Lennar Reviews

Tried very hard to make things right even though house had numerous problems at closing

Seems like they cut corners to hurry up job. No linen closet that was on plans. House wasnt clean when we moved in. Floors dirty garage not cleaned. Garage door step covered in mud. This is my 5th house and worst land scape job i have ever seen. Cut corners dead grass. Things just cheaply done. Problem with missing cables. Called lennar and they say not our problem. How could they do an inspection and not catch these things.

the house is nice but don’t feel like lennar will fix problems that they say they will.

Aggressive selling with very little empathy towards buyers. Not flexible at all for even minor changes. Good value for the money paid

I want to start off with a few positives, the house is nice and spacious, the neighborhood looks and seems nice. (Still waiting on amenities). The home buying process for me was pretty awful. The sales agent was very attentive until I submitted an application. He did advise me that I’d hear from the loan officer the next morning (it was a Sunday, no big deal). After three days of not hearing from anyone, I began sending messages to the sales agent, and within the Lennar mortgage portal (I uploaded all of the required docs based on what was recommended within the application process). Finally received a very brief call acknowledging they have my application. I basically heard nothing else until I reached out again a few weeks later asking if I am approved and how I disliked this process. I received a fairly quick response stating I had my new home owners meeting the next day (they never asked if I was available nor said I was approved). Completed that walk through with whom I thought was a stranger. (Wasn’t the name I was given but she was nice). After another week and a half of silence I reached out yet again asking what’s going on and if I’m approved. Finally got a response saying oh yes, you’ve been approved for weeks, you close in less than 48 hours. That was an extremely stressful process and trying to put a rush on transferring money from one account to another to play my downpayment with title was also stressful. The signing process was done virtually. The title agent never reached out to me I ended up having to bring more to closing because the LO never informed the title company that I paid my earnest money the day I completed my application. (I did receive a refund about a week later). Once I completed my closing, I ran to get my key (they only offer a 15 min key pick up window of time) and low and behold, they had no idea I closed on my loan. Waited more than an hour for them to tell me they don’t have any keys for me. And the construction manager will have to have some made. My entire car was filled with household items (thought I was moving in) , so the agent at the leasing office kindly let me in. Once I got inside I found a window was open and the lock was busted off of it, and the bathroom vanity’s front face fell off onto my foot and busted open my toes. I hope others have better experiences. But this was almost a complete nightmare. ... More

We had an initial great experience with Lennar sales, however Lennar title was very difficult to work with upon closing. We were told we were to close on a Friday, however Lennar title did not see our money transfer from the sale of our previous home that was sent early in the day Friday until very late in the day and due to that we were unable to close. When we tried to contact them Friday afternoon for clarification there was no response or anyone we could speak with. Due to this my family had nowhere to go for a weekend and had to find somewhere to stay along with paying extra for a U-haul to hold our belongings as we had already closed on our previous home. We were told we would be able to close early that Monday morning, however, we had to sign new paperwork. We received the paperwork at 8am Monday morning but still had heard nothing about being able to get into our home by 12:00. We continued to try to call Lennar title to find out why and were met with no response. We ended up having to call the initial phone number on their website and indicate we were interested in buying a new home in order to speak with anyone. We did not get our official closing papers and keys until 2 pm that day which was 3 days after we were supposed to initially close. I can’t say we would ever use Lennar for another home purchase due to the difficulty we experienced with Lennar title. ... More

Overall we are satisfied with our purchase but there have been some hiccups. We have bought and sold over a dozen homes so this is not a new experience for us. This has been one of the rougher experiences we’ve had with a builder. Pros: -Price: you do get a lot of house for the money. The same sqft with other builders in the area would be a lot more. -Sales Rep: We worked with Joey and he was great to work with. He was very responsive and fought hard to resolve any issues or concerns very quickly -Floor Plans: They have some unique and well thought out floor plans to choose from. We liked that they had things that others didn’t. Cons: -The quality of workmanship is rather poor. We expected lower end finishes for the price point but several simple things were just sloppy (i.e., lots of paint drips on tile, banisters, windows, tubs, etc. All the Cat6 cable was wired incorrectly and I had to re-terminate all of them. Pieces of wood were left on our roof and are still there more than two months after we reported it. Garage floors are stained and have cuts, cracks, and chips all over. They tried to hide cracks in the cabinets by painting them. Chips in the tile just had a little calk/paint thrown over them in hopes we wouldn’t notice. Bath tubs all had drips of paint, caulk, or putty; one had rust spots. The house was not very clean when we moved in. Lots of window seals had dead bugs, one room had a giant dead bug stuck to the wall, all the bathtubs had wall dust and debris in them, several places they adjusted outlets or wall plates there was the dust/residue from removing the plates on the carpet, in the master closet (where the Cat6 terminates) they left all the wire clippings from terminating the Cat6 cables, etc. Just overall sloppiness that doesn’t leave the best impression when expect to walk into your shinny new home) -Warranty Rep: we were told that a warranty person was supposed to join us at our new home orientation and they did not. Apparently they were supposed to go over the warranty details, deadlines, how to register appliance warranties, give us a book of something, etc. and we didn’t get any of that. We’ve told them several times and no one seems to care. We’ve been told most the information now by neighbors but they are holding us to deadlines and such that have never been explained to us. -Walkthrough Report: The construction manager is the one who came to the walkthrough and many of the things brought up were never written on his paper. He told us that we didn’t need to write anything down because he was, but he never showed us his list, and half the stuff we brought up he didn’t include. He told us someone would be in touch as not everything would be fixed before closing. Now that we have access to the warranty portal we can finally see his list and even though no one has contacted us, everything on it is marked complete. Many things were not addressed; some are very obvious that they weren't even looked at and other things were not really addressed, just some hokey quick fix. Since no one contacted us, I resubmitted most the items that were on his list plus the others that he missed. Fortunately, we had a private inspection done and had sent them this list ahead of time so many of the things he didn't write down were on that inspection list but some of them that weren't we are now being questioned why we didn't have them on our walkthrough list. It's been a rather frustrating process. -Imperfections: we understand that nothing is ever going to be perfect but when you buy something new, you are expecting things to be new. Several items are damaged and thus far not being taken care of. I am still working with the warranty people but the most frustrating aspect is that our closing was pushed back because they wanted the house to be "perfect" before we moved in so it's frustrating that we have large cracks and chips in the garage floors, deep scratches in the kitchen sink that cannot be buffed out, scratches all over the microwave controls, and cracks in the kitchen cabinets. Not only were these not noticed BEFORE we did our walkthrough (which was the reason we were given for pushing the closing date), we are struggling to get some of them addressed because either "they weren't on our walkthrough report" or "that's within Lennar specs". It's frustrating to me that I bought a new house to avoid these kinds of fights yet I am still having to have them. Many of our neighbors are telling us of similar experiences so I highly recommend anyone building with Lennar heed this advice and be very forceful in what you want BEFORE you close. Afterwards, the battle becomes much more difficult. Overall, we are happy with our purchase. We love the house, the neighborhood, and neighbors. I just wish I would have been more discerning before we closed and insisted that I get, in writing, the list of things they would take care of before I signed. Our previous builders have been very easy to work with on these issues (and we had fewer of them) so we didn't stress it but should have. I would not tell anyone not to buy from Lennar, I would simply say, be VERY picky at your walkthrough and have a clear understanding before you leave what will/won't be addressed, what will be outstanding after you move in, who to contact if they don't contact you, etc. If you are not happy with those answers, talk about it BEFORE you close. That's all I would recommend. ... More

Working with the construction team was a standout experience—their professionalism and quality were excellent. Unfortunately, the home buying process fell short. The back office was slow to respond, offered poor customer service, and consistently demonstrated a lack of attention to detail.

At the entrance of my home, there are two stone post(wall), this job was pretty bad. I've been notified the sales agent number of times, but no correction was made. Hope, the construction company response quickly.

Everything was great with our on site representatives. Got some great deals but the entire underwriting and closing process was a nightmare. The communication was absolutely awful.

Home is not senior friendly. Doors are not wide enough to get appliances in without taking apart Doors leak at corners the stuff you call sod looks like it came out of a cow Pasteur you have a long way to go to call yourself a good home builder. Ron

Very hard to get in touch with anyone for any questions, I called the concierge and was told will call back but when I called back to ask regarding the issues then no one pick up the phone. The construction team are great, very thorough walk through, but customer service team are very unhelpful, by the way I closed out my home a month ago and still don’t have a mailbox keys, and still waiting for someone to get back with me regarding because I can’t get in touch with anyone.

Nice neighborhood! We like our house.

I was told and so was several other people that the mulch is included with the HOA and from what I’m reading from all of them is that that is not true!! that needs to be fixed… for a first time homebuyer as I had questions and reached out to Lynn and so forth in regards to certain things then yeah I didn’t get a call back!!

My experience was very average

All staff from various departments were friendly but there were so many involved that no one seemed to know what the other departments were doing. All staff were responsive wmexcept for one concierge Hanah who often did not respond to requests. I joked with the manager that Lennar should be paying me a salary as I had to do so much work in coordinating staff between departments. It wasn’t at all seamless or efficient

The buying process was smooth and easy, but I have to say, I’m pretty disappointed with the quality of the home. We’ve run into several issues, especially with sand in the pipes, and were told this will always be a problem unless we install a filtration system—which isn’t exactly cheap. Honestly, that seems like something that should have been included from the start. On top of that, the carpet quality isn’t great, and one of the rooms has something melted into it, causing a bad odor. It’s been frustrating to deal with. On the plus side, Lennar has been pretty quick to respond to most issues, which I appreciate. ... More

I think the sales agent was nice but the process which I’m sure is trained feels rushed and forced. You are not allowed to review documents. It’s sign and make a down payment. Will not be my last purchase but will definitely use a realtor or attorney going forward. Same thing for ky walk thru. Never got to noir or green tape so refused to sign for the walk thru. 2nd round although I taped half the tape was still up and not touched up. Overall I’m still happy with my purchase.

The house was done on time and the transition through inspection and closing was smooth. Clean up around the house was terrible as trash and building materials were left laying around the house. The back patio was covered in nails and other debris that was just left. The people we worked with were great, but could have put more focus on giving us a clean and pet/family friendly yard.

House wasn’t ready for the walkthrough. Quality of the workmanship was not what I expected out of Lennar and with the price of the home. With a lot of community things got resolved. After the closing the whole process of getting house keys, mailbox keys, gate pass and getting everything changed into our names and learning all the process and multiple sites has been stressful. I feel things could be streamlined so the whole process is not so stressful with closing and moving.

I purchased a home Lennar. They did not pressure wash my driveway. They didn’t clean my yard after I purchased it. I had to ask them twice. The “free grass” I got is actually making me pay extra to get treated and my landscaper just told me I need to get all new grass. The HOA is asking me to get my yard treated

HOA fees too high. Green spaces are very less

Documentation team is not good. Documents wrong. Changed more than 10 times. People doingteh transaction are outsourced - it is obvious. Poor quality.

I’d paid 240,000 dollars for a home id expect a lawn to be finished. But no, Lennar only does half the lawn. It’s a bit ridiculous to be honest. On top of that the grass installed was installed dead. Nicks, dents and holes throughout the house.(partially on me though for not hiring my own inspector) Electrical issues from the jump. If you go with Lennar make sure your around for the whole project or just avoid it. The HOA is nice. The locations nice. Lennar…Ehh.

Sales in my opinion very poor. Was handed a list of homes and a house key and told go check them out and let me know if you want one. Construction purchased a finished inventory home. I walked the home 2weeks prior to my official walk thru and made a list of punch items. I gave this list to sales requesting it to be given to the construction team. The day of the walk thru none of the items had been addressed. Closing had to be moved 3 or 4 times. Had to reschedule movers twice, and they simply just didn't care. I was really hoping for my first home buying experience not to feel like I purchased a home from a vending machine. I will say this the loan process was super simple and very efficient. ... More