Del Webb Reviews in Hilton Head, SC

After six new construction experiences, this contractor was by far the worst in terms of quality, reliability, and communications. We were assigned three different construction managers and had closed 4 months later than originally advised.

Very unhappy with the workmanship of our home. No attention to detail. Our project manager did everything he could to make things right. Del Web is only interested in getting as many houses built as possible instead of focusing on the detail/quality of their homes.

The Sun City Del Webb Pulte homes are great designs for living and entertaining. Even though the homes are close together, outside noise is not a problem. The finishing workmanship from poor wood filled with putty, painting not finished, paint splatter on floors and cabinets, poor tile laid uneven. If you have low expectations of quality, this the place to buy!

We have been in the house for almost 4 months now. We made a HUGE mistake. We believed that the issues that we found before closing would be addressed in a timely manner. We were so WRONG! When we did our walk through on the house with a couple weeks before closing, we noted multiple items that needed to be addressed. We were assured they would be finished prior to closing. When they weren't done, we were again assured that they would be finished within days of the closing. Now 4 months later, they have been here 4 times to address the issues and have still not gotten it right. They have ordered the incorrect parts 3 times. My suggestion to anyone dealing with Pulte/Del Webb is this. DO NOT close until you are completely satisfied with the finished product. ... More

There were issues with our home prior to closing that were promised to be resolved and still are not 6 weeks after closing. The finished product had many flaws and the closing construction inspector did a poor job is assessing completeness of the interior and exterior of the home. many flaws. This did not live up to the Pulte reputation or our expectations. We would have not have closed had we know it would be such a problem to get things resolved.

Too many problems to list

The Field Managers are overworked and are unable to properly prepare the homes for the customer. None of the new home buyers on my street are pleased with their purchases.

have not had much contact with pre closing issues being address or corrected

One of their mantras is "Build Quality" but they hire the low bidder and each of tell them that this is a "production home", thus the quality suffers. The caulk, spackle & paint job on my house was the worst I've ever seen and I've seen plenty as I was in the construction management industry for 40 years. Also, they don't always use top quality products. For instance, the electrical outlets are very difficult to plug in to. The bathroom toilets and kitchen sinks were low grade quality also,

We were essentially coerced into closing 12/10/21 on a house that remains unfinished coming up on 2 months later. Major framing errors including unequal door frames in bedrooms, open gaps between frames and missing drywall, bowing of drywall and doors hung on bowed frames. The bench in the entryway from the garage is not as shown in the model homes, and looks like it was constructed by a child (door is mounted unevenly on painted hinges, front is disconnected from top). Painting quality was poor and a good bit of mudding and painting had to be redone after closing. All of this should have been noted by the site manager and deemed unacceptable. We have gone over our concerns on multiple occasions, but responsiveness is slow to non-existent. We have loaner appliances (washer/dryer/dishwasher), though this may be attributable to supply issues - still, if you cannot deliver what is promised, the sale of the house should not be completed. We continue to wait for the cabinet crew to correct mistakes related to hanging the wrong cabinets and one of the ovens, and not originally installing a beverage center (per plans) - but the beverage center cannot go in until some flooring work is redone! And backsplash needs to be completed now that the correct cabinets are hung - but we have no idea when that will occur. Finally, the "storage room" over the garage has cross beams at about 4 feet off the ground (unlike the model home) making it impossible to stand up while moving and storing in this area. The drywall leading up to that space was clearly hung by a crew that didn't care about quality. My spouse has been in the home for the past month to be available for work crews to come out and complete the finish/detail work, but these crews show up unprepared for the amount of work they need to fix for the original teams, and chip away at this work without yet having completed anything. At this time, there is no room in our home that could be considered "finished". All the while, Pulte continues to build homes as the neighborhood expands to the east. Simple solution - finish the work as promised, to customer satisfaction, then close. Since this is not possible in this case (already closed), get your subcontractors out to finish closed homes quickly, reliably, and efficiently, with continuous feedback to your customers about the status of the work (not "I sent them an email...I'll send another email", then work on the ones under construction. ... More

Seems like they are more concerned about number of homes being sold and not quality and/or pride in their work.

Many issues still to be dealt with after closing. Spent lots of money for sloppy workmanship as well as unfinished. I think the site supervisor is inundated with many homes and trying to do his best. I have to cobtinousky ask for things to get done. Labor must be hard to come by.

I would not recommend this builder.

The final craftsman work was terrible, chips, poor paint job, poor joints etc. Moto: Hurry up and finish! We were over two months late closing due to builders' poor business decisions. Poor craftsmanship and communications are a common theme with other homeowners. We discovered this after moving in. We were told stuff would be fixed but had to hound them to get it done. Overall, our experience with Pulte was not what we expected.

workmanship of this house is very poor. Move in week was mentally stressful as there were so many things left to be done for me to be happy and to sign off. House is about $100k to $15k overpriced for what we bought. Staff is responsive when i call.

1. Communications and accuracy of information to new buyers and existing home owners needs to. It is very poor. 2. Our home was not ready for us to move in. It was not ready for our final walk through with numerous things that needed to be fixed and done. On our closing day, it still was not done with lots of excuses and what was done was poor work.. 3. Salesman did not explain things thoroughly, it felt like he was just trying to make a sale and gave us false information. 4.They installed a crummy wood privacy fence behind our house and painted it black. It looks horrible. They told us it was a "SECURITY" fence and a "SOUND reduction fence. It is not either. It is a privacy fence, that's it. We were not informed that this was being put in. Strick guidelines are put in place for us to follow to keep our community looking nice and we are expected to follow these guidelines. If you can't follow your own guidelines, how do you expect the residents to follow them. You install this horrible looking fence that makes our home look cheap!! We paid good money for our home!! 5. We purchased the CPI security. We were informed by Hargrave that most the wiring they installed for our cable was not needed. However, we paid for all of this wiring per CPI. Why are they installing wiring that is not needed? Again, another communication breakdown with the vendors that Pulte/Del Webb employ for the community. Very disappointing. 6. When working with Pulte, we worked with 3 or 4 different people, none of whom were communicating with each other and requesting the same documents. It was a very frustrating and confusing. They did not communicate the process, they just assumed we knew. 7. Sun City HOA. They have been very rude and unresponsive to requests. It seems like most people that work there are not happy. Do you want people like that managing your communities. Again, we spend a good amount of money for them to manage the community.. 8. We have paint splatters all over our floor and were told that we shouldn't expect the quality of a million dollar home. They told us to clean it up ourselves. We do not feel that is what you want your people saying to residents who just purchased hundreds of thousand dollars on a home in your community. In conclusion; We understand that we moved to the community at a very rough time with the Virus. However, it does not constitute the behaviors that we have given you above. We are enjoying our home and are happy to be here. However, we feel these problems and suggestions need to be addressed. We are not the only ones here that feel this way. We have neighbors that ask us if we have been "Pulted" because of how disappointing it has been. We would appreciated you addressing these issues so people who want to come to this and other communities that you have will have a good experience. ... More

interior paint work very poor .paint spots all over the floor ,never cleaned it up.

Pulte mortgage was the worst

There are issues with my new home everywhere you look! I'm disappointed in the poor quality of my house. If I had to do it over, and know what I know now, I would NEVER have built this house. Not happy at with what I would call, 'shoddy craftsmanship'.

BUYER BEWARE HOMES ARE PUT TOGETHER WITH UNSKILLED WORKERS THAT CANT BE FIRED UNLESS THEY DO SOMETHING DRASTIC .YOU SHOULD BE ON SITE THE WHOLE TIME THEY ARE BUILDING HAD A DOOR WITH SOME NASTY GRAFITI ON IN PLUTE BOSS SAID HE WOULD CHAGE IT OUT NEVER DID OVER THREE WEEKS AGO.SALES PEOPLE ARE LYERS

It's true. We heard it throughout the build. Coming to Sun City Hilton Head is absolutely wonderful.....if you don't mind living in an over priced, poor quality home. Pulte has to be the bottom of the barrel when it comes to overall quality. The workmanship is subpar at best. The materials are the absolute cheapest money can buy. They are quick to say to NO to everything that would make a client happy yet fast to do whatever they need to get you to close. As a contractor, I would be embarrassed to pass off a final product that Pulte is overjoyed to pass off. Just a number to get to the next closing. Fortunately, we have the means to have the home repainted, (which we did), retrofit with sliding glass doors, re-landscape everything, and customize the way we wanted. I wish Pulte would have just sold us the land and let us build a decent home. I will stay in SCHH forever but I could never go through another Pulte build. ... More

Poor workmanship and a person could still go broke having fun hoa doesn't even pay for fitness classes

I observed our house being built nearly every day and here's what Pulte doesn't want the public to know. Granted they are mass producing new houses, however, there is no excuse for most if not all trades not taking the proper time to complete their tasks. As a result there are countless call backs by Pulte field managers to fix the mistakes during the construction process . Actually, these managers have very little control over the sub-contractors. In general, just pure sloppy workmanship! Many new homeowners that I've spoken with have experienced the same issues. Pulte touts their houses are quality for the price. Well, here are a few items that would improve on their statement: (1) use a better grade of paint [no impact to labor cost], (2) use self closing commode seats [it's a 55+ community], (3) provide sidewalks throughout [it's a 55+ community], (4) allow more meeting design time for the decision making process. I am very disturbed that two construction managers actually indicated directly to me and also sent an email asking me to score them a 9 or 10 in the evaluation questionnaire as part of the completion process. Overall, the building of our new house was quite disappointing. There was no consistency throughout the build process, including 61 days to frame the house which included broken trusses, misalignment, and several failures to pass framing inspections. Pulte should focus on quality instead of just the dollar!! Granted supply and demand is the driver, but Pulte is quickly is getting a reputation in the community for something far less for the dollar spent!! ... More

Fit and Finish is the worst I've seen in the industry and contractors do not seem to care about quality and doing things right the first time or second time

The countertops and flooring would be rated good or very good. However, the finish work is the most awful work I've ever seen! Splits in woodwork and --painting drips everywhere on woodwork--poor painting overall. Lots of excuses for things not done right and field manager does not follow up or pay attention, which to me, translates to "I don't care"! Can't trust his word.