Lennar Reviews

So far my upstairs HVAC system did not initially work properly due to a bad fuse and I current have a large wet spot in my ceiling in the mud room. The paint job throughout the home is poor and I see paint on the carpet throughout my home The basement does not get warm even when the thermostat is set to 76F. The Caulking around toilets and bathtubs is dirty and messy.

First the details of the house could be better. Flat wall paint that shows every touch. does not cost a lot to use a different paint. My walk through was not good. Door frames were horrible and had to be replaced. Flooring was buckled in the living and dinning room. Replaced in several time and still could not get it right. On day of closing I walked the house again. The flooring is two different dye lots now. Not enough time to change it before closing. Tape and texture does not match in enty due to them having to fix it. Overall, I would not purchase a house from Lennar.

The floor plan is beautiful but the workmanship is lacking. It is like Lennar dropped every door before putting them in and they rushed on touch ups, using the wrong paint in many cases. They lack attention to detail. They also outsource their work and there doesn’t seem to be much oversight or quality control.

Overall extremely challenging to communicate with the lennar team. Multiple people all responsible for different branches none of them communicate clearly, causing lots of frustration.

Below par quality. Lot of cosmetic issues. You charge premium price but your house quality is far below than premium From the issues I see looks like there is no quality inspection done for cosmetic issues before handing over to customer. Pathetic paint job. Grade C. Cleanliness issues Take the accountability. Value the customer and be respectful.

There is a lack of pride in workmanship and construction of my home that shows in every level. i feel like i have been robbed. buying a new home is supposed to be a happy once in a life time experience, instead i am spending every day trying to have too many things replace or repaired. on a positive note, the warranty department is excellent and is working hard to rectify all issues.

Good day, Over all the loan process with Lennar mortgage was pretty much straight forward. Kim and Susan were Johnny on the spot telling me when I missed something or they needed something else and I think we work pretty well together. As for the support for other Lennar staff some was good and some was very poor. Sometimes I would call and ask a question and no one would call me back. My wife called and asked, in the brochure it shows the house comes with a refrigerator, washer and dryer and wanted to know about this. But as of today we have not received an answer about why our house did not come with this items. This is a text I sent to one of Lennar employees; Could you please stop by sometime in the next couple of days (and my address) this is his reply, What are you needing? I’m pretty busy tied up with a lot of home. At another time, I showed other employee a letter from the water company that I received about the Backflow Prevention assembly that Lennar had install and he said someone from Lennar will contact you about this, no one contacted us about the letter. With no one calling me back or getting back to me, I just stopped asking Lennar employees anything, I just do what I have to do to get things done. As for the house itself, at first it all looked pretty good, now that we are in, we are seeing all the mistakes. The good part is, in my case it all seems to be little stuff (attention to detail stuff) like; paint all in the wrong places, on the carpet, on the tile, on windows. The grass, trees and bushes were in bad sharp, about a 4 x 16 foot strip of grass was dead, one of the tree was broken off at the top and 2 of the bushes were dead. I texted one of Lennar employees, he did not call or text back. So after about 4 or 5 days I called him and he answered, I asked about the warranty on the trees and grass again and he said that there was no warranty on trees and grass, that’s pretty strange since Lennar pay a lot of money for these items. I think the main reason why the grass and bushes were dead were because they should have been planted 2 to 3 days before closing, not 3 to 4 week before closing where no one takes care of them. As for the sprinkler system I had to dig out 3/4 quarters of the heads so the grass could get the proper watering that it needs. As for the sidewalk, big chunks of cement on the sidewalk. If a kid was riding his/her bike and hit one of those chunks of cement they could crash and get hurt. All or most of this items should have been caught by you Quality Control (QC) team or at least the person who signed off on that certain project (paint and grout all over the master shower, whoever signed off on the shower, stating the shower is complete, should have seen all the paint and grout, I wear glasses and I seen the paint and grout without my glasses on). No A/C filter in the Air Conditioning unit, who knows how long ago the A/C unit was instilled and running without a filter. Your QC person needs to go back to Quality Control school and get recertified. I know there is a Quality Control school because I was one of the instructors at one of the schools for the DOD (Department of Defense). The big questions is, would we recommend Lennar homes to other buyers and the answer is NO. With no one calling us back, and text like, I’m busy, what do you need. The bottom line is I was a customer before I bought the house and I’m still a customer after I closed on the house. The only difference is that after closing I can write good things about Lennar or I can write bad things about Lennar with firsthand experience. Here is a good example of your great service; I received an email from Kim on 8 March 2023 stating that my loan will be sold. I emailed Kim on or about 2 April asking about this and here it is the middle of April 2023…. and pro for the course, I did not received a reply back. ... More

Avoid new home builds. Too many corners cut and materials are of poor quality. Our backyard is disappearing with each downpour as they failed to grade the property appropriately. Too many people are only worried about their bonus and not the quality of the product they sell. Buyer Beware. Buy used as someone else has repaired what the builder failed to repair.

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

Closing was delayed many times. Last time delay was the day before closing and being out of state we had no place to go. It seems once you had the money, we had wired full payment 2 weeks before closing, that's all you care about. Lennar Wanted documents signed when items were not complete, just trust them. Closed in February still have a check list of items not completed. Amenities still not complete but HOA fees are still collected.

Do not close until everything is what a new home should be. We have had a bad experience.

For the past 20 years, I have worked in Real Estate and in purchasing my own home, one would think I would have a better experience. I closed because I needed to but today, my issues are still not resolved. I chase to get things done and no one responds. Worse experience for any homeowner. The quality of the workmanship on my home is horrible.

Don't expect any consideration. Quality is OK only.

We purchased our home through Lennar. we were given incentives to use Lennar Mortgage and Title. The mortgage process was EXTREMELY cumbersome and the communications from the mortgage team about things that were needed was abysmal. Income verification items that were requested and the explanations required by underwriting went back twenty five plus years and included several residences we'd never owned, only rented while in the military and after retiring. During the final two days prior to closing we received minimal communication on our actual closing time. We did a virtual closing which had an issue for my wife. The most frustrating part of closing was the final closing costs, the day before closing, I contacted our loan officer (Kyle), to confirm what our final costs were going to be so I could send the required wire transfer. I was told a number that was roughly $2400 less than what Kyle had given us throughout the process, this number came from a different group than Kyle and he confirmed that it was correct, so I sent the wire transfer. Shortly after sending the wire transfer during my personal review of final closing documents in the website I couldn't find where the number existed that Kyle had been given by his team. I contacted Kyle and he said they'd given us the wrong number and that the number he'd given originally was correct. He told us not to change anything, while he worked to resolve the issue. Fortunately, Kyle was able to get a closing cost concession and we only had to pay the revised lower amount we were told was the final number Virtual closing - my wife and I were in two separate locations, not in Texas, at the time of closing. Closing for me was fairly straightforward. I downloaded the app and completed ID verification, document review and signing in about 45 minutes. My wife, Terri, had difficulty with her ID verification through the online site, she had to download the app, at which point she was able to complete the closing without any other issues. Three weeks later our loan was sold to another company. After the sale, we received a "new" document to review... our VA Notification of Value, and an issue with the closing from Terri's signatures where, the notary missed her required signature on a VA Disclosure document. This required a second Notary for the VA Disclosure... and a new document review process by my wife and I nearly six weeks after we closed on the home. Construction/Local sales office (Tile/Sheetrock) - We purchased our home through a Real Estate agent and found the location through various online resources. We did a virtual tour of the home and my mother had walked through with the agent and sales consultant (Ben) from Lennar Eastwood. On the surface and at first glance the home looks very good... when you start looking at details you start to see where Lennar cuts corners on their building design/construction... my biggest issue is/was with the finished product and look of the tile work and sheetrock fit and finish. About two months before our closing date, I was able to actually visit the home and noticed two very disturbing issues... first, the tile work, the edges of the tile were raw edge (cut pieces), instead of using a bull nose tile for a corners which would provide a smooth, professional, finished look, they preferred to specify that the tiles just have a grouted edge, versus something like a bull nose smooth corner tile or an edge rail with a nice caulk line for sealing purposes... for a smooth finished look... either option would look better than the current "finished" product. When I brought this to Ben's attention and looked at the model home (which looks exactly the same), I was told "you're only paying $300,000 for a home what kind of quality do you expect"? Another Lennar homesite in the same area of Texas that we're living in yet sells the same floorplan for 200,000 more. I'm very disappointed paying 300K for the product that we received, I'd be furious if I paid 500K for our home and saw the same quality of work that was performed by Lennar and their sub-contractors. Sheetrock work in the home was another significant quality issue. A vast majority of outlets and light covers had gaps between the sheetrock where the hole was cut for the receptacle and what the cover plate actually covered (basically a large number of holes were cut too big for the receptacle). The only solution after overcutting a receptacle hole like that is to put sheetrock mud in the gap. However, instead of removing cover plates, mudding the gap, touching up the mud and texture and then putting the cover back over the finished product, the finish team instead just mudded the gaps with covers in place. Numerous cover plates had mud splatter on them, which we had to clean off after closing. I even identified these issues to Ben during unofficial walk-throughs I did during the time before closing. Again, Ben gave me a non-chalant response which seemed to indicate that Ben could care less about the quality of the product that he is selling, as long as he can keep finding suckers to put into Lennar Homes. Most identified issues during the walk through were fixed before occupancy, however, two significant problems were identified and not resolved, one issue was regarding the sheetrock/wall behind the pedestal sink in the powder room. That wall has a significant curve to it. It's behind the sink, but very obvious that the wall is warped. The last issue is the Disposal, which doesn't work currently because the construction crew dumped waste mud/grout down the kitchen sink and bound up the disposal. It hasn't been fixed yet, because we put in a warranty claim and weren't able to be on-site while I was still in Texas. We'll be submitting a new claim to get it fixed this week. I'm highly dissatisfied with Lennar, I'm hoping that the home and construction will be better than service received to date. Feel free to contact with questions. ... More

I read some of the horror stories about Lennar Homes and thought that it was just people that were angry over ridiculous nonsensical things. However, I can tell you firsthand that the finish quality craftsmanship is so poor and so unchecked they have no quality service control whatsoever. The house was full of so many poor quality finishing that I had to make a list that should never have had occurred of the poor, finishing quality of the home. I have bought probably 16 homes during my life and I even worked for companies that build homes and I’ve never seen poor quality control ever people get excited when they buy a home and they look around real fast but if you look at all the baseboards all the trims around the doors, actually look at the walls in the joining of the walls to the ceiling, checking the cabinets and the quality of the fitting of the of all these moldings and cabinets and the quality of the actual finishing product. Then you will see so many poorly done finishing that you wonder how they even sell any homes I’m trying to be polite here so if you want to have pictures, I’ll send you pictures of my finished home and everything that I am making Lennar do again to make it right it is horrifying and honestly I am aghast at how poorly this homeless finished good luck. I wouldn’t buy here. Good luck! ... More

There was no effort to make the new home buying experience nice. I have bought 4 other new homes and this experience was the worst by a long shot. Additionally, the quality of the home is very poor, from appliances to dry wall work to doors not closing properly.

This is my family's first new home purchase. I wish I could say that everything went as well as we wanted but that is simply not the case. Lennar moved our closing date several times. There was no infrastructure set up for internet in the home until 3 weeks after our closing date. The whole thing felt rushed and then ultimately stalled toward the end. I feel that Lennar just wanted to get this one penciled in the books before it was truly move-in ready. We have been here a couple of months now and have submitted multiple work orders for a Ring Security System that was not working properly (and still isn't), missing corner brackets throughout the linen closets, inaccessibility to internet, etc. Be sure to inspect your home thoroughly before moving in and make sure EVERY appliance works. Our dishwasher was not connected properly nor was our Ring system working, and there were several lights dangling in the home due to poor installation. We are thankful that the neighborhood is so friendly, and schools are rated so high because that is what is keeping us here. Lennar leaves much to be desired especially for a home that cost north of half a million dollars. ... More

Lennar was huge disappointment. Lack of communication from sales agent and construction manager made the purchase and building process very frustrating and difficult. If we didn’t love the neighborhood we would have walked away.

My sales person was awful. Always on us for a signature, however, when I needed anything, the responses were few and far between.

Jack our sales rep was not very responsive to our questions and what was going on with house at all. After closing (which was a fiasco) you think we hear from him but no, not a word. We still have broken cabinet in bathroom and door in breakfast nook that was to be fixed never was. Closet door has one handle not painted. Called customer care about spare bathroom shower having a stress fracture and I have yet to hear from our customer representative who is supposed to be taken over claim. I sure would like to have these items addressed. Also it would’ve been nice to warn people who bought house that with the water system your water bill would be over 500. Talked to other neighbors and they warned us and our bill was 700 because we ran the water like we told to do. ... More

Honestly, the communication from Lennar has been disappointing, chaotic and unprofessional. From the complete lack of a response for weeks regarding delays in closing to the 50+ list of "punch out items" that reflect poorly done and rushed workmanship, I could not recommend Lennar less to any future buyers.

We thought we were working with a reputable company but soon realized our sales representative Kristy at new Braunfels was the ONLY GOOD THING about our experience at lennar. Our construction manager Trey couldn’t have been more passive and untrustworthy, he was here bc it gave him a paycheck not because he wanted to deliver a quality home. The sub contractors you guys allow to work on the homes I’m baffled. I do no construction but have already fixed all the cosmetic issues your contractors left behind and Trey refused to have them come back and fix, one example of many the masonry guys left mortar all over our driveway/porch which dried and never got scrapped up so now we have dry mortar all over our driveway (Trey specifically said while we were on our way to closing that the power was guys were coming to get it up not to worry. Well that didn’t happen) . We’ve talked to all the neighbors and everybody has a story on how terrible their experience was with lennar as the builder of their home. The only reason we stayed was because Kristy went above and beyond 8 month pregnant, coming in early to clean up after the terrible cleaners had already supposedly cleaned. Scrapping paint off the floors herself. If it wasnt for Kristy fighting for us and trying to correct lennar mistakes the best she could we would’ve walked away no matter the fact that our started home had already sold and we wouldve been homes less for the time being. ... More

The construction supervisor was unresponsive to concerns and issues brought to his attention through out the build - issues that should have been fixed before drywall so later entire walls had to be ripped down and re constructed. The issues were allowed to accumulate while the typical response received was “Lennar has a process”. After having the construction supervisor removed from the premises due to his circular communication style and near absolute lack of action to cure issues his supervisor started making changes however this was very late in the schedule. So this is how they will process you through a purchase 1) hold on addressing any concerns until the very end, a week before closing 2) they will tell you over and over that there is a certain standard of workmanship they adhere to and do not everything will be perfect (that was the response when on the fourth communication, I demanded the staircase railing be fully screwed into the wall instead of a 1/8-1/4in gap being left there and filled with putty. They will not have the gas turned on so your home inspector can check everything, they will give your home inspector a hard time to minimize his time onsite and ability to find issues. 4) they will tell you that you have only one hour to tour the home and identify concerns, that you are not allowed to use tape to mark defects and that they will do that later. They will then proceed to spend 30mins of that hour reviewing the warranty that they could have just emailed you and no they don’t even give you a hard copy of it. 5) at the end of that walkthrough they demand you sign a form that states you CANNOT add anything to this list of defects after that signature is applied. 5) after signing they met contractors into the home tracking thick mud up and down the stairs, carpet and hard flooring and no they don’t clean it up, they wait until you complain about it. 6) then they attempt to make the corrections BUT they won’t have time to make them all and then expect you to (after all of the above) “trust” that they will get it done after you have paid for the home and closed. 7) after closing they will berate you into accepting less that you should, I literally had shingles standing up on the roof that you can see from the ground and both the stand-in construction supervisor and his boss told me point blanket that had no intention of fixing it even though it was listed on my home inspection report. Etc etc etc. This could go on for another 2000 words but you get the point. This is the 4th house I have purchased and not the first new construction home either. It was a bad experience and I don’t attribute it to unreasonable expectations. BEWARE. I can say - the warranty experience thus far has been reasonable. ... More

building process was fine, error on closing statement took months to resolve

Everyone was so nice when we were closing and now POOF no one is to be found. No one is responsive when we reach out with issues or concerns. It’s been just about 3 months and no one’s checked in on our 3 month follow up. Part of exterior of the home hasn’t been painted. Our fireplace only works sometimes and we don’t have a point of contact. There’s a missing vent flap that I can’t get anyone to replace so I’m fearful birds will move in. The ring system has been very difficult to set up as the builders put up pieces of it and didn’t leave all the instructions. The myQ for the garage door openers is just the cheap $30 add on you can buy at Menards and isn’t built into the garage door openers. The garage door opener isn’t the nice quiet one it’s loud and clunky. The deadbolt isn’t lined up right and there aren’t instructions to program it so we just bought a new one. Worried about what will happen when if we have a major problem since no one answers texts or calls. ... More