Lennar Reviews in Chicago, IL

It's frustrating that the subs try to shortcut things and it reflects on Lennar; do it right the first time!

Be sure to have all concerns documented and taken care of before moving in.

The sale person Linda was out standing and the details during the building process. Ober all home was good. The attention to details need improvement our list of issues are around 10 items 3 months in.

They say, you get what you pay for!

There are all the work which we were promised on our closing has never been fulfilled.

Staff does a nice job explaining your options

There was a lot of issues the day we signed. It’s been five months and we’re still getting work done.

Ceiling and wall visible taping many settlement cracks.appliances cheap..oven lower drawer falls out..1 day microwave installed bad had to have company fix. 1st floor so cold.air coming into room from electrical switch and outlets along west wall.envolpe compromise 2nd floor bedroom floor cold over garage also spare room over front door cold. Wam bam get you in construction. Heat comes on every 5 minutes due to first floor so cold along west wall had to purchase humidifier but can't keep up humidity do to furnace keeps running drying out house humidifier good for 2400sq ft.

Try to resolve issues with cut corners on maintenance. My sink faucet is leaking and water comes down in closet, and every time different people comes and explain that when you clean sink, water supposed not go behind faucet. So I have to keep towel all the times behind the faucet. I never heard like that. I was owning the home earlier and I used to clean bathrooms and I never seen water under the closet. The faucet gasket has to be sealed and leak free.

Buying experience was good but on the building side of it it’s poor

Worst Experience with Lennar Mortgage never ever again from start to finish. Terrible experience. These people working for your mortgage company are not trained the right way.

The carpet was almost like indoor/outdoor carpeting with no upgrade options, so we tore out and spent $10K at Home Depot for nice carpet. Dealing with landscaping issues as are yet unresolved. Exterior painting was very poor on the trim work. The sales process with Michelle was fantastic and she helped us immensely and we are very grateful to her for that! Thanks Michelle!!!!

Mortgage processing- mortgage officer and underwriter were not on the same page and didn’t respond in timely manner. I asked to put down 5% but they had my closing paperwork with 10% down payment. Closing was postponed and then i was super rushed. After closing was postponed, I told Lennar that i have to be out house i sold by certain date but they still scheduled my closing on the same date i had to be out of my previous home. I had to literally pack, close, and move on the same day.

My overall experience in dealing with a thenar was OK. The app was not a joy at all. I would rate it or two out of five. Though the people I talk to in the office were prompt, courteous, and professional, which helped me deal with the whole app situation. Again, I wish I was made aware of the fact that in the townhomes you have investors who will be renting out properties. My experience in the past has been that investors are poor landlords, and the property values for surrounding properties are dragged down and the transient people that move in and out don’t care about the property in the property start to look shabby, which affects my home and it’s value. ... More

Harry was excellent in the purchase process . Always available and very helpful . The mortgage arm of the company very poor and the rep was not very knowledgeable and a bit misleading Once you start getting emails to sign things etc . this company will NEVER STOP BOTHERING YOU! Even after closing I was getting emails to sign forms . They want to sell not only homes but insurance and lending …. Just stick to home building and selling would be my advice !

Builder should be more open to homeowners requests

Basically, buying from Lennar is a case for "buyer beware." It's not that they build an inferior product, however, corners are cut numerously when it comes to design and providing any sort of choice in materials. Lennar is also incredibly inflexible on almost any request once the sales contract is signed. It's basically a take it or leave it attitude. For my part, I was in a hurry to buy, for personal reasons, and I didn't spens enough time researching Lennar, or their other local developments. I have purchased several new homes from builders, in my lifetime. This was by far, the least satisfied I have ever been. Do your homework! ... More

Thought was not put into the design of this home. Why in the world would anyone put a window in a walk in closet and a door on the opposite wall. Where do they expect you to hang your clothes? If they had put in a normal closet with sliding doors, there would have been more room to hang things in the closet, the room would have been bigger and had a second window.

Whenever we had a question/comment the person we were talking to had to pass info to someone else for response seemingly just passing us off. The consierge was response but didn’t directly answer anything. Similarly the salesman, CM, & inspection staff only had one responsibility. Although all issues were addressed it was very frustrating. We’ll see how the 60 day & 11 month responses go (we’ve started both lists

Lennar's mortgage process was very chaotic but the representatives were always trying to help. We experienced changing contacts throughout the process which made it difficult to know where we were in the application & approval process. As far as quality, flooring was installed poorly; has squeaks and damaged boards. Have painting residue on woodwork. Found black mold under insulation in basement which they have remediated. For the money paid, we expected better quality.

Lots of cracks in the drywall as not enough joint compound was used and other issues need to be addressed at 60 day inspection.

Please do you home work and have your options open to compare houses, and mortgage broker with other builders.

I didn't find Lennar had any good communication with buyer

Lennar has a rigid process that meets the timing of their commitments. Unfortunately the actual building process is a slam bam get it done and fix it later approach. As a result the workmanship is poor with no incentive for the trades people to do quality work. Our experience has been you get it done poorly the first time. Then they respond quickly and positively to your request only to fix it and leave you with another poor quality fix and/or a different problem. The whole process is very very frustrating.

quality of materials is to poor and cheap my floor noise