Lennar Reviews in Charleston, SC

The loan officers and sales representatives were very helpful. The second construction manager, Chris, DID NOT follow through on the items he promised would be fixed and they still are not fixed. This puts unnecessary stress on the buyer.

Bad bad bad. Issues with cement and grading of property. I can’t even walk between my house and neighbors. I lost a sneaker in the mud and lawn mower gets stuck. This was brought up at the last walkthrough and said it would be addressed. Never was and now it might cost me thousands to make right. I have 8 kids that are all adults and home buying. I have told them all to look elsewhere

After I moved In I started to see things I did not see in my walk through, like paint issues cracks, the flat paint is terrible and the color is not great. I now have a window that water comes In through and ruined my window sill and wall they can’t come fix it for 2 weeks.

Buying experience was great and easy, got update calls every other week from builder. Lennar severely lacks in skilled labor, many issues with craftsmanship, month and a half in to our new home and still a long list of items to address.

Nice home, but many issues and no response on the issues. Still waiting for the back door lock to be repaired. Not very safe without it! And can still see outside front door when closed

Disappointed to discover that our new home needs so many fixes/has so many deficiencies (including code violations). Would think that, for the price we paid, quality of materials and workmanship would have been better.

The overall quality of the workmanship and warranty repairs are a joke. Dealing with the constant repairs and all too familiar "no call no shows" are a full time job. I've lost count of the number of repair tickets I submitted and I've burned through all of my vacation time rescheduling appointments because it is almost guaranteed that there's going to be a no show. I regret this purchase and I will never purchase another Lennar.

Let’s start off with the good. Jennifer in the sales team, was great to work with. Everything else has not been a good experience. The craftsmanship of the house is not of the quality you would expect from Lennar or any home builder. There are so many issues with the home. Once we submit a ticket the team try and take the easy way out of fixing the problem and then it looks worse than it did originally. The team have to fix it numerous times and it fix is not of the quality you would want for a brand new home. Another issue is the lack of responsiveness to getting open tickets done. We have opened tickets do to poor craftsmanship and sometimes they will close them without fixing them. I would not recommend Lennar as a home builder. ... More

We was lennar mortgage and it was the worst experience we had buying a home. Our saleswoman was great. Our foreman was awesome House was built great

The builders were great, the mortgage people were great but the initial sales rep, Andy, was a pain to work with making the overall experience terrible. I had to run down answers to my questions on the status of my house/lot several times and when questioning what the hold up was I was only ever told no updates. For a first time home buying experience it was pretty terrible.

It’s a new never lived in home

I love my house, the workmanship is great but I am very disappointed that the swimming pool will not be installed until the summer or 2021 when I was told it would be built by 2020. Management has not reached out to make accommodations for us to perhaps utilize nearby facilities until the pool is place. Also there has been a recent decrease in the value of townhomes in Grand Bees which is very disconcerting.

Overall rushed, sell sell sell.a lot of feeling of false caring.

Signed on the dotted line, lined up our own mortgage lender and attorney...poof...there went the customer service for Lennar's Sales Team member, Lori. No longer answered emails, didn't tell us how to get vital information regarding our home (mailbox keys, HOA info/login, etc). As soon as you use anyone but their title, mortgage or lawyers, you're dead to them & good luck. Make sure you do an independent inspection of your home prior to move in. Lennar will tell you they have an "independent" inspection but don't believe them. We found 3 code violations and multiple issues with our house, including water damage after their inspection was already completed. Post inspection and since moving in, we've found whole sheets of drywall that weren't properly nailed in place, unsealed tile, uneven and missing flooring/carpet, uneven doorways and doors that don't close properly/are cut incorrectly. The list goes on daily. The only saving grace thus far has been the warranty department. We've had two positive experiences with having major things fixed & if it wasn't for that, I would regret buying this house entirely. Expect to replace pretty much anything builder grade within the first year or so and you'll be much more in tune with the reality of a Lennar home. ... More

We were happy with how things were going until the last two weeks to close. The Lennar rep dropped the ball and made it stressful. The punchlist items were not completed until the morning we closed. We didn’t get the Welcome Home banner or rug rolled out made us feel like just a number. And lastly there still are no street lights and it gets dark at 5pm was told these would be hooked up 2 weeks ago.

Average experience. Closed on a new construction home almost 2 months ago. Sales office wasn’t particularly great at communicating, nor was the loan officer and processor team. Lennar is building at a furious rate and likely running their staff into burnout but I am not a first time home buyer and felt better attended to in previous experiences, none with Lennar. I don’t have any glowing praise to offer. The 1 year warranty inspection will tell the true story of the build quality, which in Lindera does not have a stellar reputation thus far. They did hold to the closing schedule which I appreciate, and kept their word on the interest rate float down option. ... More

Would not buy from them again. Lots of things wrong, from windows that won’t open to gaps in the crown mounding. Not to mention the closing was delayed 5 weeks due to forgotten steps with the city. Made my first home-buying experience very upsetting.

The workmanship on this house is ridiculous. There is paint on the carpet, clumps of caulking everywhere, careless installation of the water lines, paint splattered on the floors….honestly, I could go on and on. The response to my work repair requests have been great so far.

Bought from across the country wasn’t able to be there along the way. A lot of qc issues from slanted walls, terrible paint, non existent cleanup. Pretty disappointed with the build compared to 2 others we have built

The Good: Lennar is a quick builder. The Bad: The home quality is not the best. There are some things done great, like the master bath and the gourmet kitchen. However a gourmet kitchen consist of a gas range top and a stainless exhaust hold. And the gas top was left unmounted and slid around the first time we cooked on it. Had to have that fixed properly. Understand these are spec homes with a 40 day start to finish turnaround. As you can imagine, this is a quantity over quality home build. Make sure you order your own home inspection prior to your first walkthrough before closing. It’s $500 well spent. Lennar will not tell you what is not correct in your brand new home. If you don’t see it or point it out, Lennar will gladly sell it to you just the way it is. Broken or poor quality. They will gladly sell you a poorly built home. You will have to pay extra to have your garage painted after you move in. That’s not optional. You will have to install your own towel and toilet paper hardware in the bathrooms after you move in. Lennar doesn’t supply those either. And no mention of that when purchasing. A first for me. The drywall finish and wood trim craftsmanship is terrible. We found lots of areas that needed repaired during our walkthrough before closing. The Lennar project manager for our home walked through our home for four hours and taped the areas of repair or replacement. After moving in we realized that the tape had only been removed and most of the repairs were not fixed by the day of closing. So we have had three rounds of repairs after we’ve moved in and still ongoing. Pre home inspection revealed the attic insulation had areas with 4” of insulation. Had to have contractors come back to spray more insulation. The concrete finish in our garage is horrible. Lots of divots, lumps, gravel is almost sticking through the finish. Lots of cracks in the floor. Crack across the main foundation footer at the garage door entry. The sidewalk your door is the same. Terrible concrete finish. And they broomed the finish different directions on the same sidewalk. The master bathroom shower tile had lots of areas with no grout. Lennar sent someone to fix. The halfway did it and left smeared grout all over the tile. Had to go back and wipe everything down before it hardened. Back patio concrete was not finished at the screen door and there was large opening along bottom of door. Lennar sent someone to fix. The basically took cement and filled the gaps. Now the concrete looks patched and poor quality. The bottom of the screened porch where it meets the side of the house had about a 1” x 4” gap that was left open for snakes and bugs to access the screen porch area. Just terrible quality. The dormer window glass over the front porch was left broken. Had to have someone replace that. Pay attention to the electric, light switches and electrical outlets. They are placed in the most odd places. Some light switches in our home were place 2 feet from the door. You have to feel around in the dark to find them. The electrical plugins are randomly spaced on the walls. About one per wall regardless of wall length. So not very user friendly to use if you want to conceal electrical chords. There are 6 lights in the kitchen operating from one light switch. Lennar is installing the absolute bare minimum switches and electrical outlets. When you open the electrical breaker box, you will notice there’s are more blank spaces than used spaces. That’s because they installed bare minimum electrical devices. The 11’ x 17’ screened porch had one electrical outlet. Horrible design. Ceiling lights are minimal. One 4” glad LED in all rooms except kitchen. The living room has one 4” LED in the middle. The lights over the kitchen island are not spaced evenly. So you can’t change out the 4” LED to a nice pendent light unless you have the lights relocated. I think the minimum lighting is installed so you can’t see all the horrible craftsmanship during your walkthrough. The heat pump piping is installed in the master bedroom wall and the pump outside the window. As you can imagine, it is loud and the pipes vibrate in the wall. Absolutely horrible design and location. You will hear the noise as long as you live in your new home. And Lennar will not allow any change to the plans or equipment location when building. The walls and ceilings are all one paint color. Gray. That’s all you get. Both garage doors had to be readjusted to close gaps. My advice, don’t mug a Lennar home. If you do, get a home inspection before you close. Ask to see the building plans and make sure everything is where is should be. Be prepared to spend alot of extra money after you move in to upgrade all of the lights, paint, and else upgrades to make your home how a normal good quality home would be built. Be prepared to settle for less in a home, and to pay more for less. Personally, I would never recommend buying a Lennar home after our experience this year September 12, 2024 up until today November 14, 2024. If I could sell and move without the burdens, would do so today. Do your homework for different builders and compare quality on the quality and craftsmanship between builders. Read reviews and assume you might be the next buyer to experience the nightmares. ... More

Try to contact to the builder to fix some stuff at house , no answer

We love the floor plan of the house, general layout an functions. We love the neighborhood too which is why we bought Lennar. Aside from those the experience was painful and exhausting. The amount of quality control I had to do on their work is unreasonable. Rarely could they provide straightforward answers and if something wasn't right they didn't have a path to escalate issues. You have to go find executives to complain to yourself. The design and marketing teams are top notch. They get you in the door and so excited but when it comes to sales and building you realize delivering is not their focus. We had so many issues with that we were told or lead to believe we would be receiving in the house vs what was actually delivered. Often times they could not confirm many details for us. They build things saying this is what the plan calls for but you can't see the plan and that plan doesn't seem to have the other information you are trying to figure out. If you buy Lennar, pay for at least 3 independent inspections of your own. Document EVERYTHING, every conversation with them, issues you find and all concerns you have. Know that the next year after you move in you'll spend setting up appointments for trades to come back and fix things in the house which means you'll have to be home alot and you'll have to clean up after the trades alot. ... More

very nice community but the nearest school for my kids to attend is over 30 mins away and estimated bus drive is 1.5 hours. If we needed to pick up or drop off our kids it would consume over 2 hours a day spent driving. If you have kids that need to attend school do not move here. also the infrastructure has not been addressed. One builder is dropping 700 homes and the roads are single lane each way. This area is going to be a mess for several years until the growth catches up to the homes being built.

Lennar’s house plans are very well done for modern living. Materials are as advertised. Home care warranty is practically worthless. And their people can be spiteful if you get upset with their poor service.

Do not use Lennar mortgage. Maybe it was just my loan officer but phone calls weren’t returned. Emails not answered and I was told I was getting money back at closing. Then I wasn’t. Then I was. I was told to put 10% down but it turned out it should only have been 5%. Then I was told PMI had to have insurance on it in order to get it cancelled if I paid it off early. Then I was charged $7000 for it. Go to any other lender. Not lennar lending.