Pulte Homes Reviews in Chicago, IL

The beginning process went really smooth. Like our contact Morgan a lot she helped us get through a lot of the planning stages and exactly what type of home we wanted and needed. Our closing went really well also we still have a few outstanding issues and waiting for weather to break to resolve them.

Our experience with the Pulte staff, sales and engineering has been exceptionally good.

Not even a month in the new home and there is a lot of signs of poor workmanship. Cabinets touched up with permanent marker. Slanted drawers, floors and walls/baseboards.

Overall was not the experience we expected, thought Pulte would be a very reputable company to work with; however ran into issues every step of the way. Quality is definitely not to expectations of a luxury home, especially for the price we paid and the neighborhood value. The mortgage process was also very poorly managed, we had to close at a much higher interest rate that could have been avoided. Our home exterior is still incomplete with no line of sight when the exterior and landscaping will be complete.

Very satisfied, great house and location.

Loved working with the people at Pulte! Everyone has been so helpful to us every step of the way.

The people were great and all were helpful.

House was not ready to close but we closed anyway. More than 40 follow-ups. 29 left 8weeks past close.

The process was very easy and effortless. There was no delays or hold ups on materials. They stayed on the time limit they said they would.

Advertisement shows units available and cost in the middle 200k, reality was there we no home available within two months and the cost was a 100k more than advertised

Great company to work with

The quality of work in the materials for the price I paid is what really upset us. Issues are notated and the lack of responsiveness to those issues is taking time pose closing. The exterior property like siding, caulking, painting was poorly done. I guess that’s what you get when you have guys working in 10 degree weather so the builder can close, get their money, and put out a poor product. During the homebuying process there was surprises that came up such as location of the home on the lot, the grade of the property, upgraded options I selected were not fully explained, etc. I tried it addressing this all the way to the top and the corporate level and they didn’t seem to care and told me to deal with it and there was nothing they can do. It’s nice because it’s new but we could’ve went with a full custom build and paid the same or less. ... More

Not good workmanship. Pretty sloppy construction. I would think twice before buying a Pulte Home next time.

The Team makes sure we are very happy with all the aspects of the home buying process. We love Pulte.

Pulte builds okay homes. The floor plans are nice; but they take too many shortcuts and very minimal accountability. If you have a great field manager; that is a great thing. However, keep in mind that the field manager is incentivized to close on-time, regardless of quality. We had issues and still have issues. The same goes for a customer care manager; if you have a great customer care manager; rest back he/she will take care of it. If you have a customer care manager that is laxxed or has to many homes to take care of; you will be frustrated. Also, they swap people out constantly so you almost feel as your starting over again. We had issues with loose ballusters, air coming in from the outside thru baseboards, water coming in from door, wavy floors, you name it. They will take care of your issues but be careful on the floors... even if they're wavy they may not fix and you have to go back and forth with your own equipment to prove its out of spec. All in all, be prepared to become your own quality control and have the equipment to show why its out of spec. ... More

It was very good experience throughout the home buying process. As a first time homebuyer, I was little nervous about it, but it was very smooth process

Overall quality was good. Seemed to be in a hurry to get the closing done by the end of the month. Some sloppy work especially the painting and cleaning before occupancy.

Our Overall experience is good!!

We are first time home buyers and we had a smooth buying experience with Pulte. Will definitely recommend it to my friends.

The people we dealt with through the whole process were very knowledgeable and responsive to all our questions.

It's great Experience initial purchase to final move-in.

Good experience overall. However, Pulte doesn't offer customization. It would be nice if 1% to 2% of the budget was for personal customizations especially for older people. In the noise of building there were too many lapses on their part of what we wanted. Their response usually was that "is was not in the contract", well yes, if Pulte didn't write it down and put it in the contract. But overall the workmanship is good, layout is good, and response from company is good.

Good comfortable house. Things to be fixed take longer than expected. Nothing to do with material just simply getting things fixed.

When we were buying no issues. as the build process occurred they were a lot a gaps and The field manager did his best to work with our concerns. Pulte upper management is messed up they rushed the home build just so they can try to close the house before the year end and made cuts in proper build by rushing the field team. The field manager was able to resolve a lot of thing after the closing but still not up to par as he has other builds to worry about as well. Pulte keeps talking about how they pride themself on quality sounds more like hurry up and grab the money and not about the buyers benefit. when we received the house after closing this was not the new house that we paid for., it was just setup to be acceptable and rushed through the inspection so we wouldn't noticed and halt the closing. The more we look through the house we keep find place and items which were rushed and not done properly. I might have well bought a 30 year old home because that's what it looks like . Wood trough out the home not properly sanded or finished or painted. home sealing not done properly. Areas throughout the house with paint and blemishes. Floors with nicks scratches even not installed properly at many locations. trims thought-out the whole house not properly installed. This will be the last time i will ever deal with this company as paying a high premium for the property to only get stuck with half finished not new home made to pass a inspection. Pulte as a company deliberately jacked up prices to create a demand in the area. even in the early VIP appointments. Prices were different for the first batch of meetings within the same weekend. lot prices provided were different for the first group then the second group on the same weekend. I understand the as a company you have to make money but creating partiality on the first run is a big no no. Shows how much concern they have for their clients ... More

Have been waiting for purchased dishwasher and front door knob for three months with no proactive updates from the construction manager or Customer care manager. I keep having to email for updates, team is not proactive and barely responsive.