Pulte Homes Reviews

I purchased a new-construction unit in South Village because of the great location and pretty, modern exterior. However, the overall buying experience and quality of the interior of the home are sub-par. Starting with the sales experience, it appears there are communication issues with Sales and the construction team. Many times, I made decisions on finishes with my Sales Rep only to find they were completely ignored by the construction team. For instance, I chose a tiled shower and one weekend I came to visit the house and a plastic molding one had been installed instead. Secondly, my Sales Rep tried to change things we agreed upon. We agreed upon hardwood treads on all the stairs, and at the last minute he said the top floor staircase was going to be carpet. I had to argue with him to get him to honor what we agreed upon. Luckily, my real estate had it written down in her meeting notes so I was able to leverage that. The construction team also does not provide timely updates and the updates they do give are wrong. You are left in the dark wondering what is being done. Lastly, the workmanship is below average. Starting with the garage. They did not let the concrete dry properly which caused it crack. They pulled it up and filled in the cracks with a very noticeable caulking agent. It magnified the cracks 10X and now looks horrible. I tried to get them to fix it properly as this was not how any of the other garages were but they refused. I am now left with huge ugly cracks in a brand-new garage. In the interior, they stained the staircase with a stain that does not match the hardwood. There are paint splatters all throughout the steps and places where they dropped paint and rubbed it off. They walked on the stairs after they put the finish and you can see footprints throughout. I had hardwood companies come look at it and they all said it was a poor quality job. Even the original painter came in to look after I filed a warranty claim and admitted it was done very poorly. Still they are only offering a touch-up job instead of re-doing and making it right like they should have the first time! The paint job was shoddy too. There are touch-up spots everywhere. Paint on the lighting fixtures. Even the electrical outlets were done in a sloppy way. They put the fan first then the light switch as the second one in the bathroom. You have to push down instead of up for the light to come on. Overall, it seems like they place very little emphasis on customer experience and quality control. They know the area they are selling in sells itself so their attitude is take it or leave it. At least that is how they treated me when I almost walked away because of the garage issue. I would not recommend buying from this company unless you are comfortable paying for a lot of contractor work to fix the mistakes they would not. I have to get my garage re-done, stairs re-stained, interior repainted all to get to a decent standard. This should not be the case on a brand new-home! ... More

While certain aspects of the build where great, the attention to detail severely lacks. Poor finishing paint job, base board finishes, paint spots all over wood floors etc. they also provided a very subpar cleaning for move in. In addition promises are made to entice you to close (ie when you close we will finish x,y,z) - note this did not happen at all, instead never receive callbacks from builder and have to go about the warranty process.

The mortgage side was a horrible experience as was closing due to the mortgage side. Final Home inspections were a joke because there was a multitude of things that still needed to be done and even on the last and final inspection there were issues that had to be corrected repeatedly.

Worst experience. Would never build with Pulte ever again. Had to visit the house every day to make sure house was completed properly and on schedule. Had to go above site manager’s head on multiple occasions to his boss to make sure proper repairs were completed. Initial Electrical and plumbing done incorrectly in the kitchen, no water to the dishwasher, multiple cabinets damaged, windows leaked at the time of closing and then charged $700 in late closing fees because I wouldn’t sign until windows were repaired. Told me since I didn’t find it during the walk through it was my fault. I could go on with even more issues. Do not build with Pulte. ... More

Not a great buying experience

I wish I would of gone with a different builder

Steven has been great but other than Steven this is been a not very good experience for a house we spent almost a $1,000,000 on. We had a water issue the first night we moved in and flooded our basement bedroom over 5 weeks ago. We still do not have padding and carpet on the floor and nobody is responding to our please for fixing this. Steven is trying but he’s not getting very far either. There’s other issues in our downstairs kitchenette with paint on the cabinets and we asked this to be resolved over a month ago - and still nothing - crickets!! I understand times are trying with COVID but for the money spent not very happy at the moment!! ... More

Different departments had different versions of what is included and what are upgrades. Very confusing buying process especially for new buyers. Found very basic issues (like creaking bathroom floors, kitchen hardwood floors, loose lighting fixtures , electrical wiring issues - dryer wouldnt turn on due to faulty and dangerous wiring mistake) - these should have been taken care of during the quality reviews / inspections.

Overall not satisfactory experience due to followings surprises: 1. Congested townhomes. 2. Not enough guest parkings available. 3. Garage driveway is the smallest one can imagine, you cannot even park a single car on it. 4. Roads are not wider enough to do parallel parking. 5. You can hear music sound from neighbor house. 6. Many houses doesn't have the garbage pickup from the front / back side of the house.

Finance process was convoluted and not transparent. Closing postponed multiple times. Construction is still not done.

Though we love our home & are happy with how beautiful the house turned out....the process was miserable and we felt as though we were just a number to Pulte as a whole. There were some individuals working for the company who we had relatively pleasant experiences with but as a whole there was a SEVERE lack of communication. If asked by friends and family, I would not suggest Pulte.

Not a very good experience, Major issues upon move in day including mechanical and plumbing.

Make sure the mortgage lender, field manager and closing agent are in communication. Ours was a case of poor communication. Spend hours during walk through to make sure the faucets and electrical components work; check proper installation of sliding doors; run sprinklers, check sewage pipes are intact otherwise sewage will flow out on the lawn. Check if tiles especially the backsplashes are properly laid out. Ours was sticking out from the wall and could not be fixed other than breaking the wall. Double check closing documents especially if you paid some items ahead of closing because it gets included again in the closing cost. Don’t wait until you move into the house and find a lot of things not done right. Allow days to get things fixed before signing closing documents otherwise you’ll be unhappy when you find out a lot of things have not been done properly and you have to keep requesting for work orders. Garage floor and sliding doors and windows should be clean when you move in; check closely for glass scratches; check pavers for dry wall stains and cracks. Pulte needs to evaluate workmanship of their contractors as well as the quality of materials they use which are of cheap quality. When you move into a new house, it should be new and of good quality. We moved into the new house and instead of being excited we found ourselves so stressed out getting things fixed. From our perspective, Pulte failed its quality control responsibility. ... More

I am really disappointed with the quality and service. - Poor material and quality - Closing process is flawed; you will have not have enough time to inspect the house.

Pulte was working with me while the building process of the house was taking place (The Landings at Cherry Hill Village, Canton MI); right before the closing (on the same day) however, I was asked to accept the house as it was -OR- postpone the scheduled closing to a future TBD date. Some of the promises that were made through the building process were never addressed (did not honor their word, their promise). We did not have a choice to push the closing out as the moving from our previous house was already contracted. Once I have taken ownership of the house my requests continue to be open without a clear day on when these open issues will be resolved... Pulte has ignored my (many) phone calls, without even having one single phone call in return. It seems that once you are inside the house, Pulte "Warranty" only exists in an email address. I could not submit my "satisfaction" survey right after taking ownership of the house (I would not like to think the glitches in their survey systems were "coincidentally failing" when I tried to submit my dissatisfaction scores in their survey. ... More

I had trusted Pulte to build my family and I a safe home. Every day since moving into our home , we become aware of more defects that should not have been missed.

As a first time home buyer I was very excited when I walk in the house everything was absolutely beyond my expectation after a week we start seeing mistakes being made in the house both of my sides of the house Are sitting in water the draining system was done wrong if we have wind with the rain the lights front of the house will turn off including room downstairs hallway garage and downstairs half bathroom And there is a few other things my husband and I send A lot of emails and make tons of phone calls no respond yet we’ve been in the house almost 2 months I hope that this can be resolved soon because my husband and I we both love the way the Pulte builder houses and the whole process from the beginning till we move in in our home it was phenomenal experience I was strongly recommend everybody To buy the house from Pulte and do the mortgage through them as well . I wish that we can have somebody give us a call and tell us how we can fix this because we do have warranty on a whole house we just need to know when is going to be fixed. ... More

I would buy from the sales rep 100 times over and the the site manger is great too. Warranty team is poor, talk a great game but poor delivery.

Pulte home is good at offering homes at affordable price. But they are compromising on quality of the material they are using for construction of house. I feel like every part of house is very delicate and fragile.

Way too many issues to explain right now, and I will not refer them to anyone!

I have had nothing but issues since the day I moved into this house. For the amount of money I paid, I should not be experiencing so many electrical issues. Not impressed at all.

The sales person was nice at first, then went dark and was unresponsive during the closing process. They agreed to take care of options verbally during close to just turn around and cite the written agreement a week later, claiming the outstanding items weren't on the closing documents so they didn't have to take care of them. Do not go with their mortgage company option I have never seen such incompetence as they displayed throughout the build. This group spent months ignoring my applications and I had to constantly hound them to do the basics of their job. Was not worth the 10k incentive.

I am very disappointed with the response from the Pulte onsite Construction team. They were very responsive till I provided an internal feedback to their team but after I gave good feedback they stopped responding and did not fix anything.

After two months of home ownership I have a 15+ bullet point list of issues still needing resolved. Still don’t have a working oven, and a row of tiles have fallen off my home due to poor workmanship during installation. A lot of the concerns have been brought forward from even pre closing dates that have yet to be fixed. Additionally since we started this process we are now on our third foreman... that should tell you something.

We are the new homeowner from Pulte, just moved into new home since August 18th for 3 days but with many surprised issues. Irrigation system has been set up wrong initially by Loving group who is hired by Pulte which caused $1200 plus water bill for 1-2 months and Pulte told us this is not their responsibility; Important warranty registration information was not shared during closing so we missed good benefits for extended warranty. Cabinets have scratches, lawns are damaged by community truck, we are told these are all not covered by Pulte warranty. We feel quality of home is not good and customer service is really disappointed. ... More