Del Webb Reviews

I have built 4 houses and this by far was the worse experience. Poor quality workmanship that had to have several areas be repaired or replaced multiple times from framing to plumbing to slab pouring to windows to painting. Quoted 4 months from signing of paperwork to closing. It ended up being 12 months and I am still dealing with issues still needed to be addressed with windows and doors. In addition the added timeframe cost me an additional $8,000 to extend the rental I had along with having to pay 1.25% higher mortgage rate which equates to another $38,000 more over the life of the mortgage.Did Del Webb or Pulte homes compensate me for any of these added cost? What do you think….! ... More

Not worth the effort, but would not recommend them to anyone. Horrible experience all around!

Closed the house on 5/18 with a list of unfinished items. Supervisor wrote the list. Today 6/12/22 no one came or return my messages. Very unhappy with the experience

Tanya was great , mortgage people should be fired

Total lack of attention to finish detail Poor communication at time of closing 6 weeks after close washer dryer still not delivered

The sales team will tell any lie to make the sale. They refuse to put anything into writing. I paid extra to have them put the refrigerator in at closing. At closing they said it will be delayed a week or two. Now they are saying 3 months this for a refrigerator that is locally available and can be delivered in 3 days but they refuse to refund the money. Windows are so cheap that every windy day sand blows in through windows.

Dont expect much from Pulte. donot get upgrades, because they will not honor them in a timely manner, even if ordered 10 months out. It has nothing to do with supply delays. No communications unless you become a pitbull. It is extremely exhausting to deal with. I have had nothing but issues prior to close, during close and after close. A month after closing, still working on issues.

The build quality was the poorest I have ever seen in a new home. There were problems with broken trusses, walls that were not plumb or square, sheet rock seams horribly visible, appliances installed incorrectly and windows out of square and needing replacement parts. We were assured at closing that everything would be corrected immediately, but 6 weeks later we are still waiting for repairs. I could never recommend Pulte to anyone looking for a new home.

Very poor quality of workmanship. Poor paint job with paint stains all over floor, etc. Very poor grout work in bathroom tile. Contractors walking in house with muddy feet permanently staining concrete and grout. Broken cabinets. Plumbing and electrical issues. Wrong kitchen faucet installed. Microwave surround not installed.

We waited 17 months for our build. We saw many other houses during this time start well after our house and finish well before. Yet we should not have closed, as we got tricked the day before closing into believing many items would be fixed. After three days we identified 17 items that were not done correctly at closing. Only three were fixed. Now, six weeks later, nothing has been fixed for 36 days except for our gutters finally being put in. We still are in dire need of many things that we cannot get fixed.

If we could have, we would have walked away from this home purchase, but we didn't want to forfeit our earnest deposit. Terrible communication, still waiting for final walk thru punch list to be completed. We've bought and sold many homes, this was the absolute worst buying experience we've ever encountered.

This was the worst experience we had building a home from the master shower, tile installed incorrectly causing the tile to all be torn out and then having to move plumbing, gas line to cooktop installed in wrong place causing drywall, insulation & back of cabinets to be destroyed. Broken windows, damaged doors, ripped weather-stripping under exterior doors, threshold destroyed when acid washing brick. Exterior electrical plugs installed crooked. Electrical Items noted during rough in inspection not fixed before drywall installed. And we still don't have the correct dishwasher. And there is much more. ... More

Philosophy is build it fast and fix everything later if the customer complains enough

The process was slow which we totally understand. It started out fine, great communication with our field manager the entire time as well. But, after almost two months of owning the home there are issues that have not been taken care of and it is so disappointing that no one has time to address and fix these issues. They are to busy to get back to the homes they closed on making you feel like your home isn’t important anymore. No one should close unless everything is fully completed in the home because it takes forever to get them back out. Warranty has been trying to help as well, which we appreciate but they can only do so much. We love Del Webb and what they have to offer, however Pulte has been a huge disappointment. ... More

Beware their are so many problems with builder Example Quality of work poor

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