Lennar Reviews in Tampa St. Petersburg, FL

Where to start? Immediate leak from upstairs kids bathroom the first time one of them took a shower. Leaked down into the bottom floor soaking insulation. Still waiting five weeks later for it to be fully fixed so my daughter can have her on room back, so we don’t have large holes in her wall and the downstairs ceiling. Whoever put in the grass cared nothing about people safely mowing their lawns. The first time I mowed (after Lennar didn’t for three weeks), I took chunks out of the blades in the lawnmower because large chunks of cement and thick gauge wire were left in the yard. Related also to the yard, one of your folks planted a palm tree right on the property line, so we’ll have to put up the fence over the property line. Amenities inside the house are sparse. We’ve already spent. $5000 more to have ceiling fans and central room lights installed- those should’ve been installed during construction. The dishwasher and washer feel cheap and are. The dishwasher doesn’t dry dishes and the washer is needlessly loud and I’m guessing not energy efficient based on our first month’s bill, but they could also be related to large holes in the wall and ceiling. Your HOA oversteps its boundaries. We got a landline for my wife’s elderly mother so she could call relatives in her native South Korea. I was told by your provider we must ASK PERMISSION for each country we wish to call. I don’t need, nor intend to ask permission. It is a service provided to us and I don’t need or want intrusive people deciding where we can and can’t call. I will not recommend any friends purchase a home from Lennar in Pearl Estates. The lack of quality control, cheap furnishings and HOA have made our purchase a mistake. ... More

Landscape issue not fully resolved as reported before moving in, which should have allowed for down pmt to be refunded. Pressured to close. Hoping that community involvement will make the home buying experience worth the investment. AM grateful for having been offered a reduction in price to accommodate seller motivation to complete present development.

My first contact was my sales rep. Carlo kept me informed of available homes and found one for me that met all my requirements. It was new construction and in it finishing stages. Lennar mortgage worked with me and I received an excellent mortgage rate. The closing went smoothly. I am very happy with my new home, especially with some "extras" I wasn't expecting, such as the ring camera and doorbell, insect treatment port hole, gas tankless water heater, and usb ports in some of the outlets. I am very happy with the entire experience.

We had an easy process. No issues with the home this far. Our sales associate Jennifer, kept us abreast of all that was going on with the build. She even sent weekly photos of the progress. We are very pleased with our purchase!

I guess if you are paying cash this would not pertain to you. But if your mortgaging good luck, waited 6 months for an official approval, which someone told me sure your approved why would we do all this work for nothing. ok so I kept sending accounts and we went to a week before closing. I had pods coming cars transported and new furniture delivered scheduled. 7 days before closing date and official down payment I was told we can't approve loan because we cant use your income from Jan- June. well if it wasn't for some great sales people that got me hooked up with another mortgage company, I might of been very upset, but got approved in 7 days and had closing the date Lanner was giving me. Don't waste your time using Lanner Mortgage , this happens to many people I hear. Tell them to keep their 12k off closing. ... More

Overall satisfied with quality of home. Could have used better customer service on going over all aspects of appliances, sprinkler system etc. service issues to repair takes along time to get fixed.

We had a James who was a great person to work with here in Florida. He was very responsive. Even when they moved him from us to someone else. He would still answer and or resolve any issues. As for the home itself keep in mind that what you see as a demo is not what you are getting. I was told we were being upgraded to quartz from granite. Only thing is was the thinnest quartz I have ever seen. So much so that I went to several countertop shops and was told they would not sell me such a thin slab due to concerns with quartz getting damaged. That leads me to think if they took a short cut on something you can see what other short cuts did they make that you can't see. Would I buy from Lennar again? Maybe but I would want a more detailed list of items being added to the home so you know exactly what you are buying. ... More

My experience with Lennar was effortless from the beginning. The process was very easy and stress free.

Quality control and workmanship is below avarge and a lot of mistakes.Close on house and had to spend 1500.00 to have tile floors cleaned and not the only one.

When looking at the home, we were told that ALL lawn and landscape maintenance was covered - lie. We were told that the gates would start to be closed for security - lie. We were told that the amenities we are paying for are for use of only residents - lie, because the gates are left open anyone can and do come in to user our sports courts, pool, and trespass fish. I have submitted two requests to get the swamp that is the drainage area on the side of my home - nothing. If anyone reading this is considering buying from Lennar, look elsewhere. You will be told anything to get you to buy only to find out that you have been lied to. ... More

Great home buying and overall building experience. But I would encourage you the buyer to get your own home inspection done and stay on top of things broken prior to your first through

Don't like the fact that we don't have a pool and we are told that there is no time frame on when it will be completed. So we are forced to spend money on water parks and the lagoon so our kids to die from heat

We purchase our new home in the new Angeline development. If I can could everyone ten stars that wouldn’t be enough. From the moment we meet our sales rep Irina G it was the start of an amazing buying experience. She stayed in touch with us the whole process. I have to say if it wasn’t for her we might have walked away without buying a new house from Lennar. We had such a great feeling dealing with her and she gave us a great feeling of this new development and of Lennar we bought right away without looking anywhere else. She was very professional and friendly. She made us feel like we were the only home buyer she had. Peter W our Mortage broker was exceptional and guided us through the entire process. On to Barbara P, she was the Loan processor. She made everything very simple as our application was going through the process. Dealing with Barbara made dealing with the underwriter simple and easy. She was friendly and very informative. She got back to me instantly even if it was the weekend. Barbara, Irina and Peter were always there to respond to any questions I had even on the weekends. Barbara kept me informed every step of the way all the way to closing. We did our orientation with Will who did a great first walk through and went over everything in the house from the garage right through the entire house. Mark B our construction manager was the best and took care of everything that needed to be take care of before and after closing with just one phone call. Robin at the title company was great to work with also. We did our closing virtual and was a very easy process and was very quick. Everyone at Lennar we dealt with was knowledgeable, friendly and great to work with. They all made the entire process terrific. They made us feel like family from purchase to even after closing. Thank you everyone for being a part of our dream house come true. ... More

The closing experience was not good I had questions about some items on the settlement form. It was impossible to talk to someone

Closing on the house was a stressful situation in itself. I've had several issues inside and outside of my house to include quality of craftsmanship and quality of material. My door frame has been split since before moving in but I could not see due to the builder painting over the split in the frame until recently due to opening/closing the door on a regular basis and the paint wearing off. The drainage in the yard has been an ongoing since I moved in.

Extremely bad experience with construction manager , some of my stuffs are still not fixed that was promised to fix after closing Horrible experience with Lennar insurance Bad experience with Lennar mortgage HOA response time very late Over all response time late

Accountability was the key issue with our build. Arriving at our initial pre-closing inspection, our Construction Manager was not there. He was on vacation and had not advised of another CM to take his place. MOST of our cosmetic walk through items were ignored. Larger items like cabinet replacements, holes in the walls, filthy tile grout.... all avoided. The hinges on most of our interior doors use multiple types of hardware, utilizing drywall screws, galvanized and Zinc screws. The carpet installed in the house was the cheaper carpet initially, and luckily for us, our local realtor was aware of which carpet needed to be in. Initial carpet was a cheaper carpet typically installed in Lennars Townhomes. Many excuses were made. Craftsmanship was subpar, communication was super, accountability was trash. ... More

The whole Lennar experienced was a disgrace. Lennar did not communicate well with other Lennar employees which made my experience a bad one. From purchasing, workmanship, and responsiveness have greatly made me put this business at the bottom of my list, due to the fact they don't care about their customers, nor timelines to get things done. Highly do not recommend anyone ever buying from this company cause they are really just out to get your momey.

Easy online closing and good instructions to use appliances.

We bought because of the area and pricing , realtor was 5 stars all around and still is, even after we bought he has helped in so many ways. I definitely recommend Aaron 100%. As for the Loan officer , was a terrible experience after the 1st interaction. She would never answer texts, emails or phone calls till she needed something from you. Was very negative that you would be approved although my income was double what was needed. I suggested if you do get assigned to NINA to run the other way. lol. Or ask for someone else. But the home is great , used some cheap materials and we had to do a few upgrades and adjustments to make it better. Wish the WiFi was able to hardwired in better places than kitchen and living room. Cu my offices can’t be hardwired since they are downstairs. Electrical is the bare minimum. So eventually you will have to upgrade. Master bathroom we had to upgrade because floor was very slippery and 3 different neighbors agreed. They said double pane windows but they are not. We have made about 5 warranty calls. The HOA is not good at returning emails or calls either till they are ready to talk to you. The response time is a snails pace. Otherwise great neighbors. The gym is terrin as well. ... More

The prebuilt town homes have very cheap appliances. I had to replace all of the appliances. The town homes also do not come with can lights throughout, so expensive to add on a town home with upstairs. It is a dark place later when the sun goes down. I had a lot of issues since I moved in which is not normal, as I have purchased 3 new homes in the past from different builders without any issues.

Our salesperson didn’t know what was going on, i had a different person for every step which was annoying, I want one person to deal with through out the process! Terrible company and miss managed badly. Thank goodness i had my own realtor to help deal with all the different people at Lennar. I’ll never buy another Lennar home. Oh nothing is square in the house, I’m having other work done and there having to make adjustments to install things because nothing is square. Cheap track built home

The construction manager was amazing and the home inspector was extremely thorough. The closing process was quick and Lennar has responded quickly to any concerns we’ve had.

I was familiar with lennar homes because family members had purchased homes with lennar. However the buying experience was less than ideal. The selling agent, lennar lenders, title company... none were on one accord. We kept getting conflicting information regarding the closing date, what we needed to close, etc. Once we moved in, we realized that issues that we were told would be fixed before closing had not been addressed. The stove did not work, a piece of the refrigerator was missing that was present during our walk through, the kitchen sink had scratches that were not present during the walk through. The interior paint has splotches and random paint drops on the floor and glue on some of the tiles that we have not been able to clean off the tile, and some cracked tiles. The grout on the floor tiles are different colors, and when it rains the sliding glass door leaks. These are just some of the issues that we have noticed so far. We plan to have a warranty inspection done soon to see what other issues there might be, although I am not holding my breath that the "warranty " will apply to these issues. Also, we were charged for electricity and water bill for the three months prior to closing (refund still pending). Overall, this is not the experience that I was hoping for. The only positive thing is that the neighborhood is gorgeous, well maintained and quiet. Hopefully we will be able to fix the problems with the house without too much of a hit to our budget and eventually make it feel like home. I would recommend checking out the other builders in this community, but would not recommend lennar. ... More

Lack of communication between departments. Not flexible. A lot of issues with the house. Cheap materials