Pulte Homes Reviews

Pulte May be the leading builder in the nation but the experience in building the house and the quality they deliver is poor. I felt I paid premium price and got a not impressive product. It took them way longer than they originally committed to complete the build but every time the date was revised that slipped again. Everything was blamed on supply chain delays. I felt they weren’t transparent and honest about the delays to begin getting with. The whole experience was lacking communication and clarity. They may be dealing with such scenarios a lot but it’s my hard earned money and my only home. I literally had to escalate the issue to their GM to get some sanity in the plan. Eventually when the home was delivered there was lack of craftsmanship and quality in the home. In fact I had to do 4 paid inspections to prove out the deficiencies in their work. After all of this and numerous conversations the field manager literally walked out on us during the walk through cause we continued to point issues with the house. We eventually had no option than tk move in since I had sold my home (based on the date they gave me and had to rent ). After moving in we are getting some help to fix some problems but what ever is left is my issue or I should wait for 1 year to report my claim on warranty. I will not recommend pulte homes tk any other buyer and have them go through what I did ... More

My name is Jay. My family and I bought the house on February 1st. On the October 21st we closed the house. This is our first time buying the new house. First time with pulte home. We are honestly to say that we are very disappointed with the buying process, the whole experience and the house build quality. We had just moved in a little over a month, the house paint has already started cracking over the living room and sunroom. It seems like the builder just try to close the house and ignore the quality. The cabinet frame cracks and still waiting on the repairing. Outside vinyl siding has holes they promised to fix which they never did. Shower tub is leaking water they had promised to fix and still waiting to be fixed. All the trim over the house looks awful and paint is not even and smooth. Construction manager Micheal seems like a nice guy but we feel like he only sweet talk to you and never really helping you fix the problems. Customer service takes forever to respond and only tell you that they will address the problem and never did. Overall, we had horrible experience with pulte home. We will never buy or build with pulte again. ... More

Overall I give you a D. You just want to sell homes. The home we purchased had several issues. We had the hardest time getting these concerns addressed. Some of your employees just don’t bother answering their phone calls/texts or returning either. Your mortgage/title, and insurance company is a joke. The incompetence was staggering. Not sure why I bothered with this as corporate greed has taken over. Nothing will change.

The buying experience was alright, we were disappointed in our inability to select options in our home that were pre selected by the builder. This required us to pay extra for features we would not have chosen and to forgo completion of additional features we would have included. Upon move in its clear that the quality of the build was a lot lower than expected. Craftsmanship is poor and care was not taken durring the buiding and installation process. Neither of our tubs are functional due to cracks caused at installation. Many electrical outlets through the home do not work. Our sod and trees were dead upon move in. We have already needed to request multiple repairs through our home warranty and they are not eager or quick to resolve issues, instead acting like we are a burden. ... More

Kitchen cabinet paint job wipes off with water. The wood is bleeding through as are the repairs done either on site or the factory before we took ownership. Drywall finish is shabby, with several lines throughout with drag marks visibly present along with bad patch jobs. Continue to have missing trim in the master bathroom, glass for both showers were a week and three weeks late and installed after closing. Footprints in the concrete from workers walking across while wet continues to bleed through. Cracked sidewalk in courtyard walkway. Promises made to us for "help" after close on oven replacement, screen replacement, have yet to be completed as the new oven we were promised help on is still sitting in our garage. The broken screen is still hanging off of the house. We purchased cabinets and counter tops for our laundry room, these are to be installed after close, we cannot get an answer from anyone as to when these will be ready and installed. ... More

Extremely disappointed in the quality of workmanship. I wasn't expecting this type of experience because of how highly Pulte is recommended and for the price that was paid for the home. Some of the issues were being addressed right away but then everything stopped when I was transferred to a different point of contact. I had to go through the whole process all over again with some items. Other items the different trades had to be scheduled weeks later to see what needs to be done. One of which said it needs to be replaced throughout the entire house because it was installed wrong, but I have to wait to see if that is going to be approved. This whole process shouldn’t be like this. If something is wrong it should be fixed and fixed correctly. ... More

Did lot of follow up before closing . Still things are pending for fix which was committed on email to be fixed by field manager . Still it’s open . I never recommend anyone . Not sure it’s Pulte management fault or field manager fault or contract fault . No one aware about what they have done what they have to look . Really very very bad experience

If I could go back in time, I would have gathered more information about Pulte before building our home. The final touches of our home were rushed, leaving us with unsightly mistakes all across our home. In addition, since moving in to our new home 30 days ago, our breaker box exploded because it was “wired wrong,” the external of our house was NEVER FINISHED so we are co-habitating with tons of spiders and bugs, and the community has had people over at our home fixing THEIR issues every single week, for 4-8 hours EACH DAY. I don’t feel at peace in this home and I am severely concerned about the efficacy and safety of our home! Think TWICE before purchasing from Pulte. We are far from pleased at this point. ... More

My husband and I were so excited to build our perfect house with Pulte. At the beginning, we were sold a beautiful elevation with stone up the garage and house. AFTER we signed and put down our deposit our sales rep told us that this is actually not what we would be receiving and there was actually significantly less stone. Pulte shows the correct elevation for other communities, so why sell us the elevation and SWITCH it on us last minute? Communication throughout the building process was not the best. Throughout construction, there were many errors that we caught, such as wrong cabinets installed and crooked walls, however the sales rep told us to trust Pulte's work. At the time of our celebration walk through, we were shocked to see the number of errors Pulte did not catch: cracked window framing, CROOKED fireplace, cracked trim, incorrect shower tile in the math bath, chipped doors, cuts in floor, gashes in the wall and trim, kitchen island pendant lights installed in the WRONG location, duplicate and loose railing balusters, multiple cabinets needed to be replaced. These are just a few of the issues and we blue taped them. Three days after our celebration walk through we closed (which, per the contract the celebration is supposed to be at least 1 week prior to closing). We were shocked at our final walk through to see how many of these errors were completely ignored! People had just taken the blue tape off and called it a day. We also were only allowed to walk through the house during the final walk through for 30 minutes because the construction manager had to go to Michigan for a wedding.... I had a family member with me at the final walk through and it was embarrassing for him to see the state of the house that we paid so much for. Not to mention, the house was absolutely filthy when we purchased it. There was drywall dust caking the baseboards, workers urine in AND AROUND the toilet, personal trash inside of cabinets and the window sill, basement had not been cleaned since construction concluded. I was shocked, and when I expressed my concerns I was told that I should just hire my own processional cleaner if I’m a “neat-freak”. If I purchase a brand new house from Pulte, I don't expect to clean up after Pulte's contractors. Since closing, it has been a nightmare to get these issues fixed. It has been over a month since closing, and we still do not have a resolution to most of these issues. I also feel like Pulte does not care about us or our home after we closed. The electrician that was sent over to correct our pendant lights left our house absolutely trashed - drywall dust EVERYWHERE since he did NOT cover up anything in the house before he cut into the ceiling. In addition, he then used our brand new personal vacuum to attempt to clean up after him, which destroyed the vacuum due to the dry wall dust.... Thanks Pulte!!! The issue is that it seems Pulte finds as many cheap alternatives as possible. ALL of the "upgraded" trim, baseboards, and even our fireplace is MDF. This was not disclosed to us, instead our sales rep told us how great everything would be since we were paying so much to UPGRADE. In addition, the paint that is used is not of any quality - it chips and smudges so easily to the point where the Pulte workers couldn't put their work bag up against the wall without smudging it. It is also confusing how Pulte does not recommend for homeowners to paint for at least 1 year, however does not provide quality paint to withstand normal ware and tare in a home. Like I said, it has been over a month that we have closed on our home and these issues are still not addressed. It is so disappointing that this is what we are experiencing and it seems like there is no support from Pulte. My husband and I also have to take time off of work to be at the house to wait for a Pulte worker to come over, and many times they are late or do not show up at all. This is causing my husband and I to miss work and lose money. ... More

Pulte handed over to several vendors for construction. Many individuals are freshets and don’t know basics. They simply experiment on Home. While pulte boast building energy efficient homes, they provided single switch for entire exterior configuration of lights. Engineer don’t want to correct any thing in Rutherford,Fuquay Varina

Entire Glenmore community division was mis managed. Too many open builds, too many management changes. Poor oversight and quality control of trades and the work performed. Good ole boys club on how the builds get completed. Pulte often believes homeowner has no experience with what they are referring too in comments, issues, mfg., quality or trade work. Final closure date moved 4 times and extended another 5 months. Sales staff is lacking accurate info, dismissive, and non-forth coming with information. Communication was extremely poor. Overall, I would not recommend, nor build with Pulte again. Price gouge purchase cost was certainly advantageous for them for the current market, but lacking for the experience, build, and final quality, both in physical home and final land grade for the homeowner. ... More

Construction manager and warranty department do not respond to issues

Quality of workmen ship and materials used were not even up-to the mark. Construction managers had no control on the contractors. They just do things on their own. I would say, they deployed some freshers to do the job and they did what they can do. Most of the items in the house had issues. They tried masking these up during the walkthrough. Upon using these items on a daily basis we started seeing issues. When reached out to warranty team, they came back saying that the damage could have happened because of the usage which doesn’t make any sense. No one cares about the issues and they ask us to wait for 11 month window to fix issues. Cracked caulking, drywall cracks, nail pops, and cracked grout lines, floor squeaks are covered under the one year warranty, but only once will this be addressed, per the warranty manual. Overall very unhappy experience. ... More

Good morning. Overall our experience with Pulte has not been positive. We started excited when we signed/started but it only went downhill. We suffered the filling issues: 1. Closing well past promised due date requiring unnecessary expense on our part and stress on our family, jobs, and children 2. Rudeness by several members of Pulte staff including mortgage, closing office, building team. Issues required bringing in manager to assist 3. Unresponsive construction manager. We are over 30 days past closing with our punch list not done and growing. We have over 30 additional issues found. Our concerns are no longer being addressed which is unacceptable. Here is our list: We also need to submit our list since we’re at 30 days of what needs to be fixed which we have unable to get anyone to address including warranty: 1. Ethernet wall sockets incorrect type/unuseable 2. Back porch post - replace 3. Garage windows - paint 4. Windows above garage (attic)- paint edging/borders 5. Door in garage leading to mud room - replace (gouge at bottom prior to moving in) 6. Kitchen door cabinets - replace (they got dropped off) 7. Blue tape marking issues still within home (paint/drywall). Removing as I go if needed 8. Floors with paint on them. 9. Front door frame - clumps of paint/sealant around frame (grey area) 10. Broken door stop in office 11. Dry wall/texture hole by upstairs bedroom 12. Garage Leak in ceiling 13. Inspect AC ducting in the rest of the house for leaks. 14. Roof Fascia 15. Front home vent fascia broken. 16. Drain above front door 17. Light above front door 18. Slab Skin Coat 19. Driveway many issues 20. Slabs on side of house 21. No top soil 22. Broken irrigation hose 23. Large section of yard with no sprinklers. 24. Soaker hose around electrical box 24. Sprinkler heads covered 25 sides/center of yard not leveled/resoded 26. Garage never repainted. 27. Both sets of windows in attic never blacked out 28. Fascia under master bathroom plumbing. 29. Broken cabinet door in master bathroom 4. Unable to get people with Pulte to keep their word, from closing dates, interest rates, returning calls, etc. 5. Poor work on a half a million dollar home especially yard I won’t keep going because this just upsets us. As an active duty family, buying this home was a huge commitment on our part and we feel used/abandoned/ghosted/manipulated by Pulte staff. As nurses, we are used to stress and customer service. Pulte has not provided this well. We will never recommend Pulte to anyone at this point. ... More

A roller coaster ride that won't stop and looks like it has not end in site. Communication is not the strongest and is not consistent. You are left in the dark and hoping things are getting done when you are finally updated weeks later. When you review the completed work, you sometimes laugh and wonder how this was passed as Pulte standards. We are 2 months into our new house and still have a long list of items to be completed. The construction manager's manager reached out after we completed our survey and asked what he could help with pending items and has yet to return my call and respond to my text message after replying to his text message. No surprise at all. I would highly recommend to do your home builder research and also talk to other families in the neighborhood before moving forward with one. I know for a fact that our next house will not be Pulte. ... More

Do not close on the house if there are any issues because it is impossible to get them fixed. A lot of promises and no action. Poor quality of workmanship. Higher priced two tones finishes and painting very disappointing, runny water they call it. It looks like every part of the finishing process was rushed. Would not recommend. Too many small issues to list.

The build process was a joke with a delay at every turn and everything blamed on COVID, but the same model house in the same neighborhood moving faster than others and then you're told "well that's a different elevation". If you complain about the delays your construction super would say "well you could be like this house who's been delayed for # months." No matter what level "manager" you talk to you get the same script and nothing gets done. We had a joke of a super and then he quit in the middle of the house being built. Even with that Pulte never owned up the awful process thus far and put all that stress on the next person to pick up the slack. We've been in house for 2 months now and there are still issues that are not finished that were on the list we made at the final walk through. Our video doorbell isn't installed and the temp doorbell is still just hanging off the wall. We messaged Pulte about electrical outlets that do not work and weeks later no one has come to fix it and now follow up. We've messaged our superintendent about outside lights not installed, video doorbell, window screens and still nothing done. Make sure when designing your home everything they tell you is in writing. We were told a lot of things and then as the house was being built we would about those things and we would get looked at like we were crazy. We would then try to contact the person that sold the house to us and we couldn't never get a response back. In all I would stay far from this builder. They make the home buying process even more stressful than what it already is, and do not go with their joke of financing option. Find your own lender and don't give them your money. They builder has insane delays and then their mortgage company tries to get you to pay thousands to lock in your rate knowing that they building will hit even more delays and your money is lost. ... More

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

We looked at the model homes and loved the quality, features and craftsmanship. But the house we took delivery on did not come close to the same quality and craftsmanship. The details were below my standard of quality and craftsmanship. Waiting for items still to be repaired without any idea when they will be completed.

Decided to re-locate my family and build a new house which should have been nothing but exciting but wow was I wrong. Sales was perfect, good communications etc. Closing communication was horrible! Caused delays and extra unnecessary flights only to cause more delays and frustration. Workmanship: sloppy, holes in the wall were not patched, overspray on windows, paint splatters on the brand new floors, lines of paint crooked, floor boards uneven and appear dirty due to the way they were installed, cracked grout, etc. (we moved in over 2 months ago and nothing has been done) Appliances: lovely in appearance but 3 did not work and had to be replaced- microwave, dishwasher and oven hood. WE had to report to Whirlpool top get them all replaced Pulte did not help in any way. Driveway pavers are crooked and look like a 2 year old laid them. Paid an exorbitant fee for a smart home only to not have anything installed, all of it was on "back order" even though many neighboring homes have it installed already. Kitchen cabinets are beautiful but one had a huge hole in the bottom, did they think I wouldn't notice?? Marble slab we payed a fortune for is cracked. I know that the builder was pressured to complete the home (not by us) so that they could meet a closing date which I believe led to a lot of sloppy and unfinished work only to add frustration. AS of today none of the above has been resolved, the construction manager tries but he is overworked and over booked and at the mercy of workers supervisors who simply just don't care. I mean really Pulte - this is horrible. ... More

Let's start with closing... Closing on our new build was originally 30 June. When going through a walkthrough (blue tape), there were a lot of issues that needed fixing. Building Manager pushed it out 2 weeks to get everything A-OK. Come Wednesday July 13, repairs were being made but still needed to have some things fixed. Building manager said that these repairs would be completed "for sure by Thursday". Pulte title company needed funds transferred 1 day prior to closing to expedite the paperwork which will occur 15 July. So 14 July I wire transferred the amount to close to Pulte Title, then went back to the house to see progress that afternoon. Issues still weren't fixed! Building manager mention that he would push closing if we weren't satisfied (which we weren't), but the wire transfer already went through. Getting money pulled back for a wire transfer is a huge headache so we were forced to close on 15 July with the promise of the last of the items needing repair will be done within 48 hours. Come to today, September 3rd, the issues are STILL not fixed. Pulte is a joke. You can only use "COVID" as an excuse for so long. Typically a new build will take 4-6 months (I know this because we built a new build from Centex back in 2015 in the same area). Building was "complete" in 12-13 months. So with respects to the COVID excuse, Pulte had DOUBLE the time to build this house. Also we're in 2022 where things are basically back to normal. Pulte needs to treat their employees better listening to their needs and providing the QUALITY resources that building managers need (tradesmen, the amount of houses they are in charge of, etc.) The building managers need to have better attention to detail with a house. Inspecting the trade-worker's work and making sure they show up to work, and if they don't, fire them and hire a new contract. Pulte CEO should support this for crying out loud. The amount of money and wasted time due to sub-par workmanship is astounding. When you pay for a half-million dollar house and you feel like your other house that cost around $200K had better craftsmanship, its speaks loud to what this company is really after... money. Pulte doesn't care about the homeowners, they care about their bottom-line. "How much did we make this quarter?" "Let's jack up the prices of these houses because the market is in our favor." "Pump out houses quick; I don't care if the quality is that of Habitat for Humanity Volunteer level." Never again... ... More

Pulte failed to hook our septic system up to electric. Three weeks later when we tried to reach out to warranty it was an awful experience. No one would return our phone calls or answer any questions about the system. Also, they left multiple items on unfinished on our home after close, and Pulte has not been responsive in fixing 30 days after close. There is no way to follow up and no one responds to warranty. Not sure there is any warranty with the home. Don’t expect any items to be resolved after you close with them. They are so focused on pumping out more and more homes, faster and faster, they have no interest in quality. ... More

This has been the worst experience that I have had with any builder. The site manager is overwork and I feel for him and his upper management team don’t care they just want the house close with a lot of open issues that are not done. A lot of people have open issues in my development that are still open and it’s taking them for ever to get it fix.

Experience was not good. My wife and I both feel this was a bad experience and would not recommend using Pulte as a builder.

The workmanship is a complete joke.