Pulte Homes Reviews in Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill, NC

Woodbury is an amazing neighborhood. My wife and I fell in love immediately. We love our new lot and are beautiful new home. When you are dealing a trac builder, you have to understand what you are paying for. Pulte did a great job managing the build and hitting their timelines. Some of the craftmanship isnt the best but overall a great home. We love it.

Our Construction Manager , Jon was a great ambassador for Pulte. …Cory as well. Workmanship was very disappointing for this price point

Check the progress and frequently view during build cycle.

It has been a month and my temporary microwave is not yet replaced by the proper one. The temporary microwave was installed to get the certificate of occupancy so that they can keep the closing date and not postpone the closing date. I was told it will be done in 10 days, but even after 1 month, the proper microwave is not installed.

I love pulte. This is my second home with them and plan on buying in the future. I do wish some of the trades people were evaluated as some rookie mistakes were made. In saying that, other vendors did remarkable work ( tile guy) I also stopped getting responses from my pm with open ended issues. (Plumbing and damage caused by Plumber) Other then that, I plan on building again. Your process is the golden standard and enjoy your product.

I was an out of state buyer, from loan application processing to payments to electronic signatures of contract - all were done through online/remote experience. Excellent Technology and Systems to enable contactless buying experience during Covid-19 period.

The house is leaking less than 30 days after closing and the heat system is not working in just 30 days.

I’m glad to be in my home but now that I’m in it I’m finding a lot of issues with detail. Things that I feel other builders would have taken to time make sure it was completed to satisfaction. It just looks like they hurry through the completion to make sure it’s done instead of taking the time to do it. It’s like quantity over quality. And yes they come back to fix things after a year but just do it right the first time. I think the value I paid for my home is not worth the quality of work that was done. Just seems rushed.

New to NC. Love the area and neighborhood. House lacks attention to detail but overall is better than average. Disappointed with recreational center and pool not being finished. Should have been done before social distancing came along. Have a few issues with the house that have been submitted but also aren't being addressed.

The finishing on the house looks cheap, especially the painting job, it looks like workers got zero supervision and they really don't care on quality of workmanship, it was really disappointing...

Workmanship is not good and fixing problems after closing is very difficult

Pulte sales team was great and got us set up fast and efficiently. Our construction manager was attentive during the construction phase but after it was a challenge to keep on them to finish the necessary work after closing. The build quality is passable but often find it wasn't done with any level of craftsmanship. Landscaping left much to be desired. Sod placed in the dead of winter has died and have been trying to wait for a reply. The sod dying and not taking is leading to some soil erosion and grading issues. I hope they respond soon to resolve this issue.

Expecting a few things to be fixed when we come closer to 1 year warranty.

Unfortunately, I wish I could give 5 star reviews. While the manager was great, all the issues have began after we moved in. The quality of the products isn’t great, some caulk is already falling out, 6 weeks after we moved in and some of the items that were out in the punch list still not finished plus new issues came up. I think the house building process was rushed and the could have been a better quality control.

Kept me out of the loop majority of the time and periodically checked in to see how things were going, however, never actually followed up on anything. For example, asked him to fix a bedroom door that wouldn't close and he said he would come by that week and he never came. I asked him at move-in to remove some stickers from a window and 2 weeks later I went up to him in person and asked him to come right then to remove the sticker, but he never remembered to come on his own. Still have several things he said he would stop by and fix and never has, my garage door doesn't even lock and he hasn't fixed that yet. ... More

Pulte builds cheap quality homes. After moving in I definitely felt that in terms of value proposition, it is not worth it. The homes are built with cheap quality materials and finishes.

The whole home buying experience was normal(as expected). The sales and construction teams were good, however I had bad experience with the mortgage team.

It took a while to get started but once we did the purchase part was fairly simple. We did have major concerns regarding our lot and the final look of it. Transparency was a huge issue. We were offended by someone from Pulte while trying to resolve the issue and ended up going to the city for help. Our sales contact was relocated after we bought and introduced us to her replacement. However, we had a single email from him and when we asked to meet he couldn't arrange a meeting as he too was moved! Our FM, Chris, was very easy to work with and cooperative. He helped us in every way he could throughout the build. He delivered a complete product as we expected at closing. We would certainly recommend him. AFTER closing we found a couple of things that were not right and not attributabke to our FM but rather to "PULTE design requirements". Our cafe light was not centered and we had to seal our own grout! We are senior citizens and did not expect to have to do this! We are very disappointed with the layout of the kitchen. It is a poor design and not what we expected or were shown by the design center. Because we have a corner lot, and paid an additional fee for it, we were told we would have some extra landscaping there but there is none. We don't really care about not having it but why were we told we would have it? Our mortgage contacts were excellent, helpful, always responsive and a pleasure to work with. We believe a buyer should walk the lot as it will be and it should not change without the buyer being made aware of it. Buyers should not be given a diagram of what their kitchen will look like and then, when it goes in, be told that the diagram really wasn't how it would look. As beautiful as our home is, (thanks to our FM) and given that we do have wonderful neighbors, it was a painful process to get through and we are not certain we would choose to buy again. We know things were held up due to pandemic and certainly understood that, but definitely feel these other concerns could have been avoided. ... More

I love the area, and I love my house but the finishing is not at my expectations especially the price we paid. Closing was bad. Document was not ready because the salesperson Daniel had an error on our doc which we called them and he was not happy with our call on his day off. Also wiring the money didn't get the instructions until tell last minute…. Was very stressful

The microwave had stopped working 2 days after closing. I waited 4 weeks for it to be repaired. That's poor customer service.

Poor after sale service. Not a good experience of buying a house.

I recommend a new Pulte buyer gets their own financing. Pulte mortgage was less than satisfactory and made me feel like I couldn’t afford their homes. My sales person, Nick was great. Very responsive and helpful. My builder, Adam was also very good responsive and helpful.

During construction, I was notified that Pulte was changing cabinet vendors and the color of cabinet I initially chose would no longer be offered. I asked questions to the construction manager and salesperson to see if I could still get the color we picked from the original vendors at all, and if so, how long that delay would be. I didn't receive direct answers or updates on the situation for about two weeks. During that time, a new color was selected, installed in the home, then subsequently ripped out, then the original cabinets were ordered, but would cause a 3 week delay in closing. All of these decisions were made without my knowledge or approval. I finally demanded a zoom meeting with everyone where I was finally made aware of the situation. Had I known that the new vendor cabinets were already installed, and how much the estimated delay would have been, my decision to keep the initial cabinets installed may have been different. I think the salesperson and construction manager could have improved their communication throughout the construction process to allow me to make more informed decisions on my home. ... More

Pulte build house with bare minimum quality products.

Bad experience... Firstly, when I bid my home, I entered a price for $28xxx for the amount I will to pay additionally, and they increased this number by $4000, which ends up with $32000. Also got a first month electricity bill for near $600, and I even didn't completely move in to my home. I only stay during weekend and there is no way causing such amount. Also called inspection and warranty, no body ever give me a responsible advise and result. Called warranty to repair my window, nobody ever showed up. Never going to buy their home again...