Pulte Homes Reviews

Before Purchasing Pulte home i had a great impression about builder but after seeing the construction i lost the impression that Pulte can also build worst way. Not sure what made to bring lower quality to my home. Ceiling fans when chose during design options was not placed and placed with very normal ceiling fan. Every homeowner dream about their home in great way so will chose the builder. Thats OK. I hope Pulte keeps quality for next homeowners.

There was work finished after closing and the house was left in a mess. Paint spilled on the floor in pantry was the biggest issue. Then I went to cook and my stove shuts the breaker off every time I preheat it. (It also happens if I plug my toaster oven into that side of the kitchen so it’s not the stove. The electrician finally came after a month of complaints and missing the first appointment. He insists it was the stove and told me to call whirlpool (who told me they’d call back, which hasn’t happened yet). And the electrician replaced the breaker just in case. It can’t be the stove if the toaster oven causes it too so I have no way to cook in my kitchen and I’ve been here a month and half now. I’ve called the care center and complained on instagram and gotten no where. If I could give pulte all negatives I would except on construction. This is a quality built house ... More

They were ok to work with.

Pros: Overall layout and style is nice, good selection of upgrades Cons: Pandemic delays (our house took 16 months from initial deposit), low-quality subcontractors (lack of attention to detail, fit and finish), lack of quality control (we had to be the ones to catch quality issues at closing, resulting in many fixes after "close" and additional months-long delays), lack of communication and coordination across Pulte construction, mortgage, etc (we did a lot of work chasing down closing details) Overall: We're happy in our new home, but worry about what corners were cut that we didn't catch

Overall happy with the quality.

Committed to providing a good home buyer experience.

The pulte service is good

Build is good. But long time to complete.

I opted for Pulte because of the name, However, it is just an illusion. So many issues in the house and no one responds in a timely manner. We just have to follow up again and again, however, no one really cares. Pulte just wanted to close on the house and we got fooled thinking they will take care of the issues. But we were wrong. For example, Just a month after moving in, there is a big crack in the basement foundation wall and water is leaking inside the basement. Sad part is, no one from Pulte came to look at it. Lot of other issues, which I am following up but no one is responding now. I don’t know what to do yet, the only option that I see is to get some legal help or post the feedback in social media and media with videos and photos. The only reason I bought a new home was to avoid any hassle for couple of years, however, selecting Pulte for building a new house was an incorrect decision. ... More

Pulte house itself is a good choice, but never use pulte loan. Before considering getting the poor incentives from the builder’s own loan company, please google Pulte Loan reviews and see the customer comments on yelp. For my own horrible experience, I’d like to give it minus star if I can .

I realize that many issues we had were out of the hands of the builder with COVID putting a strain on the entire industry. But my frustration with the lack of communication during the building process. With our last build (before COVID) we had four walk throughs of our home as it was being built, we knew when things were happening, with this one we had 2, one was technically our final walk through and our house wasn’t even close to being done (with us closing in two days). Again, a lot of this was due to us building during COVID, but living over an hour away, I wish they had told me not to come saying the home wasn’t ready. A lot of the issues we pointed out before close weren’t dealt with, we had to reach out to our warranty specialist, such as finishing painting our house, fixing our lock on the front door that was installed incorrectly and fixing a leak on our secondary bathroom. It was definitely frustrating. Thankfully the warranty team has been very responsive, and has worked with us to make our home what we wanted. To anyone looking to build with pulte, I’d say really review your options and maybe don’t build during COVID. ... More

The building process was excellent. Everything was completed in a timely manner.

We bought a model home. Exceptional follow up to complete all of the small details - touch up paint, replacing light bulbs, hanging mirrors, etc. great response for one minor issue post closing. Thank you.

None to share since experience was not good.

Within a couple weeks moving into what I thought would be a quality home things are falling apart . There are many corners / walls in my home that are not even . Kitchen cabinets have fallen apart . Heater was defective and never tested properly . Plumbing was backed up . Cracks all over the exterior or the home . Cracks in the interior of my home around all the windows . The quality absolutely sucks .

Pulte have very good customer service and smooth transition process before and after buying experience. Sales team,Loan Processong and Fiekd Engineers are very good in explaining all clarifications and meting timelines.

The experience was a pretty bad one overall. The building time took way to long, but given the shortage of workers and materials, this can be overlooked. When neighbors have to call you to tell you some of the framing is warped, cut to short in places, and 2×4s have way to much bark, therefor, making for a weak structure, that's pretty bad! On our walk thru, it seemed as though we were walking thru a used house. It was full of dust, throughout, lose grout, and smudged window panes, along with cabinets that were so full of dust, you couldn't possibly put your dishes or food away, the closets were full of dust, the kitchen had a punched in cabinet and the roll outs on one of the cabinets were left out, from the great room you can see the a/c thru the window cause of poor placement, some of the tile was cut short, and instead of replacing it, they filled it in with grout, the carpet in the main bedroom is coming away from the tile, there were some problems with the outside finish of the house, the sliders were full of grout, stucco, or dirt, the light placement over the breakfast bar was completely off center, and had to be redone. My husband, who has no building experience, brought it to their attention, and had to be redone or centered, the garage was left unfinished, making this nice home look cheap, We lived away while the house was being built, but thanks to certain people who suggested we should come look, the bad 2x4s may have been covered, and we might have never found out till the house would settle in a bad way. We had to address these issues, and though they should have not been from the start, most of the items were fixed, and according to the superintendent all will be addressed after our move in. Now, their mortgage company led us to believe all was ok for 11 months, but a month and a few days before the closing, they called and said we couldn't qualify because of certain self employment rules, and covid. They had most of our paperwork from 11 months prior to closing, and as they requested additional along the way we furnished what they needed, some of which was several times. I am sorry we have to sound like unhappy buyers, but we have bought several homes throughout our lives, and never had to go thru this. Our credit scores were over 800, and our downpayment was substantial. ... More

The attention to detail and workmanship left a lot to be desired for the price. I also have to constantly hound our field manager to get things fixed. And almost 2 months later I still have items from the pre-closing walkthrough that weren’t completed. They flooded the house while testing the water a few days before closing. If I could do it over again I probably wouldn’t buy with Pulte.

Ensuring that items that needed to be addressed in a timely manner did not happen. Had to keep following up myself instead of them just taking care if the few issues there were.

Stay actively involved throughout the process and it will go smooth.

sharing detail plan would be helpful, if you let the owner make some minor changes will be very helpful. for example some of my bedroom doesn't have two outlet on wall where bed is going instead they put two outlets under windows , some of the outlet is completely out of place. my master bath faucets i requested to change to a more convenient place instead they kept it very far. craftsmanship in paint is very poor also drywall job is very poor lots of wall are not straight

The building team is responsive and trustworthy.

Once they actually started building the home, things went well.

The staff (selling and construction) were really good in answering questions and helping us in getting the house as much as we wanted.

Our build happened during the COVI-19 pandemic. There were a lot of set backs during the build and our construction manager was great at handling each one and helping us through the process.