Pulte Homes Reviews in Tucson, AZ

This is my second Pulte Home in 17 years. Unfortunately, this new home did not meet our expectations in quality workmanship. From the sparse front landscaping to drywall repairs and tile mess-ups it has been frustrating. Due to the company rushing the closing before the houses are done is an experience that all homeowners are faced with in this community! At walk throughs with Superintendent things are not completed at all and this should not be. I have waited over 2 months for a tile repair. I have waited for over 2 months for a drywall ceiling patch job that looks terrible. Windows on the house are scratched by the cleaners and have weep holes plugged with stucco AFTER the house closed! This because the windows were filthy at walk through and still not done when we moved in! The kitchen sink that we paid over $500 extra for does not drain properly and food sits in corners. We can see light through the front door and door from garage has a lock that binds. All of these things and just a lack of attention to detail that frustrates the buyer. We live in a construction zone with many houses being rushed. In 2 months the roads have never been cleaned. Nails, trash, dirt are everywhere. Every morning trash has piled up on my porch and in the rock landscaping. The workers park on our rocks and thus, we lose the rock landscaping into the street. This is just nuts when buying half a million dollar + homes! I am sorry Pulte, but your mortgage company caused us undo hardship and over $900 in expenses also. When I complained I never got my money back! You see they told us to come to another state that our house was ready to be signed for, when in fact there was no clearance from VA ...so they said. House was not done. After waiting in a hotel room for days we ended up having to go back home with no house signing! $900 in hotel expenses and NO ONE CARED! THEN WE FOUND OUT FROM VA THAT THERE WAS A CLEARANCE LETTER IN OUR FILE THE WHOLE TIME! THERE WAS MORE TO THE TERRIBLE STORY, BUT I WILL NOT DISCLOSE IT HERE. ... More

We did our walkthrough with the project manager. Marked many things. Things that should’ve been an issue frankly. Project manager also didn’t take very good notes. Upon move in, many of those things marked were still incomplete. We continue to find things wrong. Outlets not working, grout work bad, light switches uneven, dead/dying plants (irrigation was turned off for repairs, but not reactivated in time to prevent plant damage)… Project manager has been slow or completely unresponsive. Now we find he’s been terminated from Pulte. Our home is far from “model quality “

I submitted my 30 day checklist on Nov 15th and have not heard back from anyone (Dec 5) on when the issues I reported will be resolved. I contacted CAC@pulte.com on Nov 29th and they said someone would contact me? Haven't heard from anyone. (Dec 5) There has also been a lot of problem with landscaping collapsing on this block over the past 2 weeks and it has to do with Packing that wasn't properly done when pipes were laid to the sides of houses. There is confusion on who is responsible (Arizona pipe or Desert Valley) and what the reporting process is, there isn't one? you contact Pulte Reps and no one responds. You call Desert Valley Landscaping and they are too busy or don't want to spend anytime resolving the issues. They send someone out and they put rock on it to cover problem so you can't see it. Not happy ... More

The house cost me almost half a million dollar however the quality of material and the job was very poor. The house was incomplete at the time of closing. From chipped tiles, incomplete flooring, bent and missing window screens, to poorly made cabinets, dirty work on the front yard and so many other things. I was promised that the outstanding items were going to be done within few days after closing. Good luck with that. More than a month past closing and I am still following up those pending items. Aside from all those bad things, there is a very good manager who has helped me a lot after taking over someone else who didn’t finish the job properly. Otherwise, I am very disappointed at Pulte. Hopefully they will bring quality back to their buildings. ... More

This is the 3rd new home we built, and this was by far the worst experience out of the 3. It has been poor communication from the very start. We moved into the house 3 months ago and we are still waiting for items to be completed. We were forced to close and move in before the house was completed. Workers are STILL not showing up for the scheduled appointments for them to complete the unfinished work. It has been infuriating for me having to take days off at my work (MULTIPLE DAYS), and wait for these workers to not even show up. We even asked if we could just complete things ourselves because I cannot continue to keep taking days off at my work. We were told no we cannot do the work because it would not be covered under their warranty. It is very upsetting to spend over $500,000, not be pleased with the work, and still living in an unfinished home. ... More

We do love our new home but have been repeatedly blown off when we’ve asked for things to be completed or fixed in the first 60 days of owning. The actual interactions with Pulte employees have been very respectful and extremely courteous. We know their hands are tied in most circumstances. Our issue is that Pulte has promised things they cannot deliver and all we’ve been told is “we’re working on it”. No compensation offered. It’s completely unacceptable and if we had to do it again, we wouldn’t have signed the escrow paperwork until everything was done. Unfortunately, we trusted them telling us it would all be dealt with immediately. Once they have your money….. good luck. ... More

I don’t have time to write some elaborate review, let’s just say make sure everything is perfect before you move in. If there are any issues after the fact they do everything but honor their warranty and workmanship. Things that were identified before we moved in or the week after we moved in have still not been fixed and I am starting to get a feeling that they won’t. Huge disappointment.

Home is still incomplete after 2 months. Missing master shower, doors, and damaged cabinets. I’ve built 4 homes before. This experience is worst. $500,000 for low quality is inexcusable.

So to make a long story short. The process throughout the process was great with the superintendent. He was personable and great to work with. The issue came the day we were closing. The sales agent and his boss seemed like they cared but once it came down to it their true colors came out. They lied, deceived, manipulated, and no sense of urgency or remorse. I was really excited throughout the process and it was shattered after that day.

A 7-month delay that cost me almost $10k in temporary lodging, moving trucks and movers, storage units, and repairs to items that were moved an extra time to and from storage. Sales strung me along with faulty closing dates. A design center stipend should have been given yet they offered me nothing after telling me a July closing date but delivery in January the following year!

Home was being rushed at the end of stage so there many issues, including water leak and electrical issues etc.

Started off really well. Toward closing Pulte sales got very short and non communicative. Pulte finance said that everything was good and then pulled out 3 wks before closing. Not very helpful

This is my second Pulte home, unfortunately the quality has significantly decrease. I would be happy to show my home to any potential buys so they know in advance what they are getting.

The overall experience I got from Pulte were not good. Sales representative were fine with all my questions and requests. But when it gets to see the quality of work and material you get from Pulte not as what they advertising. I have found many things that are not worked as professional. They are not responsive to the issues I found around the house and reporting them. Overall I was expecting to get good quality of build and material when I am paying a good money for it.

Not a "quality home" as advertised. When you ask something to be done after closing, they will kick the bucket around. Be really careful with Pulte Mortgage.

I had a horrible experience with my Field Manager. He was rude and non-responsive.

The woman who handled our purchase has been great and has been very responsive when we brought up concerns. However, the man responsible for our home construction was nice enough, but we are still waiting a month later for him to fix problems noted prior to closing. Though he repeatedly told us that he would be with us for thirty days following closing. The warning about “getting work done before they get your money” could not be truer. He missed two options we had requested. The first was fixed prior to closing. The second was a double sink in the bathroom. There was only one sink installed. He “guaranteed” the correct set up within 4 days. Then it was moved to the next week and then moved again. Finally, we said enough. However, the job we finally got left the bathroom filthy with three areas of the drywall needing attention (which I will end up doing). And now neither the mirror nor the lighting fixture is centered. So we are forced to accepted substandard work because he did not read the plans. We also paid a lot of money for upgraded walls. As we paint the walls, I cannot believe all of the wall prep that I have to do to fill in problems with the drywall and sand down huge areas of paint drips. (I won’t even go into how bad the paint is.) But I will mention the poor workmanship with the baseboards. There are numerous gaps that they attempted to fill with caulk only to even do a bad job with the caulk. Right now, we are dealing with popping noises coming from the canned lights in the kitchen and bathroom, and a loud garage door opener. While these are the problem areas, there are some things that are done well and some nice unexpected touches. ... More

Handful of outstanding punch list items have yet to be completed, now going on 3 months. Expected better customer service for the price paid for our home.

In the midst of the virus, we understood there would be delays and we were in no rush. We expected a home that was move in ready and that we would find few issues. We were very disappointed to find a lack of professional craftmanship, lack of attention to detail and low quality of materials used (paint, windows, cabinets). The home was far from acceptable when they scheduled the final walkthrough and we delayed the closing. After the rushed closing, we had the entire inside of the home repainted because the flat paint could not be touched without leaving marks. After more than a month, we still have issues with the windows, sliding glass door and screen, cabinets and bathroom sink/counter top. Pulte has set up a customer service process to address the issues, but it is very disruptive to our lives when we have to wait for the repair people to come and sometimes they never show and have to be rescheduled. We really like the location and floorplan of our home, but feel Pulte could have managed the process better and followed through with the quality build we expected. ... More

This is our third new home build and the worst. Pulte is building too many homes too fast. Supply chain issues and worker shortage has led to many build quality issues and subpar work by their subcontractors. Field Manager does not keep promises that were made for items to be fixed so that we would close on home. We have had build quality issues throughout and it has been many months since we closed with nothing being addressed.

This is the second home we built with Pulte and the customer service has decreased significantly!

I could write a book about all my frustrations with my new home and working with Pulte field staff. In short, they have promised us a lot and delivered on very little. Lots of items remained to be fixed or completed at closing, and after 40 days not much as been fixed. The only way to get things done is to send angry emails. Paint was spilled by the painters on the brand new carpet, and the tile on the kitchen backsplash is crooked. My Pulte field manager really doesn't care about fixing any of it. Overall build quality seems acceptable, but the finishing work was super sloppy. I doubt I would buy a Pulte home again. ... More

Unresolved issues post possession very disappointing

Little and sometimes no response from the building manager after the first month. No adequate heat during the cold season and cooling issues. Am told the air conditioners may be too small to cool home and not set properly to address zones. Mostly no response to texts message or calls. We were one of the last people to purchase a home at Tangerine Ridge and we feel that we have been treated poorly as the building contractors have left the neighborhood. The only truly positive experience we have had was our sales manager Charmaine. She deserves a raise and the rest deserve to pay that raise.

Sales person Charmaine was great. Not so much after that. All of the people I have dealt with say they will help and please rate us with high marks yet they don’t follow thru with items unless you bug them to no end. Our plumbing totally backed up after 3 days. That should have been an indication what we were In for. Iam sure now they will be even less responsive.