Del Webb Reviews

Experience was too rushed as we were in the process of selling and moving out of our other home in another state. All the technology used by the company was difficult to understand for an elderly couple and it was difficult to complete the application process. Also, the sales agent misrepresented two different issues then blamed it on our lack of understanding him. My husband and our realtor were all present at the meeting and we all understood the same thing. It was very disappointing to find out at the closing that we did not get the things we had been promised.

My AC has not worked properly since I moved in at the end on June. It's now August 15th and it's still now working. I was told that the thermostat not controlling temp was normal, I should be OK with it the 80's in my house. Black marks on my while tile floor...again I was told "that's how it's supposed to be. Back Splash tile are not all the same color. Again, I was told that was how it was supposed to be. Door handles on my sliding glass doors were different colors...I was told, that was how it's supposed to be. Those handles were taking off..they were different colors...new handles put in their place. Bathroom lights flicker...bulbs changed out....the lights still flicker...job complete. Paint on my counter tops and tile floor...."we only construction clean with water, you should hire someone to clean that for you." Outlets are loose in my house, still waiting ....a month and a half so far, electrical safety...just because you can see inside the box doesn't make it a problem. Someone even said that I was trying to get out of the tile installed in our house...so wrong, it was the reason we liked and bought the house. We just want the scuff marks removed. ... More

Total lack of attention to details. Subcontractors are more concern to getting the job done fast with many errors. Which needs to repair at later date. In summary we paid custom home prices for a tract home.

There is a general lack of pride in the workmanship of these homes. They have used the cheapest materials in some cases, especially with the AC. In my opinion the AC system has been poorly installed and is sized incorrectly.

Our field manager Chris was wonderful. We had & still have issues that need to be addressed. He was there for us & tried his best to get things accomplished. The house was not in presentable shape at the closing . Moving into a new house should be exciting not this disappointing.

There is no quality control that I could see. My review came up with over twenty items that needed to be fixed. After turnover I am still finding poor workmanship. If you do not have any building experience, I would suggest finding someone who will be able to spot these items before you agree to close on the house

There is little to inadequate supervision of the contractors during the build and if you are not here watching them or don't know construction you are at a huge disadvantage. Contractors are not held to any reasonable standard because they are inadequately supervised and poor or substandard workmanship is the standard they are held to. And for this we are charged excessive prices. I call the construction practices here the "Clown Act". Just hurry up and get it done. We'll fix it later IF someone catches the mistakes.... I have many, many examples of this as do my neighbors. This is totally a reactive vs pro-active environment. Calling it a production home would be a compliment. ... More

We were excited about our new home and the lifestyle that a Del Webb community has to offer. But the house has been extremely disappointing. I’ve never seen such shoddy workmanship in the many years I was a Realtor showing all kinds of homes. Just today, one of our neighbors pointed out that our two month old house is about to lose the trim above the garage door. It is barely hanging on! The wood used for trim inside the house looks like rejects from a more quality oriented house builder. It is full of nicks and notches that were just painted over. Walls are crooked and there is paint slopped over hardware and light fixtures, etc. Obviously, the painters did not remove hardware before painting. Caulking is really bad to nonexistent. The sink in our wet bar is crooked. I was told someone would be out to check that several weeks ago and never heard back. Our microwave oven has a couple of dents. I could just go on and on… We get the distinct impression that Pulte emphasizes quantity rather than quality. They seem to want to throw homes together as quickly as possible to inflate their bottom line. Forget about the consumer! It is appalling!!! We and our neighbors paid rather large lot premiums for a view of a pond behind our homes. Soon after we moved in, we noticed the pond was being drained. No one bothered to let us know, and we later found out it was for making “improvements.” It has now been drained for several weeks with no evidence that anything is actually being done! We asked the HOA president last week about this issue, and he didn’t seem to know too much about it but was going to have a meeting with a Pulte person yesterday and then was going to get back to me today. I never heard back and tried calling him this afternoon but was told he’d left for the day but that he’d be back on Tues. And no one else knows what’s going on. So we are still left in the dark and are incredibly frustrated by our view of what used to be a pond and not having any idea of what is being done or when. ... More

The quality of materials and workmanship are surprisingly poor given the price we paid ( $460,000) for our Del Webb house. They market brand names such as Kitchen Aid and Sherwin Williams paint, but the actual product from these vendors are their low grade lines. The paint is so poor and thinly applied it will rub off if you try to clean a mark off the wall. They use plastic fasciae and roof trim that rattles in the slightest wind. The interior doors are primarily made of cardboard and fit poorly in the casing. The so called premium cabinets are poorly made. We have had the cabinet vendor out seven times replacing poorly crafted doors and the doors are still damaged. The interior walls are wavy. Our neighbors experience many of our problems as well as others unique to them. The process to have Pulte correct items is frustrating and time consuming. I have had to submit repair request at least three times for a repair and am up to my sixth request for several items. Del Webb is a nice concept, but the homes built by Pulte are extremely poorly built. We will never purchase another home built by Pulte,, or their other affiliates. ... More

Do not expect to receive what you order. Pulte changes colors in major areas, in my case, the color of my roof. While most of the trades I have dealt with were eager to please and respectful, their tiling company is the worst in their industry. In my kitchen, they used 2 different dye lots. The tiles in the guest bathroom wall were not lined up and jutted out in some corners. They sent a man who was verbally abusive, aggressive and a bully. I had to tell him to leave and mot come back.

Purchased "Model Home" in McKinney. Entry door was attached to frame with Tyvek Tape, Interior doors missing hinge pins and hardware, Plumbing leaks, huge sprinkler leaks, broken exterior lights, do not waste your money on these poorly constructed dumps.

First we were told we could have a tray ceiling and signed contract as such then told later it could not be done in our model. After foundation was poured we noticed the garage looked small. Learned it was almost 5 feet less wide in the 2 car garage side! That is significant! The paper documents with floorplans had the larger measurements as did the floor plans online! All were incorrect and we learned from a neighbor, they made Del Web aware of this 2 years ago! Additionally, they put a green electrical box on our lot without our knowledge.,They tried to not irrigate the last half of our back yard and place baha(sp) grass instead of St Augustine.,On the day of our closing we did our final walk through and our garage epoxy flooring had not even begun and we learned we could not walk on it for a couple of days. There were subs in our home and the house had not been cleaned and paper was still on the floors. I did not feel we should close and consulted my attorney but upon review of the very one sided Del web contract, she advised we needed to close or Del web could fine us and sue us. We entered the home after closing and the floors were in horrible condition and we also learned we could not be on the epoxy garage floor for 10days! And we could not move stuff into the home as the floors were in such horrible condition., we had to delay delivery of appliances, adt installation and moving in. Del web said there was no reason we could not move in!! They promised they would move all the furniture and rugs to repair the floors. They promised to repair the grout, clean it and seal it, but failed to do the first two steps. They promised to remedy this by going line by line repairing, grout, chipped tiles and remaining stains and they would move the furniture and carpets to acess the entire floor.,They never went line by line, nor did the move the furniture to acess all the floors. They reneged on what they promised to do and threatened legal and/or rescinding our warranty! Seriously, we just wanted what we paid for. We negotiated compensation for the earlier items, but not in regards to the floors. We were lied to and mislead many times during this process.we are told to deal with warranty now. Del web should have never allowed our home to go to closing . Shame on them, they knew it was not ready, but they did not care. ... More

We can not write a good review because it has not been a good experience. We have standing water within inches of our foundation- our neighbor has complained,through the warranty process, so have we, he has a work order, so do we. We have had nothing done to remedy this issue. This is an issue for the slabs the houses are built on as well as a health hazard- a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes and other bugs. We just had an insulation expert evaluate our house because we were emptying our dehumidifier daily. He found many leaking ducts by in the attic, blocked soffits, insulation of 10-12” that is supposed to be 18”, single pane laminated windows when Low E dual pane impact windows are in our contract and was reported by Del Webb/ Pulte to the county for our energy efficiency report. We added a sunroom to the original plan and I said to Del Webb’s construction supervisor I did not think the 3.5 ton unit was large enough when we added more square feet to the home. I was assured that when the county ran the numbers that the air conditioner was the proper size. Today the insulation expert confirmed that this home, in Florida, needs a 4.5 ton unit. And of course Del Webb provided the county with faulty information providing faulty results. Need I continue!? To say we are disappointed is an understatement.How does DelWebb/ Pulte find this behavior acceptable. Hopefully they will see their way to doing the ethical thing and fix these issues. This is not the way business should be conducted if a company wants to stay in business. ... More

The quality of the homes that Pulte builds is very disappointing. The construction managers assigned to the homes are worthless and the contractors do the minimum just to get paid. Very poor warranty response also. Overall, very disappointing!

This is a model home, which to me classifies as a new home. However, when I submit a request for service, Pulte people I deal with constantly remind of what do I expect, this home was built in 2014. Customer service is definitely lacking. If I had known this home has so many issues, I never would have purchased it. The painters took absolutely no care in their work. If it didn't move they painted over it. Paint on doorbell casing and paint over most switch and electrical outlets. Complete disrespect for the homeowner. They painted over nails and loose dry wall tape. Why could they not repair it while they painted. The quality of the paint is poor. They had to replaced the sunroom door and made a disaster of the outside paint. Again, I was made to feel like what is the big deal. The appliance that were left in the house were either not connected or poorly connected and damaged. Did anyone follow up? Did anyone care. When we turned on the valves for the washing machine, water shot out from the fitting on the back of the washer. They cross-threaded the connectors. When I called in a problem, I was often left feeling like I'm the problem. The dishwasher is scratched. The base plate was not connected and created a tripping hazard. The whole warranty issue is complicated, because they are not treating this as a new home. I'm left wandering about the quality of the build. Well, I know it isn't quality. I asked about a leak under the kitchen sink which I fixed (the connection to the dishwasher was loose. I was told it wasn't a warranty issue. So, to put it bluntly, if something doesn't work, too bad, I just need to accept it. The kitchen sink wasn't even sealed, so water runs underneath it. Apparently, when the builders constructed this house, they treated it solely as a model home, with complete disregard for quality and workmanship and future homeowners. The materials are of poor quality compared to the cost of the home. Once we signed the contract, customer service ceased to exist. They tried desperately to get us closed before this home was ever ready. And, it never really was ready. There was material left in the attic that I had to request be removed. The closet by the front entrance was a jumble of wires. Why? And, I can't begin to tell you how may light bulbs I have had to replace. Would replacing burn out bulbs break Pulte's budget? The light were on constantly. The bulbs should have been replaced. Customer service, really? The home we sold, which we built in 2011 and lived in for 13 years had no such issue. No shabby dry wall, no leaks, no burnt out bulbs. I guess I have high standards and Pulte does not. This was a huge mistake on our part. If anyone should ask me about purchasing a Pulte home, I will tell like it is. This home does not resemble the $475K we're paying for it. ... More

I've built four new homes in my life, and this is the worst quality, and highest priced of them all. We continue to complain about things that need to be replaced or fixed with no one giving us the service we've been promised. If I thought I could get my money back, I'd be out of here in a heartbeat.

Lots of promises with zero follow up. Our sales agent left the company and we have no one to talk to as our construction manager was relocated to another site and our quality guy John has not addressed major issues that were reviewed 2 weeks ago. Had a roof leak from day one after the peel and stick was installed in June. Very concerned about mold issues with the wet insulation and blackened OSB board. Roof was repaired but not all tiles were replaced. It is the worst construction experience I ever experienced. The dish washer was not secured to the counter and when opened drops to the floor. We do not have anyone to discuss the issues that we trust based on their past lack of follow up. ... More

It was exciting buying a new dream home until we moved in! Josh, our superintendent went MIA after begging to be rated all 10's (which we did up until move in he was great - afterwards he GHOSTED us). We have had some major issues after move-in including 5-ton A/C unit which is destined to fail imminently, a non-working oven which was installed as electric when we paid over $5K for GAS package appliances, still waiting for touch up paint which is badly needed and should have been delivered at closing, NO cable conduit was laid for TV, Internet, computers etc which took 4 weeks to get (we had to increase data on our cell phones to get anything at all costing us a lot of $$ out of pocket), a huge CIRCULAR (??) break of drywall over 2 ft. wide with NO SUPPORT behind it (studs are 23" apart) and NO BACK UP FROM PULTE, sheet metal variation on chimney over cooktop hood and we could go on and on. These are rather large issues Pulte got our money at closing and now PULTE DOES NOT CARE!! ... More

Del Webb talks a lot of hot air about warranty and prompt repairs but doesn't deliver. Sent list of items to repair a week ago. One week later nothing done. No calls. Number of inside issues to be resolved. Dishwasher not even attached to cabinet. Front brick fell out of side of house. Building trades set up large speaker and blast Spanish music. Building trades sanding concrete for 2 days sending concrete dust everywhere..

Poor quality trade workers brought in so work is poor. Tiles on floor uneven where a toe bumps them. Poor drywall and paint work. Tiles left with grout, paint, pencil marks all over. Floors not protected properly during construction so chips, paint throughout house. Certain things requested at the beginning and they weren’t done and told too late to do it.. Garbage left around the house, beer cans. Finishes in the house didn’t match and they didn’t care. Windows poor quality as 4 windows had broken parts. Every person I have met so far has their negative stories as well. The homeowners are nice and amenities but Pulte trades don’t seem to care and project managers apparently are spread too thin. Design center limited choices and high prices. Wasn’t allowed to pick the most expensive cabinets because was told they were only for the million dollar homes. If I want to pay for the cabinet I should have been able to pick what was offered in the center. Talk to homeowners in your area before you consider. Buyer beware! ... More

We have had a terrible experience. Our first inspection was scheduled for Jan 16, 2023 and when we came in from Albuquerque we found out the supervisor had gone out of town, had not let us know and we had to reschedule for the next Thursday, costing us extra money and time to be in Texas. We inspected before closing and pointed out several concerns. We were told to close and assured everything would be taken care of before we took possession. When we moved in we found nothing had been done and the house was filthy. We have tried working with the warranty department. We did not have our calls answered and submissions addressed. It was as if we did not exist. Finally we complained and got the number of our warranty guy. He has addressed a few of our issues, but it has been like pulling teeth and we have heard nothing about the rest of them even though we have been asking. We tell everyone we know and random people about our experience and not to buy Pulte home. ... More

Awful. I had to be hospitalized and checked myself a day early based on Pulte’s pressuring me. I did a walk through and didn’t notice corrections to be made. Now they want to walk away.

Bobbie as a sales person.. good.. she needs to have more info tho as the communication through-out 16 months was terrible until Josh Yeager was assigned Bobbie is great but cannot address anything if there’s issues Josh Yeager .. once assigned to our project in the last 2 months was/is a tremendous asset. He is honest.. trustworthy and is the only reason we did not back out on the build.. Josh in my humble opinion is an absolute professional.. great communication.. listens and follows up As of today… little more than a month in I am awaiting a new AC unit .. nice in Arizona.. NOT The concrete on patio - drive and front porch is literally the worse I have ever seen… including the garage… which I personally epoxied…to hide the miserable work.. the concrete is extremely rough.. uneven.. like the finish work was never even done.. they did try to repair my front porch.. ground it down… and then epoxied it.. truthfully looks awful The back patio is just as bad… it looks like it’s 40 years old… paint is off the metal flashing in the front of the house… side gate is loose at bottom and latch is bent And we are still awaiting resolution on glass French doors … and not to mention that the switches in bathrooms were backwards… as was the lock on garage door I could go on and on … like I said… worse experience of my life and compared to the Beazer home I built in 2018 … Pulte can’t hold a candle …I As I mentioned… Josh is absolutely awesome… but I certainly cannot expect him to handle the workmanship issues… especially the terrible concrete work I feel that Pulte should at their expense address or refund so I can address with putting paver drive and front in .. as well as the back patio I in good conscience cannot and will not recommend Pulte to anyone until and unless our concerns are addressed… apparently Steve is no longer around the Florence build and that’s a good thing because although he carried a great message for Pulte… he hears nothing … and borders on coming across as dishonest In closing.. if you had more employees like Josh who actually addresses and discusses with owners … you would be way better off * I also find it amusing that a person cannot write a review without it being flagged for “naughty” words Which you hear all around your job site * Disappointed still Dennis ... More

Inexperienced, poor communication, minimal follow up on the Sub-contractor's performance (poorly trained) and then resigned from the company without notice to Matt O. or myself, leaving a major void in the building process and delay in its completion. His replacement Tim, was not familiar with our project's history, and only handled the final walk-through, which further delayed us getting to the "promised land". Overall, I would say the only people smiling at the end of this experience were in the brochures and/or web site photos. I understand that Pulte/Del Webb is an assembly builder, but it is obvious that there has been a drastic reduction their products quality and value. If this is a sign of the times, then I'm glad to be in my fourth quarter. ... More

I was suppose to get a 3.99 % fixed rate which t the builder did not honor it was very dishonest, did not honor and give me the home loan rate as promised at the time of purchase ?