Del Webb Reviews

While I love my new home, due to the number of issues I’ve heard about from my neighbors since moving here, I am concerned that Pulte is trying to build too many homes too fast in Del Webb Nexton which is resulting in a loss of quality for quantity.

CCR's are too restrictive regarding planting of back yards

Empty promises. No follow through. Poor quality workmanship.

We had a home inspection done two days after we moved in by an independent agent. We would highly recommend any new buyer to do so. The finish elements done by the trades were definitely not ‘high end’ but probably typical with tract home builders. The charges for upgrades were high enough to incentivize us to do some upgrades on our own after moving in. Glad we did. Even though we had built four homes previously and had a good idea of what we would want in a home, the Design Center was challenging on many levels. Fortunately the community and activities are great, which were the main reasons we built at our location. . ... More

This is the second Del Webb home we have owned. The first was in California. Overall, the quality of the homes is at a very high level. However, with our new home, a few things seem sub-standard for Del Webb quality. One is the landscaping in the front . Some homes were "lucky" enough to get 3 palm trees (we were given no choices). Some of us got none. Instead we got little scrubby trees and shrubs with no color in the design. UGLY!! Very inconsistent quality. Many neighbors plan to install all new trees and plants. The second issue is the quality of the wall paint inside the home. We have owned many homes and never encountered such low quality paint. It is not at all washable or even wipeable. If you touch it with water, it dissolves immediately. It's like chalk. We are very unhappy with it. Why would anyone put such shabby paint in these nice homes? These homes are at the top of the market for square footage price! Finally, the warranty process is really slow to respond and even slower to resolve problems with the new construction. You have to send repeated requests to even get a response. Then someone just comes out to talk to you. That has happened twice now. Our neighbor next door, who has been here several months longer than we have, says, "There is no warranty!" Our last Del Webb home was pre-owned. Is this how it always is with Pulte new construction? ... More

There is still a drainage and landscape problem. Otherwise other issues were addressed in a timely manner.

Structural quality is very basic. Architectural interior are average, plumbing fixtures and shower are average quality, carpets are lower quality and are being replaced, outside water displacement is marginal and erosion control is marginal to poor. Otherwise we hope that we will enjoy the house.

Thought this would be a better product based on what we have heard. Just another penny pinching mass built home. Small details that would not cost much to include ignored. Pretty low grade materials. Walls aren't even square. Just moving in and already kind of disappointed.

Repairs have been slow, if at all at this point. Still waiting on repairs to be perform. Some construction is very good but other installations are poorly done (shade installed 8 inches short, kitchen shelves that collapse).

Workmanship is a bit sloppy

The construction process and end product is sloppy. Messy chaulking, splattered paint, chipped/stained concrete, crooked knobs/tile, nicked counters/doors/trim, sod not rolled and left with large gaps, electric outlets not at same level/crooked, light switches poorly placed. Solid construction but all the nice detailed work is missing. Great community though.

No internet to start. AT&T boxes buried and hard to find.

I paid for top quality cabinets I was aware they were not the best but were a level 4 these cabinets ESPECIALLY THE DRAWS are worse than what you would get at a low end cabinet from home depot i was never shown the huge difference in the draws Mine can not even support the weight of silverware

I’ve been in my Castle Rock for one month. Very happy to be here. Very happy with my home but there is some careless workmanship that is being addressed. Not a lot of problems and I hope it stays that way. Middle of the road building for high prices. Cut in shower pan, two broken soap dishes in showers, concrete cracks.. Neighborhood is friendly and I’m happy to be in a 55 community!

Painters were extremely sloppy - there is paint dripped everywhere! There is also grout on the tile floors which is very difficult to remove. The quality of the paint isn't great - they will not let you buy your own paint for them to use.

Ask lots of questions about materials used in homes.

Make sure you go through the home, during walk through, and mark anything that looks awry to you. Don’t forget to check the light fixtures. Make sure any flaws are given to the builder’s representative. I have found anything under warranty, which is not an emergency, they want you to fix yourself, before they respond. After response, you will have to wait for weeks before fixed. My walk through was 2 months ago and nothing has been corrected as yet.

We found that Quality was not as important as selling home and constructing them fast with poor quality and workmanship nothing was done paying attention to detail. Using damaged products and trying to pass them off as new . Painters that could not take the time to take the electric plates off just painting around them and leaving the plate with paint on all the edges...Plumbers not finishing there work in bathroom sinks leaving fittings leaking and faucet knobs lose and turning. Leaving backsplash tiles cut and the edges like razor blades....Doors hung that would pop open when you close them and a front door that would only stay closed, you would have to use the bolt lock or else the door would open up...A three thousand dollar up graded paint job that was washable that you can see the primer paint coming through and caulking used to cover numerous mistakes or molding that was not straight. As you can tell by now we were not pleased with the construction of our new home...The builder was Pulte construction and if there is one light in this mess it was there follow up representative( Gianni ) who tried his best to make things right. I understand that new homes require a punch list of small errors but these are way above a punch list most of these things are just poor workmanship or just not caring . This is not my first new home that we built in Florida not tot mention home we built in S.C. and N.Y. and this is by far the poorest house we have ever built. ... More

Pulte was not up front about the lot I was building on. I ended up with a driveway that is way too steep for a handicapped person or any older person to navigate safely.

Their is not enough space.

We are on our 4th refrigerator (1st one was wrong model, next 2 were damaged, 4th we’ve kept). Our major problem is we have no Air Conditioning in the front half of our home!! This was noticed before we moved in (less than 6 weeks ago) - HVAC people have been out 4 times and have been unable to resolve the problem - although they acknowledge there is no air coming out of the vents. Lead tech is scheduled to come tomorrow to inspect the problem. At present, our guests staying in the front bedroom are in a Hot Zone - same with the bathroom, study and entryway. Very frustrated with the lack of resolution to this problem! ... More

The location is great. Design center experience was top notch. Builder assigned to us (Spencer) very responsive and kept us up to date on progress. Title company was not the best I’ve used; one mistake is a typo; more than that is careless work.

VERY HARD TO WORK WITH. PULTIE WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES. MY HOME WAS NOT BUILT AND I WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE PERMITS AND THEY REFUSED.VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THEM.

The kitchen cabinets are too high for my height. I asked to have them installed lower but they would not even consider any changes to the house.

I would think that being as large as Pulte is, that they would be more accommodative to disabled veterans in the buying process.