“I have more than 6 months waiting Pulte fix my tiles to be repair, this is a new house, in the first 5 months 18 tiles were broken. A large crack crosses the living room to the corridor of the bedroms. 6 months waiting , my first 1 year garanty almost finish. They no make me happy, the house is expensive but the garanty no the best.”
“If I could give less than one star trust me I would. I love my neighborhood but would I ever buy a pulte home again…NO! Let’s just start off with the craftsmanship is not that great. We have had problems with getting things fixed since before we moved in. A lot of the trades people just don’t show up to fix stuff. Lane was our main guy and I have to say at first he was great and on top of things. But people don’t show up and you have to play with emails back and fourth and eventually he just stopped responding to me. Called the customer care line and that apparently gets you no where too. I asked numerous times to talk to lanes boss and they flat out told me no. So my year walk through comes around and Ana contacts and I’m like finally maybe I can get these things fixed. Well boy was I wrong, they didn’t even want to touch my grout issues because “it had been to long”. The only reason why it had been too long was because lane dropped the ball and stopped responding to me and I couldn’t get anywhere on the customer care line. So I’m like here we go again more run around from pulte. Ana even said to me at one point “I was the only customer with issues” with a snooty voice. Like really I’ve seen our Facebook group and I know that I’m not the only one and how rude and unprofessional for her to say that to me. So I decide I’m filing an roc complaint because I’m not playing anymore. I’ve had to chase these people for a year and a half to not fix stuff and I’m just sick of it. The reason why I wanted to leave this review was because today was my roc inspection and 2 pulte representatives came too and just gave me the worst feelings. Ana was one and some other head guy, I’m not even sure what his name was. I didn’t get a hey so sorry this is happening, let’s try to make this right so we can all be happy, nothing. They wouldn’t even make eye contact with me. The roc guy was nice and said goodbye when he left but these two were obviously too good to even say anything to me, because I’m a customer with issues. Like I’m spending hundreds of thousands of dollars here and this is how you treat customers. Oh heck no. Never again. I don’t care if the home of my dreams in the future is a pulte home I would never ever buy from them again and I highly recommend the same to anyone looking.”
“If Pulte can’t control or buy the reviews, you will see consistent poor reviews that reflect my experience with them. If nothing goes wrong, everything is wonderful but the real test is how a company handles problems. It appears there is a slush fund for each house and once that’s up, they will do nothing more, even if it is their responsibility. They lied to me and tricked me into quietly waiting for them to make the repairs. When the warranty ran out, they weren’t aware of the repair as there was no ‘record’. When your lists and communication are with the warranty rep and they lose the paperwork , little can be done especially when the warranty rep ‘forgets’ or left the company. They market themselves through BAGI but they don’t follow the standards and BAGI won’t enforce them. They told me to work with one of their vendors on a thermal problem and when the vendor eventually determined it’s Pulte, it’s out of warranty and Pulte has no record of the problem. Pulte sells defective upgrades and will not stand behind it. The repairs may look terrible because they have no obligation to return it to the way it looked when you paid dearly for the upgrade. Pulte Refused to add a roof vent and insulation because the thermal test done by their vendor shows a 10 degree difference. This could explain why our “energy efficient” home has a 400 electric bill with a thermostat set at 74. Oddly, my friend has a bigger home, older home, larger family, keeps her thermostat at 69 and 70, leaves all her lights on all day ….and never has had a 400 bill. Because I had their vendor ‘correcting ‘ the temp problems for two years as instructed….pulte has no obligation to fix because the warranty is out. Pulte is responsible for the problem but won’t fix it. There are many other similar problems like this. I’ve even heard they told a customer she had too many problems with her house and it would cost them too much money to fix! Not surprised. I’m having the same experience. This is so sleazy and yet Pulte continues to cheat their customers out of their warranties. Buyer beware.”
“I have had so many issues I could write a book. They lied to me during the sale of the property about many things just to sell the house. They put in a 15amp breaker in the garage to run my Power tools , water heater water softener and golf cart. Only a IDIOT Would think it would work. My breaker is kicking almost daily and they will not do anything about it ! A/C worked on 12 times in five months! Pulte has VERY POOR QUALITY !!!!”
“I have built 3 homes before this one and this is the worst experience EVER! I have spent the last 4 months being a “Project Manager” and hundreds of hours overseeing everything SO FAR that has been done wrong, or has broken down! This is worse than buying a “ fixer upper”… and so much costlier in terms of time and money! I am retired and never dreamed I would be going thru this experience… it has become a CAREER staying on top of these people about serious issues!!! I would NEVER advise to buy from Pulte after the horrific experience I continue to have… Just in trying to get right what was never done right in the first place! It is a waste of time and money… Save yourself from the aggravation, please!!!”
“We moved into our new home in June 2021. We have had nothing but problems with this company. It has been a nightmare experience. Many things only completed partially (good enough to pass inspection) but not very good quality. I feel like our house was thrown together without much skill or care. Our carpets were put down on top of mounds of putty from the wall. Our upstairs floor is weak and sinks in many places because it rained on the plywood (not covered) before they laid it down. The driveway is full of cracks - 18 - big and small. Entryway concrete had mounds of some hard substance that was never cleaned off. The interior paint looks like a base coat - not smooth and it picks up dirt from anything. Tile grout is cracked in 13 different places mostly upstairs. The roof leaked during the first big rain that came (on Christmas eve with friends and family here during dinner). Exterior doors not properly sealed. You can easily see the outside light from inside the house. Carpets were not properly tacked down at the edges downstairs...upstairs was ok. Big sliding glass door was warped and hit the door frame pretty hard everytime you close it. When they came to fix it they heated it up and bent it out in a few places and it looks pretty bad now. So bad in fact they said they are going to have to replace it but not until I said I was going after thier ROC license. Before I said that they thought it looked ok. The driveway still has many scuff marks from the big trash bins they slid around on the driveway while building the house. I have still not received a call from thier customer service department to follow up on all the work that needed to be redone ( there were 16 different contractors the 1st time). And now the 1 year warranty work just got done (...almost..2 contractors never showed up). I've had circuit breakers popping multiple times over the last year and the electrician I hired to fix it (out of my own pocket) said the box is too small for the size of the house. There's only room to add 2 more circuits and it sits directly in the evening sun so it gets too hot. I can go on and on but the other 11 things are just more of the same. I bought a brand new house 20 years ago from KB homes and hardly had any problems. I thought Pulte was a better builder when we bought the new house but it looks like I was wrong. To anyone looking to buy...poor quality and worse customer service....run away as fast as you can! Thank you for reading this (book), sorry it's so long. :)”
“We moved into a newly constructed Pulte home in June 2020 with HVAC installed by RGP.
The HVAC was not functioning properly - loud noises and very little air.
The Pulte rep and RGP were contacted and RGP sent a tech. Over the next 2 years, and despite many service calls by RGP, the home continues to have some rooms getting very little heat/air, while others seemed to be getting none. During the winter, a bedroom on the front of the home is very cold.
Again, despite many visits to the home by RGP, the issues were not resolved with RGP reporting to the builder, Pulte that the system was installed and operating up to standards.
Due to the ongoing issues, we had an outside HVAC company come to inspect. The tech stated the noises was the system overamping and to be certain what the issue was, scheduled one of their engineers to check it out. The engineer found 1) A piston installed was not the correct size 2) The evaporator coil was not working properly 3) All of the dampers were closed off with the exception of the main bedroom site and t4) That the home was under-ducted.
He stated that the system is being overworked to compensate for the under-ducting and that unless corrected, we would not get much use out of the system, that the motor, fan and other components could start to fail.
The report from the outside HVAC company was sent to RGP, the HVAC installer and the builder, Pulte.
They did after several requests send someone to check and replace the piston and evaporator coil, but refused to address the under-ducting stating it was within standards.
Over the next year and ½, calls were placed to RGP due to heating and air problems and RGP sent several employees from techs to Mgrs to Supvrs to check the system and did everything from placing dampers and closing off ALL rooms except the main bedroom, turning up fan speed and who knows what else with no obvious change. Because RGP stated the system and ducting were up to standards, nothing was done to correct any of the issues. Not by RGP and Pulte uses RGP’s statement that the system and ducting are up to standard as the excuse did not intervene.
As of the week of June 6th, the home is now just at 2 years old and THE AIR CONDITIONING ISN’T WORKING AT ALL. THE COMPRESSOR FAILED. DURING THE HOTEST WEEK OF 2022, WE ARE IN A 2 YEAR OLD HOME AND WE HAVE NO AIR CONDITIONING.
Pulte, the builder states over and over again that RGP has informed them that the system and ducting are working up to standards, but it is not normal for a new home to have heating and AC issues and to have an evaporator coil and now a compressor fail in less than 2 years. We are now at 2 years and the service warranty with the installer RGP has expired. We have been waiting for the compressor to arrive at RGP since 6/6 it is now 6/14 with temps mid to high 90’s as we suffer while waiting for this repair.
Think long and hard before having a home built by Pulte because in addition to the HVAC, there are many poorly installed issues such as tile, the paint job looks as if children did it. And definitely if you find that RGP is doing the HVAC RUN. Both will string you along, they will send someone to the home over and over and NOT fix the real issue, but string you along until your warranty runs out, system fails or both.”
“Pulte does not stand by their work or contract. They put in a defective hood that was deemed a fire hazard and never fixed it. They jeopardized my family’s lives. Their customer service is absolutely horrible but what do expect when you have the most incompetent people working there.”
“pulte do not keep their words. They threathen you.
I bought a home from pulte in eastfield community in bartlet.
Anyone reading this. DO NOT BUY HOMES WITH PULTE.
I requested 9ft entrance door in my house. Me as a buyer pointed out 7ft door that they were installing 3 times while house was getting built and all what I was told your door is on back order don't worry.
3 days before closing while celebration walkway I again pointed out mistake.
Now a day before closing sales manager senior manager started threatening me either close or start paying 300 per penalty and we will sell your house in 1 week and retain your 40k because I signed contract.
My contract and change order do not even mention door height and pulte is not ready to accept their mistake. NO THEY WILL NEVER.
Very bitter experience with Pulte.
DO NOT BUY HOUSE FROM PULTE.
IF U BUY GET READY TO BE THREATENED AND LOOSE YOUR MONEY.
Unfortunately I don't have option to give negative rating.”
“Everything is bad post purchase. Impossible to get things fixed. Poor drainage, mismatched paint, doors falling off, toilets backing up and the list goes on. Not the only owner in Del Webb at Trinity Falls with issues but no response or told they will be here and never show up.”
“We paid $540,000 for a Pulte home that turned out to be no better than a mobile home in quality. The trouble with Pulte Homes is that they hire the very worst in subcontractors. Our home has paint and glue stains throughout the flooring that we are still trying to remove after a year, simply because the painters were too lazy to put drop-clothes down. Closet doors don't close properly, even after being repaired twice. One wall was so poorly done that they had to completely rebuild it. They rushed our final walk through, having us inspect a house that wasn't ready to show. It still had construction dirt everywhere and paint missing in many areas. We were told we had to sign-off on it that day and they'd come back to fix problems. They never did come back to clean the house. It took me a week of cleaning to make it habitable. I would not recommend Pulte Homes for any home purchase. We were buying a vacation home in an area valuable to us, or we would have refused the house at walk through.”
“Just closed on new home in Pinebrook Community, Auburn GA, the craftsmanship is horrible, I believe that when you point out things in the final walk thru they fix the most obvious things you see. paint and dry wall terrible. some with no experience could have done better. Pointed out a problem with the roof before we moved in told it was fixed six weeks in roof has same issue.”
“The materials are very cheap and they didn't honor their contracted annual repairs after one year of being in our new home. They have made promises upon promises to fix our repairs, but it's been 2 years, and we are seriously considering a lawyer to get to the bottom of this at this point. I DO NOT recommend!”
“We had our home built in 2019 and I just have to say that there are some things that we did not notice after the build. Normally, it takes time to see any defects in the home, and one major problem we are have is the cabinetry above our microwave, the ceiling part isn't even attached which is really shotty work. Unfortunately we didn't notice this until I was reaching for something, and I just happened to glance and notice it was there a week ago. We are also having issues with out water heater, we can barely take one shower before the water gets cold. To add to that our water pressure drops in all sinks when the shower is running. I filed a repair ticket with Pulte and received a call back from Bill, when I explained the issue had a snarky attitude with me with not remorse and told me all my issues were out of warranty. This is highly frustrating as a new homeowner, and now I understand why their warranties are short. When we moved in, we also had a few bushes die which were only covered for 30 days, this is absolutely ridiculous as that's not enough time, especially to inspect the home for any flaws mentioned above. The only reason why we bought a Pulte home was because we love their floor plans, but their customer service and the people who build them are horrible and do really bad work. We've had other issues were there were wrong screws used, outlets painted over, and some parts of the house not even painted. I'd like to speak within someone at Pulte about these issues and have the plumbing issues repaired, as well as address the cabinet issue.”
“We wrote a bad review, Pulte reached out asking for our name and what is wrong. We did and they replied they will have their team call us by 48 hours. They got what they wanted, no shock their. they never reached out. Not being able to use my own showers because they are leaking in the walls, and since day 1 toilets shooting up water for no reason, very unsanitary when you're using it and it happens. The condo is only 9 months old. Northeast warranty, Pulte and building manager, can't even get a plumber to my house. I even took videos of everything. We had rain pouring in our sliding door and our back door wasn't opening correctly, took months to get that fixed. My neighbor already had his toilets and showers back up in his entire house. You think they would fix mine before that happens, but it's been 9 months and they're still not getting it fixed. I wish I researched better on Plute and Northeast warranty. Absolutely terrible. We are now hiring a lawyer and calling Board of Health. Horrible Pulte Company!!!!”
“We highly recommend anyone looking to purchase a Pulte home think again and choose another builder. There were many problems with the structural part of our home, and the warranty. Pulte will fix cosmetic issues while in warranty, but not fix reason for issue. We spent 10,000.00 to professionally fix reason for issue. Do yourself a favor and look for another home builder. If his review can prevent only one person from a big mistake, it is worth our time to write this review.”
“Pulte started building our house in the summer of 2021, Parrish, FL. The foundation was put up. There were many blocks that had mortar cracks. We were told that they would be filled and fixed. That did not happen. It was covered with insulation on the inside and stucco on the outside. The framing was poorly done. We were told it would be fixed. It was drywalled and mudded over. We complained, so they cut out pieces from around the house and tried to piece fix it. There are places where the drywall is not screwed into anything in some of the corners. Walls were crooked, bowed, and had insufficient bracing. Boards were notched out with no other support. Boards were not cut to length to reach their intended destination, so some had an inch gap at each end. They just kept going. The garage door was jammed into the hole for it, which was out of square. As a result, the door does not fit correctly, and the frame is cracked at the bottom. We were told that they can't get it back out. But, we are told we will get a new door in there. It hasn't happened. The front outdoor foyer ceiling is uneven as you walk toward the house and out of the house. Some of the openings in closets measure differently from one end to the other. The brace that goes across the hallway by the living room is uneven. The drywall around the windows and sliding glass door is all uneven. We are not sure how window blinds will even fit properly. It needs to be fixed. We are not sure about the condition of the tile, as it is covered up at this time. There are blocks in the garage that have huge chunks out of them. They put drywall up in the ceiling and now it's not sealed in those areas. You could see daylight, before the gutters were put up. There is also another spot where daylight can be seen. The garage floor has spider cracks throughout its entirety. It looks like a tree. We asked the construction manager if he would be okay with the way the floor is if it was his own house, and he would not answer us. We are told that they had a strength test done on the floor and that it had passed, but we have not been given that information. We were told that 1/4-inch cracks are in tolerance for Pulte. But, they are willing to epoxy the floor for us. To top it off, our own field manager was the one that pointed out 85% of the issues to us and assured us they would ALL be fixed. We call the house, the "Scratch and Dent" model, because it is. Our realtor saw the issues. He had a phone conversation with some "higher ups" at Pulte. Pulte/Centex, said that we could walk away and lose our deposit money or let them finish the job. They work according to Pulte standards, and our standards are too high. They even threatened to keep us off the property. We are supposed to trust them, they say. Trust was gone months ago with lie after lie.
This was our first new built home. All we asked for was a quality-built house. We got a rushed pieced-together structure...not a home. We were led to believe that Pulte prided itself with good customer service and excellent building standards. We have experienced firsthand that Pulte's prior reputation no longer exists. We have been deceived, disrespected, mislead, and told to except a pieced-together structure. Anyone associated with Pulte should be embarrassed.
We have many pictures and videos that document our journey, which we will post at the appropriate time.”
