Pulte Homes Reviews

Stephanie was our salesperson and her handling of our project left us deeply disappointed and feeling undervalued. She harped on the fact that we would be receiving timely and consistent weekly updates. She even stated that we could choose to be updated via phone call or email. We communicated with her that we would prefer to be updated via email as I was traveling extensively for work and I wanted to ensure that my wife received the same updates so she's in the know and didn't feel like she couldn't make an educated decision without me. Unfortunately, Stephanie was given the incorrect email address for myself. We requested she correct it via phone call, email and I even went physically into the office to get the issue corrected. Unfortunately, that incorrect email address is still attached to Pulte's communication to me therefore our information could very well be compromised. Our build took about 30 weeks. Stephanie sent us a whopping 4 building update emails during that time (one of which had two weeks of updates included and another building update email stating that she would NOT be sending out a weekly update email as she would be out of town). When Stephanie would send out her email updates, it was on Wednesdays towards the end of her work day and she would then be out Thursday and Friday and would be back in the office on Saturday. That being said, if my wife or I had any questions we wouldn't get a response until the following week. We did ask if we could get her to send out her updates earlier on in the week to which we were told "no". Pamela helped us in our Design Center appointment. She was a pleasure and a breath of fresh air to work with. Unfortunately, and to no fault of her own, Pamela's computer crashed towards the end of our appointment and therefore she had to complete our change order the following day without us. I'm unsure if there is a correlation of Pamela's computer going down in our appointment and my wife and I almost not getting to have an electrical appointment but we almost didn't get to have our electrical appointment due to the fact that someone from Pulte informed our realtor that Pulte didn't have on file that we needed one. My wife had to reach out and email Pulte representatives to get clarification that we did, in fact, actually need to have the appointment scheduled. Kolton was our original project manager and we never heard from him other than when I submitted our third party inspection to which he lied about an area that should have been spray sealed green but stated that it was a clear sealant spray paint instead of the green (yet all of the other areas throughout the house were sprayed green). There was an almost immediate change once Dylan and Aaron took over our build as project managers, in the best way. They had great communication with my wife and I and they were very timely with getting things completed. Dylan, Aaron and the construction workers are really the only saving grace through this process. They did a phenomenal job with getting my wife and I through the homestretch. My wife and I never received the first email with this survey in it. My wife reached out to ask for it and Wendy, from the customer call center, stated that it showed in the system that it had already been sent out to me. She then let my wife know that she had to elevate the request for the survey to be re-sent to a manager which took the manager about a week to get to us. ... More

The mortgage that we have to use in order to receive the incentives, is terrible at best. These house get built so fast they lack details, all the house are the same, the walls are not sanded well, and paints is patchy. Adding things like a dish-wash dispenser next to The sink faucet or soft closing option doesnt cost alot but these touches would make the home buyer feel like it wasnt just a wood box and pulte put it together. I bought an NV home before and I will always go with NV from Now on. By the time the home buyer pays off the house, it would cost million or $1.5 mil, put a little effort. ... More

During the sales process, one of my biggest concerns was the train tracks behind the home that I eventually purchased. When I inquired about this, the lead sales rep and the other sales associates told me that it's a utility line and that trains seldomly passed by. They mentioned it was a few times per week and generally during the day. I've now spent close to two months in this house and the train passes by several times per day and blares its horn. It also happens frequently in the middle of the night, waking me up. I feel like I live in a permanent construction zone and have already grown to hate it. This is not the infrequency they had sold me on and I'm now regretting this home purchase, as I can't imagine living here long term with this constant noise from passing trains on a daily basis. Yes, this was ultimately my decision, but I trusted the information they provided that it wasn't as frequent as it actually is. They've been selling homes in this neighborhood for several years, yet they claim they've had no experience or reports of the train passing as frequently as it does, added to the fact that it often passes by between 3:30 and 5:00 AM. It's as if they want me to believe that this only started happening the moment I moved in. This is beyond disappointing and it's the biggest purchasing mistake I've ever made. I just wish they had been honest with me and not sugarcoated it in order to sell a home. I'll never again purchase a home from Pulte. ... More

It has been overall not a great experience. Try do come back to fix. But not my best experience overall

Pulte mortgage is the worst. Construction crew was great.

Sadly We lost some money because your cintract eas unclear

It took way too long to build the home. There are clear issues in trim work. Price was ridiculously expensive

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.

I have spent over $2,000,000.00 with Pulte this year, and it has been nothing but a disappointment. After this experience I will not be spending any more money with Pulte.

Project planning was not good Roofing trusses sat in sand and soil for 4 months before pouring the foundation of home. Construction crew still installed them and had to remove them. Construction crew ordered doors with no roof on the home, clean up crew did not remove paint and texture overspray from wall switches.......... call me for more details.

Superintendent Jason and crews were great. Do not recommend Pulte Mortgage.

Builder said he would provide something, even in email, and eventually did nothing. The issue was brought to the builder's attention 6weeks before closing. Shortly before closing I was told it would not be done. Cost to me to fix: about $30,000.

We like our new home. We got what we wanted and the quality is very good. The reason for the average rating really had to do with Pulte stopping construction half way through and putting our house on the market. This action was in violation of our purchase agreement. Since we were out of state we were not even told. (We believe they did this since they thought our home in Florida was not going to sell quickly due to COVID-19) They also built our lot up so our driveway is very steep without telling us. We found out when we moved to Kentucky to close on the home. Being out of state during the entire process was bad news as communication was lacking. ... More

I bought a new home thinking about wont have troubles with maintanace, but I was wong. I already haved problems wit air conditioning, paint of the pool floor is running down to the pool, broken wall toilet paper holder, a crumpled on the wall of the restroom in the pool area, crack in the wall of the master room and I need the a few of the same ink tou painted my front ddor to fix the difference between the locks that I changed.

My wife and I have purchased 10 new homes during our marriage, (military and then post military job moves), and while Pulte was one of our favorites (Centex was the other favorite) this experience was a complete nightmare. The subs building the project were horrible, incompetent, would fix one thing and make 3 more errors, it was almost like they were both unsupervised but also incapable of the level of work required to deliver a standard track home. I saw them leave huge amounts of trash (lunch bags, old coke bottles, constructure trash, in the center island and then put the marble island top on without removing it. The quality of the wall orange peel was awful, the appliances were dented or bent, our fridge had a deep scratch in the front, our iron railings were installed by someone who had never done them before and they installed them wrong and argued they had no standard for how to install them, the stairs creak like this is a 100 year old home, and much more. Each time we identified a list of things to fix, they would fix and then make many more errors, e.g., we'd ask them to repaint the window sills and then they would leave a circle of paint on the floor. The delivery manager worked hard to fix many things but maybe the subs were simply so horrible, and Pulte wouldn't fine or fire the subs and the delivery manager was simply managing far too many homes to be on top of everything, but the experience was so bad, we decided to sell the home the day after we moved in. I have pictures of all the homes in the neighborhood with ridiculous errors while being built. Huge amounts of trash in the front, or inside the home while building, silly ways of nailing wood together, terrible finish quality (it was like a bunch of junior high kids building a house for the first time). We even saw them (I have pictures) dump the prebuilt rafters for a home into a pile in the front yard like a pile of pick-up-sticks and then use a fork lift with chains to pull one out of the pile at a time and put them on the roof. Each was bending in strange ways such that they probably damaged the integrity of the prebuilt rafters. I also have pics of multiple houses where they had water leaks (before closing) and so they had to cut holes into the ceiling to repair and then pull up the carpeting to let it and the floor boards dry out. Who wants a house that has been flooded?? Pulte management needs to take a serious look at what happened in this neighborhood and how prevalent it is across the country. I would like to know that Pulte senior leadership knows about this and is responding. ... More

I would never recommend Pulte Mortgage to anyone.

So many things.....if I could do it over, I would’ve bought in Fair Oaks Ranch. Pulte Mortgage is a joke. The sales consultants don’t keep your finances private. They also don’t tell you once you sign the note, the HOA sucks and has too many restrictions.

Very low quality for the amount paid. Would never recommend Pulte to anyone. We love the neighborhood but the product delivered does not match amount charged. Overpriced…. Would you want raw concrete showing in your interior of home—yes or no? Even though it is the HVAC room, it should have LVP or inexpensive tile. The guest bath should have had a transom over the tub shower. Every bathroom Needs a small window for natural light. And no paint in the garage really! We had to have a drywall guy add two more coats of mud and sand then had the garage painted. Driveway was only two inches in places. Concrete not of good quality. Drainage needs attention. Windows were not square—1/4 inches off at top versus the measurement at bottom. Base features should be of higher level quality. ... More

Bad experience not recommend to anyone

Shared several times my feedback .again doing that. Worst experiencr with sales. Rude behaviour by Mr Ryan who represent himself as all in all of canon run Bad experience experience with mortgage . Would have got much cheaoer rate if loan advisor would hv been good

Probably the worst buying experience. I own multiple properties, residential and commercial

We purchased our Pulte home with the understanding that we were buying into a gated community. This was stated on the website and confirmed by our sales agent. This was a major factor in our decision, and we were extremely disappointed to find out after signing our agreement and deposit that this was not the case. This feels like a significant misrepresentation and a "bait and switch" tactic. Our experience has been further soured by a number of unaddressed construction and design issues. We paid for brush nickel fixtures, but they were not installed. When we brought this to their attention, we were simply told the "plan had changed," with no offer to rectify the situation. A major safety and functional concern is the insulation in our attic. It was built with a dam because, we were told, they mistakenly believed the garage was a finished space. This damming issue has not been corrected, and Pulte refuses to fix it, claiming "that is the plan." Furthermore, there is no proper platform in the attic for safe access, which has caused repair teams to refuse to complete warranty work. Pulte's refusal to fix this poses a serious safety hazard and has prevented us from getting necessary repairs done. Our build process was also complicated by a change in sales agents midway through the project. We were never contacted by the new agent and were left without a point of contact for a significant period. Overall, the lack of communication, the failure to deliver on promised features, and the refusal to correct clear construction flaws and safety issues has made our home-buying experience extremely frustrating. We feel that Pulte has not stood by their promises or their product. I would caution other buyers to be very careful and to get every single detail in writing. ... More

Pulte sales manager promised me that we can buy the house as an investment regardless of knowing my mother is an employee in a different location which had nothing to do with the experience. She assured that it wouldn’t be an issue since day one. Now I can’t my own house and I was forced to sign a document saying. I can’t rent my own house. How embarrassing for a builder to force something upon their buyers, specially when the sale was initiated on different terms. By far the worst experience I’ve been through, I don’t wish that upon anybody

I have bought 4 homes in my life. This was the most stressful and horrible experience, I would stay clear if you are looking to be excited and not be lied too. After the horrible experience with the buying process, now I have been waiting since May for the HOA approval for our fence for our back yard. It just never gets any better. Dough & Mellisa was great, The Rest is a different story & experience.

The quality of home construction is very bad cheap material used and poor workmanship