Pulte Homes Reviews

Made things right, stuck by promises

My experience was wonderful, thanks

The builder was ok it’s the closing that was the problem. The underwriters for Pulte needs some fixing I thought we was trying to buy a home if I did know any better I thought the underwriting department was not trying to sell this home.

If we had to use Dayna, sales, again for anything we would not buy, build or even think of owning a home. Working with her was the worst experience for us. She continued to call my fiancé by my last name and Jose when that isn’t even his first name either. Matt, our builder, we would work with him on any home at any time. He was amazing and followed through every time and timely.

Working with Robb was great and he was very helpful throughout the whole building process. He took his time to explain everything to us along the way and was very responsive to questions and concerns. We love our new home. Our experience during the sales process was not good. Jessica was great and so was the salesperson we talked to from the Avon Lake community, but Tom was incredibly rude to us. We almost did not buy a Pulte home because of Tom, but decided to look past his horrible attitude because we wanted the quality of a Pulte home in Avon. While we were deciding if we wanted to buy we had a lot of questions as this was a huge financial decision for us, and he told us we were irritating him. He was sarcastic and short with us regularly and was not pleasant to work with. My guess is he didn’t think we were serious potential buyers, but regardless he was very rude. ... More

I think you have to monitor carefully along with field supervisor the quality of workmanship.

Visit the home as much as possible and stay on top of the Forman on how thing are going

The experience was ok overall, but the main detractor was the horrible mortgage process. Poor communication and a flood of last minute document request was extremely frustrating and made me want to abandon the sale altogether. I’ve since purchased another home two doors down and I am SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING WALKING AWAY FROM THE BUILD AND LOSING MY MONEY. The quality of materials is horrible. The pace of construction is slow. The craftsmanship is awful...and I MEAN AWFUL! It’s a home for my mother, and I wouldn’t live in it. They changed framers and it shows. The two story house going up next door has better materials and is being constructed quicker, cleaner, and with far better craftsmanship. I want someone from Pulte to call me and schedule a visit, because I am exploring ways to walk away from this project, at a substantial loss. I am beyond furious when I as a consumer have to walk into a house that’s being framed and tell a framer they put a wall where a door was supposed to be. Additionally, tell them the back patio door was installed in the garage. Headers missing, shoddy workmanship, inconsistent installation of moisture barrier, ceiling joists not installed, trash lumber inside the structure, supports still up because the framing has been halted or done half assed, mud and dirt all over the structure...and the list goes on. ... More

I had issues with the sales department. One person specifically- then they changed me and I was with someone great. The house quality is great but some small issues after closing. The responsiveness during the building process and after have been great.

Design center person is very helpful

This is our second new build we have purchased and while some of the features of the house are better than out first, there are details that are needs improvement. Visible dry wall tape that has been painted over in the owners room. Dry wall corners that is protruding/bent through the wall texture. The floor in the owners room excessively pops/shifts near the closet, the same closet door sticks. floor shifts/pops right in front of the balcony door. Messy caulking on the exterior of the balcony door. You can feel the subfloor surface is not entirely level when walking over certain areas. Finishing work on the cabinets in the bathrooms/kitchen messy or not done. Water damage on the baseboards in a bathroom. Some of these are not as big of a deal than others but quality in workmanship is the issue. Trustworthiness, so far so good. We got a third party inspection done and Pulte completed all of the findings. During our walk through we pointed out some details we did not like and they did their best to complete them. We had one service ticket submitted for the dishwasher and they were very quick to come out and resolve the issue. The dry wall corner that is bent through the dry wall texture is something that the builder said they will fix verbally on the day we got our keys but we yet to follow through in submitting the service ticket yet so we will see how they respond. ... More

Pulte has a good reputation to be a good home builder. After coming into the house there was a few worksmanship issues that I had to fix such as paint on the floor not cleaned up, lots of gaps in moulding that you will have caulk yourself. overall its a good company but I really wish they progress more into eco friendly material as closed cell foam instead of loose white fluff, more premium standard materials and maybe be have solar energy standard accross any community they build instead of have legislation forcing them too. Conclusion its a good buy for people on a budget.

I wanted to share some feedback regarding my experience after purchasing the home. Overall, while the materials used in the homes appear to be on the lower end, —especially for the lower models—but not a major concern for me. I know the builder is aware of this, and I do appreciate that there is a two-year warranty in place. Additionally, the responsiveness of the team when submitting service tickets has been very good, which I value. That said, from a pricing perspective, I do feel that my home was overvalued, and I would like to explain why. After I completed my purchase, I learned that another nearly identical home was offered with a $45,000 cash incentive, whereas I received only $20,000 and out of that 20k, 10k was used towards home value because it was listed for a higher price. I also heard that the other home was renovated to help facilitate its sale, while I was not provided with any similar upgrades or incentives, despite purchasing at a higher price point. I understand that market conditions change and that incentives can vary, and at this stage I realize there may not be much that can be done. However, I wanted to express that the situation felt unfair and disappointing from a buyer’s perspective. Thank you for taking the time to read my feedback. I appreciate your consideration. ... More

I love my home, my overall experience was great had it not been for permit delays that were very unexpected and not well handled. Other than that, I have no complaints

Options were limited, would have liked to have seen more and more consistency with options. Supplies changed quickly and created anxiety having to change from first visit with designer from the next. Pulte insurance options were a joke, poor customer service, inaccurate and poor to no follow up when exploring this option

Our experience with Pulte has been okay overall. The home is not bad, but it’s also not what I would consider top-of-the-line. There have been several issues early on that took away from the “new build” experience. The biggest concern has been the HVAC. There is often an 8–10 degree temperature difference between the main floor and the second floor. The HVAC company has been out four times, and while adjustments have helped somewhat, the issue still isn’t fully resolved, which is disappointing in a brand-new home. We also had drywall tape peeling about a month after moving in, and the garage spring broke about six weeks into living here (now fixed). At closing, the home was quite dirty, and the electrical plan differed from what we were originally shown. While those items were eventually addressed, they created extra stress and inconvenience. Overall, the home feels solid and livable, but the quality and attention to detail have been average. It’s an okay build, not terrible, not exceptional. I just wish the HVAC issue had been resolved more effectively and that some of these early problems hadn’t happened so soon after moving in. ... More

We had some issues with the sales folks. They were NOT up to date on the features. The big problem turned out to be the fireplace. It is more decorative than functional. I found a neighbor who has one took the plate glass off the front of his so heat could better enter the room. It melted some of the siding where the vent went out the rear of the house. Got to hot. I told the agent I loved gas fireplaces as they throw off a lot of heat. The sales person did not know about this failure in the fireplace. I would not have had one if I knew this about it.

Sales rep lied about warranty reporting window. Stated all warranty reporting windows are 1 year. Multiple items are 30 days or less to report. Construction manager stated several identified issues would be fixed before move it was complete. Items are still not complete 80 days after close. Construction manager did complete some items but is now refusing to respond for other major items (showers, scratches on windows, cabinets drawers not operating properly and a pop nail protruding through wood.) Document everything take pictures and report. Don’t trust what you’re being told. Get everything in writing. PGP Title was great. Pulte Mortgage was great. ... More

There are many issues that are not been corrected for a month. Biggest problem is the exhaust pipe for the gas driyer. The driter reports a 95% blockage in it and can not function. You shoud visit the community and see it.

The Pulte rep, did not adhere to their word during the buying experience. We had three days to put it in a final offer, and to have that offer accepted, and see the home in person and then found out that we were getting under by another offer that the realtor was taking and we’re pressured into a new contingency contract to assure that we could get the home. The whole final closing day and buying closure experience was very impersonal with no faulty, representatives and no finality other than signing paperwork.

Salvatore P, Michael W, and Nancy L were absolutely top notch. They were knowledgeable, helpful, and always responsive. They made the process smooth. 10/10 stars for each of them! Pulte Mortgage was an absolute nightmare for me to deal with. I give Pulte Mortgage 0/10 stars. I will never recommend Pulte Mortgage to anyone. At two points in time I considered walking away from the purchase due to Pulte Mortgage. Salvatore P saved the deal both times. He went above and beyond his required job duties and he did so on his day off! He is truly dedicated to his work and his clients. I can’t speak highly enough about Salvatore P and his professionalism. Pulte needs to revamp their mortgage division; not doing so, in my opinion, will likely result in their loosing buyers. Pulte should be honored to have employees like Salvatore P, Michael W, and Nancy L. ... More

We love our new home and the Vale community! However, the buying process was somewhat undignified from what we would have expected from a large, well established home builder such as Pulte. Bottom line: promises were not kept. If they promise that any of the furniture comes with the home, we strongly suggest that you ask them to put it in writing. The other issue we had was with regard to quality control with respect to the home appliances. Unfortunately there was none! We moved in and were without 3 working appliances for the first couple of weeks. Although they were under warranty, we had to take time out of our busy work schedules to meet the repairman multiple times so they could diagnose, troubleshoot and order parts. All of this made the move-in process much more stressful and time consuming. ... More

Christian from the Inspection team was the highlight of my experience with Pulte. Everybody - whole team was good although mortgage personnel (just a couple of them) were quite annoying, but overall - a good group!

Maybe my expectations were too high, but we were disappointed in the outcome. The driveway is so short our cars don’t even fit. Still construction mud caked on our back porch. INHO Pulte is producing homes too quickly and it’s a rushed job.

PULTE aims to provide a caring environment throughout all stages of the home buying experience, from pre-sale to close. However, where they fall short is in quality and accountability of the trades. At this price point I would have expected higher QUALITY. It appeared to me their goal was to deliver a "Defect Free Home" on time and on budget. Expect to be their QUALITY inspector on all phases of work if you want close to what you paid for. Truthfully, all concerns identified have been addressed so far.