K. Hovnanian® Homes Reviews

Nice people to work with. High priced for decent quality. Didn’t love the buying process and definitely wasn’t a fan of the in house loan officer.

The KHOV Elevon salesperson was very misleading, played shady games over crediting back $1,500, I would not trust her and certainly would not refer anyone to her. The home is lovely for the most part. I was told the home was "close to being ready", knowing I was on a tight timeframe to move, they sat on the house with not a single nail for almost a month, I lost money on the house I was selling due to not one but 3 closing delays and then they did not even live up to the $1,500 credit back they offered (found that out too late). The interior is lovely (we bought the farmhouse style) but the front landscaping was sloppy, I wish that they would have actually completed the punch list before I moved in and they absolutely did not clean the lot, we have had the worst ant problems, coming in through our sockets, trim, etc. READ EVERYTHING. They do provide many beautiful upgrades like a free-standing tub, barn doors and little details that make the home just a little elevated. Some of the systems DO NOT work as described (i.e. "Fresh Air Intake"); the fence is sub-par, and I think they tried to squeeze one too many houses on each street as the houses are so close that many side yards never dry due to lack of sun. Unfortunately, you don't get the HOA rules until after you have provided earnest monies and then, the HOA rules not working for you is NOT a reason to break the contract. I did not like the Elevon Sales Team, I'm planning to sell in another year and move. I have to take ownership that I should have demanded certain information before giving them any monies. The Project Manager was great, but did I mention the Sales Team either withholds, misleads or just lies; sometimes over stupid things but they really lied about the plans for the development. That was not KHOV as a company, but the sales teams represent the company. I might have rated a little higher overall except for the fact that Heather the Salesperson really tainted the experience, and you just can't change that so every time I pulled into my garage, it just took from the joy of buying what was supposed to be my "dream home" (within an affordable price point) and the HOA management company.... just ridiculous nonsense. ... More

Buying process was exhausting and if you are not computer savvy, it's a real turnoff. Once in the home, I started finding little things that they cut corners on, lights in closets, vanity drawers are too deep (unusable). Cabinets and microwave too high. Space could have been better used.

I have not heard from the follow up home inspector post buy. I have concerns but she has not called me back. Her name is Dean.

Home is well built however there is no consistency in pricing everyone in neighborhood paying different prices, If you get a loan with them I would advise to get it on your own the terms were different every time we went in. With construction still going on there are many nails in the street and when ask if someone could clean up so people would not get their ties damaged it seems to fall on deaf ears every time I walk I pick up nails in the street Landscaping does a poor job taking care of the neighborhood many dead plants and when asked never address.

There is too muc turn over and issues are not resolved. There were short cuts made and many mistakes. The garage door has never been fixed. Orlando and so many other good people quit because they were overworked and underpaid. The buyers all suffer as a result.

The poorest quality home I have ever bought. It was supposed to be new but the quality of the crafmanship leaves a lot to be desired, specially the painting job, sloppy and poor quality paint. The paint over frames is full of crumbs, that will require sanding and repainting . I was told that buy as it is after I had put my downpayment. The person responsable for responding to issues was excellent, The windows would not open and they came and fixed them almost all. Problems with a breaker they also fixed, overall very responsive.

Majority of the materials used interior (wood) is of not good quality. Few items were installed in a way that could cause danger to kids. Not at all happy with warranty team. Always give one or other reason for warranty tickets

Builder did not have drip pan under AC unit causing ceiling saturated with water

As first time homebuyers, my husband and I expected a much better finshed product, however we were sadly disappointed. Khov's home building process is rushed and the workmanship is poor. The quality of the work does not reflect the "new constructed home" we dreamed about.

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The contractors use low quality products to save a buck. This has proven to cause several problems and continues to cause more. The quality of doors are subpar, electrical outlets, switches are being swapped out as well. The trim crew through things together and doesn't match up seems etc. The doors have flaws and are never installed evenly so they look twisted etc. Even the yard has issues and I've been trying for 2 months to get it corrected. If I could do it again I wouldn't buy from them but I'm I did so ill keep pushing to get things corrected best I can.

Sales – Experience had been good, but it could have been better. We requested for few must have items to be included and not to provide everything in white but none of these were considered. Now it has become impossible to keep those white cabinets and countertop clean and white and we are spending almost 2 hours every week. Bathroom fixtures are mismatching with faucet chrome and light black finish. Fans and daylight LED discs were not added so now we’ll have to spend thousands (4 times of original cost) on installing them and existing light fixtures will go in waste. We paid the highest for this model but didn’t get what we were expecting. Selection of bricks, island, countertop, cabinets, bathroom fixtures is poor and didn’t think through while selecting. Construction – Lot of things were done in a rush, paint, doors, floor, kitchen tiles and electrical outlets. Doors are making creaking sound already. Vinyl floor seems uneven and making noises at some places when we walk over. Before GKO we pointed out some issues, but construction didn’t take care of all those items. Doors are very quality and rough edges. Now we are spending several hours every week to call Warranty team and then again spending time to make sure those are fixed properly. There are few items which can’t be fixed now or will take lot of efforts to fix. Mortgage – Experience was frustrating and not transparent. Even with the best credit and excellent history we were imposed the highest possible mortgage rate. Still not sure why there was a charge for rate buy when the rate applied was already way higher than the market rate. Looks like having a good credit became disadvantage for us. ... More

The home I have is OK but not great. The home buying experience is disorganized and not well managed. It seems knob is a co!election of units not in any cohesive. Fixing what comes after the sale is a lot of excuses for not doing things like calking or uneven heating. I could do a better job than current management and I am a retired engineer.

Quality of maters and workmanship is below my expectations.

I had bought a home in Scottsdale heights phase with good experience. The decided to purchase another home in phase 2. Great disappointment this time around with quality workmanship of tiling, drywall, painting, all sloppy work!!! Yes, of course warranty department stepped in, however, consumed much of my time for miscellaneous vendors to come to do repairs. Plus we have to fight for the repairs, because their vendors including tile, drywall, stucco, noisy a/c unit, kitchen cabinets, and endless list of repairs…they all seem to have one statement the quality is within normal. That Normal is Very Low and Sad standards. This time we don’t feel warranty department really looking out for us. ... More

I had an issue with water break and couldn’t o cult home for 2-3 weeks this is all after 2 weeks of closing Expected khov to ribose me with reimbursement for having to extend my lease by two Months still Not even one phone call

I don’t believe the contractors involved in the building of my home paid attention to detail. Their work showed lack of respect to their trade. After almost three months, we still have items that are being addressed. We had to move in before the high impact windows were installed even though this was an original design of my house. Some of the materials used in building my house seem inferior to a house of this price.

Love the neighborhood and plan. The sales folks did a good job. The after-sales team has been great.. which is good as there have been a number of issues. The building process itself was the issue. There was a consistent lack of quality. The builder was willing not only to cover up but to lie. Insulation was missing from the wall and ceiling. A water leak at the main was "from rain" six weeks earlier... though no other house had that "rain". Those are just 2 examples of a difficult process. Thankfully, K. Hovaninan IS addressing these issues slowly, but, with honest and quality supervision, there would be fewer issues to address and K. Hovnanian would have earned more stars. I suspect many builders will have such issues, but this was my experience and the experience of many of my neighbors. ... More

The project manager started off promising the world and telling us that the issues we had read about on-line about their quality and service were already corrected. Lie lie lie!!!! The house took an extra three months to “complete” after their projection. Normally it wouldn’t have been such a big deal but we couldn’t lock in on an interest rate until 30 days prior to majority completion. The company didn’t seem in any hurry considering their company was also the lender and ended up benefiting from a higher interest rate. This was at the beginning of 2023 when the Feds kept raising the rates. After closing we didn’t move in another 2.5 months thinking it would give the company enough time to finish their punch list. Haha, shame on us. DO NOT sign off on their punch list until everything has been completed or you will never see it done. All of my neighbors that bought Kahov homes before us have told us that they just gave up and did the repairs themselves. I am sitting in our home right now staring at the uneven double doors, caulking and grout job that looks like they applied it like toothpaste, paint all over the floors, fixtures and no touch up paint for the cabinetry that looked like they were in a hurry to install and get out of dodge. The tile flooring are uneven in the bathrooms and the tile shower has several spots where they didn’t remove the blue tape before applying the clear caulking. They didn’t turn on the hot water to the soak tub before they closed in the plumbing. They left popped up nails under the carpet that we constantly step on with bare feet (upstairs in the hallway). The last thing that I can think of right off the top of my head is they never came back and installed the second story dryer vent cover which is less than 12 inches from our actual dryer. No residual damages that we can tell, yet. It would be nice for a builder to do the right thing with a brand new construction home and actually sell a product that you could be proud of. ... More

First home buying experience. We were very excited. Disappointed to find that our builder simply couldn't be bothered to hold the contractors to a high standard. His exact words when we pointed out the terrible tile work around our fireplace were, "our tile guys are B grade". We were told that we could have them re do it but it could be worse. We didn't have the option to delay closing. There were other things we didn't catch as well. Out of square door frames, cabinet doors not the same size with off color replacements. Interior paint job was terrible even after we stuck tape over the entire house during the walk through. Overall I feel like we over paid for what we got. ... More

KHovnanian Homes has great sales people and that part of the experience is great. They are helpful, responsive, responsible, etc. Unfortunately, a lot of the experience falls off from there. Most importantly, the quality of craftsmanship is subpar and they have trained their PM's and warranty reps to talk a slick game to get inexperienced homeowners to accept VERY POOR quality workmanship everywhere they can get away with it. If you end up buying from KHov, be prepared to see some of the worst finish workmanship you've ever seen and be doubly prepared for their warranty guys to tell you that everything is "within tolerance" including 1" visible seems in drywall, drywall tape showing through crappy level 2 finish, curved walls, glooped on caulking and any other construction material they can pile on to cover up poor workmanship, You will also end up with damaged cabinets that they mark up with pens/touch up kits to cover up the damage their subs cause on EVERY job, you will spend months on your hands and knees trying to remove all of the construction materials that are stuck to your tiles as they NEVER cover their shoes when coming into your house to do finish work after your tile, carpets, etc. are all in. At the end of the day, they are a production company that cares about profits and not people. Just remember that going in and maybe you won't get your expectations up. ... More

The worst company and some company employees have no idea what they are doing and happening on site

My experience with the sales consultant was fantastic. Dennis was great, responsive and took on more than he probably should’ve when our Project managers went MIA. The areas we marked to be touched up were not in the house. The dry wall patch work was bad. There’s was dry grout all over our guest bathroom tile. There is mortar and boot prints in our sidewalk. The landscape job was patchy with dead shrubs installed and pine straw scattered all over our yard. Wouldn’t recommend a Khov home to anyone.

We purchased a home and process started fine but disappointed in craftsmanship and responsiveness. They took some shortcuts and it is evident in certain areas. As we submit the warranty items it takes a long time to get items addressed if they even do address them at all.