Del Webb Reviews

I’ve owned new construction before, I’ve rehabbed a condo to the studs, and had many homes in between but I’ve never as an home buyer encountered such sloppy, careless work. It’s as though people were pulled off the street and if they can wield a hammer or hold a paint brush, they’re hired to build $500k + homes. It’s mind boggling to me that Del Webb puts up with it, and then knowingly turns it over to buyers who are paying a lot of money. Is it due to lack of workers? Maybe. Then Del Webb needs to scale back their commitments. I was pressured to close very quickly (one month) but in hindsight I should have refused until major punch list items were fixed. The list continues to grow and I’m getting tired of sending weekly updates. It includes everything from plumbing, to electrical, flooring (don’t get me started on that issue), drywall, woodwork and possibly the worst of all, painting. The two project managers I’ve dealt with are both very nice guys who work hard. I think they must be spread awfully thin though trying to keep up with homeowners’ issues. To be fair, I really like the design of my home and it lives much larger than it is. I like the neighborhood as well, but at this time I would seriously hesitate recommending a purchase from Del Webb. It’s sad to have to say that because I was very excited by the prospect of relocating from the Midwest to Florida, and into a brand new home. That excitement wasn’t long lived unfortunately. ... More

There are so many issues with our “new” house that it’s way too many to mention. Cracking paint on the ceiling, poor drywall finishing, defective windows, defective shower door, poor quality cabinets that were a $10,000 upgrade, 2 large holes in the walls that Pulte didn’t notice, poor trim finishing work. The list goes on and on. It’s so discouraging and upsetting. We gave the warranty rep pages of our problems. She didn’t say anything wasn’t legitimate. She is trying her hardest to help us but it’s not her fault Pulte has such poor workmanship to begin with. Most of these issues could have and should have been resolved before we closed if Pulte had proper field supervision. Very, very poor quality control. So frustrating senior citizens have to deal with the result after closing and live in a construction zone in a brand new house while the builder’s mistakes get fixed. What a nightmare! Apparently Pulte doesn’t care about their customers because after speaking with neighbors we aren’t the only people with issues in our brand new house. A corporate supervisor needs to call us ASAP. ... More

Once the home was finished, and the day before my closing, I had my “walk-thru” with the sales rep and the construction supervisor. Here are just a few of the problems: Almost every electrical wall plate in the home had gaps in the sheet rock and the wall plate. I was told by the construction supervisor that the workers use a sledge hammer to punch through the wall/sheet rock for the electrician to locate and install the electrical outlets. Another problem: There are two areas where the ceiling was dropping. Another problem: One kitchen cabinet had the door handle mounted on the wrong side of the cabinet door. Another problem: In the guest bathroom, the 2-piece shower wall did not have any caulking between the panels. Another problem: A window, on the outside, had a big chunk missing on the window frame. Another problem: At the walkway entrance to the front door, the metal fascia is ragged and dangerous. I was advised to NOT hold up the closing, and that these items will be taken care of (fixed) after the closing. Well, nearly 3 months later, and none of these problems have been fixed. In fact, there is a Warranty Department to handle construction problems because there are so many complaints, and they are back-logged! I expected a better home buying experience, and didn’t get it. ... More

Such a big development executed in a relatively short timeframe by a huge company with poor corporate communication and rigid canned response to the customer resulted in chaos and did not produce a house with the same quality as the on-site sales model. Top down chain of command apparently tied the hands of the on-site construction supervisors to resolve several issus. Some subcontractors exhibited a lack of training necessary to produce quality work. Problems encountered included failure of marketing staff to accurately record customer choices and to consult with construction professionals to accurately describe details necessary to achieve customer-desired results. ... More

Look at everything in your house. From the placement of the light switches to the water pressure in your shower. Don't assume that smudges on your floor can be easily wiped up. Do not close on the house until all of your issues have been addressed. It is a very difficult and lengthy process to get problems fixed once you have closed.

We have experienced the negative effects of the communication gaps between the various silos within the Pulte organization, their overwhelming focus, with the expense to customer service, of ‘making the numbers’, and how their staff is incentivized. This, they’re follow through , and the construction mgmt team telling clients what they want to hear vs. creating ‘action plans’ for outstanding issues has us questioning ‘what are Pulte standards?’. Thus feeding into the trust issues. Multiple announced closing dates that are canceled at the last minute, construction mgrs that seemed overwhelmed with their work load, expressing desires and promises to be helpful but unable able (or unwilling) to follow up or through with their promises contributes to the lack of trust, and ultimately disappointment. Fully understand the needs of a business to make a profit, but this over emphasis leads ultimately to longer term problems both cultural and economic. More insight into customer service, and monitoring the same on senior manager’s ‘dashboard’s’ needs to take place in my opinion. ... More

We had to fight to get the house in acceptable shape before the closing, due to numerous defects of reckless and poor workmanship. We were forced to do the closing in spite of many unacceptable items to be corrected. The building manager assigned to our house kept making promises that did not fulfill in an expeditious manner. A new manager assigned 1 month after the closing seems to be more responsive.

When you first stop here to look at homes they are great. then it goes down hill from there. You are not allowed to make ANY changes after you design your home because you signed your contract but they constantly make changes and delete items. we were lied to about our lot and they offered a four foot extension on the garage which I wanted. I was told that was no longer offered because there was no demand for it. All of many of my neighbors have it and we all purchased and designed our homes within a month of each other. we were lied to about our lot as well everyone one our street was told the same "STORY" about the lots how someone purchased it and backed out. Bruce lies a lot! His attitude is also poor. our construction manager Jack did not provide the service as promised very poor communication. AS more people move in the same problems exist in every single home. so I am not just some disgruntled homeowner people that have lived here for years have told that they have had the same issues. Its odd that they ask for input but never make any corrective actions. they have the nerve to ask you for all five star ratings knowing they don't deserve it. why do companies ask for these surveys and when you're honest you never hear anything back from them. It's all smoke and mirrors. Stop with the excuses and treat your customers like they are valuable. without them you would have nothing. Do something you know what is going on! ... More

This house is not quality built, there is so many things wrong it’s not even funny. Inside and out needs things fixed, things are very poorly done.

No way that I can in good conscience do so.

Working through the building and buying process was the worst I’ve experienced. Inflexible, demanding, impersonal are a few words I’d use to describe the purchase experience. Support after sale is poor, ie, discovered a horribly crooked wall and was told they could come out to start repair in one month. I pushed for quicker and now the representative has abandoned us.

Overall the house is fine, but I paid for grand. The quality of workmanship is disappointing. It’s all subcontractors who don’t care. Literally watched a painter walk across my new floors with a wet paintbrush hanging down by his side. If the simple things had been done well, I’d be happy.

I AM NOT PLEASED WITH PULTE. THEY JUST WANT TO GET HUNDREDS OF HOMES UP AND COLLECT MONEY.

The process of purchasing the home is quite simple. There is limited accommodation for scheduling with the design center and for the walk throughs with the Field Manager. I would recommend hiring an outside building inspector to oversee the entire process. We have 3 walls that are not square (2 of which are in a very visible location). The out of square walls could have been avoided if the Field Manager carried a level and held the subcontractors accountable for poor workmanship. During the build, with each walkthrough we pointed out many locations that needed repairing. You are provided 30 days after closing to report and identify additional issues you have. 60 days after reporting over 20 issues we are still waiting for repairs that were to being 30 days ago. It has been brought to our attention that many neighbors have experienced the same issues and continue to as well. In addition, prior to the movers coming, hire a professional to clean top to bottom and deep clean your floors. Field manager will dismiss your concerns about the “construction clean”. Also, our sprinklers still have never worked. ... More

For the price of this house, the workmanship is average at best. We had a lot of silly mistakes and you got the feeling that it was more important to get the house built fast rather than getting it right. Landscaping is just sad, and the paint is the cheapest you can imagine and sloppy.

Quality of drywall, trim, all trim was horrible for the price we paid for home

Poor workmanship, cheap materials, paint on walls is micro thin, poor communication, many excuses for late finish, poor quality carpet and flooring. Overall very disappointed in the building experience. Woukd not recommend Del Webb.

The craftsmanship of the work on our home was poor. No attention to detail at all. There were slow to respond to various concerns that we had during the building process, we felt a bit rushed to sign the “satisfactory agreement “ so we could close. The sales person did not disclose options there were available for our new home and we did not find out about several options until other homes in our neighborhood had them. We just expected more from Del Webb.

Builder refused to listen to the customer and has the attitude 'We Wont, We Dont and We Cant' - very frustrating. The interior finishing is terrible - paint, wood work, and tile are very poorly done - and we have several dozens of items that need to be addressed, and we have not heard back in a timely manner. As a customer buying a new home is a major purchase - we expect the home to look brand new so that we can take pride in the home and show it to others - as it currently stands, I am embarrassed to show it to anyone. I thought PULTE was supposed to be a high quality builder.

We love our home's floor plan, but the attention to detail really shows a lack of worker oversight when it comes to craftsmanship. We have lived in the home for about eight weeks and have a list of nearly forty issues. About seven of the issues have been corrected, and I corrected about half of them. Del Webb has been very slow to address issues and get them corrected. My advice would be for a new buyer to stand their ground and not to close escrow until the home is finished to their liking. At this point, I would not be able to recommend a Del Webb home to a friend. Del Webb has a great concept, but poor follow through. Perhaps my opinion will change in the future, if it doesn't take Del Webb forever to correct our issues. ... More

Inaccrurate feedback and in somec cases outright lies.

You would think after 13 and a half months of waiting we would of had a better quality house to deliver. So far they have had to rip out the quest bathroom floor, the laundry room floor, replace the master bath vanity and after a full month of living here we still are not complete. They have to replace a patio that is already cracking and mirror as well as many smaller items. The only saving grace is our 4th manager, James he really has tried to rustle the trades together to get us done. Unfortunately we are in what the call warranty so we have become third class passenger on the Titanic and we all know how that ends. We are here now and are making the best of the situation, would I do it again knowing what I know now, HELL NO its just a over priced tract home with absolutely no attention to detail. This is not my first rodeo buying a house but the overall lack of communication and poor quality control is by far the worse experience I have ever had building a house. ... More

The quality of workmanship is terrible. There are 100's of paint blemishes on the walls,Paint splatters on my hardwood floors that still have not beeen cleaned up by Pulte. Every window sill needs to be rechaulked. The floor moulding where installed crooked and there is exposed wood. The hall bathroon tile is off center and has gaps in the chaulking. Where the walls and ceilings meet there are paint lines.My hurricane shutters that were hung and approved by the county, some dont fit properly and I was missing hardware. Plus Pulte painted over the bolts in the walls around the windows for the hurricane shutters and I had to spend hours cleaning out the paint so I could unscrew them from the wall. And the list goes on and on. If I knew how bad the workmanship and lack of quality control checks, I would have never purchased the house. ... More

We sold our home in Texas and moved to Florida to be close by during the purchasing and building of our forever home to spend our retirement years. We were looking forward to being close to the community during the construction. It was going to be an exciting process for us to see our dream home become a reality. Our good experience was limited to our salesperson, Caryn, and the design center. Once construction actually began it went downhill and got worse with every phase of the work. We were the ones to find construction and quality issues throughout the process -- and reported them to the construction manager. Things like missed outlets and cable connections, missed air vents, improperly placed air vents, incorrect lighting placement throughout the home, exposed wiring for the HVAC system that was supposed to be routed through the walls, forgotten crown molding, damaged cabinetry, awful tile/grout workmanship, and more. All of these things, and more, were found by US and reported multiple times to our construction manager, and then up the chain to supervisors and regional director. Our build, which was scheduled to be completed in Jan-Mar 2022 did not close until mid-Aug 2022. We closed with a list of 50+ issues that needed to be resolved. Our Customer Care Manager, Robert, has been working really hard to get our list of issues resolved since our closing. Many of them have been resolved and checked off but there are still a few big-ticket items that are in process and need to be completed before we can consider the home finished. We've been in the home now for 2 1/2 months and have damaged cabinets that need to be replaced, and a whole home that needs to have the tile regrouted and broken tiles replaced. We love our model, we're making changes that suit our needs, and look forward to having the issues completed so we can actually feel like it is ours. Would we do this again? Not with Pulte -- the quality of materials and the process (or lack of) all but ruined our experience of having our home built. Bottom line is things are getting fixed, but those things should not have occurred in the first place. We do look forward to living in the Del Webb Tradition community and enjoying our retirement years -- just wish we did not have to go through so much anguish to get to this point. ... More

Shane the Forman on our house - nice guy, doesn't demand quality workmanship. Hire a independent inspector. You cannot assume that contractor has your back. We have many warranty items. Don't close until home is perfect.