John Wieland Homes Reviews

It took more than a year to get home and a lot of compromises we had to make.

Great location. Not flexible when needed easy changes during building.

Quality materials but poor workmanship.

house was not complete and fully ready at closing forced to close so builder could make has quota

Home is very nice, not all minor defects addressed in timely fashion.

We very much love our home and the features we were able to select but there were some questionable issues at the pre-dry wall inspection that were blown off by our construction manager. Gaps in framing where air could get through and large holes in the wood paneling they refused to address. There were also many issues with overall craftsmanship of finished items and they were only half fixed by the time we moved in. Examples of issues are mismatch cabinet paint, paint touch ups never done/done poorly, holes in the wall that were only halfway fixed so you can still see the indentions, cabinet doors not lined up (we fixed them ourself) terrible draining in the yard with dead puddled grass (they are still saying they will fix this). There are also paint spots on the wood floor where they just did not clean it well. Our garage door didnt even have the weather stripping around it. I will say that our customer care manager has been excellent for all the things I have brought up. I just feel like there were a lot of sloppy fixes before we moved in that would make me probably not go with this home builder in the future. ... More

John Wieland builds a great house and were pretty good to work with prior closing. However, since closing the warranty response has been terrible. It should not be so hard to get things fixed. If they can get this straightened out we would recommend them 100%.

The process was great overall, communication with sales contact was good, quick build, good quality. Construction contact was not as responsive as he claimed to be and he argued with one or two of our things that we pointed out. We have also been having issues with the warranty department.. lack of response from our contact. He has dropped the ball on us a few times already and it’s only been a month. The warranty process should be much quicker and simpler for the price we paid for the house

Issue with flooring, still the issue is open and notified field manager Michael. Field manager said, he logged a warranty request but no response its been 4 weeks and issue is open with the more glue on wood floors.

New construction looks great but after a month. we are starting to discover issues with construction on the small stuff to date they have responded but as we are doing work we have noticed issues with blinds installed 40% are not straight or broken also in checking the windows 2 have broken locks and will need to be reset or replaced. Will add to the list of items to be repaired

Very good home builder. Pay attention to details.

Love the house and Kevin has been amazing. We took over the house contract when it was 95% done but are super happy. Only issue is our yard which looks horrible in the back. We paid for a premium lot and have a stream that goes through our yard.

Good but not great quality or workmanship for a million dollar home.

Pros: The sales process and communication was fine - easy to work through. The dedicated construction manager was great. Cons: like other home builders they are price gauging- way overpriced. Upgrades are overpriced and not worth it. Attention to detail is not good. Quality of craftsmanship is terrible. It’s fine as a starter home, but very far from what they market as a luxury home builder. They don’t include a refrigerator. Overall I would rate them as bush league starter home level quality.

The experience during the process wasn't good as expected. Some many issues and details. The material qualities weren't good. For example, we can't clean the walls because the paint is peeling. During the walk-in, we found a lot of issues (I can say more than a hundred). We expended more than 3 hours finding issues. Even, our realtor said that it was the first time she saw too many issues during a walk-in. No all of them were solved, but as we needed the house we didn't say anything during the walk-off (celebration day) because we didn't want Pulte to move the closing again. We just checked the 3 big issues we reported 2 months before the closing (they solved them the day before the celebration after we pushed a lot). The other problems are finishes mostly related to painting (maybe around 90%). They used different paints (at different times I assume), so we can see two o more colors on the walls and ceiling. There are parts of the ceiling without paint just the drywall "white color". The painting issues are not related to light perspective as we were told on the wall-in day. As, I told Jack (the field manager) "the repairs that you do not do I will do them", so I started painting. Also, I asked twice (during walk-in and walk-off) about the fireplace how to turning on? And if they could test it. They said me it is just turning on the switch. I tried it by myself, and I realized no gas was there. ... More

Marketing and sales team experience was good but finding multiple issues with workmanship since we moved in

So far the house has been great, but there are little things that I see now that bug me, especially when I consider the price range we are in. there are a few places you can see the walls are no straight, paint splatter on cabinets, windows seem cheap. NONE of the bathrooms had any towel racks or hooks, I had to buy and install myself, to me that is not a finished bathroom.

I am happy with my decision to buy a house on waterfront property. Resell value is definitely there but my experience with John Weiland/Pulte has not been a pleasant experience. Beginning with sales team (weird experience) to design and all the way down to the workmanship has all been sub par. I was very surprised since I always thought Weiland homes were some of the best years ago. It really has changed. Absolutely not what I expected.

I like the JW House design and standard items included with the house that are usually extras. The structure of the house is strong but the poor workmanship finishing the house has been upsetting.We are still having to correct problems with painting, trim work, screens, floors and landscaping. The quality of the wood used on the screened in porch is poor as well as the facia around the roof. The good thing is they are continuing to repair some of these items. I’m sure the supply chain problems caused by the pandemic was a cause of some of the problems

Although the team has been very responsive in addressing repairs, I expected the craftsmanship quality to be a lot better. The house was delivered with significant wear and tear on trims and baseboards, something that is not easily fixed. The paint job is sloppy and there are markings throughout the flooring along trims. The kind of damage that home owners try to carefully avoid when moving in with furniture, unfortunately is already built in by the staff. I’m spending a lot of time trying to fix or hide those defects myself just to get a clean look on a very expensive property.

The house is well built and sound. Attention to detail is mediocre.

You don’t want me to give a review. It’s been extremely unpleasant.

My home is as expected, some of the workmanship details (edges, door frames) seem rushed, poorly measured and missing touch up paint. But on the whole, the house is great, the building manager is very responsive to fix a few things even after I closed. Wish the sales team had highlighted more the very short window for registering my HVAC. 30 days is very tight considering people are moving during that time.

The pace of delivery was woefully SLOW. The people in the end tried very hard to accelerate the project, but the damage to us financially was done. 6 months of rent at $2900/month, storage at $800/month, and the total inconvenience of having to move everything twice; it was due to be completed est. by September 2021. We placed the contract in December of 2020. So that makes it a year and 3 months. :-( We also had locked in a loan at 2.7% and almost lost it...3 days away from losing it and Pulte Closing Dept. caused major confusion at the end and a lot of gnashing of teeth and a firestorm with my lender! There are many minor issues as to be expected, but some key ones were encountered along the way: - The foundation was poured wrong for the elevator and had to be dug out and repaired causing delays at the end. - The roof leaked for 6 weeks after dry in - There was a fire from the painters, luckily no damage but a real anxious moment - The building sat for 2 months with little to no effort in Feb 2021- May, and then again from Jun - August for no availability of windows; this was very stressful for us! The whole thing was so stressful I would never do it again. I knew John Weiland and have see his work, Pulte does not impress me. ... More

We like JW home architecture design style. We want to recommend JW home to friends. However, we don’t feel comfortable with things that can be avoided. We understand material shortage, labors and etc. that is cause of delay. Builder shouldn’t have taken off two installed windows from our home for another home to our closing date. The interior work was rushed completely in final months, because the field manages said when window were installed, closing date should be set up. The builder quality celebration and closing date were set up the same date. After that there are many new issues we find later. The customer care is slowly responsive to the finding and follow up items… ... More