Lennar Reviews in Tampa St. Petersburg, FL

If I knew what I know now I would not have purchased this home! This has been the worst experience! Starting with the Mortgage Company forward! The mortgage experience was the worst mortgage experience I have ever been through. Everything was so complicated and you never spoke with a person! This is not good for a 55 and over community especially! It was extremely frustrating and I spent 10 days looking at and signing documents online which was very difficult and I only had 28 days to pack up and get out of my house! No one ever contacted you by phone, only email and I couldn't sit there and look at my phone when I was trying to pack boxes. The entire mortgage process from start to finish was very frustrating. And now to continue, the walkthroughs were not good and items weren't taken care of and then I had two different people telling me items were going to be taken care of and here I am 8 weeks later and they're still not done! The warranty process is horrible because everything is online and you get a message that some number item is scheduled for an appointment and you don't know what it is for and who the vendor is and you can't reschedule it because you can't call them. And just today I had one appointment cancel and the other one just not show! This has been the worst home building experience I have ever had and I've built a few homes. I'm extremely disappointed and disgusted in that times have thought about not even finishing unpacking and getting out of here! I can't even unpack my clothing because my closet wax are falling off of the wall! I have clothing all over my house and I can't even get settled because of it! I kept putting off doing this survey but you keep sending it to me so now you have your survey! And I am not the only one that feels this way. And everybody passes the buck! It's nobody's job and it's not the HOA and it's not Lennar and nobody fixes or takes care of anything and my property looks disgusting because it's supposed to be taken care of and it's included in my fees and it looks horrible! I have dead grass and dead trees and dead plants and no one ever shows up to take care of it and what I have in my yard is weeds instead of grass! And trees that fell over and it's nobody's job to fix them! I'm extremely frustrated! ... More

Where to start? Immediate leak from upstairs kids bathroom the first time one of them took a shower. Leaked down into the bottom floor soaking insulation. Still waiting five weeks later for it to be fully fixed so my daughter can have her on room back, so we don’t have large holes in her wall and the downstairs ceiling. Whoever put in the grass cared nothing about people safely mowing their lawns. The first time I mowed (after Lennar didn’t for three weeks), I took chunks out of the blades in the lawnmower because large chunks of cement and thick gauge wire were left in the yard. Related also to the yard, one of your folks planted a palm tree right on the property line, so we’ll have to put up the fence over the property line. Amenities inside the house are sparse. We’ve already spent. $5000 more to have ceiling fans and central room lights installed- those should’ve been installed during construction. The dishwasher and washer feel cheap and are. The dishwasher doesn’t dry dishes and the washer is needlessly loud and I’m guessing not energy efficient based on our first month’s bill, but they could also be related to large holes in the wall and ceiling. Your HOA oversteps its boundaries. We got a landline for my wife’s elderly mother so she could call relatives in her native South Korea. I was told by your provider we must ASK PERMISSION for each country we wish to call. I don’t need, nor intend to ask permission. It is a service provided to us and I don’t need or want intrusive people deciding where we can and can’t call. I will not recommend any friends purchase a home from Lennar in Pearl Estates. The lack of quality control, cheap furnishings and HOA have made our purchase a mistake. ... More

Extremely bad experience with construction manager , some of my stuffs are still not fixed that was promised to fix after closing Horrible experience with Lennar insurance Bad experience with Lennar mortgage HOA response time very late Over all response time late

Lack of communication between departments. Not flexible. A lot of issues with the house. Cheap materials

I was really excited to start the process of buying a home with Lennar Homes. Throughout my homebuyer process, I was somewhat clueless of what to expect. The person that I spoke to initially, which I thought it was my Realtor, rushed me through the initial process to take a down payment within the first day of meeting her. I was only shown two homes Which the first was already sold and the second was the last available so I was told. I was told that I would be walk-through the whole process if I had any questions or concerns I could reach out to my her, Jennifer. Jennifer was absolutely no help. She was only looking to make her commission from the sale. I only really spoke with her once. She knew I was a first time homebuyer in my whole story and I thought she was trustworthy enough to help me throughout the process. She was not at all. Even after purchasing the home throughout the stressful process with all the other agents that I spoke with about the mortgage loan, I have yet to speak with her. Each time I reach out to her I either get no answer or I have to communicate with someone else that has no clue of any information to provide to me as well. The mortgage officer is were very rude as well. I know it is a stressful job, but the point of the Realtor is to take the stress off the customer and the mortgage officer . Neither department was effective, sympathetic or compassionate . They were all rude and demanding and completely unfortunately Uncompassionate to the process . The construction of the home was thrown together. I’ve had many issues since the start with electrical and plumbing. Again, I have yet to be able to speak with my realtor about this because she has not returned any of my calls. The warranty department seems a bit sketchy with Lennar homes as well. Thus far, I have not been completely satisfied but making do because I’ve set myself up for failure for a $300,000 home that really isn’t even worth 75,000. They say when you know better you do better, I only plan to stay in this home for maybe the next two years and then I will be selling. I thought this would be my forever home, But at this rate, it does not look like it will be. Lennar should have Realistic realtors that are really willing to work with first time homebuyers, Or any homebuyers that is. Explain the full process and detail what to expect and what is included. They should not be so concerned about the commission that they are going to make either way. I was told by Jennifer that if things were not correct, and I was not happy then I would become her headache that far. It seems like she’s been avoiding me by dodging my calls and never being in the office whenever I stop by. Not to mention that I’ve been in Home for almost 5 months now and I’m just now getting a mailbox key that works and our mail is just now being delivered. We were distributed other peoples keys and had to run down the office to get the keys corrected. There are millions of homes in this neighborhood and each person had a different person’s key. I can only imagine how much of my mail had been stolen if it was ever even delivered. The recreation center took forever to be completed and has still yet to be fully completed. Are key cards still do not work appropriately And the pool is never clean. Things with Lennar should be more transparent than they are. All in all, I am not happy with my service or my home, but I guess I will make do since I am stuck here. ... More

Worst experience ever, i would leave any stars if it was possible

The amount of cosmetic defects and the amount of time it has taken to fix these issue has been the worst experience of my house buying experience. We were rushed through the final walk through a lot of things were missed and the whole process just felt rushed! From the financial stand point all the way through closing. Miscommunication with the entire staff from sales to closing escrow agents. Worse experience ever. Never again will I get a Lennar home

Closing was a nightmare , got ripped off , house is not built for storms

Lied about the community being quiet . Anything but considering legal action. Quality of appliances and cabinets are trash .

Do not buy any homes from Lennar. You will retreat . Horrible

Not professional , not informed correctly , bad communication . I’ve dealt with builders in the past and did not experience what I have experienced with Lennar . Their finance team is no good

Buying a house with Lennar was the worst experience I ever had. I started the process June of 2023 and didn’t move in until the end of April of 2024. My new home consultant was the worst poor communication, he lied every chance he got, then he quit just two weeks before I had to close on the home. His manager knew the issues that were going on and barely helped. She was provided all text message and emails and was shocked how he spoke to me, but nothing was ever done. Come to find out it was a known issue with the new home consultant many people suffered because of him. How Lennar Conduct business is awful. Very poor communication. They treat clients like garbage. I did ask for my down deposit back I was told no that if I don’t purchase with Lennar, I’ll never be able to own my own home. If I could go back in time I would not purchase a home with Lennar. ... More

I have a list of things that never got completed yet. Said will be right back that was four months ago. I could go on and on and on. Will never ever buy another Lennar home and will stop anyone who I hear say that they're looking at Lennar.

DO NOT buy from LENNAR! They are the MOST unreliable, RACIST and worst people to work with. We are first time home buyers and they made the process extremely difficult for us to purchase a home. We also felt that some of the people involved in our home buying process were very prejudiced and racist and they contributed to the difficulties that we experienced throughout the process. They did EVERYTHING they could to try to ensure that we didn’t get a home. Their loan officers are THE WORST! Please save yourself the heartache. Their homes are cheap and you end up having to take care of things that should’ve been taken care of during the walk-through and after. ... More

Closing took over 10 hours, delayed 4 times while I waited in a U Haul. Nothing was fixed that was asked for. None well return phone calls. 2 months later we still can't get mail. Workers speed up and down the road plus trash keeps blowing in the yard. Can't reach HOA about rules.

Lennar mortgage is the worst! I may NOT purchase Lennar house in the future purely because of the terrible loan officer from Lennar. I have submitted my complaints about my loan officer and nobody has ever contacted me.

We selected Lennar because it was building homes in the area we wanted to live. No other builders really had inventory in our our price range and timeline. What a mistake! Worst experience I've ever had. They were late completing the home. The mortgage division is incompetent. They cost us thousands of dollars due to their mistakes.

My experience moving her was not a pleasant experience when I first came here to look at the home that I picked it didn't have a stair way it had a hallway and that's not what I got no communication in progress also my house my jack up I really don't care for purchasing any home with them again no one can help you get a clear understanding also we were told if u put down a certain amount if we didn't get approve 250 will be deducted from that and would get the rest back it was my son he is un the military and they say he wasnt approve so they did FHA how about that was a lie my husband didn't wanted to go thru with it and was told if we could not get our money back after they say my son wasn't approve by him self the whole thing is they played with how to suckered u in also I got my water bill and it's so bad they run the water everyday and that bill I had to pay and called and spoke to different number and everyone telling me they don't know anything and can't help me I even text the young lady that did our first walk thru dead end with her I even send Aneese a picture about the bill she told me she would see what they can do when she took it to her boss brook told me nothing no help hunter no help at all no one helped me so I got force into paying a water bill and I moved in on the 19 of January cause I still had a other apartment that I was Still paying to finish out my lease all this was told to brook also they put a rush on this house cause the guy that did our second walk thru said they told him house had to be ready by January 9 and he said that what he did what they say and if they did stated a later Time he could have done that and I wouldn't have to pay all that money and my monthly payments would start later like I say no help at all bad experience for me in buying a home with lennar so don't send me no more reviews to rate you guys just leave me out of your reviews cause not good for me bad experience it could've been more star's no communication after you are sold a house everyone that you communication with doesn't even check on you call you before they called text email now no one is helping you be more fair with ur customer not because you sold a house when they called for help with certain things and the same wall you hit you keeping hitting it cause they don't have answers for you ... More

Bad experience cheaply done work. Lots of problems but builder still wanted to close be fore fixing them . Also after removing there cheap carpet there was lots of dirt paint and construction trash under pad was not even clean up . Then all the closet shelves were not attached to studs fell down with my wife’s clothes on them and she got hurt. Also had to fix a wall outlet box when removing found beer cans and soda pop bottles in the wall with liquid in them and ants were already starting to make a home were there was food and sugar . Bad builders stay away!!!

I have purchased 7 homes in the past 31 years and this by far was the worst experience I have ever had with a builder, from the start to close. I had to postpone the closing because what they called a finish home was not what the general public would consider finished. And the even managed to screw up the closing when it came time for that process. I flew my wife in from NC just for the close and we could not and would not close based on condition of home. I would never recommenced a Lennar home to anyone and my now neighbors feel the same way. Do not purchase a Lennar home their customer service is the worst and this includes issues with their so called warranty staff after the move in. ... More

I went through different models and they all had white cabinets. I was told I was getting white cabinets, got gray. Was told to bad, you signed the contract. This is what you get, there are no options. Was told if I wanted a custom build, I had to go to a custom builder. I moved in and was trying to get cable hooked up, which is part of the HOA and there was a problem. I spent all day leaving messages and not once was called back. Finally at 4:30 I found someone who guided me in the right direction. Found beer cans in my cabinet while they were still building. Which explains some of the shoddy work done. When I moved in the floors were filthy, windows dirty, grout dirty, line of ants climbing up an outside wall into AC pipe. These are all things noted during the walk-through. I didn’t move in until two months after my closing, I was on a trip, and none of these things were taken care of. Cheapest appliances made. So if you want shoddy work and no choices about anything, which I was willing to live with a farmers sink, I wanted a split sink, which wall you are dictated to put your tv on, a tiny one car garage that you can’t put your golf cart and car in at the same time, which I find strange because it is a golf community, then Lennar is your builder. ... More

Cannot write a positive review yet. Once we get all the promise’s full filled and issues repaired, I look forward to writing that review.

Angeline 55+ Community has the worst contractor follow ups. We closed on our home August 30, 2023 during the hurricane, therefore we were unable to do the final walk thru none of the items were fixed and they still are not fixed, we keep getting promises but nothing happens. The internet is the worst!!! I have little or no service in the house, they put the box in the furthest point in the home and it delivers a very weak signal. I have talked to customer service and they say there is nothing they can do for us it's the internet provider but Lennar provided an extended to other residents of the community at no charge but they told me that that is not offered anymore and it didn't come with our package!! Package??? we did not know it was an option, nor did we know that the internet would be a problem. Because of the lack of weak internet, our ring doesn't even protect our home! I work out of my home and rely on the internet! We will never purchase a home from Lennar again! ... More

Home is substandard with poor workmanship. Lennar did not meet any of our expectations of a newly constructed home. Home was not finished by the closing date despite reassurance that everything would be done. We wanted to delay the closing until everything was completed but Lennar threatened loss of our 10% deposit if we did not close that day. Construction manager apologized and gave his commitment that he would personally make sure everything was done right but broke his promise the next day and said it was not his department or responsibility after closing.

I had a bad experience with overall delays and last minute changes.