Lennar Reviews in Tampa St. Petersburg, FL

Absurd I've worked with various Construction Managers prior to closing only to be given lip service. Rushed to close and issues never addressed. Now post closing 2 months later still attempting to get items resolved. Truly bad experience all around.

This should have been an exciting and happy time but it wasn't. The quality of the work is horrible. The frames around my doors look worse than the home I live in for 30 years. We were rushed into closing on the house and there is paint on everything. The cupboards are a mess. My last home was a new build and looked nothing like this one. Shame on you Lennar for making this a stressful experience. You have no quality control.

Before we put our NON REFUNDABLE down payment of 5% of the purchase price everything was great. Communication was good. New home consultant was always on the ball replying to text message quickly and always avail to answer questions. After the deposit however is a different story. Total lack of communication thereafter, financing was a nightmare, home was not ready when we closed, closing is where we found out about all the hidden fees (15,000$ in extra closing fees) that Lennar preferred lender added, when we moved in the Ac was not working. Took them 3 days to find the problem. Kitchen had 1 broken cabinet to which they dropped off a whole new kitchen (10 cabinets) and 2 months later are still taking up my living room. Finish on the walls is poor. 2 closet doors are not even painted. 4 doors inside the home don't latch closed. Ceramic tile is chipped in 4 places. Garage door opener didn't work. floor was not scraped properly before putting carpet down so lumps can be felt under the carpet when you walk. Soap holder fell off the wall in the shower. Multiple calls with construction manager to have these issues resolved and nothing ever gets done. Now construction manager's phone number doesn't work and no one from Lennar has reached out. But hey, on the bright side the landscaping is very nice. ... More

This was by far the worst experience purchasing a new home with any new builder and the worst interior finish of any new home we have purchased over the last decade. Issues started right after signing the contract - a home that was listed as “quick move in” suddenly was only available only 3 months later and then eventually was closed after 7 months. I had 3 rate lock extensions. After we closed the home, the house was essentially delivered as unfinished. There were (and still are) unfinished drywall, trim, paint, hardware, electrical and concrete issues. Drywall finish is so bad that it looks like an amateur job. There are at least 50 drywall punch list items some that are visible from 6 feet away. Electrical issues range from mis connected light switches to the CAT5 cable not protruding to the exterior. Paint job is splotchy and we will be contracting with a painter to refinish the paint at our own personal expense (Lennar doesn’t cover paint finish). The handrails are not polished and the stain is half done (looks like one coat). The countertops were not cleaned (they still have builder notes , markings on them). Doors are fixed haphazardly and some of them stick out of their jamb (Lennar will not cover under warranty because they are still “functional”). Cabinets and drawers are also fixed amateurishly with zero alignment amongst cabinets and drawers - again it’s not covered under warranty since they are functional (but not aesthetic). A chunk of concrete in front of the garage is missing - surprised that their construction super missed it. And cherry on top is that they painted right on top of it. Essentially workmanship is horrible (and they acknowledge but won’t do anything about it because they are aesthetic). When requesting warranty be prepared to wait a long time for repairs. The only good thing is that their employees try to cover for what I believe is their overall corporate directive to build as many shabby houses as possible to cash in on the boom before the bust. The exterior looks okay from what we can tell. Our advice: Do not give inspection a skip and write up as many items as possible during the walk through. Don’t be shy on writing even minor things up. Once it’s in the punch list it’s easier to get it repaired - if not, good luck. Better yet wait for the market to settle and buy a better home. ... More

TERRIBLE COMMUNICATION !WE WERE NOT INFORMED ABOUT A DELAY ON OUR HOME BEING BUILT UNTIL WE MADE LENNAR AWARE THAT OUR HOUSE WAS RUNNING MONTHS BEHIND.... WE CLOSED 2 MONTHS AFTER THEIR "WORST CASE SCENARIO DATE". THEY HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THEY DO NOT COMMUNICATE WELL WITH EACH OTHER OR THE CONSUMER... MAIN PROBLEM IS ETTA , HE A SALESMAN AT LENNAR AND TELLS EVERYONE THAT LENNAR STANDS BEHIND WHAT THEY DO, BUT THATS NOT THE CASE... THEY HAVE SCREENED IN PORCH AS A STANDARD FEATURE ON ALL OF THEIR HOMES IN WILLOW SQUARE. ETTA TOLD US THEY DID NOT INCLUDE IT IN OUR ORDER AND THAT THEY WILL NOT INSTALL IT, EVENTHOUGH THEY HAVE INSTALLED EVERYONE ELSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SAID WE COULD FIND SOMEONE TO INSTALL IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL $1500.00 TO 2,000.00 DOLLARS. WE GO TO OUR CLOSING AND WAITED 3 HOURS TO GO HOME HEARTBROKEN AND CONFUSED. ETTA WOULD NOT ANSWER HIS PHONE WHILE WE WERE WAITING, AND WHEN HE FINALLY DID - 3 HRS WAITING AT THEIR OFFICE - HE SAYS THE COUNTY DID NOT SIGN OFF ON A FORM.... AND NO APOLOGY , OK ATLEAST TELL US INSTEAD OF HAVING US TAKE OFF WORK FOR NOTHING! AFTER WE CLOSED AND MOVED THEY FAILED TO INSTALL SEVERAL THINGS AND REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO A SUPERVISOR ONLY TO GET AN ANSWER FROM ETTA SAYING THERES NO USE, I HAVE ALREADY ASKED THE MANAGER , AND THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MANAGER... THEY ALSO RAISED THE PRICE DUE TO " MARKET CONDIITIONS" AND TRIED TO PLAY A GAME OF BIDDING WARS EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE NO OTHER BUYERS BIDDING, THEY JUST SAID THIS IS THE NEW PRICE - 30K HIGHER THAN ADVERTISED. SO IN SHORT THEY DO NOT MAKE ANY GOODWILL TO MAKE THE CUSTOMER HAPPY, AND TELL THE CONSUMER WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR! ... More

Based on my personal experience and some of the fine people I have met in the neighborhood I wouldn't recommend Lennar! The home buying experience should be a joyful time in your life especially your retirement home and they took the joy out of the process and turned it into a nightmare and they can't give that back to my wife and I no matter how much the eventually try to correct the poor workmanship and fit and finish.

From the first step into Lennar we were not pleased, we house hunted in January. The sales representative, was over an hour late for our appt that we scheduled with him, and then he told us to just go show ourselves around the 2 options of properties, which we did. Then he met with us after and after falling in absolute love with one of the models he tells us its a 2 year wait. This is why he should have spoken with us first and not just sent us in. We were looking to move very quickly because i was pregnant at the time and due in early June. We decided we would go with the only house available because it was the ONLY house available anywhere we looked Lennar or not. We felt under the gun. Lennar was not our first choice. We signed in February with Lennar and put down our deposit after talking with Mortgage Lender assigned to us. The first phone call we had with him was SUPER informative and I felt great about signing with Lennar Mortgage. Lender seemed on the ball and we were ready to take advantage of the incentives when choosing Lennar Mortgage to finance our home. Our target close date was May 12th, and Sales rep told us he had yet to see a home close late, and likely the house would be done May 5th and he would do everything in his power to get us in earlier than the 12th. We understood this was not set in stone to move in early, but it sure did sound promising. Our quoted purchase price was originally $339,000 and change and we were ready to put money down that day and sign contract, "but we couldn't because the house wasn't listed to sell yet", however we were also told the house was only available because another family had previously purchased it and then backed out, so it was relisted again. So about a week later we were able to sign contract and lock in our actual purchase rate. Sales rep told us the MOST it would go up would be 6k $345,000, but every other house he had sold had only gone up $500 a week. OF COURSE ours was anything but average. It went up the full 6k. Unsettling from the start. We were ready to sign and lock in the price, Lennar dragged their feet in order to get as much money out of us as they could. As time progressed, my husband and I would visit the home weekly to watch it be built. In March/April, we noticed a stand still on our house for quite some time. However much to our surprise one day sales rep sent us progress photos of the house with drywall in it and told us our new closing date would be April 30th! When I got home and showed my husband the photos he noticed it wasn't our home. It was in fact the house next door to us. Lucky for them they were closing 12 days early, we met the neighbor prior and asked him when his original closing date was and he said it was the same as ours 5/12. My husband called Rep and told him the error he had made, and Rep of course was mortified of his mistake, but that still doesn't take away the feeling of upset from us. So like I said our house was at a stand still for 3 weeks. 1 window in the master bath held up construction for 3 weeks, we got no information from anyone about why this was happening until they finally got the window in stock. We finally moved from under contract, to within our 30 days of closing. Which was now May 28th, 16 days late. But don't worry, Lennar will FOR SURE close on May 28th because it's the end of quarter for them, so they won't let me slip through the cracks, according to Rep. Everything with Lender went smoothly to get all of the documentation submitted, the online portal makes uploading everything extremely easy. Now that we are in our 30 day window I swear Lender went MIA. I would text him, email, call, voicemail him, call others asking where he is for no avail. Every time he would answer my call in regards to my questions about closing documents and different disclosures he would send, he would tell me 'oh yea just sign it and we will get the kinks worked out later, lets just get this pushed through and you approved'. I would tell him that I didn't feel comfortable signing the document when it showed different figures than what he and I had previously discussed and he responded with "you're welcome to go with a different lender if you'd like." COCKY like he knew I wouldn't do that because I was pregnant and we were finally within our closing range. Our rates were originally quoted at 2.99% to be in my name only, my husband has poor credit so in order to qualify for a conventional loan we had to use just me, again pregnant working until 9 months pregnant, every day closer and closer to my due date, every day they pushed close meaning that I had to continue working. So now that were able to lock in a rate Lender informs me that the rate is now 3.6% for me and I don't qualify for the loan unless I purchase buy down points. $4,000 of them to get me to the original rate. This was not even discussed as an plausible option when we went under contract. I was under the assumption my rate was set from the signing of the contract in Feb. So I paid the $4000, what was I supposed to do? We had come this far and I am now 9 months pregnant and out of options. Also, when I first talked to lender I told him that I had up to $80,000 to put down on our home, assuming that would cover 20% up to $400,000. But I only wanted to put 20% down. He kept telling me yes, yes, yes. Every disclosure that came still said $80,000, not the 20% amount ~67k. Ended up just signing and paying it because he said he couldn't get us approved without it. Just lie after lie after lie to keep us coming along to get as much money out of us as possible. Our closing date, May 28th, was also construction completion date. Our construction manager and rep told us they had never seen this done. On the walk through day there was still a million things to be done, but they did get the majority of them completed by closing date. ... More

The workmanship was poor at best, the sales staff and closing were a disaster, the follow up with repairs has been, let's just say a nightmare. Some things still are not fixed and if I had to guess are not going to get fixed unless I pay for someone to fix them. Everything included does not mean everything... but they fail to tell you what normal things are not included. I am afraid to see what is going t happen to this house in say 5 years, I think most mobile homes are constructed better.

Too many imperfections caused by fast and sloppy workmanship. The entire process is rushed from start to finish. Everywhere I look I find issues with finishing touches. We just moved in and we're already thinking about selling.

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

1. poor communication within departments; no one takes ownership; it's a pass-the-hot potato mentality. We were told.. “to sign this” with no exceptions or you can't close, with issues pending. House was dirty with bugs and spider, paint in the rugs. 2. Day one range did not work, had to wait 3 weeks to get it fix, and no one cared. 3. Electrical issues, took you 31/2 weeks to get it fixed, and you knew it was a known issue. You could care less if we had power. 4. Loan officer's poor communication had to chase the officer down to lock in my rate. 5. Would not recommend

Its not worth to buy. Lots of challenges and pains.

Make sure before you close you have builders fix any issues don’t sign and let them promise that it will be fixed

Write everything on exception list, do not close if you aint satisfied. Lennar warranty is a mess. Construction managers are worse.

Issues from start to finish. Deadline was off by 6 weeks, major incomplete projects after closing, NO timely responses, several points have to be deducted for quality of craftsmanship and supplies.

Lennar does, under no circumstances, care about its buyers. They knowingly (construction manager admitted it) cut corners to get homes done in time. They then fail repeatedly to schedule contractors to fix the cut corners. Sales is an entirely different nightmare.

I submitted warranty requests more than 20 days ago, still haven't heard back from Lennar. Family room marble window sill still broken in two pieces. BTW, no one ever lived in this townhouse. All the defects are caused by the builder or sub-contractor.

The house was not finished but was told it would be after two weeks of closing.How to make multiple phone calls to get a ceiling fan in an additional Outlet in garage. The floor was an atrocious after touch up painting was done. Also pointed out additional spots were touch up paint need to be done this was not completed either. The floor was notoriously gross and had to call and Stanley steamer to get the floor done this was a battle with Lennar. I would recommend having everything done prior to signing papers and not putting anything Off. Denise a sales lady was the most helpful.

New Home buyer please do not do with Docu sign procedure, never get chance to review purchase documents. Sales person high light few things and get you to sign documents, once documents sign and if we question about things to be done in the house, we will get to hear that you sign documents!!!

Make sure you get everything you were promised

Keep the right prices and use it a good material also let the customer shows the designer

They lied to me. They didn’t make the buying experience feel special. They ignore you when you need issues solved. We got yelled at by the painters and the construction manager did nothing about it.

Sales Agent did not disclose property was in a flood zone. Lennar Mtg Rep figures was way off and was not meeting VA guidelines. Was forced to sign punch list stating everything was completed to be able to close. If punch out list not signed it would cost the us the buyers. Lennar promised to complete the pending items on the list from April 2021 and it is now August 2021 and we are still waiting after several request made. Very disappointed with Lennar and will never refer Lennar to anyone.

Two days after we moved in, we found the bottom of our kitchen cabinets were wet. We contacted Lennar right away and they left us without water for 24 hours and drilled through the concrete to find the leak. Three weeks later, it turned out there was another leak which was the result of an unconnected AC pipe from the second floor, flooding the kitchen for a month. Lennar only blamed their contractor, Bayonet Plumbing, the entire time. 30+ people came in and out of our brand-new home for a month, leaving us impossible to stay home due to the construction in the kitchen.

Although this should have been one of the most exciting times in our lives....it was ABSOLUTELY the worst. If you buy a Lennar home be prepared for whole bunch of promises on the front end (before you sign) and be prepared after you sign to fight with Lennar over EVERY single issue that you have. (The warranty) Also, they switch up the rules for what they promised in order to meet THEIR needs and not YOURS!!! No one wants to take responsibility and they like to pay pass the buck. I strongly recommend getting a home inspection before the drywall goes up... it might save a lot of mental stress on your end. Also, document EVERYTHING!! ……….. I do LOVE the neighborhood I live in.... but buyer beware. ... More