DiVosta Homes Reviews

For the price we pay i would expect better materials, like not using wood window sills, better quality cabinetry, etc....

Overall satisfied

I am happy but i could be much happier if the workmanship was better. Any outside repair person always remarks about how they don't understand why certain things were used in the build such as "why were these wires used?" Seems like they use the cheapest vendors, no one was supervised as long as they job looked complete they moved on. How many days of work am i going to miss to fix all these issues? And will my issues ever be resolved? Stop telling me that every issue is normal or the style. A towel bar was literally placed where a mirror would obviously go centered above the sink and i was told that is the look. Tiles scratched, paint everywhere and lies about a free year of pest control. Do better. ... More

Too much warranty work to be done after move in. Floors warped and known issue with a support beam not to level in all of their townhomes. walls uneven, all appliances needed multiple service (hot water heater, washer, dryer, refrigerator, stove (6 times), dishwasher, garage door opener). Painters had to repaint multiple walls from nail pops and wavey walls, barely any paint on the walls. Every trade wants to blame another trade. Pulte/Divosta is too concerned with getting units moved into and not concerned with quality of workmanship.

My first days in the house were not good at all. The washing machine flooded the bathroom and hallway 3 times (once on its own when I tried to use it and 2 other times as the plumber was trying to troubleshoot the issue. Additionally, my dishwasher did not work the first time I tried to run it. Had to schedule a repair call and tech came with wrong part so I am working on rebooking the technician.

Should have delayed closing but went foward eventhough many items were not completed. Post closing, problems with repairs. Either progress was very slow, other things were damaged when repairs were made or quality of materials was inadequate and not checked for quality. Many issues related to the doors and trim work. Paint work also very inconsistent. We expected better quality for the price paid. This is not our first home built.

This is my third new home and probably my last (only because of age) and the most expensive. For the price it’s quality is not worth it. I guess we didn’t realize it until we moved in and saw the inexpensive materials and incomplete construction of the end result. At walk through, there were numerous things that were still not done and STILL are not done. Lucky for me I have a handy guy that did complete all the things that needed to be done. It really is a shame that for a home of these prices, you don’t receive a better quality product. And no, I wouldn’t rather not anyone see this review.

Sales experience was very good. Design Center experience was excellent. Most of the construction process went very well until the end, expertly managing the material and labor shortages of the time. In the end, we were forced to close before the house was move-in ready. Over a month later, it is still not move-in ready. You can see where they rushed to finish it, and the work is sloppy. There are many issues with the finish in certain areas that still need to be corrected, and the responsiveness on completing the work is lacking. It really takes the joy out of getting a new home.

We had several CMs over the term of the build. Disjointed process with trades performing work out of traditional order. Very poor communication with buyers. Overall love our home, but the process was at times very painful.

I would be hesitant to recommend Divosta

DiVosta has marketing materials that lead you to believe they have process of constant communication and feedback on the build of your home. Very little of this process was followed in our case. The quality of the subcontractors work in many cases are below expectations. We expected a much higher quality of work. Our construction manager did the best he could do under supply chain issues and labor shortages. He was responsive to our questions and concerns when we raised issues. Pulte management puts undue pressure on their teams to close projects without appropriate review of the status of the homes creating frustration on the part of home owners. Due to the premature close, the warranty department has a long list of issues to work through, and are overwhelmed. All of these issues lead to a dissatisfaction with the overall process. ... More

Our salesperson Jessica was very responsive and full of valuable information to help us make the right decision.

Just wish that I knew a year ago what I know about how this builder conducts its business. Word of advice to the next buyer, do your due diligence, take your time and have the house inspected well. It will save you a lot of headaches down the road. Don't sign/agree to anything before you have things fixed.

I would say the whole experience was stressful. Our sales person was very nice and knowledgeable. Then you send us to a design center where we have 3 hours to make all of our selections. Pretty much everything on the model homes is an extra and if you makes changes after your original selections even if it’s way before construction the change orders are very expensive. Construction took a very long time. Our construction manager was very cooperative and responsive however it seems he didn’t really have much control of times. Of course we understand these were difficult times during Covid. At the end it was a rush and a lot of things to do for closing. Since moving in it seems like every day there is a new issue. Overall quality of work was good but far from great. And material is low quality! ... More

Poor communications, both before and after closing.

The builder is slow to respond and communicate on post close issues. There is a courteous approach to ensuring buyer will have issues addressed, but after being in the home over a month there is little evidence any plan to address issues is in place

We closed one day after the walkthrough with the assurance that all the open items would be taken care of quickly. Now 6 weeks later most of the items that should have been taken care of prior to closing are still unaddressed. damage to kitchen cabinets, damaged windows and screens, front door repairs, and a temporary refrigerator. If we knew that t would take this long to address these issues we would have delayed closing. We only closed because it seemed important to the builder to make their quarterly sales numbers.

Quality has gone down. Problems abound after closing 2mos ago!!!

This is our second DiVosta house at Island Walk. There were many “issues” with our first house and we were reluctant to purchase another DiVosta house but we really liked Island Walk so we decided to give them a second chance. The resulting experience, from design issues, quality of building products, attempts to rectify problems prior to and now subsequent to settlement has been frustrating at best. Whenever we identified design limitations (this second house is one of the most expensive properties in Island Walk) there was little if any attempts by the builders representatives to make corrections or to go that extra step to make helpful changes, even though the remediation would be relatively inexpensive. When design issues or build quality issues, came to light we were given excuses or lame attempts to justify how those problems arose. I could go on but its just not worth our time. ... More

Have move in no response to my problem with transfer of services.

Seemed to me that the base house was pretty basic and almost everything was considered an upgrade. Everything had to be done on their schedule with little to no consideration for us.

Very poor job installing drywall, tile and wood trim. Foundation not flat. Cabinets came in beat up. Told up front they use wood 2X4 studs - not true unless you have a 2nd floor - they use metal - I would not have bought if I'd know that. 2 stars on trustworthiness because of that. So far they have been very good at correcting the deficiencies.

So far not the best experience.

Cannot get the warranty person at the Lakes to answer emails, answer questions about construction deficiencies or schedule contractors to effect repairs. He even told my wife that our problems were "small ". The problems include issues with the windows, doors, HVAC system, tile floors, paint, cabinets, plumbing fixtures, pavers and landscaping. Repeated questions about when and how these issues will be addressed seem to be ignored. Therefore, although the initial construction and communication were good, follow through after closing has been very difficult and frustrating.

Decent quality home built. But unfortunately, 3 months later were still waiting on things that should have been completed before move in. Did try to complete after our move in, but so many punch items unable to complete in a week. Told many times, coming for repair but no show.