Lennar Reviews in Wilmington Newark, DE

All staff wonderful from beginning to closing

We lived in Florida where we purchased a DR Horton home. We built that one in 4 years. Lots of issues with the process and the build, so we were a little leary when we saw this Lennar Home. To our great SURPRISE, this was totally different. The process was smooth from start to finish. We were on a timeline to move to Delaware, and Lennar helped with that. They moved the closing date about a week earlier for us, so we would not be "homeless". Every question was answered and understood. We choose them to do our Mortgage as well, and got a great price, and interest rate. There was a team that checked in with Every aspect of the home. The regional manager from Lennar also called to make sure we were satisfied. What a difference in experiences. ... More

From the moment I met up with Cheryl, the salesperson, I was thrilled. Cheryl really listened to me and what I wanted in a new home. The communication was fabulous. When I met Dave after I signed to build my new home, Dave explained to me the building process and when I could expect certain aspects of the development. Every question I asked was addressed and taken care of. I have tremendous respect and admiration for Lennar Builders because of those people were here everyday to make sure that my home was completed on time and in such beautiful condition.

Lennar's broker, Cheryl, was simply outstanding; very responsive on any requests we have had, both pre- and post-closing. Some finish and repair issues discovered post-closing have been or are being addressed. Overall, can recommend the Cascades in Newark DE for anyone looking for a house in a 55+ community.

Sales and mortgage processing was Top Notch Walk through, attention to customer satisfaction needs improvement Overall experience was Good Sales and Mortgage team Top Notch Contractors used to finalize work on the could use improvement.Quality of the work on some areas was below average.

The house is Great! Could have been cleaned a little better, especially the heater closet. Should have gotten the pool key at settlement. Took 6 weeks to get it, now the pool is closed for the season. Had a couple small issues that were handled right away. We are very satisfied with the home.

The wholes Sales process was very pleasant. The buiders were very helpful. They knew what they were doing. Their were some things to fix in brand new house. The builder fixed them all.

The most rewarding experience I had with Lennar was working with the supervisor of the site which was Will. He was very nice and offered to help any time I had issues. I understand that the builders they are contracted with are the ones that build but any issues I found Will endured they wld be fixed . My experience was overall a positive one

Dan (construction manager) is great.

Stephanie the sales agent was wonderful as was Joe who did my orientation walk-throughs. The lender side of things started off ok but when I started asking questions or responding that there were errors in the paperwork, the friendliness was gone and I was told time and again that "well, these are not the final papers" - not "thank you for pointing that out, these aren't the final papers and I'll make sure X is updated." Or even when the paperwork was sent including a note - "these are not the final papers, just where we are at this moment." I am a meticulous person and when legal documents are sent to me to review - I review them completely and point out issues. To be told that I basically wasted hours of my time reviewing documents which weren't the final product was frustrating. Moving on to the house itself. On the surface, the house is beautiful but when you look more closely you see that it was built to be done as quickly as possible and the heck with the details. The floors are not level anywhere, and I don't mean it slopes to a side because of settling - it hasn't had a chance to do that yet. I'm talking about the fact that every chair in the dining area rocks, floor shelves also do not sit level, and when you walk across the floor there are hollow areas where the flooring compresses down to the slab. When installing blinds, we discovered the window areas weren't square (not same width between top, middle, and bottom), plus one of the windows appeared to not have a complete header as there was only drywall to screw in to and no wood behind it. But the absolute biggest disappointment was the lack of water pressure - it is simply non-existent - from taking a shower to watering the lawn - everything is that much harder because of the lack of pressure. The biggest positive of this home is the community of neighbors, it's just a shame that we don't have a clubhouse to actually gather in, and the pool area leaves a lot to be desired - chaise lounges that are too low for people with knee issues, a very small deck around the pool, and not an umbrella in sight. Honestly, for the price of the home, I expected better. ... More

The issue I have with Lennar is them making promises and not keeping them. For example Carol told my wife and I that we would be getting a stone fireplace if we purchased. When we were ready to sign she quickly switched up and said that they no longer offered that. I don’t like when people lie to get a sale. Our construction manager promised my wife and I that we would get a plate cover for the tubing behind the washer and dryer. We moved into our home in October 2019 and the plate cover is currently still not there. It’s disappointing to spend all this money and receive bad service

Overall my experience with Lennar has been good. Unfortunately, the quality of the construction, specifically the spackling and painting, was performed poorly. There were areas on the walls and ceilings where the joints were not spackled smoothly, and they were painted over, resulting in walls and ceilings that were less than smooth . Although efforts were made by Lennar to address the poor craftsmanship prior to settlement, the corrections were not sufficient. I also discovered quite a bit of paint stains on my floors and carpets after I moved in. Because the spackling and painting was a very poor quality job, I hired a painter to correct the multiple areas that were not addressed to my satisfaction, because I wasn't going to wait 11 months for Lennar to come back to try to correct the problem again. I am very happy with the work my painter has performed to improve my home. The one highlight of my experience is the responsiveness and care that I've received by Lennar employee Cheryl. She is WONDERFUL! She responds to every one of my requests .... she will either address my question directly, or she will direct me to the appropriate contact. If it wasn't for the thoughtful, considerate, and conscientious efforts of Cheryl, my overall Lennar experience would have been rated much lower. Lennar should be very grateful that they have a terrific representative like Cheryl providing support to their buyers. She is a great person, and deserves special recognition. ... More

Most of the walls and window casing are crooked.

DISAPPOINTING- workmanship under par. No help in solving issues

The title says it all. The only part of the process that stayed true to form was the finance section who was upfront, honest and on target through the whole process. I was told the house was a "smart house" and wifi ready; Verizon had to do to days of work just to get routine service. I was told the pool and gym would be ready by move-in, and when that didn't happen, I was told by July 4th. The pool is still a mud hole and the gym, although finished is not open to residents. The wiring in my house had to be redone, as well as a couple of my neighbors who had similar issues. I have contacted the concierge and the home rep (Paul) on 7 occasions and have one response. I had to call 3x to get my grass cut, 4x to get trash collected, and 2x to have my drainpipe reattached. Everything my salesperson (Nickole) promised was misleading. I was not even congratulated when I signed my papers, let alone a house warming gift or welcome basket. I am sure this will get deleted because I did it anonymously. I am worried about backlash from the cascades employees for my comments. ... More

No cable. No lawn. No towel racks. Bad paint. Cut corners everywhere.

Not happy with company. Would not recomend

Seems value for money but actually built quality is bad. Finishing looks nice while delivery, but quality is bad. Fed up with flooring issues all over, hardwood floor or carpet flooring squeaks a lot. Does not feel solid. May be they use cheaper vendors and also bad pre-delivery inspection on Lennar part. Did not expect from this largest builder in the country.

My wife and I purchased a home from Lennar back in October 2019. And we wished we would of done more research. We love our townhome. But it seems lennar utilizes inexpensive and low quality materials.

NO CONTACT WITH ME IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS SINCE MY COMPLAINTS.....

Run far away. Lennar uses subpar materials and even poorer contractors. So many problems with our new house. And when you call they just lie and deflect. Horrible company. Horrible customer service. The worst experience possible. Buy anything else.

I have so many problems with my home.

A house is a really Big Investment, In this inflated house people are pushing themselves to pay inflated price houses. After Paying High Price, Buyers believe that they will get good quality service and house would worth the money but thats not happening with Copperleaf Lennar. Following are the reasons and examples that proves it - 1) starting with Sales Team, The house price is not fixed and they keep changing the prices and offer different prices to every buyer. Being an really good brand as Lennar, their standards are not maintained very well. For houses they define the prices every time different prices for buyer. Sales Person (i.e. NKLE) which helped is worst person never showed face and called or checked on us after taking the minimum 5% deposit. Always misguided us without sharing the details of the House. Model House AURORA was having a 4th bedroom on 2nd floor but in the one they sold to us had loft room that they informed on the very last day when we were about to sign the purchase. Cash incentives she offered was way less than she offered to other buyers even though i paid 20% down payment. She was always hungry and greedy to take the 5 % deposit, never called us to help us in buying process but always called us to misguide us, i kept asking can we have a basement included model but she never told the plan that few houses more basement would be available, now new buyers are paying same price with basement included. she always on rush to sell the house and kept asking - "can u give 5%, can you give 5 % can u give 5 %" every possible time whenever she calls just keep asking same thing and never helped us to guide in right direction to satisfy what we want. once she sold she never looked back to us on how we doing and if we have any questions. worst sales person i ever met. without asking us on the first visit she thought we dont have realtor and didnt bother to ask, on second met we said we had realtor and we told already that to customer representation on day 1 but she said we told he that we don't have realtor. and she said she will help to guide us but if we would have realtor we could have learned a lot and understood if it would be right to buy this particular house. she never helped us on guiding in right way but all she wanted is 5 % deposit. 2) finishing of the house is not great, though its brand new and under warranty we understand they can fix problems but that takes a while. the good finish house is expected from Lennar but this is not a good finish house like it supposed to have, the color paints under windows are not nicely done, stairs are getting break., vynl floor is making noise every time we walk. never cleared us that there will be rain water drainage in front of house will be open which is never informed us and only told us when we asked after closing day. houses are getting build so fast that itself tells how good the quality would have been maintained. 3) Mortage from Lennar plays a very nice game, due to cash incentives we are bound to take mortage from them only on the rates that they have monopoly on. outside lenders were giving me 6.75% but i was given 7% and they didnt match it . they said this is what it is bec they knew they are giving cash incentives from builder so buyer will take mortage from them only. 4) Quality inspection doesnt know anything, she just walks in and talk nicely. inspection was never done properly as the wiring issues we found out after moving in, the appraisal of the house was never done properly and they just did it with couple house around and not using a truth table. 5) after moving in we realize tons of problems. and now seeing every new buyer is getting better price then what we was offered. they are not maintaining a standard disciplined rate. they keep slashing 50k 70 k sometimes 80k and when we asked to do that to us and reduce some price during negotation they did nt. buyer like me are ok to pay the price but when we realzied its not the worth of money to pay for and Lennar being a bigger brand keep slashing prices for near by house it itself means its a worst quality build. my only feedback to them - ask for what it worth for, build a good quality home, remove the poor sales team and have a genuine sales person and not like NCKLE who only wants to misguide buyers. ... More

Horrible experience would never buy another Lennar home poor quality. Customer service is the worst. Employees change every few months. Speaks a lot about the company and management.