Del Webb Reviews

So many problems. Closing set then postponed indefinitely without informing us. Appliances not hooked up. Final walkthrough never done. Promised cleanup never done. Garage door has been worked on but still awaiting part to complete repair. Sprinklers set incorrectly resulting in a $900+ water bill for a two week period. Driveway crumbling. At least the roof doesn’t leak. Yet.

The people I delt with were all professional and responsive. The sales incentives were clear as mud and could have been easily made simple if sales wanted it that way. The quality (finishes/features/craftmanship etc.) of my 500K house is NOT what I would espect for 500K. It looks more like a 200K house.

While I believe the Del Webb social aspects of the community will be a positive if I can ever get beyond trying to fix all the issues with the house, the building process with Pulte has been extremely stressful, challenging and disappointing for the cost of the build. Multiple issues of sloppiness in the concrete pours, brick caulking, wide open spaces of daylight through doorframes, build design flaws, inability to get warm (not even hot) water in some sinks in anything less than 1 minute and 20 seconds, toilets so off center you actually are knocking into the wall as you sit, shower doors with multiple issues and more. And Pulte will only consider fixing or are even capable of fixing even a small portion of the problems without tearing the house apart. It would seem the only objective Pulte has is to get houses up fast and to get paid. It certainly is not quality of build or customer satisfaction. I have only met three people so far and their feelings and the conversations are all alike on this topic. ... More

I would love a do-over. The sales rep did us a disservice by pushing us to not get things done during the build and didn’t offer a lot of things I wish I had gotten. Having only an hour or so to pick what you want in the house with no opportunity to change your mind on non- structural things is insane. You need at least a day to look at the selections and change your mind especially when you aren’t being told about everything. You don’t know what you don’t know until you see it in someone else’s home who had a different sales rep. The finishes are terrible. The quarter round is chewed up and the tray ceiling looks bad. The wood used throughout looks beat up. The painting is awful with flat paint. I wish I had come every day and watched them work. They uncovered the floor with more painting to be done. I am still picking little dots of paint off the floor. I am still doing construction spending thousands after we closed. The punch list was a joke. All those pieces of tape on the walls and other areas was only for show because they did nothing. If my husband wasn’t sick, I never would have closed. We bought one of their high end homes and the quality is poor. The master bathroom shower wall looks horrible. I am going to either tile it like this builder did at its other location or put wainscoting in that area. My neighbor got my black fireplace surround and I got her Marble. It doesn’t match my quartz countertops. Paying to remove it. The fireplace was painted without sanding it. The wood is rough, not smooth. Gonna pay to fix it. I am exhausted. The home doesn’t sell, it’s the community, the lifestyle that draws people. Go every day during the build. Make them fix things before they get to far. Be there the day they paint. They paint…they are not painters. They brush where they should have sprayed and caulking is something they cannot do properly. I would have rather they painted nothing and let my real painter paint at my expense because I am paying him now to re-paint. Love the floor plan and the community. ... More

Pulte prides itself in their quality and I can honestly say quality is probably furthest from their minds. They are all about the dollar, period! If you are looking for quality, look elsewhere. If you want a run of the mill, but standard home, then they will not disappoint.

The floor plan works well for me. The finishes are problematic. Drywall, texture, molding are all sloppy. Since moving in spent time cleaning up paint splatter off of floor, glue off of countertops. Will end up sanding down repainting areas of baseboards. Big issue such as frameless shower door that doesn’t close is being addressed quickly after working with warranty office.

Lots of issues with the home found in the first month! Still waiting for repairs. Closed late. Overall, not happy!

Lot's of issues with the house once we moved in. House was not built the best for the money we spent. Very disappointed.

My sales agent was wonderful and had the perfect personality for her job. She kept me up-to-date on the construction and was most helpful. The construction manager was also helpful and for the most part kept me up-to-date. My negative experiences included the following: my closing date was moved three times requiring that I’ll reschedule movers, utility issues and also renegotiate my rental agreement where I was living prior to moving. When I arrived for my walk-through, painters were in the house, none of the kitchen appliances had been installed, and I was missing a number of pieces to complete woodwork. The punchlist has been huge with problems with getting workers to show up to do work. Also, my closing was delayed because there was no water sewer hook up and when I contacted that company a few days prior to closing they did not even have my address on their map and indicated that no application had been submitted for the water sewer hook up. I have never had these experiences with the other three homes I have had built in the past. All of these issues have made this process quite unpleasant even though I am very happy with the development and generally very happy with the quality of my home. It has just been a real mixed bag! ... More

Quality homes. The wait to move into our home was not what we were told or expected. Communication among the Pulte Team is poor. Very frustrating. Realize everyone is trying to do their job, but I would not recommend Pulte to a friend. Built 3 houses in our lives and this is by far the worst experience.

the title should speak for itself.

You’re signing up for a production line house with a custom price. Don’t expect your house to not have most/all the defects that others have had. Pulte does not appear to improve its methodology as it goes.

Here is a short list of our issues at closing Hot water not working Gas not working Washer dryer not working Gas range not working No refrigerator Mirrors and glass scratches throughout Outside gas outlet not working Hvac heat/cooling not working Door crack front door Master shower handheld not Installed Drywall hole coming in from garage Garage floor coating coming up

we were out of state for the entire building process. i would not consider ever doing that again with this builder.

Still have issues pending Hopefully they will be resolved soon

Need broken stuff fixed now

It took 11 months to get into our house, with four casual emails from our sales person extending our timeline out another 2 months. Being desperate to move in we closed despite numerous items that still needed to be addressed. We've not had responses back from anyone since.

Sales team was excellent, design team was excellent but decision by Del Webb to accelerate closing date caused very poor workmanship on the interior. A word to the wise...do not agree to close until all work is completed to your satisfaction.

They are in over there heads. Cutting corners to get things done faster. Instead of doing it correctly from the beginning.

Our home in Buckeye Festival was built with two A/C. It in Florence they put one. Excuse was unsatisfactory. The Journey has a better system that the Voyage. I feel a mistake was made using old floor plans to build them in Florence and Buckeye builds with newer plans because two A/C are needed. VP for Arizona Jermey is useless and that’s the reputation he has from others that have gone to him with issues. They never provided me a letter from Pulte engineer saying the difference between Buckeye and Florence and why. Also why was this house not upgraded like Journey system? Think a mistake made and they covered it up for me and other customers. ... More

The original “field manager” did not know anything about construction or scheduling. Our project (the 7th home that we have built) was a mess. Once he was replaced things went more smoothly. The finished product is satisfactory but not great. Late in the construction process my flat back yard was bulldozed and carved into a drainage ditch. At no time had we been told that this would be necessary for “engineering.” When we have heavy rains the water from up the hill gushes through my back yard washing away pieces of sod and dirt. I have asked that they come out and fix this to no avail!

Tradesmans work quality is lacking. Materials used are low end with top dollar pricing. Repairs usually require a second call back to get it done correctly.

several workmanship issues for new home that were completely unnecessary. there were several almost stupid mistakes and issues that the builder should have seen during the building process. the field manager did a great job to correct them and the warranty department run by a lady here at del web is wonderful, she schedules everything that's needs to be fixed, you can count on her. most members we spoke with were very disappointed with issues in their homes caused from the builder.

The quality of the home does not compare with the previous home that we've had by another builder. The sales and after sales support was not customer oriented. With that said, we bought the home for the area, community, neighborhood and friendliness of the residents, but will not buy again or recommend a Del Webb home to anyone.

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.