Del Webb Reviews

Increibly poor build quality. Fit and finish are the worst I have witnessed in over 40 years of residential construction experience. The amount of caulk used to hide sub standard work has to be one of the major expenses for Pulte sub contractors. I would never go through the process with Pulte again.

Hi. This is our third Pulte home and the quality of this home is less than our previous Pulte homes. Cheaper stainless sinks, substandard pitted granite, thermostat of lesser quality and features. No light over the kitchen sink. This is a 55+ community and the shower head is hard to reach for me and I am 6 feet. I have to get the shower head down for my wife who is 5'5". The lights are not centered over the island. They only needed to be moved 7" to make them correct. Not being able to increase the size of your patio screen enclosure which means I need to tear the whole thing down and rebuild completely new. We purchased 8' interior doors but we have a 6'8" interior door that you can see from the front door as you come in because the architects have no imagination and don't care how stupid it looks. Additionally, their solution doesn't even work because the A/C handling unit whines when the door is closed because there is not enough airflow going to the unit. The inability to even make the smallest changes that fix poor design ideas by the architects is not new with Pulte, but frustrating still. We liked the basic floorplan but we were hoping for better quality. Our sales person and field manager were excellent but they have no control over quality if it is OK with Pulte standards. Thanks. ... More

Quality of construction not what I’m used to House extremely noisy no sound insulation. Paint job is horrible repainting interior of house.

After much research we found a lot away from the noise of busy roads and the freeway. We paid a premium for the lot. Then Del Webb built the home on the lot next to ours and installed the neighbors noisy pool equipment 10 feet from where we sit on our lanai, wrecking all our efforts for a quiet space. Most of the response to our asking for resolution was insulting and Del Webb is unwilling to do anything meaningful to resolve the issue. They say it's our problem to resolve after they created the issue. We would not have purchased the lot/home if we had known, but now we're stuck with it as long as we own the property. Buyer beware, they of course are not going to tell you this could happen. ... More

Pulte builds a minimal home that in my opinion is hastily and sloppily built. After purchasing the home and employing workmen to do renovations/upgrades, it is apparent Pulte's workmanship is sub-par--floors & walls uneven, trash stashed behind the walls, quality of cabinets are cheap, offerings to personalize are limited (why we can only have one choice in flooring that encompasses all the extra bathrooms and laundry room and why we cannot have better quality tubs and tiled shower floors in the extra bathrooms or the option to pay for soft close on all the cabinets is ridiculous!). And while I appreciate the warranty process for things not working or in need of repair, when we do get people to come to do the repairs--they are incompetent, sloppy and usually create a mess that needs a follow up repair, particularly with Jkraft cabinets and the flooring company. Not impressed but we wanted to live in Sun City. ... More

Salesman clearly lied to us about many things. Not happy about the experience and have no trust in the Pulte sales team.

The building process was not what I expected. The timeline for moving in was different than what I was told and reassured it would be. The house was very dirty! Subs did not clean up and were very sloppy. Had to replace all the carpet from stains. Sub contractors lied about repairs being made on the shingles, when in fact, the repairs had not been done. I had a 3rd party inspector come 3 separate times and paid $1200.00 for this service because the same existing issues had not been fixed on multiple things! The paint sheen being flat is not acceptable in such a humid climate. The ceiling paint doesn't match the walls. The texture was sprayed diagonally across the walls in many places. It had to be sanded and fixed. The painters were sloppy and did a terrible job. The main contractor Jake was nice and helpful but the build itself and some of the subs were a nightmare. I wouldn't recommend someone building here. The bottom of the garage was dented before I moved in but because it's not in a noticeable place I didn't see it until after moving in. No one will fix it now. Very disappointed in the building process itself. I paid $25,000.00 more than what the house appraised for. When all is said and done I like the area and amenities but the sub contractors are mostly sloppy. The things that show like the texture, paint, etc. are not good. The dirt and damage on a new build was unacceptable. Also Pulte Mortgage was a nightmare! Went with a different mortgage company after a complete runaround! The new company was so easy! ... More

While friendly and personable the salesperson (April) cost me a lot of money because she did not explain cabinet configurations when I was choosing double vs single oven, and range hood. So I ended up with a very plain cabinet configuration I never would have chosen had I known. It was only AFTER I complained my cabinets didn't look like the model home, that she sent me sketches of the 4 different configurations and told me the fact I didn't choose double ovens meant I got something completely different. This was NOT ok!!! Likewise I chose to purchase the refrigerator offered since she told me it was a counter depth, but was NOT! It stuck way out into my kitchen and looked terrible so I bought a new frig. Now I"m stuck with a second frig I need to try to sell. While my construction manager was a super nice guy he was not good/consistent with communication. He frequently did not answer emails or calls and it became very frustrating. If I happened to run into him in person, he was quite nice and informative but that was hit and miss. Pulte Mortgage was TERRIBLE. I had the worst mortgage experience of my life! Then, I had items not complete before closing so the warranty manager followed up. And Troy was wonderful! He was responsive, friendly and on task! 2 weeks after move-in I had a major plumbing back up that took 4 visits from the plumber to resolve. Turned out it was construction debris. Troy the warranty was hands on at my house to work with the plumbers to get the issue resolved. He was great! As I am getting more familiar with my house I notice a lot of places where the quality could have been much better (trim joints not well done, drywall details, finish details, etc) which is a bit disappointing. Additionally there are several bad home design issues, such as the refrigerator doors will not fully open as they hit the walls on either side, especially the angled wall on one side. To sum it up, the home architectural plans, the communication in general and the build quality has lots of room for improvement! ... More

If we did not oversee the house building, and get things corrected the house would be a mess., shower was redone 3 times, added end stud in bathroom wall to stableized Sheetrock. Pulte needs to have better sub contractors that does not create so much rework and adds to cost of homes.. even sod needed replacement because of poor landscaping and infected sod. A lot of wasted materials and redone it labor. Do it right the first time !

It has been approximately one month since I moved into the new home. I currently have 10 open requests in for repairs. So far. I have had 7 contractor appointments to repair the refrigerator, cabinets, caulking, painting, etc. I anticipate over 10 more contractor appointments to address open issues. Due to serious insect issues, I was required to scrub, power wash (entire house) and paint areas of the house to clean and cover up insect residue. Buying the paint and paying for power wash was over $500.

This is our 7th home. Smallest and most expensive. Feel deserted after move in.

I purchased the homesite specifically because the salesman with Pulte told me that I would have a high berm in back of the site. When we went to look at the lot, prior to foundations being poured, there was a high berm in the back. When I took the final walkthrough, however, there was a low berm whose height was only above my waist and scraggly planting planted on it. It will take 5-10 years for these plants to mature. When I complained to the sales manager, she said that all salespeople have access to the final plans for the subdivision including the height of the berms in back of each lot so the salesperson knew that eventually the berm would be low. The sales manager was no help in rectifying this situation. I turned down a move-in ready house because of the issue of a low berm. I believe that I've been swindled. When Pulte builds houses in back of mine, the workers and then the homeowners will be able to look directly into my house. I have no privacy. I paid half a million dollars for this house and lot which I believe is a large amount considering that the house is apartment sized and has little to no privacy. I do not believe that the value is very high. I am not the only one that the salespeople promised a high berm in back of their lots and then didn't deliver. On the other hand, the construction manager was extremely helpful in resolving the issue of the HVAC system periodically shutting down. He was prompt in his response and finally got the issue resolved. ... More

In my opinion the fees charged for many of the options were excessive.

We have been here a month people are great. We have been trying for 3 weeks for someone return our call to help resolve the issues. Having buyers remorse

Save your money. I bought a $150,000 KB Home in 2005 that had zero upgrades and was more focused on craftsmanship than this $650,000 Pulte home. Baseboards and door trim cut short and filled in with caulking. Wavy baseboards down the wall. Trash drawer bearing falling out. GFCI breaker keeps tripping. That's little stuff. I'm waiting on the big issues to show up. I doubt this house will last over 10 years without a serious remodel. Additionally, if you live in an unfinished neighborhood, you will be living in a dump with constant junk in the street and trash (Beer cans, food wrappers, construction materials) in your yard from the construction workers. Pulte doesn't make them keep the area clean. The only positives is that it energy efficient and Pulte does respond to warranty calls. Unfortunately, we had to buy new build as we are under 55. Our plans are to sell this one and buy an older "non-cookie cutter" Dell Webb built home when I turn 55. ... More

1. Our realtor had to call out the salesman twice for misinformation/bad information. In particular, due to delayed closing, I was not available on rescheduled close day. We talked to salesman and he said that we could not do a POA and he make it sound like it was the mortgage company that was telling him that. We talked to the mortgage company and they said we could do a POA. Our Realtor made him eat his words. 2. The color of stone that we saw in the showroom and selected and paid for and expected was not what was put on the house. Pulte said that the stone name matched what was on the order sheet...but the color we got did not match the color of the stone in the showroom. We are extremely disappointed with Pulte. We should have taken a picture of the stone as evidence when we selected it. 3. We put in all tile floors...no carpet. The tile floors were 'mopped' to pick up loose dirt; but not cleaned. We had to go buy a steam cleaner to get off MOST of the residue that was on the tiles. We expected the floors to be cleaned prior to move in, they were not. We did not have time to hire Stanley Steamer to come out and clean the tile. We had to do it after furniture arrived....so tile underneath furniture and bed etc is still not clean, as is some other areas. 4. The interior design phase went very smooth. We selected the paint color, tile, cabinets etc. Very pleased with this part. 5. Issues were handled quickly by construction manager during the building phase. 6. Would have liked to have more options. like there was no option for crown molding in the sun room...se we have to do that ourselves. There was no option for adding a back porch and maybe even a pergola...very disappointing. So we will have to get someone to move the sprinlkers and gutter down spout to get the porch and pergola done. There was no option to carry the bathroom tile to the ceiling. Yet, we saw a house, a few doors down, under construction, that did have tile going to the ceiling. We would have liked an option to build out the master closet with shelving. We had to hire an outside company to do it. ... More

Framing was sub standard to begin with and therefore all trim and finish work was fudged. Worksite was absolutely filthy and lots of damage occured as a result such as a cracked tub Landscaping particularly sod is very poor not only quality but application. Drainage is also a big issue

Del Webb needs to hire professional vendors, experienced construction managers and not overload them with 35 plus houses to manage. Upper management is non responsive including the President of Pulte. The whole process needs to improve.

After having good experiences in building 3 homes, our expectations were high after reviewing the home building stages of Del Webb's homes online. We experience none of the process that was advertised, until we complained, and then we still only received 1 of the building stages of the presentation. We had 3 different construction managers who did not communicate with each other which caused us to missed opportunities to make changes we wanted before the final deadline. We visited a different location where we chose the model we wanted to purchase (due to our location was not completely built). The Sale Rep was unaware of certain home features at our location where our house was going to be built, which caused us to miss opportunities to purchase other features. After closing we could not live in our home due to the infestation of insects in the home, and a tub I could not use for a week. I was very upset and hurt for the first time in building a home and our last home for retirement. Numerous cosmetics and some structural issues, which was surprising for the price of our home, and still ongoing issues approximately 30 days after closing. We never heard from anyone of our concerns during our building process after we made two attempts, through customer service and corporate through our survey process. We are currently working with a wonderful Customer Care Manager to address our concerns, and issues with our new home that's the only reason why we marked "Trustworthiness" and "Responsiveness to issues" a 3. We are hopeful these issues will be resolved soon. We wanted to be honest about our experience so no one else will have to deal with these types of issues moving forward. The community is beautiful, but the workmanship lack quality and communication lacks real customer service experience. ... More

The Pulte name was supposed to be higher quality than most but they are no different than the rest. Many of the sub contractors hired do very poor work and the lack of quality clearly shows. They would rather clean up the mess after settlement than doing it right the first time. Our home has been a constant parade of contractors to fix many issues that has delayed full use and enjoyment of the property. In addition the greed of the builder to squeeze in as many homes as possible and thus leaving only 10-12 ft between homes is disapointing to say the least. If you expect privacy and quality you will not get it. The sales team was great and so is the customer care manager but noetheless the end result leaves a bad taste in our mouth. Buyer beware! ... More

Our experience was very disappointing. Workmanship was nonexistant. This is our 8th home and hopefully our last. The build from Del Webb has been the worst. For example, we had them install a fan in the back screened in porch. Fan wobbled and globe was cracked. Luckily we had an inspector hired to throughly go over the entire house. He found many problems. Construction sight was not cleaned on a regular basis. Found beer cans and beer bottle caps at the sight and in the home. There Was no Quality control. Carpeting was installed while plastering was not complete. Carpeting was Not covered and had plaster and dirt. We later found it was cleaned and some areas trimmed to remove stains. Wrong brackets were installed for shelving. Paint on kitchen cabinets. I could go on…. At closing we delayed because the home was dirty. Would not recommend. If you do buy, get a qualified inspector to check out house before closing. We had over ten warranty claims after moving in to date. Recommendation: Del Webb needs to get there own Quality inspectors during build. ... More

The entire Mortgage Process was deceitful and full of bait and switch scenarios. The values placed on the documents were consistently wrong and there was no oversight on the process. The Mortgage Agent was more interested in upselling features than he was in listening to the customer.

Closing was delayed because we didn’t have a certificate of occupancy. Our home builder and I had to follow up several times with the closing department to let them know the certificate of occupancy was finally granted. Our home builder went above and beyond to get us in the home and addressed all issues. This is our third Pulte home and we know they build a good product. Just very frustrated with the closing process.

We never felt like anyone gave us their first priority!

everytime we asked for help they never called us back.