Del Webb Reviews in Indianapolis, IN

Tell you all good things they use but use anything they can cut their cost an charge the customer more

I was buying a model home "as is". Pulte asked to move up the closing and close in 2 weeks (6 weeks earlier than scheduled)which I did. The day before closing my realtor did a walk thru and noted the items to be addressed that were not considered "as is". This was a model home that had a sales office in the garage. After closing I went to the house to find nothing that was noted the day prior had been completed. A few weeks prior in a walk thru I was told that the garage would be turned back to a completed garage. They had walls, ductwork, hvac, lighting and flooring to remove. While I was moving in they came to power wash the garage. I asked to push it back a week. Then I was told that I would have to move everything out of the garage which you can imagine was considerable given I just moved in the day prior. Would not have been an issue if done prior to closing as expected. They were coming in the morning so we got up early to move everything and then they didn't show up until 3pm. All of my stuff was sitting in my front yard all day. The power wash was a poor job that left residue and marks from the temp walls and flooring all over the floor. They also said the house was going to be cleaned which wasn't done. They came to clean as the movers were moving everything in. They drywalled the baseboards up around the perimeter of the garage for the sales office and when the temp walls were removed there are now big gaps where the temp walls met the garage walls. Still not fixed almost a month post close. Also I discovered that the freezer didn't work and was told that I bought the house as is and that it was not working earlier and they had a part replaced and didn't realize it still wasn't working. Told me to call to see if the part was still under warranty. I understand "as is" but aren't sellers responsible for disclosure of these items to buyers? And wouldn't you think that a house that is 2 years as a model home so never lived in would have working appliances? I have called for service but warranty people can't come out which will be 6 weeks post close. Even then there is no guarantee that it will be covered by the warranty. They damaged the siding when they removed the equipment for the sales office and was noted several weeks before closing. Wasn't fixed and was told I purchased "as is" and they provided me the name of someone who could fix it at my expense. Needless this has been a disaster and completely avoidable. Get everything in writing , require all things be completed prior to close, and buyer beware with Pulte. ... More

Don’t trust anything they tell you and check the process of building as often as possible. Their subcontractors are lackadaisical and exhibit very poor workmanship and concern about your new home. Quality is substandard for the prices you pay.

At our initial meeting with our field manager (Andy S.) in August 2020, he assured us that he would provide weekly updates as our house was being built. We received "weekly" updates on 9/4, 9/18, and 12/18/2020. We would have to ask questions several times before receiving any response. We would often receive no response at all. When we would raise issues, Andy would often respond "I'll take care of it" but not follow-up and actually do anything. We ordered Pulte's kitchen appliance package and upgraded the cooktop from gas to electric. We had no appliances at all until about a week before closing, and when they were finally delivered, they "installed" a gas cooktop even though there was no gas supply because we had upgraded to electric. The electric cooktop was finally installed about a week after closing. There were still several other open issues at closing, but we had to close anyway because we had so many other deliveries scheduled around our closing date. All of the appliances that we had ordered ourselves (not from Pulte) arrived as promised the day after closing. We were told that we had to work through our field manager on any issues for 30 days after closing. We continued to send emails and texts about our ongoing issues for those 30 days with absolutely no response from Andy S. We are now working with the Pulte warranty people, and still waiting for results. I have bought several homes over the years and never had an experience as bad as working with Pulte. ... More