Lennar Reviews

Lennar made first time home buying a miserable experience. Poor communication from every aspect possible. Very unprofessional. We will never buy another house with Lennar again.

This is our first Lennar home. Very disappointed! Garage door not working after purchase, took two weeks for someone to come out! Lousy customer service. They are nice before closing, afterwards, zero customer service. Run, don't walk away from this builder! Cheap appliances, cheap paint used on walls, We moved from AZ where the builder actually cared about their customers. Very disappointed and let down by this builder. Would NEVER buy another Lennar home or recommend to anyone.

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.

My sales associate was not very knowledgeable abt the questions I had and he was easily offended. The lender scrutinized our accounts and disqualified the money we had to bring to closing. The house's workmanship and materials seems well built but lacking some very important features that leave a big impression like no sprinkler system, no garage door opener, no covered back porch, no fans in any room, dining area too small for a dining table, living room too narrow, and grass is dying. Our plan is to sell as soon as possible and get into something better suited for our family.

If I could give a 0 I would. I have barely been in my home a month and the paint is already chipping on this cheap siding y’all used. Some of the door knobs are loose. I called to get help with the thermostat you wanted to do a virtual call and couldn’t help with something so simple. I referred 2 friends which I’m sorry I did because y’all gave and is still giving 1 a bad experience. My sales person the one who sold me the house asked me who was my sales person when I went in the office to tell them that the fridge they promised me was not in my home. I was in total disbelief I said YOU ma’am. My house had so many things that needed to be done I couldn’t believe because of it being a new house. I was like did they think they were building it for a baby doll or dog. The shingles weren’t properly put on. I will not recommend anyone else to purchase a home with you all again. ... More

The sales person was the rudest person I ever had to deal with. She’s been fired from Norm. A lot of other housing developments. She is very rude and condescending.

We purchased our home a few months back and the process seemed like it was never going to end. Our sales agent Devonte did nothing besides open up the house for us to view and collect his commission, the process of getting approved was so murky that we never felt confident during any point in the process that we were going to end up with the home. The grading on our backyard was terrible, planks in our fence are already falling down, and 2 months in I have already had to have the irrigation company, flooring company, plumbing and a contractor come out to fix various issues that should have be fixed prior to move in. The workers in our neighborhood leave their trash, nails and other materials thrown around for the residents to clean. Awful first home buying experience ... More

It is take it or leave it with Lennar. No changes possible. When you ask office staff a question they are wrong most of the time.

From Agent in the Palm River neighborhood that told us so many things that weren't true or factual in anyway ( Like the Ring Camera that we specifically asked about multi times). She never communicated throughout the process. The price of the home changed multi times. The walk through had a considerably more bluetape markup and issues then any standard. the final closing a week later more than half of the stuff was not fixed or addressed and has carried on for weeks to them properly addressed and have not been able to fully move in the home almost two months later for lack of issues being addressed like the marks on the tile flooring. the place was never really clean at all on move in day. I had to spend hundreds of dollars in cleaning supplies and tools to do it myself. ... More

First, we do love the house. However, Lennar has been a nightmare to work with. Up until the middle of January, we were told our house would be ready at the end of April of 2024 which would have been perfect timing for us. On January 18th we were told that we would be closing 12 days later on January 30th, giving us almost no warning whatsoever. If we delayed closing at all they were going to charge us $300 per day (READ YOUR CONTRACT!) for the delay. So we said fine, let us get our inspector in, like we mentioned at the beginning. They told us "Well, you need 30 days notice before closing in order to have your own inspector come in." How is that possible when we only got 12 days notice of closing?? Then, when we did close, they wanted an additional 10K and then "we will send you a check for the 10K later" ABSOLUTELY NOT! We didn't close until 8 hours later because they never asked for the sourcing of a 10K transfer from a savings account and just figured we would pay the additional 10 thousand dollars. Then yesterday, our plumbing was extremely backed up where sewage was literally coming up the tub. Lennar's plumber came and said this is a county issue. The county came and said we warned Lennar this was going to happen, the entire block pipes had so much dirt in them that everyone was having these major issues! STAY AWAY FROM LENNAR. ... More

Avoid this place like the plague. The only smooth thing about the buying process was dealing with the finance/mortage department (the people who take your money. Go figure.) It is also usually a dump as they don’t make the contractors clean up after themselves. It was pretty bad before enough residents complained to force their hand. This developer has been a headache from the start. I started the initial paperwork on Thursday 01/18/24 around roughly 9pm. My walkthrough was then scheduled for Friday 01/26. I contacted a 3rd party inspector on 01/20 to complete an inspection on 1/26 a few hours prior to the walkthrough. Lennar informed me their policy states the 3rd party inspection needs to be a week prior to the walkthrough. Well how could that be possible given the timeline I just listed? I was then told the walkthrough had to be pushed back a week to accommodate their policy or the closing date could be pushed back and I was “threatened” fees if that were the case. I was also informed the the reason the 3rd party inspection needed to be done a week prior was to give Lennar time to correct faults found on the report. Well, the inspection was done, I went to my first walkthrough and not one single thing was rectified from the 3rd party inspection. Not a single thing was fixed when I went back for the second walkthrough on 02/02. Nothing was fixed until the day before close, including some repairs finished on the morning of closing day (02/07) During this process I was lucky to catch a clerical mistake. Lennar didn’t even have the right house listed on the paperwork. Luckily was rectified quick enough so nobody else could buy the house I chose. After close, their contractor crews used my driveway and water supply (our water company is notoriously expensive) to install the neighbors sod. Was driveway was left covered in dirt. Trash and a piece of water hose was left in my yard. Now we are approaching 7 weeks since closing, AND I STILL DON’T HAVE SOD. I have to drive my dog out of the neighborhood to use the bathroom after a rain or interior of my home is wrecked from the mud. Yet people who closed nearly 2 weeks after me are beginning to get sod. ... More

There's a lot of little issues with the house, mostly cosmetic. The dishwasher door doesn't close it's scraping the top of the counter. There's a lot of shotty work. The door frames are about an inch from the floor so they just filled it in with caulk. The grout is like sand and it just dusts away when you clean, it it just comes out from in between the tiles.. several broke in half quarter round pieces that they just fixed it with caulk, one door frame is even made with two separate pieces of wood that they just poorly patched but my biggest problem is the fact that this house has laminate plank flooring. I was told that it was lvp flooring, luxury VINYL plank flooring. On the listing and on the website for these homes it says hardwood which I knew it wasn't hardwood. On the appraisal for the house it says Hardwood but it's laminate garbage and I know it is because my dog threw up in the middle of the night and now the floor is warped and vinyl doesn't do that. The warranty guy I think his name was Joe even said it was vinyl flooring when he was doing the new home orientation. I wouldn't even have considered this house I wouldn't have even looked at these homes if I knew it was laminate flooring because my previous home had laminate flooring. ... More

As a fristime homebuyer, the sale associate, the lender and Lennar overall made the experiences tedious and difficult. The lack of communication, attention, and assistance during the process were unbelievable.

I’ve written my review on another questionnaire and it’s too long to write: but this was the worst experience for myself and my family . Worst , and I do not write negative reviews , so that should say something.

From the beginning, the Lennar Sales team was not responsive to initial inquiries we submitted for home we were interested in. It required me to follow up on weekly/bi-weekly basis before a representative even provided the information on the available homes and the plans. I felt like I was inconveniencing her asking for information. Once we signed the purchasing agreement, we submitted the application to Lennar Financial who waited a few weeks before reviewing and starting the escrow process. They only started with the paperwork 3 weeks before our close date but indicated it would not be an issue to get our application completed. 2 weeks prior to our close date there were issues arising validating our documents. We had to go back and forth between Lennar's "compliance" team and the loan officer to try to get documents cleared. The whole process was frustrating and insulting. However, we really wanted the home and the area so we proceeded with the purchase despite the issues we were having with Lennar. If we had known the type of company we were dealing with before getting half way through the homebuying process we would have not chosen Lennar or their in-house lender. ... More

I've purchased three houses in my lifetime, but none of the experiences compare to the terrible service provided by Lennar. Starting with the sales team, they are excessively pushy and pressure you into making impulsive decisions. They employ scare tactics and provide misleading information about the property. I strongly advise against making impulsive decisions and recommend thoroughly checking all sales information before making a purchase. Additionally, the sales team will email you the contract but fail to go through it with you to explain any details. The lender team also significantly increases charges without bringing them to your attention. It seems as though they are aware that most buyers don't understand their confusing C2C statements and won't spend much time questioning them. Even if you manage to catch discrepancies by comparing C2C statements with those of other Lennar home buyers, they will attempt to distract you with mind games. I recommend hiring a lawyer or an educated individual who understands closings well to validate their charges. For example, the HOA contribution fee was stated as $100 in the flyer and contract, but they charged me $1050 in the C2C estimate. It's essential to check the loan rate lock, as they may still impose a delay fee on you if home delivery is late due to internal construction issues. There are countless issues you will encounter with the team, and it's incredibly frustrating. While their home quality is good (which is why I bought three houses from them), I had my lawyer help me validate the details for the second and third houses. I strongly urge you to validate all information with an expert. Doing so will save you from numerous headaches and thousands of dollars. ... More

Garage didn’t finish until last minute. Refrigerator has problems since August 2023. It is still not fixed yet. Lennar said will order a new one for me. But never did. Now I’m still waiting for fixing the refrigerator. Closing check documents have not sent to HOA. Don’t know when I can get it.

Sales agent was not helpful

Zero communication. Lack of care in blue tape walkthroughs, unprofessional staff (ESPECIALLY at the Lennar regional level), shoddy craftsmanship. I can especially observe this watching all of the other houses get built around me in Guadalupe Heights in Seguin. Trash getting blown all around, builders trying to steal packages off my front porch, dirt and debris in the road. I will always tell people to avoid Lennar at all costs. Cutting corners should be Lennar’s slogan.

Poor subcontractors choice Lack of supervision of work done by subcontractors Quality of materials poor Mass produced homes to maximize progits

Home buying process felt rushed, our realtor also stated we would receive 2 ceiling fans which were never given. Was told we needed to sign a contract that very same day or else the interest rate and pricing of the home would increase the following day. We asked our agent to go through the contract with us prior to signing and he refused due to him being busy. We ended up having to visit the model home to have another agent explain the contract to us. We believed this was very unprofessional. The loan process required too many personal documents and there were too many contacts to keep updated. We had to re-upload many forms/paperwork into the portal and were quoted 24/48 hour deadlines with the threat of our loan not being approved. We were also not told that our closing day was done in person as we were initially told it was remote. Did not receive the address of the location of closing until 2-4 hours before the building closed. We love our home but the process of buying from Lennar was overly dreadful. ... More

Brio, the home final walk-through, I made them aware of some issues of the flooring of the house and some other details. The day came of the final war. True they weren’t take care of the person in charge told me they were gonna take care of the same day came back after closing they were not taken care of it, plus I believe it was my underwriter. Wait until the last minute to actually start working on my lawn we were supposed to sign on in the morning didn’t sign into 809 at night time then the title company was sending my personal information.

Keys didn’t work to my new home. Went to pick up keys no one was there. They were at a party very poor communication. My son and I had to wait 3 hours for tech to make us new keys. Still waiting to see if you all are going to pay land taxes.

Poor communication throughout the process. Failure of staff to communicate information and process things and respond to questions and queries in a timely manner if at all despite not even even financing the purchase. Poor complication at every level - sales, title, on site, etc….trying to get answers to anything during the process was someone kicking the can or passing the. Ucla to someone else who passed it to the next one and on and on. Also staff doesn’t seem to know what they’re doing or have the right information. Yup, overall just plain bad and glad it’s over.

Bad experience with lennar title.