Pulte Homes Reviews in Orlando, FL

Be careful take lots of pictures during construction build.

Pulte homes are built so quickly and with the cheapest materials. They sacrifice quality for the sake of completing the home to turnover quickly to satisfy shareholders. I have a full page list of items that need to be repaired, a stained kitchen sink, a broken drawer, paint on tiles, hinges, carpet, dead plants, etc. Scheduled the repairs with warrantee department but they never showed or call. Found out later that AG was on vacation. Suggest looking at every tile, molding, well everything. before closing or buy from another builder.

Pulte is a terrible company!! Buyer Beware!!

I am writing this review to express my deep dissatisfaction with Pulte Homes. My experience has been nothing short of frustrating and disappointing. Here are the main issues I have encountered: 1. **Lack of Customer Service:** From the beginning, the customer service has been abysmal. The CM and management I dealt with were rude and insensitive to my concerns. They displayed a complete lack of empathy and professionalism, making the process even more stressful. 2. **Need for ongoing services Shortly after moving in, we discovered an infestation of pests. We have had the AC and electric out 3 times and are still getting it serviced. It’s unacceptable to move into a new home and have to deal with such problems. 3. **Missed Upgrades in Plans:** The upgrades that were promised in the initial plans were not delivered. This was a significant factor in choosing Pulte Homes, and the failure to provide these upgrades feels like a breach of trust. If we didn’t catch the mistakes, Pulte would have gotten away with it and took the money. 4. **Lack of Response from Management:** Perhaps the most infuriating part has been the complete lack of response from management. Multiple attempts to reach out and resolve these issues have been ignored. It's clear that once they have your money, they no longer care about customer satisfaction. In conclusion, I strongly advise against choosing Pulte Homes. The combination of poor customer service, unfulfilled promises, and unresponsive management has made this an incredibly regrettable decision. Save yourself the trouble and look elsewhere for your home purchase. ... More

Our experience with buying from Pulte has been terrible. Construction manager Colton reassured us that the problems we had prior to closing would’ve been fixed afterwards when in fact, they did not. No communication from him apart from when we needed a new sliding door but instead left a white patch on my wall without paining over due to an error on the constructions team behalf. Our sales representative Monira hardly ever reached out to answer our questions, unless she needed something from me and my husband. You would think we would be treated better and the build quality of a half a million dollar home would be an impeccable experience but it’s not instead I’m sending in pictures to warranty for things to be fixed in my home four MONTHS after closing! ... More

Very poor service! Even before I moved in i was sent a water bill for over $600. I should not be responsible for something I have not used. Pulte management was not willing to help. The patio door is of low quality. Tiles are laid unprofessionally. Even the smoke detectors are not in working order. I will not recommend Pulte homes to anyone. My brother was planning to purchase from Pulte, but he changed his mind after my experience.

My experience is not a pleasant snd happily one Pulte hires unprofessionals just to get the job done snd they collect their money from the mortgage people to the closing table a big mess then you have the building supervisor that don’t and over his head to make sure issues are corrected. I can show pictures of my garage that the superior said that is acceptable I will post pictures later.

Save yourself from pain and misery and look somewhere else.

PULTE is very negligent with poor materials, poor finishing. Terrible experience with this he employees since the sales department until construction manager and customer relations. We don’t recommend this builder ever and never.

We have had nothing but issues since the whole process started. First, our original sales person left the neighborhood and was MIA. We ended up with three different construction managers. We had a long list of items to repair, replace, and/or fix and Pulte has dragged their feet at every opportunity. The few items that been address are still not meeting our minimum expectation.

Communication was horrible the entire time! I finally moved in and have submitted around 12 service tickets I’m on week number 3 and non of them have been addressed. My next step might be legal representation!

I was so happy when I decided to buy a new build. However, this happiness was completely lost when I moved in. Quality of materials used is below even apartment grade. Example, the garbage disposal won’t even break down a piece of fruit. The paint job seems like a 12 y/o did it. A Quarter size dent whole in one of the rooms that was supposed to be fixed while I was doing the closing, is still, 1 month later unfixed. I could go on, but I just want all to know be mindful in the process. Go out to the home sight as much as possible and make sure to pressure the contractors to do their jobs. One is paying yo much money to get D grade materials and work. ... More

Sellers agent was shady and Didn’t want to negotiate the price even when appraisal came back lower than listing price. One month after closing, ac started acting up. Got dragged around to get service done. This company only hired cheap subcontractor do do the work. They have messed up the ac thermostat wiring during build causing it to overwork the Motor and somehow the construction mananger signed off on it. It is ridiculous. Ac has been running nonstop. It has now been taken care of but it takes long time and the electric bill was really high due to ac thermostat malfunction. Would not recommend a buying from this builder. ... More

It is astonishing that after paying over $1,000,000.00 for a home, the amount of issues present at closing and their refusal to fix those issues presents itself. They consistently try to NOT FIX anything or give excuses as to the existence of those problems. They spend more time trying to explain away problems that are fairly easy to fix.

Very bad finishing work, very irresponsible customer service managers when it comes to getting issues fixed, you call them, they give you the run around, and never get back to you. They make appointment with contractors to get issues fixed, you sit at home waiting and 95% of the time, contractors don’t show up. They managed to turn our dream house into a nightmare with they lack of respect and responsiveness to the house issues, you pretty much have to chase them, and almost beg to fix issues at the house that you paid a lot of money for, like they doing you a favor. I’ve been waiting two months to use a summer kitchen that I paid $18.000,00 for, and still can’t because, the work on it is not complete, not counting the many others finishing issues and I’ve been begging them to have the contractor come and finish, and nothing! I am pretty much giving up on them , and I’m going to have to use legal means to force them to honor the house warranty. I had issues with pulte from day one , beginning with the sales manager, that after the sale was secured, never answered or returned my phone calls and text messages. This was a sign , that I was about to get frustrated throughout the whole buying process, and so I was and still am .The only one that tried to help me in whatever he could, was the foreman named Dominic Romano, other then him, everybody else just give you the run around, and believe me, make you mad. Very bad house buying experience I’ve been having with pulte, not happy at all and I’ll never do business with them again in the future. If you don’t believe me, buy a house with them and find it out for your self . Absolutely not recommended! ... More

All areas of the home are having issues. Knowingly installing recalled electrical panels and refusing to replace them tells the ethical issue. Doors and windows do not match and close properly. The hardware installed is not aligned and is crooked. Tiles have grout and glues that weren't cleaned properly now it is too late to clean. I do not recommend anyone paying round million dollars for the home they are building. Please vet other builders before choosing Pulti.

There are a lot of problems waiting to fix, and all house was rough finish! All the bricks in our front yard and back yard are improperly spaced and uneven height, leaving a big gap, and some of them have black oil stains on. Unfortunately, they have not been solved at present. The ground on the second floor squeaks, walking on it has a sense of insecurity, currently lived in a month, there are two bedroom doors cannot closed.

Pulte is the absolute worst in customer service and construction. Problem after problem in my “new” home. I could’ve bought a 30 year old home and had less issues. Construction team does bare minimum, I don’t know how they pass inspections. I’m watching other homes around me get built and it’s unbelievable how many corners are cut. Buying this home is the biggest regret of my life, infested with ants that are biting my two year old constantly and Pulte says “there’s nothing we can do about it”. Something they could have done is close the doors and windows during the weeks leading up to closing. Every time I came to see progress, everything was left open. They lie about everything and nobody is ever held accountable. If I weren’t going to lose a ton of money, I would sell this house in a heartbeat. I will NEVER consider buying another Pulte home or recommend them. ... More

There should be screens on the backyard door. After closing the house, it was promised to be installed, but it has not been installed after 2 months.

I have purchased several new homes from national builders in FL and in other places. I have never in my life felt so betrayed and completely taken advantage of. In my opinion the quality of the home is terrible, I am embarrassed by it. Sales tells you what you want to hear. Construction promises the world and doesn't deliver then they deny it. Warranty argues every single point to try to get out of doing things the correct way. If you like the sounds of squeaky floors, flashing all over your walls, the most shoddy workmanship that you have seen from top to bottom and then a warranty person trying to intimidate you every time you speak to them then Pulte is for you and you should sign up. Don't take my word for it, ask other Pulte homeowners. I have heard many similar stories to mine from other homeowners. Are there any happy customers?? The worst for me is when you speak to upper management and they do nothing to help with issues that you bring up to them and they take the side of trades and everyone else instead of their customer. You are a number with Pulte and once you close, buckle up and enjoy the adventure because you will need some patience to endure it. ... More

The construction area is constantly a mess. There is garbage thrown every where. The workers do not seem to care that there are people who have moved in and it is now a private residence. Even though this was brought to the attention of the Sales office NOTHING is done about it. The warranty department is poor. The knowledge base of the warranty department is extremely poor.

Pulte is the worst builder ever. Bad finishes, materials and customer service. The construction mgrs don’t perform their duties and are unresponsive to any communication.

Just bad experience. House was not given cleaned a month later still not clean

For me any stars!!!!! I hope that any family will go through something like this again. My family and I decided to invest in our first home and we were very excited that we had found the perfect community. We are first buyers and we thought that they would take us by the hand throughout the process from the financing until the closing. To our surprise it was not. When the day of closing finally approached, we went to see our house and it was totally incomplete. the housework they did was of poor quality and many things were incomplete. Until today I am trying to fix all the things that are missing in my home. The process with the guarantee has been a terrible one and worst customer service. Not to mention that the builder who was supposed to be responsible for fixing all the mistakes and incomplete things resigned and there is another one that is worse than the previous one. I don’t not recommend buy a home with them and especially if it is a house that is not ready to live in. ... More

If u are thinking of buying a Pulte home, my advice to is don’t trust anyone check everything to insure the home that u are buying is built the way u want it built.