Lennar Reviews in Naples, FL

I bought my home at Ave Maria and paid a large premium so we could move in September 1st. We signed papers on January 31st and moved in February 1st

Our sales person Jordan was great at getting us to contract and rude, pushy, and disrespectful as we got closer to closing. Our construction manager was friendly and responsive before closing and then dismissive and ignored us even in person after closing. Promises were made all around that have yet to be fulfilled. Very disappointing. After talking with neighbors, it is apparent the company's goal is to close on incomplete homes and move on to sell more rather than selling complete product. Customer service and client satisfaction are evidently not priorities.

Many basics to my transition were unattended such as Comcast not yet connected to my building unit. Then a 45 minute drive to Naples to pick up my equipment. There was garage door remote nor a pad outside for Manuel use. The sliding door wasn’t secure and couldn’t be locked for several days. The same for the garage back entrance door. The electric outlets were confusing since some couldn’t be activated without a wall switch.

I would tell them to make sure to do a walk through before closing, the virtual walk through we got was useless as the building manager was not able to show most of the condo due to not getting good showing from iPhone this resulted in a lot of unresolved issues (hole in cabinet door in kitchen, pantry door not working , hole in wall in guest bathroom.) some of these issues not yet resolved and we close two months ago.

I was asked to close quickly to enaure Lennar got the closing done by the end of their fiscal year. I did so with the promise the punchlist founding during the walkthrough would be done by closing. It took over a month to have complented and cost me a month of rental imcome.

Lennar is more focused on closing your deal than delivering what was in the contract. Deficiencies are met with excuses and not solutions. Lennar wants the hime buyer to deal with all if their trades and suppliers so they are not involved. Very disappointing experience

If I had to do it again I don’t know if I would purchase another Lennar home. Several little issues, terrible finishes on the walls lots of drywall mud globbs they were just painted over. Tape on all the roller ball catches never removed. Gutter on lanai still leaks , lanai floods everyone it rains, neighbors house amd lawn are higher then mine so all his water runs to mine . Who did the survey for these houses did they know how to use a transit . None of these houses should be low at all every home should be set at 6” min above finish grade . Also the drip pan on the condensate is not connected to a drain line I was told by code it doesn’t have to, so what do you do with the water buildup in the pan . And who decided to put the driveway pavers under the overhead door seal . Who in there right mind would think the seal is going to work as it can’t settle into the paver joints again letting water into my garage. Also who picked the fixtures as well the towel bar and tissue holder in the baths would it make to much sense to make sure they matched , brushed towel bars and tissue with chrome faucets ? Cheap plastic toilet seats, constantly find little imperfections on trim, drywall and paint . Been in the construction industry for 47 years the last 10 as a QC PROFESSIONAL who if anyone does your QAQC prior to turnover , as well at turnover you provide no literature , list of fixtures, appliances, hardware , doors , windows , paint, interior and exterior, pool equipment, floor tile manufacture and color, ... More

I paid more than $585K for my home and very disappointed. Very bad quality, walls and ceiling was very rough and unprofessional done. Very dirty doors knobs, that not clean before closing. Many undone left before closing because I was from out of town and don’t have time to come back a day before closed. Totally disappointed about their house built and warranty service was a nightmare. No one care.

Jen was great, but the people doing the punch lists are worthless!!! I will never repurchase another Lennar home, or will I ever recommend Lennar to anyone!!

To Start was not happy with Lennar Mortgage, wished I had used a different company. The communication for closing was non existent. Nobody showed us anything on how to operate pool and other features like the ring camera etc. We had to hunt down our keys and garage door opener. the Sheet rock and walls were poorly done and a lot of the holes for lights and outlets were cut too big and one light above kitchen Island was buried and had to be found and cut out after. Overall communication was just not good. Talking to the neighbors they have had the exact same bad experience.

No choices with the home was disappointing. Quality of work not great. Many warranty issues. Thank goodness the warranty team is exceptional.

Homeowners have been waiting 2 years for a pool. We can’t rent out or enjoy our vacation home without a pool. Prompt response to fix issues. We are happy with our unit and appearance of community.

Buying the home at Orange Blossom was relatively simple, but getting any kind of response or accountability after closing is a completely different issue. Punch out items remain outstanding months later & the home is full of blue tape. Damaged fittings and poorly finished features detract from the pleasure of buying this home. Never assigned a Customer Service contact point, I find dealing with Lennar frustrating & unsatisfactory.

Unfortunately the quality control of their homes is non-existent. I have found issues with EVERY SINGLE TRADE!! I am an engineer by trade and run a construction company so I do know how good work should look like. Flooring / Tiles: Floor in general is off level. Had to add shims to almost every piece of furniture in the house. Very poor quality installation. Also found a couple of broken tiles as well. Grout stained with compound and tiles stained with lines from the framer, Bathroom tiles were never properly grouted on the top edge on all 3 bathrooms. Tiles poorly grouted and poorly caulked where needed especially in the bathrooms. Framing / Drywall: Multiple walls off square, especially window and sliding door openings. Joint cracking in several locations. Upon installing blinds, you lower the blind and one edge has 1/8" light while the opposite end has close to 1" gap. They implement "skip trowel" finish which looks hideous in my opinion and it is just to hide all imperfections and poor installations so they can pay less for the work performed. Electrical: Very poor rough in, off level boxes and face plates. missing light bulbs, faulty wiring on 2 points, missing screws on faceplates. Very poor design, electrical meter is on the opposite side of the house to where the electrical panel is. Cable / Internet: Very poor design, the utilities junction box on the sidewalk is on the opposite side of there the house junction inlet box is. Therefore, to get the utility connected the cable company has to go across the driveway which means going under all the pavers, or going all the way around the back and to the other side of the house to avoid messing up the pavers. The second option is detrimental to the speed of the internet because we all know the longer the run from the hub to the box the greater the loss in signal strength. Plumbing: Loose fittings / connections creating leaks in cabinets under sinks in multiple locations. Poor rough-in resulting in crooked shower heads. Water heater had to be replaced a week after we moved in because there was a foul smell coming every time you open the hot water faucet. When replaced, they were draining the old one and milky water was coming out of it and smelled horrible. Cabinets: Extremely CHEAP quality, poorly painted and scratched all over the place. Dings and dents all over the place and one in particular severely cracked and they tried hiding it with spackle and paint. No soft close mechanisms which these days and for the price point should be standard. ZERO caulking on joints. some of them were drilled on the wrong location and hole was poorly spackled and painted to hide the mistake. Very cheap quality overall. Multiple areas missing paint, poorly painted and dripped paint. Glazing: No impact window option which in Florida should be standard. Missing screens and scratched glass. The silicone work on the glass around the frame is horrible. As if a toddler would've done it. Very disappointing. Masonry: Fortunately most of it is covered by drywall but what is exposed in the garage is not good. Blocks were not laid out level and multiple voids in mortar joints. They also installed cracked and chipped blocks. Pool: It took almost 10 weeks after walkthrough and 6 weeks after closing to be able to use the pool. First at walkthrough, the pool control panel was dead and some of the jet plastic fittings were missing. By closing time it was still not fixed. Then it turned out the wiring of the panel was faulty so they had to replace it. That took 2 weeks to get done. Once it was working the pool turned green. Apparently Lennar forgot to pay the bill so the pool company stopped performing the service. Once that was resolved the pump was leaking and needed to be replaced. Furthermore, the pool heater is not working properly and las but not least the overflow drain was installed a bit too low so the pool fill level line is low obviously because it can't be higher than the overflow elevation as that drain works by pressure equalizing. Pool fence missing pieces and hardware all rusted out. Pool light housing not flush with pool wall. 1/4" gap on 1 and 1/8" gap on the other. Paint: Very poor paint job overall. you can see brush marks, roller marks, drips... In addition to it, EVERY SINGLE HINGE has paint stains. The garage floor is another failure. It is advertised as "Epoxy Garage Floor" but in reality this is false advertisement because they just pain the slab gray and throw the flakes on it. The 3rd step which is the epoxy resin is skipped and Lennar says they don't include it. Therefore it shouldn't be advertised as epoxy garage floors. And since the painter got there after the plumber, the garage floor under the water heater is not painted either. Sprinkler: Sprinkler system control box has a lock and no keys were provided. Rain sensor post was painted green but paint job is horrible. They overplayed some portions of the actual sensor assembly and missed some spots on the actual post. HVAC: Apparently system was ran while the drywall crew was working because all the vents already full of compound dust so you can dust in the morning and you will have a small film already accumulated by the end of the day on all your furniture and belongings. Lennar's response is they don't clean ducts. So one buys a brand new home to get ducts full of compound dust, which by the way is extremely bad for your health. House delivered with no filter in the system either. Pest Control: House has a bad problem with ants and spiders. Ants are undermining pavers all over the driveway and spiders invading the fascia all around the house. Makes you wonder about that termite spray they should used under the slab. Pavers: Chipped, cracked, off level all over the place. 27 in the back and 36 on the driveway. Roofing: Gutters are full of roof tile debris. This is unbelievable! Carpentry: Door hinges, some are missing screws, and others were installed with an array ... More

Only good experience was the sales consultant. After that it was very bad. At Lennar Mortgage I had numerous different contacts throughout the process, they did not know where the other left it off. Same for home delivery, concierge and other unaccounted number of individuals. You try to make it buying a standardized process with specialized people in for everything. But eventually humans buy your product and they want to be cared for by humans. Your process resembles very much to calling big corporations' customer support line and being handed over to multiple departments through a menu system, never talking to the same person again. This is probably the biggest purchase in their lives so they want to be treated well.... Also the customer expected to work width different systems but nobody tells you when, which to use....It was very difficult to set up mailbox, gate access etc.... Now in the home but still cannot get anyone to answer if a 18 wheeler moving trailer can get to my home.... I have a long list of warranty issues: Just to name a few: Leaking Pool, rusting hardware on sliding doors, not balanced AC, front door jams. Overall material quality is kind of minimum (builder grade). Also some practical issues such as no fold down attic access and very small opening... I recommend to name a single point of contact for each clients who would help them through the process. Also adding few thousand $ to make the home nicer. Like Kitchen counter Backsplash, basic lights in rooms, soft close drawers and !!!properly shelved!!! closets. ... More

My first purchase of a new Lennar home was excellent and I was excited for my second purchase of a Lennar home. This second experience with a new Lennar home has been nothing short of a nightmare.

As an out of state buyer it was not a pleasant experience! I would never do this again! I should have never continued with the closing when things were not completed in my home as promised but I did on good faith. Promises after promises to get things done but as of yet it was not completed! Voicemails, calls ,text messages all ignored! When you have a home in another state and you reach out to the sales rep and the head of construction just to be ignored it beyond stressful! I will be arriving to my home in Naples in November and will have to deal with warranty still not a happy buyer!

The price you pay for the product that you’re buying is adequate. But if you’re looking for just adequate no perfection or even close to a building standard, you’re wasting your money. No communication skills during the build process. Attempting to get the punchlist fixed is a nightmare. Due to the fact, you have to go through a warranty service as they put it to get things done. I cannot in good faith recommend Lennar to anyone that’s purchasing a property.

from a purchase point of view, our experance with Ricky in sales was amazing, very detailed and accomedating, however, dealing with corprate closing / title team is less then desirable and needs major attension in future with new home owners

Do not close until everything is what a new home should be. We have had a bad experience.

All the warranty problems are difficult to address and fix Bad comunication

At the end of the experience, I do love my home, but it was not easy going through the process. There were multiple mistakes made along the building process. Fixes took way longer than they should have and many of these were not performed to the standard that I would have expected for a new home. There were multiple delays during the build process - 5 weeks went by with no progress being done on the home and we closed on our home 2.5 months late. Further, when Lennar did close on the home they did so when they were not finished with the home and it has been a painful process getting things fixed. 2.5 months after close we still do not have all the things addressed in the home. We didn't have a mail box for over 5 weeks after moving into the home. The list goes on. Lennar employees were not always forth coming with information and we were given information that was in some cases miss leading and in some cases completely false. At the end of the day, I do love my home, but it was a difficult process to get here. ... More

To this day the houses front entrance of the house is still no painted. Part of the driveway is broken. And the other part is covered in stains. We also have to add water to the pool every couple days because the overflow system is not working properly and the water level gets too low for the cleaning systems to work. One of the sides of the kitchen cabinets is damaged. And part of the wooden trim in the kitchen is missing.

Home is cheaply built, as you walk the floor non stop creaking. Things that should have been completed as promised before us moving in still was not. Opening in the attic, the house dirty with insects, slide door can't open n sooo much more. I have certainly learned my lesson about Lennar and their construction managers.

I was pushed to close when the house was not finished and ready for closing just because Lennars only priority is to meet their monthly sales numbers, not client satisfaction, service and quality. There were multiple unfinished things in the house … the punch list at walkthrough had over fifty items that needed to be done or fixed. Then as soon as we closed and Lennar got paid in full there were no responses or support to get things fixed. Multiple emails and visits to the sales center to try to get any attention. It has been 2 months from closing and not all things are done or fixed to satisfaction. Terrible experience and quality in closing. I would reconsider buying from Lennar if I had to do it all over again ... More