Del Webb Reviews

Increibly poor build quality. Fit and finish are the worst I have witnessed in over 40 years of residential construction experience. The amount of caulk used to hide sub standard work has to be one of the major expenses for Pulte sub contractors. I would never go through the process with Pulte again.

During my first week in the house I have noticed windows with condensation issues, the crown molding on the kitchen cabinets has a visible gap.

The choice of materials and configuration is very limited. And even though our contract specified FULL OVERLAY cabinets, we did not get them. And I'm still unhappy about that. I think you should live up to the terms of the contract.

Pathetic response to issues identified after the date of closing. No response to emails, little to no corrective action to date.

Hi. This is our third Pulte home and the quality of this home is less than our previous Pulte homes. Cheaper stainless sinks, substandard pitted granite, thermostat of lesser quality and features. No light over the kitchen sink. This is a 55+ community and the shower head is hard to reach for me and I am 6 feet. I have to get the shower head down for my wife who is 5'5". The lights are not centered over the island. They only needed to be moved 7" to make them correct. Not being able to increase the size of your patio screen enclosure which means I need to tear the whole thing down and rebuild completely new. We purchased 8' interior doors but we have a 6'8" interior door that you can see from the front door as you come in because the architects have no imagination and don't care how stupid it looks. Additionally, their solution doesn't even work because the A/C handling unit whines when the door is closed because there is not enough airflow going to the unit. The inability to even make the smallest changes that fix poor design ideas by the architects is not new with Pulte, but frustrating still. We liked the basic floorplan but we were hoping for better quality. Our sales person and field manager were excellent but they have no control over quality if it is OK with Pulte standards. Thanks. ... More

Right after move we found 1. front door lock was broken, 2. Furnace was not connected to gas pipe - heat was not working, found millions of ants that was eradicated at my expense, garage door was not going down - fixed at my expense, found spilled concrete on front hallway, entire driveway was not forced sprayed (clean) as others, found front lawn in very dried state including small tree was dying - very few leaves also the rest of grass around the house was very dried and brown. NOT impressed with total quality of house. Found too many fixes needed before move in, such as paint not finished, caulking missing in corners, some recessed lights missing..... ... More

Workmanship is below average. Warranty is the worst I have experienced among builders. Submitted several warranty requests and received either no response at all or a very slow response. WIll no choose Pulte again. Title company that represents Pulte Homes in Orlando had incompetent individuals who were not even able to answer questions the legal description. In fact, they recorded several deeds with incorrect legal and had to file for corrective deed later on.

We were told during our Celebration walk through 1-week before closing that our notated punch list issues would be fixed and /or corrected before closing, Well, that walk through was about 60 days ago at this time and only around 20% of those issues have been corrected to date. Dead lawn ( not watered appropriately by builder), dead bushes (same), stained concrete drive and patio.Unfinished cabinet trim.Several other unresolved issues. They keep saying they will fix these, but not yet.

Promises by sales not kept. Mislead information

We were not included in their “Celebration Walk-Through”. This is a walk-through prior to closing that should occur. In our case, just the construction supervisor and the warranty company rep performed the walk-through. So, there have been “punch-list” items that are becoming apparent as we live in the home. (We have been in our home now for 36 days.) The Pulte Warranty folks have been hesitant to have these issues fixed. A plumbing issue (raw sewage backing up into our showers) the first week we were in our home was deemed to be our fault so we had to pay a drain company to come out and clear the drain to the street. We are now waiting to see if some crown molding joints will be caulked. ... More

Follow up was very poor through out the process and the initial walk through was a waste of time because non of the issues were corrected. Our warranty person is trying but the sub-contractors are not easy to work with.

Disappointed in dealing with the Pulte bureaucracy when trying to get minors changes made during the build process. Pulte was more concerned with the process of building your house than it was to making sure they provided great customer service. Had to pay a $250 service charge to change out a refrigerator that cost less than the refrigerator that Pulte had scheduled for the house. Painting is a very poor quality and still cleaning or touching up paint issues.

I have been a loyal Del Webb follower since my parents lived in a Del Webb community in Arizona in the 1990s. They had such a great experience in their community and loved their home. I decided then that I wanted the same experience when it was my turn to retire. Unfortunately, the quality of workmanship and the cost do not parallel. Pulte homes are the quality of the original Del Webb name/homes. They are less original with minimal to no choices to make your home individual, and the quality of craftsmanship is poor at best. If I had it to to do over, I would select a different 55+ builder/community. But I still like the concept and think the social side of things will be positive. ... More

Told that everything would be done that was on our check list and it was not. When talking to them about it they tell you their on it and then do nothing

Quality of construction not what I’m used to House extremely noisy no sound insulation. Paint job is horrible repainting interior of house.

Homes are being built too fast and workers are foregoing quality. We've had many issues and the most major issue will involve re-pouring the concrete for our front porch. We've been assured having to repour will not cause problems with the foundation of our home, but we are skeptical. Items we asked to be addressed in walk through were not addressed and now we are dealing with them through the punch list process. We had multiple dry wall patching issues. Paint used is like a primer and not a glossy finish making them very susceptible to markings and no way to wipe them down. Plywood just pulled apart in the attic and not cut. Water standing in our front yard where the in ground water meter is continues to be an issue. We are told grading it out will help. Overall we are not feeling we received good value for our dollar. The homes seem cheaply built and corners seem to be getting cut. I would highly recommend someone from Pulte/Del Webb check out how quickly home homes are being built. Many of our neighbors have expressed similar dissatisfaction. One neighbor is a contractor and he is managing things by fixing them during the home build as things go....not something I know Pulte would want happening, but he wants his home done right. ... More

Several issues with home and it took 6 weeks and several attempts to get repairs.

Materials used were inferior. When questions were asked they told us nothing was wrong besides nothing could be changed. We stated we would not move into this house unless fixed but again we heard we can’t do that. My manager will be very upset. It was supposed to be wheelchair accessible but it isn’t. We wanted to cancel the contract but was told you can but you’ll lose the monies put down. We will not be moving into the house and currently have it up for sale. If anyone can buy back this house that would be great. Please help. Thank you.

My expectations of DelWebb were low to begin with. I have no doubt this likely seems unlikely from your end however my experience with DelWebb has been terrible from the start. The initial sales agent had to be replaced and as a result I contacted my lawyer about elder abuse which requires a level to be met to proceed. Even though the lawyer felt we met the standard I did not pursue as proving monetary damages would have been a challenge. So lets start there, the initial sales agent simply did not do his job, did not effectively communicate and left many things undone that suddenly had to be done on the day of contracting/closing. He did not properly nor professionally communicate signing needs especially about the down payment. Prior to signing the contract he gave vague answers on what to bring at contract signing and did not communicate at all with regard to how to handle the down payment. He "alluded to" financing options but never bothered to follow up and never bothered to speak of down payment again until signature day at the end. Unprofessional, evasive, and irresponsible would be how I describe his actions. Based on this if he was my responsibility he would have been fired from DelWebb and I feel strongly enough on this I consulted a lawyer. Enough about him he is useless and dishonest. Elaine outshined him is every way possible. Moving on to contract management. I did receive regular updates on the progress but was never information how to use my login credentials. I finally figured out I needed to associate the address in the DelWebb portal to see the comments but once I did this it was a waste of time as the information was minimal. Can't see why DelWebb even bothered to update the portal as the information was minimal. I assume none of these people have cell phones to take a picture of the work and include in the portal to show the work being done. Many of the inspection points were last minute with very little notice to schedule time to inspect. The effort on your part was not at an appropriate level. As we moved further to close the pace picked up but it was hampered by DelWebb wanting the close to happen far and above any concern about the work getting done and getting it done right. The day of closing the DelWebb rep (nice guy but more concerned with getting our approval rather than getting it done right) was running around trying to coordinate our signature rather than getting the work done to our satisfaction. Workers were in and out of the house with shoes on running around trying to get everything done. The rep was more concerned with getting a positive survey so he could get full pay rather than getting the work done to our satisfaction. In fact any DelWebb employee that depends on survey results to get paid talked about it with us and pleaded for a 5 star across the board. I think this is distasteful and I will rate people as I see it. With the exception of Elaine I can't think of one person in the organization deserving of a 5 star in any category. home that needs many reI recognize this is DelWebb home and not the Mortgage side however I have never experienced a financial organization experience worse than what I went through. Absolutely the worst financial experience I've ever been exposed to. Enough on that here. So we now have a repairs needed and finishing touches as a result of your focus being directed at getting closed and getting 5 star ratings. Our internet was down upon moving into the house because YOUR contractors apparently cannot distinguish between grass and internet cable. They cut the line. So moving day involved contacting ATT and resolving that issue. Total nonsense. I haven't even had time to go over the outside of the home and expect issues there one of which is a downspout for the water runoff depositing water directly on our OPTIONAL back patio. Why would anyone do this? I'm sure there will be many other issues we discover over time. The only thing DelWebb has going for it with Kensington Ridge is location and hopefully amenities once the clubhouse opens. Can't believe people have put up with not having these amenities prior to now. So bottom line, DelWebb as a builder and company is terrible. I can assure you with I build my next home I will use a builder who truly gives a darn about their homes and finish quality. I have learned a valuable lesson here and that is to NOT deal with DelWebb again. I have not run into a single resident or contractor at Kensington Ridge who has anything good to say about DelWebb. Given your operational lack of excellence this comes as no surprise but it should certainly give management some concerns. Please do not contact my wife about this. If you wish to speak on the matter you have my name and I'm sure my contact information. ... More

The building process from Del Webb (Pulte) is terrible. It’s like they have never built a house before. My opinion is they are putting up houses so fast they make numerous mistakes. There is very little quality control. They think because the framing is built off site and it’s basically like a kit that just needs to be assembled it will be fast and easy. Good concept with terrible execution. The workers that assemble the houses are semi-skillled in building houses and if they are being trained by Del Webb or Pulte, the training dept. should be fired. We have/had walls that are not square, wavy ceilings, even the light switch boxes were installed wrong. (Note-there are little tabs on a light switch box so in theory you can’t go wrong on a new build but they installed them in too far). It doesn’t feel like the quality house we were promised. They can’t make deadlines even just a few weeks out from giving us a date. We had a 2 page list AFTER we moved in and a month plus later are still waiting for some things. The roof leaked after we moved in. I understand mistakes but if you can’t build a house that doesn’t leak you have no business building houses. The warranty department, for problems after you close, is a frustrating process. I have spent between 40-50 hours just waiting for simple things to be fixed. Everything is a 4 hour window. None of the people that come to fix the issue speak English and the home owner is stuck trying to explain things. The warranty dept. should be sending someone out with the repair person to explain and direct things. I hope the lifestyle turns out to be a better experience. I likely would not build again with Del Webb at least in North Carolina. If you decide to go ahead and have a house built you should absolutely hire an inspector at least for the framing. ... More

I would not recommend the builder or the staff of Pulte responsible for managing the process, and the product they produce is (and continues to be) seriously flawed. Specifically, they use inferior materials, the workmanship is shoddy, and getting them to fix warranty items continues to be a problem (even after three (3) months of ownership). I would not recommend them or the product they sell.

For this price point, the finish work was poor. There was overspray and paint drips along EVERY interior wall. On the outside, there was overspray, huge drips and a large area (2' x 2') of spilled paint on the rear porch. The 6" baseboard trim has wobbles throughout the primary rooms, the 1/4" round trim isn't cut at 45 degree angles and has no attention to esthetics, light switches and trim are not square, windows shades don't hang level due to poor manufacturing, LVP flooring has a very uneven finish, there are gouges and dents all over the home in the walls and around the door trim, chips in a bathroom counter and on the tile floor from dropped tools, mismatched dye lots in the tile used in the laundry room and so on. It also seems that some of the materials are seconds. The interior doors have nails popping out and/or are delaminating and the finish on some of the laundry room floor tile is coming off. The Bermuda grass/weed was laid directly on the ground with NO leveling or rolling of the soil before the sod was laid. The concrete work has cuts, gouges and such poor trowling that most sidewalks are of a higher caliber and finish. And when the concrete crew was finished, they cleaned their equipment on the newly laid sod/weeds, leaving a pile of gravel and concrete sediment. None of what I've written includes "fixes" made during the construction process. I don't expect perfection in a production home, but at $600,000 I don't expect this degree of sloppiness. It appears to me that Pulte has a problem with the quality of their subcontractors. Concerning responsiveness: excellent during the build. Once we closed? Very slow. Very, very slow. And when I called their daytime emergency phone line, it went to their after hours answering service who couldn't help me. And other times I called or sent an email and no answers because they were on vacation with no "out of office" response provided. There are design elements in the home intended to control construction costs such as the location of the electrical sockets, hose bibs, soft-close drawers and garage insulation. I can live with those but the overall finish is such that I wouldn't buy a Pulte home again. I was expecting much better than we received. ... More

I expected better quality for the high price. Painter splattered paint all over everything (floors, outlets, outdoor pavers, etc.). Door hardward installed in the wrong place and much damage to the wood trim when trying to fix. Took 5 tries to get the correct refrigerator installed. Slab immediately cracked as did the stucco within one month. Kitchen cabinet doors scratched and two months later we are still trying to get this fixed. And more. Huge problem...Pulte gave me the wrong street address, so ALL my paperwork is wrong (deed, title insurance, cert of occupancy, insurances, drivers license, etc. and about 30 other institutions where I updated the address to the wrong address). The Pulte paperwork has not been corrected yet. I have spent many hours trying to correct addresses and have more to go. My initial 2 months in the house has been VERY upsetting. ... More

My experience with the salesperson was great. Knowledgeable and professional My experience with Title Company was good until I asked about a special assessment. She was rude and impatient when trying to figure this out. My experience with the construction manager was good until the home was completed. He helped with a couple of things and disappeared without saying a word. Shame on him. My experience with the Care Manager so far has been responsive. Whirlpool appliances very poor quality. The gas oven was delivered broken. As of today, Whirlpool has not figured out why it has not worked.

The low voltage vendor Securepro miss labeled the codes for wiring tv hook ups. Can't be corrected since Pulte's lack of consistent plans allowed plumber to run pipes where the backing was to go. The rush to complete and lack of thorough inspection missed several item that had to be corrected after purchase. PM didn't provide shower rood for second bathroom told us to buy our own, he probably took it for himself. There is little oversiight of vendors Pulte uses. Homeowners in this community are EXTREMELY nice which is a HUGE plus.