Pulte Homes Reviews

"Hydration" cracks in cement in garage, front porch, back porch. I continue to see cracks, chipping, scaling, chunks of concrete missing from garage and front/back porch areas. Repairs have been made once but cracks continue to expand. I've purchased many homes (both new and pre-owned) and have never experienced foundational cracks to this degree. I am continually told the foundation integrity is solid but I can't see how that is true. Even so, the cracks significantly degrade the "curb appeal" of what is otherwise a beautiful home. Given the cost of the home, I'm extremely disappointed cracks continue to show and expand. Perhaps I should have considered another builder. ... More

Our experience was negatively impacted by a weak construction manager who did little to oversee the pace and quality of the build process. Fortunately, our sales representative was great and has helped us mitigate the issues. Frankly, the rest of the story is the most important, as we see the response to the items that need repairs.

I had a horrible experience with my Field Manager. He was rude and non-responsive.

Overall we are happy as we have to be happy. Nice to work with Anthony (Sales) and Steve (Site Manager) are very professional and impressed with their overall responsiveness. With reference to the quality of the construction, I am not at all happy. There are gaps (bugs can build their homes) between the baseboard and flooring. Baseboard guys say that the flooring is uneven and Pulte folks say that the baseboard. Very poor quality material was used for Window sills. Found and still finding several nails and other metal objects in the backyard and all my requests to find and remove those went into deaf years. Ordered a customized Garage Door and am still waiting (about two months now). Totally careless attitude after we moved in. Well. Learning to live with such issues. ... More

We’ve had so many issues. We were promised the home would look like a model home and it wasn’t. We are waiting response to get our issues resolved. Just felt like things were put together as quickly as possible knowing things could be fixed. On top of that we have plot issues. Our plot is smaller than what was supposed to be according to the plan.

Have had a lot of issues with labor shortages, back ordered products, and wanting us to close on an incomplete home. Still trying to get shutters since they are on back order but other identical homes are receiving theirs. Also told sod and landscaping might not happen until spring of 2022 and we moved in July 2021.

Poor communication Delayed closing with no notice until day of originally scheduled closing No mailboxes for 3 weeks after closing Unable to use driveway for 5 days after closing due to driveway being poured late because of late inspections 5 weeks after closing and closing checklist items have still not been addressed Nails and debris all over the roof Damaged garage door from subcontractors has not been replaced Drywall and paint touch ups still not completed

There was a serious lack of creativity when it came to figuring out the siding delay. It was very frustrating! Not to mention that communication did not come from the top down. It’s important that customers know that companies care; not just the sales people.

Bought this home after coming to know Pulte homes are good at construction and they take care customers well. Realized that they are no more as the community was sold out and they wanted to handover the pending homes soon and move out. It was supposed to be inventory home with upgraded materials and we did not have a chance to choose any further. Had poor laundry flooring, handrails, poor paint quality (know that we had to wait for a year to settle down, but the paint that I got was very poor quality). More than a month now after closing but there were many pending items and still not fixed. There were many missing items in the build (tissue holder, towel holder, towel ring), back side door entry door was fixed right in front of floor air vent. Some of the fixtures (done via contractors) had loose fittings, improper workmanship. One would think the field manager is the one who pulls over all contractors and inspect what is in the build and what was completed however we had to end up in telling him many missing things. Not sure how they would keep their promise of coming back after 1 year to inspect and fix things once the home settles down. ... More

They told me issues were going to be addressed before home purchase and that did not happen, up to today issues have not been completed.

Terrible issues on day one

The home buying experience is okay. The builder's lender involved some high fees so we didn't choose them. The closing day was okay, but all the documents were delayed so we did not receive community gate access nor trash bins until 6-8 weeks after we moved in. The wood floor and doors are not quality material, chip off easily only a few weeks after moved in. The irrigation valve was broken and Pulte insurance would not take care of it and their management are using freezing weather as excuses. We understand that Pulte home prices are slightly lower than other builders, but quality is not that good given the overall price we paid. Will look for options other than Pulte home in the future. ... More

The overall process with Pulte was very frustrating, unprofessional, and of low quality. The quality and workmanship of the home were below our expectations and standards that Pulte portrayed during the buying process. The team was unresponsive and unprofessional until we went to management with our concerns.

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

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.

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

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 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.

Warranty service is very slow and sometimes unresponsive. I have to email/ call multiple times for same issue before someone finally gets back to me..

Considering that this is a new construction, my expectation was much higher. During the first month, I had reported many issues that have not been addressed in a timely fashion, meaning takes weeks to get things done on warranty. During the first month we've experienced multiple plumbing issues, leaking faucets, non-working power outlets, broken window parts, poor floor construction on 2nd floor, malfunctioning appliances, and etc. In addition to poor customer service, the property management company does nothing about security gates, trash around the property and car theft due to lack of security guard. HOA is managed by Pulte and does not respond to residents issues. Security is a big concern here. If I had known this before, Pulte would not be my choice. ... More

I had no structural observation yet that concerns me at this time. But quality of cabinets with fixtures on them, flooring , sliding patio door and windows are all having issues and does not meet the standards of new construction. In most cases they are contracted to external companies and I don’t see they did a decent job at my place. It’s been couple of weeks since I raised it with no action yet.

This was a fail. The buying experience was not what we expected. The option prices at the design center were 25-30% higher than the options price sheet from the sales office. This was very disaappointing considering the price sheet was printed 5 weeks before our appointment with the design center. We had to scramble to revise most of our carefully pre-selected options on the spot as each one was itemized for us. We can tell this didn’t bode well with the consultant who looked irked from the start. Post sale experience is regrettable too. Good luck with trying to contact the warranty center. Add this review tobthat horror story. The only bright spots from this experience are the professionalism of the Pulte mortgage staff, sales consultant Laurel and the FM Joel. ... More

Pretty sure I would not build with Pulte again. It was nothing like the last two houses I had built. The process was not very smooth and the quality of some of the workmanship was lacking. I would go into more detail, but it would take too long.

Double and triple check every detail during your walkthrus especially concerning electiical work. You may be told prior to purchase that your townhouse will look exactly like the models. It won't. Models have pavers and wrought iron railings. The entrance walkways to townhouses have concrete walkways and very few have wrought iron railings