Del Webb Reviews in Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill, NC

The entire process to buy our new Del Webb home in Carolina Gardens Fuquay-Varina, NC was seamless. The interface with Pulte with construction, financing and insurance was very well coordinated. The quality of the workmanship of our new home is outstanding.

This is the first time we have built a house. The sales person listened to our needs and gave us spot on recommendations. Our project manager kept us informed all along the way. The house was finished when they said it would be. Our "blue tape" walk thru was so helpful and informative. The closing went smoothly and we are happily in our house.

Miscommunications between builder and sales office about the house and location on the lot and misrep of house location in the purchase agreement.

The process is straight forward but the selection of interior finish requires at least two visits. The consultant was pleasant and helpful, but we felt rushed, The sales experience went smoothly but discussions were open for interpretation. The site project manager was awesome. He did everything he could to address issues.

the workmanship is a bit shoddy. Paint on the carpet, doors that aren't hung correctly, weather-stripping falling off, paint blistering under front door sill, cabinet doors out of adjustment and not being able to get adjusted properly, drawers delaminating, etc. I understand these are track built homes but there should be more pride taken in the finished product.

From the beginning contacts in the Sales Office until the completion of the home we were always informed of the progress of finances, building design options that were communicated in a polite and responsive way.

Our buying experience was wonderful with Dorothy. She listened to what we wanted and answered all our questions. The quality of workmanship was not great. Many problems - paint splatter on floor, cracked and chipped tub, crack in master mirror, cold water supply line for washer had cracked unit, walls were not straight, trim work was sub-par - looked like a dog chewed off the ends of the quarter rounds,. This is what we walked into at our Celebration walk through. I had to scrub paint off my floor and out of my kitchen sink. There was no quality control by our project manager Joey. Very disappointed. Potential buyers need to be present when building the house. Our Customer Care rep Brandon was very responsive and fixed many of our issues. I am still not satisfied with the tub repair - it looks like its been repaired, and the trim work is still terrible. I will ask these items to be replaced at the 11 month insprection. ... More

I was extremely impressed with my Construction Manager, Tomas. He was very professional, trustworthy, responsive, and thorough while going through the Pre-Drywall and Final Inspection.

Experience has been relatively painless. Happy with landscaping. Home seems well built.

Austin was absolutely the best construction manager! We were very impressed with his skills, attention to detail and responsiveness to our questions. He made the home building process feel safe and secure. We are really loving our new home!!!

The house is new. So far it’s been a good day. It’s very small, but I think it will be worth it.

Vicky the Realtor was awesome throughout the buying process. Thomas the “builder” was terrific from the initial meeting to the final walk-thru.

A lot of nice people but they dig in on simple issues

The home is great. Construction representatives were really responsive to our requests. We love the area. I would give everything 5 stars except Pulte Mortgage made the closing extremely stressful - they left everything to the last minute and did not communicate their requirements clearly which lead to massive confusion.

From beginning to end my experience was excellent. Ms Parrott was great in showing us around and helping us to narrow the selections of houses. Thomas Johnson our contractor was amazing. He saw issues before I did and had them corrected. He was timely in providing responses. Our home was finished when he said that it would be finished. Excellent work was performed by Thomas and his crew.

Our project supervisor, Zach, has been WONDERFUL. If he can get things done, he absolutely does; if he can't it's because "his boss", "Pulte", has his hands tied. Our landscaping/grading of back yard is a mess - you can't grow grass on clay whether you water it or not. You can't walk on the lawn there are so many rocks underneath; I'm afraid I'm going to twist my ankle. The side of the house is pitched so steep you can't walk on that either. We are supposed to have a retaining wall and fence on the bottom of the "cliff" of our back yard and don't. Pulte representative(s) are blaming the Town of why we don't have a retaining wall/fence. Last time it rained you could watch the mud (because the sod is a joke), washing down into the property below us (which is a small "park" with corn hole boards). Spoke to representative(s) of Town and they said Pulte should have put a retaining wall/fence, but didn't. Before we closed, we walked the property and I questioned the grading of the back yard and absence of the retaining wall and fence that is behind all of the other homes next to us. I was told "don't worry about it - it'll be fixed." STILL NOT FIXED ALMOST 2 MONTHS LATER AND NO ANSWERS FROM ANYONE. ... More

My Home Buying Experience was pleasant! I have been in my home for approximately 60 days and have enjoyed the experiences. The community is delightful. However, the HOA experience not so. I am very concerned about getting satisfactory responses for reported Service Requests.

I had a wonderful experience from day one. Vicky in sales was amazing, Jimmy with finance was also amazing and answered my questions. Vicky helped me pick out the home I wanted. Hillary in design was very experienced and helped me get the options I wanted. Austin my CM was outstanding and guided me through the construction process and made sure I understood and was happy with the process. I am very satisfied with my new home and the Del Webb community at Carolina Gardens.

Evan, has been a wonderful person to work with, very knowledgeable and helpful. Everyone in the club house has been kind and helpful as well!

Some of Sod put down on lawn prior to close by Pulse contractor was DEAD. Other sod, especially in rear of home is WEED infested. This needs to be corrected. Watering and weed control has not rectified the problem

We have (hopefully had) a problem with mold found in the attic at pre-drywall inspection. It was treated just before closing but rather than guarantee it in writing that if there is ever a future problem where it spreads which I pushed for, but instead was told this verbally. You have a 1-year warrantee and "IF" we determine we should cover the repair or ongoing treatment then we will. Otherwise, it will be at our expense, which leaves me very concerned about the long-term quality, safety and potential repair/maintenance cost of our new home.

I think that the up charges for upgrades is extremely high. The prices obviously include but labor is already paid for in the basic packages. It takes no more labor for example to install black faucets over chrome yet the charge is twice as much as the cost of the faucet. Some items listed as upgrades that should really just be a choice. Some things should be standard. A lot of misinformation and waits for amenities.

The house is well built but has some issues with workmanship. For example, we went to install a ceiling fan on our patio and when we removed the light fixture we saw that the vinyl ceiling was cracked. The light fixture hid that. Also there was a number of caulk residue areas that I had to clean up. It takes a VERY long time to get hot water in the kitchen sink faucet.

It was the worst experience in building a home from lack of supervision to communication of our PM, I would never recommend Pulte, we are still waiting for a basket strainer for the kitchen sink, totally unprofessional.

From the sales process with Diandra, then design with Karen, to construction with Joey, it was a great experience. Each one of them walked us through the process and offered offered valuable opinions that enabled us to have what we feel is our perfect home!