Lennar Reviews in Washington, MD

Home builder companies have many obstacles that can delay the progress for the required regulations of homes. Builders may take shortcuts in order to meet contract deadlines. Quick homes are built but not completely polished. Homebuyers are dissatisfied that they have to repair or fix items like appliances doors tiles...Builders should thorough check for workable appliances doors leaks cracks prior buyers ownership. Homebuyers stress the importance for interior design being functional and presentable.

A couple of weeks after moving into my home, I began to see that doors would not fully close. Floor boards are loose. And a window is cracked. I've listed these issues in another survey with no response.

I’m sorry to have to leave this comment but we’ve lived in our home for ~6mos and this issue is still as relevant today as it was when we moved in. Our new home was painted with flat paint all over, to include the bathrooms and kitchen. I have never heard of such a thing. I thought Lennar has been building homes for decades and definitely expected this to be a lesson learned many years ago. This is such a negative financial and visual inconvenience. We Can Not practice home maintenance as the walls can not be cleaned up. My husband was a painter for 5 years (residential and commercial) and this was unheard of. This has caused an immediate UNPLANNED financial obligation. I can’t even cook a simple meal without fear of damaging the walls. Finger prints on walls that can not be cleaned. This is very disappointing. At minimum I expect flat paint to be exempt from kitchens and bathrooms. Cluster Mailboxes !?!?!? Why??? The home buyers clearly were left out of this decision. I feel like I live back in an apartment complex 20 years ago. Not to mention, No One mailbox is located in the cluster close to their house. You have to pass 1 or 2 clusters to get to your mail. I’m curious as to why, especially in a neighborhood like this, are we not receiving our mail delivered to the door like all other single family homes. We upgraded our home but downgraded on the amenities..Not happy about stuff like this .... ... More

The home buying process itself was great and Lucas the sales associate was very helpful and engaged throughout the process. However, after moving into our new home, it was like playing cat and mouse game trying to get work orders completed. Even for issues such as gas leak considered emergency took over a week to fix. As I'm writing this review, I had a water leak in my master bedroom 2 weeks ago and a Lennar staff member came to look at it himself and that was the last time I heard from anyone. Called and left message for him last week and called the warranty coordinator last week who said she'll follow up with a call "shortly" but never called back. ... More

Low quality material and handwork

While writing contract & Signing it, I clearly mentioned i am buying on my LLC and all parties agreed and signed. Just 5 days before closing, they said, we can not give you on LLC as per Lennar Policy, i need to authorize and title can be on LLC. Since only 5 Days left, i un willingly accepted. But then Just one hour before closing, they said i can't have title on LLC, What ....!!! this is how you guys deal with. Construction Quality: Pros: Good Quality Construction, i appreciate that. Cons: While closing walk through, we did identified minor things, they agreed to fix, but they did not fix. when i asked, since its closed, they had lot of procedure to follow up and the guy who agreed to fix not honoring his words. I wish i could have postponed the closing. ... More

The house is beautiful, no complaints on the looks. My negative is the lennar title company, the representative was in a poor mood and was trying to rush me out from buying my biggest purchase in my life. It’s unfortunate that you have to use their title company or you lose the incentive, so the company knows there is no competition or any incentive of hiring nice people to work there, just left a bad taste in my mouth since that is essentially the last person you interact with.

I’m not happy that I can hear my neighbors through the walls of my townhome. It’s like I’m living my college apartment again. I can hear foot steps, things hit floors, doors closing etc. This tells me that my townhome was either not properly insulated or cheap quality insulation was used. I’ve lived in multiple townhomes, and never had any issues like this. I’m not happy.

Getting customer care to take care of issues is a hassle when it shouldn’t be. The HOA is not the best. The amenities are not usable due to HOA rules and not managing the budget properly. The country should be able to step in and do something. They building all these homes but then after you buy you find out that you can't use the gym u can use the pool except for certain days now. It's just not worth the amount you pay in dues.customer service can be improved all the way around from construction manager to customer care.

Betsy in sales is responsive and patient. She was very helpful. Unfortunately I needed to bother her often because the construction side of things was a 0.5 out of 10. I actually needed to contact lennar customer care after closing because my punch list was never completed but I was asked multiple times to sign off on these items. Very disappointing and stressful. I felt pressured to close on an incomplete home and had to strongly advocate for myself.

Of the three new home builds we have purchased in our lifetime this one has by far been the most troublesome. Starting with the walk through there were dozens of issues that basically looked like no one had done any quality control (Multiple paint colors, large unpainted patches, lose fixtures, broken fiber port to name a few) Over the past 2 months we have had dozens of contractor visits to fix things and as of writing still have around half a dozen outstanding issues. The management is nice but the contractors they hire do poor work and need to come back multiple times, I am mentally exhausted keeping track of all the "to do" issues. The house also has some pretty annoying design issues like the entrance to the living room is 33 inches which becomes a problem when you want a normal sized couch (around 36 inches) and can't fit it in the opening or the fact that the landing before the upstairs is about 2 inches to small (with rails removed) to accommodate a queen box spring. Having to put up with a broken Ethernet port in the office (unless you want to have your whole kitchen ceiling torn apart) is a big annoyance but them just using poor quality wood on entrance stairs and good quality on base/top floor (and refusing to fix it) is infuriating. Overall I feel like the house was a good value but way to much work required compared to other new home builders I have worked with, its been like a second full time job. ... More

The trades that were hired did not do a good job. The drywall and painting is horrible. There are several issues with the house. The amount of effect put into this home was sub par.

Overall quality is not good. Exterior problems with brick, deck, paint. Walls and floors not level or straight. Everything was rushed and needs to be repaired multiple times. Warranty team is nice, but issues are still slow to be addressed.

Workmanship needs to be improved.

Need improvements in touching up

I felt rushed during the initial and final walkthrough, and was disappointed at how much blue tapping was still needed on the day of closing.

My spouse purchased a home in the 70s and subsequently we purchased an additional 3 homes. This is by far the worst experience I have seen with this home builder. The homes built in 2013/4 in local area were a much better home. The materials used within the home I would consider substandard and/or meets the bare minimum housing requirements by law. After moving in found many things that could have made the home and builders more successful.

Let me start by saying that the sales office (Elena and Juan) did an amazing job of communicating and being accountable throughout the entire buying experience. The pain point for my family and I came with the construction team. Their lack of accountability and effective communication was extremely unprofessional. There were numerous times that I had to get the sales office involved to get prompt feedback from construction. We had two walkthroughs before closing, one a week from closing and one the day of closing. At our first walk through we created a multi-page list of issues that should have been corrected. We found three leaks including one which had mold. The construction team said they would correct the issues before closing. Fast forward to closing and we had even more issues, including new large scratches on our flooring. With a long list of items unfinished the construction manager said they would have everything corrected ASAP. Against better judgement we decided to close and allow the construction team to finish our home while we were moving in. Fast forward 45 days post-closing and we still have issues unresolved. It took me having to call Lennar customer service to port the long list of items that needed to be finished to get a response from the construction team. We personally felt that once we closed no one really cared if the job was finished or if the job was done correctly (everything was a rush). Our situation may be an isolated case, but I don't think it's Lennar's plan for customers to feel the way we felt throughout the end of our home purchasing experience. I personally would not recommend Lennar to anyone and will pursue a private builder in the future. I intend on sharing my photos and emails with others on social media, so they too are aware of the pitfalls when working with Lennar. ... More

The homebuying experience with Lennar was great but it's been a rocky road of ups and downs since that point. The day of our closing was a nightmare. The closing manager withheld the keys from us because the wire didn't officially hit their bank until later that evening, even though she was sent a receipt from the settlement company that the transfer was done. Also, we were sold on a "smart home" in a community that Lennar has not secured reliable Internet for. We can't use any of the smart home features and working from home on a hotspot has proven to be a real challenge. The quality of the home has been ok. You can tell where shortcuts were taken and for issues we've needed fixed, I'm noticing a quick band aid approach rather than quality work. The grading of our yard has been a real challenge, with large pools of water throughout. The sales staff and construction manager are great people and responsive. I know they are working hard and doing all they can. I just wish Lennar would provide more oversight on the contractors and take measures to ensure a smoother customer experience. ... More

Attention to detail is extremely low. Didn't clean, paint on carpet, walls not smooth and in some areas not even painted. Outlets and outlet covers not secured. (But the electrical was inspected right? lol) They put the hose bibs in the dumbest locations. The one on the driveway side is at the back of the house... Some design engineer isn't too bright there. Flooring is not flat in all areas and the floor squeaks in spots like it's 30 years old. Zero customization is stupid. Expecting people to spend half a million and have no say in how the home is finished is embarrassing. Very true that once the purchase order is signed the customer service drops. Lennar is very much a money hungry company who hires average vendors to do a very average or less than average job. Cheap materials are definitely used. Absolutely would not recommend to anyone as a forever home. ... More

I enjoyed working with the sales agents. They were knowledgeable, transparent, and responsive throughout the buying process. Although I had a great experience in the beginning of my home buying process, I’m not happy with how my home was delivered to me. The workmanship was not good: drywall seams/patches were visible, the paint job was mediocre, nails popping out of the walls, bad carpentry (even our movers commented on how poorly the walls and ceilings were). I believe the project managers bank on the one time drywall service to fix these issues, which is not fair to homeowners. It’s hard to catch everything during NHO, and it’s disheartening when the things you did point out were not corrected. I do believe Lennar will address my concerns. I just hate that I have to put forth so much energy to have them addressed. ... More

This is my first time buying a Lennar home and the expensive has been an interesting one from the purchase until now I have no details that matter in building a home are lacking in some areas by comparison to other homes I have purchased. It’s the quality of value of a quantity and the quality of some of the items in the home aren’t up to par for the price of home that I have for instance there are some windows that I noticed that are drafts in the windows and condensation has appeared in many areas.

I feel as though once you’re in the home Lennar no longer cares about you because they got your money. Our ac broke a month in. Our customer care rep is so hard to get in touch with. It’s ridiculous

I caution buyers on purchasing your new build with Lennar. Especially during this hostile market where there is a high demand for homes and a shortage of supplies. My home was handed to me with a load of problems as a result of rushed work, poor quality of workmanship, and materials. To make matters worse, the customer care team has been non responsive to any of the 8 service tickets I’ve submitted. I’m going into my 5th month of living in the house and the amount and nature of the issues in the house are just unacceptable. The worst one of all is the water that leaks in through my master bedroom window any time it storms and more recently the snow storm. ... More

Settlement date delayed twice, including Friday 8PM phone call that Monday settlement will be delayed. Things that should be fixed after New Home Orientation were not done,l. New home but l Pros: Very nice community and responsiveness of construction management to the issue. In general feels like there is minimum attention paid to overall look and feel of a new home. Every crew was responsible for something leaving mess behind and there was no control over it. As we life here over 45 days now, we are still find new things that should have been caught and fixed before by managers.