K. Hovnanian® Homes Reviews

This is a terrible company, and I would not recommend them to anyone looking to purchase one of their homes or build one. Except for the sales team, the entire process was nothing but mistakes and excuses for why things were late or done incorrectly.

Khov does not hold their contractors accountable particularly their HVAC system. In Arizona, a good HVAC system is vital. Three months in and no solution in sight.

Will never buy a Khov home again!

Looks like home was rush made. 3 months in and we have pop nails, creaking in floorboards, uneven laminate, door knobs falling off door, ceilings and walls are uneven, and we had to repair hvac 2 times since March.

We closed on our 'dream home' with Khov in May of 2022. We waited over a year and a half for the home to be completed. We were sold on the idea of a custom home delivery, with craftsman who take pride in their work and deliver a top notch product. What we received was a nightmare. I've now converted into what feels like a full time construction project manager. The VP of operations for Khov got involved months ago and assured me he would personally make things right. Unfortunately, no progress has been made. We have serious safety concerns yet to be addressed that include electrical issues, exterior doors that do not function properly and a broken truss in our attic that was knowingly installed without appropriate guidance and sign-off of a structural engineer. We're now nearly 4 months in to what is a 12 month warranty period with no real progress. I've scheduled time away from work to accommodate repairs only to have the the people who are scheduled to do the work not show up. This process has been immensely stressful on my family and we could not be more disappointed in the experience we've had with Khov thus far. The only positive experience was with our sales person and construction manager throughout the build process. Everything we've been through since closing has been noting but empty promises and frustration. ... More

Let's just say, the home has too many imperfections. If you have a job that you're not good at, quit and find something else to do. The door frame/stopper doesn't come down to the floor, there are holes where there should be some form of grout. The corners of each wall were there is a door frame was never painted. We had electrical issues that took 3 trips to correct. We have only lived in this home for 1 month and I am so nervous at to what else we will find. The responsiveness to our issues has been slow. I cannot put a bar of soap in the bathtub because it comes right out. The tub is hollow in certain areas. ... More

House is not complete interior and exterior force me to close house very bad experience still not fixed I even move in already

The building process took 16 months . The paint on the inside is a joke . The riser on the inside steps are buckling and the paint is pealling off .

Nothing was done right. So many repairs needed from holes in walls. Doors splitting, whole house needed to be repainted. Cheap quality

Horrible builders and customers service poor. House cheaply built. HOA monstrosity.

The buying experience was bad as we were hurried to sign the contract and there were lot of things we got misled by the sales team. The contract said serpent blue color in wordings but the color pallet was different. management said it's mistyped. Sales agent mentioned that we will get wifi/ connected switches and later found out it wasn't installed and they said they found out later that it's an option and not standard. We compromised on a lot of things but since we signed the contract we didn't want to lose our deposit. The quality of home is decent not amazing like other good quality builders ... More

My house buying experience has been truly an unforgettable one. When I began this process, things were pretty much straight forward, seemingly less. Working with Sabrina was a delight, I went the design center, very excited, they were extremely helpful. I decided to use KHOV financing... BIG mistake... From the very first time I spoke with my loan officer Diandra things were chaotic. She called to inform me that she was unable to pull "One" of my credit reports, which I thought was odd since she was able to obtain the other two! She proceeded to confirm my SSN, stating "ins you social 000-00-XXXX? Completely baffled, I asked her to repeat the social, which she did.... Please advise who has an SSN the is 000-00-XXX??? In a different conversation we were discussing my interest rate, estimated closing cost. I asked if my interest could be locked in at the current rate, she answered YES without hesitation, however on the document I was asked to sign, the locked rate was not reflected, when I questioned this, she replies, my apologies, go ahead and sign it and I will correct it before. I believed her. As time went on and interest rate sore, I felt secure, because my trusted loan officer assured me that my interest rate was lock, therefore I had no concerns. In Mid April approximately 50 days to closing, I received a call from Diandra advising me that that I no longer qualify for my home loan because my DTI was too high... With no explanation what this means or even what the next step would be, she asked if I had received a raise, I advise no, she said "ok, let me see what I can do. I'll call you back". She never called back. I was left all evening and night with this, not knowing what is going on thinking that I don't have anywhere for my family to go. After waiting for Diandra to call me back, which she did not.. The process continues to get worse, so bad that I refused to work with her, which required the director of the department Karl to take over. When the loan processor Nicole took over, things got a little better, however the morning BEFORE I was due to close, I received an email advising they have not received my employment verification requesting my assistance to obtain it. As the day went on, although I advise Nicole I will work on it from my end, what was originally request, became a demand, then a threat, stating I cannot get my HR department to send information I will not be able to close on my home the next morning. Fortunately, I was able to obtain the required information. Literally up the LAST moment I had issues with the finance department. I would NEVER advise anyone to use KHOVANIAN financing... NEVER!! EVER!! It is very very sad that the terrible experience I had with the finance department has tainted what could have been a special home buying experience for me. I can only hope there have been significant changes in that department. I would like to acknowledge Sabrina, Josh, Angel. Heidi and Jon with Eastern Title. Unfortunately I do not remember the name of the contractor that did our initial walk thru, he was very knowledgeable and helpful, hopefully he can be identified and acknowledged as well. ... More

Love the house, but disappointed with the design where the wall is behind the basement entry door. I cannot fit or take big furniture items down the stairs because the wall behind the basement entry does not allow maneuvering. If I had known I could not fit big furniture ( couch) down the basement. I would have added the walkout to the back yard as another option. This is critical to mention to new buyers!

I had issue with Mailbox keys and kHOV has been pointing fingers on others like USPS and they point to HOA & in turn HOA says it's builder who made the mistake. I as home owner & tenant are going in circles from almost 2 weeks and so far we don't even know who owns this problem but the Owner & Tenant is suffering. This is not acceptable, period.

THE SOD I MY BACK YARD SEEMS T BE DEFECTIVE. THERE ARE SMALL PATCHES OF GREEN GRASS & THE REST SEEMS DEAD.THE ARE TRYING TO SAY IT IS A WATERING PRPBLEM YET THE FRONT YARD IS FINE BRCAUSE OF MY CONSIENCIOUS WATERING. IF YPU LOOK AT THE BACK YARD IT CERTAINLY LOOKS AS IF DEFECTIVE SOD WAS PUT DOWN.

I love the house itself. But very poor responsiveness from builder, sales and title company

The entire process from booking to closing house was tiresome. I booked my home in November and the delivery date was in March. But I got the house in August. Each time I talk to the builder the house was getting delayed by a month. I understand the delay was because of delay in raw material, labour, city and COVID but as a customer it felt frustrating. The quality of the house is pretty good. There were minor things which builder took care immediately. The builder team were pretty helpful and informative. They delivered what was told. I had some minor issues when I went ahead with my own lender rather than builders lender but it was resolved in timely manner. I would recommend this builder to any of my friends ... More

I worked with Shane. He was untrustworthy and ruined the entire experience for me. He/you were inflexible with deadlines and dates. I was not local, and worked during the day. I was lead to believe if I didn't comply with his schedule, I would push my closing back and potentially lose out on the deal. I will not be recommending KHOV for anyone to build. On the positive side - Mark (construction) has been extremely helpful and did his best to help turnaround my experience.

Many of the frustrations from our home purchase came from the financing of the home itself. We were voiced that we would be saving 7k off the price of our home by going through their mortgage lender, and ultimately it was a disastrous experience. I understand wholeheartedly that when selling a home and buying another, there will be many more stressors involved than our first home purchase where our main concern was just purchasing the home. However, the amount of additional (and ridiculous) documents needed, the fact that the home appraised for 15k less than the settled upon price (realistically it was 22k less as we "saved" 7k by using their lender), and the sense of lack to transparency was the most frustrating. Initially the gentleman that sold us our home had voiced we could speak to negotiating the price as well as small features to be included such as blinds and a gas range for the home. Once we decided to negotiate (and they knew we were interested) that changed very quickly to an all or nothing mentality. Ultimately we decided to go through with the purchase price with small features being added in (mainly just blinds). One the appraisal had come through and we were 15k under the asking price, a VP conferenced into the phone and was the epitome of a shady salesman. From the sale of our previous home, we were wanting to put 20% down to avoid PMI, however when the home doesn't appraise the bank won't loan you the full amount so our 20 percent turned into 17%. The gentleman voiced nothing would change to our down payment or our monthly payment so it would be a wash and they would pick up the PMI payment on our behalf as it was "important for the first model to sell high". That is an exact quote. What they failed to mention was that while our monthly and down payment wouldn't change, that 15k was going straight into their pocket and while I knew this is what was happening I wanted to see if he would come out and voice it to us, or if he would hope we didn't have the understanding to see what was going on. Because we did we were going to walk on the property and days later the builder's rep did call us to apologize for the interaction and stated they would meet us halfway. Considering the sales of our home would cause more stress, we decided to go through with it. The mortgage company asked for document after document that we never would have needed through our old lender, and the most frustrating part was having 5 people reaching out to us for documents and then asking the account manager questions about the docs, and them not having any idea who or why they were asking. Lastly, upon the closing documents of our home were to be signed, we signed them based on the agreement we made with the re-negotiated price point and once we went to pick up keys for our home, that closing costs were changed again so we were asked to sign documents once again prior to receiving keys. This led to another few phone calls for that to be resolved. Please remember for the folks reading this review and considering to purchase a new built home, most closing costs go right into the builders pocket (that's why they can waive so much up front) and they are the HOA. This The home itself is really nice and the only issue I have with the quality of work is the paint being so cheaply done. Other than that it is the normal settling issues that are to be expected with a new-build home. ... More

Grading around home is deficient and water accumulation especially on right side, one kitchen cabinet different from others and bad irrigation system is corroded and not functioning

We enjoy our home but the process of closing was pretty bad honestly. We understood there would be hiccups along the way for a new build but there were a lot of preventable mistakes. There was especially poor communication between different members of the team to us. For example, our close date got changed but didn't get updated officially so closing had to be delayed. And between the builder, scheduling office, title company and mortgage company everyone kept pointing a finger of whose fault it was. I would rather have had KHOV take initiative more during the process and help solve problems rather than point fingers. I will say, the bright spot during the process was Shawn who actually communicated with me well and problem solved efficiently. Craftmanship has been average at best. They do try to fix things though with their 1 year warranty ... More

Feel free to come look at my house and make the decision for yourself….

Our salesperson Gabbi was wonderful and responsive to our needs. Our GC was not as responsive and had excuse after excuse for the delays. Our friends went with a different builder and they broke ground in April and moved in a week before we did, we broke ground in February and closed on September 24 but purchased in November of 2020. We chose to have you paint our interior but the paint is very prone to smudges and stains, maybe give out other paint options.

Be cautiously aware that the administration side of this company is very unorganized and lacks proper communication.

Make sure your floor is level and out door paint is not mix matching in area you might not see it right away. Make sure carpeta don’t have nails sticking out an hurt your foot. Make sure outdoor electrical outlets are working or not cover by stucco.