Pulte Homes Reviews

It’s usually the “unresolved” issues that get magnified and thus ruin a good rating. I specified during the design phase that I would be needing grab bars in the shower and paid for it. During delivery I was told that the installation of grab bars was not specified in any work order. Then when I pointed it out in one of the printed out work orders, I was told that they only do the backing. In the mean time, 7 days into occupying the house, I slipped and fell in the shower and ended up with a 5-stitches laceration in the arm. It’s now 2 months into occupying the house and all that was installed was one grab bar when I paid for two. Every time I bring up the issue, I don’t get any resolution but a verbalizatiin that it will be brought up to whoever’s attention. I could on but you get the idea I am frustrated - it’s not like I am asking for some freebies- I paid for it! ... More

Pulte is very inflexible with design options. Their baseline features are low quality. Everything seemed to be an upgrade. Pulte tried to force me to move from a double oven convection range to a low budget range. I refused to do so and they charged me more, and still did not get my double oven in time for closing. It's been 8 weeks since they ordered and still nothing. Getting repairs completed due to Pulte's poor workmanship takes an extremely long time. And constant follow up.

During the entire build process there was little to no communication and if there was any it was triggered by myself. Post closing a list of items to be fixed were shared with the customer care team but again no communication on timeline for repairs were given. It is beyond disappointing the customer service provided - it is something you would expect from a builder with no experience.

Pulte Homes in this community is taking advantage of the market situation and building very poor quality homes. The building managers are over whelmed with the number of homes they have to work and not able to supervise the construction quality and missing several important aspects. Pulte homes is only intersted in rushing to close the homes without even having appliances and competing the home properly.I would not recommend this company to put your money

Sales team was pathetic. Construction team was OK until closing but hasn't been responsive after closing. Overall very disappointed with pulte

Quality of workmanship and Quality of materials is very poor, for builder claiming to sell this as luxury townhomes. Items identified as incomplete at close are not yet complete (2 months since close). Response times are 2+weeks with no concrete action.

We went through the purchase process relatively fast. The builder anticipated the closing date although the home was not 100% ready for closure. Our home has quite a number of upgrades which were charged at premium cost. Overall, the quality of the house is unsatisfactory, both from design and construction perspective. For example, partition walls do not have any sound insulation, and you can literally hear conversation or the TV sound from the other room(s). The AHU (air handling unit) is located nearby the living room and its super noisy! The utility room has no insulation and sound vibrations are transferred across the entire house (pretty rookie design for an experienced builder like Pulte). This basically destroys the comfort of this home. The tile-work is well done from visual standpoint, however the underlying sub-grade is uneven and creates wavy effect. By simply looking at the baseboards (trim), large gaps filled with caulking are present in almost every room. The exterior walls (facade) were most probably made in a record time and are full of imperfections, dents and blemishes. Some of the walls are build out of plumb, and I am not sure how Pulte will be repairing such major deficiency. We have been leaving in this home for about two month now, and the responsiveness to issues (most of which were prior to closing) is pretty poor. Our home was advertised as luxury, but the reality is that it hardly hits an average. ... More

During the closing process many issues that came up during multiple inspections were not addressed and we will have to deal with them moving forward with warranty even though the items were inspected in advance, construction manager was asked to make corrections and he agreed it would be completed before closing. Buying from out of town facilitated the team to assure us that everything was done, however, showing up for closing finding out it was not the case. Overall, the house has a feel of an appartment when it comes to the quality of build, poor finishes in several aspects. The kitchen is the exception—it was nicely finished throughout. Otherwise, floors are extremely uneven everywhere, both levels. Visibly with furniture installed (you can see beds are lopsided, side tables, etc), creaky floors in closets, raised spots where closet doors drag in the carpet, gaps between floor and baseboards throughout, gaps between carpet and wall on second floor, bumps and jumps on flooring everywhere, carpet with treads loose sticking out in multiple areas, no transitions between tile and carpet areas, broken toilet seat, missing emergency valve handle, walls with humps. In addition, we realized after moving into the house that there might be upgrades that we paid for that were not installed: for instance, the purchase agreement lists an upgrade for a wood staircase worth several thousand dollars and instead, drywall was installed going up the stairs. We purchased a specked home while living out of state so we were not involved in the building process, we knew everything had already been selected but we expected the considerable amount of upgrades we paid for would be honored, and if something was not completed, the price cost would be deducted. ... More

Need improvement in Build Quality & Serving customer needs. Help customers after purchase agreement.

Quality of paint used to paint the house is really disappointing. The doors do not fit well and there are still works left undone.

Constructions are done in a way to pass City inspections/standards, i.e just so much to ensure that you can live inside the house, but it is guaranteed that you will live without any satisfaction of any kind. There are occasional goods done but not noteworthy due to the pain, stress that we had to go thru before that good finally happens. But hey, that's likely happening across all builders and not just this builder - right? So helpless. If only I am given chance to improve my rating to 5 stars in this lifetime.

Our dream house turned into a nightmare process due to dishonesty, poor quality, and lack of planning on the part of Pulte.

Worst customer service ever. The quality of the of the house is questionable.

I will never build a new home again and I most definitely will not use Pulte. One bad experience after another.

Be careful, if you are expecting Pulte to build you a "Custom Home" you're going to be disappointed. Craftmanship is poor, we are not planning to live in our new home long so we are not worried about what happens in 5-10 years. But, if you are looking for this house to be your "Forever Home", you will run into a lot of issues. All the trades that are working on the home are being forced to rush to get things done due to Pulte expecting X amount of homes built by a certain timeframe. In our home, the tile was installed poorly and crooked, the carpet in our upstairs doesn't reach the tack strip, and the walls are not plum they bow out which makes the baseboards and casings look terrible. Do not get carpet in your home. It is a low-grade carpet that will not last more than 5 years. Don't waste your money paying for upgrades, it will be wasted money. The design center appointment do not get pressured into going with levels 5-7. It just doesn't make sense, it is not any better than levels 3-4. The smart home feature is nice but you have to understand how to use the technology. Overall I wouldn't build again with Pulte and I would not build in this market (June 2022), with inflation at an all-time high and the interest rates getting higher and higher. We were lucky to get into our home in the Spring. ... More

The sales consultant and construction folks were very responsive and thorough but the quality and workmanship is so, so poor. After closing there were areas that were not painted that we did not catch, the stairwell started chipping, the railings were crooked, things that were promised at the walk through were not followed up on. The worst part is that I had a leak in my basement that wet a large area of the carpet and now the dry wall has been cut to look for the leak and it’s been almost a month and nothing has been fixed. I went over a list of items that needed to be fixed because it was never fixed before closing and the care manager did not meet the date that she was supposed to reply to me and then booked me out a week and a half after I escalated to her manager. For the amount we paid for the house, definitely expected better quality and customer service. ... More

I would recommend having a home inspector accompany buyers on the pre closing and closing walk throughs. This would hopefully catch many of the incomplete items. I think the builder rushed the process in order to close on the last day of the month.

Closed on the property in the winter, cannot tell you how much was not done to the home. We are relocating from a different state so I’m happy we have a solid 5 months before having to move here. Neighborhood=gorgeous. But that’s where it ends. With every issue came a slew of excuses-can’t find skilled labor, can’t get 42” cabinets (and our cabinets aren’t even WOOD), can’t do smooth ceilings, can’t finish moldings in rooms all the way around because that’s just not what we do. Our pantry-despite paying up for solid L shelving, had installed some kind of closet kit which they hung on top of other sections, so part of it couldn’t be used. Hired a contractor to rebuild. Brought in a drywall contractor who worked weeks to clean up the garbage unfinished ceilings. We have been bringing in contractor after contractor to fix everything they’ve neglected to pay attention to. Nearly 60K deep and we aren’t close to being done. And I think the biggest slap in the face is when we went to sales with some of these issues we were told “it isn’t a million dollar home”. Well-it isn’t…it’s a three quarter of a million dollar home in the Midwest which on the east coast (where we currently live) would easily cost twice that. No yard, no landscaping, no nothing included. Garbage flooring, electrical issues with wiring, even sealing around sink fittings or anchoring the garbage disposal correctly-not done. If I had my name attached to this project I’d get out of the business of building homes. And lastly-they don’t even give a thank you gift or a bottle of champagne at closing or a gift post closing. I mean-I know it’s not a million dollars or anything so maybe they could’ve sprung for a 50 dollar bottle of bubbly. Our last builder brought us a huge gift from Tiffany’s. The one before that gave us a nice gift card to a local restaurant and a bottle of wine. Look for ANY OTHER BUILDER. Seriously. Our last builder was Stanley Martin and we had an outstanding experience. Ghastly, awful. ... More

This is the 3rd new home that we have purchased in the last 10 years or so. Initially, everything sounded great and it seemed as if Pulte truly stood behind what their employees said. Now we are noticing too many issues with the craftsmanship and no one giving a solution to the repairs needed from a water leak. There has been a hole in our main floor roof for almost 3 weeks now and we are told that someone needs to come assess the situation AGAIN next week. Most of the craftsmanship issues are misalignment of cabinets/drawers, door latches and hinges, and french doors. Also making cuts too small or jagged leaving a poor finish or gap. All these problems can be fixed with more care in the overall finished product and a true quality control process. This process may exist but it is almost definitely not followed, some of our walk-through fixes were missed and should have been seen if they were inspected. Please contact me if you need any clarification, that way I can actually speak to someone about our roof issue. Thank you ... More

I started my experience with Pulte in April 2021, I was told the house would be completed in September 21 but wasn’t closed until March 22. Numerous problems other than delays. I understand the delays due to the times we are in but when mistakes are made and pointed out without being addressed only to be held up later, that’s completely on Pulte management. Quality materials are okay but workmanship is very subpar, either they can’t get quality workers or they hire the cheapest. At closing I had a list of things to be accomplished and was assured they’d be complete, I even gave the project manager a good review to assure things got done even though he didn’t deserve it. After being in the house 2 months, i still have about 12 items to complete including a leaking basement. They haven’t replied in a timely manner to any issue during this whole process. Definitely wouldn’t recommend them. ... More

I purchased my new home on March 9, 2020. After moving in, I have many of the experiences would like to share The construction quality is bad. The reason why I say that is because if I use the app to detect the corner, it looks like the house is not perpendicular between each woods. They just hide by the drywall and you cannot detected it when you walking into the house. In addition, I am not the only person say so, some of my friends, such as the house inspector or constructor builder also mentioned it after they came. Not only that, after two months of I moved in, there is a wire burned out. The reason is when they nailed the lumbers, it is not only they didn't nail it well, but also nailed the nail on the wire so that caused a small burned. After wire reconnection, I still can see the light flashing sometimes when I use few of electrical appliances. Not only that, I also see a not empty beer just next to the fire location, which is the worst situation I never saw. The last big issue I want to address here is that I haven't heard anything back from pulte for following repair. Sucks. ... More

The title company is very badly . No service, no respond or wait until the last minute to respond . The painting of our house is very bad too . Even the main contraction guy who showed us the housing before closing said It was definitely a below a average job

1. Not happy with the micowave/oven not getting installed yet after oneband half months since closing. 2. Reported issues about a month ago and waranty folks have not created work order yet. 3. Not happy with Pulte running water and electricity through this unit for other units. This could have been avoided easily. This was cheap.

Builder tried their best to make it but the raw materials used might not be good quality. Had to buy a repaired house instead of new house.

Not even a month in the new home and there is a lot of signs of poor workmanship. Cabinets touched up with permanent marker. Slanted drawers, floors and walls/baseboards.