Pulte Homes Reviews in Columbus, OH

Pulte built a beautiful home. We are overall happy with our purchase. There have been some issues in first month of move in, but so far pulte has tried to take care of issues in a timely manor. We looked at many homes and builders during our home finder process and overall pulte was the best quality for money with large lot size. Would recommend.

Overall we were pleased with our new home.

Great process.

There are items that are not functional. Front door latch. All the electrical outlets in the bathrooms.

I think the prices are fine and keeping us up on our property buying. The walk through was really helpful and Steve did a great job. I was disappointed in the job that was done on cleaning our place before we moved in. It looked like a rush clean job and not to my approval. We are still cleaning things up, dirt and paint. I would have like the sod grass installed before we moved in and would had some warmer weather to water. There was times when it was to cold to water.

Should fix few issues faster

Everyone I worked with at Pulte has been great. Very personable, very professional, very knowledgeable; a pleasure to deal with. The quality of the materials used, however, is a bit below expectations. When one pays almost a million for a house one expects a higher level of quality.

There are several quality issues with parts of our home which we are told stems from the shortage of quality contractors that are available for Pulte to hire to build their homes. The concrete slab is very wavy and bumpy and impacted the look of the vinyl flooring we chose, so much that we had to pay to upgrade to the LVT flooring; walls are wavy and curvy and could only be corrected somewhat; already have cracks in concrete garage floor and back patio (we only took ownership in April 2022); there are other less major issues as well. Overall, Pulte has attempted to correct to our satisfaction all issues we’ve reported- and they’ve been responsive- but we feel like they should have ensured that we received the same high quality and high standards that they advertise given that we paid the price for the advertised higher standards. ... More

Our home buying experience with Pulte was great. Tiffany the sales representative and Josh the Field Manager really did a great job and was extremely fun to work with. The quality of the workmanship and materials at this point I would have to rate somewhere in the middle. I absolutely love the home however, the paint and drywall in several areas needs to be corrected. In addition, to smaller items. Trustworthiness, again Josh was great and he always completed the task how he said he would. As our primary point of contact he was great to work with! The reason for only 3 stars is because of my interaction with HVAC company that came out to my home to complete our warranty issue. The guy was extremely rude and I asked him to leave. Value for the price we paid. Perhaps this is more of a reflection of the Columbus Ohio housing market. But from an investment perspective, the base price of our home has increased by 30k since Feb. In addition, the 2 appraisals that we had completed in July and August by two different banks ( we found better pricing outside of Pulte Mortgage that they couldn't match) was 40K higher than our purchase price! With our home being the third closing in the new section; and with the majority of closings happening over the next three to four months I would assume our value will increase significantly! Responsiveness to issues. Like any new home you're going to notice items once you actually get into the house. Our home is no exception to this rule. Several items I'm still waiting to get corrected. But I trust that they'll be done soon. The HVAC sub was useless but Pulte Warranty did offer to come out and review the issues that I'm having. Nothing too major but at this price point I expect to have issues remedied fairly quickly. ... More

The sales rep was 100% helpful and had great insight on all the details about the house. There was several missed steps that's still not addressed until today November 3rd 2021. We still need our drywall fixed in the basement due to the fact that the shut off vile was drywalled in. And the plumbing guys cut an opening atop of the ceiling that needs fixed. Also we're still waiting on the drywall guys to bring a piece of the part to cover the vent in the non finished part of the basement. We have doors that still needs sanded down and smooth out at the bottom of the doors. There's also doors splitting at the bottom of the doors along with our farm sink that's chipping. The customer service is very very slow in responding to issues that needs addressed. Several things still needs addressed. The quality of craftsmanship is poor. ... More

Everyone we worked with was aamzing: Nick Pishitelli(Construction Manager), Sam Boehen (Sales), and Raymond Suiter(Customer Service). They were always available to chat and help us with any questions or requests we had. We just wanted the design studio appointment to allow us some flexbility with out choices. The 2 hr window for even cosmetic choices like Paint seemed a bit too early in the process without the option to change. Otherwise, all aspects of our home buying process were amazing.

Not crazy about having to do so much on-line. I prefer face to face interaction.

I had good experience with the builder

Great home, building went longer than planned… communication in that area lacked.

It was not very easy going through all the paperwork and all the phone calls, But it started and ended on time and successfully. Thanks all.

Our home buying experience with Pulte was overall very positive. They have always been very courteous and responsive to all of our needs, even after we moved into our new home. The quality of our home is, generally, very good. There have been minor imperfections but those have been taken care of or will be taken care of in the near-future. That said, in our opinion the quality of some of the fittings and fixtures leave much to be desired. From electrical fittings to locks and bathroom fittings, the quality is not a good value for money paid (even after all upgrades). We are having to change several of these fittings to our own choices, as a result. Also, there is very little space between adjacent houses - obviously an attempt to squeeze in more profit by selling more houses in the available space. The conclusion is that the personal side of things dealing with Pulte Homes people is excellent but the value one gets for money is not quite as good. ... More

At the design center, a small sample does not giving a same view as final product in the house, and result may be not as an expectation!

Drew/Logan/Karl were super helpful throughout this home buying experience. We are loving our home so far and are looking forward to the memories made in the Limestone Ridge Community.

House is nice, most of the workmanship is good, a couple of things I was told were not accurate

The experience was awesome but Pulte Mortgage underwriter was over the top nosey, intrusive and over the top with personal information

Positive experience with pulte home, I will recommend

The floor plan is excellent. Nice lot selection. Good selection of finishes at design center. Good value compared to other builders and developments. In many cases the finishing work was sloppy, trim poorly done. We had put in an order change request for master bath tile and the tile installer put in the standard tile. It took weeks to get it fixed. We got the base paint color on the first floor and an upgrade on the second. On a walkthrough, the first floor had the wrong color paint. Told manager. They painted a second coat in the same wrong color and wanted us to approve it. We did not. It did get fixed but you can still see it where the walls meet the ceiling. Despite Pulte setting the closing date-the house was not ready for closing. Some of the lights did not work. One overhead light package had not been installed (but was corrected immediately after settlement). Exterior work had not been completed, yard had not been graded, house hadn't been cleaned and it was a mess. Even after their post settlement cleaning, we were still scraping paint off the floor. We had set up contractors to come and do additional work, so it was not practical to move closing back so we had them escrow funds until work was completed. ... More

We were very happy on closing day, and things we brought up were generally addressed. But now that we’ve been here for a month, we keep finding minor workmanship issues that have us concerned for the longevity of the home. We enjoyed this process overall. Hopefully we don’t find too many more issues that would change our minds about that in the coming months.

Lots of options to fit different budgets. Fastest builder in the Columbus area with other builders quoting 10 month build time while Pulte completed in 6 months. Process is fast so need to make decisions quickly and limited ability to change options. Overall happy with our decision to go with Pulte.

I was very pleased with our sales and project managers’ communication throughout the process. They were responsive and quick to help with any question or issue that came up. They also kept us in the loop if there were any milestones or changes. Loved working with them!