Del Webb Reviews

I am very disappointed with my experience with Pulte. They do not stand behind their word and do not respond to your customer care complaints. There is no pride in the workmanship and no integrity for the customer.

Hard to believe what a half a million buys you in Del Webb. Pulte workmanship and materials is shoddy. Kitchen cabinets append a strip of wood on cabinet doors to fill gaps. Tile lots from Arizona Tile have large color discrepancies. Microwave is so bottom of the row it won’t pop bags of popcorn and takes longer to heat everything. Vent in laundry doesn’t draw. And who would build a laundry room without a 220 outlet!!?! Paint is nothing more than a primer. Vinyl windows allows sand to blow in. Could go on but you get the idea of value.

We moved in June 1st. As of today, we do not have a working doorbell, no toilet paper or towel bar holders in either bathrooms, floor tile and shower tile grout is sloppy (the former foreman has green tape on them), and the list goes on and on. It took 2 months to get running hot water and 6 weeks to figure out the pipe to the dishwasher was blocked. Paint was not cleaned up and most of the floors have paint splotches. Baseboard in the gathering room is cracked and there is a huge mark in the gathering room on our very expensive tile. And - this “new” house was never cleaned. We never had our meeting with Sebastian - still waiting for him to get back to us. I’m just wondering if the people who just moved in across from us has tp and towel holders. ... More

The moment we opened the door for the first time there were so many issues. First of all the house was so dirty, workmanship was poor, finishes were not complete, etc.. Even after doing a walk thru, the follow-up has been no follow-up. Texts and phone calls are not returned.

Buyer beware. Rushed into closing before house was ready. Taking forever to get issues addressed. Construction pushes off issues to warranty. Warranty team overloaded and unresponsive to certain problems.

The subcontractors used to do the floors, windows, painting, grouting, cabinetry and final cleaning were all substandard. They had no attention to detail and were clearly rushed. There are a lot of quality issues that we now have to spend our time on to get repaired and nothing is fixed completely the first time. We are so disgusted with the lack of quality that we would never have bought this place if we knew how the house would’ve turned out. We are getting a lot of excuses from our warranty person who has told us he has 300 houses he is responsible for. We paid close to $400k for this house and it definitely wasn’t worth it. Be forewarned if you are buying that you will need to document and follow up on all of the issues. One example is that our frameless shower door is leaking so badly from under the door that it soaks an entire towel every time we shower. We were first told it was because there wasn’t a plastic threshold placed under the door so one was put on but it was put on too high and water is still leaking underneath. Now we have to have the entire door removed and tiles replaced to pitch the tiles differently so the water doesn’t leak out. This is not happening until mid August, which is almost 8 weeks after closing. The window trim and baseboards were not painted properly so there were scrapes and dings and multiple places where the paint on the baseboards was totally missed. The painters left countless drops of paint on the pavers in both the front and back of the house. If we hadn’t requested help to fix nothing would’ve been done. And when they sent someone to try and clean up the paint they did a terrible job. We were led to believe that Delwebb builds quality homes and we would totally disagree. They have serious problems with their build and finishing process that need to be addressed but I doubt they will. Also The cleaners did a horrible job cleaning the windows and floors. And they do not clean baseboards because it’s not in their contract. We also have electrical issues with circuit breakers popping all the time. I literally could go on and on but I’m getting reagitated writing this. I think you get the idea. ... More

This builder is not living up to their reputation as a premier home builder. Overall quality is not there and certainly not what we expected. Rush to close with promises for everything to be done and good, but once you sign all care and concern seem to be gone and disappeared. Did not meet our expectations and we are very disappointed and concerned. Ever heard of a " Pig in a Poke" ??

Won't bore you with every gripe I have with them, just some highlights. Discovered a survey marker in the weeds beyond what I thought was the end of our yard. It appears that they never finished the entire lot, which not only included weeds, but a large, dead tree. They stupidly decided to sod and seed our yard BEFORE installing the irrigation system. When finally installing irrigation they tore up the new sod in the front yard and basically destroyed the seeded portions. In addition, I made a service request weeks ago and received an automated response that I would be contacted within 24 to 48 hours. That was about 900 hours ago. ... More

Unfortunately, our build experience was not a good one. We remained optimistic to the end and even after closing, remain stuck with a lot of issues that were promised to be addressed months ago. We feel that subcontractors have no consistency and little experience and just slap the work together. The fixes aren't much better. As for the foreman, they are overworked and make many promises that they can't keep. They seem just as frustrated by having to take care of bad contractor work. Everyone wants to blame supply, but it's not a supply issue, it's a lack of work ethic and a lot of talk and no action behind the talk. Would never recommend anyone buying a Pulte Home anywhere again. ... More

Our experience wasn't the most pleasant. We found that communication lacked from the foreman of our build and that he didn't follow through. Many things weren't done at closing and getting them to make any exceptions wasn't possible. They point to one another and act as a huge conglomerate. Months after closing we still don't have some of the "upgraded" things we paid for in this build.

Moved in. Probably the worst workmanship I've seen. Corners aren't square. Windows have wind blowing through the sides. Stucco has big cracks forming on the outside. The guest bath has full blockage of rocks and mortar 2' inside the wall. We try to get them to come out and fix, but they can NEVER accommodate our work schedules. They want us to take work off to accommodate their schedules, to fix the crappy work they did. We did take off 4 hours from work for their plumber to come the first time and fix their problems and he didn't have the right tools to fix it, so now they want us to take another 4 hours off. So far, it's just been a terrible experience with Del Webb. ... More

Over one year and not completed

Very poor fit and finish. Many areas needed to be caulk after move in. The floor is uneven and has many loose planks. When issues are raised it takes a long time to get fixed. Example: we have owned the house for two months and we are still waiting for areas of the cabinets to be painted and rain down spouts. I have also waited for 4 and 8 hours for people to come fix issues and they do not show.

We told our construction supervisor in November the cabinet doors had to be replaced 27 doors and nothing.

Overall poor build quality. Unable to resolve issues. Nothing but promises. You are better off fixing things yourself. Contractors don't care and Pulte Homes is fine with this attitude. They have a broken quality control system.

We had 3 field managers in a span of 6 weeks. We did a walk through a week before closing and when we closed nothing had been done and the place was filthy. Also, after nearly two months since closing we are waiting for the any items from our punch list to be addressed.

I understand supply shortage delays but I am having a difficult time understanding the lack of quality and commitment to dealing with issues within a timely manner.

The Finnish work is sloppy. Once I signed the papers none of the problems with the house were fixed. ZERO communication on follow up. Seems like they just want to move on to building more houses and don’t care about customer satisfaction.

Quality of concrete work is the worst I Have seen. Sloppy, Hasty, Unprofessional, Cheep Quality work. Paint, sheetrock, caulk and finish carpentry sloppy and unprofessional, especially at the bottom of walls

We lived out of state at the time that our home was being built. There was a lack of communication in general. Compared to other builders we have used the workmanship is poor. There is a consistent "that's industry standard" response to issues we identified both before and after closing that we know based on experience are not true or should be exceeded to produce a quality product. Post closing repairs of problems are not addressed in a timely manner and are yet to be completed. I would not recommend Pulte as a builder.

So many issues with this build it was a total overall terrible experience. Construction quality was way below our expectations for a Del web product. Familiar with Del Web construction in the northeast. No comparison. Their was problems with every aspect of the home from windows, cabinetry, flooring, counter tops, appliances, framing, the list goes on and on. Project management was terrible. The only thing that saved this house in the end was the arrival of new project managers Shan and Clay. They really had to clean up a mess. Thanks for their help. Still trying to correct some unresolved problems since closing. Not having a lot of luck. In closing, customer service or upper management never reached out to us during this build. So upset at various points, we had to contact them. One of the worst experiences of our life. Feel sorry for future customers in this overpriced market. ... More

Difficult to work with. An assembly line. You’re just a number. Much more interested in meeting their financial commitments to Wall Street on home’s closed than meeting customer’s needs.

Their project management is lousy - lots of promises but poor delivery; project manager originally assigned did not fulfill commitments, did not pay attention. The finish work is sloppy from the trades.

We understood going into our purchase that we were making significant concessions with the quality of the materials on the house. What astonished us is the extraordinary poor workmanship. Uneven walls, unpainted areas, grout spilled on the flooring, gaps on the flooring, awful paint spills on walls and floors, worst drywall application I've ever encountered, bad concrete pour on the driveway, undersized HVAC for the square footage. The list could go on forever. I don't expect perfection, but this is so very sad. Unfortunately, every one of my new neighbors have similar stories. We love our neighborhood and neighbors. But the workmanship is nothing short of awful. ... More

With exception of our salesperson and our ORIGINAL PM, we felt "robbed" of our Del Webb expierience. From Pulte mortgage to the day of close and thereafter there were so many problems that it sucked the joy out of our forever home purchase. We are still dealing with punchlist items that were supposed to be completed before closing. Our construction manager who oversees the PMs is just the worst. I wish Pulte would understand that they are in the people pleasing business and that home construction is just the vehicle used to accomplish the task of keeping people happy and giving them an experience worth waiting for. Sadly, this is not the case. As with many companies these days it comes down to profit (fast, unfinished homes at close) before people. As for Dell Webb and management of our current community, I did not expect so many association rules and regs and activity fees. ... More