Pulte Homes Reviews

I am still struggling to get done my home fixed after 40 days of closing.. never get positive response for all issues..

I did not expect this, last new home bought was in 2017. Then and now the differences, the sales office is rude, the first question is what is ur budget? Do u have an appointment (no hi no hello, no greeting). The dry wall contractor and framing contractor and the landscaping sub contractors have done a very poor job and have taken the joy out of new house. The dry wall who ever did it need to learn basics. At the corners you can see the bend and non straight lines through out the house. The roof has bumps in the living room, I'm seeing new bumps in ceiling in garage. Customer care rep is trying to do few things, but looks like she is new to the job. Sometimes ignores my experience especially when it comes to landscaping. I've lost trust and recording every conversation with sub contractors. We did get walk throughs at different stages that is the only thing same. ... More

This is our third Pulte home and by far the worst workmanship. Work orders are not addressed in a timely manner. The trades do not protect floors, walls, etc while doing work. I have submitted several items to the portal and it takes weeks to get a response after I follow-up.

We were very excited to move into our Pulte Home. We paid a huge premium for our lot which has a lot of natural shrubbery and is a pretty big size. We were told that the lot would be cleaned up prior to move in. Fast forward 2 months after move in, there is still trash, leftover construction materials, a fallen tree trunk, etc on our lot. The lack of care and clean up is holding us back from being able to install a fence and enjoy the lot that we paid for. The house itself is nice, a few minor issues with one of the stovetops not working correctly and not getting the full amount of ship lap that we paid for. ... More

We paid alot for the home but didn't get the quality we expected. From plumbing leaks in ceiling to basement walls leaking. Some of these issues are still not fixed. The delay in these issues getting fixed is causing me a hardship in dealing with cleaning up after repeated leaks and therefore leaving this review.

Paint finish quality is horrible. Peeling and chipping paint on walls and doors already. Drywall feels very weak (crumbles when you put basic drywall screws in to mount anything). I was promised at closing that remaining items on punchlist would be taken care of ASAP after I signed. It has been well over a month and we are still waiting on things to be done. I had to go chasing after them for a lot of things. Took multiple calls and messages before any movement on tasks.

I will never recommend Pulte Homes to anyone. The Quality of workmanship and attention to details are definitely missed through out the house. The quality of materials that are used through out the house are very cheap. Not until you move in would you realize the cheap stuff used through out the house. From the plug points to wooden trims, the flat Paint, Stair Rails and the windows, the Carpet edges ripping off. You will notice it. The HVAC is another problem. I hardly get any Cold/ Hot air in the my Upper floor bedrooms and my Lower floor gets too Cold/ Too Hot. It is so unevenly distributed. The customer will only be heard only before closing. Because they need to close it and move on. Once moved in no one cares to respond. I feel the house is just another unit in the Bulk of houses that they want to build so fast so they can move on to another site. So the quality is affected badly. Another thing that I want to highlight is through out the home buying process no one informed us about the Sewer line behind the House where We cannot plant any trees because it can cause a blockade. This is going to cost us 4feet of unused space in the Backyard and most of the Backyard is now gone. PS: The Construction manager Tony requested me so many times to give a 10 rating so he could be benefited. Out of courtesy I gave a good rating (Such a foolish decision I made). But once the rating is given you will never be cared for [or] answered. For any new buyers at Pulte, I strongly recommend them to give a honest rating when you are asked to provide the feedback after you closed the house, so at least someone in the the leadership could review and act upon it so the future Home Buyers could benefit. Never show courtesy. It’s your hard earned money that is being poured into the house. ... More

Builders were in a rush to sell the house. There was a broken window which they were aware of however did not fix. In addition contract had a ring door bell included. They refused to push the closing date regardless of these features not being present. It has been 2 months post closing and both things have not been fixed. Have reached out to them many times however it still has not been addressed. Definitely a terrible experience and would not recommend to anyone

We purchased the house for providing additional space for special needs kid and pulte team agreed to build the house with accessible bathroom on main floor. 1) It took 3 months for the sales person, an architect and designer to come up with plan and in the end bathroom had no overhead light. We got a very dark bathroom.for our kid who has vision problems 2,) the bathroom floor has been redone multiple times ( multiple grout colors at first) but builder has not initiated the fix until last day. The bathroom floor is redone on closing morning only to find that the water had drainage issue 3) The traders have damaged LVP floor few days before the closing and found too many scratches in multiple areas but this was not taken care before the closing and no one really cared until we inquired about it 4) the bathroom floor again redone couple of days ago but the flooring guy has idea what they are doing - this time again used different color grout and still not fixed the original issue of water not draining properly 5) the counterpart chips were broken by traders on the day of closing. Having a very tough time getting the issues fixed at the moment. You really need to chase people to get work done. We regret building our house with pulte. Please avoid pulte and build somewhere else if you want peace of mind and save your energy. Don’t waste your time. ... More

This is our first new home purchase and we were so excited for this journey! We left our earnest deposit in December of 2022 and were told that we should be able to move in by July. We were skeptical but hopeful. We went to the showroom to pick out our carpet and kitchen etc and low and behold they wanted to charge for everything! And I mean everything, such as outlets etc. (None of the rooms come with lights & none of the homes come with a rain gutter system)We were told that we would be informed all along the way as our home was being built and have opportunities to see our home in the different phases. We were also expecting to visit our home with someone from the construction team to talk about the progress in each phase but we were never contacted. Fast forward to one year later and the home we put earnest money down on is finally ready and Pulte has the nerve to put a ridiculous amount of pressure on us to sell our home or walk away from the one we put money down on. I mean come on, I waited for you for over 1 year the least you can do is give me 90 days to sell my home. Now we are getting ready to move in and our construction walk team has told us we have only 2 walk throughs to point out all that is wrong with the home then that is it. That felt very final and conserning considering there were so many issues. The paint job was terrible, wood was unfinished on doors and in closets and I was not sure anyone actually walked the home before we did. Fast forward to move in day and we were told to go to the sales office to get our keys. When I arrived I was handed a cardboard box with about 15 keys in them and 2 garage remotes, assumed they all would work, and was told to have a nice day. Get to the door and the keys dont work. Come to realize that the keys worked on all doors except the front door and we were told that everyone was gone for the day and sorry we would have to do it ourselves. What a way to welcome someone to a new home! All this to say that we needed a single story home in this area and this was out of necessity. I would not have spent this kind of money on a home knowing what my experience was going to be like! ... More

seles rep was GREAT, the tour of the neighbohood really nice too, the visit to the desing center was very nice and easy however once they started actually building it all went to crap project manger was terrible, his ownership of mistakes and poor workmanship was close to not existent! zero attention to detail - multiple closing reschedules, poor attitude and responsivenes to issues, aweful expreince it seemed like he was working for the tradesmen as if they were paying him and i wasnt the customer whose oppinion and work he should be taking into consoderation....

Very poor quality of construction, no response for services, many problems from day one. Never ever recommend anybody to buy from pulte.

This is my 3rd Pulte Home, I should have learned my lesson. When we went to the design center to pick materials we we upsold on Quartz Countertops. We picked a design pattern that we liked, and went about our business. The contract clearly said QUARTZ , but when we moved into the home, and within one week the QUARTZ countertop chipped, and stained, we knew something was wrong. we contacted warranty, and during our research we found that they installed a product called Silestone from Consantino. In their own literature they do not use the word Quartz, because it is not quartz. When I had the warranty supervisor come in, she appologized for the Silestone rep not being in attendance (he knew I would ask him to explain how they were trying to pass this crap off as quartz) she said we got what we were contracted to receive (she explained that there are no 100% quartz products in the market and that this product had up to 40% Silica (quartz) in it. THAT IS NOT QUARTZ. we found out later that another neighbor had the same problem, there counter was defective and they replaced it. BAIT AND SWITCH, BUYER BEWARE. now we have to buy all new counters to get what we paid for ... More

Poor quality of vendors used, and warranty process falls on the homeowner to turn into the general contractor to handle the vendors for repairs.

Alot of workmanship issues with the home itself and lack of quality assurance oversight from toilet leaking to refrigerator not working and out of warranty issues, mismatched front door lock and key not working, dishwasher not working, windows not opening. After hours even the emergency warranty line no one will answer the phone, Ive had to go through the sales staff to get things done at times which seems more responsive than the construction manager. Very disapointed in the quality of construction and lack of responsiveness to construction defects.

Lots of pertinent information and decisions were left out of our sales presentations-we always felt "rushed". Then, it was pulling teeth to get appointment at the design center. We were surprised by the number of restrictions, like rectangular sinks, that were not oven offered options. We wanted an extra window, and even offered to pay double, but we were told no, with no explanation why. Lots of things like this made us skeptical even bit of the way. In the end, we now know we were "too nice" and still should've pushed for more, held our ground, and asked a lot more questions and demanded answers. ... More

A list of repairs a mile long due to terrible workmanship. But why would they care they got their money. If you think you paid for non damaged doors , trim, windows, tile, you would wrong. They have ZERO intention of replacing anything damaged during the build. They will tell you , "we will patch it". Sorry I paid for new I WANT NEW. Raised the POA even though No clubhouse, gate left open most of the day and constant construction spreading dust , dirt, and mud all over . The entrance has been closed numerous time while they re-do the roadway 700 times. They force you to enter through a muddy, wet , dirt road. Total joke!! Oh when you sign the contract they make sure to tell you a hundred times to give them 10 stars. Did I mention the house costs a fortune. ... More

Buyers should not be your quality control department. Secondly, the process to fix issues under warranty is so painful.

Poor Build quality and is way below from phase 1 homes. There were a lot of issue due at closing, promised to resolve and is now no one owns it and is a service requests that never gets resolved or taken care of. Service requests created 45 days ago are still not resolved. Matt the build manager, is very keen on hiding the issues at the walk, than having them resolved. Bricks around the home are stained different and do not match and the issue still exits and Matt promised to take care at the closing and now bears no responsibility. Kitchen Pantry wooden shelving are all broken, cracks every where and the service request put in at least 30 days ago still no body showed up. Hardwood chipped off several places - not resolved. Window glasses upstairs rooms are scratched, the service request was put in day 1 after closing and now they blame it on the home owner as it wasn't identified during closing and no action is being taken, Very disgusting. ... More

A lot of the angle cuts on boards in the roof structure were very poor. A lot of drywall screws were sunk to deep. They don’t tie all the corners together structurally resulting in cracks in more than 3/4 of the corners. Doors not hung properly allowing for visibility from outside a room.Defective patio door that they didn’t want to deal and passed it on to warranty which still hasn’t been fixed. We had to go back and forth to have lights that we paid extra for put in the correct place. Poor fitting on countertops and trim work they’re solution just a bigger caulking gun..There wasn’t an electrical box in the wall for two of the light fixtures, which I know because I switched out their chrome fixtures for oil rubbed.Several unnecessary holes were cut into walls because workers were unaware of what or where things went. The reveal around the windows was nowhere close to even on several of the windows. The gap in the stone flashing on the front of the house is not consistent. The garage door track hangers were hung poorly, which they did finally level them. After moving in and installing my garage door openers and found that one of the door track hangers wasn’t even fastened into a truss, but instead a 1x4 that was only there to fasten the two ends of the drywall ceiling. Overall very unhappy Yes the finished product just to look at seems nice but it’s all the little details that really hurt the quality. Would not recommend or use them again ... More

Pre-sales and sales experience was good – responsive, knowledgeable staff Design choices were pretty clear and the team was quite helpful After that, things went down-hill quickly Communication during the build process is pretty non-existent. At points we were just told blatant lies. Expect the refrain “we’re better than the other construction companies”… doesn’t mean “good” – just less bad? No meaningful response or answer to concerns raised during build process. NO-ONE at Pulte watches quality issues on the build. BUYER has to be looking at all aspects of build quality. Expect arguments and excuses for any issues raised during the build process. Expect schedule is just a work of fiction. It will change with zero notice or reasons offered for the changes Be careful of materials quality issues – big example is windows & screens – rattles, poor fit, excuses for both, not fixes. Be careful of damage during construction – e.g. bathtubs go in very early – and finish gets badly damaged during rest of the process. Watch for level & plumb…. Door handles on cabinets installed crooked – then just re-drilled instead of proper fixes Get your own independent home inspection prior to final walk-through – it will help in addressing defects! Oh – best part – if you don’t sign off that you’re satisfied we were told “they won’t let you close”. Warranty team seems very responsive and is trying to address issues from construction If you are prepared for the drama you will have a better experience. If you have expectations that the builder is watching quality and communicating, you will be disappointed. ... More

We had a horrible experience with Pulte. They tried to make us close when the house was nowhere near being complete. Their quality of workmanship is horrible and subpar. We’ve had so many issues in the house. We honestly would probably never build with Pulte again and this is $1 million house. I can imagine what they do for less expensive homes.

The number of problems that we have had in our home have been too many to count. Not only do we have some rather large problems, such as cabinets being gouged, doorbell never working, gas leaking from fireplace, etc, but getting these issues fixed seems to be nearly impossible.

Multiple issues were identified prior to the closing and now 5 weeks after closing, 80% of them are still outstanding. Multiple emails and phone calls have been made attempting to resolve these matters. Poor craftsmanship across the board. Very disappointed and frustrated. I expected more from Pulte.

The house is built very substandard, from the materials chosen to the workmanship. The house is completely out of square, we have had multiple failures, The worst is the contractors poured thinset down the toilet blocking the pipes, (Still not fixed a month later), so that bathroom can not be used. I would NEVER purchase a home from Pulte again!