Pulte Homes Reviews in Naples, FL

We went through the purchase process relatively fast. The builder anticipated the closing date although the home was not 100% ready for closure. Our home has quite a number of upgrades which were charged at premium cost. Overall, the quality of the house is unsatisfactory, both from design and construction perspective. For example, partition walls do not have any sound insulation, and you can literally hear conversation or the TV sound from the other room(s). The AHU (air handling unit) is located nearby the living room and its super noisy! The utility room has no insulation and sound vibrations are transferred across the entire house (pretty rookie design for an experienced builder like Pulte). This basically destroys the comfort of this home. The tile-work is well done from visual standpoint, however the underlying sub-grade is uneven and creates wavy effect. By simply looking at the baseboards (trim), large gaps filled with caulking are present in almost every room. The exterior walls (facade) were most probably made in a record time and are full of imperfections, dents and blemishes. Some of the walls are build out of plumb, and I am not sure how Pulte will be repairing such major deficiency. We have been leaving in this home for about two month now, and the responsiveness to issues (most of which were prior to closing) is pretty poor. Our home was advertised as luxury, but the reality is that it hardly hits an average. ... More

I have to say that my experience with Pulte overall was below average. My home was delayed and at the end of the process Pulte rushed to finish my home. The rush to finish resulted in poor craftsmanship and minor damage all throughout the home. We hope that at the conclusion of our first year that Pulte makes good on their promise of our “dream home” experience.

New home buyers should thoroughly inspect their new home before closing. Once you close, and there are issues with the home, you than have to rely on the pulte warranty department to get the needed repairs fix and it will be a process!!

Overall I give you a D. You just want to sell homes. The home we purchased had several issues. We had the hardest time getting these concerns addressed. Some of your employees just don’t bother answering their phone calls/texts or returning either. Your mortgage/title, and insurance company is a joke. The incompetence was staggering. Not sure why I bothered with this as corporate greed has taken over. Nothing will change.

i wrote an email to coporate

Closing Day on a Friday is remote training day for construction Mgr. Felt abandoned on closing day. Construction Mgr met the day before and promised house would be cleaned and landscape would be finished. Next day after close I had to drive another 30 mins to a different community sales office to pickup keys. When I got to the new home the outside had not been touched, construction trash & no mulch. Inside was not cleaned as promised. Called construction mgr and he starting calling but it was too late.

I was very disappointed in the quality of the building

Awful customer service and bullying tactics to get to the closing table out of the blue which resulted in having to cancel a missionary trip at the last moment. The closing was then moved the day of the walk thru and cost me over 10k due to loss of trip. Not only apology was offered and in fact the bullying and threats up thru the inside legal council continued up until the evening before the eventual closing. The lack of leadership by anyone at Pulte is not only disappointing and the entire Pulte organization should be embarrassed how I was treated through this process.

I have had, among other issues, 5 issues with electrical wiring and switches. Some of these have tripped circuit breakers. I have zero confidence that the home is wired safely or correctly.

I had a change in work location and have to sell the home, I cannot even get what I paid for it on the open market. By the time I pay my Realtor, I'll lose money

Sales agent says one thing to one person and something else to another. Working with the mortgage company was one of the worst experiences of our lives. Title and insurance companies were easy to deal with. Project managers must be over worked because nothing seems to get done in a timely manner- we moved in over a month ago and our door doesn’t lock- still waiting for someone to come and fix it- have to go back to our home in the north soon so will probably have to fix it ourselves. Also light switch cutouts are carelessly done leaving gaps around plates-don’t expect them to fix this. Any repairs noted on walk through still have not been done. ... More

The bad experience started early. We bought in the very first month of releases, but when it came time to lock in the color of the home, our salesman told us our color choice was restricted because he allowed people who the month after us to pick first. Then they discarded all the rules on elevation and model locations, which means you have houses with the same elevation next to each other. Our communication with our salesman stopped when no work was done on our house for 2 months after the walls went up. We were initially told to expect a mid-July to mid-September closing. Our closing date was moved 3 times and we finally closed late November. People who bought their homes after us, moved in four months before us. Spec homes that were dirt lots when our house had walls up were finished and sold ,while we continued to wait. We were given many reasons and excuses for our house being delayed. Some of them might have even been true. The workmanship is generally shoddy. The painters are incredibly sloppy with paint splattered all over the floors and windows, hinges, doors, and baseboard. Most of our cabinet faces were damaged in the installation and need replacement. Many of our cabinets still don't have handles on them. Many of our windows are deeply scratched. We had an unsealed laundry stack that leaked into our roof. Our oven door got ripped off during installation; we have been told it cannot be properly repaired but a replacement oven is not available. Every day we find a new unfinished or unpainted spot. We did not receive many of our purchased upgrades with no estimated delivery date being provided. They did not inform us about some of the upgrades we didn't receive like a $3700 air purifier, which we found out about on our own. The gates have been an issued. The transponder reader has never worked. The gates got left closed during the hurricane so they broke and have remained broken and open, except when Pulte decides to close them without telling anyone or tellling them the gate code. Supposedly they were getting fixed in December. It's now mid January. Overall, the past 14 months has been stressful and disappointing. Pulte SW Florida should not be building homes in the $1.5-2+ million range until they get their quality control vastly improved. ... More

I had a nightmarish experience purchasing and building a home with Pulte. The craftsmanship was shockingly poor, with numerous defects and shoddy workmanship evident throughout the construction process. To make matters worse, it became apparent that unskilled labor was employed, leading to further complications and delays. In a disturbing revelation, it was discovered that some workers were underage and involved in illegal labor practices. This entire ordeal highlighted the importance of thorough research and due diligence when selecting a home builder. Despite numerous complaints, the builder failed to address major issues plaguing the house. Every window bore noticeable scratches, a glaring sign of the lack of attention to detail. Shockingly, almost every kitchen cabinet required replacement due to subpar quality and craftsmanship. The builder's negligence in resolving these fundamental issues underscored their disregard for customer satisfaction and raised serious questions about their commitment to delivering a quality product. It left me frustrated and regretful about the entire home-buying experience. I will never consider a Pulte home again. ... More

Please call me for my long awaited repairs. Thank you, Unsatisfied customer

Recent owner of a Pulte home in Southwest Florida. For all the advertising about excellent quality work and what not, they don’t even do a fraction of it. They have taken on way more than than they can handle and just are just cranking through houses to get better numbers while completely ignoring quality. I have built a house before and know what to expect with any new construction. It was evident that there has been no supervision or oversight of the work being done. Workers are telling me directly they got maybe a fourth of time they should be getting to complete their work. I personally will not buy a Pulte home again and will never recommend it to others. I don’t care if it’s supply chain shortages or too much demand, you are taking my money for full price so I expect the returns to be full and fair. Get your stuff together and pay attention to your homes, not just how many homes your close. ... More

the contractors that were used to build our home home didn't care about the workmanship very sloppy have a large list for warranty work to be done