Pulte Homes Reviews

Poor communication. Few things that were promised (like insulating all the walls of basement ) were not done. Poor quality of material at few places. Poor carpet work.

The quality of material used is poor. The field manager is not responsive . Delay simple fixes for long. Warranty is an issue , no quick resolution of issues . It takes month to fix an issue. Not good experience had so many hopes with Pulte but they have shattered . Dissatisfied home buyer. My SoD and tree which was dead before closing has not been even after 2 month .

Pulte’s website advertises one thing and then they sell you something cheaper in price just so they can save themselves money. The windows are cheap, the cabinetry is cheaply made. My house definitely would not win any awards. Plus, Pulte is so good at dumping added expenses in your lap.

Zero Customer service once you close! they only care about the sale and not the customer.

We recently closed on a home built by pulte and it has been near 1 1/2 months but impossible to get any response from the builders

In general, the entire experience with Pulte from sales, to design, to construction and closing was mediocre at best. The left hand doesn't talk to the right, and overall communication and organization was poor. What should've been the most proud and exciting time of my life was 8 months of hell and escalation after escalation. Post-close has been no better, with continued issues 2 months after closing with things like pavers, paint, grading/slope of my yard (excess water pooling) and general poor craftsmanship inside the home resulting in non-stop back/forth with our warranty specialist. If I could do it over again, I'd have chosen a different builder. ... More

Before I go into the build process, I want to call out Shandra for being a great selling agent. She helped us along the way and was an advocate for us from the start. We began with one project manager, Brandon, who was excellent. He made me feel comfortable and in good hands from our first virtual meeting. Every week he would send us emails with pictures, letting us know what was accomplished and what the plan for the next week was. During my pre-drywall inspection, he was very thorough, and let me know the ins and outs of our soon-to-be new home. Unfortunately, a week later he left the company, and things began to go downhill from there. The new project manager, Brad, did not keep us up-to-date on the building process. We had to send multiple emails to him to try and find out what was going on. We received a brief email from him on July 16th, without pictures, concerning the progress of our home, which contained an excessive amount of typos. On the 25th, I sent an email with questions about progress and potential closing dates. It took him six days to respond to me, in which we were "given" final walk and closing dates. The next time we heard from him was August 16th with an email in which he wanted to know if there were any questions or concerns, and what he could do better. We gave him that feedback the following day, and never heard from him until our "celebration" walkthrough. It was nothing close to a celebration, and in fact had the wind taken out of our sails, in what should have been a very exciting experience. He admittingly had not been in the home since Thursday, and it was nowhere near ready to be shown as a walkthrough. He attempted to call us 2 hours beforehand (on the wrong number). encouraging us to reschedule. We clearly did not receive the phone call, so showed up as scheduled. There were holes in the walls, mud all over the floors, the banister was on the floor, the planning center countertop was not installed, trim outside was not painted, a wire for the front porch was lost, and a hole had to be cut in the soffit to find it. We got to the top of the stairs and we ended the walk. My wife left the walkthrough in tears. We then came back on Wednesday, to a somewhat improved situation, but were at the house for over three hours "after" walking it with Brad, to tape up all of the imperfections. At this point, the whole house needed to be repainted. We ran out of a full roll of painters tape. This should not have been our job... it should have been Pulte's! He needs to make sure that when I walk in that home I have trouble finding anything wrong (at least that's what the signage that Pulte advertises says). We were actually told they were working on changing the verbiage because it was an unrealistic expectation for owners to walk in on a walk through and expect perfection. What? Failure at the core! Even at the final closing day walkthrough there were a ton of items that we called out, that still have not been totally completed 2 months after closing. Since moving in, we have discovered paint circles on our Owner's Suite bathroom countertop, a trim piece that is damaged and needs to be replaced, grass that won't grow in because the soil has been contaminated with paint or cleaner (you can still see paint stains on nearly 1/3 of our lawn), and a garage door that does not function properly. Not to mention we don't have cold water in one of our guest bathrooms. The craftmanship of this home is something to be desired, and we feel that we are stuck in the biggest investment of our lives. We would never recommend Pulte to anyone! Even our realtor was disgusted with the entire process, and said Pulte went from being her #1 recommended builder, to one of her least recommended builders. She had 3 other clients at the time, 2 of which were looking to build with Pulte, but were spared the headache because she saw our experience firsthand and pointed them in a different direction. For a 444K home, we shouldn't have had to, nor continue to have to, micromanage the execution of our home nearly as much as we've had to these past 3 months. Pulte should care just as much about the quality of our home as we do, but have continued to disappoint us with their clear disregard, and honestly, their overall care about us as clients. As homes continue to close, we continue to get forgotten about and have to routinely send follow-up emails to both Brad and Chris. Our lawn is destroyed, there's a 5in divot in our front yard (which my wife sprained her ankle in the other day, hence how we discovered it), and items continue to sit left unattended, even though we were told they'd be completed 30 days after closing. I don't live a life of regrets, but going with Pulte is by far one of the biggest regrets yet. ... More

Poor workmanship on wood trim, doors and painting.

Where to start, during the build process there was Pe’e all over the floors and toilets, white paint everywhere. All over our black cabinets and railings, literally every piece of trim that was painted resulted in the floor being streaked with white paint. Our furnace was t connected Our $12,000 fireplace has not worked since we moved in three m on his ago. Our back yard and front yard are not even close to level, the neighbors yard is higher causing all the rain water to pool in our yard because the yards were not properly graded So much damage to cabinets that had to be fixed after moving in, so much that has needed to be fixed in general. We have had crews here twice a week for the last three months, and we still don’t have caulk around the base of our shower Water heater was leaking all over garage floor The list goes on. Buyer beware. ... More

Post sale customer experience has been really bad

I’ve built with Pulte before (in Tennessee) and it was a wonderful experience from start to finish. Well. The Indianapolis area Pulte experience couldn’t have been more different. The framing/structure of the home is sturdy and well done, thankfully. My nitpicky, former custom builder father inspected that. But the finishes and sloppy craftsmanship is unacceptable. Here’s the shortlist of issues with workmanship: - Scratches on glass shower door - Lopsided spindles on staircase - Scratches on the luxury vinyl tile floors - Scratches, nicks, and dents in the kitchen cabinets - Tears in screen door (and it was installed upside down) - Crack in window glass - Exposed hole in the floor behind toilet - Windows were installed so high it’s impossible to buy ready-made curtains - Dents in exterior doors - the list goes on… Now, I expect there to be some fixes required. What is unacceptable is I closed nearly THREE months ago and NONE of the promised repairs have been completed. In fact, I’ve emailed the construction manager who was handling my home three times now with no response. He quit responding a week or two after my closing. I’m so disappointed with Pulte’s customer service. ... More

Would not recommend this builder

This is the second home we built with Pulte and the customer service has decreased significantly!

They completely messed up with the brick work. It would give zero out of five. New house lost its curb appeal. Feeling bad. Esthetic part has been compromised with used of discolored brick in the front potion. Water logging in the back yard in 10 mins rain. This is I am reporting after 2 months of closing. Not sure what else will come in future. Over all ok nothing great comparison to what I am paying.

If I new my brand new home would have so many issues and pulte refuses to accept there mistakes and correct them. We are blamed for poor building and workmanship and they call it cosmetic. Be ware, I should have done my research and never bought from you. You don't stand beyond your work. Quality is horrible

We were very excited to get an opportunity to purchase the home we now have. The home was the exact model we wanted with just a few differences but nothing we couldn’t live with. Because of the pandemic we knew there was a possibility that the completion would be delayed. We sold our other house early and were fortunate to have some place to stay until the home was completed. We tried to be understanding about the delays and that we could wait. We were maybe too understanding and experienced numerous delays over a long summer. The craftsmanship is lacking which is disappointing considering the cost of the home. We have issues that need to be addressed and receive promises that they will be taken care of but only a few have been completed and I have decided to fix the rest on my own. We blame ourselves for not being more attentive to the building process and not more aggressive about our expectations. We lived in our last home for over 30 years, raised three boys while doing so. This is supposed to be our last home as we head into our retirement years….it still will be but with a few more hurdles to clear then we expected. ... More

It’s been only a month since we moved. We see several issues. It takes forever to fix issues. Customer care does respond however I feel there is no communication between the team and contractors. The time window for each pending item is taking too long. Our venthood was not installed properly and we have a huge gap between kitchen venthood and a wall. They say parts are ordered but it’s been a month and still not fixed. My under cabinet kitchen light and few recess lights in the loft area stopped working two days after we moved. Till now this has not been fixed. Contractors show up randomly without giving us notice. We are all working and don’t have remote option. Because they didn’t let us know ahead of time they left a note to reschedule. Now we have to wait another 15 days for them to come and fix our electrical issues. I am not satisfied with the way things are moving and I don’t feel I am living in newly constructed home. I have lived in older homes built in 2004 and 2014 but have never had any issues like this. Surprised to see so many issues since closing. When we closed the home as not even cleaned. It was all dusty and we had to call the cleaners to clean the entire home. Overall not a happy client. ... More

The final paint on the overall house interiors is very bad and requires so much maintenance. The appliances that are provided are not good and they take no responsibility to replace it within the warranty period. The price that we have paid for the upgrades are way too high than they are worth for. Even the lawn was not set properly by them.

Lots of points undisclosed while paying and signing up. Quality of Pulte homes and diminished significantly since the past years. Paint of house finish of flooring , hvac, garage doors, everything is sub standard and sub par. Regret the decision to purchase through Pulte

Pulte closes the homes with the appliances not working properly. They give little to no time to review the appliances on the day of closing. Leave us to deal with the warranty team after closing

We moved into our home in July and have several unresolved punch list items. We have also noticed serious workmanship issues with our subfloors and wood trim throughout the house. We have been chasing both the warranty group and our initial construction contact but have not received resolution. If we had known things were going to be this bad and so different from the model, it’s unlikely we would have bought a Pulte home.

The home was not completed when we closed. Promises made were not completed, Still working with warranty to get things repaired that should have be done before closing. 2 months after closing. Rushed into keeping original closing date. Pulte is building houses way too quick with no quality.

A horrible experience! The law firm at closing did not have all their paperwork together. What supposed to be about an hour long signing, a lot of the paperwork was already signed, took almost three hours. The house was not cleaned properly prior to moving in, a lot of construction dust was on the floors and countertops. Three days of living here the plumbing was backed up due to a 2’ level being thrown down in the clean out pipe. The county had to come out here and dig up my front lawn 10’-12’ down to remove it and repair the pipe and back fill, then it it took another three weeks to get new sod and repair the sidewalk. We had ants on the first floor bathroom and dining room within two weeks of living here. The contractor came out and sprayed in the walls again. It seemed to work but now ants are back again. Makes wonder if the house is sealed properly. The dishwasher stopped working after six weeks, repair man from warranty company did not fix it properly because we’re still having the same issue. The hinges and screws on the back door have been showing signs of rust already. No one here seemed to know where to get trash receptacles from. The paperwork gave wrong info and HOA gave wrong info. What a disaster! ... More

We purchased the model home in Vegas -very disappointed. NOTHING was maintained in the house after we signed the contract. Yard outside let go, lots of things not working well in the house. New problems crop up every day

I am a first-time home buyer the process went pretty quick for me without much guidance or help and after closing the request to fix issues is horrible. I had some issues pending for a month now and still no response from the builder.