Pulte Homes Reviews in Orlando, FL

A painful experience, it was unorganized, and A LOT of miscommunication between EACH department making it a pain in the butt to go through. Terrible communication, they were not able to communicate with me, and terrible communication to the construction manager, customer service manager, etc. We were NOT informed when we were allowed to hire an inspector. I heard from other Pulte Homeowners that they were also not able to hire an inspector prior to closing. Super sneaky and unprofessional behavior. When I received my house, it came with A LOT of issues, that were NOT addressed until it got taken up to CORPORATE. Very unsure of purchasing a Pulte home again. ... More

Starting out very discouraged with our Pulte experience. We had items that needed to be corrected that project manager said would be corrected after closing, which are still pending and he never followed up to complete tasks. Porter Potty was was placed on edge of grass asked field manager about it he said it wasn’t dead and it would come back, it didn’t, customer care said because it is grass it is not covered under warranty even though this is something that should be on the field manager. On day of closing there was debris, nails and broken glass where dumpster was, which showed very little in professionalism to hand off property to us. Customer care has been responsive and very pleasant to speak with , but we are still waiting to fix issues. Pictures are available on request on issues that still exist. ... More

Honestly if I was the one that came and look at the home I would not have purchased it. The first day I own the house there has been a lot of problems that has still not been fixed I have here for 4 weeks and still have all the same problems. First time it rain here is Orlando it rain cats and dogs in my house all the way from upstairs to down stairs, that has still not been fixed, broken tile still not fixed paint on the outside still not been fixed, smoke alarm has been going off since before I moved in no one seem to care if we go deaf, we had to disconnect them, some part of the roof tiles has lifted that has still been outstanding this list goes on and one. If there is a way to get a refund on this I am would very much like this to happen. Too many things to list.... I feel like I purchased a lemon house!!!! ... More

Buyer beware prior to close. Workmanship is cheap and they say they will fix it before close and they don’t. They say submit work request and nobody responds back. I was give Michael Suich number and you can’t leave a voicemail and he doesn’t return emails. Not satisfied at all. Buy anywhere else but a pulte home. I never had issues when I bought my house with Mattamy.

I received the house out of necessity, terrible finishes, and worse guarantees very poor quality in the finishes did not deliver the things agreed in the contract very bad experience in general. 2 months after receiving I am still waiting for them to come and fix many things in the house.

Our overall build process was honestly a nightmare. We had such high hopes knowing friends who have built with Pulte and were so happy, but our experience was quite different. If we weren't on top of things every step of the way, not really sure how the outcome would be. The quality was not there. Time frames were not met. There seemed to be no organization to when and how things were done creating chaos and rework that was redundant. Damage seemed to continually be done that was unnecessary and deliberate, some we had to take care of ourselves after moving in. We were basically our own manager creating the punch lists needed for completion and pushing the process forward. We closed 4 months ago and major items on our closing punch list are still not completed, our home is still not completed. It is disheartening to have such a terrible experience with a company that supposedly has such a good reputation, we felt like they just didn't care. There were so many things to deal with that some we had to just say we'll live with it, but we shouldn't have to. We wanted to feel happy and excited for our new home but instead felt (and still feel) overwhelmed by the issues that currently still exist. As I sit here with a strained back from all of the cleaning and manual labor we ourselves have had to do to make our home livable and presentable, I truly feel saddened that this was our experience, it shouldn't have been. I hate writing bad reviews but this had to be said to hopefully protect other home buyers from the same experience. ... More

I did not have the best experience with Pulte, after signing the contract in May of 2021, with them saying we should be in by March of 2022. We did not move in until December of 2022. Waiting over 19 months for a home build in a very volatile market was not how it was supposed to be. Interest rates soared since we signed, the market slowed. Did Pulte care? Not one bit, did we get honest answers about what the delays were? Rarely, it took months for them to tell us they had issues with the previous land owner only to say our lots weren't part of that (so why the delay?). This was never explained. So that was the start, finally our build starts and moves rather quickly but not a good quick, large gaps between 2x4's, bowed walls. I point this out and am told "Oh that's just to hold drywall, "should" be fine. Just poor build quality and unmanaged sub-contractors. Had we not been there to see a piece of moldy drywall being installed it would have been closed in the walls only for us to find once we were sick. Missing A/C returns, having to force them to fix the A/C, fresh air vents not where they said they would be. They build the same models over and over why is there so much variation? The list could go on and on. If you're really considering a Pulte home, don't. This house was not cheap and I don't feel it was really build to a high standard. It was built to make money and that's obvious. Note: I did have the home inspected by my own inspector and Pulte did fix what he found but not everything. ... More

Constantly failed inspections. Estimated closing date blown.Exorbitant cost. ASHAMED TO SAY WE PAID 40% MORE THAN OUR PRE-COVID NEIGHBORS. I wish I never saw this community in the first place... even after I had my doubts, my husband was still intrigued. I wish we walked away before we had committed with $$. These builders need to have restrictions with their greed/opportunity-based price hikes. It does not make for a good community in the end, when some people paid $700k and others paid $1,400,000 for the same house. The end product was not worth it. Sales persons will tell you the house will be perfect. In the end, you are told you cannot be expecting a perfect house. You will be told your home is not a custom home. At the same time, they will tell you they have a hard time keeping on top of the trades and that the trades DO try to get away with more and more shoddy work, yet you will be berated for trying to get them to address the shoddy work - you will again be told it is not a custom home. As for lot placement or house elevation / colors. You aren't allowed to have the color of someone across from you or next to you. They should care more about if houses next to each other have windows looking at each other. Design center person was very accommodating, pleasant, and giving us a heads up on anything important (such as deadlines to avoid cost increase). We had a couple of constructions managers due to promotions... in the end, they don't have any control over the trades. They actually easily admit fault, but nothing improves. The trades are disgusting, despite trash cans and portapotties, they leave unwanted food actually directly on the floor/counters.. which is messy but also attracts pests. They also will pee and poop in your toilets even when water is not hooked up to the home yet. We even found poop on the tile floor of our bathroom, they say it must have been an animal (and they admit their fault for not closing doors). We spent $30-$38k on engineered hardwood floor upgrade, but it looks to be the wrong color. Big issues getting that addressed, actually it hasn't been addressed yet bc they say "variation" yet our floor looks exactly like our neighbor's color. The sliding door tracks are treated so poorly during construction, there's muck (grout? concrete debris?) all over the tracks, plus large dents. They need to do better at protecting things. Broken windows, wrong tiles installed, plus tiles wrongly installed! SO MUCH work had to be redone. I'm quite angry at figuring the high prices are to pay for double work + double product! It's very angering how they disrespect the customer's money. I'm mad because a lot of the reason my house cost so much is apparently for me to pay them to do work once, twice, three times and have enough product for all those botched times. Terrible business practice. NO ONE is held accountable. In this market and economy they won't fire anyone bc they need all the warm bodies they can get, so there's no repercussions for the work crews... no motivation to do a job well done in the first place. Pulte would be better off to pay higher wages to people who would regret losing their job if they don't do it correctly. Their Pulte Mortgage department cost us a lot of money also, they did not tell us we could do a program with an earlier lock, when the rates were less. When I asked them, they said they do like to tell people but they had "so many clients" and couldn't. I informed them these days, a broadcast email announcement would have worked. We dumped them and got a better rate with a major lender, and Pulte Mortgage attempted to claim that we would lose a lot, and wouldn't be protected in the event of delays. Ha! The major lender provided extension at no cost (only for new-construction, which they've been doing since covid issues started). Very happy we did not give business to Pulte Mortgage. One time they even had their math grossly incorrect and they had the audacity to tell us that even if we put $1 million down, they wouldn't be able to approve us. That was Brendan, I have no problem calling out his name. Then he would try to ask us why we were leaving Pulte Mortgage process, while also telling me that he didnt want to further debate what happened. Um, maybe bc he made a very disrespectful mistake and doesn't know how to apologize? Unreal. Pulte Mortgage is a joke. In the end, we wish we bought something smaller in a lower priced community, even a spec home and do our own upgrades - and re-evaluate a new build in a few years after observing various builders. We wish we took our time. Never thought we'd be in a $1.4 mil home that doesn't actually feel like it's over a million at all. And the community amenities are lackluster. For a not-even-completed community, the pool cabana is falling apart. There is rust on hinges in the bathrooms, the water fountain spout is broken apart, stonework is falling off the walls despite not even being exposed to precipitation stress. There used to be hammocks which got nasty due to being exposed to nature, those were removed and it's a huge sandpit for fire ants. The Phillips Grove community advertised an "outdoor kitchen" and when asked, they removed that verbiage AND said it was referring to the charcoal grills. I told them charcoal grills are a picnic feature. An outdoor kitchen would have a sink and counter. There is zero clubhouse, there is no interior public room in this community other than a bathroom. Somehow the HOA is now over $330/month! And why? For what? There is no gym. Now that we are with the Warranty guy, he is also largely a "no" guy. When I pointed out some things, he says "it's to Pulte's standard." I say, "well it's a new house yet some things don't appear to be new material" and he actually recommended for us to sue!? I never even "went there" with my comment nor my tone, but wow! This is an embarrassing experience. I think we should get some money back for all the issues and crap work ... More

Rushed process, poor build quality, customer experience process not in line with house prices. The builder has lost their premium touch, but not their premium prices. House materials, lack of quality assurance processes, poor customer communication, and a clunky warranty process certainly left a poor experience. Would not buy again.

Most parts of the process were way below standards what we expected of Pulte. Multiple times I gave you the benefit of doubt due to global supply chain issues. But now it is clear you were only interested in selling at the market peak, not focused on delivering. 1. Warranty manager although responsive, only responds to selected issues. Some of the issues seem to go into a black-hole. 2. A few glaring design defects were not mentioned, although every employee, contractor and visitor knew of them (driveway slopes backwards, carpet in a few rooms highly defective). Cabinets poor - spacing between cabinets and drywall. 3. The construction manager was a very personable guy, but again hid issues. Tried to sell off everything as final touches. Months after closing, the "final touches" are still unaddressed. 4. The closing department held my key hostage for a day after closing. They didn't give the final figure in time and even after my wire made it to them, they locked themselves in a half day meeting (8/22/22). How can you schedule a closing and let your employees go to multi-hour meetings during that time?? You're lucky I didn't get a lawyer and made you pay for that. 4. I am giving it until Oct 31 for all issues to be fixed. We are reasonable for minor issues - but not going to accept the issues that were slid under the carpet. I am engaging a lawyer. Will go the legal route after Oct 31. ... More

Most unfortunate experience, closing with the Pulte owned title company a fiasco, did not honor agreements offered in writing at time of contract signing, Non existence post closing assistance just keys delivery, no warranty deed provided until realtor insisted. failing to provided a forced title insurance purchase despise offering optional payment at a cash transaction, after 33 days of closing I have yet to receive policy certificate, house not ready, expect completion current week .

You can tell they just wanted to close out this phase and neighborhood and were "just getting it done". Work requests have been sitting for over 2 weeks with no response or follow up.

We were one of the first people to pre order a house on May 2021. Interest rates were at the lowest and they promised us it would be done December 2021 - Feb 2022. We initially looked for a new home due to the interest rates were still low. I was never informed throughout the process that delays were happening, I would ask a month before initial date of closing, on how the house was doing and was then informed it would be delayed. Feb became April and was promised to close. We had locked in a rate, then was told a few weeks before promised date that home was delayed til June. I had to ask rather them inform me in on when they knew the delays were happening. We ended up closing with an interest doubling on what we initially expected. It seems they hire contractors and have someone manage them. Our backyard has a whole lot of dips and sudden holes thats covered by the grass. If youre not looking while walking, you could roll your ankles. Our floor in the Lanai is full of paint that cant be scrubbed off. Our A/C is on 72, but around 3pm, our house goes to 77 and continues to run non stop. They claim the house is energy efficient. Not a great buying experience at all. ... More

SALES: Professional, responsive, good customer service DESIGN STUDIO: Professional, responsive, good customer service CONSTRUCTION: Overall, poor and/or unacceptable workmanship by reasonable standards/expectations. Shoddy framing, roof shingles damaged, poorly fitting drywall, badly installed trim work that was not cut to correct size causing extra large gaps that were over-filled with caulk or left exposing concrete foundation or framing, excess caulk on all trim, inconsistent and patchy paint inside and outside the house (some out of sight areas left unpainted), unfinished tile work in primary shower, poor and uneven tile work in all bathrooms, dents/scratches/chips to kitchen cabinets, quartz counter tops, shower surround, walls, doors, etc., etc. All the above issues were raised with the construction team and either dismissed, not responded to, or were attempted to be fixed, but done equally poorly and/or caused further damage/issues to be fixed. No issues were brought to our attention/acknowledged by the construction team, except if we discovered them. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS: Urinated (repeatedly) on the subfloor (2nd floor, two rooms) instead of using "port a potty" outside our house (acknowledged/confirmed by our construction manager). Urine-stained subfloor/drywall was only replaced after protesting at the Pulte Sales office. WARRANTY: Poor customer service and responsiveness. Met with warranty representative at the house to review outstanding issues that had not been addressed for over a month. He assured they would be taken care of and we still have not heard back from him or had the issues resolved over 2 weeks later. SUMMARY: Overall, this was a very poor experience. We closed in January and have not moved in yet (2 months later) as there are still outstanding issues/work to be done (identified by independent inspector/acknowledged by Pulte). AC does not work, roof shingles/damage not replaced, missing kitchen cabinetry, soffits that were painted by sloppy work not replaced, unfinished painting, etc. As such, we cannot recommend Pulte and would caution anyone considering this builder based upon our experience. ... More

The home building experience was an awful process. We were watching the home be built and had to point out errors constantly to the construction team that they weren't catching. These errors included the door sizes, railing color, warped doors, bowed walls (many bowed walls) among other items. The house and lot were dirty and seemed to never be cleaned throughout the entire process until the absolute very end. The construction team seemed great to start and then stopped responding to issues that needed to be handled prior to closing. We eventually had to involve upper management which fell on dear ears for the most part. It's unfortunate for their warranty team that they left them a lot of items to clean up but the experience with warranty has been positive so far. Overall we love the home we built, the 371 day process to get there was brutal. ... More

Below review is based on my personal experience and this does not mean that everyone will face same issues. I know the builder cannot keep everyone happy but at least they should be looking/addressing some genuine concerns. Pulte Homes is a very reputed brand and that's why I choose Pulte Homes to buy my first home. But I had very bad experience with Pulte Homes, which I had never expected. Negative aspects: Some of their team members are very unprofessional and do not handle the issues properly. I am facing water clogging issue with my lot and I am highlighting this to the construction and warranty team since before I closed my house. Whenever my neighbors run their sprinklers or it rains, the water flows to my backyard & settles there. Due to this my backyard is of no use. I am kept on requesting a fix for this issue but no success yet. I am sensing an ignorance. I have highlighted this issue to the construction team, warranty team and Pulte Homes escalation customer support team but no resolution yet. Due to this clogged water my backyard grass is dying and now some algae started developing in the clogged water area with some rotten smell. When I told this to the concerned team, their manager told me to hire a professional landscaper and let him grow the grass. I hired a landscaper, and he is speechless by looking at the backyard situation. Builder’s team also told me not to run the sprinklers and use pipe hose to water the grass on backyard (if I have to use water hose then why do we have sprinklers?). Before closing everyone was responding but as soon as the closing is done no one wants to fix this issue. Some of their team members told me why I closed my house if I was not happy with the backyard grading. One of their managers also telling me that this is what I have signed for. It is very frustrating and very unprofessional disappointing responses. I am not sure by behaving like this what kind of message is being sent to the market. I asked the senior manager to visit the site with me and hear out/visualize my concern, but none visited the site with me. There are many more construction/quality related issues which are now being fixed by the warranty team. The project manager was in a rush to change his job and in a rush lot of things were overlooked and I feel, I did not get what I have paid for. Positive aspect: Despite of all these, there are very nice team members too. I always dealt with only one salesperson (Khandan) and she is very nice and helpful. Two new construction managers (Ryan and Travis), Brandy from the warranty team is very nice and helping homeowners as much as they can. All these persons I mentioned in my review are awesome. ... More

The only reason I purchased from Pulte is because of the floor plans and location. Aside from that expect builder grade and sloppy craftsmanship in all internal finishes. I upgraded to the gourmet kitchen package and it's been a complete disappointment. I'd had to have pulte return to fix broken cabinets, leaking plumbing connections and holes in back of cabinets. I've bought preconstruction from other home builder in the past but never have experienced such poor level of craftsmanship. The day of closing, all cabinets were missing all door knobs!! Talk about lack of attention to detail. If you want to purchase from pulte, it is best to simply get the standard design options and plan on redoing the interior at your own expense. ... More

Wait time on construction was not as told and they did not properly explained the type of land being purchased as it was flat and at the end was a huge slope in back. The construction inside home are all uneven: walls are not straight, outlets are not in lined and some forced in. Missing pieces from carpet to floor tiles. Overall cost of home does not give you the value in material not construction.House was not completely finished upon closing. They just care about the money.

From the beginning to the end. We did not have a good experience with Pulte homes. Very very disappointing. So much misinformation and miscommunication. Pulte made promises on things that did not occur. For such a prestige’s home. Pulte did not stand up to their name. Poor quality in workmanship. Poor customer service. So many things still not fixed. Everything was rushed to build the homes. Other homeowners feel the same way.

Make sure you inspect your new house very carefully. A lot of small details left behind.

It is unfortunate that the moment of making the purchase has become one of the worst experiences I have had, however I have to say that the credit process, the documentation and finally the signature were excellent. Everything changes when after having made 2 walk throughs and determining the details to be repaired after 2 months they have not been repaired and they even do not respond to emails requesting the repair. The frustration has been so great that I have repeatedly requested paint and certain material to carry out the work myself, which has not been attended to either. The experience has been terrible. ... More

In general, the entire experience with Pulte from sales, to design, to construction and closing was mediocre at best. The left hand doesn't talk to the right, and overall communication and organization was poor. What should've been the most proud and exciting time of my life was 8 months of hell and escalation after escalation. Post-close has been no better, with continued issues 2 months after closing with things like pavers, paint, grading/slope of my yard (excess water pooling) and general poor craftsmanship inside the home resulting in non-stop back/forth with our warranty specialist. If I could do it over again, I'd have chosen a different builder. ... More

The process of building the house was somehow smooth. Some of the materials used were not best quality (ie. wood for wall studs, gypsum boards). Even the carpenter confirmed this. The field managers relies on the contractors for supervision. The construction is in autopilot, little supervision from field managers. If you see issues during inspection make sure they are taken care before closing. After closing you have to request warranty service which will cause lots of headaches. I had window frame redone twice due to bad construction. Wall redone because of bumps on it. Door replaced because they tried to fix a broken door. The door replaced was not installed correctly. Another person came to hammer the frame trying to fix it. Another person came a different day to finish it by covering nails and apply caulking, another day the painter came to touch up. All of this because they didn’t level the door when first installed. A total nightmare. They installed a sliding door in a shower which I pay $1,800 as an upgrade that you can’t use because the toilet blocks your way out of the shower. And you can’t get out from the entrance door because there is no handle. Pulte says is the right door and refuses to change it. Even one manager came to the house and was unable to get out of the shower and still refused to change it “because is on the plan”. Ordered as an upgrade, safety bars for the showers. They installed the wrong ones, is over 2 months and still waiting for the right ones. They tried to make you feel that you are wrong and accept their mediocre explanations and wrong products. Should I continue? There are more issues, but you get the idea. Buyers be aware. ... More

Extremely negligent when supervising their trades or workers. You buy a new home, to start fixing all the messes, mistakes, and wrongdoings for at least the first two months after you move in. It is outrageous...

I have had major issues such as , the main drain water line broken in two places, second floor hallway sinking in, burnt out light fixtures, nails sticking through the carpet . Sadly enough I’m stuck here. Kitchen cabinets are of poor quality, although they look nice.