Pulte Homes Reviews in Chicago, IL

ease of working through the down payment and closing process. Standards in place

The shoddy workmanship and lack of attention to detail were very disappointing. It seems as there were unqualified workers building my house and pulte construction personnel did not hold them to a high standard.

Overall we had a good experience. We enjoyed the entire process of planning building our new home. The pulte consultation at the design center was a pleasant experience. The only thing I would like to have known was all the additional add on we could have received. Example gas line outside for a grille, additional outlets in the garage and outside. Being first time home buyers we did not have any experience in building a house.

Went very from start to the end.

Overall construction was good. But we spent a ton of money on upgrades which included flooring, tile work, cabinets and counters. There wasn't much attention to deal at all. Most tiles in the master shower are wonky, and don't line up. The caulk job was amateur at best. Just sloppy. The floor they installed throughout the first floor has several spots where the planks aren't supported and the seams separate from one another. They installed a floor vent in front of my sliding rear door. They have a light switch literally wedged in a corner upstairs...which looks really stupid. The paint on the baseboards throughout the entire home and the door casing has runs, sags and major orange peel everywhere. They shot nails through the sides of my cabinets when they installed the trim on the sides. None of the cabinet drawers in the kitchen operate smoothly, it seems like there's something dragging. The windows they use are not good at all. Several are very hard to open and the are very drafty. And the screens fit really loose which allows bugs to get in no problem. It is basically very obvious the house was built with the emphasis on time and getting it done fast and not the overall quality. The house was over 500k. It looks like a slapped together flip, and not new construction. Don't spend on upgrades, they will never look as good as the model. ... More

The title company is very badly . No service, no respond or wait until the last minute to respond . The painting of our house is very bad too . Even the main contraction guy who showed us the housing before closing said It was definitely a below a average job

A few areas look/feel rushed. Felt like work was squeezed in to make closing.

Ryan was absolutely amazing! My AC unit wasn't working the first day I tried to use it. Of course it was 86 and humid. I emailed Ryan and he showed up at my door within the hour. He had an electrician on site so he sent him over to my house. I was worried I had a bad outside AC unit, but there was just something loose in the wiring . Ryan had my AC up in running within a couple of hours!

The quality of the builders, Eric and Gus, is fantastic. I could not say anything better about them and their responsiveness to issues. On the opposite spectrum, I would never recommend using Pulte Mortgage. The loan process was the worst I have ever dealt with and took the fun out of watching the house being built.

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