Pulte Homes Reviews

They were wonderful when they were trying to earn our business, but once we signed the paperwork they just didn't seem to care about our satisfaction. The issues started immediately after we signed the contract when we found out that our home was going to be a different orientation than we were told when we decided to purchase the property. While this may not bother most people, changing the placement of the garage meant that the mountain views we paid a premium for would be obscured by half the house, and the living and dining room windows would be facing the neighbor's house instead. This was very frustrating, and we couldn't get a straight answer from Pulte about why they made the change until after they broke ground on our home. Eventually they said that their records were wrong in the computer for some reason. Later on, we learned our house was in the flood zone, but when we purchased the property we were told it was NOT in the flood zone. This felt manipulative, and now we are stuck paying for flood insurance that we didn't budget for. As we neared completion of the home and had already received the final closing date from the title company and made plans to move out of our existing home, we were notified by Pulte that our home wouldn't be completed on time and that they were going to need to push our closing date back by ten days. At this point, we were supposed to close in a week and a half, and now they wanted us to close in almost three weeks instead. We then had to speak to the buyers of our exit property about allowing us to stay in the home a little longer, and thankfully they agreed although they asked us to make some additional repairs - again, something we had not budgeted for. Then, about a week before the second closing date, we were notified by Pulte AGAIN that the house wouldn't be completed on time, and that they needed to push the closing date back again by another week. So, once again we asked our buyers if we could stay in the house an additional week, and they agreed but we had to decrease the price. Had we not been trying to move in the middle of the pandemic, we would have just stayed in a hotel for that week, however we have a toddler, a dog, and a cat and we knew it would be an easier transition for our toddler if we stayed in our exit home longer. So, we took another hit on our finances by agreeing to decrease the price on our exit property so we could stay there until our new home was ready. The morning we closed on the new home, the roof still wasn't done, the carpet wasn't fully installed in one of the rooms, and the doors to one of the bedrooms still didn't have a handle. Considering our closing date was pushed back twice because they were behind on getting the stucco installed, I figured the interior would at least be completely finished, but it was not. Over the next few days, tradesmen were coming in and out of our house (again, in the middle of a pandemic) to finish the things they were supposed to finish before closing. Even now, two months after moving into our new home, the doors haven't been fixed, the stucco is still not completely done, and there are issues with the grading on the exterior of the home. My husband and I have started referring to it as our "lemon house." The exterior windows are also dirty with stucco and paint splattered on them from the construction since they haven't sent a cleaning crew out to take care of them yet, so every time we look outside to see our views we also see the mess from the construction - a mess we were told would be cleaned up prior to our move-in. Through it all, our project manager acted as if he were our savior by letting us move in to the house when we did - three and a half weeks after our initial closing date. Now, as I walk through the neighborhood and see the other homes nearing completion with their sparkling clean windows, finished stucco, and impeccable grading, I can't help but feel slighted by Pulte, a company that does not care about their customers once they've received their money. Considering our home cost almost half a million dollars, I certainly expected the quality to be much higher than it is, and I expected to be treated like a valued customer instead of like an afterthought and an annoyance. ... More

Had to point out many defects which were overlooked probably due to the lack of properly trained workers. Walls, countertops, cabinets, window frames, doors, etc. were installed improperly and needed to be repaired or replaced after my own inspection. This shows that there was a lack of quality control during the build. Since closing on the property , I am still finding defects in the build.

This was the worst experience I have ever had in my life. From the beginning to the very end, the entire process was horrible. The lack of communication was the worst experience I have ever seen. I have been in the home now since the middle of September and I'm still waiting on final touch ups throughout the home. I would never recommend this company to any family or friends. Very unfortunate because the location are great. Ps. If you can get the contractors to follow through with the finishing touch ups that would be great.

Harassment by Pulte Mortgage the worst we ever experienced, absolutely no match to their annoying team,

They don’t really care about anything to customers

Stay away

Never again should you let your house close before the builder has completed each and everything without anything pending. Even something as little as putting a nail in the wall. Because once your home is closed, forget about getting those items done. The project manager will not respond to any emails or calls. My yard was graded and seeded with lawn but had significant amount of concrete rocks and stones. In fact there were more rocks then mud. Upon raising up the issue with the Project Manager- he said this is how they do all the yards, which is a lie- as I had seen other Homes done in my neighborhood and saw them bring fresh mud in and removing the stone filled mud while grading. If you settle for their response and give you stone filled mud- good lick watering your lawn- yard will never hold water for long, will have water everyday to keep the lawn alive. Houses are extremely poorly insulated- meaning you can hear thing said any room if you are sitting in a living room. My paid upgrade for basement bathroom rough in was wrongly measured and placed 4” off then actual location. I regretfully settled and agreed to make the project managers life easy as it would involve cutting concrete. Now with them not responding, I wish I had not settled and make them do it the way it was suppose to. The sump pump in basement was installed 90ft away from its actual location as shown in the building print. Meaning if you have unfinished basement, they will put anything anywhere according to their convenience and whatever makes it cheaper for them. You must stick to the drawings and have them move any wrongly placed items. Now the list is long so I must stop here and end the review. But Do not CLOSE IF YOUR HOUSE IS NOT DONE TO YIUR LIKING. No matter what they say. ... More

Very bad quality of work done, specially the floor

Sales and mortgage service were great. Construction process follow up also at a high level. Unfortunately, the workmanship quality isn’t just there. Very poor care for final touches such as painting and cleaning. Their MO is to let you tell them during your final walk through what is not to your satisfaction and then they will fix. Very disappointing, I don’t recommend Pulte at all.

I am not pleased with the way Pulte is handling my concerns. For starters I'm going to start with my sod and sprinkler situation that I paid $6,000 for. My sod and sprinkler system could not be installed because my soil had not been final graded. So I reached out to the field manager of Pulte for my community to find out when would my final grade be done so my sod could be laid down. so in the midst of waiting for my final grade to be done it was brought to my attention that my sump pump was not completely installed they had the pipe coming out of the side of my house but not running into the ground to the sewer. ( How did this pass city inspection) that was taken care of but my sod situation has not yet been taken care of as of yet and it's been over a month since I closed on my home. My next issued was my air conditioner went out my 2nd week in my home and I had to call out the heating and cooling company who installed the system and I found out that one there was a line that was not tighten and all the Freon leaked out. My 3rd issue is a classic I had a new refrigerator delivered and my GFI socket kept tripping which caused my fridge to shut off. so I would have to reset the GFI switch to turn my fridge back on which would trip again several times a day. I emailed the field manager who told me to call the electrical company and that their number would be on the inside of the kitchen cabinet which it wasn't so I had to contact my salesperson for the number. I called the electrical company and left a message and I'm still waiting on a call back. So I called the warranty department to make a claim about the GFI situation and the 1st thing I was asked is what kind of fridge do I have ? I told her that I have a Samsung Fridge and she stated that Samsung fridges Ice makers make the GFI switch trip and there is nothing that was warranty would cover to repair and I would have to contact an electrician myself for the problem (wow ) I just purchased a home for over $350,000 and I have repair a electrical problem concerning my fridge. So I called a electrician out who informed me that my fridge need to be put on its own electric line and Pulte should have had this done at the time of the build like everything else in the circuit breaker box like the range Ac and ect. It took this guy less than 10 minutes to fix my GFI problem that Pulte would not take care of so sad. So now I've reached out to the sod company who stated they do not know when they can come out and lay my sod which is so unacceptable considering $6,000 was paid out for the job..... ... More

Matter was immediately brought to attention of warranty staff still awaiting solution to intolerable situation.

We are disappointed with the quality of some of the work done on our home. One thing was said before we closed, but when we had issues to address with the quality of work, we were told that’s not covered under your warranty. I would think Pulte wouldn’t want to continue hiring contractors that didn’t do their best work or at least Pulte would correct the problem. I was told I could hire someone to fix it. I made a large investment and expected better work and customer service from a builder. In addition, Pulte Mortgage was a complete nightmare for our buying experience. Poor communication and multiple errors in processing our loan. We had to resubmit documents multiple times and even had to resubmit documents the night before closing. ... More

Toured a home under construction in Dec 2019, had about two months of work left, signed contract. Failed inspections delayed, then rain weather delayed by a month, then pandemic delayed. Repeatedly asked for a detailed schedule of work, never received. All of these on their own is understandable, but getting to explanations behind delays didn't come until I pressed hard on leadership in May. Meanwhile, imagine being told the closing date was tentatively set for Feb, then delayed to early Apr, then delayed to late Apr, then to May, then to June, then back to May but only b/c you expressed frustration. Third house building process have been through, by far the least pleasant. ... More

Any time I call for resolution of a problem or issue with Pulte, I can count on a very delayed response. Customer service is a thing of the past, and Pulte is a prime example of that lack of caring.

Clearly Pulte have poor communication within their organisation, which in my case of purchasing two properties, resulted in threats from Pulte about a potential closing delay due to issues created by Pulte and COVID-19. No respect for time zones, no customer focus, no apology from Pulte corporate. Overall a very stressful and dissatisfying process from when business sealed through to closing.

Virus or not, I paid for a completed house. Pulte cares nothing for the customer after the check is signed

#1. The cabinet finishing is not good #2. If you have your Master Bedroom above your garage you need to buy a separate heater ... Based on our experience, overall it is 1 out of 5 stars.

The Sales Consultant was very professional, knowledgeable, courteous, supportive, kind, and encouraging from beginning to end, which is why I moved forward in purchasing the home at Preston Square. I had issues with Pulte after I paid my deposit. I began the loan process in September and CLOSED in February!! What a nightmare! This will be in a different review... The lure is the $10,000 towards closing cost and the nicely decorated/staged models which hide the inexpensive features of the home. The lot came with a $3,000 premium and behind me is a car impound business. Upgrades inside the home are overpriced (i.e., the kitchen faucet, cabinets, kitchen/bathroom cabinet hardware, stainless steel appliances, etc.,). They chose the least expensive appliances by Whirlpool (the refrigerator very small, no deli cabinet, to name a few; turntable inside the microwave has not worked after only two weeks). The refrigerator moves forward when opened. The toilets do not seem to be of standard size, they seem smaller. I have a light bulb in my living room! There is no light fixture. I had a walk through on 2/13/2020 and by the time I closed on 2/19/2020 repairs had not been made. It took almost a month and there are still a few repairs not made (understandable) due to the stay at home order for Coronavirus. The Customer Service Representative is very professional, providing updates via text message or phone calls. The community itself is inviting. Beautiful, neat and feels like home until you get close and you notice the grass and trees are dying. This is now home and I hope that Pulte will fulfill their warranty obligations and service agreements. ... More

Post closing issues

Customer service needs a lot of improvement.

Our sales representative Kevin was absolutely amazing. He will accomplish great things. Can’t say the same for the quality of workmanship. Having an inexperienced eye for construction I put my faith in the construction crew of our home. Once the honey moon stage faded (60 days after closing) we noticed multiple defects. I won’t use Pulte again for a home, the price of almost 600k has given me a beautiful lot with 200k house on it. Materials are builder grade and the craftsmanship looks to be done by inexperienced laborers. Crown molding around the cabinets isn't attached, cabinets in the kitchen are the lowest grade you can buy, the backsplash tile work is short (some tiles stick out, grout lines appear to be done by a child) Great marketing but the product isn’t worth the cost. ... More

I have had, among other issues, 5 issues with electrical wiring and switches. Some of these have tripped circuit breakers. I have zero confidence that the home is wired safely or correctly.

Pulte are using sub-skilled, illegal laborers that are supervised (infrequently). This lead to multiple issues during the house building stage. I was at the site daily addressing issues. I don’t have any equal sized window frames and this was apparent whilst measuring for window treatments. There have been multiple issues since move-in (the majority of which have been addressed under warranty) but the vast majority of issues are due to poor workmanship which begs the question as to what you are actually paying for?!? These are visible surface issues and I cringe at what is possibly at fault structurally or behind the walls with the same shoddy workmanship. This company lures clients with an exceptionally built model home but does not build your home with the same consistency. ... More

Quality work is absent

The worst builder so many problems so many missing stuff