Pulte Homes Reviews

Home was finished over a month late due to multiple avoidable delays, most of which occurred due to lack of time management and communication by the builder. Will never build with or recommend anyone to build with Pulte.

Terrible building experience. Started filing warranty claims the day of closing. Not happy with the quality of the home at all. The workmanship is horrific and the "Pulte Promise" is nonexistent.

This was the worst home buying experience I have ever had. From the sales person who lied to us over 4 times, from personally having to talk to people to get things fixed proved that this was not worth the investment in time. Timelines were way off when they told us of the bill, they kept realtor in the dark and also messed up the title service paying our people. This is not acceptable when you are selling 350K homes.

The quality of work and delivered to us as homeowners, completely underwhelmed us and for the price you pay for this property we really felt taken advantage off! I would not recommend.....

We love the floorplan and design of our new home. Unfortunately, there has been one significant issue after another since our closing. The lack of response and attentiveness to major issues (flooding due to improper appliance installation requiring the replacement of our entire kitchen wood floors in the first week, electrical systems melting due to improper fireplace installation, front porch requiring complete demolition and re-pouring of concrete just to name a few) has left us shocked. Pendant lights showed up to be installed two months after closing, and they are pendants that we did not select and have never seen before. We are going on another month of trying to get the correct pendants installed with no progress or commitments from Pulte. Everyone we work with just points at each other to "investigate" issues but nothing ever gets done. Everyday we have a feeling of what next in our brand new home. In no way would I recommend Pulte homes to a family member or close friend looking to build a new home. ... More

We really like the design of the house. There is a lot of storage space. You do, however, pay extra for every little things. The things that come standard are so basic that everyone - from the sales person to the consultant at the design meeting highly encourages you to upgrade, which then, of course, drives up the cost for the house. Most frustrating has been our closing experience. We had a pre-closing walk-through date set. At 5 PM the night before, we got a call that the walk-through and our move-in date (scheduled for that weekend) had to be moved back. I understand issues around supply, but those should have been known earlier on. We already had everything set up to make the move happen - and trying to manage a move during COVID with a 1-year old baby is challenging enough without the company changing dates on you last minute! Many of the issues from our pre-closing walk-through had not been addressed. We have since added additional items to the list that we noticed (e.g., we paid extra for a mirror in our master bathroom since don't come standard - the mirror they installed was chipped. We didn't notice it during the walk-through as a lot of furniture had paint splatters on it - so I assumed it was the same with the mirror. But when I looked at it, it was chipped). Now, two months later, nothing has been taken care of. Last Friday, we were told that contractors would stop by to address all items on the list. The e-mail confirmation, however, only listed two of about 10 items. We called and were told all items would be addressed. I then rearranged my work schedule to make sure I was available during the time the contractors would come by. And nobody came. We called to let them know and now, almost a week later, nothing has been done yet. I have responded to several surveys sharing the challenges we've had with getting our closing items completed - we then get a phone call from someone higher up in the company promising that things will be taken care of. That sometimes results in an e-mail or phone call promising that work will get done - but then there is no follow-through. I would not buy from Pulte ever again. ... More

I've owned a few homes but this was my first build and unfortunately, this whole process has made me not want to build again. It has been very frustrating and almost 2 months after closing I have a list of corrections that I am still waiting to be addressed. At least with preowned homes, you know what you are walking into and what you have to do. I never expected to have to wait on things to be finished or corrected once closing on a brand new build. Very disappointed.

They don’t really care about anything to customers

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.

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.

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

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

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

The only positive from building this house was Dave, the construction manager. He helped always and was very kind and caring. We have many areas where paint is there. We have many dents in our drywall that were just painted over and never filled in. We have paint drips all over the house on our floors. The three external doors all close wrong and weather striping is coming off. We have huge ditches in our yard that the city said had to be made or we'd have flooding. No one compensated us for no yard now but charged us additional money for a corner lot. At least they could have taken away the extra charge for the lot to compensate us for having no yard. We may have 15 x 20 piece of yard to have outside fun in. Our side yard on the garage side is so slanted that you can not even walk down that side of the house. We paid extra for a side garage door to go in and out of and we can not even use. They forgot the door and had to cut the concrete on the garage footings to put the door in. They also do not have the concrete slab outside the door attached to the foundation. Plus it is so high you a difficult time steppng onto it. It also has the under gravel showing and no dirt covering it. We have a dog and can not even put a fence up because of the deep ditches. Now for Morgan at the mortgage company. She made our life miserable with her uneducated knowledge of the closing process. We knew more than she did and had to tell her numerous times what she needed or needed to do for us. She even stepped in for someone off on our day of closing and caused us a huge delay in our delivery of our furniture etc. from our movers because she said she didn't have the correct paperwork even though the person doing the closing had received it from them and had it on the closing paperwork. She did nothing to help but did more to make us crazy. We would tell people at Plute at different levels and they would ask who we were speaking of and we'd say Morgan and they'd go Oh. Like they had heard this many times before about her. I also used your insurance company for our house and haven't received anything regarding it or paid for anything. I keep having to ask for information and help to get our house covered. I will have to do this again today to see if we do have house coverage. So I'd say we have NOT had much good come from buying a house from Pulte from many of the Pulte owned companies. Sad to see the workmanship on something you pay hard earned money for. ... More

My wife and I purchased this new home when we moved to Texas from Georgia. The house has major air conditioning issues to this day that have not been corrected (12 A/C service calls), there have been multiple issues that had to be addressed that should have been caught by the builder before we closed yet were identified after closing, the master bedroom closet shelves collapsed, and the overall effort of the Pulte team to address customers concerns with their new homes after closing is below average to say the least. My experience with Pulte with regards to repairs after closing has not been very pleasant due to excessive issues with the house that drove multiple repair visits. To put this review in perspective, we have been in the house less than 2 months and have experienced more issues with this house in this short period than we have with all of our other properties combined over the past 5 years. The field level Pulte team and managers are nice, courteous, and professional when dealing with customers, but seem to be lack the authority to make repair decisions or they are too apprehensive to make the decisions when the repairs are clearly needed. Customers expect what they pay for which is reasonable yet I don't feel like Pulte focuses enough attention on customer requests after closing. I hope that the future Pulte homeowners have a better buying experience than we had with Pulte. Good luck to you all. ... More