Del Webb Reviews

The builder poured the concrete slab wrong. After three weeks of trying to tell my field manager that through text, email, and voice messages, I finally found out the field manager had quit. After some time I got someone else to tell me they “identified the problem” but offered no plan to fix it. Even though I asked specific questions about reinforcing with rebar and using an expansion joint after they would jackhammer the concrete, I never got a direct answer if it would be done. I still don’t know if it was done. Things did not get better. Our current field manager says he will call, assures me he will take care of me “next week”, but never does. We have kick plates and trim pieces in our house to be put on but no one comes to do so. I found out they are sitting in our living room instead of being on because our field manager didn’t know he had to order them. Everyone is learning, so that isn’t the big deal but you would think a month after closing he would make us a priority, especially since it was his mistake. He has never said it was his mistake; a carpenter casually mentioned it. We are supposed to have a screened porch. The material has been here to make a porch for about six weeks. At our closing walk through, our field manager said “they will be here this weekend or next”. Of course that didn’t happen. Typical of the way he talks, but his words mean nothing. Somehow our house is the only house being built this summer that didn’t get gable vents. Still waiting for them. I can see a house on Haywood, one street over, with attic vents and the painted structure for the screen porch. It doesn’t even have siding or a garage door. How can our home not be a priority? Handles on master bath have not been installed. Same for some door stops. The floors and thresholds were covered with paint and some other substance. Our master bath cabinets also had quite a bit of paint on them. After over 10 hours of scrubbing on our hands and knees all but the thresholds are now clean. There is still paint on the kitchen counter we can’t get off. We just found the guest bath tub is cracked. During the summer my wife came over and found the bath tub mostly full of water. My wife mentioned it because she thought it was weird. It makes sense that they knew they broke it and were testing to see if it held water. The crack is across the top of the ledge and goes down about 3 inches into the tub. Not obvious until you look close, but definitely there. We have never even used it. There are corners in the master bath and kitchen where the tile doesn’t meet the trim. One time I got upset with the empty words of the field manager. I texted him that I lost my patience and wanted our house to be a priority over other houses that were started much later. He immediately called me and was yelling, almost screaming mad. He was yelling that he was tired of being held accountable for things he didn’t have control over and people he couldn’t control. He screamed that he hated Pulte and that he was quitting in two weeks. He didn’t quit. He is still here. My wife went to the Pulte website and couldn’t find a phone number. She found an email so three times she has sent an email asking for someone to contact her. No response. During the summer Pulte sent out a letter blaming delays on a lack of material and workers. That is partly true, but our materials were always here waiting on workers. My son built a house this summer with another builder in Hamilton county and has had zero problems. ... More

Make sure you have an independent building inspector inspect your home before you sign off on anything. It is hard to get issues addressed after you move in. You cannot get a response from a person to find out if and when your issues may be addressed.

Extremely long ordeal. Poor quality of products and installation of products. Warning: do not sign off until All items are complete. Side garage door should be standard, not an upgrade. No vanity lights above mirror in master bath. Just lights on 10ft ceiling. Vanity lights an upgrade too?

This is our 4th Del Webb new home and the experience couldn't have been worse. From being forced to bid on lots, to the house no where near ready on Walkthrough Day (and I mean no master tub, no cooktop, etc!), to broken windows installed, to footprints IN the concrete of our front walk, to even painting my two garage doors DIFFERENT COLORS. There is no end to the disappointments. Had we deposited less money, we would have walked away.

We did our walk thru and the place was a mess and was told they would do a final clean. Pointed out several issues inside and outside of the house. Received a text 3 days later that everything was fixed and we could move in. I am out of state so I did not come back for 3 weeks. When I arrived w truckloads of items to move in the majority of the walk thru stuff had not been complete and the house was filthy. The superintendent did get most items fixed in next 2 days but I should of never had to delay my move in or call people to come fix and clean. I am still trying to get the last few items fixed and no one will return my call. My confidence level of the quality of this home is very limited based on the lack of cleanliness and quality in presentation of the house. It is very obvious in this market that Pulte/Del Webb is trying to capture as much profit and putting quality secondary. ... More

The appliances are not well-made. They have problems. The washer is defective, the plumbing is bad.

From sales meeting to final construction, a very painful experience

They care about closing the deal. They do not care about you, your home, or about honesty and integrity. Their employees are dishonest and insincere. The company is cheap and will always choose their profit over the quality of the product they deliver to you. Really lackluster customer service by corporate employees who are experts at complaint deflection, redirection and excuse making.

Fit and finish is sub par. Non responsive to handling issues. Don’t close if everything isn’t done.

My salesperson should have told me I needed a RIGHT hand garage to maximize windows on the east side of our house knowing full well our model (Martin Ray) has only 1 1/2 windows on the garage side. She told us we needed a LEFT hand garage. Our house is SO DARK from lack of windows on the east side. We currently are repainting the entire interior of our house at our expense trying to brighten our living space. Also the design person did not steer me to lighter colors after I told her too that I wanted maximum light. The time allocated for the design center choices is inexcusably short; especially when we had to fly in from another state. Del Webb salespeople should have been much more helpful. We were just a number to be processed as quickly as possible. Our contractor supervisor was removed halfway through the building process, unfortunately. He kept us abreast of the build of our house. We were sorry to find he was gone!! The quality of the workmanship on our house was extremely poor. No quality control!! We had a list of 16-18 major items that needed correction. Over a two month period they were finally corrected. These homes at Frisco Lakes are expensive for the square footage with substandard workmanship. So disappointing to see the walls painted with the wall plates installed as we had to remove and clean. Too many issues to mention in this forum. We moved here 4 months ago from a 55+ community where the quality of workmanship was excellent and home prices were lower. I suspect you will not publish this review. ... More

Over a month later I'm still waiting for a response to a response to correct the many construction issues that I reported. No one even came out to look. The only thing that was corrected were the electrical issues with a doorbell and a gfi outlet that didn't work. There paint is everywhere that it should be and is missing where it should be. It is obvious that Del Webb doesn't use skilled tradesmen. If the finished product looks this bad I'm wondering about the quality of house's construction that I can't see. If Del Webb used the same quality sod in the common areas and around their model homes as they did in my yard full of weeds, no one would buy their homes. ... More

Our first construction manager didn’t even contact US until after Sheetrock was complete. The second one was fantastic right up to final walk through, after that he became nonexistent. It’s been almost two months and we get no response on punchlist items. As to the lack of attention, walls are not square, most door’s are sticking, cabinets are coming apart, which to me means the construction manager it’s not holding the contractors to any quality standards.

There are many issues with the home that should have been taken care of before we moved in.

It's been my experience any time you have a new community the contracted builder has marching orders to build so many homes per month. The builder is only as good as the sub contractor's they employ. 99% of the time there are no sub-contracting supervisors to monitor the daily work of their employee's doing the installs. Usually there is only an on site company superintendent who oversees the building process. If the sub contracting employees don't have pride in their craft, you wind up with shoddy workmanship. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME! Companies are in a hurry to sell homes, so build them fast. ... More

I'm also a remodeling contractor & have built 4 homes. I own Kal's Contracting & Plumbing. The homes are over priced for the finishes you provide. Poor communication. No response to warranty items submitted on the owners website. The only thing I would recommend is the location of the neighborhood. This development needs more people working for it like the job supervisor Daryl.

Not one trade need their job correctly, had issues in all areas

Sure Manager said issues would be addressed. They weren't. Quality of workmanship is poor. Warranty service is horrible.

Once you hame is complete Pulte is done with you.

The builder Pulte did a horrible job building this brand new home. I have a list of repairs and a basement leaking water. I hope to work with them on repairs but if. not, I definitely would never recommend this builder!

Terrible communication throughout the process. One issue after another with a new construction home.

Pulte Homes does NOT build a good quality home. Their product is terrible and the warranty process is ridiculous! Our air conditioner did NOT work because of it NOT being tested at time of build. Our clothes dryer plug was a refrigerator plug! Outlet wasn't even connected to a wire! And lots more but this gives an idea of the quality of our home. This is supposed to be a home built for an older person and our shower is the most dangerous concept...just STUPID! You have to step DOWN 4 1/2 inches to get into a shower pan...it's actually a 6 inch dropdown in the center by the drain. Imagine being wet and stepping up 5 inches onto slippery tile!!!! The actually purchase experience was not great as we had to beg our sales person for our purchase contract because he had too many customers. Let's wrap this review with this....we would NOT buy a Pulte home if we didn't have to...we love this community and that's the only reason we bought Pulte again. This is our 3rd Pulte built home and it's obvious what Pulte thinks of their customers. TERRIBLE QUALITY, TERRIBLE SERVICE!!!! ... More

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

The quality of my home that was turned over to me was subpar to previous Pulte Home I had purchased in the past. My home was turned over to me with major roof issues and to date have not been repaired. My patio sliding door at closing would not properly close and lock. Construction Manager assured me repairs would be done ASAP. It took 3 weeks for repair company to respond due to poor response and follow-up from my Construction Manager. Overall this home buying process was very stressful and unpleasant. I will never purchase a Pulte home again.

Extreme drama at last minute regarding possible change of closing date. Items identified pre-closing were not resolved. Many instances of shoddy workmanship.

Three weeks before our close date, the dishwasher was installed wrong, resulting in a flooded kitchen. Flooring and cabinets had to be reordered and installed, resulting in a 3-day delay on our closing. When we finally moved in, we found the new kitchen flooring to be damaged once again and, after talking to our construction manager, we learned the plumber had flooded the kitchen when reinstalling the pipes. We are now awaiting our third kitchen floor. Last night my husband came home and found wet carpet in the guest bedroom. After further investigation, he discovered that the AprilAire system had not been properly installed and leaked from the second floor through the walls and into the lower-level bedroom. For me, the thrill of building and owning a new home has been lost in these issues. I'm currently living with a dehumidifier running full time, a half-cement kitchen floor, and a flooded bedroom with no end in sight to the construction that will need to be done to repair the unsatisfactory work by subcontractors. ... More