KB Home Reviews

The experience with the sales department was horrible. Other than that, everyone else were wonderful, friendly, and responsive.

Overall process was long and frustrating not KB’s fault but our Bank loan process. Overall experience with builder was great. House was ready to move in. There a few things that need to be fixed after move in that we haven’t received any response or done yet.

Elegimos esta compañía de construcción porque nos daba a escoger cada uno de los detalles que queríamos para nuestra vivienda , eso nos hacía muy feliz. Con respecto al personal y servicio al cliente , no puedo quejarme , realmente ellos atendieron y aún atienden cada una de nuestras llamas e inquietudes . Con respecto a la mano de obra , una porquería , dejaron tantas imperfecciones en mi casa que no puedo explicar , incluso después de realizar la última caminata . Llevo un mes viviendo mi casa y ya está llena de grietas en bornes por todos lados . Dejaron clavos en los marcos de las puertas por lo que eso rompió nuestra puerta principal . El llavín de la puerta está torcido , en fin innumerables defectos que se podían haber corregido . Por eso doy 2 estrellas porque a pesar de que el trato al cliente es magnífico, pienso que lo más importante es la mano de obra de la casa que se va a vivir y es desastrosa . Todo está mal terminado , para el precio que costo lo casa , pensé no tener que hacer nada en ella y ahora ando retocando gritas por todos lados aunque se que la vas puede moverse un poco hasta que se quede fija en el suelo pero igual , es demasiado , se que es mal trabajo porque estuve viendo cada detalle de mi casa desde que comenzó la construcción ... More

Maria and Venassa from the sales office was great. But the other part of KB HOMES is very bad; they change the terms and conditions without notice and all for you benefit and to halo your fiscal year

From the day I put my deposit down to close was 3 weeks short of 52 weeks. There were tons of delays including the week leading up to close. It seemed like the turnover of sales people, builders created an environment where myself, the buyer never knew what was happening or who I could reach out to. In the final month and a half they brought in a new project manager, Kelly who is and continues to be a Rockstar. He is so responsive and knowledgeable. The entire process would have left a sour taste in my mouth if it were not for him. I would give him 5 starts in every category possible.

to many problems with construction

KB has delivered greatly but the contractors they use seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel

Steve and dalton have gone above and beyond to take care of any issues we’ve had with the house.

Lending process was horribly non-transparent. House is beautiful but had to get several things redone and then redone again. Feels like I keep finding things. Many times acted like it wasn’t their fault for things that obviously were their fault. James and Deborah (real estate agents) and Chad (maintenance/go to guy for all fixes) are cool!

For two years I worked hard to move out of the apartment I was living in with the intent to purchase a home here in Texas. I was excited and couldn’t wait for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow which was my new home. I had issues with loan officers, I was TOLD the date I was expected to close with no consideration of my time and work schedule, made promises that were not kept and overall disappointment with the whole experience.

My family bought our house sight unseen as we were moving to San Antonio and wanted a house upon arrival. We knew we wanted to go with KB but didn't have time to build custom so had to wait for one to become available. It was a race to lock one down and we finally got one. The location isn't great and the house is actually better than it looked in videos. However, there were a lot of issues found during our inspection we ordered and there were some that they didn't remediate until I sent the inspector back again. Upon arriving to the home, I found more issues with poor attention to detail and damages in the home. I have just moved in so I'm planning to contact them to fix damages. Also during the buying experience I was extremely pressure to close very fast and this was my first time buying a home so it was very unpleasant. All the stress and pressure just for them to push the closing date back a month. Overall I'm happy with the home but I cannot speak on durability as I just moved in. Some things feel cheap and will probably need replaced. ... More

5 Stars for Jean, Justin, Kyle with the customer service team. He has a quick response time and coordinates with well with vendors to get issues resolved. 5 stars to the sales team (Lizette). The 2 stars is for the the people who handled the final documents and management team, who I was told would contact me when I had issues with closing documents, but I never heard from them. No need to contact me now, since the documents were signed and we been living in our home for about 2 months now.

Quality is not good, the floor makes noise and vehicle outside makes the building vibrates

They use a lot of excuses when in our master planned community other home builders have no problem building houses quicker.. they used the excused of Covid for everything but so how doesn’t effect any other builder.. just KB.. The house is great and was their loan side, but other than that not good.. horrible first time buyer experience

A less than great rating on quality and trustworthiness. I do commend the sales associate, construction supervisors for addressing all concerns immediately upon communication to them. Not complimentary of the subcontractor's used to build the home. Several major items missed that should have been completed upon build up of the home.

The entire process from start to finish took about 11 months from start to finish. At first it was very exciting chosing our lot and visiting the design center. But because of covid it turned into a horrible wait. We had multiple delays because of covid 19 and it made for a bad experience. I feel like the initial value that was proposed and what I actually got was kind of a bait and switch. A lot of the things that I was told were standard were not and I ended up having to pay a lot of money out of pocket to get things I thought I was already getting. Like lighting in every room and walls in specific places. The quality of the build is so so. I'm still having a lot of warranty issues where things were broken when I moved in and I have been in the house for 2 months and they still have not been fixed. The build team was excellent to work with and they have been trying their best to help me fix some of the reoccurring problems but you can tell they have better things to worry about and are very busy. If I had to pick one thing that I would like people to know it would be to be careful. The model has optional upgrades that aren't listed and aren't standard. They won't tell you about them till it's to late and you are already in the design center and your only choice is to pay for them or miss out on things that are kind of important. ... More

Can see studs in wall kB has not fixed wall yet

applying for the loan through kb home experience was not running as smoothly as it should be extremely lengthy and repeated requests for the same document over and over and the knowledge of the early preparer for the loan was not quite professional or organised and sounds like he is already overwhelmed with what he already have .

We faced so many issues with builder in the overall process. KB lending experience was bad. KB construction team was okay after purchasing the house. Sales department wasn’t so great

Hopefully it won't take other buyers as long to have their home finished.

Unfortunately we have had quite a few issues with our home, leaking master bath, cracked concrete on driveway, paint on door fixtures, plaster on patio and drive way out front. KB has been available and working on all of our items, they immediately got in touch with the plumbers to fix the shower which was appreciated.

Overall the process was a little rocky and communication was not always the strong suit of KB Homes. Solar Panels were a requirement but initial signing of documents and discussion with sales office indicated they were optional (our realtor confirmed they were optional for us), and was only later revealed as required very offhandedly during a random drop-in at the model homes. This was a very expensive thing to suddenly have to consider and seeing as this law was passed before we even visited the site and considered purchasing, seemed like a big oversight on the sales office. We also met some other homebuyers and they talked about how they were hit with the solar panels after, so we know it was our visit that caused the sales office to realize their very big error on that front and reach out to other buyers in our phase. Our home design session was also somewhat stressful; we scheduled an in-person appointment because there was no deadline, and then found out that the deadline had been set, our appointment was after it, and all in-person appointments were booked leading up to our deadline. Luckily accommodations were made but seemed like another oversight that added undue stress. We were also told we would receive updates on the progress of the house but never did. There were three site visits we were supposed to have, two optional and then the final walkthrough which was mandatory. For the first optional one we weren't contacted for it until well after the foundation had been laid. We were never contacted for our second optional walkthrough. Also after moving in we were supposed to have 10 and 30-day follow-ups and had to reach out ourselves to get the 10 day follow-up. Overall seems like we keep falling through the cracks in the communication tree. Probably the biggest error was escrow: we were called and given a very firm close date about 6 weeks ahead of time. This caused us to lock our interest rate with our lender and set about opening up an insurance policy and lining everything up. A few weeks later we learned that the close was pushed, which with supply chain issues is understandable but seemed like a pretty big oversight on the sellers side to move us along into escrow when there seemed like a high chance it wouldn't be done on time. When told about the delay no info, no explanation was supplied. Ended up being delayed over 2 months, luckily we had a place to live while waiting but overall this whole process was not handled well by anyone on the KB Homes side. But we are in the home and we do love it. We are comfortable and happy and overall do not regret all the trials and errors we went through to get here. I will say whenever we talk with our construction liaison they are very friendly, helpful, and responsive. Usually we hear back relatively quickly on any concerns we have, and any little things in the house that needed repairing has been addressed very quickly. So at the end of the day we are happy, but the process to get here was marred by poor communication by the sales office along the way. ... More

Overall, I'm happy with the home itself and have no regrets. It's not the *highest quality* home out there, but, for what it cost, I can't complain too much. That's not to say that the quality is abysmal -- it's a very decent home that looks and feels good and is about worth what I paid. However, the closing process was awful. To be clear, the KB Team responsible for the building and completion of the home was great: I was given timely and accurate updates and the home itself was completed in time to meet a potential close date that would have worked well with my schedule. Unfortunately, it seems that the internal communication within the KB team is nonexistent: The part of the KB Team that was responsible for making sure that everything was in place for the clear-to-close was unaware of the status of the build and the appraisal never happened. I ended up getting a text the day before we were originally supposed to close saying that we cannot close the next day. The next two weeks involved back-and-forth texting and emailing, every day, trying to determine which day we should plan to close, only to be told "we don't know." It was a logistical nightmare. Finally, on the second to last possible day that I was available before being out of town for a week, I receive an email letting me know that the appraisal arrived and that we're clear to close. The rest of that day was a scramble to get out of work early and make it to the title company. I'm in my home now and the house is wonderful and the neighborhood is great, but the KB Team needs to get it together. ... More

All staff needs to communicate with buyer more often.

The contract supervisor that was employed when we bought our house was horrible! So many things were not completed for our home on the Closing date and he lied about so many issues and made excuses for not being able to complete items.