Del Webb Reviews

Many items needed repair,adjusting or replacing. Still waiting on service for some issues. We were advised to wait until the 11 month inspection period and review.unless an emergency. Frustrating and time consuming to wait for service. Please investigate before you buy.

the actual trades that were subcontractors were the Achilles heel in this project. Some basic carpentry/plumbing skills (90 degree base molding vs 45 degree, water supply lines hanging out off wall and not attached, wall texture on all switch plate covers and wire shelving in closets, etc.) were just not present in many areas. Too many items had to be corrected which slowed process and allowed for a distrust/questioning of competence mind set to evolve. CM was continuously aggravated at poor workmanship. He got most errors fixed, but his time could have been much better spent.

Very poor experience with purchase and quality of this house.

The process was beyond frustrating. The walkthrough was scheduled before the property was even remotely ready to be shown. Many items were identified that needed to be addressed. To date all items have not been corrected. The home was dirty - foot prints on counters, windows not washed, floors not swept or washed… it is unbelievable the way the property was turned over. There are still issues with damaged walls, bulging tiles and painting needing to be done. I would not recommend anyone to purchase here. There was not enough attention paid to detail. The quality of the work is beyond poor. We signed off to move in believing that there would be immediate follow up. That was a poor decision. ... More

too much money but someone is supposed to come 'lol'

Very disappointed in the quality of work, and lack of attention to detail! From numerous defects in the baseboards, door frames, unlevel pedestal sink, unlevel window frame in dining area, unlevel towel bar, toilet not centered on wall NX as a result the toilet paper holder is too close to toilet, seam in the island counter top scratches on the cabinets, front door and garage entry door doesn’t seal, threshold from garage to hallway dented, sliding glass door doesn’t seal allowing insects and other pests entry into the home, scratches and glue showing through on hardwood flooring, uneven refrigerator doors, corner of granite black spark in bathroom corner chipped off, sliding door very difficult to open and close, caulk missing around toilet and floor in 3 of 4 toilets missing, texture overspray from walls on door frames! And this is only a partial list of items that need attention. Sparse landscaping with dead grass in abundance. For an 800k plus house, I would expect a better appearance overall! Pulte’s reputation versus what has been delivered has been beyond disappointing, and our expectations have not been met nor has Pulte delivered a quality product. I would not recommend a Pulte home at the time! ... More

The Pulte group is very difficult to work with. It does not matter what you, the customer, wants. The closing date that they gave us was not good for us but they refused to accommodate us. Everything is dictated to you and whether or not that works for you does not matter to them. They are not custom builders and the fact that they would not allow us to change the cable in the bedroom to the flex room made me think our house must be built by robots. That would not have been hard to do. When we did our preview walk through the house was filthy. Really? That is the first impression of our home and it was horrible. The smoke detector beeped the entire 3 hours. He told us he would replace the batteries. When we moved in it wasn't much better. I spent 4 days cleaning to get it "move-in-ready". The smoke detector was still beeping so we called and was told by the builder that the beeping had stopped so he didn't replace the batteries. Yet, he told me he would feel better if I replaced all of them; not just the one beeping. I'm sorry, wasn't that the builder's responsibility? There is a spec home near us and that house is spotless. Ours should have been treated the same. When we met with the builder and the warranty representative, we were told more of what isn't covered than what is covered. Everything is very negative. Most of the employees we talked to were very disgruntled and they seem to have a high turnover. When we started meeting our neighbors, we realized almost everyone had some type of issue. I have yet to meet someone who is satisfied with their building experience. I hope that it will all be worth it in the end. My best advice to someone who is going to build with Pult is this - Don't expect anything to be easy, customer focused, or quality products. That way you won't be disappointed. ... More

BUYER BEWARE HOMES ARE PUT TOGETHER WITH UNSKILLED WORKERS THAT CANT BE FIRED UNLESS THEY DO SOMETHING DRASTIC .YOU SHOULD BE ON SITE THE WHOLE TIME THEY ARE BUILDING HAD A DOOR WITH SOME NASTY GRAFITI ON IN PLUTE BOSS SAID HE WOULD CHAGE IT OUT NEVER DID OVER THREE WEEKS AGO.SALES PEOPLE ARE LYERS

Responsiveness to address numerous issues pointed out prior to closing has been horrible. Damaged items, drywall repair not completed and final painting. We have raised issues to numerous parties with no response. They seem to accept less than perfect if you "can't see it" or if they can get by with it.

It's true. We heard it throughout the build. Coming to Sun City Hilton Head is absolutely wonderful.....if you don't mind living in an over priced, poor quality home. Pulte has to be the bottom of the barrel when it comes to overall quality. The workmanship is subpar at best. The materials are the absolute cheapest money can buy. They are quick to say to NO to everything that would make a client happy yet fast to do whatever they need to get you to close. As a contractor, I would be embarrassed to pass off a final product that Pulte is overjoyed to pass off. Just a number to get to the next closing. Fortunately, we have the means to have the home repainted, (which we did), retrofit with sliding glass doors, re-landscape everything, and customize the way we wanted. I wish Pulte would have just sold us the land and let us build a decent home. I will stay in SCHH forever but I could never go through another Pulte build. ... More

Poor workmanship and a person could still go broke having fun hoa doesn't even pay for fitness classes

We had three different construction managers during the building process. This lead to very little supervision of the trades people working on our home. We felt like we were our own construction manager! Every item of discussion that came up felt like an argument and bullying to get us to accept substandard or damaged workmanship. There definitely was no feeling that we were the customer and the one paying for a home that should be built without defects! The response given was “Pulte is a production builder and mistakes will happen.” Yes,Mistakes happen but they should be fixed without repeated requests from the buyer! If Pulte put this slogan,”We are a production building and mistakes will happen”,on their website we would not have built with them and I’m sure many others would walk away! It was a battle to get the house completed to a standard that we finally felt comfortable closing on. During the last month they sent in out last construction manager Logan who at least listened to our concerns and was able to complete our home to an acceptable level. We’ll cross our fingers and hope we don’t find too many issues as we settle in! ... More

So many issues in craftsmanship. Work not done right. Pulte rushed in building this home, no care taken in any of the installation and no quality control checks done. Complete disaster. Incorrect information given on design appointment. Not happy buyer.

I observed our house being built nearly every day and here's what Pulte doesn't want the public to know. Granted they are mass producing new houses, however, there is no excuse for most if not all trades not taking the proper time to complete their tasks. As a result there are countless call backs by Pulte field managers to fix the mistakes during the construction process . Actually, these managers have very little control over the sub-contractors. In general, just pure sloppy workmanship! Many new homeowners that I've spoken with have experienced the same issues. Pulte touts their houses are quality for the price. Well, here are a few items that would improve on their statement: (1) use a better grade of paint [no impact to labor cost], (2) use self closing commode seats [it's a 55+ community], (3) provide sidewalks throughout [it's a 55+ community], (4) allow more meeting design time for the decision making process. I am very disturbed that two construction managers actually indicated directly to me and also sent an email asking me to score them a 9 or 10 in the evaluation questionnaire as part of the completion process. Overall, the building of our new house was quite disappointing. There was no consistency throughout the build process, including 61 days to frame the house which included broken trusses, misalignment, and several failures to pass framing inspections. Pulte should focus on quality instead of just the dollar!! Granted supply and demand is the driver, but Pulte is quickly is getting a reputation in the community for something far less for the dollar spent!! ... More

The experience was excruciating. Like surgery without anesthetic.

Closing process was delayed three times. Problems on walk through were numerous and were not fixed/completed at closing. Now I will have to deal with the issues through the warranty process. I don't expect that experience to be any better.

I was totally upset with construction of this house, the workmanship, quality and attention to detail that is plastered all over Del Webb advertisement was NOT present during the construction of my house. There was constant damage from trade to trade, cabinets were installed crooked, doors did not close, tile sample from the design center did not match what was installed and had to be replaced, wrong tile was installed in both showers, counter top was cut to small (gap filled with caulk), wall oven just placed in wall unsecured, base molding installed damaged, short, with gaps, the lot was a HUGE dumping ground tires, concrete, you name it, well RUN out of typing space... but there was more...crazy ... More

Extremely disappointed in the poor craftsmanship of the home, the field manager and his supervisors did a poor job in monitoring overall quality during the construction phase. The majority of the trades employed by Del Webb lacked professional pride in their workmanship. We had to point out a good number of times poor workmanship and in some cases informing the field manager that items were installed incorrectly and needed to be redone. Due to poor project management and lack of quality checks, our home was delayed unnecessarily by at least 45 days!

We had to have a shower door replaced. Water still leaks through door onto bathroom floor. Garage floor muddy foot prints and globs of cement. Kitchen cabinets doors not aligned. Kitchen cabinet doors scraped all along bottom. Piece for dishwasher sitting on counter waiting to be installed. Raul responds and takes care of what he can.

Too expensive - not honest about lot availability and who actually gets to make offer on home/lot location. did not end up with my ideal lot or home style

My experience with this home buying started with the salesman. He was great, although I do think there was miscommunication on a couple of things.....there are too many homes that Pulte is throwing together and doing so in a huge hurry, which is causing for less than adequate work being done and overseen by the PM's and their subs. Poor quality of work, and no one seems to really care. No communication with my PM, just wants to get the homebuyer to closing. I do realize that the PM's are not always at fault because of the poor subs and the fact that corporate is throwing way too many houses on them to let them do an adequate job for the money that Pulte is charging the homebuyer. I understand I am not building a "custom home" but at the same time I still deserve to have quality workmanship done and that is not happening here in Del Webb Vandalia at this particular time during the year of 2022. I find it very frustrating that no one from Pulte has reached out to me to solve any issues that I am currently having. ... More

Very poor quality and workmanship. We've found so many things that weren't properly finished so that they would last for the life of the house. We were sold on the model but found it substandard to the impression created.

Building a new home is supposed to be a great experience, especially at the rate this places charges there should be attention to detail and much better quality materials and workmanship. We started right out with our home being built wrong with the lanai and garage on wrong ends which was huge and done for best view of the $75k pond lot we purchased, our home was also supposed to be completed in May and we finally got it Sept 12th! Which cost us $30k on old house sold because market drop and 1.5% on rate increase! The worse part was seeing homes completed around ours that were NOT even available when we bought ours. Now that were finally in and now 2 month's later we still have to have people in here, almost daily, to fix things, repair or replace bad workmanship or materials. Even our electrical box in garage was tagged wrong. They have lied, fabricated or deceived us throughout the entire experience right up till now. Like everyone says.. the amenities and clubhouse are nice but MANY we talk to say its ashame they charge what they do for such poor quality. My suggestion?... build somewhere else, we would have if knew what we know now ... More

Poor workmanship around the entire home

When we closed on our house they hadn’t even completed painting the exterior. Our patio and lanai where pitched so when it rained, water was settling and pooling near our foundation. The concrete had to be replaced. Some of my floor boards had water damage, all of my kitchen cabinets are defective, the glass in my shower is defective and the workmanship of the granite installer was unacceptable. It is 6 weeks later and the only thing addressed so far is the concrete, which they had to take up and redo a second time. There is damage to my fence,and new sod has to be laid. They have scheduled appts to fix the other things but who knows if they’ll show up? They only show up about 50 percent of the time and leave you waiting all day for them. I love the layout of my house but it certainly is not of the quality I would expect from pulte. ... More