Lennar Reviews

Best buy for the money. Both the house and loan. However, make no mistake, that price comes at a cost. The processes and policies have very little flexibility. Either you are on the Lennar train or you are out. I caution buyers to read earnest money agreement carefully, as it is not the industry standard and you will be held to what is in there.

Overall, the Lennar home includes several nice upgrades, but they will NOT add a thing, even if you are willing to pay for it. This is very frustrating. Secondly - and buyer beware on this - warranty service has been a nightmare. There is very little follow up once a warranty ticket has been initiated. The reps do not respond to e-mails or voice mails. Vendor appointments are missed completely with no warning or explanation. Other times, vendors arrive only to advise that the wrong part has been ordered, or that they are not authorized to make the repair corrected. Thirdly, on more than one occasion, I have been told that my issue is "a design item, not a warranty item" even though the "design" has resulted in mis-placed plumbing or lighting fixtures, or, in the case of the bathrooms, lighting that is not present at all due to a decision to eliminate vanity lighting in the homes. (How fun to try to shave at a dimly lit sink all the while getting soaked because the faucet oversprays.) All and all, buying a Lennar home is ok, as long as you have another $5-10,000 in your pocket to add lighting, replace faucets, etc. But if you truly want your home to be complete when you buy it, keep looking. ... More

I feel that what I saw in the model home was not what they finally gave me. The doors and wooden frames have terrible finishes, with holes and paint spilled on them. The solution they have given me is that they send painters to try to disguise it as if they were fixing up an old house; When the real solution is that they had to replace those pieces of wood in poor condition, I think that this particular house did not have a good construction supervisor.

I wish we had more time and money to buy some were else.

It hasn't been the best experience after I closed. A lot of issues I was told would be fixed but they didn't do anything about it. My first two customer service reps didn't do anything and now i'm on my 4th and stuff is finally getting done. I probably would not recommend a Lennar home to friends or family based off of this experience.

Where should I start, the construction manager promised to complete several jobs and did not. They forgot to turn on the water to the fridge and had to wait for service. The person that installed the dishwasher, left the cap in the tubing and caused water to flood and backup in the dishwasher. Had to wait to have that serviced. Had to replace the carpeting due to have a sinus reaction, to find out the flooring underneath was un-level and had to pay to have concrete lay down. Now, the AC breaker keeps tripping and I come home to a muggy hot house.

Lack of communication after you buy. Some things not well done Need attention to detail

Not good quality of materials

THAT THE CHEAPEST WATER BILL IS $500.00 A MONTH REDICULOUS LENNAR NEVER MENTIONED THIS FRAUD TO ANYONE BUYING A HOME AT THE BEGINNING NO ONE WORRIES ABOUT A WATER BILL UNTILL THEY GET THE BILL .

For what you pay for one of these houses, the quality of workmanship whoever Lennar sub the work out to is subpar

The processing part itself was not bad. Although we closed a day late because they forgot to give us some papers to sign. Which, they did again a few weeks after we closed.Just a bit of lack of communication. Some of the major issues that were noted in the walk through looked like they were repaired by a 12 year old. They are still not fixed. Customer care guy told us to text him “not email “ him very specifically and so I did but there was never a response at all. I can’t wait until all my issues are fixed so I can just be done with Lennar to be honest.

The initial buying process went well. However, after I signed the purchase contract, I had to follow-up after no responses regarding the inspection. I definitely did not feel I received the red carpet treatment as expected after making such a big investment. Lennar short cuts at every opportunity…no mirror in the powder room, no light fixtures throughout home, including over the mirrors in each of the bathrooms (except undesirable one in dining room). Review of items prior to closing was combative and rushed. I was appalled that Lennar did not offer a printed copy of the warranty manual.

The experience was average. The builder had a floor plan and location that was desirable. The quality is on par with average builds, and price is so much higher. Many items had to be replaced shortly after moving in so that we could have the quality we desired. So many promises, and little delivered.

Trying to get the punch list items addressed was a constant battle to get people to even show up. Many, many, many times I was told that someone would be there on a certain day and nobody would;d show up. Many of my interior doors are still sticking when trying to open and close them. At this point I've given up trying to contact the only person I was ever given for these issues as it became too much trying to get him to show up. The top coat of pavement was put down almost 3 weeks ago, they had to pave around a car that was left on the street (707 Harrison Mill St.), partially due to NOBODY telling the residents when they were going to pave. The paving company has been back in the neighborhood 3 different days and the gap in pavement still hasn't been filled in, even though the foreman of the paving crew told me it would be done by today. No it appears the paving crew is done and won't be back here until the townhouses are complete months in the future. ... More

Disappointed in Salesman responses of what we were supposed to get and didn’t. Then he dropped the ball onto a “concierge” who never showed up, supposedly “never leaves his desk”Crappy door locks. Dead sod put down. Broken trim. The fact that I have to put my appliances register myself. The drive in and out of subdivision is nothing but a dirt and debris from construction trucks and very muddy when it rains.

I’m grateful for the financial incentives that allowed me to get a new house. However, I am deeply disappointed in the process of getting the mortgage and the follow up on builder issues is poor. The house itself has some nice features but not built with high quality materials. The double garage is minimal so if you want some storage space you may have to decide not to use it for your cars. It’s barely big enough to fit two cars. The principal bedroom is large and the walk in closet is spacious. There’s no ceiling fans and no medicine cabinet and no towel racks.

Lack of construction communication. Very pushy to close the deal. Awful workmanship.

The sales rep, Jimmy, over committed before sigining the sale agreement. Couple of key information provided prior to the sale, which drives our decision making to invest in the house, were incorrect. This unfolded to us as we went through Lennar's mortgage process for ex., sellers credit provided is of no use, as they artificially inflate the interest rate and then apply all the credits against discount points to lower interest rate to match market rate provided by other lenders (so this is literally a rip off, as it nullifies the benefit of sellers credit, which was one of the prime reason for us to go with Lennar). The sales rep also told us prior to sale that if there is any unused sellers credit after buying discount points, it is ours to keep and can be applied to lower the house cost or anything else. But that isn't true, which we learnt later on is not allowed by housing laws. So overall do your own research first before going with this builder. Working with the mortgage specialist (Rhonda) wasn't a good experience either - slow response, not providing details as requested, etc. Hence switched to external lender. ... More

We had some issues with our carpet being too short in a couple rooms and on the stairs. After a couple weeks (missed appointments) a crew showed up to take care of the situation. We were told two rooms would be replaced. They repaired one room, and replaced the other. The carpet varied from original and we were told it was the way it was manufactured. We also were told a cleaning company would come in after to clean the house to like new appearance. After another missed appointment, we are still waiting for that cleaning. It's been 6 weeks now.

I have paid for stickers to be posted on the bumper of my car to allow me to enter the community after 9 PM three weeks ago and still have not received them. When I ask Lennar representative I get no response. I also at direction of Lennar have requested planting few trees in front and backyards and have not received any response.

Appreciate closing on time, but a lot of things were missed or not finished. Workmanship on some things is mediocre at best.

The overall experience was not bad, my frustration with this experience was lack of communication. After you sign you basically have to pull teeth to get responses. After you close its even worse... ive asked for the paint code for our walls from the construction manager like 30 times and he just ignores me. Once you buy they dont care.

Terrible quality and finishes. Would not recommend

Your water heater here is garbage. Can’t even fill half a tub before going cold. Shower isn’t at a consistent temperature from day to day. Plumber came out and supposedly set the thing to not switch into the ridiculously noisy hybrid mode every 24 or 48 hours. It still switches into hybrid. Very disappointing.

Our purchase experience with Nate was very good. He was very attentive, personable and responsive. The lack of choice in materials selection was an issue. We found multiple metals used for fixtures rather than just one, i.e. mixture of brushed nickel and chrome versus just one. Examples of poor workmanship are everywhere. They used caulk to keep pavers in place on front stoop versus using cement. Painters are sloppy. Light fixtures weren’t reinstalled after painting. Numerous holes exist in installed sod lawn. Our punch list of items requiring attention exceeds 20 so far and we’ve only been in the house for 2 weeks. The Company needs major improvement in quality control practices. Those are some of the negatives. On the positive side, in addition to an excellent sales representative, the community is well designed, the style of home is very pleasing, company staff is responsive when called upon to get things fixed. Conclusion, for the priced paid, Lennar needs to step up it’s game on the quality control front.. It seems the company prefers taking shortcuts to get homes done so they can get paid and they’ll deal with the quality issues latter. Not a good strategy. ... More