Lennar Reviews in Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill, NC

HOME GOT DONE ON TIME AND CAME OUT REALLY NICE

Great experience and a stress free way to build a home!

We began our purchasing journey later in the build process. Colin was our GC through the end. He was very proactive at catching issues and resolving them quickly. He was completely transparent and upfront about what the issue was and how it would be taken care of. He's a real asset to the Lennar company and your brand.

My overall experience was 4 stars. If we were provided everything that was initially offered when the sales person walked us through the house, we would have rated it a 5 star. But as we got into the conversation with our agent and Lennar, things started falling apart; no appliances were to be provided (yet other spec homes were having appliances delivered to other homes in the same state as the one we were looking at), resolution to the promised appliances wasn't the same level of compensation, the house was "cleaned" before our walkthrough with Nichole (construction manager) and there were many areas that needed to be recleaned. The standards for a homebuyer is much greater than the builder and at the end of the day, I would have liked to see the builder's team to think as if it was their house and would they be okay with the outcome. Lennar mortgage, Christy, was great to deal with throughout the process. She was quick to respond and explain things thoroughly. The warranty department has been quick to tackle some minor issues post moving in and I've been happy with this experience. In the end, the sales team started the home purchasing off on the wrong foot. If Lennar could get the sales team to not lie or mislead, the homebuying experience would have been great. And this is not my first time purchasing new construction so I do have previous experience in what a great experience looks like. Thank you. ... More

The sales team at my subdivision was wonderful. However, the building process and the quality of my home is not worth the price point. I had to spend more money to correct cracked floors, a broken truss and framing that included “organic growth” that the builder said wasn’t mold. I have barely been in my home 60days and it’s clear that there was no attention given to detail. The ceilings are already separating from crown molding, walls separating from baseboards, issues pointed out at the final walk-through have reappeared.and window sills separating. In my mind, some of that is to be expected within six months to a year, but less than three months? For the price point, the craftsmanship is disappointing to say the least. ... More

Good communication and trustworthy and nice

Lenner drives to be a builder who cares about buyer experiences and this has hired buyer concierge and new home celebrations etc, but in really it doesn’t matter and the same old working model and vendor management is in place. Construction Manager pushes things to vendors and don’t follow up properly to ensure the issues are taken care off. New home celebration guy just shows up to make paint touch ups. People put hard earned money into these investments - do you think it is a joke?

Very responsive to your needs with any issues

I hope that someone is reading this. This is my second experience with this builder and unfortunately it wasn't satisfactory, again. Starting from raising the price after agreeing and paying the deposit, to the mediocre communication level throughout the building process, to the closing day to discover zillion type of "fees" - such as $750 paid to the builder to continue building the community! -, to receiving the wrong keys of the house because of which I can't change the schlage code until today, to time after receiving the house to discover that a door missing a knob, the heating system is not working, the water heater in not working, which I called them about and they sent someone to fix it. Lately, I discovered that the shower glass door doesn't latch perfectly, and attic pull down stick is broken. Mostly, when I called the builder representative, I didn't get but referrals to other staff or the closing lawyer. In a nutshell, I was hoping to feel the builder/staff as a team to back you off, instead of the I and Them sort of relationship! Part of this sad experience is on me, but I just didn't expected a new constructed house of about $500k to be like this. Maybe, I should have left the deposit (just about $15k) and quit all together from the very beginning. I'm surely not happy in general. Note: If someone is wondering why would I deal with the this builder twice, it's just because I needed to be close to my daughter and granddaughters. ... More

This is my second new home from Lennar. They are mass production builders. You get what they spec. I wanted a gas tankless water heater and despite the water heater being next to gas lines and the builder even drilling the exhaust hole in the siding they would not let me pay to upgrade. Make sure to do inspections. There were 3 structural defects that were pointed out to them then addressed. I loved my lot but wished I could have tweaked the interior a bit.

Great design and build for the price and location. Surprised to see couple of issues in electrical fixtures within months so can’t confirm on the quality overall until after some time. Everything was on warranty so not a big issue and their response has been pretty quick.

Great location for resale but I was really attracted to the amenities. The walking trail and park provide areas for enjoyment. I love the continuous sidewalks as well. The convenience of shopping and proximity to Raleigh is also attractive.

Lennar's timely communication about the process and reminders about crucial dates and deadlines helped me through the homebuying process.

A disappointing experience. The personnel have been very nice throughout; however, this does not make up for the other issues. The quality of material is terrible for the price paid and there is no attention to detail. The finish work, in particular, is shockingly sloppy. Some of it can be touched up but many items will never look they way they should. We didn’t expect perfection, but this suggests work being done as fast as possible with no regard for how the finished product looks. Does no one have any pride in their work? I so wish we hadn’t purchased this home and I’m very worried about it keeping its value. This was a huge mistake. I wish we had paid more attention to the poor reviews of other Lennar homes. Sometimes I just want to cry. ... More

Multiple callout provided on Poor workmanship, Finally the Construction Manager, said that is the design of Lennar and they have seen the pattern in all houses. The design of structure is poor. On the day of closing , got the key and opened the door with lots of dreams, happiness and excitement, shattered into pieces looking at the with so much dirt. Called the construction manager, sales manager and they were not available. Latter received the call saying he personally check and house is clean. This is the quality Lennar provides.

Picked a home that was already started. Really liked home and site location. The home came with so many upgrades and the quality of the build was really good. Compared to other new houses I’d visited, Lennar cottages offered more extras for the price. However, there was a serious grading issue that I felt should’ve been disclosed. Their resolution for it made the site not work for me physically and the salesperson knew that. Someone else on team helped get me another site, which was great . But getting this new site was dampen somewhat by having to accept a home that wasn’t the one I chose and not colors I liked. In addition, there were identified issues that were supposed to be resolved prior to my move in that were not. I have had to make several attempts to get most of those issues resolved. Lennar’s warranty team acted very quickly to resolve the issues I brought to their attention. However, I had to make several requests to construction for other issues to get a resolution and still have others not resolved after being in house over a month. So my experience is very mixed and somewhat disappointin. I will say the cottages are really good homes and with great options for floor plans. ... More

I could write pages about how awful my experience has been, but to summarize things….I wish I would have never brought a house with this builder or in this neighborhood.

Build cheaper, build more, and charge twice what you would have charged three years ago. THAT’S the Lennar way.

Good community and good facilities

Overall experience was good, their correspondence was amazing, frequent updates on progress and closing was smooth. Meeting with a contractor and walkthrough was amazing. Build quality is average. Lennar Quality check person who was appointed during blue tape inspection was very unprofessional and rude, he was behaving as if Lennar has given home for free as a charity and any question or quality issue we raised kind of agitated him personally. I am sure this is one of employee but that experience was very unpleasant to the point I wanted to just leave deposit and not proceed with purchase. ... More

I purchased a townhouse that was already finished and the process from start to finish was very efficient. The inspection went well and there were only a few comments that were addressed in the following week. Everyone I worked with was very professional and they helped me with all the blue taping. Overall, it was an awesome experience. There was some disconnect between the loan and insurance and a correction needed to be made to the final paperwork. I got everything in place far in advance of the close date, but the final CD was not available until the day before. I would have hoped to have it a couple weeks in advance to avoid last minute activities, but other than that very smooth experience. ... More

Staff was not the most friendly or responsive Missed drywall inspection

Very good community with great prices and very helpful sales/build team.

I think we had the worst experience with the Lennar team, from sales to concierge. Once you sign the initial contract, the sales team acted as if they don't know us. We tried to contact them a couple of times regarding the change in closing date from what was initially confirmed and there was absolutely no response from them. We left a couple of voicemails but no call backs or anything. Then there's another team called concierge team. This team should be renamed as the legal team as anything you ask them they take screenshots of the contract and send them to you with a note that you agreed to this. They changed the closing date by 2 months, when we asked to advance the date by one day, they did not agree. It was very frustrating dealing with them. When it comes to the quality of the build, workmanship, or the materials used, we opened around 8 tickets in one month. That should tell you something. The only saving grace is that the warranty team is very efficient in addressing the multiple support tickets that we opened. We are not sure how many more we will open in the next 11 months. ... More

This second time we have purchased from lennar. Our experience was very good ! Thumbs up..!!