Del Webb Reviews

Very little if any quality control - no follow up of contractors or subs. Walls way off, windows bowed to the max, expensive floors destroyed by not being covered up and many trades trapzing in with little care. Walls sprayed that look like milk was applied rather than paint. No semi in baths or kitchen. Garage not painted. Locks that don't open. Walk in showers with rain head above and so crooked it was dumb. Kitchen island a complete mess. Home not cleaned well at all upon turning over of keys. Second garage door inoperable. What is worse... everyone and i mean everyone has nothing good to say about their construction. Electrical plates so crooked it's ridiculous. Love the design of the home, will get through this, but i would never ever buy anything again from Pulte. It's been truly awful. ... More

Not worth my timed or effort!

buy elsewhere buy elsewhere buy

See our comment about our construction manager below. Overall experience with DW, not good. In fact, as I write this, I am reminded that it was one of the worst overall experiences in my life. Quality of home at delivery ...... not in condition to be delivered. We will have to spend significant money to correct problems. You may ask why we will spend our own money to correct problems? Because we have absolutely no faith that Pulte will do a good job and we do not want most of their subs into our home. Some of their subs and employees were good, most were probably not even qualified for the jobs they did. I am reminded of the scene of the cleaning crew entering a home for the final clean up before delivery. They were literally dragging their brooms on the street. Dragging dirt into the house they were going clean. Rarely communicated with us. Except to respond to our questions, which should not have had been raised by us, if they had communicated to us in the first place. Never had any of the so called "celebration meetings. DW tried to strong arm and intimidate us in to closing when the house was clearly not ready for delivery. DW should be ashamed of their conduct, but I know they won't be, since I am convinced that is its business model. Threatened us with litigation, default and loss of security deposit, when they had not fulfilled their contractual obligations. They did not follow " their own purchase agreement". Purchase Agreement totally one sided piece of ........ DW constantly rushed us into making decisions. While our construction manager was brought into our deal very late in the construction process,he did a good job, However, it was way too late to turn this experience into anything other than a very bad one for us. Even though I could comment further about other matters,I AM EXHAUSTED FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND WRITING THIS. ... More

We were told false statements that we relied on. We will have to pay an additional $11,000 to get cabinets we were informed by pulte we would receive. We should never have closed. They did not honor their commitments.

I had a great construction manager. No issues there. Pulte Mortgage is horrible. I wish I would have not let the builder incentives persuade me. I would have still bought, but used another lender. The stress that they put my family through was not worth the money for builder incentives. We shall see how well they respond to issues because I have some open work orders. I don’t think that their homes are worth the market costs. The amenities at Del Web are great. Pleased with my community

I did not have a good experience with Pulte. Non of the vendors that I had to work with followed through with what they said they would do in the timeframe they communicated to me. Emails were not sent when they said they sent them. Too much BS. Vicky and Tim worked their butts off trying to get things right. They were penalized by incompetent others who did not do their jobs. Bonuses are dependent on high evaluations so neighbors I have talked to gave higher evaluations then they wanted to in order to get bonuses to people. Don’t be fooled by high marks.

The quality of workmanship on the build of our home has been incredibly disappointing - warped walls and baseboards, corners that are clearly not square. The response to our concerns has been poor as well as the follow up to repairs. We were pushed to close when our house was clearly not ready and the entire experience has been upsetting and stressful.

Lies. Does not finish jobs on time. Often no show. Often does not respond to us leaving us up in the air. We were given multiple deadlines and ultimately paid a full month mortgage for an house that we could not move into. Pressured to close by Field Manager's boss. Promises made to us and not kept. No integrity.

We love the house, but dislike customer service's response to my issues. The lack of attention to detail.

Other builders should know that Iif they fine-tune their empathy and understanding and kindness for the buyers in the building process, they will be head and shoulders ahead of Pulte Builders

Major issues with lack communications and explanations with Pulte Mortgage, Employees working from home with kids, dogs in background and seldom getting timely answers or call backs. communications with building supervisors were very good (Thank you Kenny and Cody), however, some of Pultes vendors were very sloppy; leaving paint drops all over the tile floors, hardware such as several towel racks, door handles not securely fastened, cabinets needing adjustment to fit. The managing supervisor was constantly in touch and responsive. to Issues, after close of escrow many new issues have developed, including; washout of part of property from rain, trees planted to early without finished yard and irrigation, and many smaller fixes still pending (28 days from closing). After close of escrow, Issues are to be submitted to customer service via on-line rather than direct contact. still waiting for answers rather than an automatic systems response. ... More

We were one of the initial "so called VIP buyers". There are very few positive things to say about the entire process. Sales initially offered inferior lots with homes they had no experience building. The slab was poured in the rain. The unprotected (no felt covering) OSB on the roof was drenched from constant rain. This resulted in the edges swelling and parts of it had to be replaced just before closing. Too many things were done wrong and the workers had to come back numerous times to fix major items. Example, it took at least 6 tries to get the walk in shower almost correct. It is still questionable weather it will function properly. That was just the beginning. The list of complaints goes on and on. My wife and I never left the house with a smile on our faces. It was always having to email the field manager about things that were incorrect. We tried to get out of the seller friendly sales agreement many times, just wanting out deposits back but that didn't happen. So now we are stuck with a poorly constructed building which was supposed to be a home to be proud of. Bottom line if I had to do it again, I would avoid this place and look for better quality builders. ... More

No communication. Deadlines not meet. Once closed - promised work no t completed As agreed at closing. Battle entire process. Ran out of sod. Just left bare dirt- irrigation system watering dirt.

After spending 500K the homeowner is forced to get a independent inspector to find all the mistakes and required corrections that should be done by Pulte.

The design center was a horrible experience although everyone was friendly. I’m a design with my own business for 25 years. I found out after the house was being constructed that I had t seen many options fir such things as doors, cabinet doors etc. I also found the pricing way out of line with the industry .

Very stressful experience. Very disorganized. No responsive.

Salesperson-mishandling of issues at closing and mishandling of issue with kitchen cabinet Building supervisor-he was responsive to issues during construction that he could control In general-poor quality workmanship and finish; poor value for a $200./sf home

From sales to closing

I have had the worst experience ever in building my home.

The building process is very stressful. I would encourage anyone that is interested in living in Southern Springs to bypass the building process and purchase a home that has already been built.

Pulte homes is a production builder that is rigid in the limited homeowner selections. The very best kitchen cabinets they offer at a substantial cost to the homeowner are low level contractor grade product. This strategy goes thru out the selection process to all homeowner choices. If your history is with custom or semi custom builders prepare to be disappointed.

I know that you will never publish my review, so I won’t bother. Entire experience was horrible . Example: I closed 7 weeks ago and nothing on punch list has been corrected.

Turning into an unpleasant experience and would not encourage friends to join this community.

I was pre approved for financing and 5 days before closing was told that Pulte mortgage would not finance the remaining 68,000 needed on my $520,000 home. I am also very upset with the drywall in my house. The texture applied is so inconsistent it looks like it’s been patched.