Lennar Reviews in Sarasota Bradenton, FL

Purchased two townhomes in Lakewood Ranch. (Lorraine Lakes) Sales Rep for Lennar was completely unprofessional in his approach. Craftsmanship and customer services has gone by the wayside. Their a production builder and apparently hire anybody.

The staff at Lennar are wonderful and the buying process was made as simple as possible. The real issue that Lennar needs to work on, is the finishing work and hire contractors that deliver a much higher quality of craftsmanship than they do today. We had a terrible walk through and closing experience due to the bevy of unresolved items that our project manager didn’t handle. If Lennar had a quality coordinator to review and follow through on work prior to presenting a home to a new owner it would greatly improve the process in our opinion. People shouldn’t spend this kind of money on a home , and then have to chase down and work with the Contractors to finish things that should have been done prior to closing. Good luck. ... More

I always liked Lennar, but I see now the poor workmanship that we as new owner have to go through because the sub contractor get away with poor work standards. I have to submit warranty work for basic construction work example kitchen cabinets not leveled properly, rain gutters pitch towards the house and not to the down spout, paint on window frames and screens. MY BRAND NEW TUB big chunk missing and scratches because the subcontractors had cement all over the tub during construction with no protection. FYI I can only pray they taped all of the joints especially in the showers corners.. Lennar big message to you time to hold subcontractor responsible for doing poor work, charge them for all of the work and if you want to meet with me (I’m talking to the CEO and big bosses) Please contact me so i can show you what’s happening in the field. BTW my cabinets are schedule to be repaired in late August (I bought the house late February) and my tub repair is scheduled for August 1,2023. We paid plenty for the house, you would think the workmanship would be at a high professional level too. God Bless America! ... More

The quality of materials and workmanship is sub-standard at best. Lennar houses are slapped together in an assembly line manner. There are no changes allowed of any sort. Our salesman flat out lied throughout the process. Once we got close to closing we finally were able to meet the construction manager. She has no knowledge of construction. She just knows what she's told by her bosses. There are so many issues to be fixed of which they rely on the warranty dept. So far the warranty dept has been good but it's alot of emails and scheduling for people to be in our house. I highly recommend everyone to save yourselves and stay away from Lennar. ... More

Jen helped out a lot. She was very pacific in our needs in the companies needs loved working with her. It was a pleasure.

Buyer beware of what you are getting into with Lennar at Lorraine Lakes. Poor communication from Bobbi the sales agent, a terrible experience with Fernando the "construction manager" and deception from both individuals when it came to the closing issues on our new $700k+ home. It is our dream home in our dream neighborhood. But we never dreamed we would have such a poor experience buying a home this expensive. 6 weeks after closing, we are still awaiting resolution on issues that were identified at our walkthru and were supposed to have been fixed within 24 hours of closing. Our home is sloppily constructed. Evidence of poor workmanship is present in every room. The master shower floor is being scheduled for a complete removal and replacement after having been re-grouted 2x already post closing. Kitchen cabinets being ordered for replacement. Our cooktop is not permanently mounted and slides freely in its opening, scratching the quartz (and warranty refuses to address it). Our carpet in our closet was not completed for 3 weeks after closing. Broken tiles, whole sections not caulked. Just a nightmare of problems. Fernando built a poor version of a beautiful house, was arrogant and difficult to communicate with and chose to throw a hissy fit and stomp out of our only walkthru when we made our concerns known. The warranty team has been struggling to keep up with all our tickets. We have so many outstanding issues I have a hard time keeping them all straight. At least Heather in the warranty dept seems to care and answers the phone and emails about half the time. Once they have your money and you close, you lose all leverage. Beware. ... More

This house has been a nightmare! Two weeks after closing we noticed black mold in the owners bathroom. Lennar responded quickly to mitigate the problem but took 3 weeks and multiple vendors to identify the source of the water leak. Tiles, vanity and shower subfloor had to be removed. Two months after closing we still do not have use of the bathroom or our bedroom due to the continuous state of construction. Additionally, a week after the bathroom problem was identified, the garage started taking in water. Again, it took 4 vendors to identify source of the leak, blocks and floor cement escavated, leak fixed and floor and wall reconstructed. All of this was happening while they were addressing the dozen other tickets submitted for damaged items, lack of detail and sloppy workmanship. Poor quality construction. Disappointed for sure. The only shining light is Wendy. She is responsive and easy to work with during this difficult process. ... More

Wouldn’t recommend LENNAR to anyone still trying to get get doors flipped right side up no handles on doors took two months to get lights in rooms

Workmanship of all grouting was terrible. All shipping plastic on the shower basin was not removed and was caulked over the top and peeling off. Overspray of white paint on black cabinets. Many door trim finish boards were cut over an inch short and just caulked at the floor. Garage door floor area had to be floated because there were 1/2 gaps on both far left and far right sides of the door when the door was closed. Alot of mortar was spilled on the garage floor and front porch which all needed to be chipped off. Paint and stains on the carpet. We had the carpets steamed cleaned before we moved in. A number of items that were to be fixed between the initial walk through and closing were not completed. During the final walk through several workers were still in the house working on the issues. We closed 2/28/23 and as of 4/11/23 our yards sod is not complete. Many issues were not addressed in the timely manner that the CM stated they would be. The evening before the down payment was to be made, we were notified of a price increase. ... More

Overall pretty good experience. Fairly responsive to small issues. The only negative is that it was super late after the sale process that I was advised that the extended lanai was no longer offered. Was a big selling point for us.

This house was definitely built for renter. Everything is cheaply made. Toilets started leaking, fridge has broken parts, front door is missing weather strips. The buying process was terrible. Lender and seller were not in tune with the community they were representing. The only reason I stayed in through the process was becuase they made eme put down 10% and would not return my money if I walked away. Never again with lennar

We closed on our home on Feb.10,2023. We are extremely thrilled with our experience. Yes, there was a few hiccups, couple of delays, miscommunications, and a couple of repairs to be done but everything was straightened out in the appropriate time frame. Our real estate agent, Paula, was our shoulder to cry on, our uplifting voice and our insanity stablizer !! We are first time home buyers and it was more stressful than we expected but Paula was always there for us. The perfect person for us !!! Our mortgage lender, Elizabeth, was absolutely great ! She was always there when we needed her and tried her very best to keep us in the loop !! Our builder manager, Brandon, was the right person for us. He answered all of our questions and was honest if he didnt have the answer. But would always get back to us wirh the answers !! Our home buying experience was really great for us with Lennar Homes !! Yes, I would recommend everyone involved in our journey !!! Buying with Lennar Homes was a dream come true for us !!! ... More

I purchased my Florida home from out of state, Maryland, therefore it was imperative, to have good communication in the building process. From the onset of the process of purchasing our home there has been questionable glitches when it came to my sales rep, Bobbi , and the communication processes. I was totally disheartened with my experiences with Lennar and I believe it’s mostly due to my sales agent and her failure to communicate honesty and timely. I have videos and emails between us which demonstrates her lack of communication and even her being on top of what was going on with my potential home. I tried to maintain faith in Lennar builders by making various personnel in her management chain aware of my issues and my concerns but to no avail. I never received any consideration with the total failure of my sales agent and her total lacking on her job when it comes to communicating and maintaining customers satisfaction. If I wasn’t so far in the process of purchasing this home I would have walked away. So now I warn any potential buyers to be aware that once you sign the contract you are on your own. ... More

Overall it's been a good experience just waiting for a few more things to get fixed around the house. So far so good.

Lennar doesn’t drop prices, Lennar doesn’t help with closing fees, and Lennar doesn’t put lights in bedrooms! Lennar doesn’t help at all! My experience with LENNAR was my worst experience ever. I’ve purchased many houses across the world but I’ve never once seen something like this happen.

Unfortunately, when it came to our salesman it was a poor experience. When you re spending well over the amount the house is worth just do to the market you expect professionalism atleast. We had a wonderful experience with our project manager who really was attentive but when it came to customer service provided by sales contact it was extremely poor and unprofessional.

Need more attention paid to quality of workmanship.

My experience with Lennar has been horrible.. Since day one I wanted to buy a house with a loan and the person a spoke to thought it was cash and obviously they waited until closing day to contact me and that was a huge problem.. going from buying cash to a loan and I almost lost my deposite which is 10% of the house values ( crazy) if this was my first house I would never want to go through that also because Lennar people are not helpful at all.. honestly I don’t have time to do this but I do not recommend friends or family to buy from Lennar.. I do have experience with Dr Horton and they’re great from costumer service, they help and guide costumer so well something that lennar doesn’t do ohhhh and they don’t keep your money if something goes wrong with the loan/house and you guys take peoples savings with no remorse.. there’s so many things that I would love to say here but don’t have the time to be typing.. So I finally got my house with a lot of problems and needed something to be fix right away and I was told that wasn’t lennars problem and then I was told to contact John buscemi which he doesn’t answer his phone or reply to emails. My name is Christian Buenrostro ... More

Very poor customer service. Very rude management.

This was our first new build experience with Lennar and will probably be our last. 1) The salesperson, while initially helpful, friendly, and professional during the sales process, was not very helpful after we were pressured to close before the house was finished. He made a LOT of promises to follow up on punch list items immediately within two weeks during the final walk-through and then essentially washed his hands after we closed on November 30th. When we followed up, he would use the excuse of only being able to do so much since he is “only” a salesperson. And that he needed to clear things with management each time. We doubt if he even reached out to anyone for clarification and used “management” as an excuse to not provide adequate answers. It has been six weeks since closing and we are still dealing with open items and haven’t been able to rent it out as planned until the major issues are fixed. 2) We went with Lennar on everything: mortgage, title, etc.… And no one knew how to communicate. I was the primary buyer, my wife isn’t even on the mortgage, but they kept sending communications to her and not to me. The emails kept going to her spam messages. When I finally had access to the documents with Lennar Mortgage / Lennar Track, there were documents several documents that were uploaded a month prior, that would have been helpful to me as the buyer. Even this survey was sent to the wrong person. We started looking at other investment properties, this time in the Phoenix area and passed on several developments once we found out they were Lennar developments. ... More

Poor workmanship Lenard representative was not responsive at all

This is our 5th home buying experience (both existing and new construction homes) and by far the worst experience with the building process and quality/value of the home

Workmanship is terrible. The grass in the garden is pretty much dead at this point. No toilet paper holders, shower rails, soap dishes, broken roof tiles, damaged windows screens, lamp on the front lawn doesn’t work, cracked/missing tiles in the driveway, unwired faceplates throughout the home, paint dripping over light switches/tiles, holes behind all light switches, loose fixtures in the all bathrooms, all windows blinds hung the wrong way, gaps in doors throughout the home, missing stucco all over the outside of the home, grass wasn’t placed Properly resulting in tripping hazards everywhere, broken cabinet doors, rusted cabinet handles, drawer handles different for each drawer, broken dryer, rusted bathroom fixtures. I paid 50k over asking price and the house needs a lot of work ... More

Getting responses from departments that are supposed to rectify issues is next to impossible. Seven weeks after closing still have 20+ items remaining from punch list.

Hunter our sales person did a phenomenal job helping us throughout the process. We felt that the sales process was great. Unfortunately, the quality of craftsmanship and work of contractors has been well below average. Lennar sales process 10! Lennar quality of work 5!