Lennar Reviews in Riverside San Bernardino, CA

This was our second time purchasing a Lennar home. However, their “everything’s included” motto is no longer, it’s especially disappointed since the price was double than our first home. Sellers agent was a terribly difficult to work with and made the buying experience unpleasant.

If you buy a house and there are issues with it lennar will try to blame you for it. And since there are issues with it obviously they didn't do a good job on it.

Quality control is severely overlooked and non existent. Very disappointed in the process.

If I didn't have an amazing Realtor this would have been an even worse experience. My best advice is really do your research on materials because the options they provide (carpet,tile etc)never look the same once installed. I will be having many things replaced (windows and doors) some things were just thrown together in the build. Better communication with their lender would also improve the process

House defect include: unfinished dry wall, recess not working and solar system still not working after many attempts to fix it. It had to take time off work to wait for contractors that do not show up. Just terrible.

We had issues with our walkthroughs and continue to have issues almost 2 months after closing. Each walkthrough, construction issues were not addressed and more issues were created due to sloppy workmanship. We had a confrontation with the construction supervisor, Rob, and then he called the salesperson, Allen, while we were in the office to yell and cuss him out for allowing us into the home that we had already put money down. A crack in our kitchen cabinet was addressed multiple times and the same crack continues to come back because it was somehow caulked rather than replacing the cabinet. After closing, we put in a work order to have the cabinet replaced, the cabinet vendor came out not prepared and we continue to wait for a response. After closing, we discovered a crack in the granite countertop, that our customer service rep, Alex stated is not covered under the warranty. We let him know that we had not even moved into the house so there was no way we created that damage. He took a look at the crack and said it didn't look like there was negligence our part because of the odd place the crack was in. He would have to speak with his supervisor, but we have not heard anything back. ... More

Everything started well, but there were issues at our 1st walk through that were never addressed. Windows and sliding doors were not aligned, chips in paint, chips n bath tub, chip in flooring. By second walk through things were still not fix Mark said check it off so you close and we will come fix any remaining issues…… Not the case the process to submit tickets is terrible and the follow up was worse. The biggest issue wears an electrical breaker was going off at the walk through. I identified it and asked for it to be investigated, at the second walk through the only fix was that the breakers was reset, then tripped again. The electrician was called and the wire was fried, he stated it was a big fire risk and good thing we didn’t keep resetting the breaker. He was to update the build and that never took place. Spoke to mark 4 weeks after close to follow up and he said put a ticket in even though the original ticket was never closed. It was finally fix, my wife and I felt dismissed because now that we closed our concerns are not priority once the money is transferred. After closing, comes to find out mortgage company didn’t complete the final credit check and closed without it. This is added unnecessary stress for anyone. Builder mix up mail box keys, we received keys of our neighbors box, this was confirmed by the post office. There are many gaps in processes from loan process, to building, and customer service. Do better for the incoming homeowners ... More

Home buying experience was OK, but Lennar Mortgage was pathetic. Being a first time buyer I expected a lot from Lennar.

I closed escrow in July 2021. I expected quality for the price of the house and for having Lennar as the builder. But staying in the house for few months now brought me a lot of disappointments. The granite in our kitchen countertop absorbs water and now stained with oil after it was claimed to be sealed by Brandon from quality control dept., and even after I sealed it before use. I spoke to Brandon about the issue, and I was told that it will be adressed, but I have not heard anything yet until now. Brandon said that maybe because the granite has been stored for a long period of time before it was used is the reason why it absorbs water easily and is already stained. But I don’t think that there is any excuse for not assuring the quality of anything before putting everything together in this house. The shelves and brackets in master’s closet also fell apart after we hanged clothes. As per Brandon, there should only be maximum weight to be placed, which was never mentioned ever. And I don’t think that good quality will break easily. I wish IBrandon said that it is how they make standard closet and I can always upgrade using another company if I want a better quality. Too bad, I thought Lennar has the quality I was looking for. For the repaint and drywall touch ups, I was scheduled for a certain day and when I was making sure to get it done by the scheduled date, Adrianne from builder’s choice snapped at me and told me that I am not the only client. Then the appointment should be more than a day and was managed prior, for me to plan my days as well. Now, for the repaint of my front door and doorstep, the door should have been painted entirely, but it appears that there is no touch up in the bottom area. which is very obvious and frustrating to look at. and for the doorstep, the paint dripped underneath, and now stained the stucko. Which i need to call quality again for. In my backyard, the planter looks weird. It wasn’t straight all the way and the sprinkler switch is the in the middle of nowhere. Brandon said that it was how it was disigned and approved by the builder. Which is confusing because both of my neighbors doesn’t have a planter. Anyway, I got the planter corrected on my own since quality dept will not do it for me in order to show quality. ... More

Loan processor asked for the same docs over and over again. The worst materials used. I’m still having issues and currently I’m without heating and AC.

I had a great experience with our Lennar realtor but unfortunately did not have a good experience with the loan officer we used by Lennar. We do love our house and understand things happen while building BUT Lennar should do a better job with communicating. We have been contacting them for months to have our block wall fixed (which is detached from the wall and is becoming a hazard) and we’re promised the company would call…months later nothing still. We have had to put in two orders to get it fixed and text the manager in charge and have not received a response. The lack of communication with this company is pretty disappointing. ... More

Poor quality homes, they use the cheapest materials and perform sloppy work. They don’t own up to mistakes. They constructed the property lines wrong by 5 feet on one side and they would not take ownership of it, said that they don’t make mistakes. Well thankfully my husband called the city surveyor out who confirmed the mistake and forced Lennar to redo the lines. Another example: when we removed the tile in kitchen we found patchy concrete that wasn’t the correct type and would cause long term uneven floors because they had forgotten to put in piping for the fridge. When we confronted the construction manager again he said it wasn’t them, they wouldn’t do that. They just constantly do a rushed job and you need to overlook the whole process of building not just the final cosmetic inspection. I don’t trust them and know we will find lots more issues down the line. ... More

Constant threats of losing your deposit even though they didn't approve you and sends you to another place to get approved very sketchy. They approve you even though you cant actually afford a property to make a sale. The house itself was way overpriced for the area in what you actually get, no fans anywhere in the home and all bedrooms don't even have lights wtf is that. A bunch of damage that was identified through the walkthroughs that still have not been fixed and its been 3-4 months already. They leave you with a dirt backyard no grass or anything and left a BUNCH of construction trash throughout the backyard. Ive bought 2 homes before this and by far the worst experience I've ever had but hey they got the sale they wanted. Walkthrough guy was dale, made a bunch of promises to fix things and never does. ... More

The paint job that was done in the kitchen and restrooms were of poor quality. Paint was splattered all over the floor and globs of paint were dropping on the wall. The construction didn't seal holes from the deck causing a lot of bugs to come inside the house, especially a huge trail of ants the first 2 weeks we moved in. When we did the inspection of the home prior to moving in to fix any mistakes, they missed it of what we marked off. They were supposed to fix all the mistakes but only did about 70% of them. The information we received from our agent was inaccurate as well. Overall, for the new construction, and price being paid, we still had to spend 3 days painting the entire house because it came with flat paint which no one wants to live in a house with flat paint due to stain and scuff marks, and the quality of mistakes made, it was a really disappointing experience and purchase. ... More

No . Disappointed about services care team of Lennar.

The worst experience one can have, bought this house for more than $1M and the quality of the house is extremely low. The customer service and warranty services are disaster, vendors takes months and months to even address the issues those have posted even prior to closing the escrow. I have purchased houses through other builders and I could see a big difference in the quality. If you can't make it right in the first place then at least try to be customer obsession and insisting on the higher standard but providing great customer service to make it out as warranties. Call me if you really wanna to know more to improve ... More

Don’t want to say anything

Poor floor quality no happy with first floor material

I would not recommend anyone to Lennar. Quality issues and an electric water heater that sounds like a compressor. Electricity bill 4xs the amount of my neighbors. Ridiculous experience.

Issues began the first day we moved in. Within the month we’ve lived here we have had a major water leak. Slow response times to fix the issue. The items we discussed in the walkthrough were not fixed and our move in day was awful because of it. We are even considering legal action at this point because the leak was brought up in the inspection and lennar breached its contract by lying to us and telling us it was fixed and addressed when it clearly wasn’t. Do not recommend this company to anyone and this seems to be a similar issue with our neighbors. Really disappointed wish we could take it back and go with another builder. ... More

Can’t believe Lennar would want me to reiterate the nightmare of an experience home buying at Willow Springs has been. Fraudulent actions on so many levels, and a home that has had numerous issues within the first week of moving in. Non responsive customer service department. Love the location, but absolutely shocked at the multitude of issues upon move in, and the fact that they are still unresolved six weeks later!

The quality of the materials and workmanship very poor.

Poor response to issues and takes to long to find someone how can respond you hear excuses like is not my job I agree but you should know one who supposed to help I am very disappointed off your professional response

The lending and purchasing was terrible. I have other co workers and friends who just gave up and didn’t move here because of the process. I’ve shared this a few times with Lennar and no acknowledgement for your sales team. The home itself and lot is amazing.

I decided to give new home buying a shot. I’ve purchased four primary homes in the last 10 years so yes I do have some experience. However new home buying with Lennar has been nothing but painful. I think their intents were right but the execution was horrible. First off, each dept doesn’t care about their peers so they just push accountability around. Second, the loan dept was the worst I’ve used ever. Didn’t really have a choice as their deal was the best for rate. But be prepared for some stupidity and lack of common sense from the underwriter to doc processing. Sales rep did his best but he was not in control. Then came the funniest part. Land division didn’t update utility company about closing timing so Lennar sold houses advertising everything connected, but without internet e nothing is unfortunately :) Frontier came and showed me an empty junction box because they were not updated by lennars land division that we are moving in. Then finally the nightmare of your address not recognized in google map. Deliveries failed and stuffs get sent to other addresses etc. if you really have time to deal with these bs or if you really want to experience a brand new house for the first time like me then by all means… ... More