Centex Homes Reviews

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

My concrete wall need to be fixed but know one shows up, I’m telling them to fixed it and the ceiling paint is bad, my. Backyard is all being crack. I have referred my friends to centex but I’m really upset with the builder. I’m not going to refer my friends and family to this builder .

The house wasn't done when we went to closing. centex assured us that they were going to everything done as we moved in, but it been 2 months now since we moved and the house is still uncompleted. We're thinking of bringing this issue to court.

Homes are slapped together workers not double checking their work. Warranty take forever to get somebody out there. My front door was not installed correctly. Had to hire my own guy because 84 Iumber is worthless. I have 2 cracked windows. Still waiting for that.

the whole inside of the house is painted the same color. all the walls and trim work? water company charged us for 19000 gallons of water used, we were not living there yet and still as this date haven't?

Extremely poor communication, already found problems in the home within the first month.

The Home The house itself is great construction and we love our home. There were many issues that were not resolved until after closing but several (stained carpet, scratched tubs, missing kitchen cabinet) were resolved quickly. We were informed throughout the building phase as to how the construction was coming but we're not informed well enough to where when our closing date came we were told it had to be pushed back another week. It was always "we are coming along great, man" when it really wasn't. Our apartment lease was about to expire and we had three days between closing and our lease expiring to move. Would have been better that we were told sooner about the closing date being pushed back. Centex did compromise and allow us in the house before closing to paint given our time crunch. Overall, we have had no problems with the quality of the home. Weather Agreement Fixes and Sod When we closed there were still several issues to be fixed and we closed in December, so no sod. It took two months for our last kitchen cabinet to be installed and even then there was a missing part which took another three months for someone to call me to set up a time to come install. We still do not have a shelf in a bedroom closet mounted and it has been five months since closing. We only need a single wall mount. As for the sod, we were repeatedly told by the builder that our sod would be put in first. He told our neighbor and us both that since we moved into the new construction area first, we would get sod first. Since he began sodding the new homes 2-3 weeks ago, we have not gotten our sod. Every other house in our street, including homes that have not closed have sod. Our neighbors and us both have backyard fences, which nobody else has, and we are essentially being punished because of it. The builder wants to take out a 6ft section of both our fences in order to use machines to lay the sod. He knew we were building fences and he said they can lay it by hand. We are repeatedly told that we will be getting sod "this week" and it never happens. Our neighbors were told this same thing this week and they have drug their feet and not given us our sod to the point where they can't give us our sod because rain is coming. My family was right, once you close on your house, it's like the builder doesn't even know you. I researched many companies before I settled on Centex and I thought they would be different when it came to trust. The home itself is great but the responsiveness and trust are nowhere to be seen. ... More

Not trustworthy and quality Also when called for repair before closing and after closing so far no one came by and fixed yet When I said to change closing date since everything not finished they told me that I have to close house otherwise you will have pay daily charge

I believe there should be a better explanation from the moment you are introduced to the neighborhood construction and details of the home .

I just spent a month in this new home but I have experienced much trouble with a lot of things not working. The first thing I experienced the second day of packing in was the microwave got damaged. Air conditioning system was not properly designed for 2 of the rooms as it does not circulate air. Electrical faults and leakage at the kitchen sinks. Too bad.

Our walk through took over two hours, almost a month later, we still have items from our walk through still being taken care of. Hopefully, this will be all finished by June 19th, we moved in on May 20th. It has taken countless emails and follow up emails and calls to get my home up to new house standard. We moved in with in accurate details on who hooked up the facilities. Were there close to two weeks before the internet was able to be installed, the subdivision was not ready for people to move in. We are supposed to have our grass cut under the home owners association. We have not been given the contact information, almost in a month and no one has come to cut the grass. Having difficulty finding out whom to contact to get this done. Have had two field managers, never has been truly supervising the house construction or workers as needed. The initial paint job was the worst of any home I have ever lived in. There was a hole in my shower, grout issues, paint on tile and hard wood floors, paint on cabinets. We had a toilet that had to be fixed by a plumber, a nasty spot on the concrete that had to be fixed. Overall, it has been difficult. We are having to pick up nails left by construction crews on the streets, trash continually blows into our yards. We also had an issue during construction when our screened porch was done wrong and the patio was not poured. I am just now beginning to think that after tomorrow, when the security team should be finished and the remaining paint removed from my floors that my home will feel like my home. However, I am still concerned with the construction crews that are leaving too many nails, trash, and I would like the Home Owners Association to cut my grass as promised and paid for at my closing. ... More

House is great value, selling process and performance was terrible. Get everything in writing - flat lot? Sod? Time line. Everything needs to be in writing.

Closed almost two months ago and the house still isn’t finished. The final checklist was never completed. New contractor couldn’t be bothered because my house is already closed.

My yard was never graded correctly and it has caused my back yard CLOSEST to my patio to become a swamp. I was told that as long as the water wasn't standing after 24 hrs that it was fine. I can't even walk through my gate to my back yard a WEEK after it rains because it's still a mud hole. You can see with the naked eye that there are spots that would hold water because of the way it was graded. Like pools graded into my yard. I submitted a request for the repair almost a month ago and still have not had repairs done. They sent someone out, marked the areas, and never came back.

Salesperson lied or did not know services he said were included were in fact not. Floor plan was different from model with closets, only after saying something did they address and then we had light switches that went no where. Most importantly, look at the Management company they hire for the community. If you want simple things like gutters, fence or to screen a porch it could take months for approval. The rules that apply to you as the homeowner do not apply to the builder either. I am greeted to cement trucks 5 days a week at 5am as they begin construction, but I cannot get “an approved style fence” for two months because it took 16 phone calls and 6 emails to get something done. ... More