Lennar Reviews

Thought the builder would have been able to help with this. Piping in the backyard is a real eyesore.

Home Buyers need to know exactly what is included in a new home. I was completely unaware that my new home would not have exterior lights, that there were no shower doors in two of the three bathrooms and no towel bars and no mirrors in any of the bathrooms. I have spent the first month in this home purchasing those items. Also older couples like myself need more one on one attention as it is often difficult to do everything via the computer. We have difficulty with Virtual visits.

This house has been a nightmare! Two weeks after closing we noticed black mold in the owners bathroom. Lennar responded quickly to mitigate the problem but took 3 weeks and multiple vendors to identify the source of the water leak. Tiles, vanity and shower subfloor had to be removed. Two months after closing we still do not have use of the bathroom or our bedroom due to the continuous state of construction. Additionally, a week after the bathroom problem was identified, the garage started taking in water. Again, it took 4 vendors to identify source of the leak, blocks and floor cement escavated, leak fixed and floor and wall reconstructed. All of this was happening while they were addressing the dozen other tickets submitted for damaged items, lack of detail and sloppy workmanship. Poor quality construction. Disappointed for sure. The only shining light is Wendy. She is responsive and easy to work with during this difficult process. ... More

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HVAC system is really Bad, Lennar needs to look into it and fix the problem. We were told to keep Fan on, it is very noisy, very difficult to sleep at night. Some parts of home are very cold and upstairs is hot like oven, It is a shame builder like Lennar giving this kind of system, we have paid almost half a million for our home, this is totally unacceptable

Overall happy with their communication

We moved forward with purchase, despite reading some of the previous reviews and homeowner issues. We submitted 6 warranty claims within 1 month of living in the home, which was not the issue as I anticipated "some" minor issues, however they were all a result of poor craftsman ship, what appears to be a rush to complete/ close and move on, and lack of attention to detail. Lennar Mortgage, which thankfully we did not use, was also difficult to work with, did not want to honor their verbal offers and wasnt until we were prepared to walk away did they decide to "stand by" their word and honor a purchase incentive. Our neighbors have all had similar stories with varying degrees of issues. Our issues (light switches not connected, grinder failures before moving in, seems and joints not lining up and stains set into flooring and carpet) were minor compared to some of our neighbors. I will say the vendors that have came out to repair issues have been courteous and timely. ... More

We’ll breakdown this review into 4 areas Lennar Sales, Lennar Title Services, Building Team, and Warranty. This review is for the Dolce Homesite Lennar Sales (Eileen and Carla) - Our first Dolce sales office experience was with Anastasia and she was great. She took the time to go over the features, explain things, and even took us around the Dolce neighborhood to show us properties and amenities. Her customer service, positive attitude, really sold us on the Dolce community. Sadly, Anastasia wasn’t working at the Dolce location when we came back to start the sales process a couple months later. We ended up having to “deal with” Eileen and her “empty-suit” of a supervisor named Carla. This is where we experienced the most grief. Eileen showed disdain for us from the beginning the moment she learned we had a real estate agent representing us and that we had our own financing. We later learned that those two things typically mean Lennar makes less profit because you aren’t financing through them and less commission potential for Eileen because portion has to go to our agent. After viewing the model we were interested in, we went back through the sales office to exit. We were rudely excused to leave the office to “go grab lunch to work it out” because apparently Eileen didn’t want to listen to my wife and me talk about the house and options were were considering and our financing plans. This visit was in the middle of the week and sales office was empty. Apparently we were a bother to her. This was the tone we experienced from Eileen during the whole sales process. We even tried to escalate to her supervisor Carla who also refused to talk to us other than to say keep her cc:d on emails. When we were done, we had over 200 emails. A large number of those emails being because Eileen’s refusal to answer simple/direct questions, refusing to respond, and laying blame on other Lennar departments. Dealing with her was excruciating and stressful. She exhibited the same unprofessional behavior towards us, our agent, our lender, and even Lennar Title personnel. It’s hard to believe that Lennar has this person as the “face of their company” in the sales office. It was also disappointing that her supervisor Carla refused to participate/engage in any discourse throughout the entire process. We left voicemails for Carla and sent her multiple emails seeking help to intervene that went unanswered. If we didn’t love the house we would have walked away from the deal at this point. Lennar Title Services (Vickie)- Yes! finally some adults in the room. We decided to use Lennar title. They were great through the whole process and worked hand in hand with our lender to get our deal done. They kept Eileen to task who kept trying to place blame/responsibility on the title department for items Lennar Sales should have handled. Their professionalism and customer service helped make this a special moment and kept us from walking away from the deal due to all the frustrations with Eileen. Building Team (Jerry) (pre closing)- he’s a personable guy and decent customer service, but delayed responses probably because he’s overwhelmed with the neighborhood buildout. Our Initial walkthrough was done before electricity was as turned on, there were surprisingly a large number of items we marked for correction, and a few we missed that we had to address via warranty claims post sale. Advice… be that person who goes over things with a fine tooth comb as there doesn’t appear to be great quality control during build. Feels like Lennar should have caught and corrected most of the items we called out during our walkthrough. Warranty (Jerry and various trade teams) - less than stellar. You aren’t a priority now that they have your money. Opening warranty claims is easy enough via their web portal, but it basically gets rerouted back to Jerry who has to engage the various trade teams (plumbing, drywall, counters, etc.). Feels like a second job having to send multiple reminder emails just to get an appointment for inspecting your claims and that is after you do a virtual inspection via phone call and picture submission. We are roughly 2 month living at the house and the majority of the items are still open unresolved. Advice..take your time and inspect EVERYTHING in great detail during your walkthrough. ... More

We were truly impressed with the efforts of our builder and agent. They were responsive, with great follow through. Highly recommend.

I literally got approved 1 hour before scheduled closing, A totally horrific experience and ridiculous as i had been approved for double the amount 4 months earlier

The new constrution is solid and dependable. The exterior brick, windows and doors compliment each other and lead inside to a flowing, open format design making everyday living easy. The hard surface floor are easy to clean and maintain.

Paint, stucco, and concrete splatter all over the exterior of entire structure, floors air conditioner, railings, carports, walls, stairways and the list could go on. Parking areas full of debris nails and screws everywhere. Builder not responsive to issues

Everyone has been very helpful and great to work with.

Except for garage door issue and HVAC, which are taken care of timely upon request, otherwise 5 stars for all other

Once they hook you into buying you are no longer important. Our concerns are placed on the back burner. Been waiting 6 wks. for weeds to be cut and grass to be planted. House looks like a jungle outside. Even had a snake show up. Sprinkler has been on and never shut off .6 wks. and still receiving guests to a rocky and weedy front yard.

Overall good experience, only area not happy with is responsiveness to warranty issues. Think the closing could have been more personalized as well.

I just want to thank Lennar for the greatest home buying experience ever. Thank you Lennar for the professionalism shown to me in the buying process. Thank you for the opportunity to do my entire closing process from the comfort of my home. Thank you Lennar for your speedy response whenever I call. This has been the best experience ever.

Home buying experience was excellent sales person Ryan

Trim, doors, paint are all subpar quality… very surprising for the amount one pays for these homes. Structure well built.

Low rating due to poor experience with Lennar Mortgage.

Lennar was very attentive and friendly UNTIL we closed . Since then nothing . Promises made and thus far not kept . This is a beautiful development and nice homes . It is a shame we can not get any one from Lennar to respond . There are finish details to fix , still no mailbox key . We are very disappointed .

There were many construction issues with the house whenever I did my final walk-through on 2/17, when the house was set to close on 2/22. As this community does not “blue tape“, I was asked to email all of the issues to the construction manager so that repairs can be made prior to closing. They set another walk-through for 2/21, at 4:30 PM. When I got there, most of the issues were fixed, but there were still plenty others that had not been addressed. Regrading of the lawn was to also be done, and that did not happen. Quality manager became frustrated with my pointing of persistent issues, to the point where he stated “well if you don’t like it, you don’t have to buy the house.“ Now, a month of being here and I’m still putting some of these same issues through the warranty process. Lennar is now refusing to regrade the lawn unless it’s holding water for over 48hrs. As closing was set on 2/22 at 8 AM, there was no way that I could have another walk-through before signing, and that should not happen to a home buyer. Furthermore, the mortgage team sent an email on 2/15 stating closing would be on 2/22, and to have either a cashiers check or wire payment set up. Given this option, I opted for a cashiers check. I did not hear anything back from the mortgage team regarding details to closing, such as the time and place of where this would be done. Finally, my realtor reached out to the team. On 2/21 at 9:59 AM, I received an email from the mortgage team stating closing would be done remotely, and to have a wire transfer set up the day prior so that there is no delay in receiving the money; cashier’s check would not work with remote closing. I work Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM, so without proper notice I was unable to set up a wire early enough. I had to leave work early so that I can make it to the bank before they close at 5 PM, and set up the wire transfer. I planned to leave work 4 PM already because of the 2nd walk through, but instead had to stop at the bank first, so this in turn made me late to my second walk-through that was set for 4:30 p.m. (which added to the quality managers frustration and led to his unprofessionalism). While there’s a plethora of minor issues I could continue with, the point has been made. The moments leading up to what was meant to be a positively life changing experience as a new homebuyer, turned out to be disheartening and unnecessary let down. ... More

Location is fabulous and Project Manager Cliff and Tina were wonderful

Quality of material and workmanship are good. However, final checks require improvement. Few examples: Entrance door was missing screws. Garage floor has paint and lots of dust. For every ticket (for issues), I submit, I am required to submit virtual session, enable video to capture the details. While the owner is in the process of move (packing, moving, un-packing, setup utilities..etc), it is extremely difficult to cater time for a virtual sessions + schedule repairs..etc. Instead of virtual sessions, I suggest enhancing your issue submission application to allow capturing the picture or video or both and submit. If you have enough information, this will eliminate virtual sessions. Also allow owners to update the ticket if the status changes - I mean if the issue got resolved or they managed to fix it or managed to get some help to fix it..etc Also use the issues information (wealth of knowledge) to take proactive action - I mean alert owners to check few things (check list within the 1 or 2 months of move-in) and report if there are any issues, before they report. If you need additional information, feel free to contact me. I hope this helps. Also I commend the services of the person who oversees fixing the issues. Very prompt, professional - a great asset having the person! ... More

Wouldn’t recommend LENNAR to anyone still trying to get get doors flipped right side up no handles on doors took two months to get lights in rooms