Pulte Homes Reviews

pulte construction quality is poor and you dont get the value for the price you paid

House is built. That's about it. Mail never registered address, internet utility missing and no observable progress to rectify the situation, generally good finishing on the house, but many obvious ones that stick out. Slow responses, still too many open and documented matters to address.

I thought the home materials were good quality. Not even a month after moving in the bathroom sink basin got a big Crack. Pulte is unable to fix it because it didn't happen during closing. I doubt I'll buy a Pulte home again. Everyone should beware and pay close attention to the finishes if choosing Pulte.

Pulte share all beautiful things when you make the purchase… but after you sign… begin all the lies about the problems in construction. Pulte don’t give real answer. All excuses. Bad workmanship and materials. We have open like 50 items to replace by warranty. Not small. We have like floor bathrooms, drywalls, paint. So stressful. Pulte it doens't care about all the issues in the community. We hace security problems because the gate is always for construction. And they don’t care.

I moved into my brand new home that was never cleaned after the construction team. I feel as though nothing but your company being paid is a priority and can honestly say I will never buy a Pulte home again. There was nothing enjoyable about this experience.

The time to build was way to long

Pulte Mortgage was very aggressive in getting approvals through VA. Even though we had not chosen them as our lender. New home construction standards does not provide insulation over the garage and entrance way; uses 2x4's vice 2x6's ceiling joists over the 3-car garage; and no baseboards provided throughout our home. Pulte is cutting quality to increase their profit, but cost is increased to highest sales price. Once purchased, the warranty repairs are very slow with poor communications.

The entire process was rushed from picking a homesite (sketchy) to picking which floor plan. Then we were rushed to close with things that were not completed to my standards.

Nice home, would like more flexibility, support & assistance with options & upgrades and greater attention to detail with final cleaning and punch list items.

Pulte does a good job at sales and financing. The house was well built, but follow up on open items after closing is terrible. We closed six weeks ago and were told that landscaping and grass would be done quickly. So far nothing has been done, and we can't even get a expected timeframe. For other issues (doors, drywall, etc.) we were referred to warranty (Customer service). they don't even return voicemail messages. the one item they sent somebody out to fix (door) is now worse than before they fixed it. We were told that in order to get things done we need to elevate it up to someone at the next level, and get belligerent with them. let me know someone to contact who will actually respond. We have had several new homes built before, and have never had follow up service issues with a builder before. the others fixed their problems in a timely manner, and actually had a customer first mentality that doesn't exist with Pulte. ... More

The sales and financial experience with Pulte is awful! Starting from the purchase: we designed our home without knowing about other houses that fit our lifestyle better. Since moving in; we have heard nothing from our sales representative. The design center has no idea how to assist a new buyer. They are supposedly design consultants .. not sure where the consulting comes from. Do your research. They won’t help! Purchase a $700k home means nothing. Pulte finance .. do not use. Awful!! They are misleading and do not care about you as a buyer. The house .. however .. beautiful!

The amount of mistakes that had to be redone and corrected was astronomical. It was the norm for things to get done two or three times before they were done in an acceptable manner. And even this wouldn't have happened without us insisting. We noticed workers of all ages and even children and woman doing work. No wonder the exterior paint was a mess, and sloppy work observed. Even after moving in, the stove doesn't work, we have had electrical issues, the front door has been oredered incorrectly twice (still waiting a month later to see if it comes in right on the third try), etc. Part of the problem is just lack of skilled workers, and lack of oversight. I believe Pulte wants to build a quality product, but they are struggling to do so under the post-covid circumstances. ... More

after lengthy construction period, I closed the house with the empty promise from field construction manager to make up missing items paid in design, (no blinds, no medicine cabinet). more than one month after closing, I still don't have the items and no dates provided. So frustrated now.

First off, I understand supply chain issues and have considered that in my review. Our main issue was communication between sales team, project manager, and us. I feel like a lot of things that were caught would not have been caught if we hadn't stopped by the house so much. Many times we knew more about the build than the Pulte team did. A lot of their sub contractors are sub-par after hearing all about the Pulte standards that they have to meet. The AV company they use is a joke and leaves you a mess of wires after charging you over $2,000. My turf was just thrown down with some spots having 2-3" gaps between sod pieces. They didn't level the ground before putting the sod down so when I mow it's like going off-road. I think our last project manager did the best he could with what he was given and seemed to have too much on his plate for one person to properly manage. ... More

Very bad post construction

Several plantings in yard were dead when I moved in. I was told there is not an warranty. I find that unacceptable. Any place you buy a plant or tree there is a warranty.

We closed on our home in late April of 2022. When we arrived at our new “dream” home it was dirty and much of the detail work was sloppy. Grout debris was on the bathroom tiles. The pool had dirt, nails and other debris in it. There was paint and stucco on the pavers, the washer and dryer was not secured or level, there were pieces of shoe molding that were missing and there was molding around the cabinets and a few other places that was missing as well. The sliding glass door tracks had stucco debris making operation of the doors very difficult. The floor casings were unsecured in a few places and there are several damaged areas on the flooring as well. And the paint job was just plain unprofessional in many areas of the home. There were other issues as well and some of these have been addressed. But we’ve been in our “dream” home now nearly 4 months and many of the issues remain unresolved. Overall, the job Pulte did looked like it was rushed in order to hit the closing target and the result was a sloppy mess. I was told that the Covid pandemic made things from both a procurement perspective and a construction perspective much more difficult than is typically the case. I don’t dispute that. However, that is Pulte’s issue to deal with. I still had to pay the agreed upon price. And Pulte never offered a price reduction to compensate for their poor performance. We have performed in accordance with the purchase agreement. Pulte has not. ... More

While I thought my journey with Pulte would be a fantastic experience, I became quickly concerned about open issues that did not get resolved well passed closing 1.) 5/12 My husband and I noticed a hair line crack in the basement in which it was obvious that there was/is an active leak. It was visibly wet in that area 2.) 5/15 We went over again and noticed yet another leak on the floor by another wall in the basement 3.) 5/16 We went over and there is now another leak near the furnace As most home owners would become very concerned and after multiple attempts to address, I was told that the water was condensation. As of today in August, we have wet walls again and water coming from the walls. We attempted to address the problems with Kirk, the construction manager to no avail and here we are with the same issue ... More

Our closing date was rushed according to our construction manager he had requested the date be moved out two weeks but Pulte asked him to keep it as is (in fairness we were moving from out of state so both sides had a need to close quickly). With the date being rushed we knew there would be some punch list items that they would need to come back and take care of. They asked us to give them 2-3 weeks to make it right. Well we are over a month now still with 25 items on the list one of those items includes over 50 areas of drywall and paint fixes that are required. We have had many of the trades who are fixing other things tell us "we should not have been able to move in with the house still having this many outstanding items". I feel we are starting to get traction with the warranty team but it is due to us having to apply continued pressure and make it a part time job to manage our punch list and make sure things are getting done. We were really excited to begin to enjoy our house but we continue to find things that were not done right and get frustrated each time. At this point I would not recommend Pulte to someone else. ... More

It has been almost two months since I came into my new home and have found a lot of issues with different things: kitchen cabinets, doors, baseboards, etc. and nothing has been addressed -and I submitted a report soon after we got in-. I send emails to the customer service team and they do not acknowledge receiving it, I don't know if someone got it and it's reviewing it. I just don't hear from them if they will address my concern or not. It has been very frustrating. I am very unhappy with how things have evolved since I got into the house, very, very unhappy. I still have doors that don't close properly and a toilet that doesn't fill up water; and it took weeks to answer to a problem with A/C without gas. ... More

In all honesty, the home feels that every corner that could be cut was butchered. We have so many issues with the home (doors, carpet, cabinets, paint, bathroom insert, tile, flooring, grout etc etc. Its been a nightmare to say the least...will not do again.

STILL haven't had such things as holes in the walls and a bathroom door that won't close because the hinges were improperly installed repaired. We're also waiting for the refrigerator we ordered instead of the one Pulte's people installed. Service, rotten.

The beginning of the process was excellent! But, as soon as we signed the contract things started going downhill. Our sales consultant didn't provide clear information and openly lied about some of the house's features. The construction process was a mess, mainly during the time Pulte switched field managers. The were so many misunderstandings and a lack of communication with the construction team over the transition period. A little piece of advice, before signing closing, make sure you have everything working perfectly and all the issues found during the inspection fixed. They told us they were going to fix some of them after closing, but once you close the house it's like you dont exist anymore. The customer care team simple ignores your requests or takes about a month to just answer an email and another month to send someone to your home and fix their issues, our customer care manager (Philip) was not even able to answer a decent email and every time we contacted him with issues he replied back with a phone number, no even a word, just a phone number. I would not do this again with Pulte and again do not expect any kind of sympathy once you close the house. ... More

I Was not living in AZ at the time. I did all my selections via internet. I was told there would be weekly updates but received no information for months. There was constantly a change in contact people. The people I started with were not the people I ended with. Overall the home is nice, but there is some messy workmanship and communicationneeds to improve.

Never again with Pulte