Centex Homes Reviews

Since the pre-closing walkthrough, I noticed a lot of items were really low quality and very poor workmanship. I addressed those items, specifically the carpet and carpets padding and the wood strip that keeps it affixed to the corners. Nails were sticking out around the edges, making it a hazard for residents walking barefooted in their own home. I brought up the concern very clearly but nothing was done about that. The toilets installed in this properties are a joke. The amount of water dispensed with each flush is DEFINITELY insufficient to flush normal levels of waste, let alone any minimal amount.of toilet Tissue. Addressed issue with builder but attendant proactively shifted blame to homebuyer/occupant. Builder personnel did not even have the courtesy to warn new home owners not to flush any toilet tissue at all. Had another issue with their landscaping company, on the irrigation system and it has been 2 weeks since notifying them of the issue and they have not addressed yet. Horrible quality of materials, fixtures and workmanship. Horrible service as well. ... More

I have bought sever new construction homes and have had the opportunity to experience an array of quality in this experiences. This has been by far the worst homebuying experience I have had. My house was months late, the realtor and construction team did not communicate the delays to me in a timely manner which left me homeless for months. The quality of workmanship is horrible and the perks or upgrades and general quality of chosen for the house such as light fixtures and restroom fixtures are the lowest quality for what this house cost me. I will never recommend Pulte Homes or Centex to anyone. I was not taken care of a customer and this company does not provide a truly quality product. It’s all smoke and mirrors. ... More

Exterior paint details, wall finish details, carpet details, grass and trees issues, exterior details, concrete details, cleaning

This has been the most challenging and most unprofessional process I have gone through. Let me start with the workmanship; our house is still being worked on because of the awful job done throughout the house. Our cabinets, countertops, stove, drywall, restrooms, and porch needs to be fixed. The construction manager did an awful job making sure things were done correctly. Now trustworthiness, I left on vacation for eight days after closing and was told that all the repairs were going to be done during the time I was gone. When I came back, the only repair completed was the drywall, and the men working on the drywall didn't place anything on the rug/tile to protect it, and now drywall residue is stuck on the rug/tile. They missed so many things on the list of repairs, and I came home to a messy house. I could feel the drywall residue stuck to my tub and many other spots around the house. I had to argue with the construction manager to get these things repaired. Finally, their responsiveness. Halfway through the process, my original construction manager quit, and I received a message stating that my new construction manager would reach out shortly. I waited for an entire month without a response, and I decided I would get ahold of him. Well, it turns out he forgot to reach out. My communication was like this throughout the entire process. For these reason I will not be building or recommending Centex homes. ... More

Worst framework, squeaky subfloor, seems like the entire house is uneven. Lousy painting job. cracked on the vinyl planks, crappy concrete job, the list goes on..... The construction manager keeps saying: "We are production builders". So? All they care is production but not quality. Overall: Very poor workmanship.

Overall the experience was sub par. I’ll start by saying our construction manager was fantastic throughout the entire process. The house however is already showing is lack of workmanship. We have horribly poor mud and tape throughout the ceiling and some walls of the entire house and are in the process of having the framers and drywallers get back out in order to scrape, re mud and tape and then reapply the texture and paint for both up and down stairs. Definitely not the best way to start off living in a home after waiting for 10 months to move in. Loads of other simple quality control issues for example poor finish on some of our cabinets, not receiving the correct door handles and having them have to be replaced, scratches on mirrors which are being replaced and issues with the AC intermittently not working. All in all we will benefit greatly from the market increasing and without having the warranty take care of all of the repairs we absolutely would never consider building with them again. Poor communication from sales on day one resulting in the price of the house being higher than it should have when we originally signed. ... More

Poor workmanship. The day I closed, there was leak from broken pipe that was poorly done from the ceiling that flood the house. Electricals not done properly and too many issues with the home. Don't be in rush to close, wait at least a week after the house is completed.

These folks have a great salesperson without a fulfillment team to back them up. The field manager is unresponsive, inept, and is frankly over his head.

I’m not sure that I have enough space to truly voice my disappointment for this whole process; both sales and building. I wouldn’t recommend this team of builders, nor the mortgage company they offer, during the buying process. At the end of the day, I didn’t feel like a valued home owner. I was met with arrogance, ignorance, miscommunication, lack of respect. But I’m home, I guess.

I will never buy another Centex Home. A month without air conditioning is completely unacceptable. 90+ degree days. I have a baby. A MONTH. Do you have any idea how many times I heard, "we'll be back out tomorrow." I had chipped granite countertops that I had to keep bringing up. After cutting into my walls, they patched the drywall and STILL haven't finished painting. One might be inclined to think I'm just an outlier or just a complainer, however, if one were to come talk to people in the neighborhood, they would find them all in agreement. All of my neighbors say that they will NEVER buy another brand new home again. ... More

The house was rushed to closed by the builder even it was not completed. The third-party inspector told me not to buy this house as he was so worried about the build quality. When we move in the house so many incomplete items need to be fixed, we have to take time off work to stay and wait for their independent contractor schedule to fix those that should have been finished before hand.

This was my fourth new construction home with four different builders and by far the worst experience ever. All complaints are for the construction part of things. Title and sales were great!

A lot of cracks and imperfections, hire people that are proud of there work not just throws stuff together.

I purchased this home to relocated to San Antonio TX’ found what has turned out to be a nice neighborhood with a great group of neighbors… however it’s been nearly 5 months and I am still tracking down help to get my home repairs that were promised at closing done! My front door has blue tape all over it from the walk, I have a toilet down stairs that flooded, my living room switch turns the lights on in my bathroom! I have cracks and seams on the walls I’m almost every room and the guy I spoke with said “well we can get to those MINOR things when we walk through your house at the 11 month mark” I have asked numerous times for a manager to come walk my house with me and NOONE will! I have paid for repairs out of pocket to make the home livable! Literally I have no toilet in my bathroom downstairs still. I had to buy a new toilet myself! The list goes on and on about the horrific quality of fit and finish of this home, or should I say lack of quality! It has left me no choice but to reach out to the BBB I have emailed, called, text and spoken in person with multiple people and in 5 months the only thing that was handled was a few lady’s came in with interior touch up paint and slapped paint all over the cracks in the walls to try and fill them and shut me up. I am beyond frustrated, exhausted with efforts to get things handled and extremely disappointed in the builder Centex. ... More

They do not level the back yard for drainages unless they put the grass, my house did not include grass on the back and since we moved in and weeks prior to closing my yard was flooded and told many times my construction manager and never fix it, it’s been 3 months since we moved in and I still have the same issue and they refuse to fix it. I bought a new “quality” home to not have these issues but it’s been a terrible experience. Warranty guy never contacted me or email me about warranties.

The entire process was a horrible experience. We will never use Pulte/Centex again. Misinformation and lack of communication was an issue throughout the process. Even to the point they lied about the inspectors appointments which resulted in delays in closing, failed to disclose critical repairs need day before closing, construction manager did not even do a final walk through - before or after closing. There are so many issues with the property its ridiculous, from the poor painting, screws already popping through, incomplete finishes, cabinets that needed repair that still haven't been done, paint still on floors, main floor covered in drywall dust and had to force builders to arrange a cleaning day after closing. ... More

Worst home buying experience ever. The only thing that made this experience worth it was the construction manager behind upfront, honest, and handled every issues as quickly as possible.

This centex builder is not Upto the mark. They are building the homes to sell it fast. They are not looking for the quality of the house. The engineers working for centex are not professionally qualified and they mostly don’t know how to build the house but they are doing that. They are asking the buyer to close the house without completing the home and the buyer mostly don’t know about few things and they are rush to close because of the time limits.

Terrible, terrible buying experience. Builder purposely delayed close because we chose to use a third party lender. We were homeless living in an extended stay hotel with our pets for weeks because of their intentional delays. Pulte Mortgage was EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE in trying to keep us from going elsewhere. The “incentives” they offer buyers are eaten up by their ridiculously high fees, so you actually net zero dollars towards the purchase. The closing agent from Pulte was extremely rude during the signing. The build quality is seriously lacking. There was no attention to detail. Baseboards don’t line up throughout the house. There’s just gobs of caulk to cover their laziness which looks terrible. There are tacks sticking up through the carpet in areas and we keep getting poked by them. There’s paint spatter all over the vinyl plank floors, and glue from the installation of said floors was left to dry and harden so we have to use a putty knife and goo remover to scrape it off. I finally just gave up and put area rugs down. The paint used throughout is a flat sheen so every touch of the walls leaves a mark. And you cannot wipe the walls to remove the marks because the paint comes right off because they didn’t do several coats. You have to repaint each and every spot where there is a mark. The joints on the plastic coated MDF cabinets weren’t sealed nor was the shoe moulding. The cabinets are tiny and do not hold much. There are no drawers in either bathroom vanity. No drawers you ask? Nope. We have no storage in the bathrooms. We had to buy several pieces of furniture just for the storage. We had no electricity to the kitchen island and had to wait a month before it was fixed. Toilets and HVAC registers were installed crooked and not corrected despite our requesting it during final walk through. Sod was laid right over the weeds. The grass is dead in the extreme heat, but the weeds are flourishing. I will say the representative who I initially communicated with was very nice and helpful and our construction manager was great. The warranty work we’ve requested has been handled expediently. Our overall experience was a huge disappointment. We were so excited to have a brand new home and that was ruined by Pulte/Centex. The overall quality of the build is very, very poor. The tradesman used are just lazy and have no pride in their work. They do the absolute minimum and it shows. Just go elsewhere and maybe pay more but have a better finished product and a builder who doesn’t play childish games with people’s lives. ... More

Very poor communication, lack of attention to details. Very poor workmanship and care for work.

I hesitated to write this review, but the number of issues I had to go through with this new build is unbearable. The closing date was 2/18/2022. Today is 4/21/2022. Before buying this house, I was ready to go with Taylor Morrison vs. Pulte. However, I end-up signing with Pulte/Centex after considering the commute (Centex house is closer to the city). The model house I saw was well finished. The quality is high and promising. The build I end up with is nothing alike. Summarizing the issues as below: The number of tickets I have open for a MAJOR problem is 8. Below is a list and brief description: The slab under the garage door was not even. That will allow the water to go in, plus insects. The main water shut-off valve inside the garage is buried behind the drywall. They had to cut and surface the value box. 120 volts of electricity was running in the front yard bibb. I attempted to water the front yard one day and got shocked by the electricity. The electrician found out that there was a screwdriver was right in the main electricity line. Interior finishes are bad. Modeling is not straight, and electricity outlets are not aligned. The paint was poorly applied to the front door. They came to fix it, but it still looks so bad. The house floorplan I went with has six kitchen cabinets on one side installed side by side. There is a trim at the top of the cabinets. They cut that trim into two pieces and kept a gap between them. The garage door rail was curvy. The garage door was making a noise when the motor attempted to pull the door up. After closing on the house, I found some scratches on the backdoor glass. They replaced the glass, but the door paint needed some touch-ups afterward. The original backdoor color was white, but the painters decided to paint it black from the outside. They ended up replacing the door and still waiting for the painters (praying nothing will go wrong this time). Some items to add to the above list: Centex claimed they put plywood or glue under the vinyl during the floor installation, but that is not true. They claimed they used some kuchen under the carpet and glue to hold the carpet, but that is not true. I believe going with Centex/Pulte was a wrong decision. ... More

I closed in November and still at missing stuff from my home. Unacceptable

I have lived in my home less than 2 months and it is little falling apart. The longer I live here the more issues I have. The attention to detail is terrible. The quality is terrible. My cabinets must have been installed by someone with no experience. The texture and paint have to be fixed. The shower rod is so cheap it literally broke when I hung my shower curtain. I’m so frustrated with this home.

I still don't have my ref. and don't have a date when it coming.

I have already written a 3 page letter and sent to multiple Centex/Pulte reps.