Pulte Homes Reviews in Jacksonville St. Augustine, FL

The w Quality of workmanship poor

So, going through the buying process with the builder Pulte and the mortgage company Pulte mortgage was a nightmare! Let's start with the builder. So there is a $10,000.00 deposit a new buyer must put down to purchase a house with Pulte. This deposit has nothing to do with your closing cost. This deposit involves you contracting with Pulte to build your home. The deposit can go towards closing if you want. The deposit is refundable if you abide by the terms of the contract. That's the first red flag! The builder did have some perks: $10K of the overall cost of the house, another $15K if you used Pulte Mortgage, and another $2500 for Military folks and house warranty. So when the house was finally "Completed," that's when the fun began. 1. The grass installed on the lawn for our house was dying and had lots of brown patches. The empty houses that Pulte was selling or sold all had beautiful lush greens. Pulte assured us that the house was inspected before we moved in, but it was clear that the inspector had done a poor job. We discovered foam in one of the air ducts, exposing us to harmful germs. The air filter was also not replaced with a fresh one. I strongly advise you to get your own inspector and have Pulte cover the cost. This is a crucial step to ensure the quality of your new home. 3. A kitchen cabinet door fell off just 2 weeks before we moved in. Our pantry rails were missing rail caps, and the sharp, exposed ends were a constant source of discomfort, even causing minor injuries. Despite our repeated requests, the Pulte service team has not provided us with the necessary pantry caps. This lack of response and support has been a significant source of frustration. 5. The Pantry light dangled after 2 weeks of moving in. That has been fixed. 6. Our dishwasher's electrical connection was criss-crossed, so instead of the water draining, it would turn on the garbage disposal. That has been fixed. 7. The doors to one of the rooms did not close properly. we let the construction manager know about it, but nothing was done before closing, but that has been fixed. 8. The wood trim on one of the cabinets in the bathroom is coming off, and it has yet to be fixed. 9. Foam or sponge was stuck in one of the toilet pipes. Whenever we tried flushing the toilet, it would not flush properly and leave stains. That has been fixed. 10. I will not discuss my experience with Pulte Mortgage in detail; that information will be reserved for the Putle mortgage survey. To cut a long story short, don't go with Pulte Mortgage; they are a migraine. But this was not great with Pulte Mortgage: they sell your information to other 3rd parties that come to your house and solicit their services. Finally, my experience with Pulte has not been great! I will probably do things differently if I purchase from them in the future, considering the amount of money one is paying for these houses. ... More

We were in the market for our forever home and our realtor suggested Pulte Homes. We had certain wish list items and found a model home to fit the bill. A Pulte sales agent pushed us toward a quick move-in to save money with the incentives the builder was offering. We toured the model home to compare what we would be getting from our quick move-in and felt like we had a good idea of what we were getting. We voiced our wish list items and it seemed like the quick move-in had most of what we wanted but not all of the items so we went for it. As the building process took place, we quickly noticed our expectations from the model home tour were mismatched. The construction manager provided us with great communication and explanations of what he was handling. We realized the sales agent misled us in many areas of our wish list. We were unhappy with the choices that we had no control over... features available in a non-quick move-in, having two of the same model side by side wasn't a consideration before going under contract but it happened while our home was being built another model of our kind was being built next to us. Given the choice, we would have customized our home but the lot we wanted wasn't released yet. The craftsmanship is what I expect from a quick move-in... quick and sloppy. The vendors are coming out numerous times to address things that should be standard for a new home. We told the builder numerous times during the building to take their time as we wanted it right the first time but no surprise we have a list of issues to be addressed within the first year. Pulte sales need better communication with potential buyers and realistic conversations. The construction team shouldn't have to be the middle man as he is working off a word order while we are left dumbfounded about how details got passed us. The area case manager is friendly, but it is hard to service so many customers promptly. The financing department is friendly in the beginning and as time goes on, they forget previous conversations you have had and ask for more uploads of documents you shared with the team previously. It seems disorganized talking with team members from the West and East for one mortgage application. ... More

Field manager was great but after closing, several requests for repairs went 100% unanswered, which we have never experienced from other developers before. Very disappointed. Until now, we still have not received a call or email regarding requests. So poor.

Our builder would often promise to get back to us and never would. Before closing, he stated that items on our punch list would be fixed. One issue was fixed very poorly and I’ve reached out the warranty rep many, many times to be addressed and it still has not been corrected. Another issue he stated was fixed very clearly never was. The quality of work overall is mid level.

I would say for my first homebuying experience it was interesting. First and foremost I would like to thank Amanda because she went above and beyond to make things right and I’d also like to thank Kari in the design center because she also did the same even when it wasn’t in her scope of work. If it wasn’t for those two ladies, I don’t think I would’ve followed through with closing, I think communication needs to be worked on. I think if a customer has an issue it needs to be taken seriously and not just shoved away. They are homebuyer and management may think that they can pull one over on Homebuyer. After everything was fixed, I am very happy however there were a few issues that shouldn’t have been an issue in the first place, so I’m on the fence about whether or not I would ever recommend or purchasing another Pulte home again. ... More

The home buying experience was fine but the craftsmanship and quality are not there. This home is cheaply built and was not even fully finished at the tim of closing. It has been almost 2 months since we closed and some issues are still not resolved.

Our experience started strong with the sales and design center. It fell apart when the construction department took over for the actual work. We now understand why people pay more for “custom” built homes and if we build again that’s what we’d do. We’ve compared them to ours and their better quality and finish is undeniable. This is our second Pulte new home in five years, same area. We paid nearly double the price for an unbelievable decline in workmanship. Dustin and Nathan set high expectations for quality throughout the process and they fell well short. We closed 56 days ago and we’re still struggling to get the closing checklist items complete. Our final superintendent, Nathan, never came back after we closed choosing to not honor his word to complete the work. Warranty finally met with us yesterday so we’ll see what actually gets done. We expressed our concerns in comments and ratings on Pulte’s own survey. They haven’t contacted us which tells me their management team and CEO do not value the survey or customer feedback. Dear Pulte, prove you care. Read home owner surveys for the Preserve at Bannon Lakes and call us. ... More

My experience is not great . Lot of issues with the construction and poor job on the construction

I don’t even know where to begin, I probably wouldn’t go with another pulte home if I had to. Scraps left behind in my new house when I moved in, work wasn’t completed correctly. Basically no effort in making sure it was fixed correctly. Dustin yelling at my partner for having concerns over the quality of the work done on the house. Honestly it was the quality of the craftsmanship of the house that soured the whole process for me.

Pulte has a big problem in the Double Branch Community with the contractor living in unfinished homes, not to mention the using of the bathrooms in homes that are pending purchase. As, a buyer I stressed that the homes remained locked unless work was being done in them.

This is mine third time buying a home and by far was the worst experience as far as quality of work

It seems everything is to be blamed on Covid. But the simple fact is that they like all the builders want to be at the top, and they really could care less about what we want. The sales team was really nice and very knowledgeable with regards to their product. then we got to to work with their mortgage company who was spot on very helpful. Then it came to the building of the home. At one time we thought that the builder offered a good quality product. Our overall experience and confidence of this builder is really quite low not what we initially thought.. They continue to push back on 4 major issues we have in our NEW home (ie….cannot get materials, repairs to damaged countertop and more) I compare it to when buying a NEW car…there are 4 wheels and tires on a car and one wheel is damaged and too small, they fix it, but Pulte seems to think to think that the damage to the material has been repaired and try to tell me that it is with-in code. They have have such poor management of their homes and their trades as they have no one to oversee the work…again its not our fault that they have over committed and under delivered. What you see in the models (wrong cabinets for instance) is not what you are getting…no pride no workmanship. Really sad! ... More

I feel like many of the delays I was not kept honestly aware of. The project manager sent a funny joke that i did not need. I just wanted honesty as to the progress of the home. It was a fast move in sale so they said and it took from November to July to complete.

Everyone is excited and has answers before the sale, after closing no one keeps their promises.

I closed on my home even though there were issues pending. One month and a half later, I still have major issues regarding the landscaping. So if possible, do not close on the home if you have issues pending.

We love our FLOORPLAN. The process caused so much unnecessary stress and frustration though. Our sales rep would tell us one thing, then lie and say she never said it ( though i had all the proof ) miscommunication was a constant issue. It wasn’t until after we closed we found out we lived in an area where you hear gunshots, ringing almost every day. As if they purposely scheduled us on days and times that the gun range was closed. The design center team told me at my first visit that I could not get something in my floor plan later found out that I could have gotten the specific upgrade. We had to go months without any updates because our initial construction manager was incompetent and decided to leave the company. In that time of having no construction manager and no updates, the contractors were building us the wrong floorplan layout, and it wasn’t until we decided to stop by, we made them stop what they were doing. Our new construction manager, Chris tried his very best to make The rest of the process smoother for us but I had to get with him also for wanting us to close with a known hole in our drywall behind our kitchen oven range and the backsplash. The one good thing I can’t say is one of the upper management personnels did ask us how they could rectify all of our issues that we experience but before we could answered, Pulte legal team, decided to hit my realtor with a cease and desist Because my realtor called them out on everything shady they were doing and held them accountable. Even after that, the issues still continued. The final straw that made me completely over Pulte is the fact that our closing was pushed out one week due to Pulte, not completing the requirements from the appraiser report. And each time the appraiser came out to our home, with the OK from Pulte, and being advised that all items have been fixed, all items were in fact NOT fixed, causing us as the buyers to pay THREE!! additional appraiser fees of $785 EACH. Pulte should have fixed the issues the first time and they didn’t care how it affected us as the buyers. Pushing our closing out because the home was not ready also made us accrue additional closing fees because we closed in the beginning of a new month. Thousands of dollars we lost out on because of that. And lastly, Pulte promised to give us about $45,000 worth of incentives regardless of the lender we chose.(In house or outside) . This was listed in our contract and verified multiple times. The moment Pulte got notice that we were going to stick with our outside Lender, Pulte decided to be really nasty and push our closing up 3 weeks , Thinking we would not be ready as the buyers when again, they were the ones who did not have the home appraisal inspection ready) and all of the incentives they were going to give us they decided to put on the buyer side of the CD documents after they realized we were scheduled to receive money back at closing On top of the adjustments we received for all of the inconvenience during our process. Real nasty work I tell ya! When we finally made it to our closing day, pulte gave the other five buyers a closing gift, i know because they made us wait 3 hours for our keys and we saw all of the bother buyers being handed a gift, but they did not give us one at all. Now that we have been in our home for two months, we experienced a leak in our secondary bathroom. Because the shower head was switched out, Warranty tried to blame the leak on that and did not want to fix it. The plumbing contractors they use actually sent out an apprentice worker to our home to rectify the leak issue and this apprentice specifically stated that he apologize, he only been on the job for five weeks and he had no idea what he was doing or where the leak was coming from. Pulte cut a square in our drywall To try to see where the leak was coming from and have yet to come back out and fix it . we hired our own professional plumbers to come out and rectify the issue and they were able to confirm within minutes the leak had nothing to do with us having the showerhead switched out, but it came from the piping behind the wall that was not screwed on tightly. This would have only been found by cutting a hole in the wall. It’s mind blowing that their contractors could not find the issue though. Pulte has yet to come out And repair the drywall. And they also do not want to fix the issue in my owners bathroom because my shower It has been spray-painted, but the issue is also too. The owners bathtub as well, and those fixtures have not been switched at all. The issue is behind the walls though.. so far, those are the major issues that we are experiencing after closing everything else seems to be fine. We paid for the tv mount upgrade in every room, so that The cords Would be behind the wall, but we cannot use that feature because whoever installed it install the piping for the cord and the electrical socket too far apart . but I’m more than sure that is because I stayed on top of there every morning throughout the process to make sure nothing else would Causes any major issues. ... More

Some issues. Several times we were given financial numbers that were not accurate. Estimated monthly Mortgage numbers were misrepresented (low balled) and our $160 HOA fees became $190 in less than a monthl (with no notification). It has been almost a month and several of our issues with the house’s construction still remain outstanding. Proffered repair timelines have not been met and we are still uncertain as to operating policies that govern the community. Almost get the sense that Pulte is rushing to sell their few remaining houses and become move on. Out house is beautiful and the community offers a nice environment however we are experiencing some regrets with respect to our home buying experience. Sales people were nice but not totally transparent, Building supervisor (Ryan) and warranty rep (Bruce) are nice bur a little overwhelmed. Thanks for the opportunity to provide my thoughts, ... More

Sloppy workmanship sums it up.

The contract process was great. Terry in double branch was very informative and communicative and everything was great. Our first construction manager, Sonny, was also great and gave us timely updates. Our second construction manager, Matt, pretty much ghosted us. We were halfway across the county and really looked forward to the updates, but they just stopped. Our third construction manager (That's right we had 3), Justin was much better and sent updates and responded to all questions. However, there was a list of things that needed to be fixed prior to closing, which I was promised was fixed, that after living here for a month, were clearly not fixed. The roof was leaking prior to closing, was told it was fixed. It certainly wasn't. Some of my walls were missing insulation, not fixed until well after closing. Floors were uneven. Still are. I expected some issues with a new build, but there are way too many. Again, beautiful house, too many issues. ... More

We had no say in how the house was laid out on the property. The house was placed 5 feet away from the property line on one side leaving a large piece of property on the other side. We were just told it had to be this way. If this was pointed out to me in the beginning I probably would not have bought the house for that lot. As work was being done on the house, we pointed out several issues that needed to be fixed, most were fixed but some were still unresolved when the time came for the walk-through. We were assured that they would be fixed before the closing, one week later. Well the closing date came and the issues were not fixed. I was lied to through out the build process and at the end. I would not buy another new build from Pulte. ... More

It's been a long journey, with no end in sight. We are not happy with the deficient workmanship of the trades Pulte hired. Little attention to detail on the finishes leading to multiple delays in closing. To say that this process has been very frustrating is an understatement and would not recommend this builder to anyone. People are nice, but this is our home, and unfortunately, they did not take that in consideration. They say they understood our concerns, but they didn't. Piece of advice: be vigilant and hold builders accountable throughout the home building process.

Jen has not responded to my email, texts, nor calls. I’m still waiting on my refund for hotel and truck expenses. I was not able to move in my house on the closing day.

Consistent delays and poor communication up front. Once our Project Manager was fired, things turned around, but the damage has already been done.

They have good intentions but are seemingly inept at providing good service after the sale due to cut rate vendors and poorly trained personnel. Too much sloppy workmanship. They utilize your home after it's sold as a model/sample for other prospective home buyers. The materials specified are somewhat inferior at times and quite a bit of the workmanship is far from superior.