Pulte Homes Reviews

Make sure that everything that is identified as needing to be addressed during the final walkthrough is in fact fixed before you close. Otherwise it can be a big hassle to get these items fixed after the fact.

I was told that I would get gutters put in my house for Pulte taking over a year to have my house build, plus water getting into the house and having the insulation replaced because of moisture. How am I expected to write a good review when other houses were started after my house was being built but yet some of those homes were completed first. Not only were those homes completed first but some had a much cleaner appearance at closing than my house. It has just been a very bad experience for me especially when realizing the quality of some of the workmanship, a tub that looks like it’s 10 years old because water was left in it for over three months when it was installed and as a result it was stained. Someone came to remove the stain but now it has no shine to it. How am I supposed to give a good survey with all these problems and headaches. There is more but I’m just frustrated! ... More

The quality of workmanship inside the home is extremely poor. The baseboards and door frames have dents and lines throughout. The paint is splattered and chunky throughout. However, the project manager and support team are great. They are quick to handle issues. We are currently prioritizing what we want to deal with in terms of resolving the cosmetic issues, and what we are willing to live with.

Could use some work with workmanship and quality. Julian

I was so impressed with Pulte construction quality by seeing my friend's home, but I don't see that level of quality in my home building process. So sorry to say this but I am so honest about it.

This will be the laat Pulte home we build. We have built with other companies and were much happier. The quality of work is terrible. Our paint job was bad. Our cabinet that was already fixed is falling apart. Our sod is 2 to 3 inches lower than our neighbors. Plants are dead. Cabinets were not finished and more. Trying to get warranty to fix some of this is like puling teeth

Kudos to Kristina for bringing the home price down after the appraisal came low.

Better take your time and effort to review everything, inch by inch of your entire new house. After closing you’re on you own. Repair service is slow as never expected CS manager feels like is giving you a favor or doing a courtesy order sending the repair team. Enjoy your new experience

Closed on our house 3 month ago. None of the issues that were marked at the pre-closing inspection have been fixed or repaired. Still missing closet doors and bathroom towel bar.

I would not recommend Pulte.

If you’re looking for just buying home with minimal requirements its a good place not the BEST

Too quick on closing walk through. when items found not responsive and even tried to hide apparent fixing.

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.

I had a salesperson who wasn't honest about things like the fact they submitted permits incorrectly to the city and had to RE submit so it took 5 MONTHS to get permit to build! The first construction manager would also lie and say things were done and I would go by and those things were NOT done then he backtracked and denied telling me these things. FINALLY got a construction manager who was awesome (Austin M) and things went pretty smoothly. Still took 18 months to build what should have taken 6-8 months.

The home building process was stressful and delayed. Not all the delays were due to labor and supply shortages. Some of them were due to an inexperienced construction manager and trades that made mistakes. The price of the house was high compared to what you could get 5-10 years ago. The quality of the build was medium-high. No major issues, but some components were not done to my satisfaction and I plan to replace certain things within a year or two. The build took almost 15 months and the delays caused major inconvenience to my family. The house itself is good and overall is something that will work for my family long term, but overall I did not enjoy the build experience. ... More

As first time new construction homebuyers, this was definitely a less than average experience. Unfortunately, the way the homebuying experience finished is what was the most disappointing. There was a strong lack of communication and a lack of attention to details. Here are just a few of those details missed. 1)There was a missing filler piece where the dishwasher was supposed to go which delayed our dishwasher install 2 weeks. 2)The brick on the exterior of the house was promised to be cleaned, but never was despite several emails and calls to the construction manager, Kirk. The way the brick was left upon completion was unacceptable and the fact that it was never cleaned properly (even though stated it would be) was just flat out frustrating. The brick is still not cleaned to date. 3) Our vent hood in the cabinet above the microwave was also never installed when we closed. Again, we were told by the Construction Manager, Kirk, that this would get taken care of. After several emails and follow-ups on when this would happen, it finally was completed 3 weeks after we moved in. My wife and I were very disappointed in the lack of urgency or what seemed to be a level of care that was shown after we closed. The kicker is that when we went through the final walkthrough before our closing, it was noted that ALL these things needed to be addressed, but it was like pulling teeth trying to get them to address the things they knew they needed to fix! It was also interesting that in the other part of the subdivision, there was another builder that was also building homes, and one of our vendors that we used for our back patio commented to us that the other builder seemed to pay closer attention to the details more and their workmanship especially on the exterior was much cleaner. I mean there are other houses that are surrounding us where their brick appears to be cleaned properly so I'm not exactly sure why ours is one of the ones that look very unprofessionally done. Our experience leading up to the last few weeks before closing was fairly good, but ever since then it has definitely been less than average which left a sour taste in our mouth and kind of wished we had explored what the other builder was offering. I guess the grass is always greener, but the just the lack of communication and delivering on what was promised was what really disappointed us in the end. These were easy things that could be fixed, and we didn't feel like we were shown any level of care, not sure if it's because we were younger homebuyers or what, but definitely something that affected our opinion of Pulte as a company. Hopefully this finds its way to someone and will be helpful in making their homebuying decision. ... More

We have had so many issues that would require us reaching out to service department for requests. Each issue is addressed by different person and it takes forever to come out to work on it might even take multiple visits. We paid for the upgraded padding for the carpet but they didn’t install it in the house. Overall I would say I expected better quality, planning, and service.

I had big expectations about Pulte and their builders let me down. Not what I expected. The workmanship was poor. A lot of things were undone/unfinished, awful job, workers were careless, the person in charge on the workers and walk through lies to you and try to hide things so you sign the papers like everything were done. They put my kitchen appliances broken, poor terminations, poor quality of paint, front doors broken and frames unfinished, lanai door damage, workers paint my tiles with my walls paint on places that were chipped, and the list goes on. Also, a lot of things that were build in the bathrooms didn’t make any sense. The only person that is safe in here and thats why I gave a 3 is Jason Drake. He is A+ ... More

We were very excited to be building our first home. As we love our house the journey to get the project done wasn’t t as exciting. The biggest area we felt needed more attention was communication. We were told we would have weekly emails and updates and that never took place. We took it upon ourselves to reach out for updates or answers. We then just made it a point it drive to the house 2 times a week to see what was taking place ourselves. As with any projects we knew problems would happen but for what ever reason when it came to solving as buyers we weren’t part of any of the decision making, some of which made changes to our layout. Are we happy with the house, yes. Could this experience been so much better 100%. ... More

Initial the process was slow primarily due to supply chain issues. But then the problem was with the construction manager never meeting deadlines because too many houses were being built in parallel. Thanks to Josh, a supervisor, he stepped up, made all necessary corrections, and reduced more delays. The overall delay was of 3 months. So, it is important having a contingency.

Our construction manager did a 2hr blue tape walk through with us and did not address the issues we highlighted before closing. We visited the house a week after walk through (2 days before closing) and noticed all the areas still untouched. When we brought it up to him he said he'd take care it before our closing. When we arrived to the house on our closing day, nothing was addressed and the house was still dirty from the construction. The cleaners never showed up and they had to get rushed to our home the next day after closing to clean the house before our movers showed up. The cleaners did not clean as thorough as we were told they would. None of our windows were cleaned and still had construction debris on them. We were very upset and overall dissatisfied with our construction manager who basically lied to us just to get the house across the finish line and closed. ... More

I am happy about the plan. But, Quality of workmanship & materials can be improved. I would expect it should be high grade as a national level builder. The wood on the floor has squeaking sounds and it is not flat around the floor. The construction manager says" no home is perfect" before you signs the home closing.

Working with the sales consultant was great for the most part, until the very end when communication basically stopped. For your sake, I hope you don't have any issues because getting them addressed is time consuming and getting someone to actually help you is difficult. You pay a lot of money for not great service. I continue to notice poor craftmanship in my home and the interior paint job has tons of issues. It simply wasn't possible to catch everything during our walk through and now what was missed we are stuck with. My floor creaks all over my bedroom. Overall, I love the look and design of my home, but for the money I paid, I would have expected better work. ... More

I really want to rate the experience higher - because I know how hard the employees at Pulte work. Some of the most honest, kind, and hard working folks that really care about what they do. Living in the neighborhood I see how late the project managers work and how during the home buying process the reps make themselves available. At the same time they seem spread really thin, too many projects per person at once. I think sometimes folks would mix up our home with others in their update, there wasnt always a clear path to what would get worked on when, there was delays for a bunch of reasons outside of folks control but sometimes the transparency wasnt there. ... More

Timely service. Quality of material used is fair