Pulte Homes Reviews

The Model Home looks great but the contractors did a sub par job in building the homes. Minimal attention to detail. I would not close until all these are completed and if you do get in writing a time frame that they will complete the items

The loan process was good but the building part was poor and rushed the amount of stuff that wasn't done and stuff still ain't done is ridiculous...never again and I been in the house almost 2 months

Our house was not built very well. Our ceilings look awful. The house is built cheap and the quality looks nothing like the model. The workers don’t show up when they’re supposed to make repairs and they don’t do a good job on the repairs. We have broken baseboards that no one has fixed our driveway concrete is sloppy and doesn’t look good. I would not recommend pulte to anyone

Would NEVER build with Pulte again.

Due to the poor quality of workmanship, the other measures also followed suit. A good neighborhood with nice sized lots and house plans. However, not good value for the cost of the home. We expected impeccable workmanship but were constantly disappointed even after repairs were done. You cannot rely on anyone doing their job effectively. You must always follow up behind everyone to ensure things are done correctly. Considering we have no clue about construction, it was very inconvenient not to mention aggrevating. Would not recommend them as a builder.

I'm truly baffled when I see 5-star reviews. Must be the Stockholm syndrome: Paid enormous amount of money for a shockingly poorly built house - what to do except celebrate! There not much else or recourse. Everything I'm stating below is also corroborated by all the neighbors I've spoken to regarding a common, shared building experience we've had. We love the "idea" of the house and the general design, and the great location. However, from beginning to end everything is built sloppily by contractors who openly despise the properties they are building. If they didn't despise the house they are building, why would they drop their trash into the a/c-heat registers? Leave cans and cig butts all over the house? Not protect the tubs and showers and toss nails and construction debris into them and scratching them? Why would they mix their cement on the unprotected floor? Why would they leave nails sticking an inch out of the drywall? Or install a cracked tile on the stove backsplash? (and leave it) Why would they destroy windows, doors with acid and not clean it up? (forcing replacement) Why would they drip paint on the screens on leave it like that? Why would they leave splintered doors in every room? Or leave gaps, scratches and chunks of wood splintered off your beautiful oak flooring? Why would they leave 1/2" of brick flashing overhanging all over the house? Nails all over the roof? Scratched and gouged window sills from the siders dragging their goods out thru the windows? A fallen telephone pole in the back yard? A driveway so badly done with such low standards and zero Pulte supervision that it has to be redone - but making us wait 3 months after move-in (preventing sod install and other brickwork)? Siding buckled so bad that passersby ask about it? Our list (and the lists of several neighbors we've met) is too long to lay out here. It's bad. Pulte has already cycled through (lost) three site construction supers just since we signed the papers. Why do they not ask themselves, "What are we doing wrong?" We've been in the house for ~6 weeks. The "list" we've provided on items not considered "warranty" but just not done right by the construction crew are now being referred to their warranty department by the new super. (after no response from 'previous' site super on several promises over the last two months) If Pulte has a bad reputation in this area, they've earned it. ... More

Builder charges >2500.00 USD to pain your home 1 wall color and 1 white ceiling paint. They use Sherwin Williams CHB paint on the walls including bathrooms. This paint does not wear well and is NOT recommended by Sherwin Williams as a durable wall paint. CHB was also used on the bathroom walls with no anti-microbial protection. If it gets wet it stains. Garage is not finished and assumed the buyer will spend another ~2K out of pocket to finish drywall and paint. A deadbolt lock is not included for the front door. Hardwood floor and stair railings are considerably marked up Carpets is low quality and has 5 year warranty Having insulation in a garage is an upgrade / additional charge. ~950.00 USD The stair rails are glued in place If you want lights above the shower and in some closets ... it is an upgrade. The design center is a gimmick to make up margin on home -- products are marked up >62% - 81% The builder doesn't leave the homeowner any additional tile/flooring/paint or touch up paint for cabinets. It is up to the homeowner to research contact each company to order. The standard sidewalk is 3' width The cement stoop off the basement is 3x3 Downspouts are not buried Serial numbers are not left for the homeowner to register their appliances ... More

We moved into a Pulte new build condo and have so many issues and service is extremely slow (moved in durind COVID 19 SIP order). It took over a month and 4 appointments to get AC repaired. It works now but is incredibly loud. Decided to add ceiling fans so we don't have to live with the loud noise and found out none of the ceiling junction boxes were installed correctly so can't install anything until they are fixed. Master tub had lots of pitting leading to rust spots and now the tub takes over an hour to drain so we are showering in several inches of water. Garage door would stall while closing which was fixed but the noises have returned and anticipate it needed to be fixed again. Unless they see it as urgent, they don't respond quickly. If you are sensitive to noise, consider Pulte carefully as they are not sound insulated. From the bedroom, I can hear the dishwasher, AC, water heater, and booster fan in addition to noises from neighbors and all exterior doors. Pulte was a disappointing purchase. ... More

Looks like my three year old caulked and painted the exterior. It was painted under 30 F and is peeling and cracked. It was noted during closing in April and still not fixed. Nail pops are expected but not to this degree.

Build Quality is not great. Especially dry wall. Sales person could have been supportive during option selection.

List of punchlist items that were to be completed between the final walkthrough and closing were not completed and remain incomplete three months later. Inconsistent communication with agent and construction manager. Last minute delays and confusion was common. Good service from title company. Numerous warranty items need attention but cannot be submitted as you are only allowed one opportunity to request warranty work on construction items.

My house had A LOT OF. Unfinished/ lose / scratch / parts the first day one of the towel hanger on the master bathroom come part and I was noticeable that the screws was loose and several other issues I highly doubt I will NOT purchase another home from Pulty .

WHEN THEY DO THINGS LIKE FRAME A WALL IN THE WRONG PLACE, YOU WILL BE TOLD IT IS "BUILT ACCORDING TO THE PLAN", EVEN THOUGH THE PLAN CLEARLY SHOWS IT IS NOT BUILT TO PLAN.

I have found lots of things wrong since moving in that they did that are just poor workmanship. Floors had cut outs for outlets for the electric recliners I had, the edges of the floorings around the outlets had big chips in it. When I noted that during the walk through all they did was take a black marker, flies are grey and color the chips in. All that needed to happen was the flooring need to be taped when they cut the flooring for the outlets, this is flooring 101. The paint is so cheap that when I used a magic eraser to remove a mark it wipes the pint down to the wall board. Grout was poorly lauded and c on omg up on the tiles. The field in bathroom have no caulking at the edges and corners. Just very poor workmanship. They also had very poor options and my place appraised 4K less then they were charging me and they made no attempt to even try to adjust the price. I would never buy another Pulte home. I am still waiting for them to replace a cabinet door that was poorly installed. ... More

Building experience was excellent. Our building manager was great and kept in constant contact. Problems started once we moved in. We noticed a long list of issues and attempted to get the pertinent ones fixed and wait on the cosmetic. The Customer Care Manager is polite, but is difficult to get any follow up and zero results. It took over 2 weeks to get in touch with our Customer Service Manager who advised that the issues should have been handled by builder and we would have to wait until 11 month walk thru to get majority addressed. To me this is unacceptable and poor customer service. We have had our home for 6 weeks and have no locks on bathroom door, carpet with nails sticking out, AC issues and a our microwave went out in 5 weeks. I hope we can find some common ground and get some resolution as I do not feel we got value for the price we paid. ... More

The home looks beautiful but feel like it was rushed. I have plenty of issues that still aren’t fixed my shower is leaking out water and paint needs to be fixed inside and out. My ceiling in my garage needs to be fixed as well. I feel like my house was rushed and now I have all these problems. And the communication throughout my building process with my site manager was pretty much non-existent. He never let me know what was going on with my home I always had to find out myself on what was going on. So my over all experience with building my home with Pulte is not great. I love my home and think it looks nice but I have all these problems and none of them got fixed and now I have to wait and see if they are ever gonna get fixed. If someone would ask me about Pulte right now with what I’m dealing with right now I would not recommend Pulte to anyone giving my experience right now. ... More

Also I was told by the super intendent he is going to fix that they did not finish so I signed complete home doc but still they did not finish even I already move on.

Looking at the model home we thought Pulte was good, even during construction when we saw some issues they promised to fix everything before closing. But it has been only a month since we moved in and seeing lot of cracks on dry walls, hearing water flow thru the walls, noticeable uneven flooring, etc.. wish we had noticed these issues before closing, now no response from Pulte to fix any issues.

I have had major issues such as , the main drain water line broken in two places, second floor hallway sinking in, burnt out light fixtures, nails sticking through the carpet . Sadly enough I’m stuck here. Kitchen cabinets are of poor quality, although they look nice.

I feel this build was rushed to get finished before the end of the year even though we purchased in May. Build didn’t get started for a couple of months and even though we purchased prior to 2 other lots (weeks/month) ours was the last one to get started. Multiple issues left unresolved and found poor displays of workmanship while living in the house. Some examples are: -various/different hardware used for hooks on boot bench (I don’t understand why it wasn’t uniform) -2 hooks from boot bench had stripped screws and fell off within the first month - a handle on a cabinet drawer broke in half when attempting to open for the first time - front entry door not sealed. Visible light coming through and draft - downstairs guest bedroom and bathroom doors stick -downstairs guest bedroom door hinge missing 2 screws (another example of poor workmanship) -downstairs guest closet top rail damaged (from instal I’m guessing or shipping) & closet door doesn’t roll open -backyard wasn’t graded correctly. Pools of standing water in various spots - paint splattered all over brand new floor and we were told that’s the best they’ll be cause the cleaners only use soap and water. (Since my last review pulte sent a painter and he removed 90% of floor paint) -carpet in nook under stairs coming up at edges. Carpet on stairs has visible gaps near edges (1-2 stairs). Seams are very visible. Very poor quality installation -Quarts countertop seam in kitchen is of poor workmanship. Hardened glue spikes in cabinet from where they joined the seam on the underside of the counter. (Dangerous and unprofessional) ... More

Superficially a beautiful home. Several issues with workmanship and things that were left undone at time of move in. Pulte representatives are good at sales and telling you the things you want to hear - but there is horrible, to no, follow up whatsoever. The communication between Pulte representatives, their vendors, and the customer are terrible. I would not purchase another Pulte home.

We were promised that the house will be ready on the 19th Dec. I took all week vacation. At 1pm i got a call that i wont get the keys that day. 2 hrs before i was supposed to move in. During the inspection we found so many defects and the house wasnt even ready. We are still having issues with so many stuff. Loud noise when the furnace stops running. We asked John (Manager) and his respond was, it is normal. Jason (QA Manager) is very helpful and trying to find the problem. There workmanship is very poor.

Several things that were “fixed”’prior to closing were done so poorly that they look horrible and are “just cosmetic” and will not be repaired per the warranty. It’s sad to see how very little pride was taken by the builders and the trades when building our home. No one seemed to care about paint drips, adhesive left on cabinets, shoe molding not matching up, caulking missing, mismatched paint, etc. I was pressured into leaving a “good review” for our builder because “that’s how I keep food on the table for my family” but there are many issues we have found that should have never been allowed to happen with an attentive builder. ... More

Unresolved issues post possession very disappointing

I’m still not receiving any US mail since Pulte gave us the incorrect city and zip code. The materials used are cheap, things put together too fast. Sloppy job. Appliances are not high quality either.