Lennar Reviews

I do not feel Lennar has the owners as their priority or main concern. I feel that that "no" is the first response to most requests. Definitely do not feel that Lennar has gone out of their way to make sure I was a satisfied owner.

I read many reviews about Lennar prior to moving forward with the process and most of them were negative but I was naively optimistic that my family wouldn't have the slew of issues others had. We purchased in early June and it was 10 months later that we finally moved in. The sales rep was very attentive and very friendly but after that the experience consistently deteriorated. Our house would sit for weeks with no work done to it, I checked on the house every other day. The largest delay was the electrical contractor, or so we were told, which took a solid month with no progress to the house. Our walk through date changed twice. Then come the final walk through the house was completely unfinished, doors were missing, a lot of holes in the wall, one of the windows was cracked, and don't even get me started on the paint and carpet job. We were originally told our closing wouldn't happen on time due to all the work that had yet to be completed. However, true to what we had heard they rushed the closing and promised to have things finished. I forgot to mention that our garage door was crooked which meant that the exterior stucco had to be refinished after they realigned the door. We moved in and there was a giant gray stucco stain all over the front of the house. Also, our builder was texting me while I was at the closing table showing us things he was finishing up, as I was at the closing table! Needles to say that we've only lived there 4 short months and have already had to open several tickets with the warranty company; don't expect a rep to stay more than a month. We've been assigned 3 different warranty reps in the last 3 months, the current one hasn't gotten back to me in over two weeks. The quality is quite poor and very rushed. Not to mention that the HOA fee is higher than quoted to us and some of the amenities mentioned either don't exist or are not up to par. Don't expect anything to be done correctly unless you intend to hound the builder constantly they are the only ones who are of any help, Lennar shows no mercy. ... More

I have purchased six homes and this experience by far was the most disappointing. Once you sign contract to purchase home the communication ends. There was no formal sit down process nor schedule given to keep you abreast of the process. Was not encouraged to meet or speak with the construction manager. Even when I contacted the corporate office and spoke with the regional manager, there was not a demonstration to take ownership of the situation and correct or improve the process.

Lennar builds beautiful homes. But attention to detail appears to be a loss. We have been in our home for 4 months and immediately started a list of repairs needed. We have only notified the builder of two repairs that are priority at the moment. Our experience with having our concerns addressed has been very poor. We will usually get a response within a couple days but contractors are scheduled on what’s convenient for them and not the homeowner. We are told what day they will be out but it often dies not work with our schedule. That means contractors are coming to our home and entering our yard with no one here. Most of the time we have to reach out to Lennar to get an update. Often times, we don’t even know if the contractors came out. We have a patio that is sloped towards the house leaving rain water to run down the patio, towards the house and down the foundation. It’s been a couple months since we first notified Lennar of the concern and over a week since the contractors were supposed to be here but we don’t even know if they came out. Still waiting for an update. We also notified Lennar of some carpet defects a couple months ago and have yet to have anyone inspect the product. Lennar is a large home builder and I’m sure they have a lot of customer repair inquiries, as would be with any new homes, but the customer should be informed and updated regularly. I work in construction as a project manager and I know the importance of communication. It makes a big impact on the customer experience. We still have a fairly large list of repairs needed and we are concerned with when and how they will be taken care of. With all of that said, I would buy another home from Lennar, just be prepared to be very patient. ... More

Been having drainage issues since buying our home. Warrenty team does not care and won’t fix correctly.

Really shocked on the corners you turn to make a sell. Substandard materials and appliances that the new home owner needs to upgrade from the beginning. Concentrators don't finish the job or never come back to complete the job. I constantly have to remind supervisor of work still needing to be completed 5 months after we have taken possession of the property.

Love the new home but it was delivered incomplete. It has taken almost 4 months and a lot of nagging, requesting, demanding, etc. to get the home actually finished. For example, we had missing paint in places, doors which needed adjustment where you could see light from the outside, missing technology items which would allow the home to actually be "connected", over 40 cracked pavers, a missing backsplash, over-paint on all the metal coping in every bathroom, etc. I could go on. It was really a shame to have the home delivered in such an incomplete state just so corporate could book an accounting entry for the fiscal quarter. Ideally, 2 more weeks, a little TLC, and attention to detail would have made a world of difference in the customer experience and delivery of a finished home. Instead we were shot through a closing cannon and then had to nag for months to get the product completed properly. What good is temporarily increasing shareholder equity for a quarter if it means over the long run your product gets a bad reputation and sales eventually decline as a result? ... More

Stop worrying about mass production and spend some of that time on customer service and craftsmen ship..."QUALITY vs QUANTITY "!!!

Punch list not finished before closing, promises made never kept. Appliances were stolen and replaced with stored ones that were dented and not working properly, was told that it was a “Ge” issue. Had to go to BBB to get fridge that was not working replaced less then 90 days from closing. Had to go to headquarters to get any help With having house punch list finished.

Still waiting on stuff to get fixed

lots of electrical issues and when you call call center(customer service) they are rude and keep telling you that they are trying to reach out the contractor but since they are out in the field, its tough to get in touch with them. we have been in house for almost 5 months and still have issues pending since we moved in.

Need to slow down the construction a bit and put a little more pride in the build. After purchasing my home I began to see the “quick fix” repairs around the house. Also do a better job with the fencing. There are three different fences in the community. It looks tacky.

Be sure to have a home inspection prior to closing. Lennar as a company is not the main issues relating to the overall build. They need to oversee the sub-contracting as the quality is not there.

There is no pride in workmanship when building. Also response time in taking care of warranty issues needs to be improved.

Our house was not move-in ready and yet we were still forced to close. There were still several outstanding issues that were not addressed on our final walkthrough. The process to close was rushed and workmanship was sloppy, there were several serious issues including a gas leak that had not been addressed until after the walkthrough even though they were caught weeks in advance. The house was dirty, some of the moulding pieces use had large defects in them. Our sump pump has never worked and still has not been addressed three months later. The construction manager and customer care team have not been responsive our helpful regarding our concerns. ... More

Walk through is rushed and it's obvious no one from Lennar walks the home before closing. Was told floors would be cleaned but 3 months later I'm still unable to get white paint off the floor. No help for that or significant cracking in door frames and baseboards because that apparently is cosmetic. If I could do it all over again I would insist on a 2nd walk through and be more diligent to ensure issues were fixed before closing.

I wish I had better things to say about Lennar. We were rushed into closing on our home when it wasn't ready. It was presented to us filthy. Took us literally almost a month to get everything clean inside. We've had floor joist problems where the floors bounces when you walk on it. They added a support wall in the basement which did help but my brand new home should of had proper joists installed in the first place. The concrete company they use is awful. Our driveway is the worst I've ever seen. It's overworked, pitted, cracking/chipping and looks terrible. They're supposedly working on fixing it but I'm not holding by breath. With our driveway so bad makes us worried about our foundation over the years to come. So many little problems with the house it makes it very un-enjoyable. We've been in our home for over 4 months and we still don't have grass or landscaping. Regardless of inclement weather we should of had at least grass by now. If it wasn't for the building manager we probably would of walked away and never bought the home. He's been the one that has kept our sanity through all of this. This home was supposed to be our forever home and now we don't know if we can stay here because we don't trust the quality of the home for the large amount of money we spent. It's a shame and I would not recommend anyone to build with Lennar at this time. ... More

Buying a home to Lennar you have to have a lot of patience, don't trust everything they say, specially time frames to fix things. Be extra cautious. And very detailed oriented at the time of closing as there will be a lot of things wrong or missing in the house. You'll have to take a lot of work time off to attend to all submitted warranty request. Also, pay close attention to the roof, rainy season just started in SW Florida and there are more than 5 recently built homes with tarps on their roof. Lennar is a big corp and they are there to make money without taking in consideration how big of a deal is for the middle class to own a home. ... More

Cheap materials used throughout the home. When I bring issues up in the 1 year warranty, I’m told to wait until it’s closer to 1 year of being in the home before submitting problem tickets. Just overall bad experience. Will definitely go with a different home builder for the next home purchase.

Do NOT close until you have every single detail taken care of. After you close, Lennar will disappear and your issues will go without a response for a very long period. (to be fair with Lennar, I also bought a house from them in North Texas previously, and they were very effective, courteous, and prompt in dealing with any issues. My recent experience in Orlando, FL though it's almost like this is a completely different company. Night and day...

We asked for a previously offered counter top, Granite, in our master bath. You would have thought we requested the holy grail. they acted like they "might" be able to do it during the 9 months build time but ultimately didn't get it done. I have expressed my disappointment over this issue multiple times with Lennar.......no response or follow up, they don't care. Love the home, don't like the service.

The house was sloppily put together and there were a lot of issues that took months to fix after I moved in. I had to take too many days off work to address all the issues. Grout work was sloppy, there were painting issues and issues with my ceiling. The garage cement had too many holes and looks poorly constructed. The house was also never cleaned and there was dirt all over when I moved in.

I've had 4 major building issues that needed to be addressed. Furnace pipes installed incorrectly caused motor to burn out, dryer outlet was originally installed as a stove outlet and got that replaced, bur first it caught on fire, dryer vent not brought out correctly from sheetrock so my dryer wasn't able to work properly and my exterior vents were spray painted over causing my basement to overheat and water condensed on my pipes. Still lots of minor finish work that I'm hoping will get taken care of. I feel like once you sign your papers, you get abandoned if you need help afterwards.

While I do love my house, I've had several warranty issues come up that remain unresolved with no action plan. Lennar was great up until I closed on my home. Since then, it's been a struggle to get answers on when and how my issues will be fixed.

workmanship and materials used on construction are very poor, we need to talk with many guys to solve small issues in the house and it´s take a lot of time. at the end we also have problems to install our fence as lennar didn´t let the metal pins installed.