Centex Homes Reviews

I would never again buy a home from them, this has been a nightmare. I felt like we moved to a used house and not a new house, what you see on line is not at all what you get. Buyer beware. We have lived here less then 30 days and already have a list of issues not done well, or not yet fixed. Even on move in day, there were concrete chunks in the yard, the sod was horrible, the glass doors where all full of scratches, there is a soft section in the floor, paint was bad in multiple places, back dorr rubbed the paint right off. Strongly subbest using a different buyer. Even the sales lady who was so adamant about closing on that day (to get her incentive I am sure, has not contacted us, come by or anything since the day we picked up keys, and at that she was not here to get keys, go elsewhere ... More

All started out well but many issues came up and repairs were scheduled and missed by contractors. Calls weren't being returned by the supervisor and we had to leave multiple messaand texts to get a reply. Our issues are still not resolved after occupancy of 2 months now. I would never buy again from Pulte.

Centex home put me onto pulte mortgage to use as a lender who were very misleading and deceptive. When asked for a refund it took 4 months to receive my money back for appraisal and credit being ran. The centrex office wasn't very helpful in how tonresolve this issue and said they'd take it out of the closing cost which didn't happen. The builders themselves have been very helpful and have come by to fix things that weren't quite right or missing without a problem and have been the best part about the process

The quality is horrendous. Paint runs everywhere. Things we blue taped to be fixed were not done we were even told by the build that he watched the painters take off blue tape and do nothing. Missing flooring, missing caulking, hole in the pantry, stains on the carpet. Yard looks like crap looks like they threw it together in an hour which they did on the day of closing. Patio has line where they left a hose when it was drying. Trash everywhere in the yard from the trades working on other houses. Sharp Nails sticking out on hand rails on stairs (they finally fixed)and filled the holes with white caulking but still haven’t stained. Staining on door looks like crap there were runs all over and I pointed them out and instead of sanding them out they just put another coat and you still see it all. Almost all the doors in the house will not latch. ... More

Still have several open issues 45 days after close. I believe that all my open issues will be address eventually

We love our home. Dislike the process. Final closing figures was not what was on the actual document. Slow to respond asked for the same documents several times when they already had it. Poor communication between the different departments that should be working together. The bad outweighed the good here.

We have been concerned with all the repairs that have been necessary in a new constructed home. Our experience with the construction managers has been outstanding. Don’t think we would purchase another Centex home.

Poor workmanship and materials, they don't follow up on things they promised to do, warranty work takes an extra long time. I would not purchase another Centex/Pulte home.

The backyard is so soggy and it retains water due to which I have complained to the warranty team however they are not taking responsibility. It not even been month since I have moved in.

During the build process, I did not think it would be as rough as it was. Going through four field managers was not necessary. Having to update them weekly on issues, keep repeating issues each week. The lack of responsiveness to issues was unbelievable. If client points out a problem, I would think it would be fixed at that stage and not months later. Or just let slip by as if it was never brought up. Also trades not caring about other trades work, which is normal but it was prominent. I was not able to receive a straight answer from multiple people. Each person would give me a different answer every time. There was a large lack of communication between the Dallas Office and Colorado Office. Not all of it was bad, the salesman Don was great to work with. He was friendly, straight forward with everything and overall easy to work with. Another person out of Dallas office was able to provide me more information that was helpful than the people actually on my house. The house is done and I have lived in it over a month. It is a great starter home but the process could have been smoother. ... More

We have honestly had nothing but issues unfortunately since moving in. Broken sewer lines. So bad that we had to call emergency line on Christmas DAY when whole house lost sewer use. Not fun with tons of guests. We had to have an electrician out within first two weeks too for an issue with outdoor lighting. The tub was clogged with grout and I had to reach into the pipe and clear it. Something we asked in walk-through to be completed. There is grout smeared all over our tile floors and we have had to scrape it off. The pantry door does not latch and neither do many of the other doors in the home. The paint was rushed and many spots smeared on the ceiling. Lots of gaps showing. Overall just rushed and messy. We find a new issue almost daily and for the price we paid, its super frustrating. ... More

Centex agent was very rude and misleading on several issues. House was unfinished at closing and she threatened us like it's our fault if we backed out.

It’s a nice looking home. Build quality / materials not that great. I wouldn’t go this route again . It’s not a bad home. I’ve learned a lot from this experience

The price was right, but the whole process has been a headache. To the point where we almost backed out of the deal. Still dealing with issues getting things completed and it’s been almost 2 months after we moved in.

It is very difficult to reach anyone for help. Pulte is not very good at responding to your needs.

Pulte Homes sells you on the pricing and incentives for the new home build. However, once you are hooked into the process, their lack of communication, disorganization and not meeting timelines was more than a new buyer should handle. I kept expressing to them that home buyers only purchase 1 or 2 houses in their lifetime, why do they make their process unbearable? I was many times close to cancelling the deal and forgoing the Ernest monies. However, I did not because I really like the lot of land the house was built on. I also felt like they took advantage of me because I was a remote buyer and not there weekly to check on progress. This is my third house purchase and this experience was 2/10. Pulte needs to do MUCH better. ... More

I should have walked away even before closing on home. Mario (the builder contact) is a joke and not take your issues seriously, even lies. His mgr. Kenny allows this to happen obviously. The warranty shop has been responsive to my issues. Rebecca is now back in the picture from maternity leave and now attempting to clean up the mess I’ve had. I’ve submitted many work orders to be completed and I just closed on home 02/16. I’m hoping that everyone doesn’t have an experience like this. Not what I expected for a big purchase and new construction home!

Sloppy work, and dozens of issues from the moment we moved in. Project manager Reuben scared my wife by showing her a picture of an alligator he saw on the lot after I told him she was afraid of alligators. We showed him some issues and he didnt apply the fixes to the house. We still have a big stack of extra boards they haven't taken away. Cracked bricks, ungrouted areas letting bugs in, warped doors, unfinished screens, unpainted areas, scratched mirror holes in the drywall, cracked garage door support, messed up landscaping, no peep hole installed, doors not latching properly, dozens of nails scattered throughout the mulch and the list goes on. I was also told the home would have hurricane windows and it didn't happen. Happy with Brittany and Ryan and the work they did, but I'm not happy with the workmanship, or effort of the project manager or construction team. I saw when the house was going up that the work being done by other project managers was better, so I'm really disappointed. I'm happy with Brittany who is working to resolve, but I wish she didn't have to. ... More

We have found several issues within the 30 day warranty of initially purchasing the home that makes us question if the home can support or last us in the long run. The fact that they don’t finish painting the garage is another issue. This was not mentioned during the purchasing process. We have found a water bottle in our background full of urine. It was removed, however why was it in our backyard to begin with? They give you 1 point of contact for the 30 day warranty, which is time consuming because that person has 20-30 other things to do in addition to helping us. A dedicated person would have been more helpful and less stressful. The 30 day warranty should be extended to 60 days because we are still finding issues within the home. ... More

So our sales experience was amazing. The rep was personable. However, the build process is where we had lots of difficulties. Centex clearly contract workers that do not share their vision. There are just too many things that have to be fixed up to and even well after closing. This was not a good experience.

I closed over a month ago and have the same issues i had before closing. They told me we will get all this taken care of and even wrote up a form we both signed and told me within a week it will be done and its been over a month and I have been no showed several times and now just getting blown off with no help. Just need some accountability to keep checks on people

Overcharging for houses that don’t have fans or garage door openers. Then telling me by not putting fans and garage door opener that I’m somehow saving money which is not at all.

I went to closing all the way from Tennessee to Florida than find out they hadn't been finished my house that's happened 2 times

I'm just going to say the project leads Cody, and Abbi seriously dropped the ball on our home. We were forced to close or be charged an additional 500$ a day until closing. We are 46 days past our closing and we haven't finished moving in due to long list of punch-list work that needs to be completed. The quality of finishing work is abysmal, and even after 3 attempt of I-worc trying to fix their horrible paint/caulk job we are hopefully going to get results from a new sub-contractor. When the best that our project lead Abbi can say to us is that your house is livable there is a problem. I'm not going to go through some rant here because there is hope as we are working now with Brian who is coordinating the repairs and we greatly appreciate his efforts. I just wish they took time to finish the home before forcing us to close. Also working with Jill was a pleasure as well. ... More

Lack of sense of urgency and detail