Lennar Reviews in Punta Gorda, FL

Many call backs as workers are rushed. An amenity that was installed in other units was not installed in mine. Still unresolved.

Not built to the quality that they showcase in the model homes. The contractors that build for Lennar have no sense of ownership to maintain a quality product. So much money is wasted by senseless mistakes and timing of the building process.

All of my neighbors are experiencing the same process - Lennar rushes the process to close on the sale of the home, so they can collect their funds, but then is not there with a team to address the open punchlist items post close. I have about 20 items that need addressed - from no shelves in our pantry to significant issues. The 2 significant items: 1) I have an irrigation issue that consumed 87k gallons of water in 30 days (thats not a typo). My system continued to average 3k gallons of water a day after the first 30 days. My yard was totally saturated, and my grass was dead. No one has contacted me on this issue. Some one shut off my irrigation system at the street a week and a half ago and now all my plants are dying. 2) I have two smashed roof tiles (I do mean smashed). Rain is definitely getting into the roof and no one has contacted me on this issue. ... More

We are very disappointed in the quality of workmanship and the quality of materials and appliances used. We moved in six weeks ago and have had dozens of issues with defective appliances, broken items, missing mirrors, cabinets & other items. The response time has been very bad and we feel like we have been forgotten

Workmanship in every aspect poor quality. Poor response to the issues of the house before closing and after. Damage appliances were place in the house which Lennar has not taken care of. Exterior damage to appliances Frigidaire will not cover under the warranty

The only bright spot to my experience was my sales person Shawn, other than that my experience was awful. From Lenoir mortgage to the closing process to the inspection process to being forced to close without the home being completely done and still living with a huge punchlist. I will never buy from Lennar again I am also in our stockholder, and will be liquidating my stocks in the very near future. Very disappointed.

Lennar rushed to close us despite not everything being finished. Last minute work was done and rushed to meet the Lennar business quarter close.

Cheapest materials ever. Pool lanai screen with multiple rips weeks after closing.

1. Lennar Mortgage - easy to deal with, competent mortgage officer. 2. Lennar Title - titled our unit to 3 other buyers who actually purchased other units. Seems someone didn't change the unit number when preparing the titles. When we went to the tax collector's office we found out about the title issue. This prevented us from applying for our homestead exemption until it was corrected. Luckily the Lennar Title was fixed just in time. 3. Lennar sold our mortgage within 3 weeks of moving in. Our mortgage included a buy down, which was an incentive, so we would use Lennar mortgage. The buy down is for 3 years and allows use to pay a lower monthly payment with the remainder paid by Lennar. Seems no one told the company that purchased the mortgage. I sent the first payment as directed to the new Mortgage company only to get an invoice for the entire monthly mortgage payment. It took me having to go through several people and emailing of documents to prove there was a buy down. Luckily that was completed and the buy down payment was accepted just before the payment would have been late. 4. We have a small cat that we lost one night in the unit. We could hear her meow but could not find her. Finally I looked under the cabinets in the kitchen and she had gotten through a space between the kickboard and bottom of the cabinets. There was anywhere between a two and five inch gab all across the cabinets and kickboards around the kitchen, kitchen island and both bathrooms. The cabinet installer came out and put in new kickboards. The issue was solved timely. 5. Construction of the unit- very poor. It seems the construction workers are paid by the job and they rush through without really taking care that the job is done correctly. We had paint and glue on the title floors, which we were able to scrape up. That was not a big deal. The floor tiles had and some still have writing where measures were taken. Not a big deal comes up with four of nine. The electrical outlets in the second bathroom did not work. Seems the electrician crossed the wires. Was repaired timely. There was a chip in the tub from, it appears tile falling on it. Was somewhat repaired, but acceptable. It seems that there was no final inspection performed once the work was completed. 5. Plumbing. Our unit is a first floor end unit, which is Lennar's biggest condo unit in Terrace Condos. Every time our upstairs neighbors flush their toilet it sounds like Niagara falls coming down the walls. We complained to the customer service agent for Lennar and at first we were told there was nothing that could be done. There is sound proofing in the ceilings and that should control the noise. It did not and I complained again to the customer service agent, who actually got upset and asked if I wanted a plumber to come out and open the ceiling so I could see the sound proofing and I accepted her offer, however that never happened. My wife ended up sending an email to Lennar's CEO and after that we received a call from the customer service agent who offered to have Rice insulation come out to check and make sure the PVC pipes were insulated. Rice came and found none of the four inch PVC pipes were insulated, which is a code violation, so I don't know how the walls were put on without it. Rice wrapped the pipes the best they could. The walls were sealed back up and we can still hear the water, which we again reported to Lennar's customer service agent, who again got upset and told my wife we should have purchased a fourth floor condo, which we would have done except for health issues. She further stated she wasn't going to do anything more concerning the water noise. Checking with a neighbor who has the same unit they have no water noise issues. My neighbor next door has no water noise issue. The neighbor above me has the exact same issue. Lennar's construction crew did not insulate our stacked end units, which is poor. ... More

Construction issues unresolved during build and after closing. Inability to control quality of subcontractor work.

Poor workmanship , filthy , many major issues , Poor quality control and still waiting for issues to be repaired correctly .

After you close on your home, the warranty repairs never end!! The quality is horrible!

As a retired building/remodeling contractor from New England, I was shocked at the poor quality of workmanship and construction oversight that went into this building. Construction flaws and short cuts were only discovered following hurricane damage that never should have happened if a better quality roof vent had been used. Because a large section of my living room ceiling fell after the insulation above was soaked due to rain pouring into these vents, I was able to see just how poorly this place was constructed. From frame to finish, speed seems to be all that matters. Examples include hip and ridge shingles blown off because they used a light weight 20 year product instead of the better quality product designed for use with the 35 year roof shingles, lack of framing in critical areas that allow for secure drywall application, poorly installed door trim, incomplete kitchen cabinet moulding, appliances in place but not connected, hot and cold water supplies reversed in guest bathroom, white paint and drywall compound clumsily applied around bronze colored window and sliding door frames, and over the range venting microwave not vented to the exterior, preventing moisture from cooking from being expelled to the outside. The list goes on, and these deficiencies are prevalent throughout the neighborhood. That being said, it should be noted that appliances, plumbing fixtures, HVAC components, counter tops, Ring alarm system, all are of good quality. In my opinion, these units are simply being thrown together to fast, and when that happens, corners get cut and construction quality is sacrificed, which is unfortunate, as Biscayne Landing is a nice community with good neighbors in an up and coming area of Port Charlotte. ... More

Many delays. The day of closing so many items were not finished. Was asked to sign a document that they had a final inspection but they couldn't provide a Ceretificate of Occupancy. The quality of workmanship is far below construction standards, especially for the money they are sellling these units. Punchlist was over 30 items and 2 months after closiing no attempt has been made to address them. Had to complete some of them myself in order to make the unit livable.

We just purchased April 2020 and sold April 2022 a new build Lennar townhome in Prior Lake, MN, that experience was great. The attention to detail, commitment to follow here in Punta Gorda, FL is horrible. I booked a flight and the Lennar team was completely aware that I was flying down for a scheduled walk thru August 22 so we could close by the end of August. I walk in and could not believe what I was seeing, no appliances, vents not installed, no weather stripping on front door, garage floor not done, closet doors not hung, closet shelves not hung, filthy dirty outside and in. I'm sure I'm missing several other issues. What was most amazing to me was that the Lennar construction managers said "this is all minor things, the structure is in good shape and will get the rest of it down so we can close in August as that is our "Lennar's" target date" If this was my company and crew I would have fired them all, a complete failure for a final walk thru. We did a video walk thru later that week after I had flown back home and was assured all was taken care of. We met the movers the week of September 12 and some of the issues had been addressed. Still no weather stripping on the front door, the gap was big enough to allow rain, bugs to come right on in. Many paint mars on closet doors that did get hung but looked like they have been thrown around before mounting, inside of the house we completely dirty, shelves not done in the bedroom closets, I called and asked if we could at least get the weather stripping on the front door done while we were here and was assured it would be taken care of, 7 days later it was not done. I was even forwarded a message from Dave that Grant told him he could not find weather stripping anywhere.................hard to believe with a Home Depot just a few miles away. ... More

Sales and Title was great but the build was not and turnover of the home was horrible.. Had I not personally been involved and physically called vendors over to my house I would not have closed on my Closing Date. Project management and Customer Service from the Project Management team was horrible.

The quality of workmanship is a serious concern. Also the warranty work is not good either. I should have purchased from a better builder.

Terrible experience. Forced to close before property was completed. Still have many issues with quality of workmanship. Unsure of security of property with supposed open membership to non-owners for amenities. Review already submitted with same horrendous experience to Lennar. No response received.

They said they would perform our requested.simple take before we moved in. So far hasn’t happened.

We encountered poor communication all the way around during the closing process. The closing coordinator scheduled a “walk-through”, and scheduled it for the wrong time/date. We arrived as told to, and there was no-one there. The follow up was absolutely horrid. The home was NOT ready to close. We encountered plumbing issues, walls were unfinished, blue tape was everywhere, broken tiles, master shower was not finished (no shower doors), the kitchen counter is still uneven, broken window screen, lanai door would not close/lock. I could go on and on with the issues. For a solid week after closing, we had construction workers still coming in and out of our home. Things are still outstanding. Terrible closing experience. Terrible communication. The only person who is trying to help us is Mariella! We have a number of things yet to be fixed! ... More

Lennar is is no way, shape, or form Customer Friendly. No choices or changes at all. "This is what you get and forget about making or requesting even the slightest change". No communication or updates forthcoming from the Lennar reps. Delay after Delay and no real concern or care on their part.

The overall experience is not what I expected. There were and still are many issues with our home. We closed 11/30 and still have not fully moved in due to outstanding issues such as air conditioner not running properly. Windows have issues and can’t close and can’t lock some of them. Lots of small issues that have been taken care of but just the overall time and effort it took to get the problems fixed was exhausting. Sprinklers have a leak which is causing us to use over 2000 gallons of water a day which is going to give us an extremely expensive water bill. Construction manager has done his best to get issues fixed but the trades response time and quality of work has been poor to average at best. ... More

Be prepared to accept an unfinished home. I closed 7 weeks ago and have white raw drywall mud all over my walls, a horribly stained pool, nothing covering the attic openings, broken exterior trim, unpainted sections of exterior walls, etc. All with no hope that it will ever get completed. This is my third new Lennar home in 6 years, and I am still stunned that I live in such an incomplete house.

Lennar rushed us to close at the end of the month but the house was not ready. I gave 1 star on craftmanship because we have so many issues. Tiles are not level, trim work is poor, lumps under carpet, upstairs floor uneven, just to name a few issues.

We are not first time home buyers and we did our due diligence to make sure we were pursuing the best possible purchase available to us, but Lennar made the experience so horrible that we will never purchase another property through them again. Our understanding is that the laws in Florida allow for unethical, shady business practices by builders, where the sales and mortgage teams essentially lie and overpromise to the buyer to quickly lock in the sale and then once the truth of the details are established there is no option to cancel the contract and get the escrow funds back. The manipulation and bait & switch tactics are strategic, calculated, and widespread throughout the company. Zero protection is offered to the buyers and in many cases the quality of work doesn't line up with the purchase price. From the time we signed the contract until today (50 days after closing) we have been dealing with constant issues, lack of communication or wrong information from various individuals, no accountability, increased costs that were not disclosed, and unresolved punch list items. It's incredible and shocking to us that Lennar continues to do business this way and they are allowed to get away with it seemingly unscathed. ... More