Pulte Homes Reviews in Detroit, MI

I was expecting luxury house as they advertised or at least similar to the model that they showed us the final finishing product is so bad - the design and features are great!

Not the best experience, that we expected!!!!

We love the floorplan and design of our new home. Unfortunately, there has been one significant issue after another since our closing. The lack of response and attentiveness to major issues (flooding due to improper appliance installation requiring the replacement of our entire kitchen wood floors in the first week, electrical systems melting due to improper fireplace installation, front porch requiring complete demolition and re-pouring of concrete just to name a few) has left us shocked. Pendant lights showed up to be installed two months after closing, and they are pendants that we did not select and have never seen before. We are going on another month of trying to get the correct pendants installed with no progress or commitments from Pulte. Everyone we work with just points at each other to "investigate" issues but nothing ever gets done. Everyday we have a feeling of what next in our brand new home. In no way would I recommend Pulte homes to a family member or close friend looking to build a new home. ... More

#1. The cabinet finishing is not good #2. If you have your Master Bedroom above your garage you need to buy a separate heater ... Based on our experience, overall it is 1 out of 5 stars.

Our sales representative Kevin was absolutely amazing. He will accomplish great things. Can’t say the same for the quality of workmanship. Having an inexperienced eye for construction I put my faith in the construction crew of our home. Once the honey moon stage faded (60 days after closing) we noticed multiple defects. I won’t use Pulte again for a home, the price of almost 600k has given me a beautiful lot with 200k house on it. Materials are builder grade and the craftsmanship looks to be done by inexperienced laborers. Crown molding around the cabinets isn't attached, cabinets in the kitchen are the lowest grade you can buy, the backsplash tile work is short (some tiles stick out, grout lines appear to be done by a child) Great marketing but the product isn’t worth the cost. ... More

The worst builder so many problems so many missing stuff

Fast construction and don't care about the house being built. damaged floors and damaged walls. Just want to close fast and not make sure everything is to standard.

Negatives: - expensive option's - base price doesn’t include minimum options. - fraud sales tactics used my company especially with East facing lots. - fraud valuation before the closing to show customer that valuation is more than what than are paying. - cheap materials for the options and high prices - being a new built, i expect builder to cover initial taxes, lenders title and owners title insurance. Which they don’t

Overall the buying experience was not great. Right from the time of choosing the lot till the celebration walk there were lot of issues. The buyer is always treated with rude answers. First of all not enough time is given to decide on anything, no clear explanation is given about the land, floor plan and customization, being a first time buyer we struggled a lot by the way we were treated. Almost it felt like pulte has this attitude towards customers " take it or leave it " as there are lot of people waiting to buy. Design center appointment was a disaster, everything has to be decided right at that moment without even having a minute to think about it, no new home buyer will be able to decide things by looking at small pieces of sample available in such a short time. I was always open for suggestions and friendly approach but it was not what I experienced. Any customization you ask for is denied even though you are willing to pay for it. It never felt like the builder is building a house for me according to my convenience rather than customer has to adjust and accept with whatever builder provides. I really had high expectations to build a home with pulte but at the end highly disappointed. ... More

Been here nearly 3 months, thought our new house would be completed to our satisfaction, still waiting like many of our neighbors

I feel like cheated. When I decided to buy a new construction house I had expectations to get a perfect house when I am paying close to my hard earned half Million dollars. When we had new house inspection and walk though we found too many issues which was not expected from a new construction. Drywall and finishing was very poor. Everywhere I could see nail holes in dry wall and all the trims, doors and windows. My closing date was rescheduled couple of times. To make up the changes in closing dates construction manager offered Pulte could do something for us. We discussed the option of getting garage finished and install backsplash in the kitchen. Also told me to buy backsplash and grout. They will install it and also will give me a gift card for the price of tiles and grout. Trusting their words was a bad bad idea. It's been almost 2 months after I bought tile and grout. Now they don't even pick up my calls or return the calls. No proper replay on e-mails as well. I am very disappointed I went with Pulte. I should have chosen a more reputable builder. Don't make the same mistake I made. ... More

i think they dont understand how to to business with there clients they are super intelligent taking clients money after that they are like non responsive

We were shown a model home that really impressed us and we were also looking at other properties from Pulte and liked the finishes and setup. Hence we decided to go with the purchase and the finishes we selected were more or less the same as we were shown in the model. The overall project was on-time and we did get regular updates from the site engineer / manager. The closing process went well. Here is where I had issues - We were offered a date by the site engineer for closing on our home, when we requested for another date the sales personnel came back stating this is the date for closing. So there was no coordination between site engineer and the sales personnel. When we noticed some issues with the carpet we were told that these carpets are not good, so why was Pulte offering these during the design consultation and during the initial stage when we were choosing our finishes, another case of miscommunication. We started our loan processing with Pulte Mortgage and everything was going fine until a month before the closing where Pulte's mortgage company came back with unreasonable conditions. This required me to scout for another mortgage vendor. Third instance of screwed up communication, they had all my info from the time I signed the contract couldn't they have been clear with their requirements? Fourth instance - we were told that the sod and sprinkler system will not be installed as it was getting cold or rather it was cold, to this I was okay dn there were email confirmations come closing day I see my lawn and backyard with sod and Pulte site engineer making me sign a wavier that going forward sod will be my responsibility, another case of gross miscommunication. We were made to do a 'Celebratory walk through' on the day of closing and the site engineer made it clear that he had other closings and we too had to get to our closing hence looked at the big issue and signed off with him. But when we moved in and actually started seeing the issues the Site Engineer would come back and state it was not mentioned in the walkthrough sign off. Does Pulte expect the owners to do an inspection with a fine tooth comb on the closing then this should be scheduled a day before and not on the day of closing, We nearly found dozen or more issues once we started living. Of these there are two issues that Pulte has not addressed. The main one being the lightning issue, we paid nearly $3k for additional lightening in the entire house and even after making the payment we were never offered a choice of lights (day light vs warm white or yellow light) and now when we are following up with Pulte, the Site Engineer states that this is the Electrician's discretion. I am mean Pulte is such as big company and they let electrician decide on these things where the owners are paying through their nose for each service request....this is ridiculous. Over and above all of this we were coerced by the Site Engineer to give him a 10 rating on the survey as he assured that all issues including the lightening issue will be taken care. We did our part and now he is refusing to do this part. I am appalled by the way Pulte and their employees treat new home owners. I will never again go to Pulte or recommend this to my enemies. ... More

We were rushed to close the house and it’s our fault that we agreed to Kirk and Kevin who are the construction manger and sales rep for Pulte here. Bricks weren’t clean, all muddy and dirty , HVAC system wasn’t operational, AC vent in one of the washroom was left open . Kitchen cabinets were installed crookedly, part of the Microwave Oven were left in installed , screws were not bolted to the oven . Elevation design is missing pieces to be attached. Electoral box was broken while construction of an adjacent house and they never came by and it’s still lying as it is posing a hazard . Pathetic response once you close the house . They just want to sell and move , no after sales service . To get one you would have to contact people from pulte and get it done all by yourself . I am very disappointed with the management . ... More

A lot of materials look/feel cheap, and had a lot of difficulty getting responses on issues.

They are not trustworthy in completing home with quality materials, my previous apartment home paint job was 1000 times better. Fit and finish of pulte sucks. they want to squeeze as much as from customers during the pandemic. Material shortage is just a play they want to do.

Worst experience of our lives changed so much on us. Extremely rude sales team, Kelly and sales manager mike. Regional president did nothing for us (k Christopher son) they all cover for each other. Most importantly workmanship is terrible took tons of pictures. We are re finishing a lot on our own so the house can look of descent quality. Couple bright spots on the construction team who worked with us to resolve everyone else’s mistakes. If you don’t care for quality and being just another sales number buy a home with pulte. I would do a ten times better job running this company.

There was 4 months delay. The quality of material is bad and it is badly built with seams, dents, defects everywhere. The HOA is also awful, not responding to your inquiries. Not worth the money at all!

Any issues found after closing are not considered important. You are not able to talk to a real person.

We were rushed to close on a house that was not completely finished. We ended up not moving into our home for two weeks after the purchase so Pulte could fix numerous issues that needed to be redone of finished. Even after that, it took multiple weeks to get other issues resolved. Eventually, we were sick and tired of Pulte not finishing things correctly or in a timely way and decided that any minor issues we still have will be done by us with our own contractors of our choosing.

Numerous problems during the construction, especially the quality control was very poor

Jennifer sales consultant only looks out for sales, that’s it! She adds options and upgrades without explaining description and costs. She did not tell us we had 9 days to review agreement and back out. Too far in to purchase months later I found this out. I’ve already closed on house. Our first night sleeping in house my son’s bedroom did not have a register in the floor for A/C to cool his room. Next morning Ali comes out to house and I show him the pre-drywall picture showing register in son’s room on floor. Pulte even had city inspectors with City of Novi give us final certificate of occupancy. Other issues with house: paid for 4th car garage to be insulated and I had to show Ali the attic space over 4th car garage that no insulation was installed; items to be fixed on final walk through were not addressed and fixed and we did not realize until we were living in house and when brought to Ali’s attention he directed us to go through warranty department now. There are some positives though: design and layout of house is nice and lot is big enough to put a pool in. For the price paid I expected better quality, which my Pulte Home is lacking. I wonder what other upgrades I have paid for that were not installed or completed. ... More

The overall experience is poor. Your sales person lies (found the proof now fyi) just to get the sale and doesn't care about the person, the initial approach was with a demeaner towards me and the overall process is full of hidden fees you're not told of until the very last minute. Closing was attempted while the driveway was being poured, literally walking into the house through boards. VERY poor taste. Craftmenship is honestly shameful, it's noticable every single cheap item was selected and the amount of error and lack of attention to detail is noticed as you walk through the house and start living. Every day is a new thing that just disappoints the overall quality provided by Pulte. I will NEVER buy or recommend Pulte ever again. Worst service and experience of my life. ... More

My first home in 2006 was with Pulte and I can tell you my experience with Pulte from 2006 and in 2022 are quite in stark difference. Pulte Mortgage itself is very horrible to deal with. I never had such a bad experience getting mortgage with Pulte. Even the manager had to set me up with an outside banker as he understood how bad Pulte Mortgage is. I also don't appreciate new vent system with Pulte. They are made of cheap plastic pipes which in turn will get worst eventually. This will be my last purchase with Pulte. No more and never again.

Our sales agent was great she is the only person I could count on. She kept the deal together when the site manager and construction crews were screwing up the build. I could not believe or count on a single word said by anyone else. Starting with the plumbing right down to forgetting the brick on the facade. Issues were clearly visible and workmanship poor. Stone work was done 3 times and still looks bad. I beam columns off level. Crooked walls, fit and finish were poor. Poor siding trim work. Delayed closing multiple times to get items corrected before I would close. Post move in has been no better. Shutters falling off, wrong thermostate was installed. Floors bounce, Yard service is poor. Lawn crews scalp the yards because of poor grading, trees and plants are dying. Worst decision I have ever made in 63 yeas was to buy Pulte. Avoid at all cost. I will be working on this house myself to fix it and make it right. That is a shame on a $550,000 house. Pulte Homes motto should be PROFIT OVER QUALITY. I am not alone in this thought. ... More