Pulte Homes Reviews in Tampa St. Petersburg, FL

I’ve purchased 5 new homes. Pulte has been the worst in initial quality.

I have had nothing but issues since the day I moved into this house. For the amount of money I paid, I should not be experiencing so many electrical issues. Not impressed at all.

Pulte did an okay job for us, but we are not 100% satisfied. Now after living in the home for almost 3 months, we feel we overpaid and got a lesser product than what was advertised. Every team we dealt with tried to shift the blame down to the next team, and would consistently tell you that you can't expect things to be done right. The sales team did an okay job, but there is very little involvement from them. Mostly, it's up to you to just pick the lot and home you want. The design process was ok as well. But often times you will hit limitations of what questions the design people can answer, and then they will respond with "I don't know". Small details such as "where exactly will the lights and outlets go", the design people will not know, and will tell you to ask your construction manager. Ultimately,it is not as custom as you are led to believe,and the different teams from sales, construction, and warranty do not talk to each other unless there is a crisis. You have to fight and make a crisis in order to have them take your seriously. The construction experience was poor in our opinion. Our CM was clearly overstressed but the volume of homes he had to build, and was not capable of dealing with us in a polite, humble, and listening manner. He was quick to dismiss everything we objected to, and was really only concerned about his rating we would give him at the end of the construction experience. He hated that I asked questions, and checked his work. He belittles and thinks your a "lawyer" if you try to ask more than he has time to explain. The construction team will often say "nothing is perfect" or you "can't expect everything to be done". Meanwhile, they expect me to pay $700k and be satisfied with a unfinished home. They just want to punt things down to warranty, and have you fight with them for a few months. Finally, my warranty experience was also a pain. I opened about 25 tickets for various things that were not up to spec, and I foresee having to open more. Even though I had a third party inspection, they're are still quality details work which was not done well. This makes the CM begging for a good rating seen even more laughable now that we have had this warranty experience. Warranty has a habit to say that "that's the way things are" (misaligned cabinets, or broken stair spindles, broken irrigation sprinklers, etc). They often stall you out by being slow to respond, and give you a 3-4 week out scheduling for service. Also, they will not communicate with the vendors who arrive and sometimes have no idea what they're here to do. In closing, I can tell Pulte is all about getting things done quickly. They are quick to try and penalize the buyer if we dare to delay anything, but at the same time, their tax to are to delay when it benefits them. They set a low bar for workmanship/quality, and are looking to just lint you down to the next team. Everything looks great on paper and the website and the model. However, your personal experience will be a big let down, and nobody will be held responsible for it. I have a lot to say to one of the presidents of Pulte if they ever wanted to talk, but I fear they are not concerned about what I have to say. ... More

After believing that the Pulte Team would fix several issues they didn’t. Ended up going through warranty and obviously their default answer is no. After paying a good buck on a house they would want to follow through on fixing even minor issues but no.

Our experience building a home with Pulte was, unfortunately, disappointing. We initially chose Pulte because we believed they prioritized customer satisfaction and had a strong quality assurance process. At first, things seemed promising. The initial project manager clearly explained the construction process, which gave us confidence. However, as the build progressed, he failed to meet many of our expectations and requests. Near the end of construction, a new project manager (Rafael) took over. While he made a genuine effort to address some of the outstanding issues, there was only so much he could do at that late stage. Prior to closing, we were reassured that any issues would be covered under warranty. While that may be technically true, we do not expect to rely heavily on warranty service after paying a lot for a newly constructed home. Unfortunately, several quality concerns became apparent right away. The appliances provided were low quality despite the overall cost of the home. An undersized A/C unit was installed, though it met county approval, it does not seem appropriate for the square footage. The floor tiles are fragile and chip easily, and the master bathroom shower floor was poorly installed, leading to standing water in one corner due to improper drainage. Overall, I would not choose to build with Pulte again, and I cannot recommend them to others based on our experience. ... More

I did not expect this, last new home bought was in 2017. Then and now the differences, the sales office is rude, the first question is what is ur budget? Do u have an appointment (no hi no hello, no greeting). The dry wall contractor and framing contractor and the landscaping sub contractors have done a very poor job and have taken the joy out of new house. The dry wall who ever did it need to learn basics. At the corners you can see the bend and non straight lines through out the house. The roof has bumps in the living room, I'm seeing new bumps in ceiling in garage. Customer care rep is trying to do few things, but looks like she is new to the job. Sometimes ignores my experience especially when it comes to landscaping. I've lost trust and recording every conversation with sub contractors. We did get walk throughs at different stages that is the only thing same. ... More

Our experience with the sales office and design center was very good. However, from the moment the building process began we discovered somethings were not the same as discussed in the sales office. We were not advised that outdoor kitchen pre-wire was an option, even though we requested it. We found no issues in the block and framing process when building our home, but when the wall went up it appeared that all hell had broke loose. We found almost every door in the house had a measurement issue, large gaps between doorframes and walls, builder had to use quarter round to correct the problem (recommended by the buyer) We had the worst experience with Pulte Builders, we felt there was no commitment to satisfy the buyer and we had to fight to get every in-correction corrected. Every peace of hardware in the house was wrong, the master bath tub wrong, the appliances were wrong, the crown molding wasn’t going to be installed until mentioned during our walk through, several internal doors were damaged, damaged tile flooring, pocket doors wasn’t functioning properly( still today) tub in upstairs bathroom doesn’t drain properly (still today), bathroom and kitchen cabinets not installed properly, rails were not properly stain(still today), caulking around baseboard instead of quarter round(still today), front door damaged(still today), pendants installed unevenly, and raised area at garage door retains water. These were things that were most noticeable and disturbing. ... More

While the buying experience was quick, and was given update on progress regularly, the quality of the house was poor, and it is taking forever to get the issues fixed. There were around 20 issues from which include some safety concerns. I am still frustrated following up on half of the pending issues 1.5 months into occupancy. My suggestion to buyers, don't close until all the issues are fixed.

Pulte May be the leading builder in the nation but the experience in building the house and the quality they deliver is poor. I felt I paid premium price and got a not impressive product. It took them way longer than they originally committed to complete the build but every time the date was revised that slipped again. Everything was blamed on supply chain delays. I felt they weren’t transparent and honest about the delays to begin getting with. The whole experience was lacking communication and clarity. They may be dealing with such scenarios a lot but it’s my hard earned money and my only home. I literally had to escalate the issue to their GM to get some sanity in the plan. Eventually when the home was delivered there was lack of craftsmanship and quality in the home. In fact I had to do 4 paid inspections to prove out the deficiencies in their work. After all of this and numerous conversations the field manager literally walked out on us during the walk through cause we continued to point issues with the house. We eventually had no option than tk move in since I had sold my home (based on the date they gave me and had to rent ). After moving in we are getting some help to fix some problems but what ever is left is my issue or I should wait for 1 year to report my claim on warranty. I will not recommend pulte homes tk any other buyer and have them go through what I did ... More

The buying experience was alright, we were disappointed in our inability to select options in our home that were pre selected by the builder. This required us to pay extra for features we would not have chosen and to forgo completion of additional features we would have included. Upon move in its clear that the quality of the build was a lot lower than expected. Craftsmanship is poor and care was not taken durring the buiding and installation process. Neither of our tubs are functional due to cracks caused at installation. Many electrical outlets through the home do not work. Our sod and trees were dead upon move in. We have already needed to request multiple repairs through our home warranty and they are not eager or quick to resolve issues, instead acting like we are a burden. ... More

The build process was a joke with a delay at every turn and everything blamed on COVID, but the same model house in the same neighborhood moving faster than others and then you're told "well that's a different elevation". If you complain about the delays your construction super would say "well you could be like this house who's been delayed for # months." No matter what level "manager" you talk to you get the same script and nothing gets done. We had a joke of a super and then he quit in the middle of the house being built. Even with that Pulte never owned up the awful process thus far and put all that stress on the next person to pick up the slack. We've been in house for 2 months now and there are still issues that are not finished that were on the list we made at the final walk through. Our video doorbell isn't installed and the temp doorbell is still just hanging off the wall. We messaged Pulte about electrical outlets that do not work and weeks later no one has come to fix it and now follow up. We've messaged our superintendent about outside lights not installed, video doorbell, window screens and still nothing done. Make sure when designing your home everything they tell you is in writing. We were told a lot of things and then as the house was being built we would about those things and we would get looked at like we were crazy. We would then try to contact the person that sold the house to us and we couldn't never get a response back. In all I would stay far from this builder. They make the home buying process even more stressful than what it already is, and do not go with their joke of financing option. Find your own lender and don't give them your money. They builder has insane delays and then their mortgage company tries to get you to pay thousands to lock in your rate knowing that they building will hit even more delays and your money is lost. ... More

Salesperson was great and construction manager was trying to do everything he could, but corporate was rushing closings. We were promised that everything on our walk threw list would be completed or scheduled within 3 weeks.....Didn't happen! 2 months in and still waiting. House was really dirty inside and grouting looked like a 3 year old did it. House is almost 2300 Sq ft and they put a 2.5 ton AC that runs constantly. Mario's AC cannot do anything to help and said Pulte will need to do an evaluation......Still waiting! Electric bill $333.00 which the Salesperson said should be around $100.00. Dead grass has yet to be replace but they said it would be replaced by June 20th....Still waiting. With all the great reviews of Pulte this process has be really disappointing. I was really hoping for a better experience. ... More

I am very disappointed with the warranty department

It’s been only a month since we moved. We see several issues. It takes forever to fix issues. Customer care does respond however I feel there is no communication between the team and contractors. The time window for each pending item is taking too long. Our venthood was not installed properly and we have a huge gap between kitchen venthood and a wall. They say parts are ordered but it’s been a month and still not fixed. My under cabinet kitchen light and few recess lights in the loft area stopped working two days after we moved. Till now this has not been fixed. Contractors show up randomly without giving us notice. We are all working and don’t have remote option. Because they didn’t let us know ahead of time they left a note to reschedule. Now we have to wait another 15 days for them to come and fix our electrical issues. I am not satisfied with the way things are moving and I don’t feel I am living in newly constructed home. I have lived in older homes built in 2004 and 2014 but have never had any issues like this. Surprised to see so many issues since closing. When we closed the home as not even cleaned. It was all dusty and we had to call the cleaners to clean the entire home. Overall not a happy client. ... More

I am a first-time home buyer the process went pretty quick for me without much guidance or help and after closing the request to fix issues is horrible. I had some issues pending for a month now and still no response from the builder.

The most terrible experience with Pulte mortgage and their loan consultants , very unorganized, unprofessional but the house is nice and a good quality. But for any reason I won’t recommend Pulte mortgage company use a different bank because nobody can handle the nightmare with Pulte mortgage.

The Pulte underwriting group asks for document after document after document. It's as if they see what your assets are and attempt to drain your accounts. Once they have your earnest escrow funds, it's game over. They hold your funds hostage and make you jump through hoops.

Our loan agent was by far the rudest person, she displayed absolutely no professionalism at all! She refused to speak with us avoiding 95 percent of emails and calls to her! Prayers to anyone who as experienced such dismissiveness, she literally treated us as if our business was not worth her time.

The communication with Pulte lacked the entire build. Dates kept changing and things weren’t correct from the start. Now dealing with warrantee nothing seems to be getting done I have multiple things that are broken or not correct I need to be fixed but nothing has happened yet

Pulte is a cookie cutter homebuilder. Please do not expect to make any changes, even with a change order. Three days after I put my contract in, I wanted to put in a change order for a screened in lanai. I was told I couldn't, because the order had already been submitted to the county. I am still without screening for my lanai (the housing industry is booming in Florida, it is difficult to schedule the work or get a response). My experience was and still is very stressful (ongoing issues). I am still trying to get items up to par. They push closing because they are schedule driven. With this, quality is diminished or lost. My home closed with three major items that should have been fixed/repaired before closing: an air conditioner that didn't cool, a very crooked oven hood, and damaged kitchen granite (two of these items I didn't know about until after closing). Additionally, I'm trying to have some electrical outlets installed in my home. I must go through the company that did the work or the warranty will be voided should something happen; however, the electrical company has not/will not return calls (I've called three times) after promises of a return call from an estimator. I am extremely disappointed with my experience with Pulte. What should have been a joyful experience turned into a depressing and negative experience. ... More

Very poor experience from soup to nuts

Brand new home looks good outside, after move in we identified lot of issues in first month itself, very bad materials in all places, mainly the tiles are broken the Pulte representative came but he told it will not cover the broken was by your mistake. So many issues but pulte team is not responding properly.

Failed promise, lies, disappointments - This is what our experience and Pulte ruined our happiness and Thanksgiving. We were lied outright and if Pulte representative doesn't stand to what he said and outright changes his words then how does it build trust, never ever had this kind of bad experience with any other builder we worked with in the past. Never ever buying another Pulte built home and will ensure to share my experience and feedback to every person I know and meet and in every platform possible.

Negative experience with Pulte and their new community Vida’s Way in FL. We were among the first to purchase a home in new community and expected the company to be especially attentive to its first customers. We truly like the community itself — it’s beautiful and has great potential — but the constant struggle to get issues fixed completely ruins the experience. We have encountered numerous problems with the house. Many took weeks to resolve, and some remain unresolved because the quality manager simply refuses to acknowledge or address them. The most telling example is the lawn. During the final walkthrough before signing the contract, the construction manager admitted the grass was defective and promised to replace it. We submitted multiple trouble tickets, followed up repeatedly, and kept hearing: "Yes, yes, everything is under control." In the end, we were told this is supposedly "not a warranty case" and nothing would be done. It feels like the company is simply stalling and avoiding fulfilling its promises. It’s disappointing to see that behind the polished marketing language there is a lack of accountability and respect for customers. ... More

This is the worst craftsmanship I ever seen, from the walls, floors, Ctop, cabinets and much more. I closed around 5/12 and I still have issues with my cabinets not being completed. Also Workers using my electricity and water, like there’s no supervision for them so they do as pleased. I would never recommend this builder to anyone. Worst experience ever!!!