Pulte Homes Reviews in Riverside San Bernardino, CA

Not referring anyone to pulte or their financials

My entire experience was bad from day one, I had 2 conversations with my sales rep and never met her. Was told I would get updates from construction Manager as the home progressed through phases, never got an update, luckily I was smart enough to include a realtor in my transaction. The only progress reports I received was her picture messages through windows when she was in the area. Materials and craftsmanship of the home are of the lowest quality, not a single wall in my home is straight, windows are the lowest grade available, opening your curtains will change the temperature of home almost immediately. My exterior doors have such large gaps I can see the street when locked. They sell you on "Energy Efficiency" but do absolutely nothing the deliver on that promise, my home is so poorly insulated I hear foot steps from accross the street in my living room. They are cashing in on this ridiculous real-estate market and are selling their 400k home for 700k with absolutely no intention of improving the quality, my home is no way indicative of a home valued at almost 3 quarter of a million dollars. The stucco used on the exterior is already discolored and cracking my home was completed late November 2021. I am very disappointed with my purchase and at times feel taken advantage of, but the worst part is the lack of customer service and accountability. If you are going to build a low quality home and charge top dollar, your customer service better be stellar to make up for the short comings. In this case I don't know what's worse the poorly constructed home or the terrible customer service. ... More

Do not let Pulte homes tell you that they have the right to dictate what lender you use in order to purchase a home from them! We paid we offered $86k over the minimum purchase price that they would accept with $500k cash prepayment and they told us that unless we agreed to use Pulte mortgage, they would rescind the acceptance of our offer and sell the house to another buyer. After closing, we met our new neighbors (who had been our competition) only to find out that we had offered far more than they had and that Pulte was so greedy that they also wanted to force us into a loan with terrible terms with their sibling company. As bad as our experience was with the purchase process, the silver lining was that we were getting a brand new home. When we closed we found out that despite Pulte Homes bragging about their high standards and their belief that they are superior to other builders…what Pulte really believes in, the standard that they really hold themselves and their subcontractors to is the “industry standard”. At the end of the day, we have been sorely disappointed with our purchase! Pulte builds beautiful model homes, but the homes they build when they’re not trying to sell you are like the burgers you actually get versus the ones in the commercials. My wife and I recommended that if you’re looking for a new home, look at Lennar Homes (#2) or DR Horton (#1 home builder in the US). I can’t say that they’re not just as bad, but I can tell you that Pulte Homes are not only liars, but they cut corners. Don’t make the same mistake that we did! ... More

Our experience with pulte mortgage was anything but pleasant. Our loan processor was always difficult to reach and constantly misplaced documents during the process. The last week of closing they were completely non existent and added much more stress to the process than was needed. Our loan processor would never reply back to our calls and emails.

Very bad experience buying my first house, there are already 4 repairs in less than 2 months, 2 water leaks, washing machine, and clogged drain, I want someone to contact me I no longer feel safe I want them to do a general inspection

Pulte put us thru a lot stress, by demanding dead lines on situations that were beyond our control. Promises on the home were not kept, The communication between your departments like your lending department and sales office was extremely poor. I was told that concrete was going to be placed on the Side of the home, and later denied.

if you are going buy a new home..look elsewhere

Still waiting for repairs, master bathroom mirror, fan switch in the master and family room and very unhappy with the baseboards there a 1/2” to 1” gaps from the door frames throughout the home. Some areas they did correctly but for the most part it looks terrible