Lennar Reviews in Portland Vancouver, WA

Build quality is not good and finishing is not good as well.

It took us meeting with 6 Lennar people to come up with a resolution. Not the easiest to work with except one person (Patrick) stood up and put the problem in their court, where it was to begin with, and we finally agreed.

buying experience was smooth, we were told there isnt an HOA but there is.

We were lead to believe that if we put a deposit down to hold the lot that when the house was actually framed we would be able to get our deposit back if we did not like the house. One week after we put the deposit down we had to pay an earnest money. If I would have seen the completed house before the earnest money, I would have had serious second thoughts. I also made it abundantly clear that I plans on paying cash, but was still hounded by Lennar Lending to go through the loan process. A total waste of time.

We don't have any real problems with the Lennar people on the front lines, those we dealt with face-to-face. Our sales rep was terrific and our Lennar Mortgage rep was terrific also, but his underwriter/manager was an unreasonable nightmare, demanding documents and substantiation two days before scheduled closing, when that stuff should have been asked for weeks in advance. The stress that caused was enough to register on the Richter Scale. Beyond that, there were two big irritants, one as we were going through the buying process and one after we moved in. First, Lennar's marketing hype called "Everything Included" is really "Everything Included Except What We Don't Want to Include". Can you imagine paying two-thirds of a million dollars for a new home, and in the middle of the process the air conditioner is taken out of the specs, because of "supply issues"? After we moved in we were able to get an air conditioner within a week, no problem. Lennar could've done the same thing and avoided disappointed customers. Everyone of my neighbors had to buy air conditioners locally, and got them installed within two weeks. None of us were pleased that we had to lay out $5000 for that, when that cost could've been included in the mortgage for only about $25 a month. Another "Not Included" is the laundry room cabinet. The web site and a model home we toured both had this. Ours didn't, but only had wire shelving, even though the cabinet was delivered and installed. It was then removed after they discovered their "mistake". It was explained that no body in our development were supposed to get these laundry room cabinets, and it was the cabinet supplier's mistake to deliver it. But a concurrent Lennar development project only 30 miles away with the same home models as ours included them. Also, don't get me started on the inability to select interior or exterior colors, or adding small customizations like moving the TV cable tunnel 6 inches higher above the fireplace to accommodate large screens. Lennar is a volume, cookie-cutter builder that has chosen profits over customer service and satisfaction, even when the customer is willing to pay for small changes. And that leads to our second class of irritants. After moving in we began to see all the shortcuts and sloppiness of some things. The sloppiness has to to with "fit and finish", paint and mortar and cement things that you don't see during the final walk through. This biggest issue is the super-thin coat of paint throughout the whole house. Don't brush up against the walls or corners too often or you'll be seeing bare sheetrock. And by no means are you expected to wash smudges and clean walls, because you'll be wiping away paint in the process. It's very disappointing, not to mention the splatters and drops of trim paint on the floor, carpet, and threshold that you shouldn't have to deal with but need to. Another moved-in issue is the quality of the sheet metal in the kitchen sink and the fireplace. The sheet metal is so thin that temperature changes make the metal warp and "pop" surprisingly loudly, something we've never experienced before, but then maybe we bought from higher quality builders in the past. Obviously, Lennar didn't test these items in any way before approving them. And, finally, before this list goes beyond a reasonable length, it seems that the interior design was created by architects or engineers who don't really live in teh houses they design. If they did they would know that light switches should be close to the room's door frame, not 10-18 inches away requiring you to reach way in and grope around for the switch. And they should also be on the latch side of the door, not the hinge side. The network access panel in the master walk-in closet should be on the wall that is hidden by the closet door when it is open. The panel is accessed very little and doesn't need to be so "convenient". It just takes up space and makes a useful closet wall unable to be taken advantage of. There are more issues that could be listed, like a sewer clean-out in the living room next to the fireplace painted in chrome so you can be sure to never miss it (!), but that should be enough to prepare you for some disappointments that are more irritants that deal breakers. By and large, we are happy in our new home, even with all the issues we have to fix. A lot of that has to do with our location and our expectations for our life in the next decade, but we were just so disappointed that good old fashioned pride in craftsmanship and customer service was so lacking for all the money we spent. ... More

Lennar choose to use Rannai Tankless water heaters. what they also CHOOSE to do was NOT include a way to control it with out a service call. NOBODY knew anything about the heater. NOTHING. After many hours of extreme frustration over 3 days and disbelief this is actually happening, Ryan came thru after learning what to do to get it running again. This was unnecessary frustration if Lennar has spent the $155 to install a controller to the unit, so thanks for that time wasted. Heres a tip... TRAIN your folks about the products you put in your homes. NOBODY could answer tankless question until is became a problem... all ya needed to say was... we are too cheap to include a controller, you need to buy that yourself. Also, my garage door is dented, and it bugs me.... you build is better than expected.... so ya got that going for you, which is nice... ... More

Felt like my concerns during build were brushed aside. Have lived here for a few months and still finding things that are weird/not straight, clumps of texture that we didn't catch on walk thru. Floor plan is great. Located near schools. Probably would try not to buy from lennar again. Someday could be a good rental property.

Lack of response and poor communication regarding repair needs and concerns.

This is my first home but I will avoid Lennar in the future. The craftsmanship and finishing is of poor quality and downright lazy. Crooked cabinets, terrible paint and caulking, etc.

Alot of information was not included with buying this house & quiet a few issues came up. 1. New owners have to seal all the grout throughout the entire home.(found this AFTER we moved in by neighbors also upset about this.)2. If a wall has a crack or the window bead is coming away from the wall, custmer care will not fix it for an entire YEAR, because it is considered cosmetic(sure hope visitors don't mind seeing this in our BRAND NEW home!)3. Wooden floors creek, ALOT, didnt notice this in the final walkthru.4. Poor insulation, noise carries throughout the entire house.5. An electrical outlet was completely forgotten, left only with an electrical box! *How did this home pass the final electrical inspection? 5. Low grade carpet( for the price of this home, carpet should be plush)6. The yard has a drain but grounds are soaking wet, irrigation box has water in it, still waiting for them to address it( it been 2 weeks now)7. Driveway has stains on it mixed into the concrete mix(mud?dirt?) 8. Fence boards are splattered with concrete(thought it would wash off, thinking it was only mud.)Overall, disappointed in the quality for the amount that this home cost. Advise: during walkthru , look for workmanship issues,dont be shy, write them ALL down, make sure they are addressed/ talk to the neighbors in the neighborhood you're considering....they will have valuable feedback. ... More

Pay particular attention to small details - point them out every time you get a chance and if given the chance put them in writing

I hope you don't get the same lady we had. She lied to us several times. The other people we dealt with were ok. Lennar cuts so many corners that produces a sub par quality house. The fences are complete crap. interior paint is horrible. I would not recommend buying a home from them.

Make sure you do not move in a location still under construction. The noise, the dust, the heavy machinery you hear daily are a disruption to your daily life. Nobody informed us of the train we hear every night around midnight!

If anything can go wrong, it will. No water, no heat on the coldest days so far. No heat in the dryer because of a faulty wiring. Now no tv because of the same thing. Now the blinds in the living room will not stay up. I am about ready to put this place up for sale.

They wont budge on anything, you want an outlet somewhere? Too bad! You offer them 200$ to put the outlet there? Nope nada! Any upgrades to materials have to come out of pocket (not through mortgage) and you have to use their vendor who will gouge you because they know you cant get additional offers. Default floors are not waterproof, this is the pnw, we get water. Site mgr is a little man (matt) who will try to get you in trouble for checking on the progress of your half million investment. Cute floor plans, but they phone it in and then act like theyre doing you a favor

Lennar has gotten so big they have lost sight of customer service and quality home building. It appears to be more about the sale and getting the houses up as fast as possible no matter what. Quality of the homes is seriously lacking. The interior finish work is extremely sloppy. The materials used are sub-standard. The interior paint job is one thin coat of flat paint. After third-party home inspection multiple areas were not to code and had to be redone. The home buying process is cumbersome and not buyer friendly.

One of the worst experience we ever had with Lennar. We had a bad experience dealing with salesperson Melinda to construction lead worker Louis said they would take care of the stuff but never did. We found a lot of water in the crawl space and pointed out sidewalk concrete damage during the construction workers. They trick us into accepting the defaults in the house and convince us they will take care of it but once we close the house they leave us in the dark. Honest advice we would not recommend anyone to buy from Lennar .

When expressing my concerns to builder, they just laughed and ignored the concerns. The builder repeatedly and intentionally stalled providing some key details (especially purchase price) so that they could drive the purchase price up ~$60,000 in 4 months). The quality of workmanship leaves something to be desired (things are already breaking after only 3 months in the home). The builder is unresponsive to requests to correct issues (still waiting for a blind rod to open/close blinds; still waiting for deck stairs to be fully finished (missing side trim) after 3 months

I have had bad experience with construction management and poor worker experience where left unfinished job inside and outside of my home . They did poor job .

House material are cheap. And there’s no good customer service.

None of the property have flat land nothing was don’t from a landscaping perspective. All of our properties have bumps and uneven land making it extremely difficult or impossible to use a tractor or lawnmower to cut grass. Extremely disappointing. I will be going door to door talking with my neighbors and petition for this to be corrected by Lennar.

One of the worst home buying experience I ever had. Do not recommend Lennar to anyone. Everything is terrible, starting from home buying experience to built quality. Bought two units in a span of 4 months and both the experiences are horrific and both the units built quality is subpar.

Extreme difficulty getting service requests addresses. Sometimes no response at all. We have requests from December that still haven’t been addressed. For what we paid for this home we sure expected a whole lot more from workmanship and responses to issues.

every things is no the answer give them deposit check for the house working on the loan told them i will go on vacation for two weeks they sold the house we deposit ;{

I thought people were unfriendly and at times dishonest. They submitted a form with a forged signature to the title company. The buying process was very rigid and not flexible. You are better off buying from a private property then dealing with lennar