Pulte Homes Reviews in Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill, NC

I like the way the neighborhood was developed, and the layout of the floorplan. The townhouses are spacious with 9’ ceilings and plenty of windows. The neighbors are great. The problem is the quality of workmanship: Fundamental issues like floors not level (and they creak), walls not straight, and several faucets plumbed backwards. The tile in the master bath has already started to come loose – most of it sounds hollow underneath. The warranty folks were very friendly, but fixed only the two broken tiles, and said to wait until the end of the 1-year warranty to make a claim (presumably to claim the remaining that will no doubt come-loose over the next 11 months). The trim work is really rough: The bannister is a mess and several spindles have already fallen-out. It looks like the trim carpenter used a dull blade that splintered crosscuts, and left gaps everywhere that were smeared with caulk in a poor attempt to hide the gaps. Then paint is slopped onto everything. Almost every door hinge, door knob, wall plate and light fixture has drywall mud and/or paint on it that we have been cleaning-off for the past month. Paint spatter is all over the floors. There are runs and drips in the paint on doors and trim, except on blind edges which were not painted at all. I don’t feel that this level of “quality and craftsmanship” is acceptable at ANY price-point, let alone the prices these townhomes are at. ... More

1. There are some areas at the living room lvp flooring where I can see some pop ups which moves and down. They are pretty significant. 2. There is crack in the concrete near the edge in front porch. 3. Loft carpet has a discoloration of line. This has been passed to builder and they sent a person to check it out. No updates from them. 4. Dishwasher is installed bent towards right side. RDU warranty team says they can look only during the built to last check point which is after 11 months. Is there a way to just have a check and evaluate.

Pulte homes are known for their built and quality. Although I can say I am happy with my new home, the same cannot be said for the buying and building experience. The communication from the site manager, the loan office as well as the sales agent was lackluster. Every little update required communication from the customers part and never was anything communicated by the initiative of these company employees. Overall I’m happy with my home, however if you must buy a pulte home keep into consideration it might not be a wholesome experience.

Cheap quality construction, had a sink leak immediately noticed after closing, when asked to be fixed under warranty, I was told to wait for 11 month walk through. I lost the trust in the warranty and overall Pulte.

Lack of attention to detail in finishing work. Can still feel uneven concrete from corrections of issues in the slab through the finished floor. Multiple issues with electrical and plumbing that needed to be addressed in first 2 weeks. Of our 3 experiences with new construction this was the worst

Overall it's a nice house. Quality of materials used in the home could be better for the price paid. Workmanship is a bit sloppy. Builder has stopped responding to fix simple issues in the home that are under warranty once we closed on the house.

Quality of the home isn’t the best. Not even a month living at my new home, the drywall started to crack, walls aren’t evenly painted, warranty is non responsive... better off going with a different builder in my opinion

After closing the house .. Pulte Doesnt respond to there customers and lot of negligence

Not worh for money. the quality of materials was very bad and the design was not great. There is no room to take fridge in the kitchen , we strgulled a lot. we need to remove the stove to put the fridge inside , poor design. The front door doesnt make sense both the powderroom door and front door hit each other. the door will damage in few months itself . All the door quality is poor. The door stoppers are not planned where to place also. The staircase rails are just placed it can fall off any time its not glued also. Stove and granite is not connected in the side and the back of the stove is also left open with a big gap poor design . ... More

Pulte Mortgage loan consultants are arrogant people. For every question you ask, the response starts with you signed this document. They would deduct appraisal fees on a lot that didn't even get a permit, no clear communication about when money will be deducted and for what purpose, basically customer service is non-existent, and their attitude is like you're stuck with us. I believe the home's basic structure is solid for which I'm happy about. But the interior finishing is subpar. Missed critical plumbing lines, Loose doors (the home's main door was installed incorrectly and it took 3 rounds of escalations to Pulte associates to make them identify it as a problem, and it's not yet fixed, yes, that's right!!), loose faucets, there are unusual number of issues that I'm still following up with the builder. My last sales consultant was good, and my construction manager was very responsive. However, the warranty team is unresponsive and for everything there will be a blanket reply, this has been fixed during closing, why would a customer submit a repair request for a non-existing issue? I closed the house and then I have to vacate it after a week of closing and live elsewhere for 3 days because of drainage block caused by construction debris. There is no sort of accountability whatsoever from Pulte, I was sold a poorly completed home in December rush. The things I like about this home are the community's location, solid basic structure and decent pricing, but unfortunately making me vacate a newly closed home and Pulte associate's response to it changed by whole perception about this builder. ... More

We can understand the uncertainty of construction material's supply during the pandemic, however there should be more communication. From the website supposed to be able to sign in and monitor the progress of construction, there was not much updates we could know. The quality of finished job was not satisfactory. The builder seems to be in hurry, speeding up the work without the quality control, left a few apparent defects which shouldn't happen. We had quite a few problems need to be solved, and waiting for field manager to come in, check and correct. Over a month passed, we haven't seen the person showed up. ... More

I wouldn't buy their house if I were to live in it. For rental it's ok.

Issues identified during home inspections and Build Quality Check, are taking months even after closing is done. The fixes are still pending and needs constant followup to get it fixed and still pending. Keep scheduling every week, but then noone shows up and then the cycle repeats.

During the process of building this home we had a building manager who failed to address multiple issues addressed by my building inspector. Halfway through this process that manager was “fired” and replaced another who did address all of our issues and responded quickly. The closing process was smooth, meetings with everyone went well and our needs were being met... until closing. We signed off on our house at closing after speaking with the new building manager regarding problems that arose during our blue tape inspection. Most things were fixed but we were specifically told that everything would be taken care off. 3 months after closing our wooden staircase is still not fixed (they’ve redone it horribly 4 times), the metal railing balusters are still not all secured, the trim around our fireplace has separated from the floor 3 times and the repair men just told me to put weights on it so it will glue back down, there are chips in our floor that haven’t been fixed, flooring in our office doesn’t go all the way to the baseboard so there is a gap between the wall and flooring, there are paint spots all over the wood flooring downstairs, we had 4 lightbulbs burn out in the first 2 weeks, and the subfloor in our master bedroom has separated from the beams and popped up which now squeaks every time we walk in it. These were issues found in our inspection that we’re never fixed and now structural issues are occurring. We love this house but are extremely disappointed in the willingness to fix issues that should have been done months ago. Little details matter and the details on this house were long forgotten by the builders. ... More

We love our new home, however the buying/building process was unbearable. Our Sales Associate, Blair, was condescending and somewhat rude during the entire process. She rushed us through our choices and didn't offer many that were available. There was never a time where we felt she truly cared or understood our wants and needs. Our sales contract was signed in June 2019. Our first walk through was on July 15th. At that time, we were given a closing date of September 26th. We had a home to sell and Blair continually hounded us about putting the home on the market. We listed the home on August 14th and it sold on August 16th. To make a long story short, we never closed on our new home until December 17th. We lost our buyer and he ended up suing us for breach of contract, costing several thousand dollars that Pulte would not agree to assist with. Also, our home was appraised at $12k less than the selling price and Pulte would only take $6k off. The home is beautiful, but still has minor issues that were supposed to be fixed before we moved in. The house was never cleaned before we moved in, so we had to do it ourselves. Pulte told us the subdivision was in Morrisville, but it's actually in Durham. These kind of things were continual and expected throughout the entire process. We have a list of items ready to send to the Construction Manager before our 90 days is up. We'll be curious to see if we get a response. I emailed two simple questions to him a month ago and still haven't received a response. ... More

Less than 2 months moving in, with the rain This week I have a water leak through the AC vent and window from the half bathroom downstairs. Reported and after 3 days no answer. Bad quality of material and labor. Where is the field manager from 218 Eagleson??????? The house can get flooded and nobody cares.

The quality was very poor and the response of the issues reported is very worst. Totally not a worth one.

Experience with Pulte is pretty average. Some building materials feel cheap in comparison to our previous build. Obvious lack of craftsmanship and attention to detail by many of their vendors. Issues have been, or are being addressed, but they definitely drag their feet and some repairs were not completed as they should have been due to procrastination.

Pulte really didnt care if I bought the house or had concerns I wanted addressed/changed. They threathened to cancel my sales agreements if I didnt like the way things were dictated. There attiutude was take it or leave it and they were not very accomodating and didnt seem willing to negotiate....

Easily identifiable workmanship issues all around. Low quality materials are used everywhere.

The process to build completion was fraught with frustrations. The Pulte mortgage process was awful - responsiveness was almost zero and had to constantly follow-up and track down the person assigned to my closing. The individual has a permanent out of office set so you cannot reach them. The Pulte construction manager is a negative rating on a scale of 0-10. Responsiveness is non-existent. I was not informed of a supply chain issue with my cabinets. I was not informed of a changed closing date and just happened to find out from Pulte mortgage "Hey, your closing date was pushed a month, did you know?" Non-responsiveness to questions. It is now 1.5 months after closing and the list of items that were supposed to be addressed still sit, waiting. The construction manager responded multiple times that everything would be taken care of that week and...nothing. He advised me not to submit to warranty likely to not have a tracking record. I've stopped asking for fixes and he has not responded. Very disappointing and frustrating. Would not recommend! With so many options in builders out there in this area (and perhaps yours?) carefully research the responsiveness and management of your building process. It makes a huge difference! ... More

Love the plan and the neighborhood, but beware - they were not great on correcting issues. We’ve built multiple times but this is the first time we’ve ever had a builder admit that something was constructed incorrectly and then ask us if we would rather correct it ourselves. About half of the issues they just never fixed, and getting an escalation contact was next to impossible.

I would not recommend Pulte to others who are interesting in using this builder. After being in the house for a month, I have noticed numerous items that were completely poorly. The lack of response from the PM is disheartening. I have friend who is ready to sign in a different Pulte community that I will be discouraging from doing so.

The materials and chosen vendors are sub standard. My inspection report came with a concrete issue which the build manager refused to fix and just got a letter from the vendor which is no good. The dry wall and sound proofing is so horrible.

Our friends who visited our home found it good