Pulte Homes Reviews

Pulte Homes does not do what they say they will. Sales Staff (Mark) is dishonest and not transparent about lot release dates, pricing or timelines. The Construction Staff (Robbie) deflects and places the blame on the sub-contractors. Which is silly considering Pulte Homes is ultimately responsible and pays the sub-contractors. They have not been responsive to the 12 month warranty items. Customer Care Team (Mariah) does not respond to service requests. If you have any other option choose them. You will not get what you pay for from Pulte Homes and their customer service is atrocious.

Poor quality of construction and builder doesn’t respond for reported issues.

I am extremely sorry to write this review because it won’t be good. I waited - stalked - this location because it’s where I wanted to build my house. I was so excited to get in on the first release and to get my first choice on my lot. I drove by almost weekly when the house was being built. I was so excited to close on May 23, 2022! And that’s when the trouble began. There are so many issues with this house. And the warranty department is absolutely TERRIBLE! You cannot get ahold of anyone. Every call goes directly to voicemail and there is no point leaving a message because it will go unreturned. Texts are not responded to. Emails are not returned. They literally DO NOT CARE that you cannot take a bath in your new $650,000 brand new home because the cold water line is kinked. When a sun-contractor does show up to complete work, they are the wrong sub (it’s happened to me 3 times now) or they don’t show at all. And the work still sits there unfinished. They do not care that you moved in at the beginning of April with no oven or microwave because of the item being “back-ordered” and that you are being told it will be the end of JULY before you can actually cook in your new home. Any/all issues fall on DEAF EARS. You literally cannot get ahold of anyone. ... More

Stay on top of your superintendent. They throw these houses up quickly and do NOT pay attention to quality. I had multiple walls that were not square and are still being fixed two months after we moved in. Once you sign and move in you are not a priority.

Prepare to be "sold" on the model homes they show you. Unfortunately, almost nothing resembles the quality of the model. Poor worksmanship plagues this company leading to constant warranty requests. Items that were listed on the documentation at closing will NEVER get done so be prepared to delay closing. During the building process, their management team is absent, has no idea what is going on, and will not work with the buyer, regardless of the reasonable offers to help with moving the build forward. They will then "force" you to close with many outstanding items because they only care about bonuses/commissions. Your project manager will be great and the only one to help you, but because of their extremely poor management, there's only so much they can do. ... More

If all sales people at Pulte are anything like the one we had to deal with, we would have never signed the contract. Our sales person is only interested in getting that initial contract and then disappears blaming everyone else at Pulte for any delays/inconveniences that arise (even the ones he created).

Home is still incomplete after 2 months. Missing master shower, doors, and damaged cabinets. I’ve built 4 homes before. This experience is worst. $500,000 for low quality is inexcusable.

Expected much more from Pulte, especially after our second home that was built by them. Quality of materials and build was really disappointing and even more so was the rush to try and complete major issues before closing. Were also promised that major items still pending would be finished within days after closing. Should have trusted my instinct because it is going on 2 months and still no resolutions and we have to be the one constantly pursuing the so called warranty manager to get answers and only to receive attitude and no control over any subs.

Our first newly built home where we hoped to be able to relax and retire has been a nightmare. We closed and moved in a little over a month ago and have had repairs done nearly every week for missing grout and caulk in the bathrooms, broken cabinet doors and door locks that don't work. Repairs can take hours for something that should take half the time. We are still waiting for a fix to be able to use a shower since there is an actual hole in tile. We also moved in to a broken oven (still waiting to find out if it was broken in transit or during install and we can't activate a warranty until that is answered). Responses can take weeks and if we had this to do over again we would pass. ... More

Things that were talked about at walk through have not been fixed. Field Manager is unresponsive or promises that someone will be out to fix it but never comes. I have contacted the national office who told me the local office needed to take care of it and I was just circled back to the same Field Manager. Terrible, no non-existent customer care.

The lies by the field manager

Visit the sites and see for yourself.

Quality of Final product is not good. They rushed the house and forgot to put time into details and finishes

Within a couple weeks moving into what I thought would be a quality home things are falling apart . There are many corners / walls in my home that are not even . Kitchen cabinets have fallen apart . Heater was defective and never tested properly . Plumbing was backed up . Cracks all over the exterior or the home . Cracks in the interior of my home around all the windows . The quality absolutely sucks .

We closed with items not finished with their word they would be finished quickly. It’s been 2 months since closing and they still haven’t finished our master bedroom shower. Completely unacceptable and nobody from Pulte cares or wants to help get it finished.

There's a huge disconnect between Pulte and the contractors they hire to install and build the home. The small issues are taken care of in an average time frame, but the big issues, they dance around and make all the excuses in the world why they can't fix it.

Quality control is an issues as there was very little oversight of the contractors that did the work. We had to point out major issues that needed addressed that Pulte blatantly missed. On the positive side house designs where nice and the design team was helpful.

First the walls are so thin that you can hear any conversation from one room to the other with the doors closed. Second, the finishing touches are simply the worst. Third, a large amount of things have to be redone, it never ends. After living at the house for some time now things are still trying to be corrected.

Lack of professional service from issues identified after move in. My major issue is with the sink that is not long enough and when washing hand or dishes excessive water gets on the counter. The advise given is that to pull the hose down with one hand and wash with the other. Incredible! How do I do that when I need both hands to wash hands and dishes! Terrible service. I asked for follow up from manager and was told “you do it”. Terrible!!!!

I understand in this economic climate there's a lot of "hurry up and wait" with subcontractors. A week before close you look at the house and think certainly it won't be ready. They then rush to close because they have to meet their month-end quotas. Two days before close we do a walkthrough ("Build Quality Celebration") and point out a lot of cosmetic, attention to detail issues. You then don't get another opportunity to inspect the house. I close and it turns out a number of walk-through items weren't completed, such as a missing outlet cover, trash in the garage, trim separating from the wall and doors not flush. After a week of no response after requesting "Customer Service," the initial response is these should have been addressed at walk-through, anything post-close is a "maintenance issue" and "wait a year for the house to settle." In addition to missed walk-through items, almost immediately I start discovering stuff like a wall of outlets not working (wiring issue), two doors not flush and lifting off their hinges, and a bathroom drawer collapsed because the back of the track was never secured to the cabinet. I'm told those aren't structural. But minor things really make you start to question major things. They blame the subs, say they use the same subs as other builders, say this is common to all new homes...yet these are all things that would have been caught if their construction supervisor had come in after the subs and inspected the work. It makes you question what quality assurance processes are in place. The starting place never seems to be resolution but the knee-jerk reaction seems to consistently be to throw the contract legalese back at you...which is effort that would be better directed in addressing the issue. I'm not "dissatisfied" but they also make it easy to not love them. ... More

Substandard materials used, poor Build quality Better look for other options than investing with Pulte homes Had to Close almost unfinished / sub standard home.

Limited communication, number of outstanding punch list items not resolved, 4 months after settlement and have not received permanent garage door

Quality control is an issue. Huge issue. No one is checking the work to make sure done correctly. No one is maintaining containing regarding weathered list. Wished I hadn’t of signed so bonuses were dispersed for those who do work hard. Response from maintenance issues 30 days out from closing...well...still haven’t heard back but website says will in 24-48 hours. It’s been almost 2 weeks now...that speaks for itself.

Quality is not great for the price . Need to work on quality and pricing . We found lot of issues and after sales they never look back to solve the issues.

This builder is all about craftsmanship, but is NOT, be aware of details and installation procedures.