KB Home Reviews

Have nothing but good things to say about KB Home sales staff! Helpful from beginning to end. That being said, it's been nothing but frustration getting things fixed and fixed correctly. Poor workmanship and no response are the main issues.

Overall I think KB Homes are good homes to buy. This is my second time buying a KB Home. The first home I purchased was in CA 30 years ago. Great experience! This is my second KB Home. It is in AZ. Not a great experience! I was mistakenly expecting the same customer service as my CA experience. I will only mention the major problem because of time. The home I purchased was completed in June 2019. I looked at the house in December 2019 and decided to purchase it. We moved in at the beginning of February 2020. There were two electrical outlets in the second floor that did not work and four on the first floor. It is now April and I am still waiting for the work to be completed. My main concern regarding the customer service is why they did not check the house to ensure ALL of the electrical outlets were working properly BEFORE we moved into the house! There was plenty of time to do it. My son slept through one of the appointments since he works during the night. It was delayed for three weeks to be completed because of that! The day of the appointment to return, the customer service representative did not call to let me know the appointment was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic! So, my son was up all night and day because of his inconsideration! We should NEVER have been inconvenienced by the repairs since this should have been checked BEFORE we moved in! Now, here we wait to be rescheduled. How’s that for customer service? ... More

Be more involved in building process...

Overall Good Experience. Kb has good customer service team.

Been here for almost 2 months and still don’t have my fence up because HOA won’t get back to me. I’m honestly super disappointed with KBHS for not answering quickly. I have my back fence and side fence with the hoa and both are on my property. Been trying to get this figured out so I can get my fence up

I went with the one stop shopping with KB and thought that was a great idea and it was up until the end. The mortgage company stinks! They don’t communicate in anyway. I was very nervous with making my first mtg pyt, setting up their online payment and through the whole process they never communicated once. A good thing I kept checking the site then I had to email them to see something wasn’t set up right. I went through every other company (utility) and they were awesome, but not this mtg company. What a sad way to end what was a good experience.

My only complaints have to do with the quality of the build. I've had trouble and continue to have trouble with the white tile flooring that I had installed. There were red stains all over the house (and there still is some), but I just gave up after the 5th time they sent someone out to clean it. Also, our dishwasher and washer have already flooded the house causing damage to the floorboards. There's patches in the paint on the exterior and paint in some of the outlets inside. Other than that, it's just been minor fixes, but easily prevented issues.

Quality of appliances is great! Few things I’d improve for the price paid, paint quality on walls, insulation in walls so that the house is not paper thin.

Sales staff was amazing with helping find a lot and floor plan that fits my needs. After that we took a wrong turn somewhere. Once the slab was poured, I identified an issue missing with a missing the rewire for the floor outlet (contract stated before slab). Brought it to the builders attention, his response was it should be there if it's on the contract. Fast forward a week or 2, they had to cut the slab for wiring, bit it was in. During the build had typical issues that were address prior to closing, normal finishing issues. Moving on to closing... So we had a closing date scheduled and there was an issue with the carpet padding that prevented my final walk through, I was not notified until the day before the walk through that it would have to be rescheduled. Keep in mind these walk throughs are during my normally scheduled work day, which the builder knew I had to take the day off to attend. Move forward to the second scheduled walk through, they tried to cancel the night before yet again because the builder had a scheduling conflict, not sure why because he chose the date for the second walk through. My agent talked them into letting us do the walk through with the selling agent and have our inspector do his inspection. Inspection was good only a few minor issue they had already identified to be fixed, horribly laid sod and cosmetic issues which is not surprising since it was a new build. Addressed concerns with the builder and he was happy to "take care" of all the issues. Due to these issues they tried to push my closing date over 30 days due to a total of 4, yes 4 scratches. Glass was scratched in the shower and 3 scratches on the cabinets. We worked through it and closed in a reasonable time, but the lawn doesn't appear to have been fixed, there are large gaps in the sod which I am afraid could injure my kids ankles or pets. Figured I will end up redoing the entire yard so not a big deal. Now that we are moved in I receive a notice that I have a very minor HOA fee that is past due and will begin to be a big problem if it is not paid in 30 day. The information at closing was incorrect and that the closing agent, title company, or finance company someone from the builder provided incorrect information and all fees were not paid at closing (not a big issue, and very small amount of money but it should not be an issue at all since the people who created the closing contract either work for or are contracted by the builder's company). That is what happened to me and may or may not be an isolated iincident,I cannot speak for other residents. It is a nice community, and very quit minus the construction during the day, which is to be expected since they are still building. ... More

I have been waiting for the issues in the house to be fixed

Builder response to issues really slowed down immediately after closing, but would buy again.

I think that I need a min-course in how to use the Smart features in my home. Also the backyard seems sloppy because there are holes in the sand and it is uneven.

If you go with KB home, be really careful with your studio selections. Purchase as much of that as you can outside of the studio. And check on your home weekly as it’s being built.

Quality at delivery time is slopy, could be more neatly delivery. Bricks could show better craftman ship.

Some items in the home are poorly and cheaply made

They set the expectations high based on all the things they say/share and provide for documentation of the process yet it didn’t seem like they actually followed through with it. I guess it could’ve been worse but definitely not as great craftsmanship executed in the building of the home as they sale nor are they consistent. Make sure you use a realtor to keep you in the best interest and not just be another “Lot”. Overall the experience was okay but at the end of it all we had to “clean” a brand new home to move into.

House construction was delayed by 4 months, which is understandable to some extend but it wasn't easy dealing with temporary place to stay and having your mortgage rate lock expire since KB kept sending inaccurate closing dates. The home quality itself is ok. For being a new home I was expecting better quality in terms of finish. To mention a few things: nails sticking out the middle of the carpet, some gaps between floor and wall base, uneven layout of floor tiles that make a room look like its longer on one end than the other. Customer service however is very good, they are responsive even though the work and quality are not great. After speaking with some friends, it seems like they also have not had the best experience with KB when dealing with new built homes. I would not buy another new KB home, not worth the price one pays for. ... More

For the most part we have been pleased with our new home. The part that we are unhappy with is that throughout the process we have been told many things and the timing of them getting done or getting them done the right way has been a pain. Especially with our front yard area. The plans always seem to change with KB and they don’t always seem to know what’s going on and their answer to solving a problem is that they will find out and let you know but then they never let you know.

Make sure you have a realtor when you buy your KB Home. They respect realtors and ignore homeowners. You'll need someone to ensure that KB does the job and someone who can get you discounts on mistakes they make. Also, spend the money on an inspector no matter what the sales people say.

Bike rider paradise. Responsive to requests for missing parts. Floor plan great.

Value is not worth for the price paid

KB spends a great deal of time, money and effort “selling” you a great home, but only puts forth minimal effort finishing and delivering it. Mine is still not finished 60 days after closing.

The house was beautiful when finished. There are items in the house that were unfinished and lots of design center issues that soured this experience. Advice: new hires need much better training. Me working in the real estate industry I really was able to see the lack of professionalism and experience and it didn’t make the process great. Wish I had worked with more veteran employees. The Design Center was by far the worse experience of it all. A lot of items were not explained and I missed out on configuring my house the way I would’ve liked. Overall, I’m okay but would rate the entire experience a 4/10 ... More

customer service manager Rob is an excellent manager giving him 10 stars really concern with buyers and constructor supervisor Steven is the same thing 10 stars rate but the materials are cheap a lot of things to fix for a brand new house

House is good. Great quality at a great price. However, the communications with the co structure crew and sales person was very poor. Would of been a great experience if they just listened to us versus fighting us. I would recommend KB to others with a different crew. Studio and mortgage process was amazing (even though kb asks for way to many documents).