Lennar Homes - Home Buyers Beware! | Sloppy Workmanship, Broken Appliances, Dead Grass, And More!
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- čas přidán 24. 10. 2022
- A follow-up to our previous Lennar Homes nightmare video! Home buyers beware! Take a peek at the sloppy and unacceptable workmanship Lennar Homes considers appropriate to be "move in ready."
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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!
Thanks for watching, An Gel!
Is there a warranty on parts and workmanship ? I’m looking at Lennar in El Dorado Hills and many reasons not to buy but like the community . Possible changes can I make . Its from first owner 7 year old house and owner is informing of small handyman details I can do myself. History show houses value stable and increases in time.
Wow that's so terrible poor workmanship
I've never seen a new construction house with so many defects. That's why I love older homes, way better quality.
Thanks for watching, Tra'C!
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
Thanks for watching, A D!
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
Thanks for watching, ohyeah!
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.
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.
Thanks for watching, rmodjeski29!
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.👍🏾
Thanks for watching!
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.
Thanks for watching, Art!
I’m looking in the Ocala area but might change my mind after this video.
@@Me-kf4og Thanks for watching!
Absolutely Ridiculous 😮
Your review definitely helps and I'm so sorry you guys have to go through this
Thanks for watching, Bonita Clanton!
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.
Oh…. Forgot to mention…. The floors started cracking and exterior stucco started cracking - I left - old neighbors told me class action was opened against them in that neighborhood against lennar - something they are probably quite used to by now for the way they handle stuff.
I’m really sorry about your experience with Lennar but did you sell a headache to another person? Did Lennar fix all the issues?
@@sherryanndouglas7978 the issues got all fixed after a lot of fighting - and then sold it and will never buy a Lennar, not used nor new to live in myself - horrible but at least they are consistent at being horrible - learned a lesson
@@davidwatchesyoutube247 I’m so happy they fixed all the issues and you were able to move on. You’re one of the fortunate ones. Many others aren’t quite so lucky. It’s deplorable that these builders are able to get away with conducting business this way.
@@sherryanndouglas7978 No. He dumped it on an unassuming buyer. You KNOW any issues were not corrected properly or brought up to code. He can SAY he did... *DIDN'T.* Class dismissed.
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.
Thanks for watching and sharing, Keith!
We have had the same experience here in Virginia. This home wasn’t cheap.
Thanks for watching, C.K. Lewis! Sorry to hear you dealt with the same issues.
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?
Thanks for watching, lukasfoo! It’s in Florida.
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...
Thanks for watching, Ms.CNail! Yes… it is funny and infuriating at the same time.
@@JimORearsWackyWorld Happy to hear you got results.
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.
Thanks for watching, Ron_isdagoat!
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
Thanks for watching, J B!
You never know what he got… kind of like some dates - better see what’s under the makeup to know what’s really there - these homes can hide a whole lot under drywall “makeup” - like in my experience - failing trusts and more
You did great to back out… solid play. Saved yourself a lot of grief
Thank you for video!!!!
Thanks for watching, Larisa Clayton!
I am so thankful for running across this video. I have been considering purchasing a Lennar Home. I just crossed them off the list.
Thanks for watching!
Almost identical to the garbage quality we moved into in Georgia in 2018.
Thanks for watching, Patrick Hoydar!
I really don't understand why people buy these types of houses. I bet they are all like this more or less.
Thanks for watching, Ray Taylor!
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.
Thanks for watching, Greg!
Lennar homes are brutal, they come loaded with quality defects in all their developments, just as you noted in this video
Thanks for watching, @TigheRealEstate!
That's what you get from greedy corporate builders. Buying a mass produced house is not a good idea.
I cant just imagine what is going on between the walls.
Thanks for watching. It definitely makes you wonder.
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.😕
Thanks for watching, Sally Lee!
WOW, that is so ridiculous. I would NEVER SIGN OFF on a home that looks like this. NEVER!!!!!!!
Thanks for watching, Fred!
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.
Thanks for watching, Wanda Waters!
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.
Craziness! Thanks for watching, chantell s!
Please tell me which state this is? I have been looking around. And Lennar have been our top pick because of the "Next Gen" area. Please send me a DM or reply to comment please...
@@cizfranainedres9028 This in the Orlando Florida area.
Please ensure Lennar fixes everything before you sell. Don’t pass the headache to unsuspecting buyers. Praying Lennar does right by you. Best wishes.
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!
Thanks for watching, Polo Wandering! The corporate office contacted me after I posted the 2 videos about our experience and assured us it would be corrected. 8 months later they finally had everything in acceptable condition. So, almost a year later and the house is finally complete.
@@JimORearsWackyWorld Can you put up a video that shows all their fixes?
@@nyczyang27 Thanks for watching! Good idea. Keep an eye on the channel and maybe I'll be able to do that soon.
+Polo Wandering- 1.) California = Hahaha!
2.) Lennar = Hahaha!
you just made all of us here at Townsend Building Supply die a bit inside. holy moly!!
Thanks for watching, Lauren Ott!
@@JimORearsWackyWorld of course! I actually emailed it to a few folks that aren't on my side of the office, too! also- I need two kitchens, too. lol
And they want 700k for homes…
Thanks for watching, Nilo Markley!
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.
Thanks for watching, lb5!
Agreed, I love older homes.
My home 1930 bungalow is nice and solid.
@@stitchinggoods774 You got lucky.
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?
Thanks for watching. 10 months later and Lennar has finally completed repairing and replacing everything. It's taken almost a year, but the house is finally together.
Lennar is NOTORIOUS for shodmeister work.
Thanks for watching, David Watches CZcams!
@@JimORearsWackyWorld welcome a good channel discovery keep up the good work
Yikes!! That's what you expect to find in an older home where the owner was sloppy DIY-er.
Thanks for watching, Ferral N Furious!
😮 OMG this is beyond disappointing. This would definitely make me cry😢
Thanks for watching, TooPoised Diary!
+TooPoised Diary- It looks like you're crying in your picture anyway... Hahaha!
The model homes are false advertisements. Theres some class action lawsuits against them for this.
Thanks for watching, P T!
You front door hinges should be on the inside. Anyone can come along, remove the pins and remove your door!
All of the houses built in this style in this subdivision are built this way with one door that swings in and the other that swings out.
Where are the inspectors that are legally suppose to inspect these homes? I'd really like to know this.
Yeah… it’s crazy. Apparently an inspector doesn’t have to approve anything “cosmetic,” that’s how they get away with such shoddy work.
@@JimORearsWackyWorld Oh ok. I didn't know that.
That may be the inspector's tape
Crapmanship, not craftsmanship.
Ha ha ha… Thanks for watching, Jonthan Lewis!
Pipe work is horrible too
Thanks for watching!
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?
Thanks for watching, Tha Nguyen! From everyone I’ve spoken with in the neighborhood, all of them have had problems with the company and their workmanship. They don’t seem to be interested in contracting with better craftsmen.
It’s not what you can see but what you CANT see too
OMG, so bad. Thanks for sharing. How much deposit did you have on this before the walk through?
Thanks for watching, Miata FunRun! I actually can’t remember what the deposit was. It was a percentage of the final sales price.
Wow. Unacceptable in every sense.
Thanks for watching, matt mason!
I was going to buy in Valencia CA as all included, good that I didn’t buy
Thanks for watching, Rationality Now!
Thanks for this video.. Im looking to purchase new home and this builder is out of my list!
Thanks for watching, SM ja!
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.
Thanks for watching, weegeemike!
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!
Thanks for watching, Chrissy McIntyre!
Omg Jim what a nightmare of a company 😳 I'm jealous you have two kitchens though 🙂
Thanks for watching, Lori!
Do you have any recomendations for first buyers?
Thanks for watching. If you’re dealing with Lennar, stay on top of them. Their loan officers are not great and don’t really understand how real estate loans work and the craftsmanship is shoddy. Definitely plan on making several trips to the home as it is built to watch over things.
Speak with people in the neighborhood you’re interested in for feedback. Hire a home inspector for during the entire build. Be prepared to walk away if too many issues are identified.
Time to sue big time
Thanks for watching, Steve!
is there any type of legal recourse you can take against them?
Thanks for watching, William! After I posted my first video detailing the problems with mortgage and planners, their corporate office called me and they have been working on correcting things. It’s been a slow process, though. Almost 9 months later and most of it has been resolved. It appears, from comments on my previous video, that this is normal, substandard work from the company.
@@JimORearsWackyWorld Redick!
Are there any lawyers in Florida that would take the case?
@@monicafoster8437 I'm sure there are if Lennar didn't do the right thing.
Thanks !
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.
Thanks for watching!
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.
Thanks for watching, Odiepodie7 💜!
I am one of the buyers very disappointed I feel sorry I buy from Linar.
Thanks for watching, Vula Guizado!
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!
Any number of things could happen. They told us to move in and they’d fix things later. It took about 8 months for that to happen. They are truly the worst home builders to deal with. You can watch another video I have on this channel about the buying nightmare I had and all the delays that happened.
Scary
Thanks for watching, Alexis Timmons!
Can you do another update on the home?
After about 8 months all of the issues were resolved and corrected. So, I’ll probably not be making a follow up. However I don’t think every buyer is as lucky as us in getting the repairs and rebuilds, from what I hear. I think almost 20,000 subscribers on CZcams is what did it for us. 1 hour after I uploaded the first video the head of the corporate office called me and assigned a special regional director specifically to work with us in getting things corrected. They seriously didn’t want that kind of press. Others in our area, however, have said that many of their requests have gone ignored.
@@JimORearsWackyWorld That's what I was thinking. Everybody should make a youtube video about these types of issues. Even if they don't have any subscribers. The title alone mentioning this or other companies like this might help them get their issues fixed since this is a very popular subject. I'm so happy for you that you stood up for yourself. Priceless video!
Thank you.
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 .
Thanks for watching.
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.
Thanks for watching!
Wow I feel so bad for you😮..Did you use an agent? What Florida city was this?
Thanks for watching, @plovie9376! This was just outside of Orlando, FL. We did not use an agent.
What happened that the inspection people didn’t catch all this? Or did you not get an inspection?
Thanks for watching, Mita! Inspectors don’t care about cosmetics. They only look for structural issues.
@@JimORearsWackyWorld ok then it’s a case of “bad supervisor” then. They’re ok’ing stuff with no integrity. I’ll never trust Lennar, DR, or Polte. Too many repeated costly horror stories.
What builder is the best?
Thanks for watching, Mark J. Horn! I have not dealt with every builder in the business so I can’t comment to that.
you should do a comparison between Lennar and DR Horton
If I had any 1st hand experience with DR Horton I would. Thanks for watching.
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?
Thanks for watching. No, this company doesn’t address those issues before closing. They only address things that fail a code inspection. They expect you to close and they’ll fix them later after you’ve moved in. It took about 6-8 months for them to fix all the problems.
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.
Exactly! Thanks for watching, J Something!
Did you have a home inspector?
Yes, the home was inspected. They don’t consider these things items that would make it unable for a buyer to move in.
WAIT. Your hinges for an outside door are outside???????????????? That door is installed backwards
Thanks for watching, @scottc9630!
Good catch... couldn't someone technically break into the house by pushing the pins up?
Wow
Thanks for watching.
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.
Why did you buy...when everything started
Watch the other video on this channel for more info. You get to a certain point in the process where you have to either push forward or be homeless and lose a lot of money.
Yes all homes have builder defects..... period.
But not this many…. exclamation point.
@Jim O'Rear's Wacky World! I'm a licensed Maryland home inspector, you would be surprised. I've seen cracked/bulging/leaking foundations. I've seen cracked trusses, cracked tile floors, broken windows and so on. These are on new builds.
This is a new build. We’re saying the same things. What’s your point?
@Jim O'Rear's Wacky World! What's my point? Well, nothing you showed is structural and should have been caught by you during the walk through before taking ownership. Don't get me wrong the finishers did do some bad work. The microwave was just pure neglect, but nothing to serious. Frustrating but not to serious.
@@TheMichaelshifflette This was the walkthru. Didn't you pay attention to the video? Also, it's kinda hard to see structural issues when you can't see the structure. However, the cosmetics being so bad makes you wonder how bad the things are you can't see. You're still not making any point that wasn't already made in the video.
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.
Thanks for watching! This was in Orlando, Florida. It was a future build. There’s another video on this channel about what a nightmare that was, as well, dealing with their sales and mortgage team. We did go ahead and purchase due to a variety of circumstances you can see in the other video. At least, after about 8 months, they had repaired most of the things that were wrong. Now… who knows what may be unseen behind the walls, but cosmetics were finally completed.
Dumbest comment ever. They ALL use hispanic labor. I've never seen a white guy or black guy on a roof...
Thats BS, ive worked with mexicans/hispanic on ultra high quality homes and they've done an amazing job. Blame Lennar homes for paying very cheap. Cheap labor = fast work with no quality.
@@jcmar209 you need eye surgery friend. your blind af.
Built by people south of the border.
Race has nothing to do with it. Craftsmanship does. There were people of all races on the construction team and the supervisor was white.
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. 🥲
Ridiculous builders. Thanks for watching, Donna Kimbrue!