Del Webb Reviews in Riverside San Bernardino, CA

The gas pipe is out to far to put my stove into place needed to find a handyman to fix that and our outdoor hose spicket at our cost very shady. We have already closed and no one can help us from Pulte

We bought a new build home from Pulte.. All went well until we received the call telling us the date for our walk through. We live in another country and could not drop everything and fly to see the home. After much back and forth, a date was agreed upon. Then came the calls saying “can we push it back a week?”. After booking flights, hotel, kennel for the dogs, I said it is either finished, or you hold it for when we come down in November. They promised to get it ready. We arrived as agreed and the house was not finished. It has been a &*$# show since then. We had to fly home and are left with a long list of things to get fixed when we arrive in November. Pulte will promise you the moon, but once they get your money, you fall to the bottom of the list. It appears that the company has internal performance measures that each team has to meet - sales, construction, walk through, after build - and the targets put the squeeze on staff which puts the squeeze on the home buyers. At the end of the process, we are left to deal with a “Customer Care Manager” who says he is overworked, with 250 homes to service from phase 5, and just seems to sign work orders for things to be fixed or completed, and the new home owner becomes the contractor for the work. Not what I would have expected on the delivery of a new home. Free advice for Pulte and Del Webb - stop squeezing your staff with unreasonable timeframes, stop “delivering” new homes that are unfinished and full of deficiencies, and listen to your customers versus trying to push us into your time frames. ... More

The buying part was fine. My sales agent was very attentive and kept in touch constantly. She also took pictures at various points and sent them to me, which I greatly appreciated since I didn't live close enough to check on progress frequently. Since closing, however, I have had endless issues with the quality and response time in getting problems fixed. Every separate item requires a separate repair order and pictures. Then you wait for someone to approve the repair, the vendor to contact you, and even then, sometimes the items are not all fixed and they have to come back. I feel that my closing was rushed at the expense of quality and that some of the vendors used for the different trades are not experts at what they are doing. ... More

Brent intentionally mispresented when punch items would be finish in order to get a sign off on closing. He refuses or neglects to get items done. Its been 45 days since closing still not finished.

Home buying should be fun and this was not. I chose my home lot because of the location and views, not being told that there was a hill and homes being built above me. I paid a premium for my lot and now all my views are blocked. The finishing up my home was delayed over two months, which was very frustrating as I never knew whether it was going to be done or not, and when my move-in date would be. But, when I finally moved in, I love my home, and the small issues have been taken care of. The neighborhood is fabulous and the amenities are beyond amazing. So I guess, all in all it’s worth it.

The contractor site managers and other personnel have been knowledgeable, polite and considerate. I have had minor problems with the dwelling but so far these issues have been resolved except for items deleted or on backorder. I purchased the backyard landscaping from contractor. I am disappointed with the results and would not recommend this option purchase. However, homeowners who are installing their own backyards and pools lack consideration of the near neighbors. Overall my experience has been marginally positive.

There is a severe lack of communication between the construction team and the team that schedules walk thru and closing appointments. Do NOT give up your current residence until you have the keys for your new home in your possession. Having a final walk thru scheduled when there is no flooring, no plumbing fixtures, no appliances, no toilets/showers as a start and your closing as I knew at that time was in 3 days! There were still more "rescheduled" closings after that as well.

Add ons and additions explained in more detail. Forms/requirements for landscape issues way to difficult.

I feel the quality and attention to details was lacking. Once I did the walk through I could see poor painting and floor work. Also three of the drawers wouldn't roll out smoothly or at all. Meaning they installed them knowing this and then walked away from the job. Leaving me to deal with getting it using the warranty.

We moved into the house a few weeks ago. During this time we have noticed multiple cracks in the house. The paint quality in the house is not great. The wall panels in the second bathroom were so thin grab bars could not be installed. We had to pay several thousand dollars to replace the panels and install drywall just to install the grab bar.

Love the Del Web community. House was completed 3 months later than promised!!! Response from the warranty team was timely. Pulte could have done a better job checking the workmanship quality of the exterior and interior painting, and the tile floor installation.

not a luxury experience, poor internal communications between builder, mortgage, and in house title company, salesperson excellent and carries the burden for the brand. DWRM seems to have really gone down in neighborhood quality in these last phases. Dirty work sites, skimpy landscaping etc.

The contract called for an insulated garage door, now they say they cannot deliver it and offered a $500 credit. No way you can buy a door for that price! What an insult!

My expectations of this builder were way above where they should have been. My thought was that this was a builder who had been around a long time, was building a huge complex, therefore would be able to offer quality without compromise. My list of "things that are wrong" is minimal, yet enough to make the entire home purchasing process dismal. Warped wood, broken window, appliances not available upon closing, property grading horrible............best of luck to future buyers! I would not purchase from this company ever again.

We actually like our home a lot. We would have rated Pulte 5 stars until we moved in. Our desert home is one block from ongoing construction. The spring windy season hit right after we moved in. Pulte not only makes no effort to control loose blowing sand at the construction sites (directly upwind of our home), construction debris--sheets of styrofoam, cardboard boxes, wrappers, fast food containers--are left in the open where they blow right downwind and collect in our yard. Pulte charged us $2000 for an optional landscaping package with a gravel and river rock front yard. It was beautiful until their uncontrolled sand from the construction lots buried it. Pulte refuses to do anything about the damage, citing a clause in the contract. But our home is in phase 5 out of 6 in this community; they have known about this issue for years, having built successive waves of blocks of homes. Homes identical to ours 2 blocks further downwind, with the identical gravel/stone landscaping option, escaped the windy season unharmed. This is not a "you're in the desert, you should have expected it" story. This is corporate neglect. Pulte knew what would happen to our home and looked the other way. They lost all right to a good review when they chose that path. ... More

Texture overspray everywhere, tape, all just painted over and not removed. Refer defective, items still need to be repaired(making a list) and much more. Sales team was great, but that is where it stopped.

The community is very attractive; however I regret my purchase due to the poor quality of construction. Particularly poor workmanship with painting, drywall and cabinetry. Issues with electrical, appliances and plumbing. Simply stated, the builder lacks a quality build process.

Communication or lack thereof is a major issue. For an operation this large you’d think they’d have the process nailed but they don’t. They make a big deal about their build quality process which is mostly just PR. We were rushed through the final walk-through (what they term the Build Quality Celebration). The house was still dirty. There were holes in a cabinet and bathroom door, paint splatters were all over the floors, we got about zero info on how the house actually worked, the back sliding door is almost impossible to “slide”, etc and we were lucky. Some new neighbors were pushed to close without gas and electric service being turned on. we are the last phase of this development and Pulte clearly wants to get done and move on. The solar company that installed the required rooftop system/ Sunpower, is terrible/ has lousy customer service. Buyer beware! ... More

NOT top grade. Obviously rushed work ( slapdash painting, wrong measurements and materials, missing materials.wilful lack of communication. abandonment by supervisors,etc) Cust Care Management required continual pleas and proofs

My experience was so disappointing, especially with Pulte Mortgage. I loved the location and floor plan of my home, but the only time I felt like I was a client that Pulte was trying to please was during my interior design consultation. They did meet the deadline set for closing, but they did so through obviously rushed final construction details. I initially applied for a very small mortgage with Pulte Mortgage simply to get the promised contribution towards closing costs. However, Pulte ladled on some many junk and excessive fees (both application and processing fees, for example). The week before closing, my loan consultant said everything was on track for closing. Then, the day before closing I was presented with demands for more documentation on a loan to value of only 15% (meaning I had 85% of my home’s value in equity). I finally told them to cancel my loan and funded my purchase from my own funds. I would not recommend an initial purchase through Pulte for any of my friends or family. ... More

Pultes customer service representative was not helpful at all. She will find any excuse not to help you with your issues. You have to battle with them to get anything done. Once they have your money, you're on your own.

Promises by sales not kept. Mislead information

Over 40 issues noted three days before scheduled funding. We ended up being the quality control manager. Some issues still not resolved months later. Stains and paint splatter on $27,000 optional flooring that we are still cleaning ourselves. Upgraded Kitchen fan DOA and still not working. Still waiting for gutters to be completely installed.... Planning worked well, poor execution.

Lack of communication and indifference on the builders part to living up to how they market the home buying experience.

Would NOT recommend to buy a home built by PULTE