Del Webb Reviews

Despite the beautiful location, be prepared to deal with lack of transparency and “bait and switch” pricing; base price (shell); lot size, location, and pricey upgrades (ceiling lighting; wall outlets; “finger pointing” regarding shoddy construction, poor quality, or defective doors, and high-end appliances. Challenges in reaching Customer Service, and lack of response. Be your own Advocate!

Be wary of the quality of their work

I am waiting on issues to be fixed yhat shouldn't have to. This is the worst home buying experience I have EVER had. There are number of repairs needed. The home was never cleaned before keys were released. There is no quality control. Throw them together and hand off the keys. No one cares.

I can't believe how bad Del Webb and Pulte screwed up my forever home. The issues are deep and systemic. Their procedures on dealing with these issues as well are a serious problem. I have floors w/ grout all over them after the install of tiles. Yet, for weeks I can't move in, and even today Feb 2 I sent another email asking when they will come out and fix this. NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is absurd, these people are complete and utter charlatans... keep saying "just close on the house, we know there are quality problem but we'll fix the problems" It's an complete lie. I have contacted the Sales agents, the field service manager, the customer service manager, the Better Business Bureau, and now Pulte HQ in Atlanta. I am calling around for lawyers and this week I'll be calling all the local TV stations who have consumer affairs divisions. ... More

Quality of work is poor. Still waiting on shower door, microwave, kitchen cabinets to be repaired and paint touched up, paint touch ups on exterior, one month after closing. Utility sink installed in laundry room when was supposed to be installed in garage.

Quality of work is extremely poor in every aspect. Materials for exterior/ interior is of poor quality. Little to no communication with anyone from Pulte. Pulte gives you only 30 days from closing to file issues or problems on your home. It is stressful enough just moving in without having to worry about your 30 day notice from Pulte. Do you think Pulte will fix those issues or problems in 30 days?

Poor quality workmanship. Getting the house finished hasn't happened and we are over a month after closing. Communications have been extremely challenging.

They just keep selling although they are way, way, behind on fixing the "punch lists" of almost everyone who has built in the past year. Items ordered for replacement being diverted to complete new houses. Senior construction people leaving in droves as the stress of trying to offer some semblance of customer service deteriorates further and further. Class action suits being filed and more and more are joining every day. Hard to believe that this can end any way but badly. We're selling while prices are high and before the whole thing implodes. This isn't the company, look further. You'll never know how good your decision was, trust me. ... More

What a mess. The care they take while building your home is well below any expectation I would have expected. They don't cover anything. My cabinets are nicked, the countertops are scratched, the workmanship is well below normal. My floors were so dirty I had to call a tile company to come and clean them. My carpet is stained and I have to live with it. If you decide to build with Pulte, do yourself a favor and don't upgrade anything. Do it after you take ownership. This was by far the worst experience I have ever been through.

There is a list of 40 damaged or improperly finished items in our house. With our last house house build, there were not issues with EVERY single surface: poorly painted walls; stained carpet; scuffed baseboards; horribly finished drop-zone; filthy and stained pool; damaged drainpipes; marks in bathtubs; chipped tile; damaged cabinets; missing shelves; roof issues; garage floor unable to park on for 2 months; garage doors missing insulation; no refrigerator; dryer that doesn't heat; pocket door and slider damaged; windows that don't lock; damaged pavers; hole in screen door; exterior and front door needing paint; slab honeycombing; grading of yard needed; all interior doors roughly cut; electric problems; and a water heater that doesn't supply hot enough water which means tepid baths! ... More

I wouldn’t recommend building here. Poor workmanship . Materials are sub par. You pay more per sq ft than the house is worth. They don’t follow up with any punch list items.

Do not trust the builder. The workmanship on the house is poor and the builder has not been responsive about the issues. I have lived in the house almost 2 months and I still don't have a garbage can. Only 1 issue has been addressed since I moved in. They promise to address the issues, but they have not.

Our experience with this builder has been terrible. We urge everyone to stay away from them. Weeks after completing the purchase of the home numerous items remain to be completed and all we get are excuses. These were all items identified well in advance of closing and we were told during the final inspection that they would be completed the week following closing. Nothing but lies. After agreeing to purchase the home the builder basically stopped working on it for weeks, which delayed our move.

We expressed our disappointment and it was rejected.

Even many of the upgrades still are cheap materials. The workmanship is a zero out of 5 stars. The drywall and texture in every corner looks like a 6 year old did the work. The paint is so watered down that you need to repaint the inside of your house right away. The cabinets are cheap and half of them don't close properly. The brand new bathroom countertops came scratched and lare so cheap that I am afraid to put anything on the counter. The carpet was an upgrade and it is no better than the cheapest and thinnest carpet I have ever seen. When the carpet installer comes to install carpet in the new builds, they show up with a roll of carpet in the back of a non-marked pick-up, they put the brand new carpet in the street, new side down on the asphalt to cut the carpet to the proper size. They don't put any protection between the new carpet and the filthy street. We have a 19 page report that was sent to Pulte of repairs that need to be done. Not a word in 2 months from Pulte regarding fixing the repairs. The toilet and counter top in the spare bathroom belongs in a kindergarten classroom. The size of the toilet and the countertop is embarrassing that a builder would put that in a new home in a 55+ community. Standard height for every home that I have ever been inside of throughout the country is much taller than both the toilet and sink. The baseboards throughout the house look dirty all of the time. They have been the same since the first homes were built here. If you are building a home make sure that pay the money for the upgraded baseboards. The finish work on the home lacks any pride of workmanship. For example, uneven windows, damaged inside doors, terrible drywall and texture work, paint drops on nearly every piece of tile throughout the house, very sloppy grout work between the tiles and the walls throughout the house, the whole house fan air duct was never connected (how did that ever pass inspection?), broken tiles on the new roof, the list is long. The sub contractors need to be held responsible to clean up after they are done for the day and to respect the home that they are working in. Trash was thrown every single day in our island before it was covered by the countertop. Workers urinated in our spare bathroom bathtub. The construction site is filthy with trash and leftover materials thrown on the ground. Pulte can do better and should do better. ... More

Del Webb/Pulte sales staff has slick marketing and friendly folks to sell their product. As we waited over the next 6 months, we heard nothing other than from the money people wanting to make sure we paid. Our "celebration walk" (looks great in the video, smiling customers, clean home, etc.) was a DISASTER. The home was SO dirty - floors, cabinets, walls, ceilings and they were ALL damaged or so poorly finished we couldn't believe they would turn over a house in such a condition. Del Webb's/Pulte's response was "well, you get a year to let us know what needs fixed." We wanted a house we could move into and enjoy - not this! We spent the first two weeks on our knees just trying to clean paint off the tile floor through the WHOLE HOUSE - one tile at a time. We spent the first two months waiting for sub-contractors to show up to "fix" things that should have been fine in a brand new home. Now we're starting month-3 and over half of the contractors never showed up in the first two months. Apparently, our time doesn't mean anything to Del Webb/Pulte. We are SO frustrated. We moved to this community for the amenities, but haven't been able to use any because we sit home waiting for subs to come get our house move-in ready - as we live out of suticases waiting for repairs to EVERYTHING! Del Webb/Pulte doesn't give you any way to reach anyone other than one person - so if they aren't responsive, you're out of luck. ... More

We would be very hesitant to recommend Pulte Builders as a quality builder. There were so many disastrous situations we experienced during our build. Unfortunately, some of our problems have yet to be resolved. It's a real shame when you spend nearly a half million dollars on a home that you THINK is going to be a quality build, and it turns out that shortcuts and poor quality workmanship are the standard. So very disappointed in what we thought was going to be our "dream home."

There focus is too close, not to complete the house or be concerned about quality.

Broken and chipped tile materials used by Pulte, split wood boards, electrical problems, sewer line crushed, doors dinted and dinged, pavers damaged, overall rushed and low quality construction, very dissatisfied homeowner. Builder not responsive to fixing problems, keep getting the run around. I regret buying a home built by Pulte.

By far, the worst new house purchase I've ever made - this is my fourth. Pulte can speak of quality, but there is no evidence of quality in my house. And the design oversights are astounding. Even junior architects shouldn't make such fundamental errors - doors that open on to each other, doors that cannot be opened unless another door is closed, air vents over dining table and living room seating area, windows that cannot be opened all the way because there is no grab handle on the bottom of the windows to close them, 'frameless' shower enclosure only missing the cheap aluminum frame on the top side, shower door that only opens out so water drips on the floor and shower mat cannot be used, no towel rack - must step out of the shower dripping wet to reach a towel, and the list goes on. And the poor workmanship - damaged countertop, damaged cabinet doors, wrong shower tile, horrible paint application, and more. I've been in my house for six weeks and the 'warranty' work is ongoing. Thus far, no design deficiencies have been fixed. ... More

The house was not ready for us to move into on our closing date on August 3. The floor tile was defective and the builder knew this 30 days before closing, the carpet was badly stained from muddy shoes and needed to be replaced. The kitchen vent shroud was installed poorly and totally unacceptable. We were told that we could not move into the house for 30 days after closing due to these construction defects. It is now 70 days after our closing and we are still waiting for the kitchen shroud to be installed and the correct dryer to be delivered. We are still waiting on payment for compensation for us to rent back the villa we were living in due to extending our closing for the second time. All this has caused extreme stress and frustration. ... More

It wasn’t a good experience! With the title company!

Pulte at Del Webb. Is only about money. You did not like what I said before and I stand by my words. Entire experience has been disappointing especially since we settled. My yard is a mess and hazard to my health!!!!

Our experience was not at all what we were promised. Finding out someone had put a cigarette out in our walk-in shower to finding a banana peel hanging in the spare room closest. The workmanship for the price we paid is very poor. We have had numerous issues with getting things complete. Commutation with our field manager is awful. We should not have to be the ones to contact people in order to have things fixed.

Speed is more important than quality... walls aren't plumb... window screens missing... screws missing everywhere... irrigation pipe leaking and neighbors have many more items