Pulte Homes Reviews

Pulte needs to control their vendors quality! Painters did poor job! Used very thin layers of paint and we can see the blue mark up to be painted again. Electrical vendor damage our upgrade trim but decided to caulk the trim instead of replacing it. Carpenter didn’t smooth out the trim and used the rough side as the face. Electrical vendor will cancel your warranty for simply switching out the switch unless your goes through them for a “small fee”. I will never build with Pulte again.

Company wouldn’t listen to our concerns, eventually leading to a basement that’s flooded twice, once after we closed and moved in. List of things that still haven’t been done in almost 2 months of occupancy. Broken promises the entire way.

House sold way over price, have to sell for a loss. Quality is bad, gave house with torn carpet and broken windows. Then asks for a review and refuses to publish as it deters business. Good for you pulte, I’ll write a review somewhere else. Thanks for the trash house that’s underwater now. Oh and thanks for the dangerous living conditions for $1.4m. Love being scared to open my door due to pitbull

There is a limit in these reviews so I can't even list all of the issues that have come up. The quality of the trades they outsource are horrible. They are backed up and were still building the home and had not even finished many areas when we closed. Stains on the driveway, trash everywhere in the garage and yard at closing, appliances not in, took months just to get approval to start drywall, a closet wasn't even painted a month after closing, shutters weren't on the home until after closing, the floorplan sucks so bad that we are ripping out walls before even moving in, basements were offered for some homes but not others, the "3rd car garage" can't fit even a midsize car because it is shorter so you would have to crawl across the hood to get into the house, stains in the showers of both bathrooms that 3 cleaning companies couldn't remove, there is virtually no storage anywhere, We paid for every upgrade and every premium and yet it is still built to the quality of a home half the price. Talked to at least 6 neighbors and ALL 6 had issues - some even worse. Water heater burnt out 48 hours after moving in, water leaks in the wall less than a month after closing, windows not even being caulked all the way (we have the same problem), no caulking around the gas and water lines outside, chips in walls, it is literally hard to even remember all of the issues. We had 3 different field managers during the process as Pulte keeps moving them to other communities. This is the worst home building experience ever. I wouldn't recommend Pulte to anyone, ever. And certainly not for the price they charge. It is amazing that the city hasn't pulled their building permits yet. There is no way many of these homes should have received a certificate of occupancy. ... More

PULTE dropped the ball and almost every single part of the process of us buying our house from the first conversation to the 30 day inspection after we moved in. Sales people didn’t communicate deadlines and we were left without structural options we said we wanted. Mortgage company is arguably the worst customer service I’ve ever had ANYWHERE in my entire life. They consistently lost our documents and made us resubmit them, changed things at the last second without communicating to us, and dragged a 1 month process out for 9 months. Craftsmanship was subpar also. Cabinets hung crooked, electrical outlets not straight, holes in the drywall, cracks in the baseboards, unpainted baseboards, broken window. All these things should have been discovered by our construction manager when he did a walkthrough and fixed when we did our walkthrough before moving in but only 2 of the 10 issues we outlined in our walkthrough were actually corrected. PULTE consistently blamed the pandemic and the laborers they hired and never took responsibility for their poor work in every single step of this process. If this ever gets posted and you are reading it do yourself a favor and look somewhere else. We were warned before we started the process and we didn’t listen. Don’t be like us! ... More

We have been ignored post move-in. Do not respond for requests to complete work. Terrible organization.

FOR PULTE BUILDERS The house we purchased almost in double price they charge us, with all extra works , hmm obviously more money, All Material cheap quality , sometimes where roof not in level , same thing with exterior and floor. Some outlets are loose from wall, Garage door works very slow and doesn’t close lot of time. Kitchen cabinets are cheap quality with makes shuts sound. When we walk on second floor, sounds like roof will broke soon . Specially the Paint is not a paint , it’s just like a cheap primer only. Just move to the house last week, but it’s looks like very old house, hand prints all the way in house .outside all the grass they put not gardening grass and from lots of space it’s already gone/dry BEST COMPLEMENT TO PULTE HOMES TRAILSIDE PLAINFIELD IN 46168 ... More

Worst ever experience with Pulte, totally unlike "Pulte". The construction manager at this Irvine site was a totally irresponsible person, should never had been hired. The quality of the home under his supervision was so so so bad, we had to fix all issues after closing. The list of defects are more than 10 pages long. Still trying to fix it with the warranty team.

The completion time was months out from what I was told which now I’m paying very high interest rate due to the builder delay . Electric is not correct , they also had the water heater running with no water causing the element to burn and we had no hot water ; the A/C apparently was installed incorrectly now has to be repaired possibly needing to open the ceiling - many other issues - too much to write and nothing comes from this anyway . They got their money then leave the homeowners to deal with their shoddy work. How this past inspection is beyond me. Horrible experience very expensive and poor craftsmanship!!!!! Should have backed out when I had a chance. So disappointed in DiVosta . ... More

Poor customer service from builder and sales team. Unresponsive and provided misinformation.

Terrible experience from day 1. Sales rep was horrible. Walls are already cracking. Roof is falling off. No grading after 30 days. The development looks like a dump site. No updates are given to warranty work filed. Wish I would have gone another direction. Will never buy Pulte again or recommend to anyone.

Salesman mislead us on options and used supply chain issues to give us down graded appliances. Had a number of issues with the finish carpentry. Exterior had mud all over sides and back of house. Was told it would be cleaned by close and on day of closed was a mess. Said it would be cleaned by end of day. Not done, touch up on trim not done, sod was burned out completely in a number of areas. Said it would be replaced. Not done. Pulte Mortgage never presented A competitive offer. Waited until interest rates went up a second time then after considerable pressure submitted an offer that wasn’t even close. Went with own financing and Pulte coordinator waited until day before closing to get information to my closing company. The $10k incentive is a joke. Designed to pay Pulte’s seller fees and difference in exorbitant doc and prep fees. This was my 16th home my 3rd Pulte home. I do not expect anyone to respond to this. You do have my email if you wanted to. ... More

So many things wrong with the house. Leaking roof, constant issues that were never corrected. This was the worst experience ever.

Terrible experience from beginning to end. “FIELD MANAGER II” made use sign off that the home was done and was still missing many items pointed out and said he’d be back to finish them later pending a positive online review and once given the review we never heard from him again nor will he respond to phone calls or texts. We literally paid for things that are not installed and the items that were installed were done poorly. Missing grout, paint, doors won’t open or close properly. The outside paint is terrible and doesn’t even cover some of the chicken wire. We can’t get help from anyone and our sales rep was also worthless ... More

If u are thinking of buying a Pulte home, my advice to is don’t trust anyone check everything to insure the home that u are buying is built the way u want it built.

many things wrong with house, things that should not have happened, but did due to shoddy work ethics. bathroom fixtures fell off wall, broken windows left broken, fan above cooktop, dented, not aligned, gaps where it was attached and fingerprints (many) on wall above cook top. block wall not completed needs one more level and caps, overspray of paint along trim around garage, footprint of black paint on floor, reported within 2 days of move in, one month later im still waiting to get fixed. project manager does not appear to be capable.

When you have subcontractors the construction boss should be on everyone butt to be sure that completion and quality come first. They should not be slowed to start work on a new site till all customers are satisfied and repair work is completed. This is not quality. Your workers are all interested in their paycheck and not in the quality of their work. Pulse and the construction manager should be out here checking things out DAILY till your customer is 100% satisfied. Also plenty of design flaws. Call. Be happy to point them out.

Do not recommend at all, poor quality and slow and inefficient response / follow up (mainly after closing).

Worst home buying experience ever.

Worst experience ever and very poor build quality Bad customer support

First day at my new home, I found out that the living room and 2nd floor bathroom ceilings were wet. The construction people came in and I was told that this was due to the water leak in ac unit in the attic. The drain pipe was not connected to the ac, so water was pouring out straight down to the ceiling below. No one inspected that the ac unit was running properly! They had to cut open the ceilings and dry them. They brought in huge blowers that were loud and I wasn’t able to move in to my home for a week due to the ongoing repair. When I moved in, there was still water collecting in the drain pan in the ac unit in the attic. I complained about it and after two separate visits from ac contractors, they found out that there is a hole in the ac unit coil and they had to replace the coil. The toilet paper holder is missing in the 2nd floor bathroom and I have submitted a warranty request. It’s been a month and I’m still waiting for it to be done. ... More

Avoid it. And leave peacefully

I told him there was a defect at home, They didn't improve quickly, therefore the problem got bigger, They don't respond quickly. I started to regret buying this house.

Very bad design and very poor quality

Overall terrible experience. Would not buy again. Multiple sales reps/field reps. Had to do everything myself and follow up on everything on my own. Everything was incorrect and had to be adjusted on the go. Would not have been fixed if I was not on top of the entire build. Would never suggest to anyone.