Pulte Homes Reviews in Tampa St. Petersburg, FL

We purchased a new Pulte home at Epperson Ranch just over a month ago. It was a quick move-in home so we didn't have any input into the finishings or design. Nevertheless, we liked what we saw so we went ahead to purchase it. Although it was a brand new home, we decided to pay the extra $$ to get a new home inspection done, and we were very glad we did! Although the home itself was structurally sound, he found many areas that needed to be addressed. These included nails protruding on the roof, unfinished painting on the outside and inside, missing/malfunctioning door stoppers, incomplete sealants around the sink and so forth. It had a lot to do with sloppy workmanship. We were very surprised by the number of flaws that were identified by the inspector considering it was a brand new house. We shared this information with Pulte about two weeks before closing and they agreed to address everything before closing. We met with building supervisor three days before closing and even though they said they addressed all the issues, when we did the walk through it was noted that not everything was taken care of. The supervisor promised that it will all be fixed before closing. We met again few hours before closing and did a final walk through. During this time, the remaining issues had been addressed and we proceeded to close later that day. It was just disappointing that a new home had so many flaws. If we didn't do the home inspection, we would have been clueless to it all. I expected a higher quality of workmanship and integrity from Pulte from the very beginning. ... More

The Build quality is good but the overall responsiveness to the issues is poor. Many issues that were highlighted during the pre closing and build stage were fnot foxed and the frequent cleaning of the hoise was not done.There is a lot to improve on communication from sales, build teams.

The quality of house is ok. Have found floor not fixed properly, doors are not closing properly, water stagnation in the yard etc...

Disappointed in finish work and quality of the "upgrades" we made.

By the time you see your house finished, you are amazed as it’s a dream coming true. By the time you settle in and start living inside it, you start noticing several aspects about the material and workmanship that could have been done better, such as stains all over the walls and flooring, hand marks from the workers that do not go away, poor quality painting that gets off easily and is sticky, small holes left unattended and so on. It’s a bummer to notice those items only after living on it, which starts to be a life of fixing minor issues.

Floor not even, still waiting for the parts were promised by the construction manager.

The overall finish of the house is poor , each window in the house is different size , the shower bathroom tiles are not straight ,

I understand there are some shortages for material but it doesn't mean work hss to de done sloppy!! Since very begging to end was not a good experience !!

There are few issues like Since we chose platinum package we have chosen vinyl but there is a gap between vinyl floor and the door frame. Drive way bricks not properly arranged. Also the closet racks all rusted the day we move in. Still following up for the replacement. Someone came to touch up that's what we need. Garage was not placed properly I see the bolt placed on one side unsupported and door hanged somewhere. Guest restroom water clogged within a week. Title floor filings coming out now itself.

It’s okay not a good experience for a first home buyer

At my closing I pointed out something that needed to be so done my field manager said he would take care of he promised. He just wanted me to sign off... there are stain drippings on my stair case. There are granite on my floors and paint in my floors throughout my home, there is a deep scratch on my cabinets in my bathroom that I noticed as i was leaving out the bathroom as there was a piece of blue tape there but not addressed. Reported it under the 30 day closing warranty... reported everything in the 30 days and it is not 31days and none of it was addressed. There was suppose to be an outlet put in the closet for my media as all media ports were put in there but no outlet... nothing has been addressed. No one cares after you close! I can go on and on... ... More

Sales staff was great field mgr very good Product choice is substandard and workmanship needs improvement

The experience didn’t feel personal. For the amount we are paying for the house I expected better communication and follow up from Pulte’s end. I also expected better results from the vendors you used. It felt as if they didn’t care and our home wasn’t really a priority for them with how careless they were with some of their work. Pulte could do a better job with following up on your vendors worksmanship.

Overall building quality is fine. Minor issues but response from warranty could be a little better

We are happy with the quick response for any issues. Since Putle is the one of the popular builder, we had great expectations regarding the quality and finishing by the time we close the house. However, we were very disappointed with the poor finishing. We see a lot of paint patch works across the home, doors paint wearing off in two weeks, they fixed it but same repeated. Unclean finish of grouting in the bathroom tiles. Doors misalignments and so on. Carpet issues like, it came off in a week not happy.

Ongoing issues still unresolved after closing some time ago. Pressed to sign the house was 100% at closing even though it was not and wanted to be nice because I do like the guys who built the house. Agreed to fill out their survey with all favorable remarks as I know there are bonuses tied to it, even though the work was not 100% done, I still did it. I am not confident that the issues will ever be taken care of.

We had a nice experience through the purchase program. Sales man was amazing and very helpful through the whole process. Construction wasn't what we were expecting. A lot of paint stains all over the house. Lots of dents and scratches on doors and trims. Issues with the pave that hasn't been resolved yet. It's been almost two months since we got into the house and most of the issues we pointed on the closing have not been solved.

They were in such a rush to complete the interior of the home that quite a few mistakes were made such as uneven floors, uncorked windows and scantily painted window panels, cuffed and splitting door frames, doorknob placed backwards and mal-adjusted kitchen cabinet doors. The list goes on. They tend schedule final walk through 2 days before closing and many issues go unresolved thereafter.

Its been over a month and we still haven't got a call from pulte about repairs as we were told we will receive a call. They are many issues in the house need to be fixed. No response from pulte yet.

The sales staff was great the rest of the process was awful I wish there was a do over financing process because I hate what I settled for to get the job done and underwriting were terrible. If I had the choice at the end I would have purchased somewhere else I believe technology replacement is evident and overwhelming to customers who still believe that happiness is the end result It was very clear and obvious no one thinks the human process or customer service experience is required anymore, honestly no more over and above just gimme my money every one hand was out and the work was sub standard from the onset of calls Pure disappointment ... More

Build quality is poor. Team just looks to deliver the house as per the schedule and were not concentrating on the quality at all. Very poor in reviewing the work done and correcting the issues intime.

Since moving in I have had to have people out every week fixing builder mistakes. I feel like the quality has went down in the past couple of years and it feels like things are being rushed in the building phase and not done properly.

For starters, when doing the 2-hour walk-through, instead of getting some explanations all we got were excuses. And to follow that, I wrote all the issues in a notepad on my phone and went back to the property day after day for 2 weeks to see the progress before closing and would see nothing fixed but all the pointed out issues that were once marked, with the blue tape that we were given during the 2-hour walk, had been tossed out and never fixed/addressed. I complained about the upstairs being hot for almost a month and got excuse after excuse only for the issue to be that I had no insulation in my upstairs attic at all. Once Jodi became a part of the team, she became a life saver and got all my issues dealt with and I greatly appreciate her hustle and tenacity. She helped calm my nerves and got literally all my issues dealt with in a timely fashion. ... More

For the price we paid the workmanship is lacking, drywall cracking, poorly painted edges, and already a laundry list of items we need addressed.

My project manager did a great job communicating with me during the build process. However a week before closing we were assure things would be fixed by closing and they were not. Then we were assured they would take care of it while we were in the house. When we followed up we were told we had to put in warranty tickets. Now we've been in the home two months, our doors are not aligned, tile is crooked and chipped, and my floors are not level.