Pulte Homes Reviews

The joy of moving into our brand new "dream home" was short lived as we walked in to find pieces of insulation on the cooktop, dirty sinks and tub, dirty cabinets and windows. There was paint everywhere...on virtually every floor, outlet covers, towel bars, light sconces, etc. Caulking left a lot to be desired as well. Several doors rattle when closed and 1 door misses the strike plate entirely. The master bathroom plumbing backed up within the 1st couple of days (there was a spray paint cap in the drain line somewhere between the master bath and the clean-out). There were other issues as well such as gaps in molding and blue tape still stuck to issues that were never taken care of. Certainly, not a good first impression. Our punch list is over 170 items and still growing. Hopefully, all of the items will be taken care of and one day our "dream home" will truly be move-in ready. ... More

I am very disappointed that I haven't received any assistance after my first survey was completed. There are many things that were never completed for my home. No one has reached back out to me. The person who is the customer care rep, is non responsive. I definitely don't feel like a valued customer. I'm not satisfied with the discrepancies of my brand new home.

Too many stuff need rework and take more than two months to finish

We love our home & the actual building process was great. We had a great sales rep & field manager that were professional, informed, and super helpful throughout. Now that we've been in our home a little over a month, we've reported minor things that need fixed on several occasions and haven't been able to get much of a response. We notified our field manager, customer care coordinator, filed claims online and have still not gotten anything resolved & barely a response back. I know the market is crazy right now & tons of homes are being built so they're very busy, but I'm honestly shocked and a bit hurt by the blatant disregard. At this point, I'd say that overall Pulte is great up until closing. Once they have your money & everything's signed, it seems like they no longer care about how they treat you. I have no regrets about anything, am just a little disappointed. I expected more.. ... More

So far, quality of home is better than previous home from lower cost builder. However construction process was a nightmare.

Final works with quality assurance need more improvement.

I'd say Pulte is good but not great. It's like eating fast food. Some of it might taste good, but it's far from eating at a nice restaurant. It's just a matter of how many hairs you find in your food.

Nice having a brand new home however, quality is not great. Unmatched paint issues, service issues, carelessness.

Love the plan and the neighborhood, but beware - they were not great on correcting issues. We’ve built multiple times but this is the first time we’ve ever had a builder admit that something was constructed incorrectly and then ask us if we would rather correct it ourselves. About half of the issues they just never fixed, and getting an escalation contact was next to impossible.

Contacting the office and emailing the person and not getting reply. On a almost 3 weeks long issue

Builders lack of interest or responsiveness to resolving issues after home is handed over materials used in home thats are cheap quality for high price paid such as wall paint etc .

We chose pulte because of their reputation, But not very happy with the quality of the house.

One man cannot take care of the requests at this complex along with 2 or 3 of your other condo complexes. It’s not humanly possible. The main concern of Pulte is build, sell and make money. You have no interest in all the people who have already bought a place. There are a lot of really nice people living here. Many are very disappointed in Pulte. When you call or email you are immediately told to go online to take care of your request. There is no personalization. They are all robots. Also, the law firm you hired for the closing were very unprofessional. We had to stand in a hallway signing many papers on a counter probably 12” x24”. We were 3 people standing not more then maybe 8” apart. This is the way they were handling COVID precautions! ... More

I’m sad to write this review, because the actual home buying experience with Pulte was amazing. But now that I’ve been in my home for 2 months, I’m noticing so many issues. Cracked tiles, missing/poorly done grout work, crooked windows, broken windows, holes emerging in my yard and I’m still trying to get the thousands of paint droplets off my hardwood flooring. This is my second new build and we never experienced this level of poor workmanship in our prior home. So utterly disappointing.

Quality hard to maintain. 3 project managers. Punch work slow after closing.

If you have a home with on demand water heater makes sure it works properly, Otherwise cold showers. Make sure all sewage lines have been cleared of construction debris. Respond quickly to any water leaks that the City of Rio Rancho, NM, informs you about.

The w Quality of workmanship poor

Wondering if they are doing quality control, kitchen cabinets have a lot of dents, tears and almost no door handle are straight! Cabinets installed in the wrong direction, holes made on the bottom of the cabinet and when reported, poorly patched it and made new holes thinking this is acceptable! Mirror in bathrooms looks used and have chips! Wood stairs have visible nails everywhere and some coming out and cutting your feet! Spindles are not properly fixed, promising date for completion, nobody shows up or call and then no follow up are made, and answer to messages or emails look optional, I don’t have all day so I’ll stop here!!!! ... More

The build quality of the home had many deficiencies like drywall finishes, nails in carpet, sliding windows very difficult to open and had missing clips, components not installed for smart home options etc. There were a lot of rework needed for my home which the responsive time to schedule the various vendors to address the deficiencies was long and drawn out. Overall my experience moving into my new home was not great.

Mixed bag of individuals throughout the process. Some parts went well: our construction site manager is responsive and cares about her work. Sales is typical: brash, not super helpful in reviewing *all* details, very “hands tied” approach. It felt more like a transaction than any partnership. TBD on exterior work and warranties. Talk a good game but I am a bit hesitant to believe it given neighborhood chatter. Do research and be VERY vocal at all stages for your home; it’s not worth it to have surprises come up due to Pulte’s lack of transparency (despite all the workbook binders they provide). ... More

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

We had problems from when rugs were installed and they tired to cover up the problem only to fined out the first time I vacuumed they put fibers in a hole in my rug which the vacuum sucked them up now have a hole which they can’t seem to give us a solution to. Very disappointed with new home and no one is helping with

Very inflexible. Once contract is signed they do not accommodate even minor simple changes.

The build was good but after closing sucks

Siding and window boards falling off outside, cracks and tape coming off walls, left over gobs of plaster on stair lights, cracks on stair moldings, appliences all off balance, broken or bent, window moldings out of place, cheap caulking shrinking and cracking, shelf pins missing on cabinet shelves, no sink sprayer or stopper/strainer, gaps in kitchen floor, dirt and rocks all over parking lot, missing weather seal on entrance door, gutter water guides flying all over the place, landscaping full of weeds and unmaintained and I'm sure there is more I can't think of right now.