Pulte Homes Reviews

Will never have Pulte build me a house again

Pulte send the wrong documents to Freedom Insurance and they are charging us so much. They are still charging us for the Cancelation of the old Insurance (Putle Insurance) and they won't update. We are getting a lawyer and we are going to include Pulte for not sending the correct informaiton.

Everything with Sales was good. The construction phase is one where all SawGrass members (my neighbours) had issues with a Construction Manager (Dominick) who talks to customers like piece of trash. I wish i could gives Sales team (Lori) 100/10 and then the next part of construction and post closing experience is 2/10. Definitely do not recommend Pulte at SawGrass till the construction managers learn how to behave with customers. You can buy a bigger house and good construction managers at MI homes

Our experience building a home with Pulte was, unfortunately, disappointing. We initially chose Pulte because we believed they prioritized customer satisfaction and had a strong quality assurance process. At first, things seemed promising. The initial project manager clearly explained the construction process, which gave us confidence. However, as the build progressed, he failed to meet many of our expectations and requests. Near the end of construction, a new project manager (Rafael) took over. While he made a genuine effort to address some of the outstanding issues, there was only so much he could do at that late stage. Prior to closing, we were reassured that any issues would be covered under warranty. While that may be technically true, we do not expect to rely heavily on warranty service after paying a lot for a newly constructed home. Unfortunately, several quality concerns became apparent right away. The appliances provided were low quality despite the overall cost of the home. An undersized A/C unit was installed, though it met county approval, it does not seem appropriate for the square footage. The floor tiles are fragile and chip easily, and the master bathroom shower floor was poorly installed, leading to standing water in one corner due to improper drainage. Overall, I would not choose to build with Pulte again, and I cannot recommend them to others based on our experience. ... More

We closed in early April and were told we had no driveway or landscaping due to weather. Later we found out the Pulte was having contracting issues and it took 3 months to complete the work. Response to calls, texts, and emails was very poor. A week ago our neighbor's house burnt down and our house received significant damage. No one from Pulte had contacted us to see if we were OK. We love the community and have become increasingly aware that our opinion of Pulte is a common theme. Almost everyone we have met has shared similar sentiments. The good news is that it has create an odd common bond. ... More

Several up front guarantees and promises that were not kept. Very poor communication. Very poor craftsmanship. Have been waiting for over two months for scheduling for repairs.

What Pulte shows in their design center and what they deliver was completely different especially for flooring. The floor tile selected at design center was smooth and what they delivered has rough grooves on every tile and they even don't want to correct the isssue. Its forBronk farm lot263 even the A/C unit makes lot of noise and they aren't accepting its an issue to correct it

Felt mislead from the beginning by our sales agent. The overall quality has been disappointing and the finish work is bad. The carpet was installed too early and no care was taken by the project manager to protect all the trades from coming inside and "trashing" our upgraded carpet. Highly frustrating and disappointing! At closing, we were given a date that didn't work for us. We told them immediately, and no one responded back to us with another date. Less than 48 hours before the closing date that they suggested and we said would not work for us because of a business conference out of state, we received a text message and email from our sales agent stating that we would have to close on the original date or they would access delay fees. Highly frustrating! The entire process has not been a disappointment. ... More

This started off as a great experience turned very frustrating. I hope no one else’s experience with Pulte was like mine. Please reach out to me for specifics buy quality control is very poor in my opinion.

Horrible, horrible,horrible,horrible, my 3rd home builder and it was the worst.. lesson learned will never buy a Pultie home again.

SOOOOOO many issues. Not only with poor craftsmanship and materials, but with Pulte Mortgage and Title too. My recommendation: CAREFULLY review your Settlement Statement as well as EVERY detail in your home BEFORE signing ANYTHING. As things stand, Pulte under paid me $1,188 in property taxes. Given I took title 5 days before the end of 2024 I didn’t think much of Pulte crediting me $1383 for 2024 taxes. That is until I learned the taxes for 2024 were $2,571. When I called Pulte Title to understand why they didn’t cover the entire sum (minus my five days of ownership), I was told, rather defensively, that the $1383 was based on a 2023 estimate and that given I signed the document, I agreed to the 2023 estimate. That is just wrong. At that point in the year Pulte could have easily accessed the correct 2024 tax information from the county website. I'd like to talk to my neighbors to see if this was their experience as well. And yet it’s still not over. Because though Pulte Mortgage alleges they transferred $1,285 (or first-half taxes) from my escrow to the county a month ago, the county has no record of receiving it. I’m now three calls in with Pulte Mortgage to resolve the issue and facing delinquency charges if they are not paid by March 3. What is most interesting to me is that I never would have discovered any of this if I hadn’t had such a hard time trying to transfer water from Pulte to me and had to reach out to the county. Regarding the construction issues, I feel I am making some headway in getting them resolved. So far a broken shower tile has been fixed as well as most (but not all) of the “wood” trim damage, toilet paper hardware has been installed, and varnish drippings have mostly been removed from staircase poles. Dry wall issues have been flagged (literally all over my home with green frog tape) by a Pulte customer service rep, but I have yet to see a work order. There are more items, but at this point I plan to wait until my one year walk through. In the meantime, it will be interesting to see what awaits me in spring when I’ll have a chance to take in the outdoor construction and landscaping. ... More

I had a good overall buying experience. Also, I do believe that the internal construction of the home is decent. However, the workmanship of everything inside the house is suboptimal to poor - from using poor paint (flat paint which is the cheapest paint on the market and completely nonfunctional for anyone who wants to live or have kids in the house), uneven walls that bow in and out, uneven edging bowing in and out, careless painting with uneven lines around windows and paint on baseboards, reckless paint splashes on doors, paint on floors, uneven painting on doors, unfinished rough door edges -- literally all the aesthetic aspects of the house that you have to look at every day you live in the house -- and the unevenness of floors and walls, which makes it hard to install closet organizers and window treatments. It's been a frustrating experience getting someone to actually listen. I had added an "upgrade" paint package which was literally a color and was still flat paint - and very poorly painted. Overall what I paid for the home does not match the quality of the workmanship. I had a Pulte home before this one for 20 years and had a fantastic amazing experience and loved my home. That's why I didn't even question buying another one. But it's clear Pulte has cut lots of corners to cut their expenses, lowered the standard of quality in products and labor in their overall process and is still charging a huge premium. It's disappointing overall - especially because it seems they value customer feedback and has a warranty program. If you want to make customers happy, then quality cannot be compromised. Buyer beware when buying a Pulte home, ask lots of questions about materials, quality, labor, etc etc. And talk to current homeowners in the same subdivision before buying. ... More

We’ve been another number in giant housing market. Our design center experience was wonderful, and we felt like Pulte was invested in building us a quality home. From that point forward, it became obvious we were a number and the most important factor was how quickly the home could be put up at the lowest cost. Our house was framed during the heaviest rains our area has seen in the last decade. Extensive flooding was a result. This was forecast and waiting for these storms to pass was entirely possible. Nothing ever slowed down. This left our home completely water logged. Mold was a concern for me, but it was made clear to me that it was not a concern for my builder. Now that we have moved into our new home, we have many area of loose subfloor upstairs and are already developing ceiling cracks within a month of living there. Feels like these are related to the waterlogged framing. There are multiple other issues we are trying to get help with including plumbing, electrical, HVAC, trim work, finishes, and others. Several of these issues were brought up on a third party home inspection and at our walkthrough. In the 3 weeks that passed from our initial walkthrough, several of these issues were never addressed. So we are now working through the warranty process to get them addressed immediately after “celebrating” the move into our new home We have very little confidence in our home. Instead of focusing on settling into this house for decades which was our plan, we are working on a 3 year plan to get out of this house before we get inundated with issues down the road. I would not recommend Pulte to a friend. I have not found the trust I would need to do that. I know we did not build a custom home. That is not at all what I was expecting. I was expecting that “my happiness was Pulte’s top priority” because I was told this multiple times. But that has not been my experience. Mikey has been great to communicate with so far. Hoping that this translates into finding some resolution to the issues we are encountering. Gunner also seemed genuine and was helpful and easy to communicate with. Unfortunately, I only had about a week to work with him at the very end of our process. ... More

Still long way to go for the quality improvement and responsiveness. Strong impression that your goal is just to get an approval signature without listening to the customers' issues afterwards. Pulte still lacks of providing reliable home quality to the customer satisfaction with making the reasonable profits instead of ripping off the customers.

We we able to purchase a spec home, we were able to see it from the framing stage and on. The framing seemed completed with quality. However once drywall went on and the end stages of the house started coming together is where I had to monitor the house closely. There is absolutely no pride in anyone’s work anymore. Thank god I was able to walk the home on a daily basis. The superintendent was good to work with, but there was so many cosmetic issues. repairs that were completed, were actually worse in some cases. It was stressful trying to catch everything. Air conditioners were not spaced apart properly for airflow. One of The furnaces was dropped, drywall around windows not square, cement in the garage was poured too high, they had to grind the concrete to get the service door to open, microwave and oven not working; on and on. I guess that’s what you get for buying a trac home these days. I won’t ever do it again. Let’s talk about the after closing service. Terrible response time. They don’t care, you’re just another person. I have waited almost 3 weeks now for my 3rd party home inspection repair list with no phone call. I have lights that have a slight flicker to them in the back of the house after only actually being in the home for 1 week, sent an email and took them 2 weeks to address it, then for them to tell me they wont cover it under warranty and to try changing bulbs…. Seriously?!? Disappointing overall. ... More

Builder team and construction manager were very impressive with their responsiveness. Sales person was extremely pushy and arrogant, always thinking highly of himself. Pultes construction quality is subpar, there is a lot of rattle and shaky parts in this house. Regret going with this builder, mistakes were made.

Issues upon issues upon issues is what I've had with you guys.

Trying to resolve with various parties and am having trouble finding resolution. From beginning to end it’s been a challenge to get answers on what it was I would be buying, pricing, mortgage and build quality issues.

We opted to build a home with Pulte given the limited inventory of available homes on the market. Our friends who built with Pulte 8 years ago warned us not to and we should have listened. The sales and design center process were great. Once construction started is when we had issues. They just slap these homes together with no care. Countless quality issues that we called out during and at close. We were told that the punch list items would be addressed and 2 months later they are not even though we've sent several requests and messages. The issues we continue to find after close are numerous. So fun to find out your heat doesn't work on the first cold day since you moved in. Building a new home sounded like a great idea, but honestly I would not recommend building with Pulte. ... More

Very poor quality of workmanship overall - few examples include very bad cutting of the roof for pipes out, drywall finish around windows, baseboard footer, staircase railing, sod foundation, appliances not fixing firm in its place and many more. Materials are very cheap especially the lumber is very bad and all the fixtures looks very fancy but very cheap quality. As a renowned builder, I would expect construction managers to review the work performed by contractors, but I have never seen this during my entire home construction process. I had to visit property multiple times during the construction to find and report many issues, but no accountability taken to fix many of the issues reported or cheap fixes/workarounds are done. No proper communication during the build process. Overall, not worth the price. ... More

Was not the greatest experience overall.

I am very disappointed and dissatisfied with the entire process with Pulte. The home was built in poor condition. I had to submit many warranty claims. They are responsive but considering i have only been in my house a month its horrible. At closing i was given keys that didn't work. I couldn't sleep in my room for the first week due to issues that weren't taken care of. Overall if you decide to go with Pulte please inspect and follow through. If i had to do it again i would not purchase with Pulte.

was hoping for better quality home and a better response for issues reported but a mediocre response

The quality shown in the model homes was not what we received in our new home . From the hvac to cabinets that we paid extra for , to the electricity . Just overall would not recommend Pulte to anyone .

Finishing is terrible, be it out doors or indoors.