Lennar Reviews

To be fair to the builder, my ratings above are based on not having experienced having a production home built for me. I was expecting some interaction with the builder during the construction process: there was effectively none, it was discouraged. I believe to have a better understanding now why that is the case. Lennar does not build the home; one of the many subcontractors do in a very organized, time efficient manner. However, I believe the quality of materials and, particularly, workmanship suffer. The priority for Lennar is to bring the house to closure as soon as possible. The quality of workmanship only matters if the buyer notices a quality issue, which in our case only happened on the penultimate day (during the NHO less than 24 hours prior to close). Again, Lennar does not encourage interaction between builder and buyer. The subcontract Lennar has with the landscaping company is an example of questionable materials (perhaps not materials but seemingly no accountability). A sizable portion of a neighbor's back lawn was not sodded but as it was not noticed prior to close that portion of the lawn remains without sod. In summary, it is too early to determine the 'value' of the home. I worry, however, in not many years to come as the floor boards rattle, the kitchen cabinets deteriorate and inferior quality materials need a refresh / replacement, the answer to the quality question will be 'one star'. ... More

Processing team were always late in updating me especially the closing never told me till I called the office. Very poor communication

House is a good value for the money, but the issue is that nothing in the house was functional of done correct. Light fixtures don't work, I have to hire an electrician to correct them. No crown molding, all exterior light fixtures are loose. Nothing was ready on time. Water main broke on the side of my house and toilets overflowed all over my floors. I am very disappointed. House looks good on outside but beware of how things are put together on the inside. Shoddy craftmanship.

They really don’t put effort in making a home feel “new” there are too many things that need adjusting. There was even some major things. The people who come in to fix the issues don’t show up on time nor do they respect your home and just try to make it look “good enough”. The walls are also way too thin.

All the warranty problems are difficult to address and fix Bad comunication

On the date of escrow closing on 1/30/23 we supposed to get the keys to the home after the final walk through at 10am. Lennar made us wait the whole entire day then they finally handed us the keys after 7pm. We have purchased several brand new homes with various builders but never experienced such escrow problems. It was a shock to us that Lennar hardly fixed anything since the first walk through. We were so stressed out because we had to be at home every day for 3 consecutive weeks to allow Lennar to do the fixes but unfortunately Lennar had too many problems. Workers showed up at home without any tools, they did not know what to do because there was no Lennar supervision around. Worst yet the workers were very young especially not speaking a word of English. This kind of episodes kept repeating for 3 weeks long and up until last week things barely got done. We wanted Lennar to refund our money so we can buy a home somewhere else with better quality and timely maner of home delivery as promised. We have experienced tremendous amount of stress and bad experience with Lennar. If we have to write it would be pages long. It would be best that Lennar reach out to us so we can detail our bad experience. We have text messages to prove our efforts in communication with Lennar. ... More

The lennar mortgage was terrible. No other way to put it. It wasn't just one person. The house is very nice, but not built well. For a house of this price I would expect better craftsmanship. Specifically the quality assessment. The house sounds like it's 50 years old when you walk around. I continue to find more poor build quality.

I was very excited when I came to the development and chose to purchase a new home. In the beginning everything moved very quickly. Then it stalled. No updates, rare interaction when I reached out first. My closing date was pushed a few times, which I understand is to be expected - but I would have preferred honesty over BS. Closing day I couldn't move in because there was no occupancy permit. I have been living in the house 7 weeks now and I still don't have a refrigerator in my kitchen because the hole left was too small and it has taken this long to be corrected (still not corrected). Still no updates. Once I have an offer on the house I apparently went to the bottom of the importance list. ... More

I purchased my Florida home from out of state, Maryland, therefore it was imperative, to have good communication in the building process. From the onset of the process of purchasing our home there has been questionable glitches when it came to my sales rep, Bobbi , and the communication processes. I was totally disheartened with my experiences with Lennar and I believe it’s mostly due to my sales agent and her failure to communicate honesty and timely. I have videos and emails between us which demonstrates her lack of communication and even her being on top of what was going on with my potential home. I tried to maintain faith in Lennar builders by making various personnel in her management chain aware of my issues and my concerns but to no avail. I never received any consideration with the total failure of my sales agent and her total lacking on her job when it comes to communicating and maintaining customers satisfaction. If I wasn’t so far in the process of purchasing this home I would have walked away. So now I warn any potential buyers to be aware that once you sign the contract you are on your own. ... More

The entire process was stressful. They were "accommodating" but only after I said I would not be purchasing the agreed upon house. The closing process itself was a nightmare. I had to ask off 4 different days from work for the closing date because it was always up in the air. Living here for about a month, I still find subpar elements in the home. Flooring done incorrectly (which they "fixed" before moving in) granite countertops unfinished. Our downstairs is a cooler, while the upstairs feels like a sauna. This is the 2nd house we own, between my fiance and I, I don't recall anywhere near this experience with our 1st... Is it the worse possible scenario? No. Would I be willing to do it over if in the same position? Big no. ... More

We have been living in the residence for a month and a half and there is still an unpainted door, we have not been given the door lock to the garage and the worst thing is that nobody answers our calls or e-mails. After the closing, they play the fool.

The home was NOT Move-in-Ready when we did the final walk. Far too many outstanding issues that needed to be fixed and are still NOT fixed! Sloppy paint and caulking job throughout the home. Missing all bathroom fixtures...they were deleted by Lennar without informing their Customers under contract. We have NO light fixtures above the sinks! Unbelievable!! Crocket interior wall still on Warranty list to be fixed. Drywall texture on several walls are really rough and uneven. Sloppy painting and caulking throughout. Missing trim in several areas of kitchen and bath cabinets. Brick Walkway very uneven and paint splatter on bricks So many issues! Lennar only cares about getting homes Sold & Closed...not about Customer Satisfaction. So unhappy with this buying experience! ... More

Once Lennar has your money, they are terrible with follow through on punch list items and anything else spotted after closing to do the proper repairs. Have to chase them and argue non-stop. Make sure not to close on your home until all issues are resolved beforehand!

They are a big builder that took advantage of California real estate boom, built too fast and not great quality. Their communication and responsiveness is incomplete.

During the home buying process there was not a lot of communication. I contacted the loan officers to ask for the stages of my loan multiple times. I never really knew what was going on and there was times I wasn’t able to get in contact with them. I felt very lost in that process which was hands down the most stress part of the home-buying process. The house came with really great appliances which I appreciate. Overall I do love my new home.

This is my 2nd & last Lennar home purchase. The quality of the workmanship was beyond horrible this time around and this home cost was $90k more than the 1st one. I've lived in apartments where the attention to the builders detail way surpassed the work of Lennar & their Trades. They do not care about attention to detail. The communication at Lennar Title is also horrible. My Realtor and I had to reach out numerous times to get a closing date and time. On closing day workers were still working on my home. This overall experience was totally unacceptable. Thankfully I had a great construction manager who was willing to go above and beyond to try and make this experience right. ... More

Though the process was relatively quick the communication throughout the entire process needs work. I did have a third party inspection on my home and thankfully it was mostly cosmetic issues but there was a lot of sloppy work done on the home and some of it had to be redone prior to closing. The concrete driveway and sidewalks are sub-par and very sloppily done. They did a bad patch job where they chipped the concrete when removing the forms. They left bits of concrete on the sidewalks and curbs and it looks like a very sloppy job. The entire neighborhood looks this way. Also, when I was finally given my keys and went to my home as a homeowner for the first time there was trash and debris in my yard. There were nails, dried mud and debris in my driveway and the approach to my driveway. When I asked the salesman if they were going to clean it up he told me probably not so I had to do it myself to prevent me or my guests from getting nails in our tires. This was completely unacceptable in my opinion. I would recommend any new home buyer to get a third party inspection prior to purchasing your home. Lennar builders put these homes up quickly and do not concentrate on the quality of work only the quantity, in other words get it done as fast as you can no matter what and hopefully no one will notice. ... More

Unfortunately was not a good experience in the buy and all processes. I received my house with several problems and poor quality in the finish of the house, paint, wood etc

Well, the first week of living in the house, a lot of nails on the rug that my wife got cut on her feet. Another issue is where you put the towels broke off and most of them are loose. I try contact the person in charge of the warranty, but never got back to me. I’m missing a screen on my second floor. They never got back to me again about it there’s a lot of minor issue, but no one has got back to me

I would not recommend this home buying experience! Workmanship is not good and many things have to be resolved after moving into the new home. Stressful and disappointing situation! It's obvious Lennar is putting up homes as fast as possible and not caring about the finished product. I think after all things are resolved, we are hoping to love our new home. I just wish we didn't have to go through this process. The initial walk through should be a better experience as well as the day of closing. There are ways to make this experience better.

The lending process is broken at your company and my loan officer Adam needs some serious customer service training...the bright spot was Diana the processor and Jose the sales agent if it wasn't for those two I would have walked ...

Lack of workmanship is overwhelming. My laundry room ceiling is unfinished because they installed the AC unit before finishing the ceiling. Now I’m being told they can no longer do anything about it. Some of the numerous items on the punch list were not completed before closing and now I’m expected to oversee the completion. All that was needed was a Certificate of Completion to make us close. Our unit was in no way ready at closing and feel that Lennar took advantage of the situation.

The home I got was absolutely not ready even 4 days before the closing date, and even after closing there were a bunch of details to iron out, garage door wouldn’t open, poor paint job, huge stains on the floor. Lack of coordination since at no point was I given a key or code to enter my home, and was never told where to get the mail keys

We have been left with numerous issues since the day of closing and it has been a month and a half of poor communication and constant follow up to try to get them resolved. From the poor finish work, incomplete work and lack of cleanup, it is clear that corners were cut to make the closing date set by Lennar. There were a few items that should have prevented it from even passing inspection. Along with finish work problems like paint, we have poorly caulked windows and a roof which had torn and damaged shingles. We had been told that Lennar was one of the best builders around. From our experience, and those of other recent Lennar home buyers we have talked to, that is no longer the case. They seem to be more focused on the number of homes closed on per month than they are on actual quality or customer service. We'd certainly love some screens. We've been told there is an issue with the supplier. Homes around us that are under construction have screens already in place. Just a screen door from Home Depot would be great. Anything to allow us to get some fresh air in the house. The focus seems to be on getting those houses finished for sale rather than looking after those which are already occupied. Overall, I believe that Lennar has changed their focus from a quality product to increased sales. I wish we had the home we were looking forward to owning with the experience we were expecting. ... More

We had a rough experience from start to finish. I highly recommend being patient with the team as behind the scenes; they are working with a whole town of issues from third parties errors and neglect. I feel it's more on the contractors than Lennar themselves. Rest assured, Tony from our area has empathy and will work hard to make sure the issues get resolved. It takes some time. Our turnaround for matters to be resolved is about 30 days or less. We are shocked to see a new home is in such poor condition and has so many shortcuts, which lead to other issues. During our walk inspection, we found a can of open beer behind our washer. That most likely explains some of the rush work and errors we are experiencing. ... More