Centex Homes Reviews

My first home buying experience was relatively a smooth an easy process but I wanted something updated and decided to purchase a new construction home. The sales process was phenomenal, Daniel was very helpful and friendly. He remained that way throughout the entire process. Once under contract, it became a totally different story with Pultes lender and the construction manager. While I had been pre-approved by my own lender, I decided to take advantage of the incentive that was offered, if you used Pultes lender. I was uneasy about using their lender based off of the reviews of other buyers, prior experiences. After I was pre-approved, Sandra the Mortgage Consultant was not eager to keep me updated on their mortgage rates. The rates continued to climb and she was not being forthcoming with information about the rate increases. Therefore, I followed my gut and decided to use my lender. I did not want to fall in to their game and end up paying more than I needed. The initial construction manager (I believe Ron) was responsive and emailed weekly updates regarding my homes building progress. However, he left and I was informed By Andrew that he had taken over. Andrew was moody and not customer friendly. He seemed agitated at any questions that you asked and he did not fix all items identified during the final walk-through. My closing was delayed due to the construction manager turning in documents to the county last minute. This caused a delay with my movers and furniture deliveries and costing me additional fees. However, Pulte did cover it and I appreciate that. Upon move in, the microwave didn’t work, closet rack fell completely out of the wall, the window in the master room didn’t fit and when I reached out to Andrew, he basically acted as if it wasn’t his problem anymore (poor customer service and no accountability with him). All in all, I like the home but if I knew the construction process was as going to be a headache and I probably would have selected another builder. But Daniel and the title company and my closer were pleasant and made up for the construction process mishaps where they could. ... More

Several issues throughout the buying/building process. While CJ, the sales agent, was great The overall process was cumbersome. For starters we went into contract back in August of 2021 and did not close until May of 2022. This would have been acceptable had the craftsmanship of the home reflected the time spent waiting on the build. Unfortunately it does not. I monitored the progress of the home and each time a trade came to the home they were in and out in a day or two. The trades are still rushing these homes as if they are on a tight build schedule, which they are not. Several quality issues along the way, and although they were addressed, there are things that were done to a poor standard that I now have to deal with warranty to attempt and correct. Our brand new home flooded 24 hours after we moved in due to the test plug in the main drain out not being removed after the stress eat on the home plumbing. Again, another failure of your trades and your construction managers. It then took 6 weeks to get everything repaired, and I am still having to deal with subpar craftsmanship and have things redone with more time spent. I’ve had to take numerous days off of work dealing with all of this and still my house is not back the way it was when I bought it. My family and I are so fatigued from having to deal with all of this I finally told Tim, the warranty manager, to hold off on further repairs just to give us a break. To date I have had repair people in our home more days then not. I’m still dealing with improperly seal glass in my master shower, something they already sent the glass company out to repair, yet it was not repaired. The list of unacceptable workmanship and material goes on and on. More and more things pop up and My family and I are so frustrated we simply don’t have it in us to deal with it all. Several items that were supposed to be done prior to closing were not and unfortunately due to this market I really had no choice but to move forward with closing on this home. If we could sell this home and be done with it we would but unfortunately that is not an option. Although Tim has assured me he will address all of the issues I have my doubts. This is not a knock on Tim but simply a lack of trust in the trades and in your process. Throughout all of this there has been no compensation for all my lost time, the stress this has put on my family, and the overall disaster that buying a centex home has been. This was our first centex home that we’ve bought and it will be our last. ... More

It wasn't the best experience because of how fast they were in getting it done.... great except you dont trust them and they don't always treat you right... best service came from them at the end as we neared closing.

This builder is not responsive to issues post closing. Updates during build were not adequate.

Loved the design of this home the lavender, but looking back there were other builders workman ship was probably better. With spec homes I guess are the bottom of the bsrrel

If I had to do it all again I wouldn’t purchase a home under the centex brand name. The homes are cheap and a lot of corners were cut wen building this home. I am just glad we have the warranty to fix the issues

We were very happy with the work done by all the ladies in the finance department. Very responsive to emails and calls. As far as the quality of our home I am beyond disappointed. The longer we are here the more problems I find. In 25 years of construction I have never seen such poor quality. No pride in workmanship by some of the subcontractors. Items on our walkthrough were not addressed as we were told they would be by the time we closed and still have not been completed.

Closing was little rush. Closing cost numbers were revealed just 1 hour before closing time. Promotional incentives like refrigerator is not as advertised. There were gutters installed to the model house. Unfortunately they are installed to my unit. This is my first purchase experience and I was not satisfied. I feel like I should have gone with MI homes in the same community. But it was late as I have already committed to centex

When I was showed the show house, everything looked awesome. We would get all the same amenities, countertops, cabinets, and level of detail in our home. It was fine till a week before the closing and we were doing our “blue tape walkthrough” with our Construction Manager Justin. The whole house was covered in blue tape. You’d think I’d be exaggerating but for every wall there was at least 20 pieces of blue tape pointing to 20 different problems. It ranged from brand new appliances being scuffed and scratched up to drawers not even having the correct items to close. We also had one spot on the first floor that was a whole section of different flooring color. You could easily tell. There were staples also shooting through all carpeted areas, especially on the stairs, and paint on various pieces of carpet. When my brother in law began to bring up these issues, Justin talked over him and kept telling him he was wrong. Oh did we mention our inspector caught that the AC wasn’t cooling down the house? Justin says it’s within their 22 degree range and it’s fine. Turns out we have a 3 ton unit for 2 floors when two people live here that physically get extremely sick if it isn’t below 73 inside and out. I was feeling faint and nauseous by the time the walkthrough was over. I was feeling extremely upset and unsure about the work that was done. I wanted to back out. My family insisted that we could make this home our own. When we did our last walk through (at 9am in the morning after an hour and a half drive to get there) the house didn’t look any different except holes in the walls were fixed and the drawers now worked. There were still staples coming out of the stairs and there was still paint on the ground. I kicked up a fuss and Justin told me there was nothing they could do. Signing was fine, but when we moved in the following day, we found out they hadn’t cleaned. There was dust everywhere, we found nails and screws in the backyard (where my 16 month old nephew plays), and our driveway was all messed up from the big trucks coming and going. We have a giant chunk currently missing still. We also have a huge and serious bug infestation. Little roach looking bugs and ants everywhere! We literally signed for this house less than 24 hours prior! Justin told us they cleaned! We’ve been battling them every since. I have been doing pest control as we want to find a good company. Oh yes there is still staples and nails on the stairs. My bathtub is scuffed. I start to feel really bad about signing on this over priced pile of staples and nails. 2 weeks later - the house is falling apart. 2 of the shower curtain rods spontaneously fell down. Thankfully one of them was when no one was there. The other though almost hit my nephew in the head, if not for my sister putting her hand there to block the way. We had to take her to urgent care because it felt broken when my dad (who is a registered EMT) was examining it thoroughly between her screaming her head off. Thankfully it was just severely brushed and had indented her hand pretty bad. To this day touching her hand there makes her wince. No idea how long it’ll take but imagine if that was a toddler!!! They just put in tension rods. Not legit rods at all!! I could get these from Walmart for $15!!! Justin says we can text him if we need stuff fixed. All of us text him and he never answers. He gets transferred to Conroe sometime next week. The bathrooms in both levels are starting to have pealing problems with the flooring behind the toilet and bug problems! Even if we bug bombed the house it wouldn’t be enough. We were cleaning the house, trying to get rid of bugs when we pulled out the bottom drawer from the over and found stuff from the builders under there! Also, the flooring underneath is warped and touching the bottom of the stove!!!! You know what my customer service manager named “Megan” told me? “I have the same house of you and my flooring isn’t warped”. Okay Megan. That’s your house, not mine! That same day I put in a ticket for fixing the flooring, a piece of the crown molding from the upper cabinets came apart and fell down. It actually hit me in the arm as I was trying to clean up something on the counter. After putting in the ticket and Megan calling me back, she tells me that they only work till 5pm. Well great! I’m off at 3:15 and can get home by 3:30. We can meet then and go over the house stuff. She tells me that won’t work for her because she is already off work by then and will have to do something called a “Tele Link” I believe. Wait so you work till 5 but can’t drive 10 minutes to a house at 3:30 to just go over the issues? Sure. She never calls me back when I try to reschedule due to emergency doctors appointments. THEN she calls me the day of, AN HOUR LATE, and tries to start the Tele Link. She says it was an emergency but she at least could’ve texted as she has done so before. I work two jobs and my second one starts at 5pm. I tell her she’ll have to call me back on Wednesday or sometime through Thursday or Friday. She tells me “oh 5pm Wednesday”. 5pm rolls around. Guess when she calls? 5:44!! Seriously!! That’s so freaking unprofessional. She also talks to me like I’m a child, an idiot, and that I know nothing. This is my 3rd house. I know this process. She demands that I be home for the work to happen, even though I’m a teacher and have limited days off. When she initially tried to schedule the appointment, I told her “I have to do anytime after 3:30pm”. She comes back with “Okay so Tuesday at 9:30am?” She didn’t listen either just like Justin. This whole house was built with bad materials, with people who obviously don’t care about quality, or taking care of someone else’s home, and after you buy it good luck!! You’re stuck with this shoddy house with lacking customer service AND promises that were broken. I will NEVER buy a Pulte/Centex home ever again!!! ... More

Centex was horrible to work with. Not putting customers 1st. Houses have tons of issues. And warranty is a pain to submit and vendors refuse to work with customer unless work order is sent from centex.

home is poorly built and rushed. will hide your reviews

They overall finish quality was rushed and detail work was not so great. For the price these house are being sold they are not worth it. I regret making the decision to make this my families first house and if i could leave i would. I am not happy in this house and by what the website reviews show nobody else who purchased one of these over priced fast rushed crappy detail work is happy. DO NOT BUY FROM THESE PEOPLE!!!

Broken sewage main line caused by negligence, incompetence, lack of oversight and inspection left us without taking a shower, brushing our theeth and flusing the toilet for one week. Now my driveway is damage after excavating to repair the pipe and Pulte Homes refuses to repair the damage caused. I am not asking Pulte Homes to stand behing the concrete warranty and repair it, i am asking Pulte Homes to replace my driveway because they damage it as a direct consecuence of the sewage line repair. It is a matter of right and wrong!

Vendor was no help at all. Lack of information and assistance through the process and post closing was none.

This was definitely not a good time to build…it took 8 months from contract signing to close. Options were not explained in detail when selecting upgrade options.

The overall experience in buying a house was horrid thanks to the staff of Pulte mortgage. This was my first experience of buying a house and it was hellish. From issues with negligence and predatory lending behavior to just plain being rude, snarky, and highly unprofessional by multiple members. I had fees upcharged and added to my CD that were NEVER agreed to even when the staff tried to pull "per our negotiations" but tried to ignore WRITTEN agreements on what was stated. I was also told I should just sign the CD even with the charges because I'm still coming ahead with the incentive bonus. The 5k by no means makes you come ahead that was an incentive by YOUR company to help with closing cost so in the long run it's the company's money period. I also NEVER received an apology by staff for the issues and NEVER received a call from the supervisors to speak about the behavior of their staff. I will NEVER use Pulte mortgage ever again and I will never recommend anyone to use them. Now in regards to the home it's self it's lovely I do have a few issues with carpet nor touching the wall fully leaving holes open for critters, some concrete chipping, and cracks on the wall from the house settling but I have a lovely experience with my field manager Chris. He was extremely professional and quick to address issues. He also tried to assist me with the issues I was having the mortgage company. He truly went above and beyond in his duties. Morgan was the warranty guy and he did a great job explaining everything. ... More

I have to say that everyone else was absolutely amazing. Roger, Joshua and a guy from Pulte when I did my final walk through with were all amazing. The house is well built, haven’t had any real issues. The people I have interacted with were top top notch people. Except for one, the sales guy named Dwight. First time meeting him was great! Good impression. Promised to stay in touch in regards to the house being finished. It started getting of track when he got my realtors email incorrect. Then it just snowballed from there. He stopped communicating, he didn’t respond to phone calls, texts or emails from myself or from my realtor. We met with him a few more times and she had to yell at him to get him back on the ball. Which he didn’t. Fast forward, I got a lot of incentives for paying cash. I was more interested in another home than the one I wanted. My realtor talked to Dwight and he absolutely REFUSED to honor the online price of 289,000 plus my incentives. He kept telling us it was 297900. The website CLEARLY had it listed at 289,000 and I even sent a screenshot and was given a bunch of excuse from him and his manager that they won’t honor the price. If they would have, I would have bought it and would be happy. Now, because that house is next door to mine, I see it constantly and am reminded of Dwight’s shady business practices. It finally sold the other day. For $249,000. Two grand more than what I paid for my house. I’m so angry that I’m planning on moving next year. Never want another centex house. This was my second cash house and I don’t think I want to even buy another house. ... More

Sales - laughable, multiple errors. Once you sign the paperwork, he has no interest. Thanks for nothing Tom and if you knew your stuff, the home was advertised with gutters. Our PCO NIck, is fantastic and really cares about what he does and how cuustomers are treated. He restores credibility for the organization.

We not really happy the first day all two bathrooms sinks was leaking, and we still wherein for people come finish to paint and fixed the garage door

The sales portion of the experience can be improved. Communication was not the best from the sales agent. We would call and email several times before we got a response. The contractor was good. He was responsive and helpful.

Overall I’m happy with the house. There has been a few issues but the builder has been easy to communicate with and almost everything has been fixed. My only complaint would be in the sales process the person in the office did not show me what was actually put in the house. I ended up with a lower grade different carpet and different fixtures in the bathrooms. I was shown a darker carpet and brushed nickel. Ended up with light carpet and chrome. And they did nothing about it.

Lenders are not professional enough for the financial process of buyers lives while they work through the process together so use outside funds for this neighborhood

I was told by my sales representative that I would be able to afford a house in Davis ranch at the end of January. Of course I knew that could change based off of pre-approval and actual approval. Fast-forward to March I'm told that I can only afford a house in a different community. I was told that I would be able to keep my 4.25 rate that was promised to me but after speaking to my loan consultant she said that that was not communicated to her by sales. Unfortunately but thankfully she was able to get me a 4.75, but the sales consultant shouldn't have promised me that rate nor should he have said that it was "obviously a mistake" and that there would be no concessions since "we've given you so much already". ... More

We originally were supposed to have our house completed in the very early summer when we signed our contract but that got pushed and pushed until October. Not to mention we moved in with trades still painting the exterior of our house and the lawn still being laid. There was numerous times we had asked if something could be fixed or done and got told yes, just to find out it was either not fixed, or fixed with minimum effort (usually shooting a bunch of caulk or silicone at the problem). We had about 3 items that we immediately submitted to warranty after moving in because we had told the CM about them at least a month in advance and they still weren’t fixed. I watched many of the trades work on my house and I can tell everyone that it’s largely in part to just the standard of quality these trades hold for themselves. I’ve walked behind painters and told them spots they missed before. And that’s not something I should be having to do as the buyer. List of problems we had, or are still having: Lawn (they laid the sod and never rolled it or completely just didn’t put sod down in some places. My lawn is so bumpy that it’s difficult to mow and I’m now periodically buying sand to level my yard.) Walls aren’t square. Some of the shorter lengths of walls, it’s very apparent that the drywall and studs are not square to opposing walls. 2 sheets of drywall have become visible through the tape, mud, and texture of the ceiling. There was a piece of trim I could fit my hand behind. There was a piece of door trim that was so far away from the floor that you could feel a draft when you put a hand next to it. Then when they put the door trim on, the painters forgot to paint both sides of the door trim, and they got paint on my floor that I had to scrape off. Lots of our exterior siding had cracks where nails were put through too hard. We had a roof leak almost immediately. Not to mention that you’re putting 300k+ out for a house and you get zero options. You get it as it comes. Then the HOA this builder has chosen for this area doesn’t even send you mail to set up your accounts but they will drive the neighborhood at least twice a month and fine you for your trash cans being in front of the garage door. Overall super happy with the amount of home I got for the price, love the location and my neighbors. But the quality is not up to standards. Make sure to hire inspectors for framing and final walkthrough. Best of luck. ... More

I tried leaving a full ho eat review and kept getting an error message on this site saying I need to use at least 5 words. I used like 200. A bit odd that my negative review was somehow being blocked. The stars I left are accurate to my experience.