Pulte Homes Reviews in Atlanta, GA

Only proceed with Pulte if you have unlimited time and patience

I purchased new home from Pulte in Georgia. I heard from my real estate agent that they were good builder. On the closing day, house was incomplete. Some of lights and plugs were not working. Doors were not closing. Some door handles were placed wrong way. Exposed insulation around door and window frame. Strips in new window fell off. Floor, carpets were not cleaned. Stains on floor, door handles. They had to reinstall tiles in all bathroom for some reason. That caused damage to door edges. Stairway was never polished. These are few things to mention. This gives an experience of buying a used home. They have good warranty on paper, if they fix the things. More than a month after closing, we are still awaiting to get things fixed we have complained about. ... More

They should have done good quality work!

We received weekly updates until the month we proceeded to close. The closing date shifted twice due to incomplete projects. We acknowledged a ticket escalating missing appliance items in July (on the day we closed)…its now September—2 months with later no progress. Our neighbors warned us that once we close and complete the survey, customer service would deteriorate which it did—significantly. My wife and I are both military veterans (Air Force) and this is by far the worst experience considering we have purchased custom homes in 2 other states.

The sales team and field managers are client/owner focused throughout the process.

The experience was "ok" overall. I wouldn't say it was terrible but I definitely wouldn't say it was great. The builder rep on the ground for the Pulte was fantastic but the remaining team members leave much to be desired. Trust and responsiveness were sadly lacking. As a customer I do NOT want to be ignored and the team would often not return emails and my guess was they would just wait me out. Well, we held them accountable to provide answers and solutions to issues. Pulte makes a great sales pitch but they fall short on execution. I'm happy with my home but it will not be my forever home because the quality and attention to detail is not something I could live with long term. - Anonymous (Pulte Townes, Everton) ... More

Walk through prior to close was not thorough at all and too many issue and things to fix after closing. Unnecessary!

They did a decent job overall. They rushed some things, including the fireplace which ended up having a gas leak due to improper install while my family was home. They also weren’t flexible on moving the closing date by a month when I requested due to COVID.

Been emailing and no response, not happy!

Overall the experience was not as good as it should have been. It was very hard to get responses from the customer service representatives for the neighborhood and they were not ready for us to move in come the closing date. Throughout the build, we would get a weekly or bi-weekly update via phone to discuss progress but were never provided pictures when we weren't even in the same state for much time during the building process. The overall attention to detail was not great when it was time for us to move in. Even though we had asked for things to be fixed during our final inspection a week before closing, which also wasn't even close to being ready for inspection (they were still painting, fixing problems, and cleaning when we showed up), not everything was fixed properly. Instead of pushing out the closing date and needing to reschedule the moving company and all of the plans that were set in stone for months because we thought 6 months was enough time to do everything properly, we decided to get in the house and fix things ourselves. You would think contractors who build multiple homes at the same time non-stop would see there mistakes and do a almost perfect job every time but that is not even close to the truth. It is disappointing to find new problems or details after spending so much money on what is supposed to be a brand new home. Many of the things they did turned out nice, but the small things have put a sour taste in our mouths. ... More

Looks nice but the not really satisfy with the quality of product used. Lots of cosmetic things are unfinished. Tried to reach the builder but said to contact costumer service, did but no response.

Neighbors are great! I am sad to say I am still waiting to be able to use my shower in the master bath. My builder was sent to another area in the process of finishing the issues with my home. He tried but couldn't get contractors out to finish the jobs. You for sure need to keep an eye on the work that's done inside. Like painting inside and out, floors and the doors. Don't take anyone's word it will be taken care of. Don't sign off on anything until it's done!

Everyone was great prior to closing. During my pre-closing walk through I identified several things that needed to be addressed, and the project manager promised that they would be done the day of or after closing. They were not, and many still have not been addressed 2 1/2 months later. In addition, I uncovered multiple additional issues with sloppy workmanship after closing and submitted requests for them to be addressed, they were no acknowledged. I escalated when I had AT&T come to install my internet and found that there was no conduit so internet couldn't be established. At that point, the Project Manager's supervisor met with me and again promised that Pulte would take care of everything within a week. That was a month ago and the only item that has been addressed is the internet. I have made several follow-up calls and have yet to get any results. I was told that the Project Manager would call me last week. I am still waiting on that call. Given the price point of my home (over $800K list) that I should be dealing with sloppy workmanship. In addition, I am very disappointed in the lack of pride in workmanship, lack of customer service and lack of responsiveness. ... More

The sales experience was good. However, the interior craftsmanship, such as tiling and painting was horrible even with paying for upgrades.

Extremely disappointed with the quality of workmanship. Told by two home appraiser do not buy, but we have you the benefit of the doubt. Lots of things to be corrected.

Our Sales Agent and the Warranty Person we deal with have truly been the saving grace for this transaction. I am disappointed with the quality of work the construction manager approved and then passed off. We have walls that are completely bowed, corners that are at 75° vs 90. Door ways that don’t line up, we had a major leak from the electrical people drilling a hole in the pipes, and after our inspection pointed it out, they said it was resolved, only to find it was never looked into. Our shower had no seals so it leaked until the warranty people sent someone to repair it. The construction people left piping and grout in our shower pipe and covered it with the drain so the shower flooded, and needed to be cleaned/snaked. The drywall people after we tagged prior to closing left the mud all over our bathroom walls, had to call the warranty people to send someone to sand and paint. They never sealed our fireplace mantle. Wiped it off after hanging the tv and took off a ton of stain. It’s sadly been one disappointment after another. ... More

I wasn’t allowed to make my own selections for floors, tiles, cabinets etc. Kind of took the fun out of buying new. The windows are poor quality and some don’t latch/lock. They did not paint the interior of my garage and it looks really ugly when the garage is open. They need to start installing frameless showers and crown molding for homes over 700k price point.

The home buying process started off well and the house itself is nice, and there have been some quality people at Pulte whom we have encountered, but the problem we had near closing marred out overall experience. We were originally told the closing date would be around 5-6 months after we signed our contract, and we tried to communicate that closer to the six-month date is what we wanted. However, the house was built faster than planned. Normally this would be a good thing, but it wasn't for us because we couldn't move in that early because we were already on a rental lease at our old residence. A closing date was provided to us by the builder, and we tried to have it moved later by about 10 days. Not only did Pulte refuse, but actually then turned around and changed the closing date by pushing it about 10 days sooner. We tried to reason with Pulte, but during this time Pulte started delaying in its responses to us, which caused us a lot of stress during the time. It took about 2.5 weeks before we heard back with Pulte's final decision: no, they wouldn't change the closing date for us (unless we wanted to pay $400/day). The delayed response by Pulte meant that I couldn't lock in a mortgage rate at an optimal time, meaning I lost out on what would have been a better rate than I got. Because of Pulte's unprofessionalism and lack of responsiveness, it's going to cost us potentially thousands over the term of the mortgage. One would think that paying several hundreds of thousands of dollars for a home would include a highly professional level of service, but this was not true for us when working with Pulte. ... More

Pulte showed throughout the whole process that they didn’t care about anything besides bottom line. From getting the wrong lot opposed to the one we discussed to just predatory lending techniques to horrible landscaping. The whole time I was constantly reminded why I and so many others do not enjoy buying from home builders. My yard will need about $50-$80k worth of retaining walls for any part of it to be enjoyed. It’s clear Pulte realized how much soil/walls were needed to make the lots respectable and they don’t care so obviously they’re doing whatever they can to exit with the most money in pocket. No reasonable person would accept these backyards and side yards. I constantly see GCs running down the streets trying to fix landscaping/drainage issues. My backyard has receded due to eroding by 8-10 inches already and I’ve only been moved in for 2 months. Our agent debbie was consistently spilling lies out of her mouth and was horrible with communicating with my agent and helping out my lender. Pulte mortgage tried to get me approved for over 6 months because I have rental properties. My personal lender got me approved in 2 weeks. The whole process was truly just awful. The only bright side was working with Greg. He helped fix some of our yard problems which included their landscaping company that laid sod on top of rocks. Stay away best you can. ... More

We were expecting a more seamless and by far a less frustrated home buying process. From a delayed start of construction date to a delayed closing due to a lower appraisal, we have to rank this process lower than our previous purchase years ago with another seller.

We've had many issues throughout our buying and build journey, happy to discuss more in detail in the phone. Our sales associate and design center consultants did chose some options for us (like our elevation) without telling us and did not explain options available to us, other times they gave just wrong information. They were not forthcoming about pricing. Key steps in the build process were missed, like walking us through an electrical plan. We learned a great deal about what to police for our next build and for now are spending a great deal of time and money correcting things that we could have chosen to have done during the build had we been properly informed- ie we thought we chose a brick house but instead it siding. I wanted to spend money to get my home perfect, I told them money wasn't an issue, show me options - that was not done and now I'm paying significantly more after the fact ... More

The initial experience was great! But then I discovered the main reason for buying the home became withheld information and somehow CHEATED! I waited over 4 years to buy my first home due to interest rates but then eventually decided to buy one for my child so he can go to his school Dutchtown middle. The only reason I looked in this subdivision was solely due to the school system not the homes itself. The homes were nice but my no. 1 goal was the school system and my son having transportation to and from the school from the subdivision as I work odd shifts. So I was very upset when I found out Pulte did NOT update the tenants and future tenants of the change, and could care less. Very bad business and I no longer enjoy my home. And can't wait to move!! False information, as I could have transferred to the other subdivision next door that goes to dutchtown schools. ... More

Have everything in writing that is promised before signing any agreement. Once you sign everybody acts like they have amnesia. The overall home is good for there price point I feel like they can put more into workmanship we had a lot of sheet rock imperfections half million dollar home you would think you would get a level 5 finish not the case. They sprayed cheap flat paint throughout the whole house ceiling and walls and they don’t paint the garage. Our kids bedrooms are hot because they are over the garage thermostat can be on 73 and rooms are 81 again half million dollar home you would think they would put returns in every room especially rooms over the garage which is non insulated. Happy to say they are coming back to fix the issue but felt it was a bit much the lengths I had to go through to prove what was going on. Overall we are happy with the home but the sales process should definitely have an over hall and ethics training and people held accountable and attention to detail on workmanship. ... More

Corner cutting is way too much esp at things like paint, insulation fills, windows, floor material, quality of cabinets etc. I upgraded a lot of these but still the quality was not good.

Build took nearly one year longer than projected completion date and the overall product is disappointing. Nice from far away, but close up is unfortunately not the case.