Pulte Homes Reviews in Detroit, MI

Location is great. Ask a lot of questions. No one person at Pulte will have the answers. I got burnt on my new refrig appliance, Samsung, kept blowing the fuse. Someone was to suppose to tell me about this before I moved in that Samsung and Pulte don't go together.

The site engineers should make sure the wooden floors properly installed

Pulte makes high quality homes. Be diligent in asking about all options for your home including upgrades. We missed out on a few options due to our sales associate being fired in the middle of our purchase. There are a few things we didn’t know and were misinformed about. Pulte worked to correct some of the issues. They were responsive up until signing on the dotted line. Once you sign and purchase the home you become low priority and the communication is delayed and at times unresponsive to the issues that arise. We are still waiting on our floors to be replaced after our first floor and basement flooded one week into moving in. ... More

Overall, the experience was par for the course of new construction. The quality was not great in terms of workmanship and materials.

It was frustrating and disheartening to watch, after we had moved in, several homes in the neighborhood be completed, with driveways installed, while we waited. It is apparent to us that Pulte only cared about getting us Closed; after that we were put to the back of line.

Pulte has beautiful floor plans that are well thought through to meet the practical needs of every customer. They also have nice exterior elevation options for each home model. As a first time home buyer, I did not do a good job of planning my structural options since it needs to be locked in within 24 hours, I would have appreciated some leniency from Pulte in that regard. However, nothing major to complain. When it came to getting a good deal, it totally depends on how interested you are in the first meet, some room for bargaining is definitely possible (especially on the lot premium). Pulte did have a good selection of interior material, the best part is they used quality products from reputed brands for every single item. Since they are extremely quick (considering they are a high volume production builder), the area they lack is quality of workmanship. As a customer, I had to follow up constantly to ensure the work was done the right way. I would appreciate more internal quality control from Pulte. Lastly, Pulte mortgage is extremely aggressive to gain your business. I was a bit disappointed with my experience with them at the time of rate lock, they simply would not give you the best deal unless you gave them a valid loan estimate from a competitor. I understand it is business, but I would have appreciated if the was process for more straightforward. Otherwise, Pulte mortgage was extremely efficient to help me close my house on time. ... More

Quality of workmanship is a concern

This is my first house and I do like it overall. However, there are some annoying issues. The electricity of the jacuzzi somehow isn't done at all at closing. I found it out days later that the bathtub isn't working and the plumber came finding out that there's no electric outlet and the plug is just left dangling. And as the house closed the builder's no longer responsible for it and the warranty is taking forever. (House is closed 2 months before and it's still not resolved till now). The dishwasher is also not correctly connected with the sink, while this is resolved fairly quickly by the manufacturer. Not sure how these issues occurred. Perhaps the inspection didn't go through the appliance in detail. These issues are a bit annoying and disappointing, but other than them the house is quite nice. ... More

unresolved issues still pending and we also found a dead bird In the furnace. The dead bird caused furnace leaking issues in the basement for 2 weeks.

We heard Pulte is a big company and we thought the process of the house construction will be customizable so that we can choose what we need, but the process we went through is different. Pulte has very strict rules in terms of alterations we can perform.m, that made us difficult to build the home we dreamed. Pulte has very strict rules in selecting the structural options, once we selected in the starting that we can’t change after couple of weeks. Overall, Pulte has to change according to the buyers taste.

Too many surprises. HOA is non-responsive. Monthly fee is too high for the service provided. Salespeople and building supervisors are very nice and the exception to the rule. Home itself has numerous minor issues. Phone service is spotty which is a real problem. Internet service has issues.

Buying experience did not live up to any of our expectations.

Back yard issue not being resolved.

Do not agree to sign without repairing, even if small fix. After signing , only way to fix them is with warranty service.

The home buying and the financing experience were good and relatively easy considering that we were buying from out of state . However it failed to deliver in terms of quality of workmanship including hardwood floors , cabinets and general finishing . The biggest issue for us is that even though home was advertised as 2 car garage- it doesnot fit our standard size suvs which is an ongoing concern for us . Also the resolution of the issues with workmanship is not to our satisfaction even though it is advertised as having one year home warranty.

Leaking twice in my new condo’s basement ! Poor quality! The only good thing is responsible to issue is quick and good!

Was basically told because of my circumstances, I don't get customer care post closing. Even though I had significant problems with the construction (water running into garage because grade issues just for one example). People were friendly, but just wouldn't help.

For the price, would have expected light fixtures vs. bare bulbs as an example. It's inexcusable to purchase a home that's 3/4 of a million dollars that isn't "turnkey." There are nice features, but alot of corners were cut. Most troubling though is a leak that we had that is now trying to be explained away. A room that had water leaking from upstairs through a light fixture was never determined to have a root cause. Morover, the room smells musty from water that I'm certain saturated the insulation. The warranty rep tried to blame the odor on the furniture. The smell preexisted the placement of furniture. I personally don't know that I'd buy from Pulte again from my experience thus far. ... More

Several hiccups along the way. They want good reviews and then don't respond to issues after they get that

I had a wonderful salesperson name Kay. She was very knowledgeable about the entire process and made herself available at anytime to explain, clarify, or intervene if necessary.

Build quality of the home is not very great. Option selection process is not very informative, sales executives not always know the correct details and mis-guide in making selections. Design appointments are a disaster with no proper lighting and time to make selections. We have to make all the selections in one meeting and we are rushed into making decisions. Building process was decent overall but when it comes to fixing any open issues, the construction team does not respond and even when they do, they only fix the issues partially or improperly. Home is decent and the floor plans are good but the overall experiece is not very great and will make you a little unsatisfied at the end of the day. Home is a very big investment and we would like to be a little more satisifed at the end of this amazing experience. ... More

Very bad construction quality for the price paid. Flooring, painting, cabinets are all of very low quality.

Felt very pressured to sign towards the end of the building process, along with a threat from management to seizure our home. Overall, process started very smoothly but turned very contentious when the end of the year approached and our home was rushed to be completed before December 31.

The process of buying a home directly from Pulte and their subsidiaries is siloed process that creates headaches for buyers and finger pointing amongst the Pulte group. The only bright spot in their operation was our construction manager Adam. We started off our process with Steve the salesman. He showed us the model and multiple properties which was pleasant. As we walked thru the home that we eventually purchased there were some issues that Steve acknowledged and assured us would be corrected before our next visit. As time went on it was clear that Steve was not going to address the issues and we would have to work directly with Adam to solve the issues. Steve also failed to disclose the closing date to us and passed the buck to Pulte mortgage. Be prepared to jump through multiple hoops when you work with Pulte mortgage. After our financial information was uploaded into their database, it was not vetted prior to being passed over to under writing so the database did not have the correct information for underwriting to review. We explained numerous times to our point person that this should be corrected and instead of working with us they passed us over to a new person. After multiple uploads of information, it became clear that the Pulte mortgage process had numerous gaps that had to be closed by the customer instead of the mortgage group. Also, the closing documents had to be sent to us numerous times due to typos and incorrect information. We were passed to different point people throughout the process and struggled to get correct information. Often, we felt like they were not disclosing information to us, and we were not allowed to speak with the people making the decisions. A silo within the silo of Pulte group. After navigating our way through the most confusing process of our lives we finally found a bright spot inside the Pulte group when we met Adam our construction manager. He was the first person who told us are actual closing date, Pulte mortgage and Steve would not provide us that information and pointed fingers at each other. Also, he walked us though the process and we finally felt like we could trust someone within Pulte. This was a pleasant surprise because going into that meeting, we did not have any faith in Pulte and expected more of the same type of customer service we had with other members. If it weren't for Adam our rating would be 1 star for everything. ... More

There was an issue with our date of closing and it had to be rescheduled because appliances were not installed before receiving a Certificate of Occupancy. Therefore, our hotel stay was extended, and the moving company charged us a storage fee and a re-delivery fee. This cost us an extra couple thousand dollars. We were not happy to say the least.