Pulte Homes Reviews in Akron, OH

Sales team and construction managers were responsive and helpful

Overall the experience has been fine. I was set on the lot so I built with Pulte. Our sales representative, Jessica was misinformed on a number of items so we had to push hard to try to get what was promised. Dustin was excellent during the entire build. Quality of material and some crews need to be improved at this price point.

Make sure your home is complete before you accept. We're still without proper drainage off the downspouts. This is causing water in the basement. A 6 week old home should not have water issues in the basement.

So we closed on Aug 30th. At that time there were still many unresolved issues with our home. The outside need to be completed, the grading needed to be completed, our actual final appliances were not installed, a window needed fixing or replacing, etc. When we did our walk through on Thursday Aug 26th we were assured all of these issues, excluding the appliances, would be resolved prior to closing. None of these were. The interior issues were still being worked on when we actually left the house to go to closing. In hindsight we should not have closed before all the work was done or at the very least was firmly scheduled. I have now had to go through the repair ticked process for things that should have been done prior to closing. It is getting fairly frustrating as only a couple of issues have actually been resolved now 2 mos after closing. We are still hopeful that Pulte will get these corrected in a very timely manner. ... More

Let me start by saying - the home is gorgeous and we will eventually be very happy with our decision. The house isn’t falling over and I do believe we received a fantastic deal in this market. Now onto the bad. I feel like we were deceived by our salesman. Several items that we thought would be included in our home turned out to be options that were not included. A tiled shower and the wood/metal stair railing are just two that come to mind that were never even offered to us to ‘upgrade’. Upon moving in, many items were not even completed. Closet doors not finished (no gliders in the floors and no paint), a cracked window, flooring installed in closet not all the way to wall, walls needed patched, towel racks coming out of walls, etc. Most of these things have still yet to be corrected. Then during the first week and a half in the house, we had two water leaks. The first took far long to repair and the second was just okay. During this, we found out that our water shutoff valves for the upstairs were installed wrong and did not work properly. Also, while most of these items have been repaired, we are still waiting for the fan to be replaced in our half bath as it was likely damaged by the water leaks. We had to have our front porch concrete re-poured because of an obviously visible incorrect slope. This took two weeks to repair and while doing so they left our siding on the ground in the mud not even lying flat. During the re-pour they got concrete on other siding that still needs replaced. Workers used my hose (not a big deal) but couldnt even clean up after themselves leaving in sprawled all over the front yard. A porto john was left on my front yard for several weeks although houses on both sides of me were still being built. I had to dig up a 10-12 foot piece of wood (2x6) that was mostly buried but had a 1-2 foot section extending up through the ground and clearly noticeable leaning against the house. Honestly the list goes on and on and on but I think you get the point. I never expected to have a perfect house, but I didnt expect so many things to be wrong, nor did I expect things to take so long to fix thereafter. If you go with Pulte, don’t ‘trust’ they will get it done because they wont. Be the bad guy and hound them til its completed to your satisfaction. ... More

For the price paid, I expected a lot more from the builder but they counted penny's on everything. Not including the lawn is one thing. But, that maybe is a perk that some builders provide but, the kitchen cabinets do not come with handles, the bedroom doors do not have locks etc. Also, we were not told most of the options during the initial discussions so we really missed out on somethings that we may have considered if got mentioned.

Typical contractor grade materials. The can definitely reflect which sub contractors cared more vs. which ones were just in and out. Rushed to get work done to hit their monthly close numbers. Left a significant amount of open items not completed after we moved in. My recommendation: explicitly ask at time of initial home review what items are included and what are not and get it in writing. follow up with the build on a weekly, if not daily basis and bring to attention immediately.

The language of the sales person changes once you sign the contract, they never give you all the correct information to make informed decision. But the knowledge of sales person was good and helped us make great selections. Construction manger very rigid, he is just for passing information, only time he was responsive was when he wanted a rating of 10. Customer service team responds to issues as per their convenience. The whole home construction experience is designed as per Pulte convenience and not Customer convenience/satisfaction. At the end but the house was good the experience was bad.

Get projects done before closing.

So far, quality of home is better than previous home from lower cost builder. However construction process was a nightmare.

As long as you follow the standard design, you should be OK. If your model is flipped, or you have some upgrades, you will need to keep on top of things. Many small finish details get overlooked at the push to the end.

There were lack of details in finish. When we did our final inspection on our closing day, we found several issues such as dirty floor, stained kitchen faucet, missing pendant lights, missing cabinet piece in kitchen island, not levelled cabinet door, visible nail marks on molding, construction debris on roof, and etc. Although the majority of these were addressed, we are still waiting for our pendant lights and new kitchen faucet after two months. In addition, our driveway and walkway were poured more than 7 weeks after moving in. Our yards still not graded, so we might not be able to put grass seeds this year although we moved in spring. It is frustrated not being able to enjoy what we already have paid in full. The most frustrating issue is with our hardwood floors. We have hardwood floors on all three floors, but we found out that there were a lot of drywall dust trapped inside of grains of hardwood floor pieces. We raised this issue during the final inspection and basically got no solution. After trying few different methods, we realised we need to manually get the dust out of individual grain using a small screw driver. I stopped almost immediately because it could damage the hardwood pieces. Therefore, it looks like we are stuck with dirty hardwood pieces because they have no intention of cleaning for us. I believe this could have been prevented during the construction if the work was done more carefully or the floor was put after drywall was completed. It is definitely disappointed to see these floors every day. We feel that we deserve a better quality finish product, considering the price of the house and the payment was made on the closing day. Please check all the details of your house as much as possible before moving in and make sure that the majority of work gets done immediately after your inspection. I actually think the final inspection should take place few weeks before the closing day instead of closing day, so the issues can be fixed prior to move in or closing. I think we have little or no leverage after closing when discussing and prioritising outstanding issues. ... More

Watch any deals they offer, those tend to disappear! Quality of paint and trim work is extremely poor. The painters will paint over dirt and anything on walls without wiping them down first. House looks great if you aren't one to pay attention to details.

The house itself is great for the most part. Once closing takes place, they forget about you. We've had to beg for 6 weeks to get the final grade completed. Lack of response to e-mails and texts is maddening. There is still a list of items that need done. In summary: pre-close, great (A+) - post-close, horrible (F).

Quality of work could have been better. Really not worth spending so much money in pulte. There are other builders like Dress home and the quality of work is excellent.

It was ok. Not great but not bad. The trades moved too quickly and didn’t do a quality job.

Quality of workmanship is not what I would expect for a half million dollar home. Most of the work seems to be subcontracted out. Their response to issues have been extremely slow.

Still waiting to get things taken care of

Quality of the materials used are not good as well workmanship.

Once you close on the property, I can't seem to have any luck getting hold of anyone for service request.

We are two months in, and still have no working master bathroom. The plumbing is leaking through the downstairs ceiling and Pulte advised us to not use the bathroom until they can come out later in the month. I think that says all. The slightly longer version is that we bought the home in a great area, which represents about 50% of the value of my house. It's just sad to see how cheaply Pulte has finished everything. Our "upgraded" kitchen cabinets look good, but are particle board worthy of a low-income-housing project. The stains in our carpet that would be replaced, are yet to be addressed. The electrical issues caused by the master bath room leak have likely burned out our front door bell. The house was delivered with a missing garage door opener (which was then explained for the first time to be an "upgrade"). Still, none of these issues are unfixable, so I'm sure 12 months from now I'm fine with it, but with minimal extra effort from the builder, this place could have been so much nicer. ... More

I have a good experience during the sales process. The sales person wasn't pushy and was very responsive even after I signed the paper work and paid my deposit. I went with Pulte Mortgage and also found the various people that I communicated with at Pulte Mortgage to be very responsive as well. However, post closing is a completely different story. I have a number of issues. My fridge is in the middle of my kitchen and has been for almost two months because it cannot fit because the upper cabinets are too low. There doesn't seem to be any urgency on their part in trying to fix the issue. The customer service folks that you are suppose tor reach out to are not very responsive. I understand that sometimes things can take time to resolve and I have been very patient, but, at a basic level, you should be communicating with your customers about why things are taking time to resolve and when you expect to address the problems that have been raised. This is customer service 101. In this case, crickets. Overall, I'm very disappointment with the workmanship. There were glaring issues like cracks in the bathtub, newly installed towel racks falling off the wall, unfinished wainscoting, missing screws from switch plates, unfinished work on the siding, issues with the roof, garage door not working properly, AC not working ... I could go on. And, these are the things that I identified within the first month of moving in. God knows what's to come. In addition, the trades handled the materials roughly (there was clearly no care). Most, if not all, of the doors and frames have some kind of damage. There's also damage to the cabinets. I can't tell you how many non Pulte contractors have entered the house and commented on the glaring imperfections in the drywall (... I mean really obvious stuff that anyone that cares about their work would see). If I had to do things over, I don't think that I would go through this process. If you're someone that values workmanship and quality you're better off renovating a home or building from scratch, which will give you the opportunity to work directly with a reputable and reliable general contractor that's interested in doing good work. ... More

We bought a new home with Pulte and the minute you sign, you can't get anything fixed that was promised and you have to follow-up mulitple times for any warranty issues. Would never build again with them.

Nice home, would like more flexibility, support & assistance with options & upgrades and greater attention to detail with final cleaning and punch list items.

I love my new home and the area, but there are a number of things/issues that need correcting. I do recognize that supply issues are part of the reason my issues have not been resolved. The other issue, in my opinion is that Pulte management is not providing adequate onsite resources to respond promptly to problems and unfinished work with our homes. A person in addition to the field manager is urgently needed. Finally, Pulte is not meeting their own specifications. Specifically, their definition of a “smart home” says that the temperature of ones home can be controlled from a smart phone. I have a zoned system that includes two thermostats, but yet Pulte has provided only one smart wi-fi thermostat. I am still waiting for resolution of this issue ... More