Pulte Homes Reviews in Wilmington, NC

We recently purchased a new home from Pulte Homes in Wilmington, NC, and overall, we’re pleased with our experience. Our salesman, Ken, was exceptional from start to finish, offering outstanding support and making the process enjoyable. Additionally, Kelsey played a crucial role in providing peace of mind throughout the loan process. Her assistance was invaluable and greatly appreciated. Thank you, Ken and Kelsey, for making this journey a positive one!

I cannot say enough about the home buying experience I had with Pulte Homes at Riverlights. My family and I were going through a very difficult transition at the time. The Pulte team treated my children and I like we were a part of their family. They went above and beyond to help us secure this beautiful, well built home in a fabulous neighborhood. We are so grateful for their kindness and diligence in seeing this through to the end of closing. We are so happy with our new home. Thank you to everyone on the Pulte team at Riverlights that helped to make this mommas dream for her kids a reality. ... More

The use of a plastic raceway attached to the wood with only one screw does not meet the standards I was taught. Especially with an open attic above it. Outlet Abs switch locations leave much to be desired. Landscaping is the biggest fail. No planting diagram is provided, but the irrigation system is a total fail. The controller supposedly is WiFi enabled but doesn’t work. Sprinklers are buried too deep or at angles. The sprinklers themselves use a special tool that isn’t provided ($0.40 cost in bulk) and worst, no education on how to maintain the sprinklers is offered

If you are buying standing inventory it will be "as is" and told that nothing will be fixed before move in. We were told contradicting information and even lied to regarding our landscaping, sod and irrigation. Conduct a personal inspection and hire a cleaning crew before you move in. Inspect your driveway, garage and yard for nails, metal, cigarettes, razor blades and such before driving or walking in those areas.

Building experience was excellent from start to the finish. Sales rep and project manager were professional, extremely knowledgeable and fun to work with. Mortgage experience was also great.

I loved working with my sales agent. He was and continues to be supportive through the process. This is my second Pulte home. I also work well with my construction manager who is responsive to any issues I have. My disappointment is in some of the fine details and some of the issues I'm having post close. There is a reason why I bought a new home and it was so I wouldn't have to fix anything. Turn-key. While there is an expectation for some minor issues, I find mine rather unsettling. 1) Three-way lighting switches wired incorrectly 2) Clothes rack in master closet came clear out of the wall when clothes were hung 3) Roof leaking evidenced by water spots on celling in upstairs bedroom 4) concrete walkway to front door cracked clear across slab (poured in Oct), closed end of November and 3 weeks later concrete issues (to which I'm told it happens and not under warranty). I've been in the home for under a month and third person to move in on the street. I shouldn't be responsible to fix anything related to poor construction or poor product used. While I expect there will be some issues, I would not expect the issues I'm experiencing within the first month of ownership. The construction manager has been great at responding but again turnaround to actually fix issues (electrical, leaking roof) should be faster. Concrete should be replaced. It's unacceptable for this repair to be my responsibility after I was only in the home 2/3 weeks before the crack appeared and while two other homes are being build on either side of me by Pulte and with workers accessing my property. ... More

Buying with Pulte was a great decision! They kept me updated during the build, completed everything on time and beautifully, and made sure I was comfortable through the whole process. I cannot recommend Pulte enough.

The overall buying experience, while the house was under construction was, acceptable, however, a few days before the closing, during our final walk-through, we encountered issues with different items showing damage, for example, the Jack and Jill bathroom tub, it had a visible crack in the front, and our construction manager sent someone to patch it up, we requested to have a new tub installed, but our request was ignored. We do not want to have a tub that is patched up. We want a new tub, because we bought a brand new home! To date, we haven’t heard back from him after several messages, no intention to get back to us. Not a good experience, who likes to be ignored? He responded initially, that he tried to get access to the home, but the house was locked. After that we didn’t hear back from him anymore. We also reached out, because we got a letter from Cape fear water management that there were signs of a significant leak on the home, we were out of town at the time, so we reached out to him again, to see if he could send someone to inspect the property, but he did not respond to us at all! I would like if somebody could please get back to us and advise when the tub will be fixed, and also our kitchen ”hood”, as well as all the other touch ups that were not addressed. Thank you! Mr. and Mrs. Luminato ... More

The warranty department is naturally trying to get out of doing work that the trades should have handled. We have AC pipes installed too close to the foundation and it makes incredibly loud noise when the freyon cycles. It was raised during our final walk through but it couldn't be resolved at that time. I was left with the impression it could be resolved via a ticket and i am now fighting the good foght to get it foxed while my daughter is struggling to sleep in her room - shebnow sleeps with noise canceling in her ears. I did speak woth a pulte AC tech and he agreed it was too loud andtl they are actively fixing two other homes with the same issue. To make matter mildy worse we may be liable for a tree that was clearly struggling at the time of move in. I would love to give 4-5 stars across the board and want to recommend some of our friends to move here too, bit can't do so without the AC issue resolved. So, close to a ln incredible build ... More

Our sales rep was absolutely wonderful so we were very disappointed when there were numerous issues with the home that the warranty team did not address in a prompt matter. We sent multiple emails without any response for several days and it took many more days to get just a few minor things resolved. The other things that need to be corrected still have not been addressed and we will have been in the home for almost 2 months now. We would never choose Pulte again as they seem to stop caring once you close.

Awesome experience my construction manager really helped with the process

The house, the layout, and the option were tremendous and well thought out. However we were promised certain items to be finished and installed but almost 2 months after we are still waiting for those items. Additionally, during the build process, the communication was very good but after the signing it went to nearly non existent where I have to make office visits to find out any information.

The entire process was well planned and easy, we had our home built from out of state and had now concerns with communication and quality.

Pulte will tell you that they struggle to get good contractors due to a nearly 3 year old pandemic. In my opinion I would have rather my house take an extra 6 months to build and have the quality you used to see in a Pulte home. Walls are bowed, trim work is sub par, things are out of plum... there are so many small things that it turns into a big thing. Their base price just keeps going up but the quality keeps declining. When an issue is seen during a walk through they take the easiest route to get it fixed. If you have multiple cracks or poor workmanship on your porch or patio, instead of re-doing it the right way, they choose to just cover it with Ardex so you can still see all the cracks or imperfections. It is just sad to pay nearly half a million dollars on a house to have so many little imperfections. This is the 4th home that my wife and I have gone through this process but our first time with Pulte. I had much higher quality on the finishing touches in a $300K home than I currently have in this home. ... More

If you have questions about the building of your home this is not the builder for you. There doesn't seem to be any upper management and no escalation process when there is an issue. Everyone goes silent. The finish work is poor.

Great quality and great customer service and support throughout the process

I hesitate to spend any time on this survey because I completed a survey a few weeks ago and I took a lot of time filling it out and there has been no follow up about the feedback I provided.

Terrible, worst home we have ever built, terrible quality, over promise under deliver, just awful!