Pulte Homes Reviews

The experience started out slow and stayed that way and continually progressed into problems making us realize that the slowness was due to incompetence on many levels.

Matt in sales office at Alberhill was amazing! He walked us through the buying process every step of the way and kept up updated daily. Dave also was phenomenal he explained everything in detail to us and helped get us everything we needed to get into this home

The care, attention to detail, and kindness received from Kayla the construction manager and Erin the Pulte representative were unparalleled. These two went above and beyond to help me and my small family get settled into a safe, affordable, and finished home. I am very grateful for their assistance.

There are some great things that I consider selling points, and some disappointments. On the negative side: Window openings are not square which made blind placement a challenge, and I really hate not having better access to my front door. Receiving delivery is a challenge. Hoping that will change soon with a walkway from Kimberly Ridge road. I like the walk in shower, stove, natural gas, and general use of space. If I had it to do all over, I think that I would be happier choosing another option, but I didn’t want to over invest in what may be a bubble.

Purchased a very expensive lot well over $225,000 and was told that my screen porch would have the perfect view of the lagoon. Nope, they were putting it on the other side facing other homes and not the lagoon. Quote “the buyer does not get to determine what side the porch is on”. I had to get my realtor and others involved and it took months to agree to flip. Every little thing they made extremely difficult to work with. The interior of the home is just okay, workmanship. The tile floor in the bathroom is terribly grouted. The septic system backed up on the first night we stayed here and they had to dig up my front sidewalk to correct it. My hot water heater tank broke within the first 30 days came to fix it several times and finally had to replace it. My sprinkler system leaks. Told by Pulte that it was a town issue, got the town to come out and the said it was not at the meter and that Pulte was responsible to repair. The heating strip on the furnace did not work and had to be replaced. The linen closet door in the master bathroom would open all the way it hit the door jam. Builder told me that’s the way it was designed that’s the plan. I wasn’t goning to let that go. THEY FIXED IT AT THE VERY LAST SECOND BEFORE CLOSING. KitchenAid glass cooktop was cracked and had to be replaced. When you spend $870,000 on a home, it should have been a MUCH BETTER experience and MUCH BETTER crafmanship. This is NOT the first house we have built, it is however is the most expensive with terrible craftsmanship - I would never ever build with this builder again. ... More

Build quality is par below with cheap material quality. Interior paint is definitely a joke! The apartment I lived before was built in 1960 and had a better paint and wall quality. For 750k this built ? Wow. I don’t recemmond because of the quality of the house

The whole team from the design studio to the closing team building manager and customer service team has all been more than amazing.

It was truly an amazing experience. The sales consultant, construction manager and other representatives provided a wonderful experience. As a first-time home buyer, I really appreciated their promptness to address any concerns or questions I had.

If you buy a home from pulte make sure you get the ALL the punch list items on the list. The project manager said yes to numerous things as we walked through and blue taped and said he would take care of it... but only did the items we wrote down. When I got the key to the house here was still about 10 blue taped tags on the wall and items. He must of barely walked through the house. He would make a great used care salesman. Now those damaged item Pulte will not address because it was not on the walk through list. I sent 42 item list with photos within 3 weeks after moving in and now I have to replace these items on a brand new house.. But I guess that's all you get when you spend 3/4 of a million dollars these day. Pulte is a number game and the customer is only a number. The contractors they use are total pigs. I watched the house go from ground level up and the amount of trash they leave laying around shows the level of workmanship your getting. ... More

The buying, financing and closing went smoothly, however getting the pre closing punch list repairs completed has proven to be a real challenge.

The building process was so stressful that I felt overlooked. I received no replies to my emails and had to follow up on every detail. Even after moving in, I'm still waiting for a response to the issues I've raised. The quality of the build is poor, and I've encountered nothing but lies. Pulte only seemed interested until the contract was signed. They're not a responsible builder. I cannot and will not recommend Pulte to anyone.

Everything during this buying process was easy and amazing. From the beginning to the end, not a single problem occurred. Reserving the lot was super easy. The design center experience was awesome. The contractors made the building process easy to understand. Overall it was a great experience.

I had a good overall buying experience. Also, I do believe that the internal construction of the home is decent. However, the workmanship of everything inside the house is suboptimal to poor - from using poor paint (flat paint which is the cheapest paint on the market and completely nonfunctional for anyone who wants to live or have kids in the house), uneven walls that bow in and out, uneven edging bowing in and out, careless painting with uneven lines around windows and paint on baseboards, reckless paint splashes on doors, paint on floors, uneven painting on doors, unfinished rough door edges -- literally all the aesthetic aspects of the house that you have to look at every day you live in the house -- and the unevenness of floors and walls, which makes it hard to install closet organizers and window treatments. It's been a frustrating experience getting someone to actually listen. I had added an "upgrade" paint package which was literally a color and was still flat paint - and very poorly painted. Overall what I paid for the home does not match the quality of the workmanship. I had a Pulte home before this one for 20 years and had a fantastic amazing experience and loved my home. That's why I didn't even question buying another one. But it's clear Pulte has cut lots of corners to cut their expenses, lowered the standard of quality in products and labor in their overall process and is still charging a huge premium. It's disappointing overall - especially because it seems they value customer feedback and has a warranty program. If you want to make customers happy, then quality cannot be compromised. Buyer beware when buying a Pulte home, ask lots of questions about materials, quality, labor, etc etc. And talk to current homeowners in the same subdivision before buying. ... More

Pulte was great overall and we love our new home

Both did a great job

Very rigid in choices. Would have liked to pay for options we presented. I.e. paint colors within Sherwin Williams paint brand which you use. Instead we had to pay after closing to have walls painted colors we chose from Sherman Williams. Also, not meeting ada requirements. I.e. shower stalls. The given one is very tiny. Will not allow for shower seat for handicap. For the $$$, very dissapointed. Would like more options. Also, wheelchairs do not fit through doorways, too tight of turns. Had to take doors off to maneuver! Pathways tight and tiny. Definitely not ada or senior complient. Suggest you walk through floor plan before choosing it! Also took over 2 months for countertop replacement. No option for types of sealers. ... More

Brittany and Jacob are very helpful when I have issues. Thanks guys for your hard works

I am torn with this review. We had a horrible experience with the sales agent, Johanna. The entire process was extremely stressful. She was unprofessional and often times unresponsive. Once the contract was signed, we were lucky to even get a response. We were out of state buyers and came to FL to select our lot and home. Signed the contact and flew back home only to find out 1 month later that the lot we picked did not fit our home. Why did she not look at that prior to us signing??? She then said we had a few days to pick out another lot, but she was going on vacation and we'd have to decide by the time she returned. I wish we could have terminated our contract but we already got the ball moving for our move to FL. Since we couldn't fly back down to FL, we had to rush and blindly pick another lot (which we now HATE and would not have picked had Johanna had her facts straight while we were there). We ended up moving to FL before the house was done and stopped by the office to ask when we had to pick the color of exterior. Guess when we had until? THAT DAY. It's a good thing we stopped by because she never reached out to inform us of that. So again, we rushed to pick the exterior color, which in hindsight, I would not have picked. The garage color is lighter than what I remember. I sent Johanna an email in December to confirm the color. It is now February and she still has not responded. Not shocked. On the flip side, once we were done with her, everything went smoothly. Our construction manager, Johnathan, was amazing. He answered all of our questions and was always responsive. If it weren't for him, I would have given this 0 stars. Long story short - we had to settle on a lot that we are unhappy with and now stuck with. If Johanna is your sales agent, steer clear. If Johnathan is your construction manager, you'll be in great hands. ... More

We have several issues since we officially moved in on January 1st, we close on the house in early December 2024. We had an issue with the stove hood which took about 4 weeks to get someone to come to the house. Once they came to repair it we found out that even though we paid to have the hood with outside ventilation we discovered that there was no outside ventilation. Needless to say this turned into a big project- they needed to cut a whole, replace tile etc. We also had a large crack in the ceiling. When the came to repair it, you could see that there were 2 pieces of sheet rock that came together but had not been jointed so it cause a split. (sorry if not explaining it well- don't know a lot about Contruction). The gentleman that come to repair it has to cut out a large piece of the ceiling to correct it. He did a fabulous job as did the painters that came the next day. These 2 issues have cause us to lose some confidence of the attention to detail during construction. ... More

Very good experience. Especially with our sales consultant Mark.

Great job! My townhouse was nicely completed to begin with With and Nate took care of my small list rather quickly.

My experience has not been pleasant at all due to faulty plumbing in the wall of my master bathroom which created mold growth after leaking for an estimated 30 days before noticing. Excessive mold growth in linen closet resulted in drywall removal, tile removal, shower floor and tiles removed and mold remediation with plastic barriers to bathroom and master bedroom/closet and loud equipment in place for many days before a second mold test came back clean. Air duct cleaning also happened. Reconstruction has been a nightmare, never thought it could get worse, but it did, with one hand not knowing what the other is doing and laborers who obviously don't care about their responsibilities. Tub was reset by plumbers and was not square, they knew there was a problem at the time, Supervisor knew there was a problem at the time, but all trades were told to just keep going. Drywall was put back up, tile guys were called out to tile, and they tried to remedy the knee wall not being square by building out the wall on one side, creating another problem - the wall was not flush now. Totally wrong. No supervision. I had to stop the guy from grouting the tile at 6pm one night (after being a one-man crew all day doing horrible work!) after it was all reinstalled only to have the supervisors come out next day agreeing it all needed to be ripped out and started again. As a single homeowner with pets, I have had to be home waiting for numerous contractors, too many to count, through this entire time, of which, I have been without use of my bedroom, bathroom and closet. Everything in my house is covered in dust repeatedly causing respiratory concerns from the various workers in and out,cutting, tracking dusteverywhere,etc.. I've had to pay to put my dog in daycare as much as possible. I'd be told workers were coming, put my dog in daycare, and then the workers don't show and I had to pay for the daycare for nothing. I have been waiting around, missing work as I am a Realtor and have not been able to be out in the field in the height of season...yet the necessary repairs and reconstruction still lingers with nobody at my house it is now10:00am and supposedly they are on their way after yesterday was a no-show last minute - yet another wasted day of blocking my calendar for nothing. The skillsets of those hired to do the work is beyond questionable and the care and attention although one frontman was sent to be the happy face, at the end of today, I will be without use of my bathroom/bathtub (I have a bad back and I need to soak in a tub for relief!) for 46 days. To send me a request for an honest review is appreciated and I hope that this will reach a level of competance in the company that will do something about getting this rectified ASAP. I need my tile that was reordered. I need my grout. I need a skilled labor-force to reinstall it and get it done. Is that too much to ask for? ... More

My experience has been fairly good. It was a different because I purchased a spec home so everthing was done when I bought it. The mudding work, cabinet installation and appliance installation all needed fixing. Some I am waiting for my 1 yr inspection to do. There is a crack starting in the ceiling that they are sending a crew to fix on Monday. The microwave trim wasn't installed right and finally they sent someone yesterday to fix it after some back and forth. The house itself is very nice in general and I am enjoying living here.

The project manager has been excellent. The person from the title company was great. The communications between your companies was not good . The mortgage company was like dealing with a used car salesman and a combination of a government office.

Retirement, safety and freedom to enjoy a neighborhood full of modern amenities is just part of The American Dream. To live this today at Silverlake is nothing but positive energy for all of us here. To see a new generation of homeowners and their families moving in everyday, I know I’am set for my retirement. Beautiful homes, well constructed, a sense of cleanliness and security throughout the development. If you’re a person looking for all of these things in a new development and are serious about a place to live comfortably then Silverlake should be on your next visit. Thanks..