Pulte Homes Reviews in Orlando, FL

Upon moving in, we had outlets without power. Within one month after moving in, the air conditioner stopped working and needed parts replaced. The online service portal where service requests are made has a slow response time so I just ended up calling customer care to escalate these repairs. The customer care personnel is pleasant and helpful.

Did not value the buyer concern and lacks of communication. Overall didn't have a great experience.

Ask for the most recent HOA Bylaws and rules regarding Architectural Changes prior to making purchase. Inquire as to what the common charges cover and the amenities included, i.e. number of pools, tennis courts, playgrounds, etc. and the ratio compared to the number of homeowners in the community.

While the house is nice, the lack of the multiple construction groups do now watch what they are doing. Ensure you have set up an inspection of the home. We did and received 80 pages of discrepancies that need to be fixed or repair. While I can understand the missed paint area, I can not fathom why the team would install roof trusses that are split or have broken connectors, why they install the drawers in the shelving backwards so they could not slide out, stone that is obviously cracked or split in pieces and tile that is not properly installed that will crack when pressure is put on it. . Our construction manger has been responsive to fix these issues but a month into it we are still waiting on some key things to get fixed. If you are able to supervise the build yourself it may make your final purchase a better exeprience. ... More

I will provide both the good and bad experiences I've had with purchasing a townhome built by Pulte Homes. Good: The communication after the contract signing and during the construction of the unit was good. I was given progress reports regularly. Another good thing was the closing process. That went smoothly. Bad: Closing was 5 months after the contract stated estimated closing date. Because of that, construction seemed to have been hurried which caused some workmanship quality issues such as loose floor boards, sharp nails sticking from the carpet, noisy floors, and uneven cabinets, among other things. Finally, the response to repair things has been lackluster. They had changes in staff which delayed things for months, and to this date they have not been addressed. I closed last November. ... More

Will write review when I’m able to move in. Closed on 10/30/23 move in delayed due to problem with flooring.

The quality of the material is not as good as what we paid for. I'm not satisfied with the work done on the exterior. However, I had a good experience working with Tim, the construction contractor.

Poor quality Very Bad experience with Pulte Home, if you decide to buy the house with Pulte Homes make sure before you close the house everything looks good and function properly and once you close the house no one cares, we are still waiting for the repairs over 2 months since we close the house. Poor Quality There is a lot of glue everywhere, wood part covered with the paint to cover the chips and chunks of concrete in the garage, bad finishings thru out the house, Pulte house also design houses so poorly, Windows are facing straight into to Neighbours house no privacy, We still can't reach out anyone no matter how many times we call or text, they take their sweet time to fix. I even hired cleaning company and paid them $300 to clean glue and some part of bathroom area they couldn't. Pulte builders are rushing to build houses. Polte should hire someone to inspect the house before they close ... More

Poor finishes and no attention to details. Prior to closing home was incomplete, still waiting for Pulte to complete list. Poor response from warranty.

I was told that I would get gutters put in my house for Pulte taking over a year to have my house build, plus water getting into the house and having the insulation replaced because of moisture. How am I expected to write a good review when other houses were started after my house was being built but yet some of those homes were completed first. Not only were those homes completed first but some had a much cleaner appearance at closing than my house. It has just been a very bad experience for me especially when realizing the quality of some of the workmanship, a tub that looks like it’s 10 years old because water was left in it for over three months when it was installed and as a result it was stained. Someone came to remove the stain but now it has no shine to it. How am I supposed to give a good survey with all these problems and headaches. There is more but I’m just frustrated! ... More

This will be the laat Pulte home we build. We have built with other companies and were much happier. The quality of work is terrible. Our paint job was bad. Our cabinet that was already fixed is falling apart. Our sod is 2 to 3 inches lower than our neighbors. Plants are dead. Cabinets were not finished and more. Trying to get warranty to fix some of this is like puling teeth

I had big expectations about Pulte and their builders let me down. Not what I expected. The workmanship was poor. A lot of things were undone/unfinished, awful job, workers were careless, the person in charge on the workers and walk through lies to you and try to hide things so you sign the papers like everything were done. They put my kitchen appliances broken, poor terminations, poor quality of paint, front doors broken and frames unfinished, lanai door damage, workers paint my tiles with my walls paint on places that were chipped, and the list goes on. Also, a lot of things that were build in the bathrooms didn’t make any sense. The only person that is safe in here and thats why I gave a 3 is Jason Drake. He is A+ ... More

We contracted in April 2021, and while there were some supply delays, the lack of communication and timing by the construction team caused us to wait 14 months to close. They were still working in the house the day of closing and had to be let in throughout the next two weeks to finish items. It has been 5 weeks from closing and we are still waiting for some work to be completed. The sales team is great but the workmanship and all around delays are horrible.

Sales and construction managers were great overall, responsive and engaging. Major issues related to subcontractors timelinesses and attention to detail. 6 weeks after closing, still a number of unresolved issues which are taking unnecessarily too long to effectively address. This is simply unacceptable for a home in this price range!

Pulte offers quality cookie cutter homes. They have descent floor plans and great layouts. They are not able to alter build plans in the beginning. The little changes that were asked were not able to be accommodated because they lack a good internal process communication. Surveys post build do no good, they need surveys after each part of the build process. 8 steps should include 8 surveys plus any other data Pulte would like to collect.

Pulte is struggling with hiring and maintaining build and customer service managers. Communications is horrible, and sometimes non-existent. Warranty issues are slow to get resolved. The closing process was very stressful and dates changed a few times. They also ordered the appraisal to be done 4 months prior to closing on a new neighborhood and in a rapidly changing market. As a result, Pulte was unable to find comps that supported the sale price of the house.

There was a general lack of attention to detail in the quality of the houses that resulted in more warranty claims than I expected.

House has a lot of imperfection , pulte only focus on volume no on quality for customers!

many details to correct, in addition to the 4 months delay, to finish and deliver the house

The sales representative Maria was worse than a used car sales rep. It seemed like she was say almost anything to purchase a home from her. We purchased our home long distance, in a pandemic and did everything virtually. Everything was extremely rushed and Maria did not review all of the available options with us. Once we had our walk through with the construction manager he pointed out a lot of upgrades/choices that we were not aware of. We did not receive the HOA documents until months in the process and had we been aware of some of the restrictions earlier on we may not have purchased in this community. Also everything seems pretty cheap. The quality and fine details in the construction are definitely lacking. We have paint and grout all over the floors in multiple areas. I don't think our home is worth what we purchased it for. ... More

The "celebration walk" and the closing date is too short, the list to fix things identified during the walk was not 100% completed but we still have to check the "complete to my satisfaction" in order to have the closing signed and we can moving in a.s.a.p. I still have 2 issues not solve yet after the closing. For seniors not familiar with online app from the computer, don't expect help from the foreman to solve these issues for you, even a simple ones. The responsiveness to the issues after closing is almost none.

Working through the warranty process for some things that have needed fixing and it is taking a long time to get fixed. There is a lack of communication and I am having to consistently follow up.

We still have issues reaching out to the people that were supposed to complete The work at our home we were promised a prompt response to resolve this issues such As the a/c Not reaching master bedroom, garage door interior not completed, exterior wall stucco has a whole that may allow critters to enter the structure, there was a door delivered right before closing that was not painted completely, etc... it is unfortunate to have to leave such a bad review to a very prestigious company we feel deceived and tricked as one of the project managers assured us that this issues would be resolved promptly and that we could reach out at anytime should any issues emerged we hope to hear from them soon as we have been very patient . ... More

It is a challenge to have any particular item/issue repaired after closing. The model homes are spectacular and in optimal conditions but when they build your home, it is not exactly what they advertise in the model homes. I will most likely not consider Pulte Homes in the future.

ask them fix all the problem before u closing that may be better