Pulte Homes Reviews

Customer service is like talking with wall,you have to live with what you got at closing

It is unfortunate that the moment of making the purchase has become one of the worst experiences I have had, however I have to say that the credit process, the documentation and finally the signature were excellent. Everything changes when after having made 2 walk throughs and determining the details to be repaired after 2 months they have not been repaired and they even do not respond to emails requesting the repair. The frustration has been so great that I have repeatedly requested paint and certain material to carry out the work myself, which has not been attended to either. The experience has been terrible. ... More

The quality of material used is poor. The field manager is not responsive . Delay simple fixes for long. Warranty is an issue , no quick resolution of issues . It takes month to fix an issue. Not good experience had so many hopes with Pulte but they have shattered . Dissatisfied home buyer. My SoD and tree which was dead before closing has not been even after 2 month .

Pulte’s website advertises one thing and then they sell you something cheaper in price just so they can save themselves money. The windows are cheap, the cabinetry is cheaply made. My house definitely would not win any awards. Plus, Pulte is so good at dumping added expenses in your lap.

In general, the entire experience with Pulte from sales, to design, to construction and closing was mediocre at best. The left hand doesn't talk to the right, and overall communication and organization was poor. What should've been the most proud and exciting time of my life was 8 months of hell and escalation after escalation. Post-close has been no better, with continued issues 2 months after closing with things like pavers, paint, grading/slope of my yard (excess water pooling) and general poor craftsmanship inside the home resulting in non-stop back/forth with our warranty specialist. If I could do it over again, I'd have chosen a different builder. ... More

Post sale customer experience has been really bad

They completely messed up with the brick work. It would give zero out of five. New house lost its curb appeal. Feeling bad. Esthetic part has been compromised with used of discolored brick in the front potion. Water logging in the back yard in 10 mins rain. This is I am reporting after 2 months of closing. Not sure what else will come in future. Over all ok nothing great comparison to what I am paying.

Pulte closes the homes with the appliances not working properly. They give little to no time to review the appliances on the day of closing. Leave us to deal with the warranty team after closing

The home was not completed when we closed. Promises made were not completed, Still working with warranty to get things repaired that should have be done before closing. 2 months after closing. Rushed into keeping original closing date. Pulte is building houses way too quick with no quality.

A horrible experience! The law firm at closing did not have all their paperwork together. What supposed to be about an hour long signing, a lot of the paperwork was already signed, took almost three hours. The house was not cleaned properly prior to moving in, a lot of construction dust was on the floors and countertops. Three days of living here the plumbing was backed up due to a 2’ level being thrown down in the clean out pipe. The county had to come out here and dig up my front lawn 10’-12’ down to remove it and repair the pipe and back fill, then it it took another three weeks to get new sod and repair the sidewalk. We had ants on the first floor bathroom and dining room within two weeks of living here. The contractor came out and sprayed in the walls again. It seemed to work but now ants are back again. Makes wonder if the house is sealed properly. The dishwasher stopped working after six weeks, repair man from warranty company did not fix it properly because we’re still having the same issue. The hinges and screws on the back door have been showing signs of rust already. No one here seemed to know where to get trash receptacles from. The paperwork gave wrong info and HOA gave wrong info. What a disaster! ... More

We purchased the model home in Vegas -very disappointed. NOTHING was maintained in the house after we signed the contract. Yard outside let go, lots of things not working well in the house. New problems crop up every day

The build quality is not that great. LVP (vinyl plank) flooring was popped up everywhere within the house and it is making noise everywhere. Within one week we see the windows are leaking because of rain. The workers didn't finished it properly and Builder is not even worried about checking that as a priority Drywall finishing is aweful.. We see lot of gaps between the wall and floor. I assume the builder is offering accommodation to lots of bugs and insects. The gap between house slab and patio concrete is way too much (it's more than half inch). These gaps should not be there in the summer. But i am seeing these gaps for: patio Concrete and house slab. between wall & flooring We closed this house during June 2021, during summer we should not expect these issues ... More

My wife and I were very excited for this purchase. After giving our initial deposit to reserve our property is when the issues started to happen. The first issue was Pulte Homes asking us to get pre-approved for the loan through their lender. I walked into this deal with a pre-approval letter from my own lender (which happens to be my employer). Per our sales rep, upper management didn't care if I had a pre-approval from my lender they needed me to get one from Pulte. After doing so the process through Pulte Lending was very laughable. I structured my own loan through my own lender (plus my lender gave me certain incentives since I am employed by them). For starters the processor and underwriter conditioned for unnecessary documents/information. So rebutting those conditions was a treat. Second, when my own lender was giving me a rate .5% lower, Pulte's LO stated he was going to fight "to get me a better rate". Turns out he was able to match the rate BUT using the 8k cash to close provided from Pulte to buy down the rate....yea nice try! At that point I chose to just lock my rate with my lender and move forward. The closing portion of our home was a nightmare! Our celebration walkthrough was a nightmare. Our dates got moved around several times (which I understood due to inspections), what got to me is that NO ONE BOTHERED to communicate this to us. We were scheduled to close Friday June 25th...on my way up to get my keys my loan officer tells me that she was just notified by the sales rep that the final inspection from the city had not been completed.....it was scheduled for that prior Wednesday. So you mean to tell me that Pulte knew 3 DAYS in advance about the final inspection missing and they failed to tell us? Afterwards it was a series of daily calls and txt to get this deal done. In the mist of all this the foreman in charge of the build assured us that our home would have a "deep clean" since there was paint and drywall splatter all over the place. The day we moved in , our house was still a complete mess AND we found out master bedroom closet door unhinged! Rather than dealing with more excused I just paid a 3rd party to get these issues fixed for me. ... More

Ever heard the saying, “The devil is in the details,”? Well it’s so true for this house. It is evident in every aspect of this home that this was a rushed, careless job. From large chunks of debris being found in the yard that they laid sod over, to missing chunks of sub floor underneath the laid carpet, to paint stains all over the wood look tile floors and in our black granite sink. We have baseboards that have chunks of wood missing that were painted over and not repaired. Flickering lights in the powder room. Mud or dirt on the baseboards that were painted over instead of being cleaned. The mortar on the exterior brick is sloppy to say the least. Door strike plates that don’t fit the groove they were placed in. Window screens not secured. Paint splatter all over patio fans. Nails from tack strips on stairs not properly being installed, poking our feet as we walk. The cleaning of the home prior to move in was minimal. There was so much dust and dirt still left to be cleaned. We were told that our issues were merely cosmetic in nature. While that may be true for some of the issues, it wasn’t true for all of them. And even so, the “cosmetic” details are still a part of the experience. You walk into the model home/sales office expecting to live in a home that is as immaculate as they portray, but that’s hardly what you’ll get. And we understand that everything wouldn’t be perfect, but there are issues in this home that loudly profess that they didn’t even try! I think that’s the most insulting part. The lack of effort feels extremely disrespectful from a customer service perspective. I would like to add that Mauro our field manager was very attentive to our needs. But, he could only do so much. So, we do appreciate his efforts. ... More

This is the worst experkence ever in building a home. They advertose differently than they actually handle the building experience. Do not reccomend.

Worse experience of building a house! Terrible communication and many issues with our house. No one gets things addressed after you purchase your home. Would never buy Pulte again and would tell people not to build with them.

From the minute that we have moved in we have had problems, the first one was the first night spent in our home when we had a water leak from the master shower trough the floors and into the kitchen which took several days to get the plumbing fixed and a couple weeks longer the get the holed patched and painted. All of the trims were done very sloppy, the paint is terrible and scuffs so easy and shows every blemish that wasnt repaired on the dry walls, but we were told they use top of the line paint. We have cabinets drawers in the kitchen that are installed crooked, even I know how to use a leveler! Our windows are scratched either from installation or from further construction done around them, and we have windows leaking.... I could go on and on about the things done incorrectly and poorly in this home!! For the price of the home it is a terrible job. They say that they will come back and fix things but I dont understand why things cant just be done correctly the first time! Buy a Pulte home only if you like to deal with crappy customer service and slow repairs forever because I'm sure they will drag it out until things are no longer under warranty and then it will be my responsibility to fix their bad construction and other mistakes. We have heard nothing but excuses as to why things weren't done and why they cant be done, never again will I own a home built by Pulte or any of their sub groups. ... More

Not a good experience

The workmanship was poor. The painting is awful (Walls, doors, rails.. everything) - Half of the doors are misaligned - water leaking from the shower (what we did mention before moving-in but they didn't care) - The gutter broke just in a month and downspout missing The field manager promised to have the issues fixed but never did so! They cut corners as much as possible. I regret buying this house, wish I had shopped with a different builder. They show you the model house but the quality of what they build for you is poor. Very disappointed .....

Anyone considering building with Pulte needs to know right away, that the craftsmanship, and attention to detail are not at all what you would expect from a new built house. Paint, trim, fixtures, and cabinets are thrown together with no real care or precision and some details are not finished. At first, the construction manager(s) are responsive and assuring that everything will be taken care of, but often disappear and become disinterested in the latter stages of the build. Soon after move in day, we realized that we had essentially moved into a house that was built with the same care/materials as a decent apartment. Also, currently it is May 12th (Closed in early March), and roughly 9 houses on our street alone are without sod, and no timetable as to when they may get it. Summers can be brutal on sod, and I doubt anything will be done if it does not survive a hot summer. I have this suspicion because our concrete was laid the day before a major winter storm and was covered with tarps and boards. Now it is permanently discoloured and has patterns etched into it showing where the boards were laid and where ice collected on top of the tarps, and we were told there was nothing that could be done about it. The online ticketing portal is a good way to address some of the issues and the contractors usually reach out in a reasonable amount of time, but that it hardly enough to overcome the poor workmanship and cheap materials that the initial build was performed with. The only reason this is not a 1 star review is because we love our Linwood floor plan, and major problems that have arisen (some things are expected to happen with ANY new build) have been resolved in a reasonable amount of time. ADVICE: If there are things you would like for your Field Manager to assist with in the initial weeks of your closing, be sure to not complete their review until these items are resolved. Once their review is completed there is no incentive for them to assist. ... More

We recently purchased a home at the Bald Mountain community in Michigan. This is our second home that we were building so we had past experiences to compare. (1) The quality of workmanship has been horrible - architecturally and aesthetically. (2) The clarity on timelines was poorly managed - something that I had expected to be a well oiled machine given the quantity of homes that Pulte builds. (3) The quality of the home does not show for the amount that we paid.

We are so frustrated with Pulte. We have leaking doors, an upgraded electrical package that was installed incorrectly, missing fixtures, a beautiful but faulty sliding glass door that needs repair, sticky paint, a leaking shower and the list goes on and on. Communication is terrible. I receive work orders for things to be repaired and then no one shows up. None of these issues have been addressed and we have been in the house for over a month. If you buy from Pulte be prepared for a long list of issues and top dollar for shotty work. It’s no wonder they have pending lawsuits.

A lot of issues have been noted since we moved in on 27Jan2021. -Plumbing issues - several occasions. Flooded my whole powder room, living room. leaking thru kitchen flood light due to water going thru overflow in master bedroom -responsiveness to issues - very non-cholent and careless attitude -a couple defects i noticed and have reported that is still not addressed. overall, not impressed.

Daily I have to pick up trash left by construction that they toss water bottles and food items, that should be picked up

Not a great experience