Pulte Homes Reviews

We are happy with the house. However, the closing was delayed, which impacted our moving schedule, due to items identified in the initial walkthrough not being addressed on time. Pulte wouldn’t agree to customize anything, even when we just asked to not install items. As an example, the bar soap in the shower is the cheapest one you could find (in a $390k house) and they wouldn’t agree to not put it up. The communication was a struggle at times between agent-realtor-builder. For example, our first walkthrough was delayed by 2 hours due to lack of communication between Pulte agent and realtor. Lastly, we ended up with a nice house and the builder did address all the pending items before closing. He has even come out to address a minor issue after closing. ... More

We closed on our house in a new development in early June and we're still living in a dirty mess that turns to slippery mud everywhere when it rains. Pulte reps keep saying that there's an issue getting sod in this market, but the yard for a house by another builder in the neighborhood was sodded last week. Also, the corners cut by scrimping on items such as the disposal are aggravating.

The design center was the worst experience. The base price of the house is not even close to a realistic price unless you want poor quality materials. The trades are not paying attention to detail and are just rushing the jobs.

Great neighborhood but seems like things were rushed at the end. A lot of less than quality work mad been found after we moved in. We are getting lots fixed but horrible drywall work can’t be fixed. But we love neighborhood and house design.

We purchased a new Pulte home at Epperson Ranch just over a month ago. It was a quick move-in home so we didn't have any input into the finishings or design. Nevertheless, we liked what we saw so we went ahead to purchase it. Although it was a brand new home, we decided to pay the extra $$ to get a new home inspection done, and we were very glad we did! Although the home itself was structurally sound, he found many areas that needed to be addressed. These included nails protruding on the roof, unfinished painting on the outside and inside, missing/malfunctioning door stoppers, incomplete sealants around the sink and so forth. It had a lot to do with sloppy workmanship. We were very surprised by the number of flaws that were identified by the inspector considering it was a brand new house. We shared this information with Pulte about two weeks before closing and they agreed to address everything before closing. We met with building supervisor three days before closing and even though they said they addressed all the issues, when we did the walk through it was noted that not everything was taken care of. The supervisor promised that it will all be fixed before closing. We met again few hours before closing and did a final walk through. During this time, the remaining issues had been addressed and we proceeded to close later that day. It was just disappointing that a new home had so many flaws. If we didn't do the home inspection, we would have been clueless to it all. I expected a higher quality of workmanship and integrity from Pulte from the very beginning. ... More

I had good experience with sales agent and builder's supervisor. But the HOA company Pulte chose are the worst. Not responsive at all. It's such a shame that we paid in 2,000 initial contribution for no service.

I am not happy with the quality of the upgrades for which I paid such high costs. Upgrading the master bath to larger shower did not include better tile on walls. Then what was installed is plain white with out any design or detail. Upgrading the kitchen and cabinets did not meet expectations because with the filler space between the oven and microwave makes me believe that they are box cabinet which looks cheap. The best part of my review is because Jordan was/is a great project manager and was very helpful in solving issues.

Be certain to go over ALL items in the contract BEFORE the build and ask a lot of questions as to upgrades, etc.

The finish job on our walls is very disappointing. I have never seen such a sloppy finish. Because of that I would not recommend a pulte home.

While Pulte Homes are rated one of the highest quality homes in the home-buying field they are amazing. However the pulsing Mortgage Company is less than to be desired. Our sales men and our construction manager we're also very good I would recommend Pulte Homes we love our new Dream Home.

The construction manager was amazing. Can’t say that about the rest of my experience buying from Pulte.

The sales department was fabulous. Especially Jenny. The design team needs a complete overhaul. Not enough time to select what you want. They were not knowledgeable and they were extremely misleading. We did not get things they said we would like Slow close drawers in the cabinets. We paid for them but never got them. And the construction team said that wasn’t an option. It was too late to change anything. Sean’s on the woodwork in the cabinets are very visible, used bad paint all throughout the house. We have been in the house 5 weeks and our front door has had to be “repaired” twice already and will probably need to be done again, the ceiling in the bathroom cracked, and our son’s bedroom door almost fell off. There are a number of things we do love but overall, I’m not sure I would recommend Pulte to anyone without telling them to be seriously cautious. ... More

The house has more issues than what I expected, it seems like there is not much attention to the little details . The finish on the walls is bad. I have several issues that we keep finding issues that could have been avoided if there was a quality control. I been in the house for 3 month and still haven’t fix one off the main issue that was point out when we inspected it the house which it was the main so sewer line. Also landscaping is bad.

Overall we are happy with the home. However, the more time we spend on our home, the more realize that the builder materials and workmanship isn't exactly as we expected. Paint is basic and cheap. Landscaping have issues that they don't agree to fix in full. We are starting to notice concrete issues as well that they want to patch up but to me it seems it's just covering bigger issues with the concrete.

The garage door is way too loud and obnoxious when opening/closing. The fact that it sounds and feels like a mini earthquake from the primary bedroom is crazy.

There are several issues found a month after move in. a. The head/air doesnt blow to the two bedrooms farther away from the Furnace. Did Pulte test air flow out of the vents. I am confident anemometer was never used. Now running through Pulte hoops to get someone to look. Understand all my neighbours are having similar issues. b. The water pressure in shower and several taps is not adequate. Pulte sent a plumber, who cleaned up something here and there. They dont measure preassue or flow. c. The landing area hardwood is shoddy, looks like a novice did the Hardwood. d. Pulte Warranty is run by robots, cannot speak to a person. They have a basic questionnaire, and endless robotic options. Several other issues. No human to talk to . ... More

I am torn with this review. We had a horrible experience with the sales agent, Johanna. The entire process was extremely stressful. She was unprofessional and often times unresponsive. Once the contract was signed, we were lucky to even get a response. We were out of state buyers and came to FL to select our lot and home. Signed the contact and flew back home only to find out 1 month later that the lot we picked did not fit our home. Why did she not look at that prior to us signing??? She then said we had a few days to pick out another lot, but she was going on vacation and we'd have to decide by the time she returned. I wish we could have terminated our contract but we already got the ball moving for our move to FL. Since we couldn't fly back down to FL, we had to rush and blindly pick another lot (which we now HATE and would not have picked had Johanna had her facts straight while we were there). We ended up moving to FL before the house was done and stopped by the office to ask when we had to pick the color of exterior. Guess when we had until? THAT DAY. It's a good thing we stopped by because she never reached out to inform us of that. So again, we rushed to pick the exterior color, which in hindsight, I would not have picked. The garage color is lighter than what I remember. I sent Johanna an email in December to confirm the color. It is now February and she still has not responded. Not shocked. On the flip side, once we were done with her, everything went smoothly. Our construction manager, Johnathan, was amazing. He answered all of our questions and was always responsive. If it weren't for him, I would have given this 0 stars. Long story short - we had to settle on a lot that we are unhappy with and now stuck with. If Johanna is your sales agent, steer clear. If Johnathan is your construction manager, you'll be in great hands. ... More

The project manager has been excellent. The person from the title company was great. The communications between your companies was not good . The mortgage company was like dealing with a used car salesman and a combination of a government office.

The home-buying process was average overall. While the transaction went through, there were several cleanup issues that required more attention. There are nails sticking out under the bar that need to removed immediately. The gate was falling down after a few days of moving in. We still need the directions on how to set up the thermostat to our phones. Additionally, the lack of a thank-you gift or gesture from the Pulte realtor felt impersonal and left a lukewarm impression. This could have been handled with more care and attention to detail. We purchased a home from Toll 4.5 years ago and received Tiffany wine glasses and key chain from the Toll Realtor. Overall, Pulte builds an average home buying and home experience., ... More

Door handles came off for several doors within few days itself , several doors don’t shut fully unless pushed manually.

Dennis, the sale person did not do good job. Although, I have requested the closing date to be before the September 15th. I communicated with him via email, text but the closing date was set as 9/18. I was very unhappy how Dennis and his boss(Susie) handled the issue.

Luckily we had a great supervisor that listened to all of our asks, but the work that came never fulfilled our level of quality we were expecting. Everything seemed extremely rushed all the way to closing. In the end we do have a beautiful home that I’m sure most people visiting will not notice the imperfections. I however will notice them until I can go back and fix them. Just not what I was hoping for on a house over $1M.

Pulte builds a good home but they rigidly control their building techniques and do not look favorably upon changes. It’s, “The Pulte Way” or no way. I was surprised by this.

Be watchful that items selected at design phase translate to a change order. If it’s not put on the change order it is not installed!! I trusted the process (between design and sales) as never built a house before and found that under cabinet lighting was selected in design but sales never put on change order so not installed. Shampoo niche in baths are not feasible (I asked) due to skill set of tile setters! For the cost of the home I would have thought that a niche and a soap dish would be standard. Nope! It’s these little touches that really mar the new home experience. The water leak, chipped granite and crooked cabinet pulls and covered smoke detectors didn’t help either. ... More

The process was very stressful from having to deal with Pulte Mortgage to the details of construction. I feel exhausted having to explain the stress we went through. It was not a good experience until the last day when we finally closed on the house 11.5 months after going under contract. Just to give you an idea of the chaos we experienced, our house wasn't even cleaned (literally, it's still looked like a construction site with dust everywhere and plastic still on the carpets) and most things that we identified (major things like missing hardware, paint, front door getting stuck, many cabinet issues, exterior issues) were not finished 24 hours before our closing appointment. We showed up for the "celebration" to a fill-in construction manager saying our manager, Patrick, had called in for a "family emergency" and many things had not been done. There was also a crew of like 10 Mexican women that arrived soon after us that started frantically cleaning. I was so upset and deeply disappointed that things went this way until the very end. They didn't know what to do because there was no way these things were getting done before our closing at 8 am the next day. The title company already had our received wire of over $350k. I refused to push it out and they called Chris, the district construction manager to come to the house to see what had transpired. I let him know of our ongoing frustrations and poor communication and follow through by our current construction manager and the frustration of having 4 different construction managers over the build process where communications fell through and important items not getting done right or there being delays. Chris agreed to complete as much as possible that one afternoon and then roll everything else over to warranty to fix. We now have a bunch of trades coming in to fix things that were identified to be fixed on the first walkthrough. In addition, the day we closed, the office didn't have our keys to release and acted confused about us picking up the keys that day. Apparently our construction manager, Patrick, had them and they had to rekey the whole house for us at the last minute after we had already closed. This process was a pile of poor communication the whole way. I never want to go through something like this again. The house is lovely and feels like a quality build. I absolutely love the home and the functionality of the floor plan. I recognize the attention to detail and livability that Pulte keeps in mind when developing these floor plans. I truly feel like I'm in luxury all day. It's an amazing product but the process of going through getting to this point was just way too stressful. ... More