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Shea Homes Reviews

What Homeowners Have to Say About Shea Homes.

Shea Homes has a reputation for building quality new construction homes. Their satisfied homeowners give them an average rating of 4.3 stars for their beautiful floor plans and affordable upgrades, their skilled craftsmanship, and commitment to customer service on each house they build. You can read all of Shea Homes 2149 homeowner reviews to learn why they are the right team to build your new home.

Shea Homes

has 4.3 out of 5 stars overall

2149 Reviews

Ratings by Category

Overall 4.3

Quality 4.1

Trustworthiness 4.3

Responsiveness 4.2

Customer Reviews

Shea homes offers the best experience!

  • Karla N.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 30, 2025
  • Encinitas, CA

This is are second home with Shea and their quality hasn’t changed. They offer great quality but to me, the best part, is the quality of service. I would always consider buying from them and recommending them to anyone I know.

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Property owner

  • Karl V.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 30, 2025
  • Hollister, CA

Sales representative was fantastic through complete process and continues to be even after closing. Construction team and warranty team have been very responsive and continue to satisfy our needs. We unfortunately missed out on quite a few options as the design representative was unfamiliar with Shea homes and the time afforded us was insufficient.

Total Score 4


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 4

Responsiveness 5

Homeowner

  • Thomas T.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 30, 2025
  • Seaside, CA

Smart home features and operation can be overwhelming particularly for non-tech oriented people. Be prepared for steep learning curve on some things.

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Excellent experience in new home buying

  • David S.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 30, 2025
  • Kuna, ID

All of the sales team were very helpful. Follow up once we were in the home has been great.

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

People are great, pricing model is awful

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 29, 2025
  • Ventura, CA

Shea nickle and dimes you to death with charges for every single thing. This was my 2nd time having a home built in a community. My first experience included a lot of options in the purchase price with levels of upgrades, but Shea doesn't really give you a single option in the base price. You're stuck with everything basic, not even a choice of paint or flooring color differences. For a price $1M+ for a new home, you'd think it would include all the lighting, a landscaped backyard, high quality paint, window shades/coverings, smart home technology everywhere; however, none of this was ...

Shea Homes responded:
Thank you for sharing your experience. Since you have commented anonymously, we can't reach out to you directly to respond. shea

Total Score 3


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Responsiveness 5

Haven’t been happy with getting issues resolved

  • Roxanne H.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 29, 2025
  • Lincoln, CA

We have lived in the home since November and still have issues not addressed. Shea isn’t responsive to issues. Home buying experience was good and our sales person Patty was fantastic.

Total Score 5


Quality 3

Trustworthiness 3

Responsiveness 1

Quality home at a fair price

  • Shawn B.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 29, 2025
  • Ventura, CA

My experience with Shea Homes as a first time new home buyer went extremely well. Information was provided efficiently and all the staff is knowledgeable and available. Emails are responded to quickly and the home delivered on time. The quality is great and any need with the construction is timely solved. The people who have moved in around us are happy as well.

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Great first time homeowner experience with Shea Homes!

  • Alok S.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 28, 2025
  • Katy, TX

Shea Homes built our first home, and gave us an excellent experience throughout the home buying process. Sales staff was excellent and extremely knowledgeable, the construction process was well explained and generally well on schedule and updates throughout the process. We had a minor hiccup in the early phases of construction but it was resolved to our satisfaction and corrected quickly. The warranty service has been excellent thus far (~3 months into our home now!)

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Great homebuying experience with 1 exception

  • Rick J.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 28, 2025
  • Las Vegas, NV

Solid well built house. With options we selected, love the finish out. Melba (sales) and Mike (project manager) have been very helpful and responsive. We've been in 2 months and looks all warranty issues are being addressed promptly. My only complaint is the price you charge for some of the upgrades, Example - we were quoted $2,300 to put in an EV outlet. I have a quote for $400 by a 3rd party electrician. Another example - we paid $7,000 for back yard landscaping Ended up with a few rocks, drip irrigation, and a half dozen small plants scattered around haphazardly. That's a joke. ...

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Great experience from start to finish!

  • Elizabeth H.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 27, 2025
  • Rio Verde, AZ

We had a great team throughout the process. Our home is beautiful and we love it!

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Great community

  • Kimberly Y.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 24, 2025
  • Las Vegas, NV

Love our new home is Trilogy Sunstone. Shea Homes staff is wonderful to work with. They are friendly and are quick to respond to any issues/concerns. Building our home was a wonderful experience.

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

My walk through with the builder was good. However, I did not do a final walk through because I was ill at that time.

  • Ann P.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 23, 2025
  • Lincoln, CA

I would have appreciated a more comprehensive explanation of exactly what items were going to be put into the house, For example, the tub in the second bathroom is not quality and some of the workmanship in the house is sloppy.

Shea Homes responded:
Hi Ann- Thank you for sharing. This has been shared with our team and our Warranty Manager; Vicki has reached out to work through any challenges you are experiencing. trilogy

Total Score 3


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 3

Responsiveness 1

Ken has been very responsive

  • Kevin B.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 23, 2025
  • Brentwood, CA

Post sale, Ken has been very responsive and great to work with. When he says he is going to do something he does it and keeps me informed.

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Good quality great people

  • Erik N.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 18, 2025
  • Chula Vista, CA

We really enjoyed working with Alex and Josephine from a sales perspective, they were great! Gabriel from a post sales quality control perspective was great too! The craftsmanship was good overall but had some areas where corners were cut.

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Crossbridge

  • Curtis A.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 17, 2025
  • Castle Rock, CO

Seamless experience from start to finish with attention to detail.

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

New Homeowner Experience

  • Gary G.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 17, 2025
  • Las Vegas, NV

Great people to work with. Kirstie, Mike, Laura, Cooper, Sharon and all security guards very helpful and very friendly.

Total Score 4


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Some Great.....Some Not So Good

  • Anthony C.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 16, 2025
  • Hollister, CA

Almost every Shea person we talked with was a pleasure. The home buying process seemed rushed, and the Design Joy was hard to navigate. I felt like we were updated throughout the building process. After moving in, most items that needed repair were taken care of right away. The microwave does't fit correctly in the cabinet and we're still waiting for that to be fixed. My biggest complaint is the person you sent to the house to walk us through the "smart" features. The person who came out was not a pleasure to deal with at all. He was pushy and insistent that we had to sign up and ...

Total Score 4


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 3

Responsiveness 4

Brad and Gwen were very professional, knowledgeable and attentive. They explained all the design and warranty features.

  • Robert W.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 16, 2025
  • Denver, NC

Quite frankly the home buying experience was somewhat overwhelming. The fact that we were working from Cincinnati ,500 miles away, added a degree of difficulty also. There were many different people to work with for their functional needed. Then, there were the many documents that required electronic signatures. All the details with Shea Homes were in addition to the effort required to sell our house in Cincinnati. The onboarding process at Trilogy Lake Norman was also stressful. At times it felt like "trying to take a drink from a fire hose." There are some may topics that require ...

Total Score 4


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Foxpoint Farms condo

  • Daniel C.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 16, 2025
  • Encinitas, CA

Customer service is supreme, caring, considerate, punctual, with amazing follow up! Sales team was very responsive and helpful!

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Great New Home Buying Experience

  • Anne L.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 14, 2025
  • Encinitas, CA

This Is my 2nd Shea Home and the quality has been excellent. I work in the industry and the customer service is the best I’ve seen. Everyone stays on top of the whole process from the initial sale, through the construction walks, move-in, warranty etc. You can always reach someone and you always get a quick response and any problems are taken care of immediately. That is hard to find these days!

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Overall not satisfied with Shea homes

  • Deve K.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 13, 2025
  • Parker, CO

Shea homes builders are not friendly in nature. completely they are thinking as business gain, no customer favor. some are not standard but they are always telling it meet shea standard. Even customer paid for options, not reaching up to standards. No honesty at all. No proper response from shea homes builder and no choice to talk from customer perspective and no response from shea homes builder. Quality wise its not good as per what customer paid. Need to improve a lot in all sectors.

Shea Homes responded:
Thank you, Deve for sharing your experience. We have shared your thoughts with our team. shea

Total Score 2


Quality 2

Trustworthiness 1

Responsiveness 2

Great Sales and Constriction team, very pleasant experience

  • Khurram A.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 12, 2025
  • Peoria, AZ

Great experience working with Sales and Construction team. Design center and Electrical appointments was also very pleasant. Shea Mortgage is very cooperative and made the whole closing experience a breeze. I am extremely happy with the entire home buying process through Shea. Modern elevation adds a very attractive look.

Total Score 5


Quality 5

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Warm, welcoming, and personal

  • Johnson M.
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 12, 2025
  • Mesa, AZ

Everyone from Shea was amazing. We felt like they were truly trying to get us the home that we were looking for and I’d recommend them to anyone

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 5

Responsiveness 5

Great people at Shea

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 12, 2025
  • Seaside, CA

The sales team and the lead construction guys were very helpful and accommodating when discussing and showing us the progress of our home build. There is a lot to learn about the new smart house and the team is continually helping us learn the nuances.

Total Score 5


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 4

Responsiveness 5

Homebuyer

  • Anonymous
  • Verified HomeBuyer
  • January 11, 2025
  • Missouri City, TX

It is very expensive buying a home. Upgrades are extremely overpriced, but it’s the cost of doing business.

Total Score 4


Quality 4

Trustworthiness 3

Responsiveness 5