Pulte Homes Reviews in Indianapolis, IN

Overall pretty disappointing build experience. Our sales consultant was great... he was very knowledgable and responsive to inquiries. Our field manager was briefly responsive but after slab was poured, we had very sparse communication. We didn't know where our house was in the build process and when questions/concerns arose, they went unanswered. Our punch list was incomplete or completed haphazardly. Quality is poor from poor paint job, obvious dinged trim/carpentry work, cracked backsplash and shower tile, VERY roughly mud & taped garage.

Poor craftsmanship, cheap material used, and Poor quality.

We recently closed on a home built by pulte and it has been near 1 1/2 months but impossible to get any response from the builders

Before I go into the build process, I want to call out Shandra for being a great selling agent. She helped us along the way and was an advocate for us from the start. We began with one project manager, Brandon, who was excellent. He made me feel comfortable and in good hands from our first virtual meeting. Every week he would send us emails with pictures, letting us know what was accomplished and what the plan for the next week was. During my pre-drywall inspection, he was very thorough, and let me know the ins and outs of our soon-to-be new home. Unfortunately, a week later he left the company, and things began to go downhill from there. The new project manager, Brad, did not keep us up-to-date on the building process. We had to send multiple emails to him to try and find out what was going on. We received a brief email from him on July 16th, without pictures, concerning the progress of our home, which contained an excessive amount of typos. On the 25th, I sent an email with questions about progress and potential closing dates. It took him six days to respond to me, in which we were "given" final walk and closing dates. The next time we heard from him was August 16th with an email in which he wanted to know if there were any questions or concerns, and what he could do better. We gave him that feedback the following day, and never heard from him until our "celebration" walkthrough. It was nothing close to a celebration, and in fact had the wind taken out of our sails, in what should have been a very exciting experience. He admittingly had not been in the home since Thursday, and it was nowhere near ready to be shown as a walkthrough. He attempted to call us 2 hours beforehand (on the wrong number). encouraging us to reschedule. We clearly did not receive the phone call, so showed up as scheduled. There were holes in the walls, mud all over the floors, the banister was on the floor, the planning center countertop was not installed, trim outside was not painted, a wire for the front porch was lost, and a hole had to be cut in the soffit to find it. We got to the top of the stairs and we ended the walk. My wife left the walkthrough in tears. We then came back on Wednesday, to a somewhat improved situation, but were at the house for over three hours "after" walking it with Brad, to tape up all of the imperfections. At this point, the whole house needed to be repainted. We ran out of a full roll of painters tape. This should not have been our job... it should have been Pulte's! He needs to make sure that when I walk in that home I have trouble finding anything wrong (at least that's what the signage that Pulte advertises says). We were actually told they were working on changing the verbiage because it was an unrealistic expectation for owners to walk in on a walk through and expect perfection. What? Failure at the core! Even at the final closing day walkthrough there were a ton of items that we called out, that still have not been totally completed 2 months after closing. Since moving in, we have discovered paint circles on our Owner's Suite bathroom countertop, a trim piece that is damaged and needs to be replaced, grass that won't grow in because the soil has been contaminated with paint or cleaner (you can still see paint stains on nearly 1/3 of our lawn), and a garage door that does not function properly. Not to mention we don't have cold water in one of our guest bathrooms. The craftmanship of this home is something to be desired, and we feel that we are stuck in the biggest investment of our lives. We would never recommend Pulte to anyone! Even our realtor was disgusted with the entire process, and said Pulte went from being her #1 recommended builder, to one of her least recommended builders. She had 3 other clients at the time, 2 of which were looking to build with Pulte, but were spared the headache because she saw our experience firsthand and pointed them in a different direction. For a 444K home, we shouldn't have had to, nor continue to have to, micromanage the execution of our home nearly as much as we've had to these past 3 months. Pulte should care just as much about the quality of our home as we do, but have continued to disappoint us with their clear disregard, and honestly, their overall care about us as clients. As homes continue to close, we continue to get forgotten about and have to routinely send follow-up emails to both Brad and Chris. Our lawn is destroyed, there's a 5in divot in our front yard (which my wife sprained her ankle in the other day, hence how we discovered it), and items continue to sit left unattended, even though we were told they'd be completed 30 days after closing. I don't live a life of regrets, but going with Pulte is by far one of the biggest regrets yet. ... More

I’ve built with Pulte before (in Tennessee) and it was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Well. The Indianapolis area Pulte experience couldn’t have been more different. The framing/structure of the home is sturdy and well done, thankfully. My nitpicky, former custom builder father inspected that. But the finishes and sloppy craftsmanship is unacceptable. Here’s the shortlist of issues with workmanship: - Scratches on glass shower door - Lopsided spindles on staircase - Scratches on the luxury vinyl tile floors - Scratches, nicks, and dents in the kitchen cabinets - Tears in screen door (and it was installed upside down) - Crack in window glass - Exposed hole in the floor behind toilet - Windows were installed so high it’s impossible to buy ready-made curtains - Dents in exterior doors - the list goes on… Now, I expect there to be some fixes required. What is unacceptable is I closed nearly THREE months ago and NONE of the promised repairs have been completed. In fact, I’ve emailed the construction manager who was handling my home three times now with no response. He quit responding a week or two after my closing. I’m so disappointed with Pulte’s customer service. ... More

There were many things, particularly in the yard where it was evident that attention to detail was not there

Building experience was excellent. Our building manager was great and kept in constant contact. Problems started once we moved in. We noticed a long list of issues and attempted to get the pertinent ones fixed and wait on the cosmetic. The Customer Care Manager is polite, but is difficult to get any follow up and zero results. It took over 2 weeks to get in touch with our Customer Service Manager who advised that the issues should have been handled by builder and we would have to wait until 11 month walk thru to get majority addressed. To me this is unacceptable and poor customer service. We have had our home for 6 weeks and have no locks on bathroom door, carpet with nails sticking out, AC issues and a our microwave went out in 5 weeks. I hope we can find some common ground and get some resolution as I do not feel we got value for the price we paid. ... More

Superficially a beautiful home. Several issues with workmanship and things that were left undone at time of move in. Pulte representatives are good at sales and telling you the things you want to hear - but there is horrible, to no, follow up whatsoever. The communication between Pulte representatives, their vendors, and the customer are terrible. I would not purchase another Pulte home.

Quality of Workmanship, just average! Responsiveness to issue, poor be ready t wait couple of months to have ur issues fixed!! Celebration day do not be overwhelmed everything looks pretty in ur new home, inspect the house thoroughly every nook and corner!!! For that matter if u have washer/dryer make it a point to run a full cycle, do not believe installs for granted, Granite counter tops inspect every corner run ur fingers....Dont say Dont buy, but pay attention to detail if u want peacefu move in....Good Luck

Builders were in a rush to sell the house. There was a broken window which they were aware of however did not fix. In addition contract had a ring door bell included. They refused to push the closing date regardless of these features not being present. It has been 2 months post closing and both things have not been fixed. Have reached out to them many times however it still has not been addressed. Definitely a terrible experience and would not recommend to anyone

A lot of the angle cuts on boards in the roof structure were very poor. A lot of drywall screws were sunk to deep. They don’t tie all the corners together structurally resulting in cracks in more than 3/4 of the corners. Doors not hung properly allowing for visibility from outside a room.Defective patio door that they didn’t want to deal and passed it on to warranty which still hasn’t been fixed. We had to go back and forth to have lights that we paid extra for put in the correct place. Poor fitting on countertops and trim work they’re solution just a bigger caulking gun..There wasn’t an electrical box in the wall for two of the light fixtures, which I know because I switched out their chrome fixtures for oil rubbed.Several unnecessary holes were cut into walls because workers were unaware of what or where things went. The reveal around the windows was nowhere close to even on several of the windows. The gap in the stone flashing on the front of the house is not consistent. The garage door track hangers were hung poorly, which they did finally level them. After moving in and installing my garage door openers and found that one of the door track hangers wasn’t even fastened into a truss, but instead a 1x4 that was only there to fasten the two ends of the drywall ceiling. Overall very unhappy Yes the finished product just to look at seems nice but it’s all the little details that really hurt the quality. Would not recommend or use them again ... More

Location and floor plan were the draw for our Pulte home purchase. After we put money down on the lot we heard throughout the design process they are a production builder. That is for sure. From limited design selections if you do not want gray to the half bath fan that never shuts off to a light switch placed in the middle of a wall forcing you to stretch to turn on, thoughtful living was not executed. Overall we can walk through our home which is expensive and see details that do not match the price we paid.

We had a terrible buying experience. Starting from the sales consultant Jodee, it was always chaotic and the team slacked in responding quickly and accurately to our questions. It was almost that we were managing the project. They moved our deadlines quite a few times and delayed our appliances by over three weeks. And, the punch out items were incomplete but they still forced us to close on the house to meet their monthly sales quotas.

This is the third home we have built and Pulte by far has been the worst experience of all three. What makes this so surprising is that Pulte has been the most expensive home we have ever built as well. It started off great with our original sales rep. We picked our design and colors and materials. Multiple items were unavailable but we understand that the timing of this was also during Covid. In the process, we had 4 different construction managers and so much information was lost in communication. There were several instances where they did not respond to our emails or calls. Only to later find out something was done wrong or put in the wrong place. We were rushed to have a final walkthrough inspection where the house was 80% finished at best. We told them multiple times that we were in no rush whatsoever. After we closed on our house, we found multiple paint and drywall imperfections that were supposed to have been fixed on the final day of closing. The amount of frustration caused for such a “supposedly” higher end home has been utterly disappointing. ... More

It could be worse but it’s not the best either. Better than some other builders.

This has been the worst experience that I have had with any builder. The site manager is overwork and I feel for him and his upper management team don’t care they just want the house close with a lot of open issues that are not done. A lot of people have open issues in my development that are still open and it’s taking them for ever to get it fix.

Quality of paint used to paint the house is really disappointing. The doors do not fit well and there are still works left undone.

Worst customer service ever. The quality of the of the house is questionable.

The model home is lovely and once you're in you are in. What you actually end up with as a finished product is a generally nice home, but for the money you pay, the lack of quality control and the level of workmanship is appalling. Doors that don't close, incorrectly installed kitchen appliances, cheap broken trim of kitchen units sold as 'premium'. The marketing around warranty care and receiving support is professional, but the experience in reality is anything but. Since taking ownership I've logged 12 service requests and still counting, 100 days on and only one has been addressed. The pandemic card is thrown around, lack of supplier, lack of trades - doesn't account for poor communication, quality control and ownership. Sales experience was very poor, sucked into a $10K timed discount offer, then hard sell started. Was offered virtually no options in terms of frontage color, style or finish in a development 40% sold at that time. Did not disclose key information about the plot we had chosen - left a very poor taste in the mouth. We like the design and development, we're dismayed by the experience and lack of quality that we're now fighting to address. Would only buy from a custom builder in the future if building new again. ... More

We had closing on 1st week of November 2021 until now we requested to install new shower glass door & rods in the bathroom, Kitchen Crown which haven’t installed even single time since closing. In the house many of things left to fix which we are mentioned in many times in emails to field manager but I haven’t got response back from him. Those issues we showed to field manager on closing day as well. I have no idea why he don’t concentrate on those issues. He just solved 1-2 issues only in 5 work orders he created. We paid for all this work then also. We are unsatisfied with his work.

Not very happy with the quality already. Already showing signs of not being a well built house.

The quality of material used is poor. The field manager is not responsive . Delay simple fixes for long. Warranty is an issue , no quick resolution of issues . It takes month to fix an issue. Not good experience had so many hopes with Pulte but they have shattered . Dissatisfied home buyer. My SoD and tree which was dead before closing has not been even after 2 month .

Pulte closes the homes with the appliances not working properly. They give little to no time to review the appliances on the day of closing. Leave us to deal with the warranty team after closing

The build quality is not that great. LVP (vinyl plank) flooring was popped up everywhere within the house and it is making noise everywhere. Within one week we see the windows are leaking because of rain. The workers didn't finished it properly and Builder is not even worried about checking that as a priority Drywall finishing is aweful.. We see lot of gaps between the wall and floor. I assume the builder is offering accommodation to lots of bugs and insects. The gap between house slab and patio concrete is way too much (it's more than half inch). These gaps should not be there in the summer. But i am seeing these gaps for: patio Concrete and house slab. between wall & flooring We closed this house during June 2021, during summer we should not expect these issues ... More

Worse experience of building a house! Terrible communication and many issues with our house. No one gets things addressed after you purchase your home. Would never buy Pulte again and would tell people not to build with them.