Lennar Reviews in Punta Gorda, FL

While we are mostly happy with the finished product, our buying experience has, at times, been a struggle. The estimated closing date was off by almost 4 months. Fortunately we were not selling a house, so this was only a disappointment. We have learned that others that did sell had to scramble for temporary housing. In addition, a number of basic items (mirrors, shower enclosures, vanity lighting, closet shelving, etc) was not installed / fully completed on our settlement date. We waited multiple weeks to have these things addressed. And lastly, our building does not yet have rain gutters. Every time it rains the roof runoff causes the mulch to wash all over the walkway. The most troubling thing about this is that 2 buildings completed well AFTER our building have rain downspouts already installed. While our experience with Lennar’s warranty team has been satisfying, one should not have to go through “warranty” to have incomplete items addressed that should have been, but were never, complete at closing. You get the impression that Lennar’s attention focuses more on getting their pre-settlement units completed / closed versus completing work on their post-settlement units. ... More

Our sales rep Tony was awesome to deal with. Even though the closing date kept getting pushed out our sales rep kept us up to date and we totally understood the delays due to COVID related impacts of materials and labor. We were super excited to get our new condo to enjoy with our family for vacation purposes. The community had every amenity we wanted ; gated, golf course, fitness center, various pools. However, the closing left a bad taste in our mouth about Lennar. The work crews were pressured to finish the building by end of the month, which also happened to be Lennar's quarter, When we arrived to do our walk thru the day before our scheduled closing, it was like a war zone with trucks , workers and materials everywhere. Our unit was only primed and many options were not in place. When we told our sales rep we felt the unit was 2-3 weeks from being move in ready and we did not want to close until all the work was completed. We were told since the county declared it was habitable, we could either close or lose our 10% deposit. I felt very pressured to close and it seemed almost illegal, We couldn't stay at our unit the week we closed since painters and workers were still there working on our unit for a few days after closing. We still had almost 15 things which needed fixed after closing including leaking drainpipes and missing kitchen cabinet and crown molding. This made me hesitant to ever buy a Lennar home again, which is a shame since we love our condo and all the people at Lennar who helped us with our purchase. ... More

(2) Disappointing Surprises: A) Master Bath Vanity: Master Bath in the Model had 4 drawers; whereas our Vanity only has 2 drawers...increasing dead space on either side of the sink .We were never appraised of this change. When approaching Lennar, no one could identify a solution (sales, operations, construction)..."this not my responsibility" was response received. B) Location of Outdoor Covered Parking Spot: We purchased our Unit on the Top floor of our building ($)... with the expectation our spot would be somewhere in the 1st row nearest the building. We are in Bldg #5...all the other 4 completed buildings all have 2 rows of parking. We find that our spot is not in 1st row or even the 2nd row; rather we are in a newly created 3rd row nowhere near the building entrance....& directly adjacent to the Waste Mgt. dumpsters. Once again, same response " (no matter who I approached) "...I have nothing to do with that" ... More

Pleased with initial buying process during construction. Frustrated with short notice to close (required to close prior to opportunity to view finished product). Final clean up and finishing touch-ups to complex seem to be ignored.

buying process very easy closing costs a little suprising

Home buying experience was electronic. So it was easy. Was supposed to have an orientation and celebration. All we got was an envelope INSIDE of our home with a letter. Many questions about the house that we had to seek out answers. Workmanship is sloppy, gaps between tiles and floors . Paint is CHEAP! Washes off when cleaning. Paint on areas that should not be painted . Concrete on pool tiles , cement on areas that should have been cleaned. Sunken tiles by the spa. NO TOWEL BARS, just TP HOLDERS. Design in bathroom is plain. Could have made it better by providing a place to put shampoo etc . A seat in the main bathroom would have been a nice touch. I feel like I paid too much for what I got ... More

These homes are basically mass produced…. Almost assembly line. Above average quality, and like the fact that change orders not allowed. Appliances decent quality, pool and Lanai/ lanai cage are very good. Understand that home will not come with ceiling fans, smart switches or extra light fixtures. I would advise buyers to review MODEL home CLOSELY as that’s what you get…no differences. For example, only some kitchen cabinets had under cabinet lighting, junction boxes for hanging lights over kitchen island were not even close on position over island. In addition, instead of three lights over island only two as third was LED. Island lights were wired to kitchen ceiling lights instead of having their own switch to separate them. Clearly the blueprints for the model home were drafted wrong ... More

Original sales person okay, but the last one left in the development is awesome!

I’ve owned three Lennar built homes. The first two were exceptionally well built However, my current new built home that I just purchased has many issues with building Materials and craftsmanship. Lennar is working with me on my list of issues so hopefully all will be good in time.

Rush to closing, home was not really ready. Response for repairs has been good.

I would not transfer any funds into escrow account until all the punch list is done. Once you transfer funds they will close on the property, by transferring funds you give them the right to close read your contract closely. there only goal is to meet the closing dates. Then anything that needs to be done goes into warranty work. They have been moving along on the list of things that need to be done most of that is from poor sub contractor work.

The people in the field are great. Sales man. General Cobtractors. Have to deal with corporate you will find they quickly don’t care. Good luck reaching one of them.

Bad timing! Signed a purchase agreement in June for a new home to be ready in November. Hurricane hit in September; some damage to the house but salvageable. Flew down for inspection in mid-December for a late December close; found too many problems for a punch list (no A/C, no refrigerator, lots of finish issues). Salesman had moved on to another development. Closed late December (so Lennar could book the sale in 2022). Moved in on January 1. Found much of builders support team not available until days after holiday. Gradually getting things fixed (now 6 weeks after move-in). Overall a frustrating and disappointing process. Don't think I will buy another new house again. ... More

Communication throughout the process was poor. On the scheduled closing day, Lennar could not even communicate whether or not we were actually going to close on that day -- which was extremely frustrating. We learned the hard way that Lennar rushed to complete the project and some short cuts were taken -- which are still being addressed.

At the direction of the contractor, items were changed or removed because of supply issues? and this was nor communicated in all circumstances to us. We are missing items in our home that were included in the sales process but not installed prior to a "hurried" closing,

The biggest disappointment was the condition of the condo at closing. There were no kitchen or laundry appliances installed, one toilet didn’t work, no electric switch in MB, needed painting and dirty. It took 3 days before we could consider moving in. This seems to be the norm- close the deal then race like crazy to make it liveable. No apologies- that’s just the way it is. After 6 weeks of waiting for an electrician to fix the light switch on the MB counter, we went out and hired our own electrician to fix it. I am being kind with my ratings. We still wait for things to be fixed but no one comes. ... More

Disappointed clean up and workmanship on new home. Way too many call backs on several areas of finishing of condo.

Once we purchased the Home, you are no longer important. Make sure that the home they way it is supposed to be because once you move in you are on your own. You can complain as much as you want there is no urgency in fixing anything. We moved in to the Home end of June and now it is December the items we complained about prior to the move in have yet to be fixed. Get everything in writing when you purchase the Home since the Sales guy from Lennar promises a lot but delivers very little

Sales/Purchase contract was very long (60 some pages). The sales rep expected our signature in a day or two. It was unrealistic to review the contract and many condo docs so promptly. Construction manage Devin was very responsive and summoned trade resources the same day as the walkthru.

I would love for someone to contact me

When my unit was being built, I saw waste everywhere. When the people were working there and they left, they left all the doors open the air conditioners running, and the raccoons were defecating all over the floors in my unit. That is very unacceptable.

Overall we are satisfied with our purchase but there have been some hiccups. We have bought and sold over a dozen homes so this is not a new experience for us. This has been one of the rougher experiences we’ve had with a builder. Pros: -Price: you do get a lot of house for the money. The same sqft with other builders in the area would be a lot more. -Sales Rep: We worked with Joey and he was great to work with. He was very responsive and fought hard to resolve any issues or concerns very quickly -Floor Plans: They have some unique and well thought out floor plans to choose from. We liked that they had things that others didn’t. Cons: -The quality of workmanship is rather poor. We expected lower end finishes for the price point but several simple things were just sloppy (i.e., lots of paint drips on tile, banisters, windows, tubs, etc. All the Cat6 cable was wired incorrectly and I had to re-terminate all of them. Pieces of wood were left on our roof and are still there more than two months after we reported it. Garage floors are stained and have cuts, cracks, and chips all over. They tried to hide cracks in the cabinets by painting them. Chips in the tile just had a little calk/paint thrown over them in hopes we wouldn’t notice. Bath tubs all had drips of paint, caulk, or putty; one had rust spots. The house was not very clean when we moved in. Lots of window seals had dead bugs, one room had a giant dead bug stuck to the wall, all the bathtubs had wall dust and debris in them, several places they adjusted outlets or wall plates there was the dust/residue from removing the plates on the carpet, in the master closet (where the Cat6 terminates) they left all the wire clippings from terminating the Cat6 cables, etc. Just overall sloppiness that doesn’t leave the best impression when expect to walk into your shinny new home) -Warranty Rep: we were told that a warranty person was supposed to join us at our new home orientation and they did not. Apparently they were supposed to go over the warranty details, deadlines, how to register appliance warranties, give us a book of something, etc. and we didn’t get any of that. We’ve told them several times and no one seems to care. We’ve been told most the information now by neighbors but they are holding us to deadlines and such that have never been explained to us. -Walkthrough Report: The construction manager is the one who came to the walkthrough and many of the things brought up were never written on his paper. He told us that we didn’t need to write anything down because he was, but he never showed us his list, and half the stuff we brought up he didn’t include. He told us someone would be in touch as not everything would be fixed before closing. Now that we have access to the warranty portal we can finally see his list and even though no one has contacted us, everything on it is marked complete. Many things were not addressed; some are very obvious that they weren't even looked at and other things were not really addressed, just some hokey quick fix. Since no one contacted us, I resubmitted most the items that were on his list plus the others that he missed. Fortunately, we had a private inspection done and had sent them this list ahead of time so many of the things he didn't write down were on that inspection list but some of them that weren't we are now being questioned why we didn't have them on our walkthrough list. It's been a rather frustrating process. -Imperfections: we understand that nothing is ever going to be perfect but when you buy something new, you are expecting things to be new. Several items are damaged and thus far not being taken care of. I am still working with the warranty people but the most frustrating aspect is that our closing was pushed back because they wanted the house to be "perfect" before we moved in so it's frustrating that we have large cracks and chips in the garage floors, deep scratches in the kitchen sink that cannot be buffed out, scratches all over the microwave controls, and cracks in the kitchen cabinets. Not only were these not noticed BEFORE we did our walkthrough (which was the reason we were given for pushing the closing date), we are struggling to get some of them addressed because either "they weren't on our walkthrough report" or "that's within Lennar specs". It's frustrating to me that I bought a new house to avoid these kinds of fights yet I am still having to have them. Many of our neighbors are telling us of similar experiences so I highly recommend anyone building with Lennar heed this advice and be very forceful in what you want BEFORE you close. Afterwards, the battle becomes much more difficult. Overall, we are happy with our purchase. We love the house, the neighborhood, and neighbors. I just wish I would have been more discerning before we closed and insisted that I get, in writing, the list of things they would take care of before I signed. Our previous builders have been very easy to work with on these issues (and we had fewer of them) so we didn't stress it but should have. I would not tell anyone not to buy from Lennar, I would simply say, be VERY picky at your walkthrough and have a clear understanding before you leave what will/won't be addressed, what will be outstanding after you move in, who to contact if they don't contact you, etc. If you are not happy with those answers, talk about it BEFORE you close. That's all I would recommend. ... More

House wasn’t ready for the walkthrough. Quality of the workmanship was not what I expected out of Lennar and with the price of the home. With a lot of community things got resolved. After the closing the whole process of getting house keys, mailbox keys, gate pass and getting everything changed into our names and learning all the process and multiple sites has been stressful. I feel things could be streamlined so the whole process is not so stressful with closing and moving.

Second time home builder, first with Lennar. We knew we were going to be limited with the ‘upgrades’ with our new Lennar home, so we presumed it would help simplify and enhance the quality of the build all that goes with it. Unfortunately that was not the case, Inspection processes and procedures were not good. I mentioned we’ve build a home before, however with our build with Lennar, I was repeatedly told that issues identified on the “punch-lists” were being addressed… only to find out they were not! I was simply lied to by the construction manager I was working with. As of the time of this writing, we are still working through those same ‘punch-list’ items…now having to go through the Lennar Warranty processes and procedures which makes our days very disruptive and inconvenient as a new homeowner. Communication was sub par when it came to closing in on our closing date. We essentially were left confused as to when and how the closing was going to happen. It was a ‘scramble’ at our closing. Proactive communication (even if its a call explaining when and how things will take place should be a priority. The only savior in this was our salesman. He went above and beyond to help us during our challenges. Overall, I would come to expect more from a company/brand such as Lennar. I will defiantly be telling our ‘tales’ of this experience to others. ... More

Takes a while and several attempts to get someone to return your call or respond to a text or email.