Pulte Homes Reviews

Our new home was built to a very poor level of quality. It looks like they used bargain bin/defective sheetrock and trim throughout. Cheapest possible appliances, carpet, cabinets, and paint. Wish I had gone with a different builder.

Our experience began with Kelley who was nothing short of fabulous. Whenever we had a question or concern, she was on top of it. Likewise, our construction manager, Tim, was helpful with all adjustments and questions. Our home came out wonderfully. The workmanship and attention to detail is evident and we're excited to have family and friends visit to see our new home.

This company doesn’t care about the quality of their product. Everything is sub-par, including the actions of much of the staff. You’ll close with a laundry list of incomplete items.

This is my second Pulte home and I was very happy with my first. This was new construction. I've been in the house for about 60 days and it's been a not-so-great experience. Closing was delayed multiple times due to delayed materials or unavailable trades. The builder did not verify the options I paid for so, for example, failed to paint the walls in the color I picked out. There have been multiple issues that I'm still working through in the warranty process, but should have been caught by Pulte staff prior to closing (concrete damage, shoddy tiling, full backsplash replacement, sliding glass door needing major repair or replacement, cabinets warped, etc.). Hopefully it's all repaired, but it's a disappointing way to move into a new home. ... More

First, I believe this is a reputable builder nationally; however, my experience in San Antonio was awful. 1 out of 5 based on the following: The builder represented the house was ready. I sent my inspection crew as a result. The house in fact was nowhere near ready. A day later the builder wanted to close on the house and insisted on keeping the closing date, while ignoring the facts. Then, during the last day before close, they increased the closing amount by $1500 to move more HOA funding fees to my column that even the title company showed them Pulte was obligated to pay on their end. The builder was unrelenting and ignored title and ignored my inspection company and closed the transaction on the date they chose. Because the house wasn't truly ready, the builder then spent the following week supposedly finishing the home. We then moved in two weeks later and found immediately that there was a large gas leak, and a significant water leak under the kitchen sink. Furthermore, the cabinets were damaged. We are now 3 months into our move and are still waiting for cabinets to be repaired. Many of the things the builder promised "if we close on time" have been ignored, such as the paint which didn't come through. I had to hire my own painter and purchase my own paint to complete the house. I would not buy from Pulte again. ... More

Overall great experience working with Dylan and Ashlea. Would’ve been all five stars except for one issue the day of closing that took too long to correct. House prices are too high, but that’s not Pulte’s fault.

I love my house. I love my house

I say I had a decent experience throughout the process the only thing is they rushed towards the end to meet the closing date and too many out standing issues. Lawn has been hastily layed and having drainage issues and majority of the lawn has to be replaced

Daniel and Morten made the potentially stressful experience of building a home very pleasant and exciting and we were thrilled throughout the whole process to be able to work with them and see the process of the home.

It has been a very nice experience so far living in my home. everything looks and feel great in the home except for the Buzzing sound from the outside freeway. I am a very light sleeper I hear everything. Maybe because of the large beautiful windows, I can hear the noise. Insulation is great for cool and heat but not as good for noise... but again it might just be me.

We love our Pulte home and the neighborhood, this is our 3rd Pulte home and 2nd here in Glenmore. Things don’t always go as expected in any construction process. There are plenty of great people at Pulte and here in this Glenmore community that do want the home to be built well and for you to be happy with everything.

No complaints other than the rate hikes

This is our second Pulte home, we were very pleased back then with Pulte and the experience repeated itself with our current home

Be prepared to wait well past expected closing date. Be prepared to deal with multiple problems and wait for items to be repaired/completed. Be prepared to deal with multiple construction managers with only the last one knowing what he is doing. Most recent construction manager is trying very hard to make everything right but can only do so much. Charles has been phenomenal and if he were the construction manager from the beginning, I have no doubt I would not have had the problems we are still experiencing. At this point I would not recommend Pulte even though I love my house. Just want all the issues to be completed and dealt with. ... More

My family loves our new home. However, the craftmanship was very subpar. There was absolutely no attention to detail, culking was poor, edges were not finished and smooth, nail tracks still up, paint not smooth. For the amount we paid for this house those things should have been perfect. Those flaws took away from overall quality of the home.

Right from our sales consultant to Pulte mortgage and title company, we have had an amazing experience buying our house in a crazy market.

Entire Glenmore community division was mis managed. Too many open builds, too many management changes. Poor oversight and quality control of trades and the work performed. Good ole boys club on how the builds get completed. Pulte often believes homeowner has no experience with what they are referring too in comments, issues, mfg., quality or trade work. Final closure date moved 4 times and extended another 5 months. Sales staff is lacking accurate info, dismissive, and non-forth coming with information. Communication was extremely poor. Overall, I would not recommend, nor build with Pulte again. Price gouge purchase cost was certainly advantageous for them for the current market, but lacking for the experience, build, and final quality, both in physical home and final land grade for the homeowner. ... More

The whole experience with Pulte Homes was very pleasant from the beginning to completion and closing on the home. Received communication on the progress of the home regularly. Enjoyed working with the friendly, customer focused team at Pulte homes.

This is our 5th new build, 2 with custom builders, and our Pulte contruction manager was the best we have ever had. The final walk through had usual minor issues, but MUCH LESS than our previous homes. Very good experince overall with salesman and construction manager.

We are truly happy about our first home purchase experience with Pulte. They were so patient, honest and attentive about all details and nuances, knowing that we did not have any knowledge and experience. In addition, they would make every effort to accommodate our needs to make updates even when we were past the due dates. The construction manager Eslam is great at communicating all updates and answering needs/questions. And the most important thing is he delivered exceptional results.

We started the home buying process of our current home in September 2021. Due to delays, the closing was completed by September 2022. In between we had bad experiences after another with the on-site supervisors. During closing day we learned that the Certificate of Occupancy hasn’t been issued, and therefore closing had to be postponed. Since we were staying at hotel and we needed a place to stay, the office advised us to stay at hotel and they will issue a reimbursement for expenses. We are still waiting for the said reimbursement, not even an explanation of why the reimbursement is still pending or denied. We closed with several items opened in the punch list, since we were promised the items will be fixed quickly after closing. Most of the issues are still pending, though the response have been better than the building team. After we moved in we noticed that a lot of things seem on the chip side and not up to par of the price Pulte charge for them, especially the finishes. We regret doing business with Pulte. ... More

Why did Pulte require me a disabled retired veteran to pay 17k dollars down payment to start my contract to build my home. My credit scores were above 800 during the buying process. Also Pulte only offered a 30 day closing option just to wait for the interest rate to rise.

This is the second home we built with Pulte. The quality isn't the same and there were minor changes that impacted overall quality and value. Cabinets were made cheaply, front steps are no longer concrete but small TREX steps, porch is barely wide enough to walk, garage is ridiculously small and you need to pay extra to get a larger garage. My third row SUV BARELY fits! Cars are larger nowadays and families have bikes and cars, golf clubs, snow blowers, lawn mowers that need to fit in a typical garage and they don't! This is where the value for what we paid has gone down. Buyers need to be aware that standard options aren't suitable for most families, and you need to upgrade a lot to be comfortable. ... More

Once you close, it is difficult to get an immediate response for repairs or help with major issues. Other homeowners have shared about issues with getting water on or help with electrical problems, similar to what we experienced. We chose Pulte based on their reputation in our former city. Unfortunately, they did not meet our expectations.

It was a bad experience , Pulte used bad quality of hardwood flooring , hardwood flooring installation not good , subfloor squeaking under carpet, subfloor so thin they should use thicker and stronger one like 3/4" or 1" plywood sheets instead of OSB , floor vibrating when we walk in some area ( maybe it's joist problem ) ,the furnace in wrong spot above the plumbing stack which should be connected to the kitchen and second floor bath , to solve this issue they connected the pipe to the basement drain !! now the plumbing stack used as a basement drain without trap and this issue cause a very bad smell in basement !! this mean there is no supervision from the site team leader . I don't know how they build houses if they don't have plumbing drawing or HVAC drawing , every house with the same model are different than the other !! . ... More