Pulte Homes Reviews

Great process until the end

Going on two months in the home and still no cabinet hardware. Good luck with getting any resolution on issues not reported during the final walkthrough. My cabinets were installed poorly, and I’m struggling to get Pulte to fix the damages. Communication is poor, and I was accused of causing the damage myself. I’m so disappointed. Every time I reach out for updates on my outstanding issues, I am made to feel like a bother. The sales process is great…but the experience after the purchase is complete can leave you feeling devastated. Tip- stay in that house during the final walkthrough until you catch every little issue. Get on your hands and knees and inspect the cabinet installs carefully. You should not expect to have to do this, but I missed some of these things and now I’m in the position I’m in. I have had to come to terms with other items I reported will not be fixed. Had I known…. ... More

Poor workmanship and slow response to issues

Once I closed on my home many issues have been ignored. Front porch has large cracks, never heard about my driveway and grass installation. I had to pay to have my garage insulated and drywalled. After 2 months I have not received my trash receptacles. A little disappointed after purchasing a home for over $400,000

Throughout our construction process we had many questions around Pultes set and missed timelines. During that process we were made to feel like we were in the wrong with unacceptable responses, if we even got one at all. Would not go through this process with Pulte again.

The sale of the home was great but once it came down to the quality and inspections, that’s where it fell apart. Most last minute touch ups were not completed as promised and MANY outlets are not functioning properly around the house. Thermostat’s haven’t been changed and the direct contact’s do not care about resolving the issues.

Very poor fit/finish and responsiveness

The sales and build process was outstanding. However the process to get construction issues corrected after close has been terrible. Our Customer Care Manager is more interested in making excuses or finding reasons why they should not address the problem than fixing what are overall minor problems.

Be prepared to follow up with your customer care representative and keep a pulse on your punch list of items that need to be fixed. I received mismatched appliances and poor flooring installation followed by excessive delays in getting things fixed. I still don't have fixes to specific items 5 months post closing.

Once you close on the property, I can't seem to have any luck getting hold of anyone for service request.

We love our home and our happy we purchased. But the service we have received after we closed, has been absolutely awful. Our house was not cleaned prior to moving in, our yard was a complete mess with garbage from construction and we were promised by Andreas it would be cleaned up. Nobody ever came to clean it up and they just came out with bulldozers and covered it all with dirt. So now we have tons of nails, metal, tubes of caulk, aluminum cans, and other garbage buried in our yard. Our construction manager, Andreas, stopped communicating with us regarding final work that needs to be completed. He hasn’t returned a single email or phone call from anyone in the neighborhood. Pulte needs to take more pride in the contractors they hire, and the way they take care of customers. Our yard is now a landfill and it’s absolutely unacceptable. ... More

Overall construction was good. But we spent a ton of money on upgrades which included flooring, tile work, cabinets and counters. There wasn't much attention to deal at all. Most tiles in the master shower are wonky, and don't line up. The caulk job was amateur at best. Just sloppy. The floor they installed throughout the first floor has several spots where the planks aren't supported and the seams separate from one another. They installed a floor vent in front of my sliding rear door. They have a light switch literally wedged in a corner upstairs...which looks really stupid. The paint on the baseboards throughout the entire home and the door casing has runs, sags and major orange peel everywhere. They shot nails through the sides of my cabinets when they installed the trim on the sides. None of the cabinet drawers in the kitchen operate smoothly, it seems like there's something dragging. The windows they use are not good at all. Several are very hard to open and the are very drafty. And the screens fit really loose which allows bugs to get in no problem. It is basically very obvious the house was built with the emphasis on time and getting it done fast and not the overall quality. The house was over 500k. It looks like a slapped together flip, and not new construction. Don't spend on upgrades, they will never look as good as the model. ... More

Overall, it is an ok experience. However, there are situations that are frustrating. they kept pushing the closing date further, which isn't great for the buyer. The worst part of the entire house is the paint job, you touch the wall, the paint goes away. List of items were identified to fix, but no one showed up for a month. Other than that, the community and town is great.

We decided to buy our first home with Pulte because we had heard really good things. But the experience has not been good. First there were hardly any flexibility on choosing different options. There was only 1 model home but pulte was offering 5 different designs. They did not had good digital experience to help make decisions. Very rigid timelines and no much flexibility on making changes. They were adamant on closing because they wanted to meet there timeliness so gave the house with so many open issues and now to resolve them I have to plead to get the attention. The standard answer is by end of spring which can be in June. But the same things are already been taken care of new houses that are been built. So it gives the impression that once they got the money, we are not priority anymore. Finally the quality of construction is below par. I am coming from old rental apartmebt and J could see they having better construction. The way the things are now going I am sure all the good will and brand value will soon be lost. Atleast I will make sure I will ask my friends to think thrice and check other builders before deciding with Pulte.whether ... More

With supply issues and everything going on in the world, made our home buying experience difficult. We were initially quoted a 6-8 month time frame to build home but lasted over a year. We felt the last month of the home building process was rushed. Our final walkthrough we were missing flooring in 70% of the home. We were missing mirrors, medicine cabinets, and due to design center error wrong backsplash installed. Pulte construction is doing what they can. The contractors is what they are having issues with. They have also been slow to fix things since we moved in.

Ray was understanding of our concerns

Our sales rep at the beginning of the process of buying our home was fantastic. He was proactive in his communication, regularly checking in to provide updates about the progress of our home purchase and build. Our construction manager was responsive in a timely manner to our requests for updates. We understood the lack of proactive communication, because he expressed that he was extremely busy because he was the only Spanish-speaking employee in the area so had many Spanish-speaking clients he had to liaise with. Still, he was able to provide a timely response to any questions we had. As we approached closing, our contact with Pulte began to go downhill. We had several issues pop up at the last minute regarding the workmanship and quality of finishes in the home. It has been more than two months since closing and some of the pre-closing repair requests have not been addressed. The responses from the warranty department are not made in a timely manner. We have purchased other new construction homes in the past and have received much more prompt, professional service from those builders. Overall the house is beautiful but it was not delivered in the condition we contracted for. We are very disappointed with the level of service and would therefore not recommend building with Pulte. ... More

Not actually very good exoerience.

Buying process was very good and the sales office responsinve and fantastic to work with. Construction manager is a very diffferent story, with a clear lack of communication throughout the process. Closing on the house without everything completewas a big mistake. Everything pending takes at least 4 calls/emails to get a response, with construction passing the problem to warranty. Some problems persist and hoping the warranty will address these.

Closed on my home in March. Multiple issues with workmanship and missing items. Everyone says they are going to rectify the problem, but all I get is multiple lies and put off. My advice is not to close on the home until everything is satisfactory. They say they will come back to fix the problem but never do.

We are thankful that our sales consultant, Yvo, was so incredible. He was the best part of our home building experience - very professional, a great communicator, and did everything possible to make sure we were satisfied. 5 stars for Yvo. Unfortunately, our construction manager was the complete opposite. He was not only unprofessional, but went so far as to write up a nasty email towards us future homeowners in regards to concerns we had about the house. I will refrain from going into detail. Aside from that, the amount of issues with the home was overwhelming throughout. It’s a shame that a lot of these have become our issues post-closing because they were not addressed at the time they should have been when the home was under construction. For example, a big issue we had in the kitchen. A raccoon snuck into what should have been our locked house (all windows had been installed, but a sliding door was left open) and the animal urinated & defecated all over and between several cabinets and inside of drawers seeing it was the day before countertop installation. We saw and addressed this immediately. For weeks, nothing was done until right before we closed where only two drawers were replaced. After closing, the smell of the feces and urine was still very strong in the kitchen because it had soaked into the cabinets. We have children and pets - this is extremely unsanitary and not to mention a health hazard for everybody. I cannot stress how disappointed I am that this happened at all, as well as the fact that it did not get resolved until a month and a half after we closed on the house. Thankfully, Rob and Jimmy in the customer service/warranty department have gone above and beyond to make sure things were right in our kitchen. For all of our other warranty needs, Rob has been extremely helpful and has gone the extra mile to get everything taken care of in a timely manner. We could not be happier in this respect! I also must add that although we had a terrible build experience overall because of our construction manager, Ed, after reaching out to the construction supervisor, Nemo, we were much happier and things finally started to move along again once he became involved. He was a pleasure to work with. This was not our first time building a home, but it was our first time choosing Pulte. We understand the lack of supplies & manpower in recent times, but what we went through was completely unrelated to those things. ... More

Overall the materials used seem cheap. 1. Sinks do not have anything to close and open the drain, have to push it with hands 2. Bathtub tap doesnt have anything to control water flow, either its full flow or no flow 3. Shower head seem cheap build 4. Toilet seats are cheap built 5. Kitchen stove and dishwasher both are not functional, stove takes longest time to heat, dishwasher dry cycle doesn't work 6. Trim paint job was done poor quality 7. Kitchen island workmanship is poor quality, its not straight but off, I wish i could upload pictures 8. Temporary driveway takes off and concrete work hasn't been done even when the frost warning is off from a month, no communication regarding it 9. Flooring work is poor quality, the planks move ... More

Pulte homes are known for their built and quality. Although I can say I am happy with my new home, the same cannot be said for the buying and building experience. The communication from the site manager, the loan office as well as the sales agent was lackluster. Every little update required communication from the customers part and never was anything communicated by the initiative of these company employees. Overall I’m happy with my home, however if you must buy a pulte home keep into consideration it might not be a wholesome experience.

It is VERY obvious that Pulte did not appropriately oversee the workers who built my home. So many massive issues in all of the finish trades. I wanted to move into my home with peace of mind and now I’m stuck in an endless cycle of fighting with tradesmen over their terrible craftsmanship. Absolutely horrible. I used the think Pulte stood for build quality. I no longer have this association with their name.

The house looks great from the outside. As for the inside of the house, we labeled several areas that needed to be retouched during the final walkthrough and inspection phase, and they were improved mostly. However, we somehow managed to find more problems immediately after we moved in, which include sloppy paint jobs (marks, dent, dried out dripping lumps) on baseboard throughout the house, an open hole between one of the banisters and the bottom of the stairwell, missing parts of the stove leading to a wobbly stovetop, missing rubber bumps in almost all the kitchen cabinet, and cracks below the kitchen island. When we addressed these issues, some of them were fixed, some not. It is like buying a brand-new car with scratches and marks all over the place. It's not a pleasant feeling. Not to mention this house costs over ten times more than a brand new fancy car. ... More