely different outcome. Second, we closed in December and experienced few weeks extreme cold days right after closing. Then , water pipe was frozen in one of rest room during the low temperature. That is completely unexpected and unacceptable for new build! There must be either insulation problem or plumbing issue. The fix could be hard it depends on the root cause. Last but not least, kitchen countertops has defects in materials they use. They have acknowledged it since first walk through because I fight so hard for it. But as of now they have not changed it yet. The builder has promised to redo the countertops with good materials, I will see how this goes ... More

For starters, pulte mortgage fumbled the entire loan process from beginning to end, leaving me to figure out how to get approved by the guidance of a completely independent loan officer outside of PMC. Then there's the house... sadly I had no other choice as my lease was expiring and the slow churning loan process that was riddled with delays and misinformation forced me to ride it out just so I could have a home to live in. The house is built with the cheapest materials, 3 tab shingles, osb siding, ceiling paint on every wall. The drywall taping is coming apart and cracking in several areas, the paint gets damaged/stained just by looking at it too hard, the flooring is basically linoleum and within the first year is coming apart in every house I've been in so far. The siding is already buckling and centex refuses to fix the poor multicolored paint job on the home. The poor drainage is a neighborhood-wide issue that centex refuses to fix, my grass is dying, my fence is rotting and I'm now seeing severe cracks in my foundation which all are attributed to the poor drainage. The water supply is terrible. Numerous people are having major sediment issues, even with the scale minimizing devices and soft water systems installed. I had to have the insulation crew come out 3 times before they finally fixed the insufficient insulation. It took the roofing crew 4 times to replace the shingles that were damaged, which, they did a shady-contractor job there and only cut out the damaged tabs rather than replace the entire shingle. And yes I have pics to prove it. The irrigation crew has been out several times to fix the sprinklers and keeps breaking something else. I have several issues that were not only in the inspection report but also mentioned during the blue tape walk through that remain unfixed. The construction supervisor has been dismissive, unsympathetic and borderline disrespectful throughout the process of emailing back and forth to resolve these issues. The customer care rep that came out refused to look at my drainage issues for fear of getting her shoes muddy, which says a lot, and both her and the construction supervisor both flat out lied to my face regarding a particular issue that is rampant with the neighborhood regarding exposed lintels. The cc rep also tried to get smart with me and tell me my job as a licensed home inspector and what I can and can't say. I've tried to remain calm and professional throughout this whole ordeal so I can get my issues fixed and move on with life but it's been months since I started this tickets and have seen very little to no action on over half of them. The unprofessionalism by the people who represent this company is the only thing worse than the shoddy work done by their contractors. Pretty sad when a $250k not only comes with all these issues, but doesn't even include a shower door because "we just don't include them on that particular model" and doesn't come with a garage door opener because "we just didn't include them when your house was built, but we do now, but no, you still can't have one" i work 3 jobs to be able to afford this house, you think I have time to fight with the builder ontop of everything else I have going on? Do yourself a favor and stay out of Mavera. ... More

Rodrick doesn’t follow up with nothing very unprofessional and he doesn’t follow through with what he actually said that he was going to have done. We’ve been waiting for weeks.

This has been the absolute worst home buying experience I have ever undertaken. Day one we had kitchen sink issues with water going everywhere and the representative emailing that she is out of office for the weekend and will not respond until Monday. I finally got a hold of someone at the 1-800 emergency hotline and they contacted a plumber who found that the sink pipe elbows hadn't been properly seated and tightened. Day 14 we unexpectedly had raw sewage backed up and over flow out of the main floor bathroom toilet and bathtub. It flowed through the downstairs bedroom and into the living room, under the staircase and seeped into the garage. We once again had trouble contacting anyone local so i called the 1-800 emergency hotline and they contacted a local representative who had a plumber and cleaner come to the house. It was the worst Halloween night ever! The plumber spent nearly an hour snaking the line but never found a cause for the blockage. The pulled up some of the floor in both the bedroom and living room. t The plumber returned the next morning and ran a camera down the line to see if there was an object in the line blocking the flow but found none. PulteGroup Customer Care Manager working our case did not want to speak or communicate with us. We tried numerous times by phone and email and received no response for a week. She finally responded and came out to see our house. She said everything looked fine and they would replace the flooring and trim. We shared our concerns that this sewer line might have an issue since they were never able to locate a cause for the backup. She accused us of possibly causing it, we said how could we when we have only been in the house a week and a half and that's not even enough time to cause this situation. We finally were able to get her upline manager involved and she agreed with us and said that PulteGroup would make it right. We requested a new Customer Care Manager be assigned to our case. The plumber was sent back out to the house to put a camera down the sewer line where he found that the sewer line was not draining properly due to it grade resulting in a "Flat-Belly-Pipe where the water was collecting which had caused the original backup scenario we experienced on the evening of 11/31/2024.We were excited to finally know the cause and to come up with a plan to repair the line. Unfortunately, nearly another two weeks of phone calls and emails went by when we finally received a response. We were told that that PulteGroup would take responsibility to remove and replace the sewer pipe that this was a critical problem resulting from the original Centex construction during the building of the home. A plan was communicated to us and emplaced to repair the grade, remove the concrete, replace the pipe, repour the concrete slab, reinstall the toilet, replace the bathroom vanity, downstairs flooring and trim, and paint the walls was approved. We approved for PulteGroup to pull a permit with the county to enable them to perform the work. Now it has been another 13 days since this plan was concurred with and our emails and phone calls once again has gone unanswered. The lack of professionalism and and burden of living with the downstairs bathroom being gutted and concrete slabs exposed has been an undo burden for our family. We haven't been able to have anyone over to our new home, enjoy a family Thanksgiving, or put up our Christmas tree. We have 4 people sharing the one upstairs bathroom and are under the constant stress that this could happen again. It has been very stressful for our family to live with this situation. ... More

Absolutely terrible experience. I would never recommend center to anyone. My house was built poorly. I’m still dealing with issues.

The materials are cheap. The homes are expensive and they provide cheap or the bare minimum. No ceiling fans, no handles on the any of the cabinets. I wasnt aware most of the these homes are rentals until after i moved here and someone told me. Had I known i wouldnt have purchased. I have put in TWO service calls and no one has reached out. We have these cheap dated sliding patio doors that i havent seen since the 80’s. Everything is the houses are super cheap wven the flimsy doors and cheap hardware. I hate it.

They just want your money. They rush you to put the down payment down before you can read the contracts. I didn’t want power lines I along my back yard. 2 weeks after I moved in, power lines were installed along my fence - within inches and through trees. And yes the landowner supplied drawings to CPS for approval of where they want them. Yes it’s a Pulte/Centex decision but they try and tell you they have no control. Not true. When you try and call them about any issues, they don’t respond at all. Just told me I own the house now. Terrible customer service. I wish I would have joined the subdivision Facebook page long before I put any money down. I would have never purchased here based on what the people who live here say. At least the people who live here have created a great community in spite of the home builders. ... More

This has been a horrible experience. They rushed the job and have no process to guarantee quality. Their process is asking first time home buyers do you like the house. I am not a contractor. Let’s start.I have a ticket that was issued October 16. I sent an email to customer care on 10.31.2024 still have not heard anything. It is now 11.11.2024. The front door has a gap they refuse to fix. The carpet has bumps. The sprinklers were put in wrong. We have non existent draining. Low water pressure. The 1 year warranty is a joke. They will probably blame the customer care agent. They should blame the company for having no process to ensure customer satisfaction. I called the customer care agent’s supervisor and was promised that I will hear something. I heard nothing. ... More

Honestly, this was an overall very poor experience. In all aspects of those that handled my buying experience. There was a lack of care, professionalism, and attentiveness throughout. And I was extremely disappointed.

Decided to have a house built and was eager to be able to watch its progress. Started noticing problems when the framing was done with a lot of splits in some of the 2x4s. I was told they were not structural and where they were, they just added a second one next to it. Roofing was subcontracted out to another company who blatantly put it on wrong. This was brought up to them and I was told it was in the manual and approved. I am now having to deal with a leaking roof 52 days after closing. Besides that the insulation and drywall was good with the exception that it took almost 10 weeks to complete putting the whole build a month behind schedule. Most of the plumbing used was cheap flex tube and all A/C vents were also flex. I guess it was a good thing considering the project manager managed to flood the bathroom and the flex A/C vent routed half of the water to the basement. Other than that, I have had random small things like different door locks put on the wrong doors, outside dryer vent wasn’t even attached to the house, etc. that I have had to fix or get fixed. There is a lot of attention to detail that gets left off and hinders the quality of the build. Compared to other builders I would say they are probably the worst I have had the displeasure of working with so far. Save yourself the headache. ... More

I missed out on other better service options. The supervision of the quality of the construction is deficient and the response to the guarantee is null.

Never ever again no mater what!

Poor material & workmanship. Do not see a pride in their work.

I have so many walls that aren't even square, Flooring scratched up, cabinets broken, water damage spots in master bath, literally keep finding more and more stuff in this home. The construction manager is an idiot, doesn't know anything, literally had no clue what fire blocking was and tells me these homes don't have them when in fact we do. The studs arent 16" on center or even uniformed, studs range from 17"-32" in space, absolutely ridiculous. Pulled the inspection reports for this home through the city and alot of preliminary issues that our agent didn't even tell us. Again, just a crappy home and ill NEVER waste my money with Centex/Pulte again. Y'all suck! ... More

Too many could have save me money if they would have let me change some things being done .

Insulation missing on the first floor roof

Daniel promises the world and nothing gets done! Terrible experience and I have bought 3 new homes prior to this and would not recommend Pulte to anyone! The sales rep only cared about selling not about us! She could not even bother to show up at the purchase meeting! She got her commission and walked away!! Still items on our punch list have not been completed to satisfaction!!! Terrible all the way!!

VERY VERY POOR EXPERIENCE

Its only 1 month in new house and i'm facing issues with my AC unit. Washer is not working properly. There are small little holes in the house through which many unwanted guests like roaches, ants, crickets keep coming.

Appliances not working sprinklers wrong equipment electrical plugs uneven will do an inspection before the year it’s over disappointing

My family an I moved into (our home) thank GOD ITS NOT OUR FOR EVERY HOME. First there was no inspection done only the H2O inspection paying almost 400,000 for a home you would think I would have gutters though their were none. After living in the home for only 12 days the flooring was coming up also in my master bathroom their is nothing surrounding the tube as far as backer board for those who don’t know what that is it’s a green or red board that protects against water damage I’m not talking about tile but they only put sheet rock around the tube that began to peel only after 12 days after informing the warranty department I was told it would be addressed though here today on August 7th it’s still not fixed though when I addressed the situation I was told an I quote I should bath my kids in my upstairs bathroom. I’m a retired Navy veteran whom has been to war three times an im still fighting for what’s right for my family though being treated as if this is ok. We moved in on May 27th and I put in this request in on June 9th an as I said it’s the 7th of August this is unacceptable Kyle, Corbin, Josh, Javier, Ms. Christine also Regan. I have spoken with an after speaking with six individuals u would think things would be taken care of though the only thing that was fix were my front an back doors. They were fixed on the 5th of August. I haven’t seen a inspector only a adjuster the ac unit is making a squeaking noise some places in the home aren’t caulked properly I had to paint my own garage my patio was address as well though not put back properly the landscaping in my backyard was not done properly an retaining water do to the slope an I find this completely unacceptable so if someone were to ask about buying from Centex homes I would definitely deter them. I knew buying a home would be expensive though I never imagined it would be this bad buying a New build or I would be told it’s not for them to fix but it’s on me to fix. ... More

In the beginning I was very pleased with everything. But about 3 weeks living at our new house there suddenly was an issue where we noticed the baseboard in the master restroom seperating from the wall. We knew right away it was due to water. We called pulte right away & they had someone one come out and cut a piece of the wall open. They realized the pipe for the AC was literally broken. The water had spread through half the restroom causing them to have to cut the entire wall down & remove our cabinets because they also got water damage. This was in may. They had them come out and put the wall back over the next few weeks. We had to wait for them to bring back the cabinets which they eventually did & we’re told the side and bottom parts were ordered & that It was going to be a 2-3 week wait. We are like on week 6 now. They hadn’t had a plumber come out to put the sink and toilet back since they removed these things since the first day, & we just kept waiting & waiting which seemed odd cus there shouldn’t be any issue at this point to put it back. We are 2 months in now, still don’t have a toilet or working sink in the master bathroom & I finally decided to say like hey are you guys just waiting for the day they come out again or what? The manager Ana, that we been working with was literally confused when I told her we still didn’t have our toilet. Up until this point we have been completely patient but it’s starting to get ridiculous so my husband finally told her some things. The weird thing is without even asking which days would be ok to schedule us for the plumber she just scheduled it & said here you go. Like how do you know if we will be home or not? But anyway my husband told her he gets home first at 2 and we could do it then. She keeps saying they can’t but it’s pretty ridiculous considering the fact that we both have already missed so much work and left early to be here for all these appointments & now they literally don’t want to work with us on when a plumber can come out. It’s honestly such a joke. Their communication is trash, and literally no compassion at all. Can’t even get an apology out of the manager. Like literally you buy an expensive home and then to be dealing with not having a toilet for 2 months. & then for them to make it seem like we’re being difficult because weve already taken too many days off & now you want me to again because YOU forgot to send out a plumber the last time I already took a day off for this. I would literally say buy anywhereeeeeeee else. ... More

My address was wrong . My material was wrong . My address was 372 but all my mail was 376 . Can not switch address any where . Because my address is not on system .