Del Webb Reviews in Sarasota Bradenton, FL

I purchased my house move-in ready. What I didn't realize is how they cut corners on homes. Every house they build should have hurricane windows. Hurricane windows should be mandatory in new construction. The lawn/sod they use is horrible. I have holes that you can't see until I keep twisting my ankle when walking on it. They keep telling me it will fill in. Every finished house should be cleaned prior to the new owners moving in. The lack of better craftsmanship has held me up on having my grout sealed in the house. I could go on but I feel like a broken record.

Spend a lot of time in walk through

Its too early to rate quality and value. Trustworthiness is low as our field manager disappeared and would not return calls or texts. Other neighbors have the same experience so that tells us that management instructs the FM's to ignore calls and therefore you get an F in responsiveness. We still do not have screens for the windows, some of the vegetation in front is already dying (not sure if its a sprinkler problem?)

Lesser quality than expected also much less follow up.

Great salesperson up front. Overall quality of work and materials including appliances after that have been disappointing..

We cannot believe how bad the quality of the work is in our house. (Kitchen has 3 lights over our island, not centered over island and no electricity) tile floors has bubbles in them. Our customer service person ( Brittney) has all this information and when I reach out about when we can expect someone to fix these problems I get no answer to my email and when I call3 times) get voice mail and no returned call. I can’t believe Del Webb has their name connected to this kind of quality in our home. And all our neighbors have the same problem .

The workmanship should have been much higher quality than what we received. Paint splatters on the floors were everywhere throughout the house. Tile work was poorly executed. Doors are not hung properly. Moulding around door frames and cabinets are cut short leaving big gaps. The sliding glass doors were not installed properly and leaked during the first rain storm. Bugs were constantly entering the house due to the glass doors not having insect barriers installed. I could go on but I will run out of room. We have been in the house for over a month and nothing has been corrected. I go through the proper process of reporting things that need to be repaired, but we have not received any response as to when the repairs will be made. There is a lack of communication from customer service. Additionally if you pay cash there is no information shared at closing. Just a handover of keys. ... More

High priced homes with low quality work.

I would suggest hiring private inspectors though out the process. They will ensure that everything is done right.

My second and last Pulte Home, at least in Florida. Issues from the get go and still while residing in the home. Too many issues to list here. Major concern is level of construction knowledge, laying floor tile in the dark, major flooding due to loose plumbing fittings and on and on.

Such shoddy workmanship and little concern for making things right. Great community but if I had to do it again, I would not buy from Pulte.

Poor quality materials and workmanship.

Not worth the money, horrible workmanship

Sales agent was super. Building site supervisor was responsive. But there were about two dozen issues regarding poor workmanship or carelessness of builders. Fortunately, customer care response to outstanding issues has been great. Builder did promote its mortgage company, which pushed unacceptable terms; we were able to find much better terms easily. Title & closing was a grease fire--completely disorganized. Builder could not produce a Certificate of Occupancy in time for the initial closing date, resulting in a delay and forcing us to waste vacation and travel time. On day of closing, title company was lax communicating with our lender, jeopardizing receipt of funds. Title officer was very tardy arriving to office (we had a three-hour drive; she was local). ... More

Be aware that the builder does not work well with lenders or customers when it comes to scheduling the closing.

Here is a short list of our issues at closing Hot water not working Gas not working Washer dryer not working Gas range not working No refrigerator Mirrors and glass scratches throughout Outside gas outlet not working Hvac heat/cooling not working Door crack front door Master shower handheld not Installed Drywall hole coming in from garage Garage floor coating coming up

Closing was delayed because we didn’t have a certificate of occupancy. Our home builder and I had to follow up several times with the closing department to let them know the certificate of occupancy was finally granted. Our home builder went above and beyond to get us in the home and addressed all issues. This is our third Pulte home and we know they build a good product. Just very frustrated with the closing process.

Do not try to get a loan through Pulte mortgage. They are not friendly or helpful. Beware that it may take months to correct problems. Our feeling is they get the house finished and worry about fixing items later.

Very difficult to get issues fixed. Quality issues especially with paint and trim

During construction there were constant starts and stops, which is to be expected these days, however builder completely stopped work on my home for more than 6 weeks without giving me a reason. During that time, they were moving along quickly with other homes on my block and many of the “spec homes” they started long after mine. My home was delivered 4 months later than promised. Additionally, they left the membrane covering (underlayment) on my roof exposed to the elements for well over the 6 month limit for that product. When questioned about it, I got no answers at all… not even a response to my several emails on the topic. Fit and finish are sub-par, based on reports of those that had homes built by builder several years ago. It has been over 2 months since move-in, and many of my “punch list” items have not been addressed. Some of these items are: no locks on any internal doors (bathrooms or bedrooms); still don’t have our permanent washer or dishwasher (we have “loaners”); many pavers are broken and paint splattered, requiring replacement; new pool (installed by builder subcontractor) stained and dirty despite multiple calls and requests to resolve this issue; shelves missing from kitchen cabinets and laundry room… supposedly “ordered” but still not in place; and the list goes on and on. I would think long and hard about buying another builder home considering my experience. I think the worst part of this was the attitude and push back relieved from builder’s “managers” when I inquired about various issues. We (my wife and I) were literally warned by the regional building manager to not push the assigned site supervisor regarding our issues because “I don’t want to lose another site supervisor because of bullying from home owners.” WE WERE THE ONES BEING BULLIED! After that, and other comments similar to that, we felt less able to communicate effectively with these folks. When someone spends nearly a million dollars for a new construction home, there should be easy, clear, and accurate updates provided to owners on a regular basis. We got none of that! The ONLY time we got ANY information during the build was when we inquired. ... More

I was very unhappy about the 15 months it took to build, and the morgage game they played on me!!!

Most home buyers end up doing the quality control function for new homes with many and varied issues. Poor paint, caulking, tiling are common as are more serious issues with roofing, missing insulation, granite quality, HVAC balancing, noisy vents when the wind blows 10mph, etc.etc The builder claims to minimize the “cookie cutter” look but bends the rules on occasion when it means a sale and does not take advantage of opportunities to add variety through house or paver colors, landscaping, and other exterior options. Interior options are very limited and base level of flooring, cabinets, appliances are among the lowest level and quality available. Expect to pay significant amounts beyond the base price to get even average (big box) quality upgrades as well as very high lot premiums. Sales and marketing are the strengths, construction management understaffed and inadequate to manage subcontractors and level of homes under construction. ... More

There are way too many issues and problems that we experienced with Pulte in our home buying experience for me to include here. Some important ones: A huge lack of information and tons of contradictory and incorrect information from Pulte throughout, mistakes with the building of the home that I had to catch (the most obvious of which was two doors being installed wrong - "backwards"), the HVAC system not operating properly (and so obviously not started-up and checked properly) so that it's operation caused terrible temperature conditions and used a ridiculously high amount of electrical energy (that we are stuck with the bill for!!!) until the improper operation of the system was corrected (not until more than a week after we moved in), etc. etc. Last example - this review came to us as "Del Webb DW BayView Echelon 65's", but that's not the correct name of the community (just one more bit of incorrect information - that had to come from Pulte - that shows a clear lack of attention to detail, which we experienced throughout the home buying process). I expect better from my 3rd grade granddaughter. ... More

We were long distance buyers. We came out three different times to inspect the build. I personally found things that were off and told Jared about them and he said he’d take care of them. He did some, but not most. They affected the proper alignments of cabinetry and countertops later. The front door was installed crooked. That has since been handled by needing to take off the lower threshold and reinstall correctly. I had asked Jared to please make sure the drains were not clogged as MANY reports had come to light of debris being stuffed and causing blockage.He assured me he took care of it. We had total blockage within 1 1/2 weeks. I asked Jared to make sure the floors were level before installation and that leveling compound was used. I was assured of that. Decided to put different flooring in and now see instead of leveling, he grounded a great deal of the floor, removing the natural seal concrete makes when poured. He created even more problems doing that. Schematics of the plans for this house were NOT followed. The master shower was not correctly installed as per the floor plans that I have a copy of. Because of the inconsistencies, the shower is NOT safe as it is right now. I’ve just realized the sliding doors to our back porch area was put in backwards. Does Pulte not make provisions for houses where they flip the floor plans? When installing the air conditioning. Heating unit, do you not install the needed filter? Ours wasn’t, and we had wired wiring done. Not safe on many different levels. There are many different items that need to be addressed to make this house properly built so we can make this our home. Warranty has been both good and extremely bad with communication and follow through. I was told by Valen to “ Trust the process”. It is difficult to do this because so many times we’ve been misdirected or out and out lied to. Safety issue like the plumbing, drainage, and that shower need to be addressed IMMEDIATELY. Instead, we are ridiculed, pushed off, or ignored. The exception to that was Michelle in warranty . She was great on the plumbing issues (2). We think our house will become a beautiful home as we work on it, but Pulte has allowed poor workmanship, poor quality merchandise, and poor supervision to permeate this building process. These homes are, in my opinion, not built as safely as they should be. We are cash buyers. We came into this with honest intentions, and expected the same from Pulte. , Pulte needs to have their president from Tampa come out and look at all the corners that are being cut in the build and rectify that for all the future homeowners. Thank you If interested in more information, please do at at us again. I’d personally like to help in any way I can as the consumer ... More

Great community, but building process was the worst I have ever experienced. The quality of workmanship by the trades is poor in general. Pulte escalation was effective, but they are limited when quality is poor. Seems to be theme with all builders. During the sales presentation the multi step quality check process does not meet expectations. If your lucky to get a good field manager it will help. Need to check progress frequently and hire a home inspector for predrywall and final inspection.