Lennar Reviews in Minneapolis St. Paul, MN

After the closing, anything that came up was ignored

Siding not finished on house. Decking done incorrectly with wrong materials. Gray hole filler used on dark brown cabinets, looks like paint spatters. Grading on lot buried construction debris such as nails, wood & metal scrap, etc. No warning when tradesmen would show up AFTER move in Surprise! Material used on back porch were not what was sold to us nor per plans submitted. Cracks and nail pops never fixed. Touch-up on paint not done. Repeated attempts to resolve deck and siding issues gone unanswered. Grading not done to code 3:1, Hit house numerous times with large machinery. Subcontractor lied about installation procure for screen and decking. ... More

I’ve always heard Lenar doesn’t have the best workmanship and I can see that for myself. I’ve complained from the realtor to the builder to the person that did the phone call check about our patio large step entrance. Hoping some easy fix in the future would prevent falls and injuries. I was told they would send someone out but no one came.

Despite assurances that the home is waterproofed, the recent rainfall has resulted in substantial pooling of water around the foundation and subsequent flooding of our basement. This has caused damage to the interior, including the carpet and other finishes. The sump pump was operational; however, the volume of water penetrating the foundation itself suggests potential defects in either the foundation’s waterproofing or the structural integrity of the building.

Terrible craftsmanship. You can see the mud on the sheet rocks through the paint because it is so thin and they only put one coat on. The wall when light hits it from an angle shows a large repair mound and tape line from Floor to ceiling. There’s holes in the subfloor on the second level under the carpet. There’s piles of something under the linoleum in the Laundry room. Apparently none of the floors are prepped before you just throw carpet or vinyl over it to cover up everything. Shingles have blown off the roof, garage was only taped and never finished with mud, in the tape job is terrible. The first floor vinyl planking is damage severely by the staircase because it had no protection on it . The master bathroom, vanity lights aren’t even hung at the same distance from the ceiling. The refrigerator freezer has a broken drawer and the wrong shelf and cap pieces. The heating ducks tick nonstop from the furnace running and is unbearable to listen to constantly in the living room on the main floor. The whole house humidifier randomly will be just running water down the drain when the furnace isn’t even on. The garage is sheet rocked with two walls left un-insulated, about as cheap as a builder can be. The garage floor should have been dug down to flatten out the steepness of the driveway that you can’t park on if it has ice because you’ll slide out into the street. Multiple window seals are shot with frost inside the glass. Multiple windows are scratched in the glass. The kitchen sink drain does not let the water out at the correct rate, causing it to back up Because of the angle of the drain line in the slab floor. You can feel the wind blowing through the window trim because nothing was sealed around the windows when installed. 7 foot garage doors are a joke. The furnace is under powered, even with all of the vents closed on the second level, barely anything blows out of the vents on the lower level. The concrete is horrible with cracks filled with large amounts of caulking. There’s paint on the carpet in multiple areas in the master bedroom. The floors creak already when walking on the second level. The stairway railings feels like they will fall off the wall if you put any weight on it. The microwave has a dent on the front of it, and pops and bangs after running for 4–5 minutes. This is just off the top of my head of the problems. ... More

Don’t use Lennar, ton of problems and anytime you raise an issue you’re gas lighted by a dude saying it isn’t an issue

If you close in spring done expect your yard to be graded, your sprinklers to go in, or to see your sod anytime soon. I was PROMISED I was first on the list when that came. That was in April. It’s 90 degrees in June and I continue to look at a mound of dirt, weed bushes up to my chest, and ricks where my grass should be. It’s a joke. Don’t give them a dollar if you ever want service from Lennar. I avoided writing this review, but they kept asking for one. So, here we are.

There were areas in my home not completed and Tommy and Jennifer from Lennar have been giving me the run-around. The demeanor of the team makes you feel like they are insulting your intelligence. I should have known better than to trust someone's word. The entire experience is a nightmare.

It’s just been more than a month and we have raised 10+ service request already. We entered into our new home and hot water won’t work. Pipe leaked in basement. Cabinet door came off. Switch won’t work. AC stopped working and they said they need 3 weeks to fix it and punished me to suffer in high temperatures inside the home. Would never recommend lennar to anyone.

This whole experience has been horrible from poor workmanship quality to mistake after mistake. And even worse I am STILL waiting on basic things to be fixed. Lennar customer service is useless and does not care or know anything every time I call them. It takes weeks to get any type of answer about things and then when they come to fix it they break things even more. The only reason I have two complete work orders is because I called myself and advocated.

This experiencing of buying a home with Lennar, and now living in the product for a month is nothing but a huge disappointment. As a Realtor of over 18 years, who has sold to my customers a lot of Lennar products over the years, this experience of buying my own has been awful and I would never suggest to anyone to purchase a product from them. The build quality is crap compared to how they use to build 15 years ago, their service is awful, they also are cheap and try and force you to use more companies they own. So many things wrong that my complaints are being filed with the dept of commerce, and the board of realtors. they make the buyer pay state deed tax, this is so crooked and wrong, they also make the buyer escrow for work they don't have complete, another thing that is crooked and wrong. they also don't complete any work on time.. we closed in May were told would have a yard by end of June and it's not July 5 and they have not even started this work.. in which until it is complete my money is held in escrow because this unethical lousy company does business like this. They are money driven and don't care about the consumer, they build cheap crap and I dislike them more than any builder I've ever dealt with.. I will bash them over and over unless they change and try and make things right for my family. they also are cheap that they don't even pay a realtor a true commission and their lame closing gift you you is some blanket and water bottle that we tossed in the thrash. I can't express how much they anger me and I think they should be sued and put out of business. ... More

They only mean business. They dont care if u missing something. They only nice when u buying. After u complained, They just ignored u. Basically do it yourself kinda thing. Lennar care is good thou. They help u out. Others, thry only good when they dont receive the money yet.

Peggy is the best!! Rest of the Lennar team are horrible if there a word worst then horrible I will use it. Since we moved in we have requested multiple times for certain services and only once a service was full filled. We are still waiting on so many other service we’ve requested and their is no follow ups. They are few urgent service requests we have requested that are pertaining to dangerous materials on our roof and driveway and after several requests their is still no one came to check on the request. An entire door that goes to our basement is out off shape including the entrance and we were told that nothing can be done about it. We received and email just yesterday about that Lennar wants to check out contact number if it’s right on their records but when we emailed back why they want to check that we got an pre written email back but not an answer to our question. We don’t deserve the treatment that Lennar and people working for them have given ...... Lennar probably don’t care about their customer once the closing is done and customers have moved in. Horrible horrible horrible company!!!!! ... More

I had no idea how bad a new home could be.

I would tell anyone considering building with Lennar to run in the opposite direction

The quality of workmanship is awful. The quality of the product is awful. The contractors don't communicate with each other therefore leaving a less than standard quality product for the homeowner to fix. We moved in in Sept and we're still dealing with issues like placing a bathroom mirror over an outlet, tile cut wrong and showing the floor underneath, kitchen faucet disconnecting from the counter, wrong caulk in the entire basement, water filtration system was put in wrong, permanent footprints, broken and crooked heat vents, and so on. I could go on but will stop there. I cannot say in words how disappointed we are and that this may not be our forever home as we thought. We will never build with Lennar again. ... More

The townhome is not level, the trim work and cabinets are all crooked. There was holes in the subflooring they just put carpet over and never thought we would find. Our backsplash was cracked and they didn’t want to fix. They installed the wrong size island counter top, wrong kitchen sink, wrong facets in every bathroom, wrong shower heads in every shower, and wrong door handles on all the exterior doors. Our builder Mark Prokosch was terrible and completely untrustworthy and never responded to emails. He never seemed to know what was going on and never replaced items that were suppose to be changed out. ... More