Pulte Homes Reviews in Sarasota Bradenton, FL

I would recommend Pulte Home to all my family and friends. I have good experience and a satisfying results

Firstly the locale, solid durability and the value are top on my list! Please know that I looked at every builder around here! Located close to St. Petersburg, Florida, where new homes directly in St. Petersburg are in the 6 to 7 hundred thousand dollar range, Pulte delivers a modern, functional and sturdy home for hundreds of thousands of dollars less than those home builders in St. Petersburg! Why should I spend every cent I have on a place to live comfortably? Second, the site manager, Zach and his boss (I forgot his name) are thorough when they are creating my 'punch list' to be rectified before I closed! Lastly, the one thing I was confused with was the discount pricing at point of sale. Leslie is knowledgeable and has a ton of experience; but I still was and am a bit confused as to the pricing. It seemed difficult to wrap my brain around one price with a line drawn through it, then it's a lesser price (which is great) but then there are incentives which a buyer can apply in differing ways. I would say that I'm pretty good at math, being a former IV additives technician, but even I was confused. Otherwise, I love this house. I am older and I feel as though I can live here near my children and when it comes time, I can have in home help or move! The amenities are superior. There's no hot tub but I could have that put in at home! Life is short so enjoy. ... More

Most of my issues would have been fine had the Construction Manager not overpromised everything. He set expectations that we were hoping for and the result was much much lower. The so-called "perfectionist" produced a home that clearly shows a lack of quality workmanship. Simple things like tile grout not wiped away and all over tub and shower, paint on LVP flooring, irrigation not properly installed and have yet to send out the vender (after 6 weeks), and a yard that was not properly graded for drainage shows the lack of detail the team had. Throughout the process, every issue we found was followed by a "remember this for my review- give me all 10s" by the Construction Manager. It sort of felt like extortion and we gave him all 10s so we would be taken care of- insane! If we rated him lower, there was a risk he would drag his feet even more out of spite and we would not have issues resolved after closing. I've fixed most issues from the final walkthrough myself and spent the money not to deal with Pulte (even though the job was done poorly to begin with). There was no review of work done and our "blue tape" walkthrough clearly didn't mean anything (they clearly just took down most of the tape). To top it all off, we were told by the construction manager that they would follow up on us after close to address anything else we may have found living in the home and he literally ghosted us via text. Not a great way to end a relationship and with that, I will never recommend Pulte Homes to any friends or family. ... More

Pulte made the home buying process easy and rewarding. We were rewarded with a beautiful home because our documents were up-to-date, and we met the requirements There were a few defects such as a roof leak, and countertop defects but Pulte responded immediately to each issue. Job well done !

I have had a great experience with Pulte homes in the Marwood Community. The construction manager and warranty departments have been extremely accommodating and gone out of their way to fix any issues with my new build.

Great home and customer service

I was treated very well to start, but then as time went on that all changed I dont believe what happened to me is the norm but it was horrible. I was treated so badly no respect and lied to I would not suggest to anyone to buy here I am still waiting to have things fixed and finding more things wrong

Andrew was great to work with. Always helpful and promptly answered all our questions

The reason for the frustration and disappointment is because the final product was not worth the price charged. If the cost of the house was $100K less this experience would have been great, as we would have had lower expectations. For the price paid our expectations of quality of workmanship and quality of materials was much higher than what was delivered. The Pulte staff were pleasant, easy to work with and overall good with communication. However despite multiple attempts to bring back contractors over and over again to correct many workmanship issues in the build process it's still sloppy (careless, lazy, poor quality) work and we feel that they failed to deliver a quality home for the price paid. Lovely from a distance, sloppy from up close. ... More

Andrew- Sales- absolutely worthless. Dishonest and untrustworthy. If you can find someone else to deal with, do it. He lied to make the sale. Craftsmanship is an absolute joke. The list of items that were fixed preclose was huge, but since I’ve closed 2 things have been addressed. My cabinets- level 4- look like trash. I was told they’d fix them at the cabinet punch on 5/19- 2 cabinets were fixed, the rest are still damaged. Dishwasher was installed wrong (they had to reinstall because my floors had to be replaced due to being laid wrong). I guess not being able to put my dishes away a month after close isn’t such a big deal since I can wash them anyways… The carpet was installed so poorly there were gaps where it wasn’t stretched right- to “fix” it they glued chunks of carpet fibers together and shoved them in the gaps- so you can probably guess what happened when I vacuumed the first time. Back door has gauges in it. Spray paint on slider window from where they painters over the scratches and damage instead of replacing the faulty door. Pavers are stained from where they repainted the ceiling in screen room and spilt paint. Looks like oil all over the place. Plugs and outlets are off center and crooked. The list of things that are wrong is so long it comical at this point. The warrenty process is an absolute joke. I took a half day off work so they could fix my front door that had gaps so large that daylight shined through- they never showed up. They did call at 5:30 to let me know that they weren’t coming and asked that I leave work early or take another half day so they could try to fix it the next day. All of those things are absolutely ridiculous. Don’t both calling to try to get help from the warranty or builder or even submit tickets, they don’t actually show up. Once Pulte has your $50K- $150K deposit, the service stops because they know you can’t do anything to get out of buying their poorly build homes. I’m guessing this won’t get posted, and no one will contact me regarding any of this. Because that is the MO of this company. I’m legitimately just submitting it for further documentation of the failure to uphold their end of the contract by fixing warranty issues in a timely manner. ... More

My wife and I recently purchased a new home from Pulte Homes in Florida and every person that we dealt with at Pulte was knowledgeable, courteous and answered all our questions. I would highly recommend them to anyone interested in buying a newly constructed home.

The sales team gave us an awful experience especially Trenton and Jacque. They were manipulative and constantly lying about the home building process, incentives and much more. The building team we worked with was great and and saved the experience. There are some issues with the house that still haven’t been corrected. Thanks.

Great experience and love the floor plan.

Our PM Ted was an absolute joy to work with. He is courteous, knowledgable, respectful and the house was delivered in perfect condition. What more could you ask for? We were impressed!! Andrew handled the purchase/sale and we thoroughly enjoyed working with him. A great guy and everything was smooth and enjoyable. Both are highly recommended!!

The 2 things were touching up the baseboards & leveling the pavers on our patio as promised in our initial walk through. Baseboards are still not done & the supervisor of the pavers looked @ the patio & stated it was so everything had to be re-done. They came out removed all the pavers then replaced them back the exact same way. A J at this time has told the work is acceptable even though it just as bad as it was to start with....not with Pulte Homes

Contract to closing took 8 months longer than promised. Make sure you’re on site (or have someone on site) weekly to monitor quality. Workmanship is less than mediocre.

Craftsmanship leaves much to be desired. The Pulte closing team do not communicate with their own project managers or homeowners. Lived here for two months and my cabinets are not finished, missing slider door screen, unable to open windows because all the screens sag, hole in the ceiling, cracks in the stucco, grout needs to be finished, unable to plug in dryer because the drywall was over the outlet, etc. when we brought this to Pultes attention we were told to go through warranty! What?! This isn’t a warranty issue things are missing and never even were completed!

The team was responsive to my needs.

From what we have experienced to date, we are pleased with the quality of construction and responsiveness to our concerns. Our sales representative, Vanessa, and construction manager, Jesse, have been especially helpful.

I was very discouraged by the home market after searching for a home for two years. I got a text from my realtor about quick move ins and went straight to look. What I found was great curb appeal and great value at a great price. One look and I signed the next day. I am SO glad I did not overlook Pulte. The entire experience was totally painless and everyone was very helpful and responded quickly.

We have had a good experience with pulte so far. Extremely responsive to everything and also very responsive to warranty stuff after closing. Although there wasn’t much wrong at all with the home. Just very minor things. So far very happy with our decision. Thank you pulte homes!

A lot of issues with the house despite the fact that the construction was delayed beyond belief.

Pulte delivered!! Jesse was awesome. Andrew was a godsend. We were overwhelmed moving from another state and both of these Pulte employees made sure we were informed; eased our anxiety and built trust in the process. Our home is exactly what we expected. Our design elements work so well together (thanks Shane) and the quality is top notch. Andrew in sales answered EVERY question I had even if it wasn’t his “domain”. Jesse tended to every detail. We made friends in this process and we highly recommend Pulte Builders to anyone looking to customize their home building dreams!! Thank you Pulte!

We Signed our contract to build with Pulte in the Shoreview community in October of 2021. Mary Ann in sales knew the importance of us closing before the start of a new school year and shared that Pulte would deliver us a home before August of 2022. We met our construction manager Cameron in December of 2021 who failed to keep us updated in the build process. At one point we had roof tile which remained in our driveway for 8 months before finally getting installed. We had finished drywall and paint before we had our roof tile installed! The weight of the roofing continues to cause a whole mess of issues post closing. One point I walked the home and found that one of my bathtubs was full with empty beer cans left from the construction workers. It wasn’t until January of 2023 that we finally closed, the condition of the home failed to meet all of our expectations. List includes flooring not level, wrong color cabinet hardware, window sills unlevel, cracks and holes in the drywall throughout the home, ceiling vent covers that are falling out of the walls, sliding patio doors covered in paint that don’t function properly, electrical switches & lights that don’t work properly, tar covered patio pavers, a front door that only opens on one side…. The list goes on and on. The closing delays forced our family to have to move 4 times since we did not have housing planned after the committed closing dates provided to us by Pulte. Every time we got close to our closing date it would get pushed another month out which forced us to jump from VRBO to hotel to AirBNB. Those unplanned expenses compounded and no compensation was provided to us as a result of extended housing costs. Once we finally closed on our home all of our unresolved issues got handed over to Pulte warranty team who fails to coordinate projects on time. For example, We had demo work done in our entry way over a month ago and the team scheduled to complete the repair never showed up after. So we have been living is a construction zone post closing. The delays cost our family 100s of thousands of dollars because our rate lock expired and the current mortgage rates have skyrocketed. Pulte has a mortgage provider of their own but they refused to match our expired rates due to their extended delays. Life post closing is a mess with un respectful neighboring construction crews. We can’t leave our home most of the time because our driveway is blocked. We find extension cords plugged into the exterior of our home to supply power to the neighboring construction sites, I have construction workers open the door to our home and walk around without knocking or ringing the doorbell, our lanai and pool is covered in filth and dust from the neighborhood construction, I pick trash up from our lawn daily. I would caution anyone looking to build with Pulte. Especially in the 7 figure price segment. ... More

Still having issues needing follow up. However, overall experiences where fair. Exp. Rusty on refrigerator door, two different vanity doors, window screen not sized properly, etc.