Pulte Homes Reviews in Albuquerque, NM

The home manager for Pulte who was overseeing the build of the house was very responsive, and easy to speak with.

Be patient and enjoy YOUR home buying experience, don't let delays steal your joy and excitement.

Our overall experience with Pulte was satisfactory. We started the process in May 2020, two months after the beginning of the pandemic. There was a lack of communication at the beginning with our sales manager, which led to trust issues and frustration. However, once a new team was brought onto the project communication began to flow on a weekly / biweekly basis, and visible progress on our home began to show which restored our trust in Pulte. Our site manager was very straightforward with us and assured us that the quality of the home was what she wanted to deliver to us. Future homebuyers should know that Pulte does offer a quality home buying experience, as well as a quality home. ... More

We purchased this before it was built and I want to thank everyone involved in this process from beggining to end. We love our new home.

Be prepared for construction issues.

Pulte makes a great house that we really love that's energy efficient and a style we like. Responsiveness to emails and calls was great prior to closing. However, after about a week of living in the new house, we had a list of about 5 things needing fixed. After addressing these issues with the construction manager, there was no urgency or communication on when they would be fixed. After multiple contacts with him, it ultimately took going to the Pulte sales rep and having him crack the whip to get the construction manager to fix just one of the issues. And now its been almost a month and we still have 4 items outstanding we are needing fixed with no communication on when they will get done or any timeframe...just sending us in circles with a new construction manager with no solution. Before we moved into the house I was encouraged to fill out a survey leaving all 5 stars, so I did. But now I feel like I put the cart before the horse as responsiveness has dropped off since we closed. Unfortunately moving in from another state, I was unable to attend the walkthrough and had the realtor do it, so I was unaware of the issues prior to closing as she did not catch these things. Had I raised these issues before closing, I bet they would have been handled immediately. ... More

Our new Parklane Pulte home is so beautiful and comfortable! The floor plan is very functional and we’re enjoying living here!

I have had an overall positive experience since moving into my home 6 weeks ago. Only one really negative issue has been the way the backsplash was installed as a piece of tile was not cut correctly and damaged an electical box when it was forced into position. That should never have happenned and it caused me grief when I attempted to install a dimmer switch but could not do so due to the damaged electrical box. I have sent in a request to have that item fixed. Most of the work to clean or repair items we have discovered have been handled with care and taken care of promptly. I was not thrilled with the fact that numerous issues we had with items were not corrected or just plain ignored before we closed on this home. I believe that can be improved for future buyers. We should not have to wait until we moved in to have noted issues fixed. If you get that in order you will recieve a 5 star rating instead of 3 stars. ... More

We expected that all of the issues we pointed out in our walk thru would be addressed before our final walk thru. Instead it was pushed to warranty. We were under a time crunch and we didn’t feel the same urgency from Pulte. When we moved in we were glad to have the warranty though as there were lots of issues that we found after moving in.

Jorge our fireman is a great person, responsible and with good attitude

Kept us well informed during the build process. Initially responsive to issues, not responsive after a few weeks.

Pulte needs to be better at choosing the GCs who build the homes. The workers who did the work on the build for the GC were average at best and on final walk through, a lot of issues were pointed out that the Pulte Field Manager repaired before closing. In the end what the public sees is the Pulte name, but if average work is being done on the build, the public doesn't see the GC, they see Pulte.

still waiting for the house to be finished!

Quality is good, design is nice but a little longer time to respond on issues or queries.

Overall, I’d say our experience has been a solid OK. There was a lack of communication about who was in charge of what aspects of closing, finishing touches, future home issues. Some of the communication problems were COVID related, but then there continued to be issues. A lot of “oh that person told you the wrong thing” kind of situations. Everything that I’ve asked to have fixed has been fixed eventually. It’s hard to tell if this is the experience most people have or if it’s completely a result of covid impacting the business (people quarantined, etc.).

Things that the builder said they would complete by closing were not finished.

sales great, mortgage and insurance great. Working to complete the unfinished work a problem and some areas poor attention to detail.

Overall construction is good. Fit and finish is ok, the subs workmanship is mediocre. Sink in guest bath not level, front door threshold not sealing properly. Kitchen cabinets are low quality and constructed poorly. Microwave oven broke twice (poor design), use a different supplier. For $600k I would expect better. Design center was not very useful, poor job of helping you understand the finished product and how it will look.

Tankless hot water heater doesn’t work. Been in the house 3 days and can not get hot water! Plumber came to work on it and still doesn’t work! Many issues need to be resolved! Lovely house but not satisfied.

Home is beautiful but the quality and workmanship is low. If they would take the time to actually take pride in their work and not rush. Warranty issues wouldn't be needed so much. Supervisors should be looking for work errors and actually care.

Dean was great to work with. We had an issue with kitchen tile and he was Johnny on the spot

I would make sure that all issues with the construction of your house be resolved before closing on your house.

The Pulte houses are well designed thought through houses with sub-par subcontractors. Many walls and tiles are not straight and level, missing small sections of paint, and poor final cleaning prior to closing (construction marks left on some windows and doors). Pulte did respond quickly to any immediate issues.

For the most part the experience has been good . But we have drainage issues on the side yards and asked to have people look at it with no response.

improvements need to be made. Driveways for 3 car garages should be wider. Many issues were not completed before moving in.