K. Hovnanian® Homes Reviews

I bought an almost 500k brand new “fixer upper.” Trim work, paint, tile, and cabinets are all atrocious. I closed in December and there is still a long list of corrections to be made. There’s literally no sense of urgency by KHOV to fix these issues. That being said, Trey and Steve have been very helpful. If you’re looking to overpay and get a mediocre home, then welcome to The Lakes.

Overall experience with K. Hovnanian Homes was terrible from start to finish. 1.) The sales team members Matthew and Claire were very misleading and dishonest. 2.) The design team Chelsea was average at best. 3.) The construction team members James, Mark and Austin were misleading, dishonest and unresponsive beyond belief. They forced us to close early with the home being far from complete. It took 4 months to complete the home from closing. This all led to a horrible buying experience. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND BUYING A HOME FROM K. HOVNANIAN HOMES TO ANYONE.

Moved in November had multiple issues that warranty has still yet to correct. Builder is not responsive!

Worst home buying experience I've ever had in my life.

We have never felt so let down and lied to by any business as we have with KHOV. The lack of communication, false promises and follow through with the builders and the absolute worst finish work I have ever seen contributed to a very stressful and anxiety ridden home buyer experience. They tell you what they want you to hear, not what will actually happen. BUYER BEWARE!!

Blinds are falling off everything in the house is cheap shower starting to fall apart came to fix the door got ruined again cheap house for the price no dining room some windows can’t open big disappointment

Very bad experience not recommended anyone

Do not use KHov as builders. They are absolutely terrible. From the sales agents not knowing what they are doing or selling to the “construction managers” being unresponsive to receiving an INCOMPLETE home!! It’s been 3 months since we closed and we still have an outstanding list of items that are not completed including missing shower doors!! Do not use, do your research go with a more reputable company. This one needs to be shut down.

never again I will purchase with this builder

HOME CAME INFESTED W ROACHES - NOTED PRIOR TO CLOSE REFUSAL TO REMEDY AND REFUSAL TO COMPENSATE FOR MY PAYMENT OF REMEDY. MY ROOF LEAKED DUE TO A DEFECT AND MY CEILING AND CARPET SOAKED TOOK TWO WEEKS TO FIX THE ROOF PART. MY PANTRY CEILING IS SOFT AND WET SO IS A WALL BY MY SINK

The best way I describe my home to anyone that asks, is I paid half a million dollars for a home made of papier-mâché. Everything in it feels cheap, the longer I live in it, the more cut corners we see in the work that’s been done. The cheapest paint to ever exist was painted on these walls. The railing to our stairs looks like a 2 year old stained it. The person that stained it never covered our carpet or the molding so there’s stain on our carpet that will never come out as well as on the baseboards. The upgraded LVP flooring has so many chips in multiple boards, the list goes on and on. Every neighbor I talk to has the same horror stories. If I could do it all over again I would NEVER buy from khov, I wouldn’t recommend them to even build a dog house. To sum up our experience, the first night in our home, we flushed our upstairs bathroom and it flooded through our downstairs pantry light, and I would’ve expected nothing less. On a positive note, Adrian in the sales office has been a please to work with and I’ve appreciated his hard work. Other than that, this has been a nightmare experience and I feel scammed. ... More

Worst quality of workmanship and after-purchase service

We started the process in July 2021, sold our home Aug 2021 and was told closing would be March 2022. My family and I had to move 6 times because of lies on top of lies about our home. The customer service has been terrible along with the craftsmanship of our million home. Every single neighbor we have spoke to had nothing nice to say about their experience. We closed September 2022 and our home is not complete. 1 month in nothing they said they were going to do has been done. Totally regret ever going with this company.

I will definitely not recommend this builder

With this being our 5th new build and first with KHovnanian I can say they are by far the worst. Their workers are inexperienced off the street people who obviously do not know what they are doing and not skilled in the job they are doing. Painting and grout was horrible. We get no response as far as getting items that were wrong or never done. I would never buy another home from this builder again.

We had lots of issues on our house, and they are not taking responsibility to fix the issues, we were promised that it will be fixed after the closing but , not they are telling we need to call the warranty dept. we feel like we were rushed to close it even though lots of issues were not addressed . this is our third home purchase and never had issues like this but I will not recommend anyone to buy the house like this. The finishing is not there, looks like someone rushed to finish the project, if you guys want I can share some valuable pictures which is very disappointing

We moved in and reported the various issues we saw. They've been out several times to "fix" the issues. The "extras" we paid for are complete crap (were never informed the paint wasn't washable, lighting fixtures are cheap plastic). Would not recommend this builder at all. Talking to others in the neighborhood, who have had similar experiences. Some are going on 6+ months of waiting for repairs to be done (again).

Builder could not oversee the work of there sub contractors. Very poor workmanship and lots of wasted time and money fixing problems and damage to finished work. Builder management changed 6 times during building process and had no accountability

I still can't move into the house. The wind ripped off the shingles , inside the house a lot of touchups, cabinets are damaged, the hood over the gas stove does not work, the stair case with holes and gaps and is not staining well, the workers come to repair and only makes it worse than it was before, main door is not finished, in master bathroom granite and floor chipped. we waiting patiently and give some time to finish all leftovers but after 5 weeks workers comes couple times and leave behind dirt from the putty on the carpet. In general, there is a bad impression of both the service and the quality of construction. Only the sales manager Dave is trying to help. ... More

Quality of our home shows a total lack of effort. Some items are so embarrassing, one might think they would rush over to correct? No, wait weeks on end to get a repair that is only slightly better than the original mess. At some point you just give up which seems to be the K Hov warranty strategy.

My husband and I will never recommend Khov to anyone based on our experience. We do not believe the KHov sales team was forthright with information leading up to closing. The KHov sales team were also completely unavailable on the day of closing with the exception of the onsite construction manager who processed our final walkthrough. We ran into construction issues during our final walkthrough and could not get through to anyone to discuss next steps or delaying closing until the issues were resolved. This put us in a position of having to decide whether to be in default or go to closing with a blemished home with zero input on next steps from KHov. As for build quality, there were numerous issues with the vinyl flooring on the first two levels including excessive bubbling, scratches and large gouges bad enough you could see the subfloor. We were told the problems were related to the material, that they were having issues with multiple properties and that KHov management was working on a solution. We were also assured the issues would be resolved before closing. When we inquired about exactly how they would be resolved and expressed our concerns over large scale patching we were not provided a clear response. On our final walkthrough we discovered the repairs were also done poorly with more bubbling, blemishes in multiple places and multiple new areas with debris under the vinyl resulting in visible sharp bulges in the flooring that were not there on the initial walkthrough. KHov worked with the flooring subcontractor to come in and fix the new flooring issues after closing but we were never told what the subcontractor did to fix the flooring issues even after multiple emails requesting more information. Overall, this was not a smooth or pleasurable process and it seemed like their only concern was making sure we got to closing before the end of the sales month. ... More

I have built many homes in the past and this by far has been the worst experience. Everything was blamed on COVID even though the real truth was that they have poor communication, no direction, lie a lot and their own employees keep quitting.

Terrible service, terrible house, terrible products

I’m a first time homeowner and this experience has been a big disappointment. I was pressured to close quickly, my concerns were dismissed, and it has been one problem after another-from countertops not being glued down to uneven floors. KHOV only cares about meeting their quota and getting the closings done. They take no pride in the workmanship that is put into the luxury homes they claim to be building. I closed two months ago and the repairs have still not be taken care of. I would never refer someone to buy a KHOV home.

We really looked forward to moving in and enjoying all the amenities this house had to offer but from our closing date being delayed multiple times to a walk through of which there were multiple glaring issues, our experience with khov was extremely poor and utterly disappointing. We at every experienced with new build home buying, and this was by far the worst in every way possible. They tried to convince us to close on the home when it wasn’t even in livable condition, and after the most upsetting walk through, a second walk through, and yet another delayed move-in date these are the issues that followed: water leaking from the master bath tub, which lead to water damage on the kitchen floor, and a hole in the ceiling of a brand new home to fix the problem, and also no hot water in the bathtub. We could go on and on about all the issues we incurred through this home buying process. The bottom line is, it was the most frustrating home buying process we have ever had to experience. ... More