Pulte Homes Reviews in Atlanta, GA

Have everything in writing that is promised before signing any agreement. Once you sign everybody acts like they have amnesia. The overall home is good for there price point I feel like they can put more into workmanship we had a lot of sheet rock imperfections half million dollar home you would think you would get a level 5 finish not the case. They sprayed cheap flat paint throughout the whole house ceiling and walls and they don’t paint the garage. Our kids bedrooms are hot because they are over the garage thermostat can be on 73 and rooms are 81 again half million dollar home you would think they would put returns in every room especially rooms over the garage which is non insulated. Happy to say they are coming back to fix the issue but felt it was a bit much the lengths I had to go through to prove what was going on. Overall we are happy with the home but the sales process should definitely have an over hall and ethics training and people held accountable and attention to detail on workmanship. ... More

I wouldn't do this again. Pulte seems to have very little control over their sub contractors. We've encountered countless issues throughout the process (during and after the build was complete). Pulte always responds quickly, but there's no way to fix widespread shoddy workmanship (framing, drywall, painting, plumbing, electrical, flooring, windows, you name it). I just hope we don't encounter long-term effects down the line.

We were expecting a more seamless and by far a less frustrated home buying process. From a delayed start of construction date to a delayed closing due to a lower appraisal, we have to rank this process lower than our previous purchase years ago with another seller.

We've had many issues throughout our buying and build journey, happy to discuss more in detail in the phone. Our sales associate and design center consultants did chose some options for us (like our elevation) without telling us and did not explain options available to us, other times they gave just wrong information. They were not forthcoming about pricing. Key steps in the build process were missed, like walking us through an electrical plan. We learned a great deal about what to police for our next build and for now are spending a great deal of time and money correcting things that we could have chosen to have done during the build had we been properly informed- ie we thought we chose a brick house but instead it siding. I wanted to spend money to get my home perfect, I told them money wasn't an issue, show me options - that was not done and now I'm paying significantly more after the fact ... More

Very backwards process. Pulte wants you to make a lot of decisions without giving thorough explanations or information. Make sure to get an independent home inspection. Neighborhood is nice though.

For a new townhome, the building quality is fine - not the best, but not the worst it could be. The main issues were the construction timeline and customer service - Pulte is all sales, no substance. They put on a great face, but when it comes to getting details about the construction timeline, where materials stand, where the inspections stand, they are just about the worst at communicating this information. Worse, they make you feel stupid for even asking. Our townhome took 16 months because of the collective incompetence of the sales and construction teams. Our closing date was pushed three times, leaving us to find temporary housing for two months. Pulte offered zero empathy or concessions to make up for their screw ups. In this pandemic, I would not recommend anyone purchase a new construction home (unless they have flexible housing options to stay in until moving) but I especially would not recommend purchasing with Pulte. A traumatic experience for a first-time homeowner that I would not wish on anyone. ... More

On site agent and builder were excellent; however Pulte, the Company, focused only on their profits, ignoring the impact their actions had on buyers. Pulte demanded some closings take place much earlier than anticipated which cause considerable inconvenience, stress and costs for these buyers. This rush by Pulte to close homes before the end of 2021resulted in incomplete and shoddy workmanship. Design center also made mistakes w/ buyers' selections. Customer service department and local builder make sincere efforts to resolve these issues which should not have occurred in the first place.

Sales agent have very less idea on how to deal with customers especially when they first time buyers. builders are new with not a lot of experience but still somewhat did a good job. designs - house designs are awful, so much space is wasted on unnecessary things. The home designs needs to be explained well to customers and be given an idea on how it looks on the lot... like ranch houses will consume a lot of yard size vs other family homes. Cant just count the number of things. Sometimes the upgrades are really downgrading in Pulte. Interior design - Standard design options are joke, cannot customize the designs we choose is a backstep in the process. Inside the house, I see the paint is wearing out, nails are popping out of drywall. The electric work is a joke had a switch not working for more than few weeks. Overall buying a home at Pulte has given me many lessons I will not forget. ... More

Several years back when I moved to Atlanta I had great experience with Pulte. They built my new townhouse and I was included each step of the way, had a great finished product and great follow up. For this purchase/build, I purposely sought them out as this was to be my 'retirement' home (as in I didn't want to move again until I truly retire in a few years). But with all that has happened since I financed with Pulte, took ownership of the house and lived here for a few weeks I do not plan to A) stay here for the long haul or B) invest in another Pulte home. As always I am glad to work with Pulte on the issues and a better result, as some of those folks have helped with several issues thus far. ... More

Competitive pricing and features from a market review, nice location. Negatives are the initial sales process and that many of the items promised prior to closing were not fixed...subsequent follow up has been poor after the sale was completed. Recommend allowing enough time to hold accountability on getting items fixed PRIOR to closing.

Excellent experience up until 8 weeks before closure. However, the closure and now 6 weeks post closure has been an exhausting experience, with the need for me to become a project manager of all the open issues in my home. I’ve had contractors in DAILY for repairs- electrical, plumbing, CAT wiring, drywall, painting, duradeck, cooling system, security systems, GApower.....and before an escalated email to a Pulte VP, it would’ve continued. No postal mail service for last 6 weeks and still unresolved. The communication from pulte, pulte mortgage and post closure to the ga customer care and field managers is nonexistent. Beautiful home, but nightmare experience in getting anything completely resolved post closure. ... More

The initial experience was great! But then I discovered the main reason for buying the home became withheld information and somehow CHEATED! I waited over 4 years to buy my first home due to interest rates but then eventually decided to buy one for my child so he can go to his school Dutchtown middle. The only reason I looked in this subdivision was solely due to the school system not the homes itself. The homes were nice but my no. 1 goal was the school system and my son having transportation to and from the school from the subdivision as I work odd shifts. So I was very upset when I found out Pulte did NOT update the tenants and future tenants of the change, and could care less. Very bad business and I no longer enjoy my home. And can't wait to move!! False information, as I could have transferred to the other subdivision next door that goes to dutchtown schools. ... More

Workmanship of all area was very poor, and I was not happy enough about quality.

This is the second time for me to buy a new home(previous one was from Bezer). Pulte hired non-professional workman and did a terrible job and the quality control is also not in place. The workmanship is totally worse than a DYI. Even the house was closed, the house still needs a lot of work. If I can upload photos, I surely will present them. To buy a new home from Pulte actually buys yourself frustration, I am still dealing with Pulte.

Corner cutting is way too much esp at things like paint, insulation fills, windows, floor material, quality of cabinets etc. I upgraded a lot of these but still the quality was not good.

Build took nearly one year longer than projected completion date and the overall product is disappointing. Nice from far away, but close up is unfortunately not the case.

Giant homebuilders like Pulte are only motivated by increasing shareholder value. Even when they do not have the bandwidth to sustain the rate of construction while also maintaining a minimum level of quality in their builds, they continue anyway. From contract to closing, it took 10 months. We've been in the house 3 months and are still waiting on warranty items to be addressed. There is a staggering lack of attention to detail with regard to quality workmanship you would expect from a half a million dollar home. I'm happy with the location, my neighbors, and the amount of space we have, but overall the lack of concern for attention to detail concerns me. Buckling floors, awful looking ceilings from water damage they caused, rough edges and walls, loose toilet, deadbolts that won't lock, loose hardware, etc., the list goes on. For future reference, DO YOUR RESEARCH on your potential homebuilder. ... More

They missed the inbuilt pest control pipeline for my home. Even though they knew it before they did not inform me at all. Missed removing the test caps which ended up water outflow from my lawn and washer-dryer area. No proper installations, everything was made in hurry.

You do not have a builder, you have a scheduler.

The quality of construction is not up to the mark, construction finishing is not satisfactory. Painting is not done as expected. Quality for components used is very low quality.

I was initially so excited about building a home from the ground up, but not after what I went through with Pulte. I had 3 different builder POCs bc everyone kept quitting. Closing of the home was delayed for over 4months and still wasn’t complete when I did close. There was a laundry list of punch list items that still need to be fixed that haven’t been addressed yet. Now that I’ve loses no one responds to any form of outreach communication. My home has several errors that need to be fixed and that still has not. Careless errors that shows they didn’t care about end quality output. So now that I’ve noticed so many things installed and built poorly it truly makes me question everything else in the home. Very disappointing especially knowing that the majority of the neighborhood all have similar issues. Makes it appear as if they just don’t care if they repeated the same mistakes in every home. Example of this would be the placement of all the pendent lights in kitchen are not centered, issues with being able to have internet provider give access to home, their service partners for smart home Installation don’t have all the things they need etc. Bad experience and even worse customer service ... More

While certain aspects of the build where great, the attention to detail severely lacks. Poor finishing paint job, base board finishes, paint spots all over wood floors etc. they also provided a very subpar cleaning for move in. In addition promises are made to entice you to close (ie when you close we will finish x,y,z) - note this did not happen at all, instead never receive callbacks from builder and have to go about the warranty process.

Pulte has been awful with the quality of work that has been performed, I have shutters that are coming of the home, I have not been in the home but a little over 60 days. The wood on my deck has completely cracked, there has been absolutely no one from warranty to address these issues whatsoever.

Pulte homes are built using C-Grade Subcontractors at best, who are incentives-ed by quick turn over. Pulte Field managers advocate for the builders and reward poor quality work, and not work for the home owner. Much attention is paid to the model unit but not to the purchased homes. I would recommend hiring a private Project Manager and Inspection agency to oversee the construction.

Will never have Pulte build me a house again