Del Webb Reviews

After living in my Pulte home for a few weeks, I am seeing multiple problems as a result from poor workmanship and multiple cosmetic issues needing attention. I moved here from a Pulte home that was constructed well. After this recent move, I would NOT recommend Pulte to friends and family. I am working with Warranty on urgent issues but told the majority of corrections would have to wait for the 11 month walk through! “Don’t be rushed through all walk through stages.” Functional corrections were being made as I was closing that was already delayed d/t builders issue with contractors. I lived close and checked on construction every day. I brought up several concerns. Some were addressed and some were not....or hurriedly corrected and sloppy. “ If possible and affordable, do not close until you have hired an independent inspection.” ... More

I am truly disappointed in the workmanship if our home and would never recommend a friend after seeing the finished product. It is amazing that they can make the models look so good and then give customers sub standard quality. We paid a lot of money for our home. Very disappointing. Our salesperson was very helpful and our field manager did what they were allowed to do but their hands were tied as far as who the company hired for subs and the materials used. This is the fifth home that we have had built for us and probably ranks very low for quality for price paid.

We were told thinks by the salesperson that were not true Workers only care to check off their job. They would paint over anything just to check off their job. We still have crooked walls, bad sparkling, would floors that have many lose areas. There would have been many more thinks wrong if I did not throw a fit before we move in

Have been very disappointed in quality & customer service. This is the fifth new home experience we’ve had and definitely the most disappointing. It’s been a fight on every issue from having a toilet moved that was off center at a shower, kitchen island top seam that was ragged & filled with the wrong color material, corian master shower wall cap that was rough cut and uneven (never was made right) to the poor housekeeping & cleanup on delivery. We’ve had promises made and not fulfilled along with tradesmen filling our occupied home with dust from cutting our quartz countertops & corian because their dust control equipment wasn’t working. This is the home we spent our lifetime working for along with paying in excess of a half a million dollars for the experience. We expected a better product from Pulte as well as positive responses to our concerns. We haven’t met a neighbor home buyer yet that’s had a painless experience. We’re still dealing with issues several months after taking delivery and spending more frustrating hours dealing with poor quality work and unfulfilled expectations. We didn’t think we’d have to fight for a quality home from a national builder. ... More

Really sad by the fact still have issues my two front trees are dead and the back property is a swamp

Hire your own Realtor!!!

The most disappointing about the Del Webb community is Pulte and the lack of updated choices in the design center for the Garden series homes. The choices are very limited and color choices are outdated. To get up to date choices, you must upgrade to the highest level and pay ridiculous prices and the quality is poor. Get everything in writing as promises may not be kept. And go to the design center prior to signing a contract if they let you. The sales rep I had was very knowledgeable and the 2nd field manager was excellent. She’s the reason I stuck with Pulte. She followed thru on everything she said she would do and got answers for all of my questions. The Sweetgrass community is nice and what makes the place are the great neighbors. ... More

Poor workmanship in several areas. Mostly the drywall preparation, and the painting.

Right after move we found 1. front door lock was broken, 2. Furnace was not connected to gas pipe - heat was not working, found millions of ants that was eradicated at my expense, garage door was not going down - fixed at my expense, found spilled concrete on front hallway, entire driveway was not forced sprayed (clean) as others, found front lawn in very dried state including small tree was dying - very few leaves also the rest of grass around the house was very dried and brown. NOT impressed with total quality of house. Found too many fixes needed before move in, such as paint not finished, caulking missing in corners, some recessed lights missing..... ... More

Workmanship is below average. Warranty is the worst I have experienced among builders. Submitted several warranty requests and received either no response at all or a very slow response. WIll no choose Pulte again. Title company that represents Pulte Homes in Orlando had incompetent individuals who were not even able to answer questions the legal description. In fact, they recorded several deeds with incorrect legal and had to file for corrective deed later on.

Promises by sales not kept. Mislead information

We were not included in their “Celebration Walk-Through”. This is a walk-through prior to closing that should occur. In our case, just the construction supervisor and the warranty company rep performed the walk-through. So, there have been “punch-list” items that are becoming apparent as we live in the home. (We have been in our home now for 36 days.) The Pulte Warranty folks have been hesitant to have these issues fixed. A plumbing issue (raw sewage backing up into our showers) the first week we were in our home was deemed to be our fault so we had to pay a drain company to come out and clear the drain to the street. We are now waiting to see if some crown molding joints will be caulked. ... More

Disappointed in dealing with the Pulte bureaucracy when trying to get minors changes made during the build process. Pulte was more concerned with the process of building your house than it was to making sure they provided great customer service. Had to pay a $250 service charge to change out a refrigerator that cost less than the refrigerator that Pulte had scheduled for the house. Painting is a very poor quality and still cleaning or touching up paint issues.

I have been a loyal Del Webb follower since my parents lived in a Del Webb community in Arizona in the 1990s. They had such a great experience in their community and loved their home. I decided then that I wanted the same experience when it was my turn to retire. Unfortunately, the quality of workmanship and the cost do not parallel. Pulte homes are the quality of the original Del Webb name/homes. They are less original with minimal to no choices to make your home individual, and the quality of craftsmanship is poor at best. If I had it to to do over, I would select a different 55+ builder/community. But I still like the concept and think the social side of things will be positive. ... More

Several issues with home and it took 6 weeks and several attempts to get repairs.

I expected better quality for the high price. Painter splattered paint all over everything (floors, outlets, outdoor pavers, etc.). Door hardward installed in the wrong place and much damage to the wood trim when trying to fix. Took 5 tries to get the correct refrigerator installed. Slab immediately cracked as did the stucco within one month. Kitchen cabinet doors scratched and two months later we are still trying to get this fixed. And more. Huge problem...Pulte gave me the wrong street address, so ALL my paperwork is wrong (deed, title insurance, cert of occupancy, insurances, drivers license, etc. and about 30 other institutions where I updated the address to the wrong address). The Pulte paperwork has not been corrected yet. I have spent many hours trying to correct addresses and have more to go. My initial 2 months in the house has been VERY upsetting. ... More

While our construction manager listened to us there were many issues we had to bring up to him, things he should have known to do on his own. We paid to have items done a certain way and then found out that they arbitrarily would not do it. Had we known that we would have had a lot of extras done after closing. The subcontractors that Pulte uses are subpar to say the least.

If something could go wrong, it did go wrong with our home build. It feels like they are building too fast with no quality checks. Our project manager was friendly but dropped the ball so many times. How anyone can be a project manager and not be organized is ridiculous. We live locally and would check on the home once a week. We found issues every single time we looked. Small issues can be overlooked but we have been in the home a little over a month and we have major issues. Pool leaks (using a contractor being used by Del Webb), roof issues (may need to be redone), missing part on a furnace (that our project manager knew about and never let us know) and we've been through 2 microwaves. Building a home requires attention to details and that was absolutely not done for our home. I felt like I had to project manage it myself, which I assume most people would not be able to do. We love the neighborhood but our home build was very stressful. They told us a closing date, which we knew could never be met. We pushed back to move it out 3 weeks. Even then, we didn't close on time. Issues have been dealt with professionally and our warranty rep has been extremely helpful. It puts him in an awkward position helping us on things that should have been done prior to closing. We did have an independent inspector and he found a lot. I recommend our neighborhood but I can't give the builders a positive review. ... More

I've been a Licensed Real Estate Broker in NC for 30 years and have sold over 400 homes. I've never seen a new home with so many issues. No heat, no hot water in the kitchen, toilets clogged up, numerous electrical issues (improperly wired and bad outlets). Shotty workmanship and finish work. Not all punch list items completed before closing and builder refuses to come back and warranty division won't fix them. I invite representatives from Del Webb to come to my home to see for themselves. Their sales video states "Quality and Commitment". We haven't seen either!

very poor customer service. After closing, you are lucky to get them to answer your phone calls.

Whomever did the detailed architectural layout/planning of the home’s infrastructure (water, power, lighting, etc…) failed! The master shower, and kitchen water are so far from the water heater we have to waste 2-3 gallons of water before it begins to warm up. The light switch placements are not consistent from room to room. What is the overhead light in one room is switched in the next. The bed-side switch for the master bedroom switched light is so far from the edge of a king bed that you have to be out of bed to use it. The towel racks in the master bathroom are as far from the shower as you can get rather than being immediately by the shower door along the water-closet wall. Every closet should always have a light and an outlet in it. With respect to construction; there are no vents to release the heat in the attic spaces this will ultimately seriously degrade the lifespan of the asphalt shingles. The concrete garage floor is already cracking, as did the porch pad. The stairs up to the second level rooms are already loose. The kitchen sink is a “false” stainless steel, not true stainless steel as no magnets will stick to it and it loudly expands or contracts when exposed to hot or cold water. The turf laid down for the lawn was of a very coarse grass, much of which was already dead or extremely stressed when we moved in. A last example is the garage door. A more flimsy door would be hard to find and against all best practices, there is a single spring on one side to help lift the door. Having a single spring puts an unwarranted strain on the door, door rollers and the spring itself. Several residents in the development have already had to have their garage doors repaired because of the unequal support for the door. Overall we are very disappointed and dissatisfied. ... More

The build quality is so so, after closing customer service is even worse.

WhileI am excited to be apart of this community, the overall finish work on the house is sloppy and disappointing. Their standards are quite low.

Our buying experience was wonderful with Dorothy. She listened to what we wanted and answered all our questions. The quality of workmanship was not great. Many problems - paint splatter on floor, cracked and chipped tub, crack in master mirror, cold water supply line for washer had cracked unit, walls were not straight, trim work was sub-par - looked like a dog chewed off the ends of the quarter rounds,. This is what we walked into at our Celebration walk through. I had to scrub paint off my floor and out of my kitchen sink. There was no quality control by our project manager Joey. Very disappointed. Potential buyers need to be present when building the house. Our Customer Care rep Brandon was very responsive and fixed many of our issues. I am still not satisfied with the tub repair - it looks like its been repaired, and the trim work is still terrible. I will ask these items to be replaced at the 11 month insprection. ... More

We were so excited at the beginning of our journey when we discovered the future community of Del Webb Oasis a boutique community of 422 Homes in a 55 plus active adult community. We waited for phase 3. The beginning of the buying process was as expected for new construction. I was a bit shocked of how the price of the house is marketed at one starting price but that doesn't include the premium you'll pay for the lot. We were still hopeful that the location and expected quality of the house construction would be worth it to spend over a million for our new home. We loved the floorplan we chose and the options to expand the garage and gathering room. We found some of the design options very limiting but we worked around them. We felt good about our choices within the constraints. In hind site and for any future buyer limit your upgrades. I say this because you are just wasting your money and increasing the cost of your home that your property taxes will be based on. These are my regrets because of how bad the workmanship, quality and materials. Expect your new home to be dirty from the trades. I found grout everywhere it shouldn't be, paint everywhere especially on the new floors and layers of dust everywhere. Issues we pointed out on our pre drywall inspection were ignored and these issues not being resolved created more problems. The concept of do it right the first time is not the Pulte process. It is build the house as fast as you can, compromise on quality and give no consideration to workmanship. We saw trades in the dark fixing twisted, crooked framing. Electrical boxes installed crooked that once drywall was applied they are crooked today. I would say the worst is the interior painting. It's either oversprayed or not painted enough. You can tell it was done by an amateur not a professional. Not prepped properly, or masked properly. The drywall and then orange peel textured walls have no consistency. The walls are crooked and it's most obvious where the walls and ceilings meet. The wood door frames were not cut properly. The upgraded 8ft.doors were not even painted. The poor quality was covered up by any means especially on the outside stucco. Do not opt for the outside kitchen ours was and is a disaster. The only promising element or so I thought was our kitchen. The day after we closed escrow, we noticed water coming up from underneath the flooring. We had a water leak from a careless installation of the dishwasher. Because a hose was not tighten properly a slow drip of water that went unnoticed for weeks ruined our kitchen lower cabinets. The base of the cabinets wicked the water and created mold. This has been a complete nightmare. This is my third new construction home. Some touch up sure, is to be expected but not on the scale of this experience. So disappointed in Pulte Homes. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't. Worst experience of my life! ... More