Pulte Homes Reviews

I would not recommend Pulte homes to anyone. I anticipated the quality and craftsmanship to be below average, but Pulte went even below that. I have a strong background in construction management so I expected that I'd have to fix some minor issues, but each day that we are in the home, I find another shortcut taken by the contractors that they use. I would recommend to any potential buyer, do extra research and find a builder who still has pride in their work and treats customers right, instead of just a number. These homes are too expensive to be built this poorly.

We bought our house about 2 months ago and had excellent experience from the sales person there. However we experienced major issues with the builder and construction team. We closed on a house that still had items that were unfinished and were promised that they would be taken care off the day that we would close. Not only those items were NOT done as promised, but it took us 2 month of calling and emailing the construction team daily/ weekly without any response. The whole situation was very frustrating as we had were getting no response from Pulte construction management. We had to put our food down to get our house done on the items that were still unpainted, damaged bathroom frame etc. Overall it was a very difficult and exhausting experience!!! ... More

Had much difficulty getting any response from people. The workmanship was sub par, and from the mouth of the construction supervisor "Pulte will only do a much as the minimum required". I was not impressed.

Below review is based on my personal experience and this does not mean that everyone will face same issues. I know the builder cannot keep everyone happy but at least they should be looking/addressing some genuine concerns. Pulte Homes is a very reputed brand and that's why I choose Pulte Homes to buy my first home. But I had very bad experience with Pulte Homes, which I had never expected. Negative aspects: Some of their team members are very unprofessional and do not handle the issues properly. I am facing water clogging issue with my lot and I am highlighting this to the construction and warranty team since before I closed my house. Whenever my neighbors run their sprinklers or it rains, the water flows to my backyard & settles there. Due to this my backyard is of no use. I am kept on requesting a fix for this issue but no success yet. I am sensing an ignorance. I have highlighted this issue to the construction team, warranty team and Pulte Homes escalation customer support team but no resolution yet. Due to this clogged water my backyard grass is dying and now some algae started developing in the clogged water area with some rotten smell. When I told this to the concerned team, their manager told me to hire a professional landscaper and let him grow the grass. I hired a landscaper, and he is speechless by looking at the backyard situation. Builder’s team also told me not to run the sprinklers and use pipe hose to water the grass on backyard (if I have to use water hose then why do we have sprinklers?). Before closing everyone was responding but as soon as the closing is done no one wants to fix this issue. Some of their team members told me why I closed my house if I was not happy with the backyard grading. One of their managers also telling me that this is what I have signed for. It is very frustrating and very unprofessional disappointing responses. I am not sure by behaving like this what kind of message is being sent to the market. I asked the senior manager to visit the site with me and hear out/visualize my concern, but none visited the site with me. There are many more construction/quality related issues which are now being fixed by the warranty team. The project manager was in a rush to change his job and in a rush lot of things were overlooked and I feel, I did not get what I have paid for. Positive aspect: Despite of all these, there are very nice team members too. I always dealt with only one salesperson (Khandan) and she is very nice and helpful. Two new construction managers (Ryan and Travis), Brandy from the warranty team is very nice and helping homeowners as much as they can. All these persons I mentioned in my review are awesome. ... More

Response from warranty representative is very poor

They do not respond to issues with the home . A lot of promises not kept. Communication is poor. I would advise to look for another home builder.

My over all experience was very bad. My house construction was delayed by 4 months. I was rushed and forced to close the house before fixing all the issues that we identified. The construction manager tried to help us. But still there are several in resolved issues.

They do not live up to their promises nor their quality standards. Accepted POOR workmanship is backed by many sub par repairs after the fact. Would not buy another Pulte home.

Had a horrible experience from the point of closing. Lot of pending issues on the closing day - no communication/update on when those pending issues will be addressed. I understand the supply chain issues, but even the communication on acknowledging open issues has been horrible. Only grace is the support team who at least are now communicating once in a while when the update comes. Worst of all - I was asked to submit review/survey on individuals I have worked with during buying/construction/mortgage etc. And my comments were as it is shared with the individual and now, I am getting literally no support from them on the numerous pending issues. Lesson learnt! ... More

This has been the worst experience ever & I’m so disappointed in my new home. I went from super excited to experiencing the worst disappointment of my life. The worst decision ever. I wish I went with a different Company!!!!!

Problem on home and don’t fix

Zero Customer service once you close! they only care about the sale and not the customer.

Where to start, during the build process there was Pe’e all over the floors and toilets, white paint everywhere. All over our black cabinets and railings, literally every piece of trim that was painted resulted in the floor being streaked with white paint. Our furnace was t connected Our $12,000 fireplace has not worked since we moved in three m on his ago. Our back yard and front yard are not even close to level, the neighbors yard is higher causing all the rain water to pool in our yard because the yards were not properly graded So much damage to cabinets that had to be fixed after moving in, so much that has needed to be fixed in general. We have had crews here twice a week for the last three months, and we still don’t have caulk around the base of our shower Water heater was leaking all over garage floor The list goes on. Buyer beware. ... More

If I new my brand new home would have so many issues and pulte refuses to accept there mistakes and correct them. We are blamed for poor building and workmanship and they call it cosmetic. Be ware, I should have done my research and never bought from you. You don't stand beyond your work. Quality is horrible

Worst experience after paying almost 1.7M! We still have not gotten the items fixed from our walk thru on October 26. Next home will definitely not be a Pulte!

Too many issues to detail

My house had A LOT OF. Unfinished/ lose / scratch / parts the first day one of the towel hanger on the master bathroom come part and I was noticeable that the screws was loose and several other issues I highly doubt I will NOT purchase another home from Pulty .

I have had major issues such as , the main drain water line broken in two places, second floor hallway sinking in, burnt out light fixtures, nails sticking through the carpet . Sadly enough I’m stuck here. Kitchen cabinets are of poor quality, although they look nice.

Lack of appropiate supervision throughout the building process. Several constructions issues associated with finishing work, plumbing problems( Such as pipes making noise), among other concerns.

Once I bought the home and moved in we feel like we live a nice Resort Community!!… great pool house and well kept so far

The issue is with your subcontractors. The warranty people are great, the lady who sold the house and the project manager were excellent. but your plumbing people since we moved, are having issues. one of the bills I received from the plumbing was rude. I knew I had to pay it because that problem was not his fault at that time, but the bill stated that "he wasted his time finding a leak) ( 3 hours ). then after that other issues appeared that are plumbing. but today is May 6 and we still dealing with them.

Pulte mortgage is the worst. Construction crew was great.

Sadly We lost some money because your cintract eas unclear

Overall not a pleasant buying experience. Lack of communication and transparency. Sales and Mortgage teams are completely disconnected. No point in going with Pulte Mortgage if there is no proper ownership and communication. Delays in construction timelines not communicated until we ask for it. Very poor sales experience. Lost all happiness of moving to new homes with hard sales process. I would expect better transparency, flexibility and talk to customer to create positive experience in the current market conditions.

When I signed my Purchase Agreement for my townhouse, I signed a document that stated Included Features and listed under Exterior it stated that I would receive a “Fully Sodded, Irrigated, Landscaped Yard.” Instead when they installed landscaping half of the front yard contained mulch with plants and the other half and the boulevard was filled in with rocks. When myself and the other neighbors reached out to Pulte regarding this issue, they said the document meant that they put the “hardscape” down so we didn’t have to sod when we closed. Additionally they said they were saving us money in HOA dues from plows tearing up the grass. I spoke to people who do plowing and the person installing our landscaping who all said the rock will cost us just as much to maintain as grass because the rock will be sprayed around the driveway and street when plowed and all of the rock and mulch will need to be filled each year at a cost to the HOA. So now we are left with a front yard full of rocks instead of grass which is an eyesore and a safety hazard to the kids and vehicles in the neighborhood. Additionally, we had an issue with a drain being clogged behind one of the buildings. It remained that way for several months and continued to get worse everytime it rained. It got to be several feet deep and about two buildings long. We notified Pulte repeatedly and they did nothing about it. Finally we involved the city and Pulte pumped “the pond” and cleared the mud out of the drain. We were also told originally that they were going to sod that area when we purchased our townhomes. While the drainage issues were occurring Pulte was telling us that they intended to leave the area as natural vegetation. Meaning it was going to just be a muddy, weedy, mosquito infested slew. When the city was contacted they confirmed that the original plans stated that the area was to be sodded. The work has yet to happen, so we will see. It also took a call to the city to get Pulte to repair an enormous pothole in the street that was causing people to turn into oncoming traffic when turning onto that street to avoid the pothole. The street maintenance is the responsibility of Pulte until construction is complete and it has been turned over to the city. I am enjoying my new townhouse so far on the inside. It has only had a few cosmetic issues and service has been very easy to work with. However, upper management outside of our neighborhood for sales and construction that we tried to find resolution with regarding our exterior issues were horrible and condescending to deal with. I have never seen a rock yard in the state of MN. I feel the look devalues my home,, is a safety issue, and will cost us more money in the long run than if they had just sodded the yard. Had I known they were going to mislead us the way they did, I would have gone with another builder/community. ... More