Lennar Reviews in San Antonio, TX

I have been around home building my entire life and have never seen a house get built with such lack of care. There were so many things that stood out to show that one the contractor is either way to rushed. Or two they just don’t care. Walls with very little or no paint. Tile that didn’t get grouted in places. Brick work that looked like a little kid did it. List goes on and on. This is just the builder side of things. I have plenty of complaints for the entire company.

This review is not in regards to the location, the neighborhood, the local schools, etc... It is strictly about Lennar. I purchased a home from Lennar at the end of May 2019. My experience with Lennar before and after purchasing the home has been terrible. This company lacks communication, consistency, and quality, among other things. When we agreed to purchase the home that we liked, the closing date was originally set for early June 19. Lennar contacted us and said that the closing date could be moved up to mid-May. We agreed to that closing date. When that date finally came around, I took off of work to allow time for the walk-through and all of the paperwork that comes along with closing. It was getting late on the day of closing and Lennar had still not contacted me to come do the walk-through. They finally contacted me and said that there wasn't time to close and we would have to do it at a later day. I went up to look at the house the next day and saw that the house was nowhere near ready and that they made no attempt to even close on the day that they moved it up to. I was extremely frustrated that I sacrificed an entire workday for nothing. Eddie, the area manager, and Drew, the sales rep, made no attempt to apologize or compensate me for this. Several days later, I walked through the house with Mario, the construction manager at the time, and put up blue tape on areas that needed a paint touch-up. After a while he has another appointment and said that Drew, the sales rep, was on his way to assist me in continuing the process. When the sales rep showed up, he aggressively told me to leave the home and that if I didn't like the way it looked, the house wasn't mine to buy. At the same time, I noticed that there was a bird's nest in the attic which was the result of a gap in the roof I had brought to their attention in the past, but they told me it was nothing. My wife and I moved into the home on June 2nd, and there are issues that we identified before ever purchasing the home that we are still dealing with today. The most recent is chips in the floor, which has now turned into a 5-week process just to replace a couple of panels on the floor. Lennar left the laundry room vent blocked which caused a blockage between my dryer machine and the vent exit on the ceiling of the house. This is a major fire hazard. The fence gate has broke 3 times. Paint on the outside of the house began to peel off. There was a missing baseboard. There was paint in the carpet and on the flooring throughout the house, and when I brought this up they told me to just to get a washcloth and clean it up myself. There are paint chips and inconsistencies in the paint in every single room of the house, they told me to use the provided touch up paint to fix it myself. I appreciate that the house came with sod and an irrigation system, but the way they laid the sod was extremely careless. Since we first met with Lennar, we have gone through 3 construction managers. As you can imagine, this has caused inconsistency and confusion in communication. I would never recommend Lennar to any of my friends or family. I strongly discourage anyone that reads this to buy a Lennar home. ... More

Not happy with most things at the home and the purchase experience

Too many different people involved in the process and a lack of accountability. Move in items were not completed timely and still finding issues.

The most frustrating home buying process I’ve experienced. The mortgage team continuously sent documents for signature with errors, and when pointed out repeated said to just sign them as they were only for underwriting and we’d just be signing them again later with different info. Very uncomfortable process. I was still resigning corrected papers a month after closing that I had pointed out previously and told to not worry. They also rarely responded to questions without multiple attempts for info, but were always in a hurry to have documents returned immediately regardless of the time of time they were sent to us. The sales liaison was also less than helpful and was somewhat misleading in the process. We bought while out of state, and were sold the promise of a wonderful community center and amenities that our somewhat high HOA payments would be going towards. At every chance when we asked about the status of the amenities, we were ignored. Once in the area we discovered they had not started the actual plans or construction for this yet. Not until closing day did we get the response that the amenity center would not be ready for at least another year. This is a large selling feature for most new developments in the area, and this turns out to be the only community putting it as a last priority. There are almost 100 houses already finished as well and no ground even broken for the center. This makes the neighborhood feel even more like just living in a construction zone rather than a new community. It’s also hard then to understand what our HOA fees are actually paying for? They do not come off as building a community at all. Most importantly, the worst part has been dealing with the construction team. The quality of care for our new home is very substandard with zero accountability. They did not ensure having utilities on for the home for a 3rd party inspection, and they blamed the inspector despite our prior and detailed coordination (and the inspector checking in with the office), so we were not able to check any electrical or HVAC items in the house. During the orientation walk thru we went through more than 3 rolls of blue tape due to poor craftsmanship throughout the home, and a painter just kept walking around removing it behind us until we noticed and stopped them. Eventually we moved in with multiple electrical issues present, cracked window frame, faulty lights, paint on carpets, unfinished work, uncorrected cosmetic blue tape items throughout the home. And worst of all, the construction team completely abused the use of our home while we were away directly upon closing AND after. On closing day, I entered my home for the first time to find workers sitting in my home eating their lunch. I kicked them out and notified the Construction manager but nothing happened. We travelled out of state right after, and came back to a home that was left unlocked (they had to change the door after we moved in as the one prior was uneven and they didn’t ensure locking the house!), and there was clear evidence workers had been in the home to use the bathroom as well as changed out materials for use in another home (a damaged door was newly installed on a closet where a good one had been and random pieces of window trim were lying around that weren’t there at closing). Again notified the manager, again all apologies, but no change as the very next day the workers continued to plug power tools into our outside outlets for their use. The plumbing ended up clogged as well as a result of workers flushing loads of wipes while using our home as their bathroom when we were gone or before closing. The sod was also laid very poorly with issues found in the irrigation system, with no communication with us or response to our concerns during or after the process. So I fixed the irrigation myself, but am still left with a lawn that was laid with large patches of holes throughout. If I don’t have to involve them in fixing things anymore, I don’t as there’s no trust. There is no oversight over the workers in the community it seems. Only one saving grace is a single customer care rep named Ken who still fights for us to get our issues fixed. He alone seems to keep the team mildly accountable at least for warranty repairs. This all sounds like a lot of complaining, but it’s been a seriously frustrating and overall unacceptable process for what was supposed to be a wonderful new home experience. I can’t recommend enough against Lennar in Brookmill. Hopefully corporate management tracks the mismanagement and waste in this community and changes things. ... More

Did not enjoy our experience.

Just not a good experience in any way except Travis our concierge. We feel mislead and ripped off. Delays. Horrible communication. We knew Lennar is not a top builder, but we’re not expecting this? Ever heard of closing at 11P? Ever heard of a builder trying to coverup a breakin during construction? You will.

1. Every Loan processor that was involved with our loan, whether it were a Senior Loan Processor or not, kept asking for the same documents repeatedly after they have been sent. We were emailed on 9/5/23, 9/8/23, 9/14/23, 9/15/23 to provide a copy of social security card, but we were informed by Bryan D. that the 1099 form would suffice as a form of their SSN. 2. With said loan processors, they kept insisting that there was a bank account that had belonged to me and my husband, when they actually belonged to my in-laws, even after being told countless times that it did not belong to us. 3. Loan Processor, Bryan D., was asked several times what the interest rate and monthly payments were and he had refrained from sending that specific information. I do not feel comfortable, nor do I think it is right, to have to walk into my closing appointment with absolutely no idea what my costs will be. Would anybody feel comfortable with this? Or am I just another paycheck for you all, so my interests don’t matter? 4. The incompetent communication between the New Home consultant and the Construction manager regarding the appliances being installed prior to the third party home inspection. 5. I scheduled the original NHO virtually with Kristine M., who is a part of the Homebuyer concierge, since that was an option, but at the time of the appointment, no one reached out to me to give me any FaceTime call or zoom meeting link when I tried reaching out for this information. In fact, no one confirmed the appointment with me at all. 6. My parents were with me during the second walk through on 9/19. During the third walk through, on 9/21, we were not informed Nicole C. that we could not have my parents do the walkthrough for us. My husband and I cannot take off days easily as we both work Monday-Friday from 8-5. My in laws, who are the co-signers, are out of the country. And my husband and I had taken 9/22 off for closing. Coincidentally, I could not schedule anything after 5pm due to Lennar’s schedule for their employees. I figured with our circumstance with the other two co-signers being in a different country, having my parents proxy would be alright since they went to the second walk through with me. 7. During the third walk through, everything that was discussed during the walk through from 9/19 was NOT addressed and the house was extremely dirty a DAY BEFORE closing. We requested another walk through same day at 530pm. I was informed by the New Home Consultant, Diana M. that we would be meeting with another Customer Rep Jose M. as a courtesy because he doesn’t get paid overtime. This gentleman did not show up with the walk through list and was unprepared. We were informed to be on time since this was a courtesy from Lennar, but he came unprepared..? There would not have to had been a FOURTH walk through if everything that was discussed during the SECOND walk through had been addressed appropriately. And, my parents’ time would not have been wasted. This caused the paperwork that Lennar Mortgage needed to be pushed back because we needed to wait for the builder to sign off the statement. I do not appreciate the number of walkthroughs being blamed on us because had everything been addressed, only ONE would have been needed. 8. The New Home Consultant Diana M. was not very pleasant with me on the phone when she had informed me that my father was disrespectful to the customer care representatives and stormed off during the second walk through. This was completely false information, as she wasn’t even there at the walk through, nor has he even met her. 9. On closing day, we were to do the closing remotely for the convenience of my in laws since they are in the Philippines, a different country, meaning 13+ hours ahead of us. We received the notarization linvitation link at noon, which is 1am in the Philippines. We were informed that as long as everyone signs before 4pm and funds are received, we would be able to receive the keys to the house. We’ve told Lennar Mortgage countless times that the co-signers were OUT OF THE COUNTRY and the time difference is crucial for documents that were given to us with two day deadlines. 10. There was an IT issue with the Proof Closing team. As that issue was being resolved, my husband and I made our way to Lennar title to make sure we make it on time to drop off the closing fee funds and I could do my portion of the notarizing on the way so we can make the deadline to receive the keys. 11. As I start my process with speaking to a notary Ralph W, he immediately noticed that my first name on my drivers license does not match the signed documents that were signed. The notary wanted me to reach out to the loan officer, Bryan D., to see how we would proceed with this issue. We waited several minutes before calling to ask him if he saw our text message regarding the issue. He never did. We never got to close on our house the day we were supposed to due to this department’s incompetence. 11. With three Loan Processors, Bryan D., Mel J., Christine S., two of them being Senior Loan Processors, Mel J. and Christine S., they all still missed the fact that my Drivers License and SSN card have different first names. This was not caught until our CLOSING day when it should have been caught day one. And that is to name A FEW mistakes that Lennar has made. Lennar has made my husband’s and my first time home buyer experience the worst experience we’ve ever had. There was no care, there was no compassion, and there was no initiative to help when we needed it most. When it comes to something that they need, they need it ASAP. But, when it comes to something that you need, everyone drags their feet and points their finger with nothing getting done. They’ll just give you a $150 Amazon gift card when they get your name wrong. ... More

My overall home buying experience was stressful and almost traumatic. By far the worst purchasing experience I've ever dealt with. There was an extreme lack of communication with everyone involved. My closing date was moved up without my knowledge only to satisfy the managers' quota for the month. I felt more like a number on a sales performance board than an actual customer making one of the most important purchasing decisions of my life. My interest rate was changed from what was discussed so I had to follow up multiple times to have it changed back. The house repairs were not fixed from the orientation by the time of my closing date, but I was still forced to close on that day. Lennar (although at fault for not fulfilling their obligations) gave me an ultimatum to close on the 28th of August or I would lose out on the deal. No one was sympathetic to my frustrations. I've purchased a home in the past, so I know the difference between good customer service and whatever it is that Lennar calls this. ... More

From being promised the wrong interest rate to having the closing date moved (not to mention several times) on the day of because of negligence from a laborer on sight. I would not recommend working with this specific San Antonio branch. The communication within Lennar was clearly poor and made the experience excruciating.

The buyer process was so many people involved, had to do too much coordination on my own. Too many different portals to do things in. Poor construction and was told “you can only call in 1-year warranty items all at once, only one time”. Never have heard that in any of my previous home buying experience. So, essentially, there is actually no warranty, if that’s the case. Can’t get a hold of the sales manager, she won’t return my calls conveniently AFTER I closed on the home. Hmmm…. Plus, on the warranty paperwork they ask you to sign after some work is done, there’s NO PLACE for notes - why would that be?? I’m not signing something that releases you of the fact that the tree you hit during the plumbing dig up could still die, and that would be on the builder to replace. It feels very…. “icky” and that Lennar is not interested in doing very honest business. I am in the industry as well, working for a direct competitor. I have shared with almost every executive in my organization how awful this process has been. Also, friends and family. KB and Pacesetter knocked it out of the park during my time with both of them. ... More

This has been awful. I have submitted a complaint to corporate already regarding the experience. We were lied to. Pressured. Lied to some more. Not given proper communication. Pretty positive we have retaliation from the sales and construction managers. No one has contacted us and we will be contacting the Better Business Bureau because of the lack of care.

Lennar prides itself on holding a large market share, and talk about it in their spiels to rope people in, but one thing that is conspicuously absent in their spiel is a commitment to communication and quality of workmanship. Lennar seemed to have an incredibly difficult time with communicating and keeping us up to date on correct information when available, from the selling rep ("real estate agent" I guess?), to the loan processors who were quick to answer emails and pick up phones when we had outstanding items, but left voicemails unreturned when not. We promised and assured we would meet a specific closing date, only to be told it would be moved 5 days, the day before we were supposed to close (and had movers and various vendors lined up to deliver) and our own inspector identified items to be corrected over a week before the original closing date, these items were untouched. This was after the house sat, untouched for almost a month with the excuse of "the trades" being given for why basic things were not finished up. Its awkward when we, as buyers, are complimented by how fast we can get documents provided, signed, and efficiently meet deadlines imposed by Lennar on us, but the same courtesy can't be extended both ways. The remaining items identified to be done, were then not completed on the days they said it would be (we were told a painter was at the house, only to be told 2 days later the painter couldn't get into the house because it was locked), and we had to consistently follow up daily, then hourly to ensure it was done. Excuses were always given, but at some point this is a organizational failure of Lennar as a builder, which is having ramifications to the client/homebuyer. We spent over $5k on matching appliances based on what we were told would be going in the home, only to find out during the final walkthrough that another brand was used - where the representative from Lennar said he did tell us wrong and provided a half-baked apology, then asked if we can just return what we purchased (we could not, since the items were already ready to be delivered given the delay in closing date). We were assured our mortgage through Lennar lending would not be sold, we got a letter before our first payment was even due that the loan had been sold to another servicer. When we attempted to take the home as-is in order to meet the original closing date, one escalation manager said okay, the other manager said no. So managers are also not on the same page with assisting clients and what can/cannot be done. On moving date and final walk through, everything seemed fine. Until 2pm hit and we had not gotten remote-closing docs. Lennar did not tell their own title/closing company when the closing day had been moved to (1 day prior) so they had nothing drafted. I sat in the drive way with a moving company from Waco for 3 hrs while the title company scrambled to get things done. Ironically, my husband sat at the Lennar title office and talked to another couple who had no communication either on their closing date so had come to the office to get some information. Only compliment was to the unnamed title manager who was VERY helpful and empathetic to the situation. Once we got moved in, the icing on the cake was we received keys that did not fit our home. Instead, a rep who lives on site (?) gave us a master key until the next day, when the project manager and locksmith came by to rekey the entire house for us. We were told by a rep during the final walkthrough/orientation to not submit warranty claims within 30 days because it would make her look bad. Once we got moved in, you can tell these homes are thrown together and the skill involved is not great. Outlets are not in even straight lines, or boxed in the wall correctly, we had to have our front door warranty claimed because it was obviously letting in light, and warrantied our main water line because it was leaking, paint is obviously watered down as consistency and finish varies drastically across the home, tiling exposes that walls are not straight, door paint is sticking and has ripped in places already, house was not cleaned prior to taking possession (like we were told) as there was a film on everything still, there's a crack/joint visible along the ceiling which we didn't even bother asking to be fixed because of how this has all gone down, a window blind frame flew off abruptly without notice one day, and we expect more things to be identified/go wrong in the future. Some of this could be attributed to beer bottles being littered around the home construction sites? I will never buy a home from Lennar again and will actively make sure others know of the experience we had any chance we get. We were also given incorrect, outdated information on the HOA fees, where the fees were actually ~$20 more per quarter than the handout they provided us, our HOA was supposed to work with Lennar to get these things corrected. We did get over $50k off the house for "incentives" being offered, starting to wonder if incentives have to be offered for people to buy these houses, especially as more and more homes around us sit vacant after we were told they are all being sold (specifically being told neighbors we had, and these homes are being shown to other buyers). ... More

The only positive experience that we had was with our Lennar realtor, Brandon. That's the only good thing that I have to say about the whole experience.

Probably the worst consumer buying experience in my life. I have bought many new homes, from many different builders and the lack of professionalism I experienced from this home builder goes beyond description. I'm so over my Lennar home purchase fiascos that I'm just done even mentioning it anymore. I will never.... ever.... ever.... spend my hard earned money on another Lennar Home nor will I ever recommend them to anyone I know or who inquires about my experience with this builder..

Unfortunately my agent did not check in with me regularly to give me updates. My closing date was pushed back 5 times. The last 2 times I was notified in less than 48 hours. The delays turned out not to be due to the supply chain issues but instead Lennar dropped the ball with city permits and permits for my gas meter. I was given the excuse that they lost construction staff in my neighborhood. When I moved in the "deep clean" was not done and several items needed work. It took about 3-4 weeks to resolve. Unfortunately for my subdivision it seemed as though no one was communicating with each other. It wasn't the happy new home ownership experience that I SHOULD have had. ... More

This is a 410k house but like 100k. Nothing is even, straight, or symmetrical. You should be ashamed of yourselves for selling this. Also, can we get a translator when someone comes to make touch ups or repairs? Soo far the communication is awful and they leave worse than it started and have no idea what we are saying. This entire house is a disappointment and until it’s fixed I’m recommending no one

Financing people are not the best and sales person was not supportive and interactive

First time I called Lennar’s Waterwheel office I was told I couldn’t buy a home out of California where i was stationed as a Texas RESIDENT with a Texas drivers license where I was registered to vote IN TEXAS. Only bought this house as a temp with disabled VA loan will not be staying past 1 year. 0/10.

I was quite disappointed overall with my experience with Lennar, from the title company to the construction team. I was ignored many times and lied to. Thanks Lennar!

My family and I had a terrible home buying experience. Our loan officer had a personal matter come up and literally ghosted us. His leadership didn’t pick up the ball or reach out to us on their own. After multiple times of trying to reach our loan officer we finally went above his head and were able to get in contact with someone who was able to help a little. We weren’t told if we were approved for the loan or not until 2 days before closing all while proactively trying to make arrangements and plan as we had to move to the new location from out of town. The follow through with our loan and procedures for everything were terrible. Here we are months later and still having issues with the getting our taxes taken out of our escrow because the loan officer failed to disclose that we were apart of two different counties and needed to apply for the exemption in both locations. In addition, the home just was very poorly built, from the toilet roll holders being screwed into the cabinets with about an inch of screw protruding out into the cabinet able to scratch someone, to the poor door seals to the cheap garbage disposal that causes our water filter to leak because the quality of the disposal doesn’t push all the food down. It just was a horrible experience and not the place we will call our forever home like we initially planned to. I will never recommend to someone to buy from Lennar. ... More

Actually pretty horrible experience. Timeliness was horrible. Updates were never given. Loan officer and associates would never answer the phone. Blue tape walk through issues weren’t fully addressed. Overall build and quality of the home is terrible. The flaws are starting to show. Major corners were cut and the integrity was compromised. Grass install was terrible and even after watering multiple times a day, it still died. Fencing was constructed terribly. No straight lines or even sections. It’s already falling apart. Ceiling insulation wasn’t complete. This list can go on about how terrible the construction and integrity of the house is. Also alcohol was found during the construction of the home so that goes to show the quality of the home. ... More

Low quality materials and appliances. No customer support after the sale. The application/closing process is confusing

Everything to start of has been a nightmare The only quick part of this process is the finance team Quick to take your money Once you get into your make sure you do the walk through with an inspector and agent I thought I could do it myself since I have history in real estate but no as I moved in to my so called “move in” ready home issues after issues kept coming It’s now been over a month and still issues happening to my home From foundation cracking Loose and broken frame inside roof Consistent gas leaks Very dirty home from cabinets being full of dirt due to no sod Caulking issues all over inside and outside Holes on your outside walls and mix of paint used They plant dead sod on your lawn and not even placed correctly Speaking of sod which is grass No sod on your home until you moved in and be ready to deal with the muddy rainy days and having to walk around everything And if you have a dog man it’s a hassle. To cut this long story short Please please please yes Sarah carpenter please the song Please come with your own inspector as that’s the only way stuff will get done at lennar at Navarro ranch ... More

The builders just do sloppy work on the inside and don’t take any pride in it