Del Webb Reviews

I have had 4 out of 6 appliances worked on already, and even though we paid top of the line price, they aren’t top of the line. I have had 4 warranty visits where I was sitting and waiting and no one showed up. The house isn’t wired for a separate switch for the fan in rooms set up for a ceiling fan and light - you have to use the pull chain. You can’t choose to put in extra outlets or say where you would like them on a wall. They planted a Live Oak within 6 feet of our swimming pool, and now we’re going to have to go through the struggle of getting permission to change it out for something suitable. Floors aren’t level. The house has a passive return air system, resulting in stuffy rooms when guests close their bedroom doors. ... More

We're not too sure if we'd buy another Pulte home or move into another Del Webb neighborhood. The home was "finished" on time, but we did the final celebration walkthrough in a dirty, unfinished house. The baseboards are in terrible shape, there are doors that need to be replaced due to damage, the Sherwin Williams paint is cheap, the granite in the kitchen needs to be replaced (per the granite company) but haven't been able to get this resolved. The oven wasn't working and after 3 attempts by KitchenAid to repair it,they decided it was electrical and not the oven. My brother in law found where the electrical coming into the house wasn't wired properly into the oven and actually fixed it in about 10 minutes. Our front door was supposed to be touched up and hasn't been painted yet after 3 months. For the amount of money paid, we are rather disappointed. ... More

The builder put up the home pretty fast. There were definitely more workmanship issues then I could keep up with during the process. Yet, our field manager was pretty easy to deal with and very responsive. Now that we are in our warranty, the response time for problems has slowed greatly. Also, some of the fixes that were performed during the construction process we’re still not done to my expectation. They keep talking about the 11 month review to fix things. I feel like there’s a push to delay things and then if they don’t get fixed right you will be without recourse. Given the price of the home, almost 500 K, I would’ve expected more options for customization even though this is a production builder. For example, some of the fluorescent lights in the closets were too small as all of them are 2 feet long. And you can’t choose any of your light fixtures in the rest of the house. So I find myself spending a good deal of time customizing the house after we purchased it! The only reason we bought the house was because it was a Del Webb community and we look forward to participating in a lot of the community activities. A lot of people say you don’t buy here for the house. The common facilities in the neighborhood are very nice, and you subsidize the cost through the purchase of your house. ... More

Too soon for me to have a constructive review.

Some of this is communication. I may call to check up on an issue and find someone is coming out but I didn't know it since I didn't need to be there. I get shuffled person to person on follow-up. Follow-up is not timely. I can handle scheduling for the future but I need to know and not be left with the impression someone will respond right away.

Our closing got delayed by DW so we had to close when the date came. Several things were undone and we we told they would be done asap. 2 months later they are still incomplete after many promises to get things done.

The workmanship in our home is, to be polite, poor. Paint spatters on the floors in every room in the house. Out of square walls. Doors that don't fit the frames. These are just a few of the issues we have had with this house. We never heard from our salesman again after the contract was signed. Overall this was not the experience we had looked forward to. It's not likely that we would ever buy another Pulte home.

I am really disappointed by the really cheap finishes that were sold to me as “upgrades”. The lack of attention to detail is astonishing. My construction manager told us that the shoddy work was “within their specifications”. When I asked to see the specifications, he told me that he didn't have them. After closing, every neighbor that I met has had complaints about their homes. We are making the most of our decision and investment — thank goodness for nice neighbors!

Everything was good in the beginning. We live in Colorado and are buying a new home in Ocala, Florida. Felt like we were rushed through the walk through and didn't really get a chance to look at the house throughly. We have issues with the house but unfortunately have not moved to Florida yet so we are having issues getting repairs needed. There is a wall on a pocket door which may need to be rebuilt. We have some tile which needs to be replaced. Construction was eager to move us along and only concerned about getting a good review but not really wanting to help us. We love the community and our neighbors. But their customer relations need some work. They say that they will call you back and don't or don't show up when they say they will I don't like being lied to by Chase (a service rep) They also came in our front yard when I was not home and tore up our front yard with out letting us know they were coming. Apparently they do this to every house after closing so they should have told us before it happened. ... More

Issues: 1. Master bathtub was reglazed (used); still waiting on a new one 2. Corian slabs chipped and scratched in master bath shower; still waiting on resolution 3. Paint is peeling on exterior of home; still waiting on a resolution 4. Air Conditioner is making a loud noise and AC person said it needs to be replaced 5. Electrical plates for ceiling fans are not adequate, electrical plates were installed for a regular light fixture instead 6. Garage door keeps opening on its own; repair person was here and reprogrammed the garage opener, but the issue still exists 7. A tree in front of the house died and the same tree was replaced and it is dying too ... More

Does not do as they promise.

Buying experience was pretty good. Closing was a joke. Del Webb/Pulte employees stood over us encouraging us to give everyone a 10. The trades who worked on our home were awful and extremely sloppy. Pulte said the windows in homes were hurricane proof, double pain with vinyl frames. We got hurricane proof only. Neighbors are filing a class action suit against Pulte.

Builder very slow to correct warranty items.

The homes are put up quickly and often times things are overlooked r just not finished. Beware every little thing adds up quickly so it is easy to add $50,000+ to your home quit even noticing. You will spend extra of your own money fixing the shoddy taping in the garage and repainting as the paint quality is very inferior. The homes are crowded in and it seems that every inch of space is filled. However, the facilities are too small for the number of homes and they will never be able to hold events for the entire community which makes getting to know people hard. If the tell you there will be 400homesplan on 500 etc ... More

All materials builder grade. Concerns regarding poor drainage behind property. 900,000.00 home does not include linen closet!

Spent all morning for no show repairs or someone else’s fault? Multiple calls to schedule repairs then not a single issue resolved. Pics of repairs not even my house as I submitted. Sent wrong service people, no show on others. Stucco although scheduled won’t repair for a year.

The customer service is terrible.

Such shoddy workmanship and little concern for making things right. Great community but if I had to do it again, I would not buy from Pulte.

Pick this builder base on my son recommendation of CEO. Second reason Disney proximity. But construction is shoddy with multiple issues wrong with dwelling. Still waiting on multiple repairs to be done. They’re backlog due to other homes needing repair so I’ve been told by warranty repair. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!!!!!

All of our neighbors have had the same issues as us, so it appears that Pulte builds homes using the cheapest methods "the home building code" will allow. In example, we have a walkout rambler with an unfinished basement. You can feel the counter bounce when some walks across the floor. Everyone is having this same issue but Pulte will just tell you they did everything to code. If you bring in an engineer, they will tell you that you will need to consider strongbacks. We built a rambler previous to this about 20 years ago with an unfinished basement and NEVER had this issue. All Pulte cares about is quickly banging out tons of homes, operating like an assembly line. They're like a big corporate machine. We've already spent a ton of money on this house and will now spend more to fix this issue on our own. ... More

Don’t trust them to fix things that go wrong even one day after the close, hire someone to give you an expert opinion prior to close. They are great at giving you the run around.

Quality of workmanship was subpar. They just wanted to get the home built ASAP and then let the homeowner suffer the consequences of repairs. Very stressful

The Dell Webb resort style living is why we moved to this community. Coming from a high end DR Horton home the experience has been quite different. The walk through was several hours and appliances were run off and known to be working, as opposed to this walk through - being told they work fine when the dishwasher wasn't hooked up and flooded our floor and cabinet when we ran it off the first time. The hood Vent wasn't working either which turned out to be a bad breaker. I understand these things happen. What I'm not happy with is the service team rather than saying " we are sorry Mr and Mrs Schultz we will get it handled" your people choose to take photos under the dishwasher to see if it was removed when we changed the floors out . I explained the tube to the aerator requires a clamp at the connection which your team denied it did though the appliance repair person said yes it needed one. He only had a zip tie with him so I provided the clamp. I am an easy going person the clamp is no big deal I was glad I had it, but don't blame us for items not completed after the walk through. I wish this was the end but your service professional asked to see the rest of the home and continued to take pictures and tell my wife you did new tile on the shower walls your plumbing isn't covered now, your put back splash on the kitchen walls maybe that's why the hood vent isn't working and now your pot filler isn't covered he then asked if we were going to change the thermos stats " because if your do then and heating/ cooling system isn't covered. I thought for a second we were just calling for two items to be fixed and didn't realize we were going to investigated by your service team. My wife and I run a building supply company with four locations a little customer service goes a long way FYI. I could go on about several more items but I believe my point has gotten across. Lastly I'm on the mailing list for several of your South Carolina communities as we want to spend our summers close the the beach and family but I'm not to sure about those now. There is one last item I would like include . We have a mountain bordering our back yard and during flash floods there is extreme water run off. Dell Webb / Pulte had there contractor install a 2 or 3 course block wall to divide our property from the common area. After completion of the wall the contractor left his scaffolding planks water bottles, Beer Bottles, Energy drink cans and the dirt from the footings which now halt drainage. We asked for this to be cleaned and the drainage to be reworked for water to run as intended, at the walk through which was never done now we are being told its common area and the HOA should clean up after the Block wall contractor. Seems like the contractor should clean up after they completed the wall. ... More

Can you say production homes?!?! They tell you one thing and then do another. The workmanship for the most part is poor. Granted there are a few decent subs, but overall the whole process is bad. The supervisors are no more than Pulte yes people. They tell you what you want to hear, but don’t follow through with what needs to be done. Never again!! Worst decision ever!!

I had high hopes for our beautiful new - and very expensive- home. Our construction mgr was the only reason we went through with the home build- Clinton was awesome. We had horrible experiences of being lied to and the quality of their product is horrible. Def not what we expected