Lennar Reviews in Indianapolis, IN

The process wasn’t smooth. Closing delayed twice, zero celebration-just were given a snack cake and a goodbye after spending more than a half million dollars!

We did our walk thru a week before we closed and we came back 3 times in that week and nothing had been done in our walk thru so the day before closing we went to the office and our girl got on the phone and called our project manager and got them to start working on all the things that were wrong. But the morning of the closing we came back and several things were wrong and I feel like we were dismissed on all of them and then you are stuck because you have to go to your closing. We have already had to have the mother board replace in our heating system and we haven’t even lived here a month. But it took 4 visits to get done. Still several things need to be done but just trying to get settled before they fix the things that should have been done before we closed ... More

It was not a good experience from the start. We were told by the sales woman that Lennar did not offer VA loans. We found that to be incorrect. We have had many issues with the workmanship and have only been in the hone for less than 2 months.

The builder did a nice job building the home. As with any new construction there are follow up issues. Those issues are not handled expeditiously and it is difficult to even talk with someone, whom to ask and where to go.

The specialist I was assigned with this property is very poor with his follow up process. I would reach out multiple times and needed to involve my realtor to get a response. I am also disappointed is some of the workmanship of the property: every door has paint missing on the edge due to only a thin layer being sprayed, patio boards are uneven and appears hastily assembled, and there is a 1/16th inch cut tile in above my stove due to not measuring the tile correctly which gives a cheap appearance. For the amount paid I was hoping for better finishing work with the property.

This process was not consistent. The walk throughs that were promised throughout the process did not happen until the end. The communication was usually unresponsive on Lennar’s end from our key contacts and Katie S. was extremely unprofessional. I do want to say Henry, the building coordinator was very professional and easy to work with. Lastly I’ll say I understand there’s a time crunch in building these units but having our basement flood the day after closing was frustrating and unacceptable. The closing process was smooth and quick. Thank you.

the team - sales agent and the construction managers made it sound like i am buying a candy at a candy store. they forced me to close without proper completion of the house just to meet their deadline. they even threatened me that they will hike the interest rate from lennar mortgage if i dont agree on what i say...we do have 4 other houses and never ever we had such a bad experience. lennar is disgusting

This was not a great home buying experience. This is our fourth new home in 25 years, and was next to the bottom in our satisfaction as customers. Our primary concerns were the very poor quality of workmanship (painting, caulking/grouting, etc...) and the almost total disregard the subcontractors had for protecting finished surfaces (LVP, carpet & countertops) as they finished detail and trim work. We spent many hours cleaning paint overspray, joint compound splatters & residue and grime after we moved in. Some places in the LVP were permanently marred by their behavior. Lennar's performance, from the New Home Orientation onward has been unpredictable and uninspiring. Nearly half way through May, we have no functional irrigation system, sod that looks quite pathetic, and no spring landscape maintenance yet performed in the neighborhood (mowing/trimming, fertilizer/herbicide application nor mulch refresh). The most frustrating part of this is that we have little confidence that any of this will be addressed soon, or ever. ... More

Experience started out really well. Realitor was very helpful and called me every week with progress reports. This was great , and everything seemed to be going as planned. We set a close date and I flew in to close taking a late flight to make it to an 8 AM walkthrough prior to closing. When I arrived there was no welcoming party or Realitor. Just the builder stating he this was his first walk through without his team. The house was not finished with the blue tape touch ups and it was not cleaned. Because I got in late and was tired I took the builder at his word it would get taken care of. The only other thing that had happend is the lennar mortgage company called me the week before closing and stated they would need an extra 2k to keep the rate they had locked in prior to closing. This miffed me but I was excited and I thought but using lennar mortgage and lennar insurance and everything lennar Recommended then I thought they would treat me well. After closing this has not been the case. The builder ( or project manager Charlie ) did everything he could to get me to sign off on his part of the work by promising the warranty department would be fantastic when I got in touch. Several issues besides the paint and cleanup arose and the warranty department came out. When this home was finished the last person who painted the interior of the home got paint on all the floors , and even left a layer of paint in the childrens bath tub. He also painted portions of the siding the wrong color. The warranty department lied to my face in saying “ the paint would blend in” in 6 months. Using my neighbors paint color to touch up siding and leaving the neighborhood blotchy , and lying to me is basically what I have been left with. It is may and we still have not gotten any grass that was promised. So my yard is a mud pit. Thankfully for me this is a second home and I only come during time off and I don’t have to look at this stuff everyday. So I’m starting to feel completely scammed , and on the wrong end of a bad Lennar job. This is a track townhouse , and I understand nothing is perfect but now I’m finding out the year of free Hoa fees was also actually wrapped into my closing so that’s another 3 something thousand that has been added to the closing situation. If you are buying a lennar home I would get your own Realitor , mortgage company ( or pay cash ) , insurance company , and any other form of outside institution to help you , and work with because lennar isn’t on Par. That’s my opinion. ... More

The house was poorly done and amendments were not done after walk through as promised.

Make sure to not give lennar builder money. As a deposit is not really a deposit and is non refundable even if they say they will refund it.

Fantastic experience until signing of purchase agreement. Communication from Lennar new home sales consultant was primarily limited, ambiguous and reactive throughout the building phases. Issues prior to closing left incomplete with no follow up. Construction issues discussed on closing day remain outstanding after two months. Warranty service items are not readily available for homeowners to view once submitted. Warranty service items slow to be resolved.

We all know how crazy the market is right now, but our experience wasn’t great from the sales room, to Lenner mortgage, all the way to closing. No support after closing either.. We love our home, the location is perfect and pricing was decent (taking into consideration what the world is going through). Definitely feels like a “Too big of a company” where they no longer focus on service standards.

Overall my family's experience with Lennar was frustrating, tedious, and unsatisfying. And those are the kindest words I can come up with. Our experience started by showing interest in a lot in a nearly complete neighborhood in fall of 2020. We were told the lot we wanted wasn’t released to build on yet, but should be ready early 2021. Early 2021 turned to spring 2021, which turned to late summer 2021. Midway through that wait, Lennar changed to what they called an “inventory model” where they allowed us to choose our finishes before signing the purchase agreement in a veiled attempt at trying to make us feel like they were doing us a favor. But in reality, this was purely for their benefit of lining up supplies and labor and locking buyers into upgrades that they may not be able to afford once the purchase is finalized. In that time we couldn’t even get the most basic information like which way the house would be oriented, or what the layout of lot looked like. Every update we received from Lennar over the course of those 9 months (in which I had to initiate nearly every interaction), the price of the home went up and up and eventually landed on $90k above the original 2020 estimate. The lot we chose ended up being one of the LAST homes built in the neighborhood, despite us showing interest so early. Now, I understand the market went crazy over the last couple years, supply chains were a mess, and the labor market tanked, but all I was told during that 9 months was, “There’s nothing we can do”, “We’re waiting on City approvals”, “We don’t know which lots will be released and when”. Now, let’s imaging the market was flipped and Lennar was eager to sell these lots. Do you think I’d have gotten the same excuses? Or would they have done anything and everything to get us bought in as quickly as possible? Despite the 9 months of limbo and inflated price, we went through with the purchase because we were already committed to moving. Now when you’re spending half a million dollars on something, you might expect some modicum level of service, right? Detailed weekly updates, maybe some sort of tentative schedule, or planned walkthroughs during the various stages of construction. Instead, we got what I would consider the bare minimum they could offer. A few pictures every week or so and a 5 minute phone call telling me what I already knew by walking the property myself. At one point I even had to point out that we were missing certain electrical items we paid extra for. Every deficiency I pointed out was met with a “Yep, we’ll make sure that’s taken care of.”, but many of them were ignored and simply covered up in hopes that I’d forget about them. I ended up paying a 3rd party inspector just so I had written documentation of what they were doing wrong. When it came time to do the final walkthrough, I finally felt like we were getting the level of service I expected from this “Leading Home Builder”. The representative walked us through the home’s “smart” features, and we tagged the cosmetic defects throughout the house (there were several dozen!). We were told that most of these items would be addressed before our final move in day. That feeling of satisfaction quickly went away when we walked into the home after signing all the paperwork and realized that less than half of the items were addressed. We’ve been in the house for nearly 2 months now, and after one major sump pump failure event, and 4 Lennar warranty representatives later, we’re still working through some of the items on that initial list. To be fair, some of that is due to weather but I get the feeling that if I wasn’t continuously following up on these items, they’d have been completely ignored. Also, despite us being the first home completed of the 5 or so that remained, we’re the last to get SOD in our yard. I’m getting the same excuses I got before the build even started, “We have no control over that”, “We don’t know when it will be done”, “There’s nothing we can do”. So nobody knows anything and the crews just show up when they feel like it? Surely someone has something written down on a calendar that they could share. It's clear that quality control was lacking or non-existent throughout construction and now that we’re moved in, I guess it’s my role to make sure the workers are doing a satisfactory job. We’re still finding defects and deficiencies throughout the house like large cracks in the basement slab, squeaky floors, poorly painted areas, sloppy drywall work, etc. I don’t blame the workers making these repairs and the current warranty rep is doing his best at getting things scheduled and address quickly, but I’m getting to the point where I’m just going to start fixing some of these issues myself. It’s more of a hassle to wait around for a 3 hour window so a painter can come by for 10 mins of work, than it is to just buy some rollers and do it myself. I’ve already addressed several grading issues in the yard and have had to clean up all the nails and debris that was blown off of the roof. Now I can admit that maybe my expectations were way off to begin with. Maybe I’ve been too picky or “entitled”. Maybe this is the status quo for all builders. But I’d be curious if anyone reading this review, Lennar employees included, would find the things I’ve mentioned acceptable and expected when spending as much time as money as we have. The process of selling a home and moving is stressful enough, on top of doing it all with a family of 5 in the middle of a pandemic. This may be how it is, but is it how it should be? ... More

The house is made of very cheap materials. The dishwasher is plastic, the island makes a hallow noise when anything touches it. The sheet rock in the garage is not finished. The windows leak. It is always cold down stairs and hot up stairs.

Once the buying process was completed - Lennar has not upheld the convenance & restrictions of the neighborhood. They don't hold trades accountable for their lack of performance. And the property management team is lacking. It would help if tasks were completed successfully the first time instead of making promises that issues/concerns will get better.

Had a prior Lennar home, felt would be similar in good built quality , not impressed , have had issues with cabinets, cracks , poor built quality and over all fair !

We built the new “everything’s included” home. Sounded like such a great thing. In order to get and “everything’s included” home, they cheat everywhere they can. Downstairs cabinets have soft close hardware. Get upstairs, not included. Plastic faucet upstairs on an upgraded laundry room. Only one hearing/air vent for the entire kitchen, living room, entryway. Upstairs is so hot and downstairs is freezing. Workmanship is poor. So many thing have had to be fixed already. Carpet is so cheap. We’ve been in the home 4 months and the carpet looks like it is 10 years old. Terrible, terrible quality. ... More

This process was extremely painful and unfriendly to myself as the homebuyer. I have purchased 4 homes and this was easily the worst experience. The concierge, Debs communicated terribly, was condescending, and was completely unwilling to help us negotiate a closing date, time, and location that was best for us. Our initial request was to close remotely in Florida which we were told could not happen. I asked again to close remotely from the model home in Franklin and was told it was not far enough away from the Carmel office. We drove from Florida to Indiana and were expected to be at final walk-through 9 hours after we arrived in Indiana, at 8:00 am the next day (we were told “hopefully that time works because it has to”) and then drive 30-40 minutes away to Carmel to close on the house and then BACK to Franklin to be in our home. This was all completed with minimal sleep, 15 hours of driving the day before, 3 pets, 2 kids, one of which woke up the same morning with a fever. It is insanely discouraging to spend the amount of money and time it costs to purchase a house for the builder and Lender to be so unwilling to offer any flexibility in these kinds of situations, especially. Our furnace had a gas leak and was inoperable less than a week after moving in. To add, Lennar Mortgage received everything that was asked for. However, a clerical error on the end of Lennar has caused them to contact myself for additional paperwork that was not needed originally although the mortgage has already been sold to another lender (2 months after closing.) ... More

Customer service is not good. The master bedroom shower is useless with no tap at the bottom and sliding glass door is hard to clean. The master bedroom wic is literally in the corner you have to walk through the bathroom to get there and there is no power outlet in it. I told my desire what type of home I am looking for but the Lennar team was very cold. They didn't help me to find my first home to be my dream home. I wish it could be my dream home. The team you have is not supporting at all. We moved from New Jersey for this home. The team was not cooperating with us to find the perfect home

lazy and shortcuts no standards of quality

Lennar was very responsive when I initially signed for the property and things changed afterwards. The workmanship is poor and cheaper products, lights, bathroom fixtures are used. The paint job is very poor. I have begun to have my Villa repainted. I would not recommend at this time.

The workmanship in the entryway of the front door was poor. The front door wouldn’t open all the way and I had to advocate myself to get it addressed. The first attempt at resolving the issue was sloppy. Then the construction manager stopped replying to my messages. I then had to find another Lennar representative who would help me. Hopefully the warranty manager that I am working with now will resolve the issue but I currently have a front door that doesn’t open all the way.

Horrible buying experience, a nightmare dealing with the loan side. Paperwork a mess, not responsive, when responsive being combative.

First, when we requested for an independent inspection, the time scheduled was changed and then work continued before the inspection was done. When non-code items were found, the builder tried to state that they were within code and our inspector had to send them the code for them to change it. Even after this code notice, we have noticed that our neighbors' houses have outside electric covers has not been changed. It almost seem to tell us that unless one complains or point out a problem that only that person's problem will be solved, instead of every house built there after. Also, Lennar's mortgage had promised us that they could secure us a VA loan for us and then later told us there were unable. And by closing on a Saturday, they would not allow us to work with another lender. ... More