Pulte Homes Reviews in Charlotte, NC

Lot of cosmatic mistakes -- like the wall finishes are not done properly. Base Boards are not done properly. The wall or the dry wall is uneven. Plumbing is not good. Outside grading is not good.

We thought Pulte homes are highest quality and workmanship but after moving we are disappointed with the way construction happend. It seems like rushed construction made distortions, defects. we are raising warranty tickets to correct them. Also we bought this home just for school purpose but school zone changed next day of our move in. So please tell customers likelyhood of changing school zone

We had personality issues Pulte Mortgage and had to surrender the closing cost incentive to get outside financing. When we attempted to speak to a manager about the issues with our loan counselor we never heard back from the manager but we did get a nasty call from the loan officer. Also, we have several warranty issues to claim but there most egregious and frustrating we didn’t notice on the walk through with the lights on. Every single seam in the drywall on the walls and ceilings is visible in the natural light. Every wall and ceiling in the entire home has seams showing. Now that we’ve paid thousands for a painter prior to move-in we either have to live with it or pay thousands more to repaint the home after a warranty claim ... More

We had an okay experience with the home buying process. The sales office and project manager were great to work with. We had a very upsetting experience with the Pulte Mortgage lender who preapproved us at 1.5% lower than their actual rate. We used another lender who was more than 1.5% lower than the mortgage company and Pulte came fighting for our business. We lost trust in them. The building of the homes is okay. There is poor craftsmanship throughout the home. I will say that they were addressed but a new counter top should not have a nick in it or the floors have repaired scratches. There was a lot of paint droppings on the floor and carpet that needed cleaned off. A few knobs are cross threaded. Overall, being a new build more attention should have been put in the workmanship and quality. ... More

Onsite CM should be able to handle issues in lieu of needing to go to the computer and ask warranty

Not too bad but typical trac home construction.

Let me just start by saying we love our Pulte home. It’s beautiful, the layout makes sense, and it’s ours! However, not all parts of the process were ideal. The buying and material selection process were great. Our agent, Wayne, was so helpful and answered our million questions. My main concern is the quality of the workmanship of my home. There were so many issues during our walkthroughs where messy mistakes were made and not corrected. Our project manager seemed to brush a lot of these to the side in order to make the closing date and now we’re left submitting request after request through our warranties to get things to the quality they should’ve been when we closed. It’s very frustrating to have the stress of moving into a new home and now having to coordinate all of these visits from the different warranties to correct issues. Additionally, they laid our sod in the peak of the summer and it all died. We knew about this before closing, brought it up as a major major concern and were forced to sign a waiver assuming full responsibility for the already dead lawn. It has been an immense pain to re-grow new grass and now we’re looking at having to re-sod ourselves. It’s so frustrating. Our overall experience with Pulte was good, but these types of issues make me concerned for the quality of things we can’t see within our home. ... More

You really have to stay on top of workmanship. Paint job was sloppy. I really don't understand why builders use flat paint on wall as very hard to clean. I did have a few issues that were taken care of promptly after I moved in. Otherwise a few things that were not addressed so guess now have to wait before one year warranty is up to get addressed. Otherwise for a first time home buyer I love my home.

Great site construction manager 5 stars...the rest of the process was not satisfactory which brings down the overall experience to basically 2.5 stars

Partially shoddy craftsmanship. Cheap materials. Misinformed by salesperson.

While watching the building experience was enjoyable the continual issues we continue to have has not been. There has been a lot of pointing the finger when is comes to the repairs that need to be done. Most of which were addressed prior to closing. We have major drainage issues and I’ve reported this numerous times along with pictures and nothing has been resolved. Actually I’m getting ready to email Joy again. Not satisfied!

The buying process, NOT SO GOOD ( Lance) lack of information on optional and details. Did not provide all options which changed our buying process and the things we WANTED to select. Mike on the other hands as the saving Grace to keeping us in the house. He’s one of the best representatives we’ve ever worked with. He top notch and knows his craft. He’s the type of people you want managing ALL YOU BUILDS!!

We had great experiences with our sales agent and field supervisor. Steve, our field rep, was especially good--went the extra mile to ensure our concerns were addressed to the best of his ability. However, not even his best efforts could overcome the carelessness and sloppiness of the construction crew, and a handoff issue at the design center has caused disappointment and ongoing frustration. Post-sales/warranty support has been disappointing. It's taken multiple attempts and constant follow-up to get the remaining issues addressed. It's not a bad house, but if you buy here--do frequent walkthroughs and go through *everything* with a fine tooth comb. If you don't, you'll be chasing your tail for months trying to get things fixed. ... More

Thrown up as fast as possible and the small details have been very overlooked. Their contractors lack the quality they should be showing their clients and the customer ends up having that fight with Pulte and Pulte tries to get away with as much as possible.

House still have very high humidity because of poor paint, and constructions. Very low quality sprinkler heads. Stones that they installed is not up to the expectations. Granite's are not sealed at all. Light switches in wrong places in the room. cheap plants for this luxury neighborhood homes, poor land grading, never cleaned the yard after roof installs and having lots of nails in the yard, crown molding joints are visible. Low end HVAC units and the A/C failed within a week. Very bad experience with closing. The management don't want to work with us during the Covid19 issue. Warranty team is doing great job and they are taking care of the issues quickly. These houses supposed to be like John Weiland quality. My daugter bought a home from Lennar at low end and she didn't see any issues with the construction. ... More

Construction of my 4th new home just happened to be slightly ahead of the pandemic. The mandated downtime made me look closer at workmanship and materials. I noticed several issues that I’ve requested action on, to no avail. Employees come and go, each promise timely service and then disappear. I resolve some issues myself without the hassle of trying to arouse the interest of the come-and-go Pulte workers.

The best advice we were given and didn't follow was "Don't settle until everything is correct!". We believed the people we spoke to had our best interest at heart. However, once they had our money, we were less of a priority...and we still are! We settled right as the pandemic took hold of the country. We appreciate that they needed to keep their workers safe. We only wish they had corrected all of the blue and green tape items that had been mark and promises they had made to us prior to us closing. Additionally, we are now finding out just how much "misinformation" we were given during our sales meeting. We had felt very comfortable with the sale person, but now realize just how much misinformation we were given. BEWARE! We'd love to talk to someone from Pulte about these issues! ... More

For a half million dollar house, I am greatly disappointed. I had high hopes that Pulte would build us a quality home and what we have encountered thus far is the opposite of quality. There are sections of our drywall that look like a toddler was set loose with mud and they called it a good day. Paint haphazardly applied (literally, it appears as though somebody spilled a substantial amount of paint on the floor in our downstairs powder room and couldn’t be bothered to clean it all up- I am still scraping paint out from in between my floor boards). Some of the worst finishes especially when it comes to smooth corners in drywall. The plumbers couldn’t be bothered to install the master shower pan correctly, so we had to call them out to repair the horrendous creaking and CRACKING when we tried to shower. The tile in the master shower has so many chips, like a sharp saw blade wasn’t available in our tile install day. And don’t get me started on the masonry outside. The mason on duty that day apparently was absent on the “make sure you mix pallets so that color variations blend” day because we have a 5-foot stripe running right down the middle of our house. I will never purchase another Pulte home again. ... More

What started as a very positive experience with sales and the design studio became more challenging once construction began. We encountered ongoing issues with follow-up, communication, and workmanship throughout the build. As a frame of reference, this is our third home and first new build. We selected most upgrades offered in our model and through the design studio. Despite being actively involved throughout the process, the overall quality did not fully meet our expectations, an experience we have since learned is shared by other Pulte homeowners in the area. While we are happy to be settling into our new home, we feel the value did not align with the investment. ... More

The quality of workmanship leaves a lot to be desired. Further, for a brand new home, the place was very dirty upon move-in. Lacking an attention to detail for sure. We have daylight showing beneath main doors to the outside and between the siding slats in the attic. This can't be energy efficient as advertised.

I believe what we got is a spec home, sold as is built as someone dropped. We faced number of challenges since we moved in and customer service personnel seem to be more of a co-ordinator rather than owning up to service the needs. Issues identified on hardwood flooring was coordinated with manufacturer who apparently said they don't cover the issues reported although it was acknowledged as an issue. An AC sensor along with thermostat that was supposed to be installed was never done, so the cool/heat is inconsistent. AC service company visited thrice to fix basement issues correcting issues caused by previous service person settings. And other issues reported were addressed with delays. For a such price and supposedely a premium offering, I was hoping Pulte would do its best (this is my second Pulte home). I strongly feel like many of those specifications were dropped since the original buyer dropped and hence we are the mercy of now relying on this service model to report, fix each and every single thing. I am not sure how to escalate or report this to Pulte management team.. ... More

Build quality is not what I expected. There few things that I can not mention here.

Once our closing was complete, the response to the issues are way too slow Had to contact them numerous times.

We started the process very excited and optimistic, but after closing there were a lot of disappointments. The "upgrade"s we paid for, feel more like cheap downgrades due to poor material and workmanship. We paid extra for a recirculating pump on the water heater to have instant hot water; it was never delivered. We were promised a number of repairs and touch-ups will be made just prior to closing; after closing we found out many of those were never done... We were also given false information about various things like irrigation system, etc. only to find out it was all wrong.

Quality of materials is so cheap and workmanship is so poor.Lacking on so much on Quality construction.And contractor dosnt do anything until you tell them 3 to 4 times and still stuff to be done is left to do.