Lennar Reviews in Houston, TX

1. The home that I bought had a spider and ant infestation. Expect to get a pest control maintenance plan. $$$$ 2. I was told I would get a can of touch-up paint. That never happened. I reached out to the concierge about 2 weeks ago. no response yet. 3. If I had known about the very restrictive HOA rules, I would never have bought a home here. I'm sure they petrol the neighborhood daily looking for reasons to write up home owners. 4. if you move here, don't expect your neighbors to be friendly. I had one turn and walk away when I tried to introduce myself. I know that's not the fault of Lennar. 5. I was told there was going to be miles of hike and bike trails. No! there will be miles of sidewalks. None of the currently in place walkways are wide enough for bike and foot traffic. A proper "Hike & Bike" path should be 8 to 10' wide. 6. I don't like that the mail box is at the other end of the street. that's very inconvenient. 7. Move here, and you will be married to Centric Fiber internet service. You will not be allowed to use anyone else for as long as you live in the home. I had an offer from AT&T for a cheaper plan with better service. I was not allowed to switch. AT&T was willing to install an ethernet outlet in my home office. Centric Filber was not willing to do that. 8. because of the slope of my backyard, there is no privacy at all. The back fence needs to be at least 3 foot higher. People walking and driving down the street behind my house can see into my back yard. ... More

No one ever responds to service requests

I would like you share my honest opinion here. We moved from other city and it was like 5 hours drive from there to here in Katy TX. I saw my house when I almost bought it. The1st big shock that I received by this house was the door of bathrooms that are NOT wheelchair accessible with a special need child it is so hard that no body can imagine. Kitchen pantry and closets are so small though we have plenty of rooms in the house lennar needs to find some better builders in this regard or people who make maps of the houses. If you want to buy from Lennar please check thoroughly everything.

They told us they they will fix certain items of the house before closing. But they never did. Even after bothering them to do it many times. Disappointed.

Let me start by saying, the home isnt all bad.. But after building two times before with different builders, I can tell the quality of lennar and the products they use are definitely not quality. The paint is flat and already flaking off after living in my home for 2 months. The baseboards are so small, they're almost non exsistent.

The closing process went smoothly. But the builders did not do great job and is disappointing. There were many issues mentioned at the time of closing, such as not enough hot water on master bedroom shower, floor tile broken, HVAC units not functioning properly, Landscape both front trees died already and spoiling front look. Builder assured in final walkthrough that they will take care of these issues after closing. My mistake for trusting them and sign on closing documents. Now it is been 45 days since we moved in. Still no one came from builder to repair cracked floor tiles/LVT. Plumber came and said since the shower valve is behind the valve, nothing can be done to bring hot water pressure to normal. Unless I agree to break bathroom wall and agree to make a mess after move in. Called twice for Hvac service call, only one time the Hvac subcontractor showed up, and said "Oh Freon was low, now you should have cold air and better air supply". Nothing changed in 10 days since they last visited. Still there are areas on both floors does'nt get enough air supply and hot areas. Even when turn on heating, same issue; few cold spots even after 3 hours of heating running. There is hardly any air coming out of few supplies. Landscaping half plants fully died. And front of driveway, always muddy water standing due to colder sac elevation issues which is messing up the driveway every time the car go over the ponding water. ... More

Like any large developer they find ways to cut costs and increase their profit margin. Some things to be aware of ... - Won't install blinds because they can't guarantee the drywall which will cost the buyer thousands of dollars - Won't install or recommend sprinkler installation - no fans or towel hangers so be prepared - tough to reach out to the vendors to get additional services. - sold my mortgage immediately after the sale was final. Good News story - good customer service and try to work with any issues. - want to assist and positive customer service

So many things were requested after the inspection but not fixed before closing but was told it’s taken care of. Bit good thing is that they took care of it when I showed them those issues after closing. Your mortgage was very high in interest and for some reason felt like they were not interested in my business.

As it was a new house, There is a lot of details they I as a customer did not see on the walk dates, as soon as i wanted to inform about the issues, Lennar team was not helpful to attend or fix these issues, not only myself. some neighbors have had many issues as well, it looks like they wanted to build fast and not taking care of the quality. I'm sorry for myself that I already purchased and not have the chance to buy somewhere else.

House layout is perfect and also de location. But builder just made lots of silly mistakes. First and most biggest mistake was electrical breakers and wiring’s were badly installed so after two weeks of moving in power went off very 15-30 minutes. Second big mistake done by builder washer water hoses were installed wrong. Only hot water was coming in. Third mistake and as of today I am still waiting for a response of the builder; drawers and cabinet doors are cracking up and master bedroom bath drawers were in bad conditions since previous inspection and have not been replaced. Forth mistake the grass was not properly maintained and now after 30’days of me watering and trying to make it grow it is still turning yellow. There were other little things that also needed replacement but they were addressed rapidly. ... More

Chaotic purchase. Their in house mortgage/underwriting has poor communication overall but the customer-facing people were great. The house itself is beautiful, but really frustrated with the patio especially. When I walked through the first time it looked as if the patio floods during heavy rains and I asked the builder about it and he assured me it was all construction dirt….. turns out that the patio definitely floods when it rains. Small construction/finishing errors throughout the house that aren’t huge but definitely do your walkthroughs in person and be as picky as possible. We couldn’t walk ours in person due to time/distance constraints. ... More

The experience was like a roller coaster ride. Other staff are very accommodating and nice. House was okay. Not as good as before with the quality. BUT, their mortgage is a horror

Sinc the closing, more and more problems have appeared.... Ugh

During the final walkthrough we pointed out things that had not been corrected in obvious spots. Such as large splotches of gray in the middle of the wall (obvious things). The lady who did our walkthrough said to just sign the final walkthrough docs or Lennar wouldn’t be able to make the corrections. We went to closing and we asked again about the discrepancies and were told after closing they would follow up. No one followed up. We tried reaching out and our calls went unanswered. We had to remove multiple orange tapes and granted we understand the hard to spot ones. But in the middle of the wall in one of our bedrooms with the same sploch of gray is ridiculous… Unfortunately cannot recommend Lennar go any of our friends due to the (sign this or we can’t take care of it). Very unprofessional sales tactic and a dishonest one. ... More

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

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.

I’ve purchased a couple of homes prior to this experience with different builders and I can say this was hands down the worse home buying experience for me and my family from beginning to end. Lennar’s lack of communication throughout different departments and with me and my realtor when making inquires caused us to have to spend unnecessary money and Lennar didn’t take anyone’s time but their own into consideration. This experience was unpleasant, depressing, and stressful. Based on this experience I wouldn’t buy another home with this builder and I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone else.

Lennar has affordable homes but terrible customer experience. I had the run around with the lender from day one (even lasted after I closed). If you are a person doing this without an experienced realtor, I beg you to reconsider. Your realtor won’t get the full 3% but they will help you navigate the many issues you’ll run into with Lennar’s in house lender. I wanted to go with a different lender but the deals offered by Lennar were better. The quality of my home seems to be fine. And the deal was amazing but I have spent so much money to buy necessities that should have been included. If you’re buying in houston, negotiate gutters and an irrigation system. They’re terribly expensive but needed. My first home, built in Chicago, was a different process and actually really a great experience. I’m not sure why I had such a problem this time. I would advise you to shop around good before choosing Lennar in Houston. Also get everything in writing. Everything! ... More

The communication with client could have been better.

Sales and purchase were easy. Many of the Lennar systems don’t talk to each other so that was somewhat frustrating. After inspection and move in we found quite a few issues. Nothing that I feel confident that the warranty department would take seriously (house not sealed at roof - mice coming in). Been a Lennar home owner before, and Project Management and Quality Control is seriously lacking.

The sod was laid wet and then the workers walked all over it creating very dangerous pot holes in the shape of foot prints. I hurt my right knee the first time I walked on it. I have to regrade it of course. The electrician has been out twice. Drawers had to be repaired. Had to have gutters in immediately. Lost power twice the first week so I put in a generator. The kitchen cabinets are useless. Having drawers installed. Tore out all the low grade carpeting. Put in a matching floor. The driveway is all pitted with extra cement globs everywhere. They had replaced 1 section but really the whole thing needed to be redone like most of the neighbors. I wasn’t as smart. In my contract. I was promised things that took a month of nagging to happen. Everyone was nice on face value with no follow through. A little less cutting corners for some quality assurance is worth a lot of good will and publicity. ... More

It did not go well at closing. I had a tough time with Ashley's teammate. I finally had to escalate the situation to their boss, so I could close on the day matthew said after calling me when I was on the way there. Ashley was honest and said it may not happen, but Matthew said otherwise. I would never want anyone to go through what I experienced. I also have noticed some things that wasn't actually handled well but I signed off on the 2nd walkthrough.

Make sure you double check everything on your final walk through. Builders don’t care about craftsmanship.

My overall experience purchasing a Lennar home was not the best it could’ve been but not terrible either. There were items that I asked if were included and was told yes to only be told later it’s not included with the collection. I didn’t get an apology of incorrect information only an unfortunately which is not an apology. Nothing offered because of the incorrect info either. You have to continuously stay on everyone from beginning to any individuals in between to closing. I even received a phone call from the VP of Lennar mortgage in regards to a survey I left. I missed the call and returned it 30 mins later to not get an answer and I’m still waiting on my return phone call. Lennar has to do more than just checking a box. ... More

It was a pretty tough experience. Our sales girl quit in the middle of building. Bounced around to a couple others that didn't help much before being handled by the manager. First walk through was scheduled when work wasn't complete yet. Final walk through when there was still workers working on the house. Was promised issues we found would be taken care of. Here we are a month and half later and we still have tape on our walls from the walk through that haven't been addressed. Even add ins we paid for in the contract weren't done. Crooked walls and bad drywall in multiple places and the 2nd story floor is very uneven after pointed out multiple times during the build. Lennar has some stepping up to do to make this experience right. ... More