Del Webb Reviews

Throughout the 5 month building process we tried to communicate with the Construction Foreman assigned to our project. We called, texted and emailed. He never responded, even when goaded by our request through the Sales department. Shoddy wood in the walls, a leaking roof due to a cracked tile, missing ceiling lights, a misplaced exterior outlet, and a longer list. And the final straw was when the construction was delayed for a month and we were not notified. If the mark of a quality builder is attention to the customer and attention to detail during construction, then Del Webb's Estates at Mirehaven does not qualify to claim that title. ... More

interior paint work very poor .paint spots all over the floor ,never cleaned it up.

Been here 1 month. We understand now why we were unable to use a flashlight during walkthrough closing, we would have seen & been able to identify ALL the poor craftmanship on the walls. The walls panels are not smooth notices inconsistencies such as small circle and lines. The floors make noises/air pockets, unlevel. The kitchen cabinets have dents.

Stay away. They keep lying about the Amenity Center. When we bought, they said it would be completed by mid 2026. Then they said late 2026. Now they say late 2027!!!! The temporary one they set up has already been outgrown and people are avoiding it. Every resident here is very angry about this.

Materials used were inferior. When questions were asked they told us nothing was wrong besides nothing could be changed. We stated we would not move into this house unless fixed but again we heard we can’t do that. My manager will be very upset. It was supposed to be wheelchair accessible but it isn’t. We wanted to cancel the contract but was told you can but you’ll lose the monies put down. We will not be moving into the house and currently have it up for sale. If anyone can buy back this house that would be great. Please help. Thank you.

My expectations of DelWebb were low to begin with. I have no doubt this likely seems unlikely from your end however my experience with DelWebb has been terrible from the start. The initial sales agent had to be replaced and as a result I contacted my lawyer about elder abuse which requires a level to be met to proceed. Even though the lawyer felt we met the standard I did not pursue as proving monetary damages would have been a challenge. So lets start there, the initial sales agent simply did not do his job, did not effectively communicate and left many things undone that suddenly had to be done on the day of contracting/closing. He did not properly nor professionally communicate signing needs especially about the down payment. Prior to signing the contract he gave vague answers on what to bring at contract signing and did not communicate at all with regard to how to handle the down payment. He "alluded to" financing options but never bothered to follow up and never bothered to speak of down payment again until signature day at the end. Unprofessional, evasive, and irresponsible would be how I describe his actions. Based on this if he was my responsibility he would have been fired from DelWebb and I feel strongly enough on this I consulted a lawyer. Enough about him he is useless and dishonest. Elaine outshined him is every way possible. Moving on to contract management. I did receive regular updates on the progress but was never information how to use my login credentials. I finally figured out I needed to associate the address in the DelWebb portal to see the comments but once I did this it was a waste of time as the information was minimal. Can't see why DelWebb even bothered to update the portal as the information was minimal. I assume none of these people have cell phones to take a picture of the work and include in the portal to show the work being done. Many of the inspection points were last minute with very little notice to schedule time to inspect. The effort on your part was not at an appropriate level. As we moved further to close the pace picked up but it was hampered by DelWebb wanting the close to happen far and above any concern about the work getting done and getting it done right. The day of closing the DelWebb rep (nice guy but more concerned with getting our approval rather than getting it done right) was running around trying to coordinate our signature rather than getting the work done to our satisfaction. Workers were in and out of the house with shoes on running around trying to get everything done. The rep was more concerned with getting a positive survey so he could get full pay rather than getting the work done to our satisfaction. In fact any DelWebb employee that depends on survey results to get paid talked about it with us and pleaded for a 5 star across the board. I think this is distasteful and I will rate people as I see it. With the exception of Elaine I can't think of one person in the organization deserving of a 5 star in any category. home that needs many reI recognize this is DelWebb home and not the Mortgage side however I have never experienced a financial organization experience worse than what I went through. Absolutely the worst financial experience I've ever been exposed to. Enough on that here. So we now have a repairs needed and finishing touches as a result of your focus being directed at getting closed and getting 5 star ratings. Our internet was down upon moving into the house because YOUR contractors apparently cannot distinguish between grass and internet cable. They cut the line. So moving day involved contacting ATT and resolving that issue. Total nonsense. I haven't even had time to go over the outside of the home and expect issues there one of which is a downspout for the water runoff depositing water directly on our OPTIONAL back patio. Why would anyone do this? I'm sure there will be many other issues we discover over time. The only thing DelWebb has going for it with Kensington Ridge is location and hopefully amenities once the clubhouse opens. Can't believe people have put up with not having these amenities prior to now. So bottom line, DelWebb as a builder and company is terrible. I can assure you with I build my next home I will use a builder who truly gives a darn about their homes and finish quality. I have learned a valuable lesson here and that is to NOT deal with DelWebb again. I have not run into a single resident or contractor at Kensington Ridge who has anything good to say about DelWebb. Given your operational lack of excellence this comes as no surprise but it should certainly give management some concerns. Please do not contact my wife about this. If you wish to speak on the matter you have my name and I'm sure my contact information. ... More

The building process from Del Webb (Pulte) is terrible. It’s like they have never built a house before. My opinion is they are putting up houses so fast they make numerous mistakes. There is very little quality control. They think because the framing is built off site and it’s basically like a kit that just needs to be assembled it will be fast and easy. Good concept with terrible execution. The workers that assemble the houses are semi-skillled in building houses and if they are being trained by Del Webb or Pulte, the training dept. should be fired. We have/had walls that are not square, wavy ceilings, even the light switch boxes were installed wrong. (Note-there are little tabs on a light switch box so in theory you can’t go wrong on a new build but they installed them in too far). It doesn’t feel like the quality house we were promised. They can’t make deadlines even just a few weeks out from giving us a date. We had a 2 page list AFTER we moved in and a month plus later are still waiting for some things. The roof leaked after we moved in. I understand mistakes but if you can’t build a house that doesn’t leak you have no business building houses. The warranty department, for problems after you close, is a frustrating process. I have spent between 40-50 hours just waiting for simple things to be fixed. Everything is a 4 hour window. None of the people that come to fix the issue speak English and the home owner is stuck trying to explain things. The warranty dept. should be sending someone out with the repair person to explain and direct things. I hope the lifestyle turns out to be a better experience. I likely would not build again with Del Webb at least in North Carolina. If you decide to go ahead and have a house built you should absolutely hire an inspector at least for the framing. ... More

I would not recommend the builder or the staff of Pulte responsible for managing the process, and the product they produce is (and continues to be) seriously flawed. Specifically, they use inferior materials, the workmanship is shoddy, and getting them to fix warranty items continues to be a problem (even after three (3) months of ownership). I would not recommend them or the product they sell.

For this price point, the finish work was poor. There was overspray and paint drips along EVERY interior wall. On the outside, there was overspray, huge drips and a large area (2' x 2') of spilled paint on the rear porch. The 6" baseboard trim has wobbles throughout the primary rooms, the 1/4" round trim isn't cut at 45 degree angles and has no attention to esthetics, light switches and trim are not square, windows shades don't hang level due to poor manufacturing, LVP flooring has a very uneven finish, there are gouges and dents all over the home in the walls and around the door trim, chips in a bathroom counter and on the tile floor from dropped tools, mismatched dye lots in the tile used in the laundry room and so on. It also seems that some of the materials are seconds. The interior doors have nails popping out and/or are delaminating and the finish on some of the laundry room floor tile is coming off. The Bermuda grass/weed was laid directly on the ground with NO leveling or rolling of the soil before the sod was laid. The concrete work has cuts, gouges and such poor trowling that most sidewalks are of a higher caliber and finish. And when the concrete crew was finished, they cleaned their equipment on the newly laid sod/weeds, leaving a pile of gravel and concrete sediment. None of what I've written includes "fixes" made during the construction process. I don't expect perfection in a production home, but at $600,000 I don't expect this degree of sloppiness. It appears to me that Pulte has a problem with the quality of their subcontractors. Concerning responsiveness: excellent during the build. Once we closed? Very slow. Very, very slow. And when I called their daytime emergency phone line, it went to their after hours answering service who couldn't help me. And other times I called or sent an email and no answers because they were on vacation with no "out of office" response provided. There are design elements in the home intended to control construction costs such as the location of the electrical sockets, hose bibs, soft-close drawers and garage insulation. I can live with those but the overall finish is such that I wouldn't buy a Pulte home again. I was expecting much better than we received. ... More

I expected better quality for the high price. Painter splattered paint all over everything (floors, outlets, outdoor pavers, etc.). Door hardward installed in the wrong place and much damage to the wood trim when trying to fix. Took 5 tries to get the correct refrigerator installed. Slab immediately cracked as did the stucco within one month. Kitchen cabinet doors scratched and two months later we are still trying to get this fixed. And more. Huge problem...Pulte gave me the wrong street address, so ALL my paperwork is wrong (deed, title insurance, cert of occupancy, insurances, drivers license, etc. and about 30 other institutions where I updated the address to the wrong address). The Pulte paperwork has not been corrected yet. I have spent many hours trying to correct addresses and have more to go. My initial 2 months in the house has been VERY upsetting. ... More

My experience with the salesperson was great. Knowledgeable and professional My experience with Title Company was good until I asked about a special assessment. She was rude and impatient when trying to figure this out. My experience with the construction manager was good until the home was completed. He helped with a couple of things and disappeared without saying a word. Shame on him. My experience with the Care Manager so far has been responsive. Whirlpool appliances very poor quality. The gas oven was delivered broken. As of today, Whirlpool has not figured out why it has not worked.

The low voltage vendor Securepro miss labeled the codes for wiring tv hook ups. Can't be corrected since Pulte's lack of consistent plans allowed plumber to run pipes where the backing was to go. The rush to complete and lack of thorough inspection missed several item that had to be corrected after purchase. PM didn't provide shower rood for second bathroom told us to buy our own, he probably took it for himself. There is little oversiight of vendors Pulte uses. Homeowners in this community are EXTREMELY nice which is a HUGE plus.

While our construction manager listened to us there were many issues we had to bring up to him, things he should have known to do on his own. We paid to have items done a certain way and then found out that they arbitrarily would not do it. Had we known that we would have had a lot of extras done after closing. The subcontractors that Pulte uses are subpar to say the least.

We have lived in our house for a little over a month and we still have many issues. The workmanship is sloppy and has no quality. The construction managers lie right to your face. They tell you they will fix an issue and do nothing but lie. I would never buy a Pulte home again.

If something could go wrong, it did go wrong with our home build. It feels like they are building too fast with no quality checks. Our project manager was friendly but dropped the ball so many times. How anyone can be a project manager and not be organized is ridiculous. We live locally and would check on the home once a week. We found issues every single time we looked. Small issues can be overlooked but we have been in the home a little over a month and we have major issues. Pool leaks (using a contractor being used by Del Webb), roof issues (may need to be redone), missing part on a furnace (that our project manager knew about and never let us know) and we've been through 2 microwaves. Building a home requires attention to details and that was absolutely not done for our home. I felt like I had to project manage it myself, which I assume most people would not be able to do. We love the neighborhood but our home build was very stressful. They told us a closing date, which we knew could never be met. We pushed back to move it out 3 weeks. Even then, we didn't close on time. Issues have been dealt with professionally and our warranty rep has been extremely helpful. It puts him in an awkward position helping us on things that should have been done prior to closing. We did have an independent inspector and he found a lot. I recommend our neighborhood but I can't give the builders a positive review. ... More

I've been a Licensed Real Estate Broker in NC for 30 years and have sold over 400 homes. I've never seen a new home with so many issues. No heat, no hot water in the kitchen, toilets clogged up, numerous electrical issues (improperly wired and bad outlets). Shotty workmanship and finish work. Not all punch list items completed before closing and builder refuses to come back and warranty division won't fix them. I invite representatives from Del Webb to come to my home to see for themselves. Their sales video states "Quality and Commitment". We haven't seen either!

very poor customer service. After closing, you are lucky to get them to answer your phone calls.

I would not do it again. Only do it if you’re only looking for a life style. At some point you will realize it’s not worth it.

Slow or no response to minor issues. Multiple emails sent with zero response. Seems like once they have your money, you cease to exist.

Community and neighbors are very good. Highly reccomend this location and facilities. Most residents I have spoken with are happy with the community but have horror stories relating to the build quality. A little more attention to detail in the interior finishes would yield the builder a totally different review. I hope the Del Webb brand is listening and raises their standards. House plan is very good. Finish work such as sheet rock, painting, tile are poor. The subcontractors Pulte hires are not held to any standards in the rush to get the house built and closed. Plan on spending at least 2 months after closing waiting for repairs and settling for less then full satisfaction. ... More

Whomever did the detailed architectural layout/planning of the home’s infrastructure (water, power, lighting, etc…) failed! The master shower, and kitchen water are so far from the water heater we have to waste 2-3 gallons of water before it begins to warm up. The light switch placements are not consistent from room to room. What is the overhead light in one room is switched in the next. The bed-side switch for the master bedroom switched light is so far from the edge of a king bed that you have to be out of bed to use it. The towel racks in the master bathroom are as far from the shower as you can get rather than being immediately by the shower door along the water-closet wall. Every closet should always have a light and an outlet in it. With respect to construction; there are no vents to release the heat in the attic spaces this will ultimately seriously degrade the lifespan of the asphalt shingles. The concrete garage floor is already cracking, as did the porch pad. The stairs up to the second level rooms are already loose. The kitchen sink is a “false” stainless steel, not true stainless steel as no magnets will stick to it and it loudly expands or contracts when exposed to hot or cold water. The turf laid down for the lawn was of a very coarse grass, much of which was already dead or extremely stressed when we moved in. A last example is the garage door. A more flimsy door would be hard to find and against all best practices, there is a single spring on one side to help lift the door. Having a single spring puts an unwarranted strain on the door, door rollers and the spring itself. Several residents in the development have already had to have their garage doors repaired because of the unequal support for the door. Overall we are very disappointed and dissatisfied. ... More

Pulte boasts "premium building materials" and "higher quality standards". I have gotten nothing but push back and told out right lies about rectifying issues with the quality of the "upgraded" kitchen cabinets. Some, but not all sizes of the doors have visible vertical seams. The sales manager claimed any doors wider than 20.5" wide will have a seam in the joints. Four sets of doors are 22'' wide and do have a visible seam. Upon visiting several other homes under construction in the same neighborhood with the same exact doors there are NO SEAMS on the 22" wide doors. So much for "Informed Sales Specialists". An expensive kitchen "upgrade". ... More

Poor response to home quality Issues, that need repair/replacement. Field superintendent unqualified to find defects. Home should have never have never been ready to close in the condition it was in on final walk thru and issues have still not been addressed, 2 months later.

Issue that arose in March not taken care of before closing in May. 3 months since closing still not taken care! Paid $$$ for this upgrade. Lots of similar horror stories throughout the community. We went with Pulte because we thought we would get a quality build and responsive experience. They are not that company anymore!

The build quality is so so, after closing customer service is even worse.