Del Webb Reviews in Jacksonville St. Augustine, FL

This is the second Del Webb home we have owned. The first was in California. Overall, the quality of the homes is at a very high level. However, with our new home, a few things seem sub-standard for Del Webb quality. One is the landscaping in the front . Some homes were "lucky" enough to get 3 palm trees (we were given no choices). Some of us got none. Instead we got little scrubby trees and shrubs with no color in the design. UGLY!! Very inconsistent quality. Many neighbors plan to install all new trees and plants. The second issue is the quality of the wall paint inside the home. We have owned many homes and never encountered such low quality paint. It is not at all washable or even wipeable. If you touch it with water, it dissolves immediately. It's like chalk. We are very unhappy with it. Why would anyone put such shabby paint in these nice homes? These homes are at the top of the market for square footage price! Finally, the warranty process is really slow to respond and even slower to resolve problems with the new construction. You have to send repeated requests to even get a response. Then someone just comes out to talk to you. That has happened twice now. Our neighbor next door, who has been here several months longer than we have, says, "There is no warranty!" Our last Del Webb home was pre-owned. Is this how it always is with Pulte new construction? ... More

Repairs have been slow, if at all at this point. Still waiting on repairs to be perform. Some construction is very good but other installations are poorly done (shade installed 8 inches short, kitchen shelves that collapse).

Make sure to stay on top of your construction manager throughout the build process. The quality off the work by the tradesmen is sloppy and the quality of some of the materials is less than would be expected for a home at this price level.

Very nice models with plenty of options but the quality of the actual build and the materials really is absolute crap. I'm sorry... and my Project Manager did an amazing job and responded to everything and went above and beyond. If you are asking me what I want others to know... know that Del Webb is a nice place with total crap quality construction... come see my house and I'll show you crap quality of trim, floor moulding, door installations, windows are not even remotely square, terrible caulking & sealing, and virtually no care at all when painting the exterior or interior. And there is virtually NOTHING Del Webb is going to do about it. Nice place to live though... really. ... More

We like our home very much even with the problems we encountered and the lacking attention to detail. We had numerous delays which pushed our closing back and caused many necessary changes to our timeline. When we did finally close, the home was less than clean and the painting, both exterior and interior, was terrible. I have been spending time repainting, cleaning paint off hinges, grout off tile floors,patching wall divots, and just general deep cleaning. Getting items fixed has been slow and sometimes fixed items need to be refixed. All in all, we love our community and are enjoying our home but the attention to detail was certainly lacking and not up to the standard of our previous Minto home. ... More

My husband and I purchased a Pulte Del Webb lot in March 2022 and moved into the completed house in April 2023. Unfortunately no cable line had been installed. The project manager blamed AT&T and AT&T blamed Pulte. As of today ( six weeks after closing), THERE IS A CABLE LINE EXPOSED RUNNING ACROSS OUR DRIVEWAY THAT NEEDS TO BE BURIED. We have been in constant communication with AT&T to get this resolved. Seems like the project manager should have been the one to double-check this from the onset of the build. After one month from our purchase, the realtor associated with Pulte took another position within the company. She was replaced and, after a few more months, the second individual assigned to us moved on from Pulte. Our initial project manager was removed after two thirds of the house build. I will say the first project manager was very faithful with his email and photo progress updates. Enter the second project manager who was not great with progress communication. The first and final walkthroughs felt rushed and I felt quite pressured to give the project manager “10s”, as he made it seem his job would otherwise be in jeopardy. After the first walkthrough, there were 14 areas to be addressed. To his credit, the project manager had corrected 13 of the areas by closing date. My husband and I were introduced to the customer care rep. the day of closing. A binder was not left with the house, but the rep brought one by the next day. He also mentioned that he had registered all the appliances for us. After one week of living in the house, there were several “ issues”. - The bathtub does not drain - Towel holders were loose - column in back of house dinged up ( chipping) - no “ decking” installed in attic - sloppy grout work mostly in bathrooms - the house was basically dirty when we moved in with bits of grout ( like they were dripped ) stuck on tile pieces. There are certain areas with clean grout and other areas with dirty grout lines. Our customer care rep., to his credit, did come by and address the problems. Pulte lined up companies to come fix most of the issues. We are still waiting on a response to the clogged drain in the bathtub. In looking around this community, I see many trucks and workers. Houses seem to go up quickly, although ours took a little over a year. I expected a more professional job due to the duration of the build. It appears the workmanship was hurried, with not much attention to detail. I suppose the turnover with realtors and project managers could have played a part in this result? Still on the fence as to whether I would recommend Pulte to prospective buyers. ... More

The build process was okay with the exception of faults and disappointment as the close approached. From finishes, plumbing, accents, there are the expected issues but many that should have absolutely been captured through the quality process.

We have only been in our new home for a month, but here is our impression thus far. There was considerable turnover during the build with our construction manager, our sales rep, and our customer care person. That made the experience quite frustrating. We finally had a great construction manager at the end of the process (Tim) who made the closing come together. There are a number of punch list fixes that need to get resolved and they are scheduled. We will await those to be completed before we give a complete review. We are thrilled to be in our home, but we will wait until all gets fixed before providing a final review, ... More

I feel that the building process was too rushed towards the end so that we could move into our homes ASAP and consequently, workmanship suffered.

My field manager resigned a few days before my closing . Major issues like installing my sliding glass door was left till right before my closing. I left to go to my closing with many unresolved issues. My sod was dried up . My outside shutters still are not on and my shower glass was installed after the closing . My dishwasher was installed 2 week after the closing My shelf in the closet collapsed the day I moved in and the bracket hit the drywall and left a hole in it .The new assigned field manager took care of the closet disaster and hooked up my dryer so I could use it He did the best he could under the circumstances . I still have not received my trim package on my microwave and my front yard has a sick looking magnolia tree . I am discouraged and disappointed one month after moving in to my Pulte home ... More

Average workmanship volume builder. Premium paid for 55 plus amenities.

I think Pulte did a fair job and missed a lot of easy opportunities to build a great home and engender goodwill with this customer. My perspective is likely skewed as my last new home purchase and build was 30 years ago, and for a much larger home at less than half the cost of this home. I don't feel the contractors hired by Pulte were striving for excellence in any way, shape, or form. I don't feel the Pulte construction manager had much experience and talked a good story but at the end of the day was not straightforward with the customer. In fact, I think he outright lied to me. For the price point these homes are thrown together and cheap. I'm not even convinced that they meet code. Especially hurricane or wind code requirements. Time and the first hurricane will tell the story. On the warranty side things are a little better but most of the warranty issues, in my opinion, were created by sloppy and shoddy workmanship, and the construction manager not understanding what was needed or asked for. ... More

Workmanship and work quality is terrible.

Issues found with home and am receiving no response from anyone. Very disappointing.

My realitor was great and worked with me the entire process. I love my neighbors and the community. The workmanship, however, needs major improvement. January was the month to have all repairs addressed...still waiting. We flooded within a week after move in. The plumber didn't tighten the pipes and the dishwasher knocked it loose. Upgraded cabinets, cheaply made, cracked tiles, crooked counter, and more. Our Pulte Rep is trying. But actually having someone show up to fo the repairs, is another story. We are happy to have moved here, but disappointed in the builder.

Very impressed with the models and the sales people. Very disappointed in the quality of workmanship and the response time in trying to get repairs done due to closing being rushed. Shortcuts were taken. Issues with painters, plumbers and electricians

Way to many items that had to be addressed after delivery. Building foreman should have seen these problems and addressed then while building. This is the poorest built home we have owned inn10 homes.

There are some good people working for Del Webb and there are some that are really not very good. It takes a long time for them to make needed personnel changes. In general, the sales team is not very good and makes promises that cannot be fulfilled. The onsite building managers are very uneven. Some try hard, others are awful and just saying it is a supply chain issue doesn't cut it because when a new, competent on site manager comes in, things start to happen.

The quality of work by the finishing trades left much to be desired. They were careless damaging walls, sheet rocking over electrical boxes and water feeds. Insulation was missing and had to be redone. People didn’t show up when they were supposed to. Tile work in both bathrooms had to be ripped out and replaced delaying closing. Not at all what we expected. Our closing was delayed 2 months costing us thousands of dollars in rent and storage fees. We have built other homes and did not have the stressful experience we had here.

Best option is to not take any indoor upgrades and have house redone after close. The inside walls with the orange peel finish are horrible. Everyone hates them yet they will not let you change.

John G. in sales is the one person that made this experience enjoyable. He returned or texted me back in a timely manner. When we had a concern, he would look into it and again in a timely manner respond back. The neighbors are wonderful and very helpful as well.

We were very excited to go through the process. We started with the purchase of the lot and like all sales agents I imagine ours threw the “you better hurry; someone else is looking at the lot” warning to purchase now. Whatever. The build was slow but expected to go from Nov to Jun 1; we closed on Jun 30 so had to extend our apartment lease Jun and then Jul ($$$). We knew we’d have quality issues when we walked through and saw the plumbing in the laundry room was turned backwards. Fast forward to final walkthrough and the result is a punch list 19+ lines long and supposed to be addressed before move in. That didn’t happen and we are still waiting and finding more poor workmanship flaws such as under counter cabinet slide out draw coming apart when pulled out, upside down electric socket that doesn’t have power, etc. I expected better quality from Pulte. ... More

Building a house during a pandemic & supply chain issues presents a unique set of challenges, but there is no excuse for lack of communication. Pulte started more homes than they could handle. Crews get paid by the job so they rush from one house aka job to the next. Needless to say, there’s a lot of sloppy work. Our home took about 5-6 months longer than others started at the same time. The cabinet company used is horrible. After 1 month we are still trying to get issues addressed that would take a handyman a few hours. Workers just don’t show up. And we are doing a lot better than others around here. My best advice is to hire an independent inspector before you close. ... More

Home was not where it should have been for final walkthrough. Too many issues still to be addressed and corrected and fixed. Once these are corrected, we will be happy with our new home.

Quality of workmanship below average. Still finding issues every week. Warranty team not very responsive.