Pulte Homes Reviews in Columbus, OH

Bad quality, things break down in the first month

I would not recommend buying a house from Pulte. I had a horrible experience with Pulte. The field manager is not focusing on the build. I had many issues after closing my house. They are not fixing the problem yet. My field manager is lying a lot. They messed up the staircase, interior doors, curtains, rods, etc.; I will move to a higher level to fix all my issues.

Very very bad experience, don’t trust pulte. Had multiple issues through out the process but they don’t have time to fix it as they are very busy with other customers and don’t care about old customers. I made a bad choice building my dream home with pulte, please don’t do what I did. We built our house once in lifetime and they don’t care once they get the money.

First, the sales representative is very rude in responding. Even after 40 days of closiystill there are lot of non weather related items pending.

We have a leak in our ceiling (now with two holes in it), flooring damaged, garage door seal / weather strip damage, interior doors not shutting properly and one whole side of our garage is not powered. Not what you expect when moving into a model when the Pulte sales team worked here every day and had to notice / see all this.

Company wouldn’t listen to our concerns, eventually leading to a basement that’s flooded twice, once after we closed and moved in. List of things that still haven’t been done in almost 2 months of occupancy. Broken promises the entire way.

Poor customer service from builder and sales team. Unresponsive and provided misinformation.

I would have answered the 15 question build questions completely differently after I moved in if I had uncovered all the problems with my house. The ONLY thing that went well was the title company for this all cash purchase. My punch list is over 20 items long and no one provides updates on anything. The completely wrong counter/sink/mirror/light bar configuration was installed in my master bath. The data panel/closet in the garage has an electrical outlet that is not connect to anything and the other bathroom has a light fixture was not installed and is sitting on the toilet tank. Those are just three of my issues, but the quality of the build is very crappy. The sales personnel, although very personable, don't know details on what they're selling and the construction manager doesn't know the housing development. Construction manager said don't say there are unfinished items in the 15 question survey after closing because people have lost their jobs over this. You need a real ticketing system for service orders with one ticket per service issue. Then you need to provide regular updates rather than communicate either via email or not at all. As it is, service issues seem to fall into a black hole. ... More

would not recommend Pulte at all.

Don't go with them, Very Bad experience

PLEASE STAY CLEAR. Extremely horrible buying experience. They made mistakes in the basement for wet bar plumbing and bathroom rough-in plumbing but refused to accept it. They changed contractors 3 times over the course of the build. Build quality is extremely poor - hear squeaky sounds like the house is from the 80s. Zero professionalism and accountability. Horrible management and really bad workmanship make this an experience I would not wish on my worst enemy. Do not build with Pulte.

The company refuses to solve any of the problems you point out about the homer unless you get someone who is very knowledgeable to argue with them. Things such as bumps all over the floors and a gaping gap between the floor and the parking garage door, half an inch crevice between the stove counter, walls that are protruding by about 1-2 inches, which are all normal according to Pulte. The small problems involves a crooked oven and microwave, which is useable but it could look better. Another is random nails missing from door hinges, which again is useable, but really could just not forget the nails maybe? Either way, I understand there may be problems with a new build, either due to lack of attention from the workers (they had beer cans all over the place when we came to check the unbuilt house), or unpreventable problems like shrinkage, but I really do not like being told obvious problems are "normal". ... More

1. Sales person have NO sales experience and ZERO Knowledge home sales or options. 2. Sales person is very arrogant, NOT trustworthy, fabulist, her ultimate goal is MAKE MONEY in sales NOT providing accurate information. Lot of options were missed during the final selection process. This is very evident including- Pulte staff agrees with these comments. 3. Even though I had a realtor, in the final sales documents sales person did not include the realtor. 4. The Options were selected based on Model, but blu prints were developed completely different. ALL SURPRISES. 5. Does not provide option list for a selected home. Need to make separate trip for every question. 6. Sales person Sends threatening emails, this is unacceptable. 7. The first meeting with Field Manager, sales person ask for signing paper work from customer, then you add the text. Basically it a forgery. 8. The Model home and the blue prints are different, sales person or field manager cannot able to support to have chandelier as per the Model. 9. The substandard material - like lumber, windows, doors, baseboards, cabinets, appliances and several more. 10. The paint is a Joke, when you rub the wall, one can see the drywall. 11. Workmanship- the windows are crooked. Lots of squeaky floors, basement was flooded for several days, the floor is discolored. Adjacent Model Model next to my home is an example, due to that reason the basement is getting painted in grey. The entry had lot of scratches during the building process, the field manager should fix them. 13. Cutting the corners every aspect, did not clean and power wash the basement. 14. Bathrooms spout were broken. 15. The Whirlpool microwave and oven stopped functioning on the Day one after move in. 16. Cabinets upgrade -2 option material quality is worst. 17. Poor workmanship quality. 18. Option prices are very high with Substandard material. 19. Beware of sales person forgery practice. ... More

We need some repairs NOW and very poor quality compared to Pulte in Arizona