Pulte Homes Reviews

Waited over a year for a home promised to be delivered in 6 to 8 months, only to be subjected to the sub-standard materials, sub-standard workmanship, overlooked construction discrepancies by the construction managers, paid upgrades that were never installed, lack of care or concern during the warranty period with NO follow-up to inquiries. We were also provided a poor turn-over of the home; not provided with any administrative access to our touch panels, nor the garage door keypad (which should not have been installed). We were also never provided any drawings of our home. With every newly constructed home that we have owned, in the state of Florida, the builder provided us a set of detailed drawings of the home, in case we need to update or modify our home at our leisure. This is an inevitable reality for disabled military Veterans, of a combined 48 years of honorable service to our country. Even with this request we received opposition from Pulte Homes and are forced to divulge private HIPPA protected medical information to receive drawings, to honor this request? As we stated previously, we will NEVER recommend, nor endorse the Pulte brand. ... More

Not even the sales team is nice. They are not knowledgeable at all, rude people. House bad, frames bad, plumbing bad issues since the first day

Found multiple major issues after moving in, regret the purchase now. They haste the closing and later found two big holes in the wall behind the kitchen cabinets leading to rodents. Having issues with AC unit.

Lack of response to poor workmanship!

We were forced to close before the property had all the final touches competed and it has been a mess trying to get the builder to hold their contractors accountable for the terrible work. The house still has not been completed.

At the end of the day the bones of the home might be great, but they sure can’t finish a home. So many finishing issues wity trim, appliance installation, paint, cleaning, chaulking, sloppy work, building materials all over the windows, lack of care of finishing things out of view, carpet pulling, and more. and when we talked to pulte, they blame the trades.. lol. The builder is not worth it.

A lot of issues with the house despite the fact that the construction was delayed beyond belief.

I don't have any words to say how bad the whole process is and how much mental stress and pain they can give to buyer. Everything they will say we will fix and force you to close the home and they will give you letter of intent and finally after the close ... you hear the words "" As per Plan"", we won't do anything. The new home becomes 10 year old within a year with so many breaks and fixes as part of warranty. The construction team quality is very poor and they think warranty team will fix incase of leaks and issues. So you end up with fighting with warranty and break walls, doors of your new home. There is no honesty, they will change rules from buyer to buyer, not on their promises and words. The main highlight thing is they will say yes initially and keep delaying a final confirmation and they will say after couple of weeks either No or not possible, by the time you lost your interest and fed up with follow ups. I do not have an option to give negative rating which they deserve 100% and I can say in one word they show " A Magic Show " to sell home. ... More

We had a water leak in the office room downstairs. We put in a warranty claim. The initial response was very fast which we appreciated it. The leak was fixed and stopped quickly. However, we’ve been waiting for more than a month for the drywall and the carpet that were damaged to be fixed. This should not take this long. My wife works from home and uses this office for work. We are having a very bad experience with the warranty issues to be completed in a timely manner. It is very disappointing.

First, the sales representative is very rude in responding. Even after 40 days of closiystill there are lot of non weather related items pending.

i went to level 4 cabinets because they mentioned they cabinets dont have seperation but handed me 3 cabinets with seperation and no one is responding to get the issue resolved..

There are a lot of problems waiting to fix, and all house was rough finish! All the bricks in our front yard and back yard are improperly spaced and uneven height, leaving a big gap, and some of them have black oil stains on. Unfortunately, they have not been solved at present. The ground on the second floor squeaks, walking on it has a sense of insecurity, currently lived in a month, there are two bedroom doors cannot closed.

First they didn’t let me lock the interest rate. Second the house built over a year. Third, the house job very bad, not even quality. The whole house wall horrible paint, a lot of bubbles, they tell me it’s a new style; many cracks in the ceiling, they said it’s the weather problem; upstairs game room the wall both out, they said it because the wood inside is not straight; Bathtub, washbasin, mirror had chips, downstairs shower room wall chipped, they still didn’t come fix it; and windows problems. All four of game room windows are not sealed properly. The garage door is canted; flooring problems…..a lot of problems! I hope Pulte will come over my house fix all the problem as soon as possible! ... More

This is our second home but our first ever built and the whole process was stressful to say the least. I was disappointed at the quality that the house was delivered. The quality of workmanship and materials are embarrassing and doesn't worth the money we pay for the house. We came upon several issues while we did our preclosing check up and our concerns were heard until we had to involve more people. The house would have been delivered better if Pulte homes didn't push to finish the house sooner than it was supposed to. I doubt we will go with Pulte homes for our next house. NEVER AGAIN!

We had a bad bad experience with this builder they use really really bad materials very cheap. My house was never done.

PLEASE READ MY REVIEW,after the closing we discovered that the actually house quality is a trash,all the walls and ceiling are unbelievable uneven,you can’t even install a shelf or any pictures,after one week from closing we saw the roof fell off on the half of the garage, the backyard door isn’t intact,when is raining all the water flows in the house,stove installed in only 2 screws,4 inside doors are not closing properly…and more more other things.

Honestly, I don’t even know where to start. The quality of the house is definitely not there. The trustworthiness is laughable. And the price absolutely not. And then responsiveness to issues is a joke. Let me start by saying I was forced to close on this house with the head honchos knowing that this house is not ready the tub was chipped. The showers are chipped by countertops and chipped. Most of my cabinets are falling apart or miss matched. I had hinges the wrong colors. I have so many drywall issues so many paint issues I have baseboards that aren’t even painted yet and water damage the first week I moved in a gas leak the second week I moved in, I’ve got the runaround I’ve been there for almost 2 months and I lack the response to take care of any of my issues to get people. There is a joke and when people show up their responses is that’s not my job. My house is a $500,000 home all day. and that’s me being generous. I have drywall cracks everywhere. They used the wrong solution for my joints but now that the heaters on all of my joints are cracking, I have more than a quarter inch gap in my drywall. My baseboards are all cracking my paint with one little rub comes off completely my shower in my kids bathroom leaks, brown things. I have overspray on my toilets and countertops not to mention my tile. Some lines are over a half an inch wide, and my tiles are chipped carpet is very poor quality I can feel imperfections completely I’m not even going to get into the appliance situation, unless I can speak to somebody like Cabinets or a laughing matter considering it’s a $700,000 home these cabinets look like you can get them from less than IKEA. My doors have come off my faces have come off of the cabinet. They are the cheapest quality cabinets you can buy, which I found out. The manufacture doesn’t even make them. They order them and how they come is how they come Pulte should really take pride in the sort of thing, I am literally looking into getting my plans for my house because me installing TVs on the walls nothing is within measurements there’s no 16 inch studs 12 in 24 nothing …, Pulte you have lack the quality this is my third I’ll be home and it’s just getting crappy and crappy here every single house. Oh and did I mention I was forced to close. I looked at Matt Wagner and I told him that this house wasn’t ready. He didn’t care he talk to me two times and never talk to me again. But you guys got your money now. Where is your customer service? ... More

Responsiveness to completion and warranty issues is terrible.

I recently purchased a home from Pulte and have experienced numerous issues with the quality of the products and customer service. No one came out to repair the furnace in an emergency, leaving our house temperature to drop below 50 degrees Fahrenheit for three days straight. I was troubleshooting over the phone. Additionally, there were condensation issues with the windows, which the builder refused to cover under warranty. Finally, there were no trims or molding on the basement stairs they had in other homes but decided not to do for my house. I was assured that all issues would be covered in the first year, but this has not been the case. This has been incredibly disappointing. I have paid 50K premium over the Lot premium price and bought upgrades of 91K, and still, Pulte has cheap out on so many things and given me a really bad experience with customer service, they do not want to do anything, ... More

It’s our first time building a home and buying a home. Pulte made it seem so easy and seamless in the beginning. This all changed once production started. We had 2 different realtors from Pulte and 3 different field/construction managers who oversaw our house. We were promised finishing dates and the BEST quality of work. What we received was lies, bad quality of work, and a delay of closing for over a year and an half. We’ve moved in now after being pushed to closed. We missed so many details that we hate to see everyday. Uneven window frames, tile that’s not leveled, bad paint quality, broken/cracked caulking, nails sticking out of our carpet, warped walls, and the list goes on. We’ve called warranty and nothing has come out of it. Still waiting for a call back. Before you buy a home with Pulte think about it first. You might regret it like we did. ... More

Pulte is the absolute worst in customer service and construction. Problem after problem in my “new” home. I could’ve bought a 30 year old home and had less issues. Construction team does bare minimum, I don’t know how they pass inspections. I’m watching other homes around me get built and it’s unbelievable how many corners are cut. Buying this home is the biggest regret of my life, infested with ants that are biting my two year old constantly and Pulte says “there’s nothing we can do about it”. Something they could have done is close the doors and windows during the weeks leading up to closing. Every time I came to see progress, everything was left open. They lie about everything and nobody is ever held accountable. If I weren’t going to lose a ton of money, I would sell this house in a heartbeat. I will NEVER consider buying another Pulte home or recommend them. ... More

We have a leak in our ceiling (now with two holes in it), flooring damaged, garage door seal / weather strip damage, interior doors not shutting properly and one whole side of our garage is not powered. Not what you expect when moving into a model when the Pulte sales team worked here every day and had to notice / see all this.

should have finished the garage.

A completely dysfunctional and incompetent company. Poor management, lack of communications and lack of supervision amongst project managers and their subs and laborers. No quality of work, no craftsmanship and very low quality materials used. Nothing but lip service to the consumer.

Have nothing good to say -- I'd be happy to write a stellar review if anyone followed through and if anyone had a plan to remediate all the issues.