Lennar Homes - Home Buyers Beware! | Sloppy Workmanship, Broken Appliances, Dead Grass, And More! 

I've never seen a new construction house with so many defects. That's why I love older homes, way better quality.

Our door handles, cabinets, and light switches are all crooked, I thought it was just me. The paint were uneven especially when it is daylight. Our nextgen kitchen tile just broke after stepping on it 🤦🏻‍♀️ I thought this is my dream house, turned out it is a nightmare!

Hi Jim, I'm speechless. My parents bought a townhouse and had some similar problems as you. We ended up fixing the issues for them. You still can see nails and screws popping through the dry wall no matter how many times we repair it, it happens again. My parents bought in 2006. We talk to people who bought more recently because they keep building more and more townhomes. Today problems are much worse than when my parents bought.

This is Horrible! I’m so sorry this happened to you! Thank you for sharing. I will not make to go to them. If I do decide, I will hire a real estate Lawyer.👍🏾

Absolutely Ridiculous 😮 Your review definitely helps and I'm so sorry you guys have to go through this

I am always skeptical about buying new home from a massive homes builders because the shabby works are more likely to be detected in the future

I bought a Lennar home and had only a few cosmetic issues that I consider to be very normal with all corporate builders! But what I saw in this vid is unreal

I am so thankful for running across this video. I have been considering purchasing a Lennar Home. I just crossed them off the list.

Wow. What a piece of junk house. I have built 7 new homes in my lifetime, and have never seen such shoddy workmanship. It's too bad you had to close on it, knowing that the issues would Never be fixed. I don't blame you one bit, for sharing this video to the entire world. I will share it too.

Sorry you had this poor experience. We purchased a brand new Lennar home in 2022 in Southern California but our experience was wonderful. When we did our walk through, Lennar rep noted all the defects we found and they fixed all the issues after closing. Our customer care rep Andy was very responsive. The workmanship of our home was top notch but the home cost over $1.2 million. So not all Lennar homes are like yours. Where is your home located?

Lennar homes are brutal, they come loaded with quality defects in all their developments, just as you noted in this video

We were just considering starting a project with them. Along with many other videos online I feel like you just saved us from a nightmare. Thank you.

That's what you get from greedy corporate builders. Buying a mass produced house is not a good idea.

They are now building a huge development in Williston, Florida as of June 2023. It is called Country Home Estates-Luxury Homes, starting in the 200s is on their sign. Very impressive "looking" but as you know, the devil is in the detail. I have done everything from basement/foundation to walls, sheetrock, painting to roof and construction clean-up. Some employees and contractors are simply shoddy workers. Zero pride in craftsmanship! Thanks for sounding the shohar.

Jim, I am trying not to laugh because I would be pissed but it is comical what they tried to get away with. So sorry...

A Lennar neighborhood is going up in the upper part of Menifee CA so I decided to check it out--even from the exterior it's a horror show. Gaps in the wooden porch and slopped over with paint to try and hide the mess... and little paint nicks around the doors and wall plates. Not to mention the houses are indeed bigger, but a lot of wasted space. Who in their right mind wants a loft the size of 3 bedrooms? Doesn't take an expert to see how shoddy Lennar's craftsmanship is.

We have had the same experience here in Virginia. This home wasn’t cheap.

I really don't understand why people buy these types of houses. I bet they are all like this more or less.

Worst homes imo. ACs failed, electrical panel replaced (buzzing noice), all electrical issues, door issues, cheap carpet, nails poking feet, worst material and workmanship

Lennar and others could improve the finished product and buyers experience by quadrupling the budget they have for painters and then enforcing professional painting and caulking work. The Painters have the ability to single handedly ruin a new home. And they also ruin other tradesmen work. They ruin cabinets, Floors, appliances, driveway pavers, windows. Costing thousands of dollars to fix. The painters that you see on Lennar projects are the worst. And when you complain they will send a more incompetent painter to make things worse and spill all over the place. Why does this occur? Because Lennar pays way below market rates for painters. And they get what the pay for.

Lennar is the WORST. They tried to get out of my roof sagging in my last new home. Roof started to sag 3” - they said it was cosmetic and weren’t going to do anything about it - got a 3rd party out to inspect it - they discovered 3 broken trusses as well as 3 others that were broken but repaired by nailing in boards to sister those causing the roof to slowly fail and it was only going to get worse. Cosmetic - lol. They then replaced the roof because I was going to sue - Not just that, the roof started to leak around the chimney other side of the house - and it was due to flashing around the chimney… nailed through metal flashing without proper sealing - caused the wall to become soggy and paint and stuff bubbling as the drywall got soaked - they then came out to replace it and had to tell them WTF are you doing replace the insulation too!!! They are the worst. We got rid of that FN house and went and bought a new home from another builder - TRUE story.

you just made all of us here at Townsend Building Supply die a bit inside. holy moly!!

I had a lennar house reserved in Austin, down payment, and first walk through was just like this. After running out of tape to mark things with I decided forget this. I lost 2500, but that house had so many issues and future issues, 2500 was a drop in the bucket. Extremely disappointed in lennar a craftsmanship and pride. My buddy bought a lennar house in 2016, and that house was night and day from what I experienced. Beautiful home unlike what I almost bought

OMG, so bad. Thanks for sharing. How much deposit did you have on this before the walk through?

Hi there. Great video. Do you suggest avoid buying from Lennar Homes all together or are there ways to ensure better quality workmanship from them and other like home builders?

Wow! this is not good. Thanks for the video. I was thinking of looking at Lennar homes. Change of mind,don't want to deal with low quality work.😕

Almost identical to the garbage quality we moved into in Georgia in 2018.

WOW, that is so ridiculous. I would NEVER SIGN OFF on a home that looks like this. NEVER!!!!!!!

Thanks for this video.. Im looking to purchase new home and this builder is out of my list!

Yikes!! That's what you expect to find in an older home where the owner was sloppy DIY-er.

You are Blowing My Mind, thank you for showing us your home. I have to ask if you signed off on the build? I sure hope not!! Here in my city of Sacramento-Roseville CA., we have not truly run into this type of issue with Lennar Homes. OH MY Gosh, a lawsuit is in order with this home!

😮 OMG this is beyond disappointing. This would definitely make me cry😢

I cant just imagine what is going on between the walls.

All new construction will not ever hold its value. Houses built pre-covid will always do better. Homes made before 1980 will be the best.

The model homes are false advertisements. Theres some class action lawsuits against them for this.

Final walk thru for us, missing trim work, walls we not painted texture varies throughout the house. Brackets in closet we only splashed with paint,trim work around all doors frames did not line up. Missing flooring, garage fram had deep gouges in the wood. Drywall corners were not taped. We left and did not go back. So much more wrong.

Lennar is NOTORIOUS for shodmeister work.

And they want 700k for homes…

Thank you for video!!!!

I’m building a home from Lennar. The sales rep told me my pre construction meeting is on 25th. I called and texted if we were good for 25th a week later still hasn’t responded. What happens if there is a problem with home once built? My rep is terrible!

I feel so bad for the thousands of people that buy Lennar homes every year...they have been one of the worst quality home builders in the country for decades. They spend millions yearly trying to hide bad reviews and quiet unhappy homeowners and its working...as they still sell thousands of poorly built homes year after year.

Yikes. Not at all surprised, considering how quickly Lennar has been slapping homes together. So what was the recourse for all this? Did Lennar repair all these issues, or offer any compensation?

Lennar is horrible. I purchased in 2020. Sloppy work. I am sure they hire day laborers (cheap and inexperienced). I have never seen so much shoddy work in my life. I plan to sell my home in the next two years. Ridiculous. Very first day I had a gas leak. Crack in the foundation. soaked carpet etc. Lennar did fix my issues but the craftmanship is horrible. Many of my neighbors have the same complaints. Never again. Oh btw I live in a neighbor with an HoA. Lennar has NOT turned over the HoA to the homeowners (building is completed and has been for more than a year). We have NO say in what they do to our neighborhood.

Crapmanship, not craftsmanship.

Where are the inspectors that are legally suppose to inspect these homes? I'd really like to know this.

is there any type of legal recourse you can take against them?

Do you have any recomendations for first buyers?

Drhorton is no better. Any large builder is hiring local subs without proper vetting and vastly different skills. I wish that had clicked in my brain b4 I sealed the deal.

Pipe work is horrible too

That's a lot of unnecessary carless work where money is wasted because they will have to redo it all! This is terrible and will cost so much more!

I am one of the buyers very disappointed I feel sorry I buy from Linar.

Wow. Unacceptable in every sense.

What happened that the inspection people didn’t catch all this? Or did you not get an inspection?

Wow I feel so bad for you😮..Did you use an agent? What Florida city was this?

I was going to buy in Valencia CA as all included, good that I didn’t buy

All of these builders are this way. They are trying to build so many homes as fast as they can. Subs are flying right thru trying to keep up. I clean these suckers and cal only polish these turds so much.

We recently purchased a townhome community. The things that I have seen are unbelievable. There are so many things in each unit that when brought to their attention they said we were being too picky, call home warranty for it to be fixed properly. Dishwashers not installed properly, doors don't open, the windows don't latch, lights hanging down. Very blatant issues they act like they can't see. Nothing is their problem. what a joke.

Time to sue big time

Can you do another update on the home?

Omg Jim what a nightmare of a company 😳 I'm jealous you have two kitchens though 🙂

Problem is the work is done by sun contractors. Lennar employees do not build the home. Cheap workmanship but charges you top dollar for the house. Also don’t ever close if it’s not ready. Also you’ll never get to claim under a warranty, there’s always a that’s not covered reply.

Wow discount house i’ll do the work better quality paint where do I sign . Last house I pointed out many problems had cash happy to do repairs and some upgrades . Seller reduced the price on house got the keys a week later .

These issues seem to be things that could be fixed fairly easy for the builder. Did they address the issues before you closed? I see you did tape all the issues. So everything should've been good when you moved in right?

you should do a comparison between Lennar and DR Horton

What builder is the best?

Did you have a home inspector?

You front door hinges should be on the inside. Anyone can come along, remove the pins and remove your door!

Scary

Eh. Some grout mess/paint spilled. Sucks but its not a huge deal. I would worry more about the actual framing. Which is surely awful if the finish is this half assed.

WAIT. Your hinges for an outside door are outside???????????????? That door is installed backwards

Wow

OMG

Why did you buy...when everything started

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Yes all homes have builder defects..... period.

Built by people south of the border.

Странно Вы покупаете дом эконом класса и что вы ожидаете за такие деньги??? Если хотите качества то наверное проще купить у tailor Morrison (это не реклама, я вообще в России живу и они мне не платят). Вы купили дешёвый дом и думаете что вам крупно повезло? Это не так. Через лет пять вам придётся заменить двери ,кухню и прочие мелочи. По затратам выйдет дороже так как цены на материалы дорожают и на работу мастеров тоже. То что вы при покупке сэкономите в дальнейшем потратите намного больше денежных средств. К сожалению это везде так. У нас в России застройщики предлагают квартиры полностью с ремонтом, но большинство просто всё демонтируют и делают свой ремонт намного качественнее. Поэтому странно удивляться. Счастья, любви , здоровья вам всём!

I am 100% confidence to say the problem are the following: latino / specially mexican labor force. next is the building supervisor doing a F@#$@# shitty not following and checking on the louzy workers. So, Lennar better learn the basic of Business Management. Quality vs. Quantity, Quality control and inspection. I am getting ready to buy a house too. Purchasing a home from any House Builder it comes from different categories: #1 Spec or inventory home, #2 future construction. It seems you went with the future construction. I wonder if buying a home that is already finished, allows you to look and compare more choices and pick, and then have home inspector to check. I wasn't able to give you a thumb up, you failed to mention where was this, what state, or a recap. Did you ending buying the home, or refuse to sign contract due to failing home buyer's spectation.

They put a pipe with a hole in it in our basement. Flooded the basement. Now hearing dripping sound behind the wall. Now have to have it checked. 🥲