Lennar Reviews in Fort Myers, FL

Community is great, home layout is great. Really disappointed with the cleanliness and the actual process of a home being completed at closing. It appears that the home quality does not matter as long as there is a CO. The rest we can pass off to warranty. If there were some simple checks and balances in place where someone actually went through the homes prior and completed the items. I’m a real estate agent and can say Lennar walkthru’s are by far the most difficult and I am trying to explain to my clients why their home is not actually completed but don’t worry someone will come along later to finish up all the loose ends. It is such a great feeling for people to do a final walkthru when some attention to detail has been made. ... More

The mortgage and sales end was totally unprofessional and inept. Lennar is in serious trouble once this market settles down. Still waiting on punch list items after two months with little to no communication. Would never seek out a Lennar home again.

The customer service from Lennar and the vendors is poor. Waiting for weeks and months for simple fixes and repairs is ridiculous. The follow up from the builder to individual contractors is non existent to very poor. The homes are being closed before they are ready. So many of the issues we and our neighbors have addressed should have been taken care of before closing. We can only hope the the overall quality of the home is good and that we won’t be facing issues for years to come. Also why isn’t the second phase of the amenities completed let alone started. We have been hearing for over 2 years that it will be ready in a year. Here we are in year three of this development and it is not even started. ... More

Expensive for the quality of workmanship

Sold all rooms wired for cable, model has all rooms wired, city plans have all rooms wired but you did not and refused to wire all rooms in my house and did not build to city plan

Still have blue tape from QA/QC department all ovef my walls. CM never took notes during final walk-through and failed to do any of the punchlist items. Window clips were thrown on my counter and not installed (told me they were a courtesy and not required). Lied to my sales rep about insulation over garage. Outlets don't work. Paint overspray everywhere. Weather stripping I can see day light through. Metal Studs, vs wood. Copper clad aluminum wiring. $500mm for a cheaply built.

It has not been a good experience. Prior to moving many issues were noted during walkthrough and not fixed. Over a month since I moved in and still complaining about things and some yet to be fixed

Third time’s a charm. If we hadn’t a realtor keeping us updated with weekly videos, we would have wasted two trips to Florida. The closing department and your contract ( I understand ) leaves little room for the customer. Our first closing walk through had no roof tiles delivered / installed, no brick pavers front and back, unfinished kitchen, no refrigerator, unfinished bathrooms, pool and of course no landscaping. After the second request date for a walk through and closing, things still not finished, we simply said we’re not coming till you complete the house. This was on a Friday, the closing dept. said let’s see what gets done over the weekend before we call it off. We repeated “we’re not coming 1250 miles to find this mess of a house. Total time from 1st walk through date of mid June to mid August ( 3rd walkthrough date) when our home was mostly completed, we drove from Michigan. My advice to your company, pay attention to your boots on the ground floor not your management in there office trying to shove unfinished homes down the throats of customers when obviously not ready. Check for yourselves, ... More

The worst home purchase I’ve ever had(2 previous). Went to walk through and there were numerous issues with the home. Was told that if I don’t close once they received the certificate of occupancy I would lose my deposit. It been almost 2 months since I’ve closed and there is still incomplete work. Too much back and forth with their subs.

During the entire buying and building process communications from Lennar were non existent. Lack of choices in building upgrades. Lennar cut most all extra's including lighting, Very poor excuse for a custom builder. "Everything included" is a joke!

Waste of money pay too dollars and the house is built with the cheapest materials. Sales people have no interest after ur contract is signed don’t even make sure you have everything that is supposed to come with your home. Just horrible.

I am a first-time home builder and was not sure what to expect. I was always told that Lennar was a great company, but my experience here certainly hasn't reflected that. No one who pays what we pay for on these homes should be forced to put in warranty tickets on damaged or substandard materials in a brand-new home and then wait months for replacements or repairs.

We moved hoping to have a peaceful retirement home. While our Salesperson was very knowledgeable and did her best with purchasing, Construction was terrible. Our cabinets were installed crooked, cracked, broken due to lack of skill which caused our Stone to be unlevel. Our hood vent never showed up so they borrowed one from a different model that didn't fit. Our light fixtures were cracked and broken along with our bathroom mirror and we had a broken window for 4 months. Our Ring Doorbell was installed broken, our Pentair Motherboard for our pool was installed broken, our AC condensor fan was installed broken, our garage doors were crooked and wouldn't close or lock, our tree in front yard was planted with broken support and leaning, we had a hole in our lanai. Our construction mgr Tim was suppose to handle alot of these items but he lied, didn't return phone calls, and avoided us. We've been in our house 2 months and still have unresolved issues. I will say Warranty is the only thing that's keeping us SANE ! ... More

The house is beautiful, but I have to place about 10 service request to fix different kind of issues like drywall holes in the bathroom, celling and others areas, electrical connections, stucco issues around the house, paint issues inside and outside of the house, cabinets, celling, about 30 broken paver’s. The inside house are very dirt. When we do the walk trough one week before closing Lennar bring me promise to fix the issues before they bring me the house and nothing happens I have to place the service request because they don’t do anything. Efraín

If at all possible do not closing at end of fiscal year. Things were too rushed and done so poorly. Would consider not using Lennar again if we had other options.

The concept is good but the poor quality and poor responsiveness of the construction crew is frustrating. I have I have been in the house for approximately 4 months and still need work done.

I went into closing thinking everything was set and costs were set. I get there and the cost increased $10k. The closing agent and I called the loan lady Ali who was very rude and accusing me of not reading what I signed. I advised that I can walk away from the deal and her response was good we’ll keep your $5000. In reality the information was never given to me to sign so it seems like Ali didn’t do her job. We spoke to her boss who I get doesn’t know the specifics of what was presented in the loan but there was no accountability on lennars part to make it right. I was just told that’s another part of lennar that we cannot control. I spent the entire day to be told the prices changed, which it doesn’t by $10,000. Also there was no concrete cost that they could show that totaled anything near $10,000. I love the home but dealing with Ali and Lennar mortgage made it horrible. ... More

Buying with Lennar was a nightmare. From start to finish the process was a circus. By the end of this adventure I was ready to pull the plug and start back over with a new builder. 100% would not recommend Lennar.

The process started out good, we were working with Ali initially. They transferred out case to Heather H. And everything fell apart. She continually called to ask fir documents that were sent 2 to 3 times already, still I was patient, until she contacted us on the day of closing asking for paystubs and w2's. Now keep in mind these documents were sent at the very beginning of this process. I asked her if this was normal to ask for these things on day of closing. In my mind everything would have been in order by then. At this point, they transferred us back to Ali G. We were told we needed 18 thousand more dollars to make this happen ( now we are day after closing). We also needed 6 thousand additional dollars for reserves. Up until this point, I had never heard the word " reserves". We were guaranteed to get that 6 thousand back after closing. I was told to get a wire transfer from a family member and that money would be returned to us about 2 weeks after closing. I borrowed money with the full intent to pay them back immediately. Well, as the days went by, I checked in on this and we were only getting back 3400 of the 6 thousand reserve dollars. Lennar did not hold true to 80% of the lies that they told us. It was a very frustrating and disapointing experience. My husband and I both missed work on 2 different occasions when we were told we were closing. I think I cried more during that time then i ever have, it was awful. After the closing date, we were told that this would not happen if we didn't come up with 24 thousand dollars. I had already bought furniture, had plans to have family down. You can understand how upsetting this would be. I don't know what Heather H. Was doing but she certainly wasn't doing her job. As a senior loan officer for Lennar, I would expect some professionalism and knowledge from her. She left out critical details, lost documents over and over again and basically steered us in the wrong direction the entire time. I really b would not recommend Lennar to anyone I know. That being said, I love the house, it's beautiful. Just go with another mortgage lender, DON'T USE LENNAR. ... More

I am licensed real estate agent, and this purchase is the worst experience I experienced in over 30 plus years in the business. I worked with Lennar previously and things did go smooth, but not this time. Things that went wrong : 1) I had a contingency to be respected. But it was ignored in the contract 2) house completion date that I was told was moved forward by 3 months which was not convenient at the time 3) steering toward “ Preffered lender”, which at first failed to communicate properly. Then, the “ best deal “ on mortgage rate was unacceptable, but the management did come thru here as they allowed outside lender at the last moment to step in 4) HOA document took a very long time to provide , and only got provided months after contract signing 5) walk through was done with no running water. This was communicated too late to cancel it. 6) items at walk through that were inoperable were put on the repair list, but not repaired prior to closing 7) repairing these items through Lennar warranty is proving to be difficult. ... More

We had the worst experience with the lennar sales team and construction crew. I would never recommend lennar to anyone. It’s suppose to be fun and exciting purchasing a home ours was the compete opposite.

My experience was and still is a nightmare. I was looking at Townhomes because of a change in my life circumstances. I felt I could manage a Townhome on my own. I qualified for financing through Lennar Mortgage. A salesman by the name of Zach showed me a couple of models. I wanted to proceed with a purchase offer but was concerned my house would not sell because of today’s market. I was told by Zach that if my single family house didn’t sell I would not qualify for financing and would get my $5000.00 deposit back. Zach said I had nothing to worry about because with my income I would never qualify for the two mortgages. My house was on the market for about 7 months. My budget became tight now that I’m on my own so I tried to refinance my existing mortgage with another lender to lower my payments. I was approved to refinance my existing house but the lender was not going to disperse any funds on a house that was actively for sale on the market. My house did not sell. I had to transfer my deposit on the Townhome with Lennar twice because the purchase contract expired every 90 days. I was out of town when my purchase contract expired for the third time and was asked to re sign all the paperwork a third time. Again, I was out of town traveling by car. Zach told me if I didn’t re sign the paperwork his “manager” was going to cancel my contract. I could not complete the documents in the timely manner Zach insisted I complete them. So my contract was cancelled by Lennar. Zach / Lennar will not return my deposit of $5000.00. That’s quite a bit of money to lose because my existing home did not sell and I could not meet the deadline to sign a purchase contract for a third time, while I was out of town. I would never encourage anyone to sign with Lennar unless you want to be financially violated. Now Zach will not return my calls. Pathetic and shameful business arrangements. Zach was the salesman who insisted I put the $5,000.00 down so that Lennar Mortgage would know I was a “serious buyer”. Again pathetic and shameful business practices. ... More

Purchased home was not cleaned from construction. Never can reach the HOA. HOA does not enforce rules.

People working for you, sales rep and project manager their liars that don’t deserve to be around no one

My first-time home buying experience with Lennar was extremely disappointing, and I feel obligated to warn other homebuyers especially first-timers before they commit to this builder. From the beginning, communication was a major problem, especially from both the loan officer Nick and the construction manager Nick. As a first-time buyer, I expected guidance, reminders, and clarity throughout the process. Instead, I constantly had to remind them of important deadlines and follow-up on documents that they should have been managing. Their lack of communication created unnecessary stress and confusion from start to finish. The situation became even worse when we were told our home would be ready for signing before the end of the month. Based on Lennar’s own timeline, I informed my landlord that we would be moving out by the end of the month. But sure enough, we were delayed from our original closing date which was NOT due to the home not being ready, but entirely because of the loan officer Nick’s failure to properly walk me through the loan process, explain documents I didn’t understand, and communicate critical deadlines for submitting paperwork. My original closing date was October 5th. It was delayed the day before twice in a row. I didn’t end up closing until October 23rd. That nearly three-week delay left me and my family extremely stressed, unsure if we would even be able to secure the home before the date we told our landlord we would be moving out. All of this could have been avoided with basic communication and professionalism. The worst part of the entire buying experience came at the end, when I had already committed and had no choice but to move forward after giving my landlord our move out date. On top of that, the construction manager and his contractors failed to address the issues listed in my third-party inspection which I paid for out of pocket. Most items were simple, obvious fixes, yet many were ignored or “repaired” in a sloppy, half-done way. It felt like they wanted to rush through instead of ensuring the home was delivered in proper condition. To be fair, the only positive experience I had with Lennar was at the beginning with the sales consultant Dan, who was very informative and communicative. He was actually the reason I proceeded with Lennar in the first place. Unfortunately, everything after that especially the loan and construction process was the complete opposite. After this experience, I will never buy another home from Lennar again. The stress, lack of communication, last-minute delays, and poor quality of repairs completely ruined what should have been an exciting milestone. I’d honestly rather go back to renting than deal with another home purchase through them. I strongly recommend future buyers to proceed with caution, get your own third-party inspection, and be prepared for a lack of accountability from their team. ... More