Pulte Homes Reviews

- Relatively high price - Low-to-medium quality - Countless mistakes/issues, big or small - Lots of delays (both material and labor) and lack of coordination - Poorly maintained construction site * Trash, food debris and alcohol containers inside the construction site * No proper isolation between completed site and under construction site - Lack of prompt response when questions or issues come up both during the construction and shortly after to resolve leftover items - They don't seem to take your concerns seriously until you make it a big deal by contacting your sales consultant in the sales office (when all the visitors can see/hear) - Poor selection of the pool builder as you can only use that company if you want to build the pool along with the house ... More

The build of The home seemed okay when we walked through it, but the actual finishing of the home was terrible. The painting was atrocious and the house was left a mess. Grout work and tile was done poorly. Front door threshold brick doesn’t come up to meet the actual threshold and needs to be redone. Crumbled cement corners. Doors are hung crooked and outer doors don’t lock without pulling/pushing hard to close; strike plates don’t meet. No attention to detail. Although the issues were supposed to be resolved several times, they were not or you’re told to file a warranty claim after the fact. Super cheap faucets, fixtures, flooring (even though we upgraded), and toilets. Closed late. Very disappointing. ... More

They have good intentions but are seemingly inept at providing good service after the sale due to cut rate vendors and poorly trained personnel. Too much sloppy workmanship. They utilize your home after it's sold as a model/sample for other prospective home buyers. The materials specified are somewhat inferior at times and quite a bit of the workmanship is far from superior.

We felt really good when we signed, but once building was started the work was rushed and we felt like we were nagging when we pointed out issues. Now that we're in the house we keep finding things that annoy us. Such as the slightest finger touching a wall will leave a mark because they used very cheap, flat paint.

overall a negative experience, home has major workmanship issues, i was told to just sign the paperwork and once the house is closed on, we will then fix the issues,

Pulte’s trust factor is low. They tried to get us to accept broken, faulty, dangerous cabinets in the kitchen even though they were aware of the problem before I saw the house the first time. I have been in the house over a month, and they have just now replaced them. The yard in the back is nothing but weeds. The cabinets have no pulls on them even though they were not made to be used without them, the appliances are very low grade, and Pulte refused to replace the tub/ shower combo for my son who is disabled and a vet even though I was willing to wait for it and pay for it. The price of the house was raised $100,000 but there are no upgrades to show for it. The homes are marketed for 55+, but I see no amenities inside that make them a choice for seniors. Don’t make the same mistake I did. ... More

Low quality with not attention to detail results in a subpar home. They do enough to “finish” the home, but every day I notice something new such (cracked and jagged tiles, crooked pulls, nicked hardware, dented cabinets, stained counters). Given these issues I do wonder about the things we can’t see. Requests for fixes result in a not covered under warranty/ not our responsibility response.

Pulte tried to ignore major structural deficiency, tried to force us, the customer, to accept poorly installed LVT floor, installed a garage door if less cost than what was shown at the time of contract signing, left a very dirty garage floor with ingrained dirt and refused to clean, and fraudulently claimed exterior grading and sod installation as weather delayed construction at the time of closing and still have not completed the work 6 weeks after closing. There are several other deficiencies that I do not want to include here for the lack of space and time.

Nothing..no proper response to issues

We have had 5 Pulte New Builds. This is by far the worse. Fit & finish is terrible.

During the mortgage application process we were asked to provide the same financial and personal information multiple times as Pulte lost or misplaced it. Pulte provided at least three different closing closet amounts and was unable to explain why the amounts charged / increased.- and were blindsided with additional cost at the actual closing . Additionally, Items that needed repair were pointed out prior to and at the “celebration”. Despite assurances that the items would be repaired - 2 months later not one repair issue (either major or minor) has been addressed and fixed. Numerous man hours have been spend contacting Pulte’s warranty section and vendors directly - both with negative results. While everyone is polite and tells you it will be handled to date not one issue has been resolved. The only time anything was repaired was prior to closing as the staff is concerned about the surveys sends out by Pulte - Once you close on the property Pulte forgets about you and fails to stand behind their work. Absolutely the worst home buying experience ever ... More

The priority is house is closed (or) not. They don't care about the buyers. what issues they will have (or) not ? Example: they will give u 0 wood like ties. They will not give you extra bricks, paint ...issues after reporting will be addressed later ..Quality of construction is also not upto the expectation...They can do much better.

Pulte would rather come back out to fix problems 3,4, and 5 times than do the job write the first time. They employ subpar contract laborers that are not skilled in their trades. We were told that everything past inspection, city code and inspectors have a really low bar.

We have been greatly disappointed by a number of issues. We were pressured to close on the house with outstanding issues as we were guaranteed that they would be fixed in a timely manner. Some of the issues which remained and were discovered after represent safety issues as well. At this point, over a month after closing, many issues remain unresolved or took weeks to get fixed (with prodding from us - like HVAC piping putting us at risk of CO poisoning, a garage door screw which was broken leading to instability of the whole opening unit). Often, we received NO or very SLOW response when we asked about repairs. We still have a nonfunctional master bedroom shower (the door is currently off the hinges with cracked tiling which we paid extra for) in the master bedroom and no timeline for a fix with 3 failed attempts at repair. We have no guaranteed timeline for a fix. As it stands, we will continue to push for fixes but hesitate to recommend Pulte to others if this is the "Pulte experience". A few other issues took us by surprise. The lack of any finished flooring in the HVAC room on the second floor, the final grade (with multiple areas going towards the house), and that our driveway is now permanently stained by some sort of oil based splatter. ... More

I have very bad experience with Pulte . Before closing 3 days , we walk through house and we founded so many things which are not properly installed . At the day of closing , we walk again and we founded 20+ things which Pulte did not resolved till that day . THEY PROMISED TO US EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE . We make the agreement, after closing 15 days PULTE should complete the list . Today , 6 weeks after closing list is not completed, and they are apologizing all the time , with excuses and sorry for inconvenience. I can prove all calls which I made to PULTE TEAM ( more than 50 ) , emails ( more than 50) text messages ( over 50 ) and of course agreement which PULTE signed with me regarding all 20+ issues will be done 15 days after closing. Again 6 weeks after closing they didn’t complete the list. ... More

Overall, it was a good time to buy a home which is why i did. Prices were rising and you needed to get in somewhere. Would I go with Pulte in the future? No, i'd try someone else out. I had to stay on top of them during the build process and when i mentioned issues, i was assured it would be taken care of. Weeks turned into a few months and during the last two weeks of closing they attempted to fix those issues when it should have been taken care of far in advance when it was brought up. Today after living in the home for two months, I'm finding other issues. Which brings me to their whole warranty process. For example, in my master shower, they never sealed the grout on the top tiles. I could stick my fingers all the way down just about anywhere on the top row. When i called it in, they came and sealed it. However, they wouldnt paint it. That means i have to call it in again to get it painted now and smoothed out. Its pretty dumb that I have to call an issue in multiple times to get it fixed 100%. The outside of my door never got sealed like the windows. I inspected other homes and they are in fact supposed to be sealed. Paint on the inside of the window frames never got cleaned up like i requested. Touch up on paint around the metal sealed plates on the ceiling (where fans/lightsgo) never got touched up. Pretty sloppy and definitely wouldnt try Pulte again. ... More

Houses are really built with very poor quality, there are lot of echo and you can hear through walls up stair/downstair, also even slow walk sound as a big bang noise. flush in a bathroom will create noise as if there was a big machine turned on and it is very lound rt below bathrooms (this is a big issue where we have work from home and in the meeting), this itself show how poor quality is.

Overall poor from sales to construction. Multiple project managers with poor communication, sales with over promises, and a swamp in my backyard making it unusable. Already considering moving.

When I talked to others in the neighborhood, all were given a much lower lot price. People with much bigger lots were charged significantly lesser lot price. I feel I was taken for a ride.

Visit your homesite constantly to view progress.

The quality of construction is not up to the mark, construction finishing is not satisfactory. Painting is not done as expected. Quality for components used is very low quality.

Pulte gives very few choices and charges a premium for many things that we felt should be included in a house. Although I realize Pulte is not a custom builder, we were disappointed by the selections, workmanship, and quality of building materials.

Our sales and construction representatives were very responsive and friendly and the condo is overall nice but we have had several issues. They pushed/forced us to use Pulte mortgage even though we already had our own broker. We applied, but ended up using our broker as Pulte couldn't match. That pushed the process back 2-weeks waiting for Pulte's underwriting review. Also, had many delays in closing as the condo was not appraising. Had to wait for more units in the development to close so there were additional comps. In terms of build quality, I wish we would have requested an independent inspection before we moved in to prevent a few issues. The day we moved in the utility room flooded. We have a ranch with no basement so this shouldn't happen with a new build. It took several days for Pulte to respond to our service request so I ended up fixing it myself. Once the HVAC company came out they said the entire system was built incorrectly. The drain is actually the highest point on the floor so water has nowhere to go. This is a major issue and should have been caught by the builder during construction. Also, the refrigerator wouldn't stay on as outlet was GFCI and kept tripping. The kitchen fridge doesn't actually have to be GFCI and the fridge worked fine when using a standard outlet. The master bathroom is designed weird, no shelving in the shower for soap / shampoo and nowhere to hang towels near the shower which means you have to walk wet across the slippery floor. Also, the light switch near the toilet is in the back of the room which is annoying at night as you have to walk to the end of the dark room to turn on the light. It should be next to the door. Overall, I would still recommend as it is nice to have a new build and our initial representatives were easy to work with. Just be aware that "new" doesn't mean that everything was done correctly. I just would have expected a better attention to detail with the design and build. ... More

First, the following is not only based on my wife’s and my experience. After talking to neighbors, similar if not the same issues have been observed on many levels. The list below is not only our impression but was already recognized by the quality manager from Pulte. He wrote the list and I am just copying/pasting parts of it here. After our first walkthrough a lot of things got marked with tape with the explanation that it will be taken care of before move in day (that was expected, no complaint here!). Unfortunately we found that a lot of the marks (tape) simply were removed without taken care of the issue. Following an extraction of the issue list from Pulte’s quality manager: - The house was handed over dirty. Slight dust film everywhere, hinges, handles and outlets were overpainted and not cleaned afterwards - Damaged flooring (luxury vinyl, in total 9 floor boards need to be replaced). - All trimmings (windowsill, door frames etc) are sticky and will be repainted. Some doors need to be sand and repaint - Paint job in general very poor. Brush strokes and patch ups are easy to spot when looking for it - Tiles in bathroom crooked and not leveled, different (mix of) grout colors were used - Tiles in shower not leveled so water cannot drain properly - Master bathroom has hot water issues (also our neighbors experiencing this), 2nd bathroom works fine for comparison - Missing and damaged cables which need to be replaced now (requires to open walls) - 12 out of 18 windows have scratches. One is hard to open, when opened, it will not stay open - Missing or too much caulk (gaps or excess not removed) - Cabinets are crooked, damaged (cracks/scratches), several doors are warped and the paint on it is inconsistent (we paid the for the top tier kitchen btw) - Taping in the garage showed a lot of quality issues (air bubbles under tape, screws extruding or holes not filled). Even though they redid the taping it is still just a touch up of the worst spots instead of a fix (still not happy!) - Bathroom sink cannot hold water, does not seal - Missing or damaged sprinkler and outlet covers - Worst part is the stairs, nails are sticking out under the carpet. Cannot walk on them without shoes. If you do, you will find the steps to be uneven on top of it I could list more but these are the most disturbing to us. Work orders have been placed by Pulte and we have to live through the patch up job, which will be quite invasive considering few items from the list above. To be fair, it seems Pulte wants to take care of the issues but based on the initial work I can only hope that the quality of the workmanship will improve. It probably will take some time to be taken care of and I will use social media to report about the outcome in a few months. #PulteHomesExperience (by end of the year!?) Thanks for reading. ... More

Pulte creates too many homes that it cannot keep up with, thus the quality suffers. Finishings were poor such as painting was awfull, many places were missing paint entirely, choices of wood were poor as noticed during construction, final grading still is not complete after 2 months, window signs still in windows above garage, responsiveness is very slow often times months.