Pulte Homes Reviews

Pulte is a cookie cutter homebuilder. Please do not expect to make any changes, even with a change order. Three days after I put my contract in, I wanted to put in a change order for a screened in lanai. I was told I couldn't, because the order had already been submitted to the county. I am still without screening for my lanai (the housing industry is booming in Florida, it is difficult to schedule the work or get a response). My experience was and still is very stressful (ongoing issues). I am still trying to get items up to par. They push closing because they are schedule driven. With this, quality is diminished or lost. My home closed with three major items that should have been fixed/repaired before closing: an air conditioner that didn't cool, a very crooked oven hood, and damaged kitchen granite (two of these items I didn't know about until after closing). Additionally, I'm trying to have some electrical outlets installed in my home. I must go through the company that did the work or the warranty will be voided should something happen; however, the electrical company has not/will not return calls (I've called three times) after promises of a return call from an estimator. I am extremely disappointed with my experience with Pulte. What should have been a joyful experience turned into a depressing and negative experience. ... More

I see many issues after my closing date and I discover new ones everyday. You need yo make sure that your craftsmanship is high quality. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I have the switch of disposer in my cabinet. But why? I have unpainted portion of a wall. I had a door that was impossible to lock now I can lock it but door has a bad alignment now. Please make sure you pay particular attention to details.

Remember it is all about the benefit of Pulte and nothing about you the consumer!

Very disappointed with my house and bad experience with pulte

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,

Stay away

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

Post closing issues

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.

There are many parts of our home that are very unprofessionally finished-Front door was installed crooked, brick edge along front step has a hump and not laid flat, sloppy painting throughout, several windows had significant scratches in the glass, woodwork is very poorly lined up and stuffed with caulk, then painted over, there was a chunk out of our patio which was patched and now visible, there is cracking in the concrete driveway, the interior doors are cut way too short, the insulation is of very poor quality and we can hear right through the walls to the outside, we are starting to think there was no insulation in the exterior walls? ALL of the materials used throughout are of very cheap quality. We have been dealing with an issue of the construction workers for over a month now and supposedly Pulte reps will be meeting with the residents soon to address the many upset residents and their concerns. The workers have their music obnoxiously loud and they watch for the builders rep and as soon as he starts to drives up the street they turn it off. They obviously know they're doing something wrong, they are extremely sloppy and our streets are filled trucks, dirt, garbage and lots of nails all over- many residents have had nails in their tires, they park on both sides of the street so residents, garbage trucks, movers, etc. are blocked and can't get in. They seem to have no regard for the home owners who live and no pride in their quality of work. The way they build homes is as lazy and sloppy as they portray themselves in the neighborhood. Extremely disappointed in our new home and feel like we will need to sell in the next year or two before the house starts to have major issues. ... More

Tract built home with little or no flexibility.

There are issues which were brought up prior to closing such as paint and door threshold which have yet to be addressed

4 1/2 months after closing I still do not have my irrigation system or yard installed. Horrible customer service full of threats, but they do not follow through on anything that they commit to. I used Pulte Title and they did not pay the insurance at closing, although they say the check must have been lost in the mail. I will never buy another Pulte home. STAY AWAY!!!

Pulte is a one way street to no and is completely out of there depth building in Las Campanas.

They were way behind their timeline and kept making last minute changes to closing. Subcontractors were terrible and there was little oversight or quality control, so the workmanship is terrible. Lots of promises about things that would be repaired but little follow through. They have a warranty, but you submit things to their portal and never hear back. Beyond the inconvenience and expense of all of the delays and problems lies the fact that if there are so many things wrong with the things that I can see on the surface, what problems lie beneath…

Called in 2 issues so far and builder refuses to come and take care of issues, making excuses to refuse taking care of warranty work

No quality , identifienv so many issues here and there.. sales and construction team behaving very rood.

New condo, and after two weeks of closing, major leak in the house required the builder to open up sheet rock and fix the HVAC leak. Mold has started to grow and we could not use the house for 2 weeks. No courtesy or compensation for the trouble caused. Horrible.

Constantly changed project managers. Continue to pursue customer care for items not agreed upon before closing.

I was in the process of moving and had a deadline to move in. Found a ready to move in that worked. Was tied it would be ready inside my timeliness that I verified multiple times before signed the contract. I wasn't allowed to speak to the building manager until I signed the contract. The day after, he told me the date I was given was NEVER the date and was out a month. We were upset but still inside out time line. As things went forward, our home manager was fired and the new manager told us the move in date is delayed 2 weeks longer. This put us at our absolute latest we could move in. This quick move in had already delayed 2 months. When we got closer, it kept pushing back. I had to get a corporate supervisor involved to help. Completely unsat. Pulte may had been good in the 80's, but not anymore. This is just 1 issue that happend. Don't use there financial department or house insurance. They are just as bad as the company. The best thing to happen is that my morgage was sold to another company, thank God! Highly recommend staring away from this company and anything associated with them. There are far better ones out there. ... More

Felt rushed in making decisions and not allowed to make changes.

The sale was not honest when I.purchased the home remotely and I had no option but to finalize the purchase because I already sold my old house and I was very disappointed in the way Manager handle my complaints because they simply doesn't care.