KB Home Reviews in Orange County, CA

The house has been great so far for the 2 months that I’ve lived here. The warranty process on the other hand has been less than ideal. We’ve had some damage before delivery that needed to be replaced and it was submitted during the first month of purchase and the guy was really helpful but nothing has been done so far.

1. Credit from standard options that can be applied towards to upgrades - This is really not true. They do make it look its true on little things like the faucets that you can check outside but anything that goes in thousands and the exact model is not found in the stores they added at least a 50% premium mixing up with poor quality items. 2. Design studio's misleading sampling technique - sample items they showed in the design studio looks intentionally misleading. Flooring sample they have shown did not represent what they have actually installed. A small percentage of the difference can be acceptable but almost 50% of the planks installed were not the sample shown. 3. The house was delayed by more than a month - it can be understood if the the house is delayed by a month from the beginning of the construction. Sales reps told us the house will be ready in 2 weeks but it actually took 5 weeks. ... More

Happy to share details on my personal experience with KB Homes buying process and quality of services. Please have personal responsible for taking reviews seriously reach out to me for details.

KB cares a lot about their official rating, they tell everyone to give them the best rating with the promise that they will resolve any underlying issues with the home post sales but they don't want the customer to include their true feedback in the rating survey. Everyone was attentively calling me until the 1 month rating survey came through and radio silence since then. Of course, they quietly retrieve and their service goes downhill after the purchase is finalized. Their rating means nothing given how they play the game. Still waiting for home issues to be resolved. It's sad how they conduct business. Try another builder if you can avoid them. ... More

My biggest issue with the home is that there is not enough space in the garage--to the point that they had to saw off part of the brackets they used to attach the garage door frame to the building, causing the frame to be slightly warped and uneven. When I spoke with the garage door installer, he said that because there wasn't enough space in the garage, he had no choice but to do it this way for there to even be a garage door. The screws were also driven in at an awkward angle. Not only that, the piping job in the garage is also very horrendous as it takes up what little precious space there is to park. The fire sprinkler piping is done right next to the opening of the garage door on the left side, jutting out from the wall making it difficult to park. Further in, there are also numerous gas pipes jutting out from the left, forcing me to park by backing up into the garage as I can't open the driver's side door if I were to just drive in and park. I also have issue with the soundproofing in the home. I'm not a heavy stepper when I walk around, yet my wife tells me that she can hear me walking around upstairs. Even gentle walking causes loud noises downstairs. Similarly, I can hear my wife showering upstairs while I'm downstairs to the point that I can distinguish individual water droplets and feel like I'm listening to rain. ... More

Bad customer service, lack of communication and quality of material used is not up to the par.

Even though the homes at Solano were priced at $1.5M-$1.7M, which are pretty nice single family homes even for Irvine, we felt like the KB homebuying experience was more in line with what one would expect from condos/townhomes well below the $1M mark. It was NOT a luxury homebuying experience. DESIGN CENTER The design options at the Design Center were way too limited for homes at this price point and not high quality or at the level of luxury that is warranted by homes at this price point. Also, the Design Center was understaffed on the Leonard's front and the process not too manual. This led to numerous mistakes that carried over into the installation of our upgraded materials. How about using a bar code system for our upgrade selections rather than manually entering them into the computer / relaying it to another person? CONSTRUCTION There were numerous mistakes made by both KB installers, as well as the sub-contractors (Leonard's, Excel Cabinets). The builder grade materials are not much better than what a buyer could get a Home Depot. There's no pride in the workmanship. Many walls aren't straight. The painting was rushed and there are marks in the walls. The edges of doors are not smooth. Items like the toilets and toilet paper holders were not installed in the optimal spot in the bathrooms. There are gaps in the wood floors and on the kitchen backsplash. Grout and caulking are applied sloppily. My kitchen island countertop was initially installed at a diagonal. It looks like the installers came back and straightened it out, BUT in so doing, they simply removed cabinet panels and re-installed them leaving nail marks very visible. COMMUNICATIONS I believe that the Solano team (Sales, Design Center, Superintendent) met every Monday, but for some reason, the communications were not always aligned on timelines. This led to us paying for an appraisal too early in the process and that was wasted money. We were kept apprised of all timelines moving, and appreciated the KB team's flexibility in terms of fixing items in time for us to close, but we went all the way down to the wire with our lender and closed on the last possible day once final inspections were done. ... More

Worse loan experience for 7 months

There were so many issues we found after we moved in. Major plumbing issue they have not fixed almost two months after we moved in. Two downstairs toilets overflowed first week we moved in, plumber found the underground pipe connection issue. I purchased brand news homes many times in the past, I never experienced so many issues in the past. We had total 8 families from our phase to move in around the same time, every single family experienced the same. KB hired the cheapest contractors or staff to build their homes. there were so many incomplete jobs we found after we moved in. I don’t know how did they perform their basic QC, damaged cabinets, missing closet’s cover, bath towel handing rack, non-operational Owen, missing French door and storage baseboards, window’s frames, gap on kitchen panel doors, gap on upgraded master bathroom’s counter top, uneven and unfinished wall paint, un-functioned garage door light, unfinished garage door floor…too many to list. We emailed the repair list to the builder, they couldn’t complete fixing the issues two months after we moved in. Very disappointed to spend so much money to purchase the home from KB in Irvine. You can come to my neighborhood and knock any family’s door, they will share the same experience and gave you a long repair list. ... More

Used very cheap material, was not responsive with issues, took several emails and calls to get responses, very disappointed

Doesn't worth the price. Bad service. won't buy KB home's house again.