Pulte Homes Reviews

Every Pulte employee was a joy to work with from start to finish. All were clear, concise, professional, and friendly. Up until closing weekly updates were given and appreciated. In my opinion, workmanship and materials used are far from excellent. This includes sheet rock, paint, flooring, studs placed at 24 inches, lighting selections, and energy efficiency. The wind blows right through my front door. Since closing it had Ben difficult to get information and timelines for exterior work such as grading and concrete. The development is going to be beautiful and the location is perfect for me.

You will have to be on top of management to ensure any issues in the new home are solved. Months later, I am still waiting for items identified before closing to be even addressed.

Both my husband and I think that Pulte should consider the following as standards. Prewire, front landscaping, height of toilets. These are just some examples of things that are basic common sense. For the amount of money one is paying, we expected these to be standard.

Second pulte home I had built and must say that the first time was a Much more Pleasant experience for a Number of reasons: sales Was not familiar with the new models (cosenza) so some things that were told to me turned out not to be true. I felt very much rushed and pressured during the closing process and pulte Was not flexible on modifying dates for closing even though I mentioned I had a death in the family. Don’t like that pulte mortgage sells my Mortgage. On a positive not pulte seems to still build a pretty decent home however this interior flat paint seems to be cheap as it stains, rubs off and flakes very easily. I would like to see if I could get assistance with converting to a latex or semigloss ... More

Can’t seem to get issues that were supposed to be fixed prior to closing fixed over 1 month later.

My Pulte home is the 5th new build I have moved into, and the only one where I was extremely disappointed with the experience. Pulte does not offer any opportunity for changes except what is on their very overpriced options list. It seems like there are lots of options but most of these are still highly constrained in terms of what you can pick from. Other builders I have worked with were fine with simple change orders but not Pulte. They chose windows inferior in quality and convenience, no thermostat in my finished basement (only 1 in the house - in the master bedroom!), you can't get real hardwood floors, they gave me a plastic faucet for the kitchen sink, and put a crater in my basement with drainage pipes going into it that prevented me from using a large part of the unfinished space for my shop (not in the model and no way to know they would do that). That is just a sample of my disappointments. I also had to get them to adhere to the plan, having left off some items I should have gotten but weren't there when I walked through. I think the basic build quality is good but they cut some corners that a quality builder would not have so I don't know how they expect to have happy homeowners. They do address warranty items but I have so many projects to do on this house that would have been so easy to do at the time of construction. Be sure to know what materials they will use and keep an eye on the build, something I hoped I would not have to do. ... More

You don't want reviewers to hear what I think, wouldn't recommend pulte homes

People were always very reponsive to me. No complains. However regarding quailty of material is perceived after a little more than a month in the house. The whole second floor squeaks, in some areas very loud where we avoid to walk when little kids are sleeping. Carpet instalation is very poor, there are places where it is already pealing off and also there are many places with carpet nail not properly installed that hurts when we walk over. Hardwood Floors have gaps in some areas which are not supposed to have as we can see in the rest of the house. I believe the one year review will take many days to solve all the issues. ... More

Our experience started out wonderfully but we ignored the fact this is not a custom builder. They are a first off quantity builder, meaning they build as many as possible as quickly as possible. They have a system that helps them achieve this. The home is delivered partially built to the site and put together like a puzzle. You cannot make changes, upgrades or choices outside of their guidelines. Quality is satisfactory but not outstanding, also craftsmanship varies according to quality of crews hired to work. We have lived in a custom built home where the builder took pride in his product, Pulte builds communities with houses that look nice. In order to get issues handled you have to submit them to a site, they forward to the apporioate person, you wait for that person to contact you to make an appointment to address your issue. If not an emergency you are asked to wait until your 11’th month walk through. Most of the people we worked with did their jobs well but they couldn’t do them extremely well because corporate rules/guidelines/regulations tie their hands. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, watch the process as closely as possible, and don’t expect your home to be perfect. We waited over 6 weeks for the foreman to bother to get around to taking care of our celebration walk through list and that’s only because we had to complain otherwise we’d still be waiting. ... More

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.

I suggest being very involved in building process from start to finish. If you're not, the completed product will be less than satisfactory. As for the mortgage company, proceed with caution.

Try and avoid moving in while construction is ongoing. Home incomplete at closing. Garage unfinished. No driveway. No yard.

Average

Craftsmanship is a lost art. From concrete issues to drywall there are plenty of ways that the quality could have been better

I had a great experience until after closing. Not all issues were resolved going to closing. Now it is like pulling teeth to get things fixed that should have been done already.

Here’s an updated version with those points added: I will say that our sales representative, Andrea, was great throughout the process. She was very helpful, responsive, and we had no issues working with her. Unfortunately, most of the problems began during the completion of our home. We have dealt with numerous issues, including having our driveway redone multiple times, ongoing problems with our front door, grading concerns throughout our property, and a water leak in the front of our home that took months to address and is only now being fixed. Our backyard is not graded correctly and has a significant hump in the middle. We have also experienced grading issues along both sides of our home, where water tends to stand and drainage does not appear to function properly. In addition, our driveway and walkway to the home need to be redone due to the poor quality of the original work and the attempted repairs that were made as part of our punch list. We brought all of these concerns to the attention of our construction manager, Andy, during the build process. Looking back, I wish we had been more aggressive in pushing for resolutions before closing. Now, we are stuck submitting warranty tickets, scheduling appointments, and taking time off work to address issues that should have been resolved from the start. What has been most frustrating is that many of these items seem to be patched rather than properly repaired. We would prefer that issues be fixed correctly the first time instead of temporary fixes that result in the same problems recurring and require us to continue submitting tickets for the same concerns over and over again. Overall, it has been a very frustrating and time-consuming experience. As homeowners, we expected better quality workmanship and permanent solutions to the issues we have raised since before closing. ... More

Homeownership is a significant investment, and it's important to ensure you're receiving a high-quality product. In my opinion, Pulte Homes did not meet those standards, as their quality and workmanship did not align with expectations. It raises questions about how certain inspections were passed. Before making a purchase, I recommend conducting thorough research, to include speaking with existing home owners.

Getting any issue fixed from Pulte is a nightmare and the customer service is very poor, They don't have required knowledge to understand the issues and they don't resolve most of the problems during the warranty period without arguments and multiple follow ups...

Now that I own it seems as if the ones promising to be there are not willing to help now that the issues are coming out.

We have felt like we have built this home ourselves. There have been a lot of things to put right and make it how we expected it to look. Having to contact customer care and builders to get things done and waiting in for people who don't show up on time or even at all ! The customer care team are very good but have said no to things that we had to take higher in order to have fixed. We love our new home but it has been a work in progress after moving in nearly three months ago.

Most problems caused by lack of communications. In most situations if they had responded on time or if they had paid attention to our concerns, many problems would have been prevented. Hasty construction: installing sods in the yard without leveling & treating the soil, leaving garage in an unfinished & incomplete stage, installing interior doors unadjusted with large openings around them, not removing the accidental paint stains during construction, etc. The value you received is not consistent with the high price paid.

On the closing day the customer service manager will promise you he will be on top of the maintenance requests and will take care of them soon. But they are not doing it at all, so hard to hear back from them and no issue fixed. Not recommended!

Homes in Florida are being built at a rapid pace. It appears they bring in workers with minimal to no experience. Most cabinets and door jambs are not lined up. Corners do not match up, so some corners of the cabinets are filled. Some corners are so mismatched there is space...a hole. Wild! Countertops...you can see where the two pieces come together. The outlets are in odd places throughout the house. One outlet in master bathroom is under the hand towel bar and the other outlet is on the side of the hand towel bar. In the master bedroom, two outlets are next to each other, one behind the door and one next to that one. Not sure how this was approved. At the preinspection, our realtor and us walked through the property and marked all items to be cleaned and repainted. Pulte's effort was minimal to zero. One section of countertop was cleaned, yet the rest was dirty. None of the pieces were repainted. Pulte's loan officers/consultants were horrible. The added stress they caused less than 24 hours to sign was due to their incompetence. The two ladies we worked with didn't read things thoroughly and kept putting the issues on my husband and me. I had a few confrontations because they didn't make a lot of sense and they didn't care for the confrontation, however, I wasn't sure how they had their jobs due to their incompetence. Our realtor was not "allowed" to talk with them based on"how they do things." My realtor was stunned and kept us calm and moving forward. There are too many things to list about Pulte and the home buying experience. Do your research. ... More

We do like our home, but since we closed March 9, 2026, the response to finish the outside of our home, driveway, grading the yard, landscaping, etc has been very lacking. We watch the speck homes around us and even the recently closed homes have a driveway before us is very upsetting. Pulte seems to think we are not important since they already have our money. There have been water problems due to things not being done, like water and mud coming into our garage, not being able to get to our cars on the curb because our driveway area was blocked by a pile of rocks and the ground was so muddy you couldn't walk on it. The construction manager and sales team were non responsive until we complained to customer care, and then a day went by being stranded in our home before something was said. ( Which by the way some workers kindly created a walking ramp for us )This was very upsetting. While over all, we are pleased with our home, we are anxious to have it finished in a timely matter. It is now over 2 months since we closed. ... More