Lennar Reviews

The home is good. A few issues that I can correct. The staff that were my main contacts were great. Some staff late in the closing process were not helpful.

Except for the level-headed and well-mannered Lennar’s coordinator (Taylor), our experience could have been permanently stored in the freezer. She was honest, trustworthy, and thoroughly well-skilled in dealing with customers’ frustration. Delay, delay, and delay typified the buying process. The signing of the contract was postponed several times to take advantage of the escalating price. But we signed one in February of 2021 with a potential closing date of June. Then, the date moved to July, August and then in September no light could be seen at the end of the tunnel. In fact, we were offered the chance to collect our deposit. Unfortunately, that was not a viable option as we were out of the country for months. Well, the prolonged delay was blamed on lack of building material particularly windows. As the delay continued, Taylor was in contact with us through facetime/zoom. She gave us regular updates and smoothened the rough edges. She was fantastic, but there was nothing she could do on her own. The big guys smoking espresso coffee in their glass offices often made the calls! Finally, we closed on November 16th, 2021, after incurring over $8000.00 in additional temporary rent and storage fees for our belonging. No space to describe the horrors and expenses of moving our belongings coast to coast due to the extended delay in closing our home. As to the quality of the workmanship, it is below average. Too many unfished items [ drywall, painting, missing light covers, loose vent hood,…] before closing. Of course, the contract was written to favor the builder. Having lived in the house for about two months, other problems have popped up. The fireplace is completely dead! The fireplace technician visited us twice. The first time, he got the flame to work, but all yellow, no blue. The second time, he struggled for one hour and literarily killed the fireplace, not even the pilot will light. The Frigidaire dishwasher is also broken. We actually narrowly escaped fire from inside the dishwasher. Lennar’s “all-included” could be fantastic if and only if attention was paid to details: 1. Home-Theater room has zero wiring. It is just a bare room. Not even a TV outlet. It should not be advertised as “home theater” 2. No HDMI outlet above the fireplace, but a closed pipe was run to it with no instruction. It was left for the homeowner to explore and detect. 3. Master bathroom should have been well-lighted even with as tiny as a 12” x 12” window. 4. No phone outlet in the main office and when pointed out, Lennar claimed it was by design. 5. Lots of rough surfaces on the drywalls. 6. The quality of the glass windows is very poor. Too much noise from all sides. 7. Painting work is horrible. Lots of bubbles on the door frames and walls 8. Poor Design work: With a 3547 sq ft. home, one would expect not to be choked in the laundry room, and master bathroom. Too much non-functional space left behind. 9. A portion of the garage was not covered with drywall 10. Hooking up to Ruckus -a wireless extension was tedious and challenging, with no clear instructions. 11. Bathroom mirrors are not framed [bare glass] 12. The drainage pipe from the roof was poorly designed and could lead to the front of the house being flooded. A small tiny French dry well could help. 13. The 2” sharp floor elevation as you enter the garage is a treacherous trap for elderly people like us. Is that a city requirement or design flaw? Overall, too much quality was compromised to minimize cost. Response to Issues: Excellent. We are very pleased with the timely response to all the issues with have raised. Ryan, our customer service coordinator is excellent. We sincerely appreciate his efforts. Overall, and considering the disruption by the COVID-19 pandemic, we are tolerant of many of the issues mentioned above. But we are sincerely hoping that no major problems will pop up. ... More

We did not have any say-so to pick options or make any changes to the options that Lennar chose. Construction was rushed and it showed in the quality of workmanship. We paid a premium price for an average house. Would not recommend if you want design options or something better than builder grade materials.

Experience was ok, house ok , service all just ok. Nothing special about this builder especially if you like a lot of crooked things like Ceilings, window sills and walls,

There is room for improvement

Nice house, but the process to close was tedious and the final build of the house was not according to the plans we were initially given.

We had a positive experience with buying our house, the sales person was responsive and knowledgeable. We used Lennar Mortgage and Lennar Title, which made our lives easier. The Mortgage Officer was very helpful in the process. Construction on the other hand was a pain. We had to document all of the issues ourselves during several walkthroughs with pictures to make sure everything gets addressed and resolved. However many of the issues were ignored multiple times. They got addressed only after we escalated them to the construction management. Construction didn't commit to the deadlines they set for themselves. The house still has issues, after almost 2 months after closing. ... More

Once I closed, things didn't get resolved as timely as I felt they should have. Still waiting for unresolved issues.

Our experience was very stressful and unpleasant. We are still waiting for return from Lennar for the a double trip for our inspector who could not get into the house do his part because the sales person did not provide access to the house as he promised. It was a total mess from the day we stepped into the model home utill the closing day.

The houses were sloppily put together to meet a deadline. It shouldn’t be the owners job to make sure that the construction services and trades did their job right. There should be more quality control and checking of peoples work. Finding issues every day the longer we live here

I think overall the workmanship is good quality and the walls are not so thin where you can hear everything which is great; however the most disappointing is the one car garage entry; I can barely get my car out; I have to be careful to hit the walls every time I leave and enter and it isn’t even a big vehicle. The builder should have considered and tested the garage entry and common sense would tell you to expand it a little. Also, the appliances such as the dishwasher and the oven are not the best to use, I would think we are in a new century and they would at least install better dishwashers, not the same ones from the 1990’s, also, the standard oven installed has a broiler at the very bottom of the oven separately…it’s so low it is like broiling things on the floor, that is horrible and such a hassle. ... More

Expect a lot of delays and a long punch list of things that need to be done prior to closing and even after.

To start off, our new home consultant was great. Once it came time to do the walk, that's where things started to go down hill. First off, walls were crooked. They stated that they have a certain tolerance, but the walls were way beyond that. They did fix the issue which delayed closing. Once you close on the home, you may as well not exist. A new home comes with a 1 year end to end warranty. I am currently in a fight with them to honor this. They have finally agreed to cover some things while still giving me problems on others. They do not seem to care if you are having issues because right now they are selling homes left and right. In order for them to consider your issue, you have to keep pestering them until it is done. Just today, I had a warranty appointment for grout repair and they were a no show. I understand the current environment and staffing issues with the pandemic, but at least let me know you aren't going to make it because I had to arrange to be home for this. In the end, it's no different than buying a car. They are all about customer service until they have your money. ... More

We are happy to be in our new home! The community and surroundings are beautiful. There were several issues in the building process that needed immediate attention to fix. The customer is not in the loop. Our construction manager was helpful in resolving issues. The process to address home owners questions and concerns needs fixed. We will submit tickets to address our current issues. Providing home owner with touch up paint is a must. I’m bothered by paint issues every time I clean.

Quality and workmanship was not the best. It was posted as a gated community on their website but it was not. Response to issues was not the best either.

Ask a lot of questions before signing a contract.

Quality of the house is good but the quality of the flooring, appliances. cabinetry and granite where below average. I knew this when I bought. My choice was to invest in replacing flooring and appliances and add hardware to cabinets when I moved in. Lennar should have gave the same quality and attention that is given to the single family homes

Options to choose the material and appliances was not available. Also once signed the contract at the very beginning we didn’t had chance to make even a single option even a day after signing the contract. Would have been good to see all the options ahead of time rather than during the contract signing

Friendly but a lot of issues with the home

This model house is NOT a model: Workmanship is very poor. However, I might say that the construction manager, Jeff, and his right-hand man, Vidal, have responded to my requests very well.

The closing date kept moving more times than it should have. One time it was moved 24 hours prior to our third closing date. This was due to delays by construction. When we finally got a new home walk through the house was in no condition to be viewed. There were people still working on the home. Toilets were still being installed as we were inspecting the home. No appliances were installed, no gas meter, no sprinkler, no sod and no fence, painting not complete to name a few. It was extremely disappointing.

Would not recommend this builder. “Everything’s Included” is not entirely true. Also too much reliance on “technology” to handle everything - difficult to communicate face to face.

Someone forgot to schedule our closing, we had to scramble to get it it done on November 23, 2022. When we arrived at the house later in the day, the garage and front door we’re wide open. Don’t move into your house until the to do items list has been cleared. And don’t move in if the house is filthy, at this point we had no choice. We are still struggling to get the list finished. We are also struggling with a vendor whose representative decided not to process our warranty claim on a critical appliance, offshore call center handled call, obviously misunderstood what was being said to him. ... More

Nobody from Lennar at closing. Was explained next to nothing throughout the entire process. Feel like only reason some things were fixed was because we brought it up before house was finished. Closed even though not finished. Many things still need fixing. Communication sucks. Period.

Not really like the design