Lennar Reviews in Ocala, FL

Let’s start with the delay in finishing the home because Lennar prioritized homes financed in house, thus causing my interest rate to rise. Then when closing happened the house was no where ready for move in and it was filthy. The dish washer wasn’t even plugged in. We had a crushed sewer pipe, there spots still missing paint almost 2 months later, yard had construction debris in it. The general inattentive attitude and the condescending response from employees, for example the fan in the living room was shaking and squeaking, when we brought this up the electrician he said “well it’s not a Ferrari”. The warranty department is hit or miss, I either get a super attentive assistant or one the takes multiple inquiries to get any movement. I will not be recommending Lennar to anyone that asks. ... More

Although i know that with any home there is no such thing as perfect, however, certain attentions to detail are clearly missing here. It definitely feels like quantity over quality. There were many things on our punch list that has still not been fixed. During our walkthroughs things were said they would be done personally by the construction manager that day, and they are still not fixed. We were told our house would be locked up at night before we were able to move in but after we had closed, and the doors were left unlocked. Again told by the construction manager. Right now we are in a battle to get someone to come and fix our irrigation because we have a broken pipe that is just flooding our backyard and can’t seem to get anyone over. My list goes on. Make sure you do your research before coming to Lennar. ... More

First walk-through inside and secund not finished, dishwasher sinse November 30 not install, is January 17, front door entrance no weather strip doesn't lock correctly, bedrooms doors unlevel and 20 more issues. Please come en see.

I was so excited to buy a Lennar home! The process started out alright, but slowly went down-hill. The communication from the salesperson was lacking. The lady in the title office was rude. Then when I had my so called”walk-through” everything got worse. My house was not completed and the work that was done-especially in some areas was so shoddy. Very poor workmanship throughout the home. I’ve been in this “construction zone” for almost two months-Lennar is very slow at trying to make things right. They have fixed/finished some things, but now it feels like I’m being ignored. Even sending emails to company presidents falls on deaf ears. So very sad. This is supposed to be my last home-I’m retired and I can’t enjoy my home because of the poor quality of work that Lennar did and continues to do. Please don’t buy a home from Lennar-the stress is not worth it. ... More

Waited on fixing items after closing and then informed me I had to go through the warranty side. Many items wrong are amateur items, holes in walls, paint on tile floor and rugs, knobs on kitchen cabinets don’t line up, sensors missing, openings in garage, a/c draining into the garage, weather stripping left off the external doors, house never cleaned and I could go on. Not one item has been repaired, it’s been 45 days. Talked to other owners and some of their problems are worse than mine and still waiting on repairs!

I knew that Lennar had problems because all builders do, but I didn't realize how bad it is. These lower rated reviews never get seen on the site. I checked. The only reason I gave two stars was because at least the "construction manger" gave me an online tour before purchase. Since then, it's been one problem after another- flooding, cupboards falling down, tile issues, electrical issues. dead palm tree,, half painted woodwork. just total crappy workmanship all around. Then, when a "warranty order" is submitted, it's one excuse after another. "It's cosmetic- we don't cover it". "We don't cover trees"- Well, YOU incorrectly planted the tree and it died. I paid for it and I want the tree I paid for. Leak in a bathroom light, major cracks in the concrete, I could go on. My advice, don't waste your life savings on a Lennar home. It's financially, physically and emotionally draining to have to go thru this. ... More

The whole experience has been Terrible! We were supposed to close in August. Finally closed January 17th with a five page punch list. Now March and still trying to get things resolved. Lots of empty promises. Quality of workmanship is horrible. Nobody takes pride in their work and Lennar accepts that. We expected a not more from Lennar when building a $472,000 home. Would not recommend.

took 30 days to get house cleaned lots of things not done or done wrong

I went into the first time homebuilding experience with an open mind and trust that what I was told I was getting in my new home was true. Turns out that some pretty important things that I expected to have in my home were taken away without Lennar telling me. They took both bath tubs out of my house and was told that it is a 55+ community and elderly people don’t want bath tubs…well I’m 60 I’m not elderly and elderly people have grandchildren and dogs to bathe then I come to find out that the models with three bathrooms have at least 1 tub in their house! This was extremely upsetting for me..also was assured that I had arches in my house as well..one day I all of a sudden had NO arches the arches were part of the reason I loved the Princeton model…they also took away access to pendant lights above my island…they lied to me and didn’t bat an eyelash I was told that they have a team of lawyers that will negate any of my complaints that I simply can not win if I pursued any of it. The best part of the entire experience was working with my super Dave he was great from start to finish always available easy to talk to and made sure the rest of the build went smoothly…..I’m still upset about not having a bathtub!! ... More

We went under contract six months prior before the home was finished. Im married. We made the offer under my name, but for investment purposes, we wanted to have my wife be on the house instead of myself. This is a simple process, it just needs to be approved by the builder. Literally we had sent them the document and all they had to do was sign it to get it done. We tried to do this a few months before close, but the Lennar denied. And it wasn’t like my wife didn’t have the qualifications. She was pre-approved and we would’ve closed on time. I think that because the value of the house went up, they were looking to have us drop out by not willing to work with us in hopes to sell it to someone else and keep our builders deposit of 10%. It was just bad service. We ended up closing on the property and I stayed on the house to get it done, but it was a simple request that they didn’t work with us on. Bad service. I won’t be building or purchasing a home from Lennar again. ... More

Unskilled labors did the work homes really not ready to close...however many of us were between a rock and a hard spot ...had to move in fast too many issues to list but would love for upper management to pay liberty village a visit ...its time for you guys to see first hand its past time to see this sub

It has been a struggle to get anything done or adequate communication after signing the contract. The walk through and closing was a horrible experience and I'm still struggling with post close issues.

The closing process was a disaster. The house was not complete by the closing. I moved in 2 months ago and still trying to get things fixed that were noticed at the walk through prior to close. I have been disappointed at every step of this process.

Home was not ready for closing! Still waiting for items to be addressed 2 month after closing.

I had 2 homes built in OTOTW and 1 by Lannar. As a General8i r, bypass I saw poor workmanship and several months late to finish. The contract that had the sale price did not show about $10,000 extra that was not on that page even though we made no changes. This by far is the poorest quality I have seen. In Williamsburg Virginia Lannar turns out a very nice home, not like these Lannar homes.

We have purchased many homes through out the years. The condition of the home after we closed on it in terms of meeting county code was pathetic. Our water heater was not hooked up to the house so no hot water, there was no insulation in the attic which is another fire code, the wiring of the home was a fire code we found out as we hired our own electrician to fix our home which was 5k later. We have taken pictures of everything. We will be hiring an attorney and also calling the city to make record of their inspector who passed the home when it should not have. Lennar knows of our issues and has not reached out. ... More

The whole process was a mess, things that were promised on walk through still not done. I’m currently being ignored by the guy who did my walk through and I put everything into the system and with Lennar to fix not one thing has been done. Haven’t had a functional garage door since move in either and a leak in my sprinkler that was promised to be repaired before move in… still not done.

Been months since we purchased and so many issues still not rectified!!!

First walk-through brand new home: no running water, workers left feces in each toilet (no water to flush). Cracks & holes in cabinets. Large patch of dead sod front yard. Caulking poorly done. Foundation painted in batches. Hole near roof. Scratches on mirror & kitchen sink, etc.. Final walk-through water ran for 5 seconds & stopped. Few repairs done, orange tape still up, no door on linen closet, etc… Closing day, final final walk-through with construction manager who quickly went over my list of repairs with the superintend. House was cleaned a little better. 10k in no backing out!! Superintend asked me, “What do I want my house to look like?” My reply to him & sales manager; Like a “Brand-New” home. Like the quality Lennar advertise! I chose to purchase new because I didn’t want a “fixer-upper.” Everything at this point is up to the warranty crew to fix. It took a month before I could shower in my master shower because the workers left stucco in the shower head pipe. Bathroom light switch turns off outlet in bedroom. Appliances, when I called for repairs the rep asked, “did the builder give you secondhand appliances?” Not enough space to tell ALL. “Everything that looks good ain’t always good!” ... More

The only reason we continued with the contract is it's the only thing we could afford

Very poor service and communication from the beginning to the end (sales including manager were horrible in every aspect of knowledge, service and follow through/follow up from the moment we put our deposit to take off the market to closing. We didn’t even get the mailbox key until almost a month after closing because we didn’t know who to get it from and where to pick up, construction manager Dave was the most incompetent person who didn’t oversee any of the contractors to ensure jobs were done well, make the contractors fix their sloppiness or even make sure they did their jobs at all. First, final and at closing inspections were completely horrible. Ceiling crack not fixed and slapped paint which was the length of the living room (still the ere 1 1/2 months after closing), cracked tiles, kitchen island and bathroom countertops not sealed so it was damaged upon move in and they won’t replace, large crack from top to bottom of other kitchen counter and passed Lennar inspection/manager, shower not level so about 2 inches of water sits and we have to manually push water down drain not to mention large gashes on the flooring of shower which were there before move in but not replaced, vents are loud to the point we can hear them in the living room (was told by AC folks it’s a roofing issue), electrical was not wired correctly on the outside of the garage and in some of the electrical outlets throughout the home, technician from GE came 3 times to attempt to fix the new dishwasher which was broken at the onset, holes in concrete in the garage was never fixed even when addressed during initial walk thru, tiles were not sealed, all walls are different shades of paint, bathroom lighting fixtures still crooked, all bedroom floors are uneven under carpet (Dave the construction manager and carpet owner from subcontractor) said it was no big deal but he would fix if Dave told him to. Well, that never happened. Hallway closet door and frame were broken due to wrong installation per the owner of the closet door subcontractor. He said he would fix if Dave out in the order. Well, Dave never did because when Dave came back after closing he said, “you want to replace the door? It’s just bent in a little and not a big deal.” Well it’s broken and the door is so obvious that whenever contractors come in, they point it out to me immediately. That’s the kind of construction managers Lennar hires and that oversaw this money pit and horrible new build. Gauges in walls, window panes are still not fixed after addressed during initial walk thru and via the report by our own home inspector. All panes are installed where it catches water and now has water damage because Dave never followed through. The master faucet shoots water so it goes everywhere. The dryer had a large dent by the controls upon closing. The “replacement” arrived yesterday (wasn’t informed about delivery day by Dave either) and it was worse than the first new one. It has large gashes and scratches on the bottom front, door and by the control knobs, no lighting fixtures for the garage were provided. The driveway has ripples throughout the entire driveway which is so obvious everyone that doesn’t even know us makes a comment about it including the Marion County inspector who told us it needs to get redone because it’s wrong of Lennar to force us to close and take all of our earnest money without doing the job properly. Some bedroom windows blinds did not fit in the allocated space and when they came back, they were angry to fix it and they cut it with a saw which left every single blind with jagged edges. Addressed it with Dave and he wasn’t interested in even seeing it. The list goes on…All of this were addressed during the initial walk through and still not done. Had we known what our experience would have been and what kind of slapped together job of a home (2,500 sq feet) we would get for the premium money we are paying at high interest rates, we would have taken our money elsewhere with no hesitation. We weren’t treated nicely right after we put the deposit down. And the realtor who put me in touch with a Lennar salesperson who never met me there or did nothing at all received the commission because the Lennar salesperson Austin put her name down as my realtor so he could push the sale. Definitely the most unprofessional company we have ever worked with not to mention the level of incompetence and/or uncaring of how they treat their clients. No follow up or follow through let alone never doing right by the paying customer. If your money is important to you, do not invest with Lennar. We lost everything in this home. Literally everything. ... More

Terrible experience, would not recommend.

Till Today - 2nd Aug'22, The builder has not completed the work which they supposed to complete. It's a worst experience we all still have with Lennar. Because of you guys on broken sprinkler system.. I paid about $350 just for water. And have no proper response at all.

Lennar uses the lowest quality materials available. The granite counters were not sealed properly so stains appear from the slightest drop of water. The stove top had been repaired and on initial usage a large chip appeared. The washer and dryer are the cheapest GE has. The dishwasher stopped working after 4 runs and had to be reset. The irrigation system was a disaster, watering the neighbors yard. Large patches of grass were dead and we have had to do replace the grass.. The porch and back stoop were rough and filthy. The garage floor was filthy. The fridge was filthy. Every shelf and drawer had to be removed and cleaned. The bathrooms are disgusting. Builders grade tp holder and towel bar. No hand towel bar. The bathtub is tiny and dangerously slick. The house cleaning crew is worthless. The construction supervisor made so many promises that were unfulfilled. The house is still incomplete 2 months after closing. It is costing us a small fortune to make the house barely livable. Over 30 issues so far. The sales woman only cares about the sale. Lennar Mortgage only cares about getting a loan that they sell off after closing. There is no pride in anything that Lennar touches. There were many signs along the way warning us not to close on the house. We did not heed the warnings and now have to deal with an incomplete, fixer-upper brand new house. ... More