Lennar Reviews

Too much paperwork and the amount of time required to keep informed were unreasonable.

The home itself is beautiful and the quality is impressive and everything we wanted. The buying and financing process was a non stop headache of poor communication and blatant deception. Supply chain issues and construction delays are very difficult to handle especially since they are not properly communicated. Waited 4 weeks for an essential steel beam to be delivered just to wait two more weeks for work to start again after delivery. Throughout that entire time the Lennar team blatantly lied about delays and timelines. We love our finished home. Would not recommend anyone building a new home in this current market at this time without knowing when they say 5-6 months they mean 8-9 months. Still waiting on several items to be completed months after moving in. ... More

There were too many defects and incomplete issues with the home when we had a 2 hour orientation. Instead of being able to pay attention to the orientation we spent the time placing blue tape and could’ve used many more hours. One the final acceptance walk a week later it was better but still needed more than the 2 hours allocated to mark. Issues. It was clear that Lennar project managers failed to provide quality control of their vendors and also failed to inspect and make punch lists before we inspected the home expecting Us to do that. We provided 3 weeks full access to the home for Lennar to fix their issues after closing, but instead of project managers going through the home and doing quality control they only attempted areas that they documented as being punch list yet there were many more issues that were discussed but failed to document. Many issues were completed but there is still work after 7 weeks that are not complete. Blue tape on issue was removed and not repaired. Shabby repair of other items. Work ignored after multiple discussions with representatives. We are struggling with regard to how major items in the home work due to failure to provide the correct amount of time for orientation. We are now being advised to submit punch list items with the warranty process. This is punch list not warranty! In hind sight we should not have closed on the home until Lennar had completed punch list, which would have provide the leverage needed for Lennar to complete the home in a quality manner. ... More

Not happy at all return the house I would

This is my third Lennar Home, the loan process is not that great. And the overall experience is satisfactory.

Closing delays, could not find out what the cause was. Reached sales manager and got the usual answer, everything is blamed on COVID effecting supply's. Everyone I spoke to appear to be following a script in answering my questions. Finish work is below average, crack in garage floor (told it was normal) at first walk thru. Large gaps in crown molding and base board corners, caulk is already cracking and I will need to repair. (Lennar's answer as always is its in spec) The upstairs HVAC return air duct was not installed at the time of the first walk thru, completely missed by construction manager. Banister splintered, stain from banister spilled on stair carpet, and on and on. After closing and moving in we discovered large gap in front door seal, still being worked on. Kitchen Cabinet is coming apart in corners, small countertop front left corner broken and appears to have been glued back on in an attempt to repair. Water meter box missing, HVAC system lines entering house are not sealed/covered. Paint is very thin and not washable. All interior door hinges were missing screws. Large gaps between molding and cabinets (all). The media cabinet is a joke, not usable as installed, only two cat 5 lines installed, one in living room and the other on the wall next to refrigerator. Builder would not install additional cat lines. Options that had been added, but could not be deleted were very expensive. HDMI cable and electrical outlet mounted on living room wall 65 inches from the floor, $800 option. Under counter lights $1400 option. All builders in this area add items at ridicules prices. Take it or don't buy. Our previous house sold quickly and we were in an Air B&B, furniture in storage for 2 months, other wise would not have closed. I'm 75 years old and did not expect to do all the finish work and repainting needed in a new home. I will say, so far Lennar's customer care (warranty) people have been helpful and pleasant to work with. ... More

The workmanship and cleaning is not good as expected, the design changes were not informed and when asked, no good responses. Lot of gaps, nail spots in wood works, didnt provide a great feeling of job well done ! .. The trust about the builder went down !

The builder included the appliances and it is a smart home!

Lennar does a good job of informing you of the home buying experience: no changes, no alterations, no need to haggle over additions, etc. You get a walk through of the model home which was mostly, but not totally, identical to the finishings and workmanship of your soon to be home. The selling agent was very friendly, knowledgeable and overall helpful through the process. The mortgage agent, although we didn't end up going with them because of other issues, was quite good and would even consider using them in the future. The construction manager was rude, but has an understandably hard job. However, the construction of the home was difficult to watch, from preroof all the way through completion. The "rough it" crews, sure are rough. The workmanship and quality of framing was subpar and I know this is a "builder" quality home, but just know that it REALLY is. No getting around that. The plumbers and electricans make quick drills through the house to run electrical and plumbing often leaving behind mistakes that get corrected with 10 or more stud guards. When these issues are pointed out the standard answer will be "this is all passes inspections". If you know this going in, it's still hard to see. You want your home to be perfect and although you're not seeing these things when it's finished, you know they are there. The drywall and finishings are fine, but very cheap. The trim was embarrassingly small for the size of the home, the appliances are lower end and the lighting is basic. The wall color wasn't our taste. I think Lennar should improve on the styling and design of fixtures etc. They don't have to spend a lot to get something more modern and in taste. But again, we knew all this when we purchased, it was still hard to stomach even though we knew about it. Overall, it really is a 2 star. Not absolutely terrible, probably a good purchase, but hard to stomach when you're paying thousands of dollars to change basic things that could have been changed during the building process. I think if they invested only 10% more in the design of the home and allowed some small changes on our dime, like wall color and cabinet color, allowing us to insulate the garage, etc. it would have made the experience at least one star if not two better. ... More

We purchased a model (Prescott) that Lennar did not model on-site at the community we were buying in. Therefore they used a virtual 360 Tour online to let us “walk through” the home virtually. They assured us that the online tour represented the home accurately. The tour showed several high-end structural options in the home such as a gorgeous butlers pantry with glass faced cabinets, and dual shower heads/controls in the master shower, as well as tray ceilings in several rooms. Keep in mind that Lennar is an “everything’s included” builder so their models are “what you see in s what you get” unlike most builders where everything in the model is an expensive option. However when our home was built, they had omitted all of these nice features and then stated that they had made a “running change”. They show me some practically microscopic fine print at the bottom of a floor plan I’d initialed stating that they could deviate from the floorplan at will. So they essentially removed about $25,000 worth of the homes nicest features, and told me that I was simply out of luck. They also be home without rough in plumbing in the basement. Mind you this is almost $1 million home, and Rough-in plumbing is in very basic feature with every other builder. This additional omission of the Rough ins, will make finishing them basement far harder and more costly. Mind you, all of their model homes showed rough in’s. I raised hell, and I escalated this to the president of Lennar for the state of Colorado, and after a ton of protest, he gave me an insulting $5000 credit, in Lou of almost $30,000 worth of features that they had unscrupulously omitted from my home. Buyer beware with this builder!!! ... More

Closing was pushed four times due to labor and material shortages which is understandable but they were only concerned about their ability to close on their schedule and had little or no concern for our schedules as we were flying in from out of town to do the final walk through and close We spent lots of time and money changing flight and hotel and rental car plans. I would not buy. a other Lennar home due to this experience. No options for anything. We are building our new home in Babcock ranch with another builder

The house is fine. The lending process with Lennar is a complete nightmare. It's never good when I'm forced to threaten with legal action while dealing with a loan officer. The closing date was stalled for 4 days due to Lennar's ineptness in this matter. I would definitely recommend using another finance group if you can get a decent rate.

They do not check houses, appliances, smart devices, etc. enough before closing. They think it is best to just wait for the buyer to complain after closing, and then they try to be “customer friendly” but they are usually too busy to take care of the many problems that should have been taken care of before closing, Most appliances our of the lower value.

The week of closing was the most stressful week of my life. When I came for my walk through it was clear that no one on the Lennar side had even went inside for a minute to check things before I arrived. I was there for two hours pointing out issues. I have two young children and I was on my hands and knees feeling the stairs and felt dozens of exposed staples. If my daughters were walking on the stairs they would have gotten hurt. I was told it was that way ON PURPOSE. The whole inside of the house was painted white when my contract started it was a different color. I was told three different stories of what happened. In the end I was given $1000 back to help pay for the painters I hired to paint the whole inside of the home. Finally on closing day I went to go pick up my keys. It took half an hour for someone to give me to them and the building was so far from my house it took an hour to get home. When I finally arrived at my home, with two cars full of items, the key I was given did not work to open the house. It was already after hours and no one was available to give me my real key. Because of that I had to put my items inside the home knowing that multiple people at the company had access to go inside . The next morning someone came to fix the issue and they didn’t even have everything they needed to fix it. It took almost 2 weeks to get a key that worked on all the doors. It was so frustrating, the experience I had was horrible. I felt like there was no Customer Service. It felt like they built the home way too fast. And I felt like I made a gigantic mistake in buying the home. Luckily, they have fixed all the issues that I have found inside my home and I’ve been very happy in the home now that I moved in. I wish the closing experience was better but I am happy now that I purchased this home. ... More

I would never refer a friend to Lennar...NEVER..or a realtor...the only good experience I had was the walkthrough with Octavio the warranty guy he was amazing and made me feel so much better

The home buying experience was not as good as I wanted, however the final product of the home is great.

We had lots of issues…during framing we saw missing walls and closets. Holes made in the subfloor as well. After move in, it’s been a constant battle of fixing roof leaks, plumbing leaks, and workmanship issues. We wish we never bought this house.

Lennar is a great company to work with during the building process, however, after closing, it's difficult to get ahold of anyone in Lennar to resolve issues in the house. The tech support department Lennar contracts with (Lumiere) is phenomenal. However, we had some issues with the home (still unresolved) and our concern keeps getting passed around. There's too many people working for Lennar with no clear contact or who to direct issues to. No resolution yet at the time of this review.

Covid ruined my home buying experience

worst buying and closing experience.. part of it is due to my realtor too.

Have couple of issues, lennar want me to do a zoom call. Should send a guy to address issues which are minor instead of having to make time for this.

They put a lot of pressure to close on a date in which only Lennar Mortgage can comply with date. I did try to use other mortgage bankers but with penalty of $5,000 if they did not meet the closing date I was forced to use Lennar Mortgage, which by the way did not offer the best interest in comparison with others.

Unfortunately many things in this home feel slapped together. The decisions made on things like where to put the pocket lights and where to position the AC unit show just how much the building team is thoughtless in their approach, which makes the home feel ... clunky. The materials used are the cheapest possible. From decking material that my child regularly gets splinters on to paint that literally rubs off when you get the wall wet, I would not say the quality of materials stands up to the price tag.

Very disappointed with solar. 3 months after moving in and solar not activated. Lennar tells me that I need to call Sunova and XCEL. None of my neighbors who moved in at the same time had to call anybody and their solar was activated months ago.

Frist time buyer experience was extremely stressful. I felt like I was being bullied for using my own Lender which I had stressed using from the beginning. Hone feels like it was just thrown together. I've already had to tighten up cabinets, toilet paper rack fell off, had to purchase extra power for garage, no gutters included so rain just runs o to porch, super small garage.