Centex Homes Reviews

Have paid $2000.00 as earnest money and they said that IF I don't approve for the loan will return. Pulte Mortgage keep on saying until the last minute that I will get approve but the day before the proposed closing they denied. The salesperson is very rude and does not have any good knowledge. In short, they send me a letter that they will not give my earnest money back. I lost $2K plus another $260.00 for appraisal. So please be careful when you are buying from Centex. The construction is average but try to avoid from them as we have lot of other options. Please read all other reviews and decide yourself. In my experience PLEASE DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY.

We purchased a Centex Home in Aug 2016. The home was built in 2007. Our home inspection went well with only having a faulty garbage disposal which was replaced before we purchased. Once we moved in we noticed the baseboard in the guest bathroom seemed a little swollen. Eventually the corner piece just fell right off and we realized the entire baseboard is cardboard. The baseboard has swollen and turned brown instead of white with what appears to be water damage. I am assuming this is from the precipitation from showers. So I contacted Centex and requested that they replace the cardboard baseboard with a different material because who puts cardboard lining a bathroom floor?? Still no response from Centex.

I bought my house in November 2012, from previous owner who had house built in 2005. I have been noticing my community has green residue on siding of the house. I just spotted on my house now. Both of my neighbor had for over a year now. It has be problems with the builder or was land built on something toxic. It looks like mildew. I need someone come out and fix this situation. If you could have an certified license inspector come out and look at Canal Highlands subdivision and see it numerous of houses over 30 or more with mold on the off side of their house. And about 5-10 on front of their house. I'm going reach out to House Association.

I've put in a few jobs through the "Home Owner Portal," to come and fix my windows in the front of the house. I went to clean my windows and seen the wooden board underneath the window sticking out. I've contact the builder and he apologized that he didn't notice it. I have also put in a request to have a lighting fixture put in one of my hallway closets, since forever. I got a response back. They wouldn't do it because I COULD HAVE made the room adjacent the closet a full bedroom, which I never did, and that's besides the point. It's supposed to have a light switch in there. Who wants to go into or use a dark closet? When is somebody going to come out and address these issues? Every day it rains, I get more and more upset with Centex warranties.

I hired a home inspection and was delighted that the home I was to purchase was given a go ahead, everything was 100%. After moving in there was a problem with the compressor to the air conditioner. Few months later there was 3 leaks in the roof. A few months later I found mold & mildew in the quest bathroom. Months later the adjuster from the insurance company found water damage under the master bathroom shower floor and behind the shower walls. I took pictures showing that the walls in the shower were not constructed with sheet rock or USG Durock cement board.

We chose Centex as our first (and what we thought last) home purchase in Killeen, TX. We build this house from the ground up (even choosing the specific lot) and were so excited to build. During all the walkthroughs and inspections all seemed to be going well. Soon after purchase little things started to go wrong and show themselves, nails popping out of the wall, the wood paneling (that we were told was solid wood) became detached from the island, the floor in the kitchen floor (linoleum) literally started changing color (it faded to this purplish color). Centex response was these were things not covered under warranty as they were natural wear and tear.

I've had my home for 7 years. I have roof leaks, nails popping from the ceiling, and the ceiling detaching from the wall as well as the sink in the kitchen and bathroom detaching from the wall. There have been at least 7 fires burning homes in the 7/8 year. Fairly high new Centex area where homes have completely burned down due to electrical issues. I fear mine may be next.

I purchased a home in 2013 at the Highland Creek Subdivision in Raleigh, NC and at first the model home and the house I purchased seemed great. However, the problem started during the inspection. I noticed some minor issues with the construction, issues with the sink faucet chipped, poor quality of woodworking with floor baseboards and thought they were minor. As time went on I started to notice major construction issues with the house mainly related to faulty workmanship and substandard materials. There are numerous nail pops throughout the entire house including the ceilings and walls. The floor baseboards are separating from the wall. There are cracks along the corners of walls which run the entire length and the most blatant is the drywall seams and joints are visible and bulging outwards throughout the entire house.

I purchased my house in new just 3 years ago (Feb. 2013). Several shingles fell off the roof the first year, which the warranty covered. They've continued to fall off in several other places and now I'm paying $500 out of pocket as initial expense to fix with more to follow. We also had a problem with the water heater setup. There's no one I can talk to about the problem.

We bought our new house from inventory in Sept 2009, Washington state. In March 2011 we had a roof leak that ran down the inside of an interior wall and was only discovered because we discovered wet carpeting and baseboards. Centex came out and checked on it pretty quickly, but initially only patched it with a rubber patch. I pitched a fit, said a band aid was unacceptable and requested a more professional job.

We decided to build in Highland Creek Preserve located in Raleigh, NC in July 2015. I got my 10,000.00 deposit in on time. House was done before expected, did final walk through and that's when the nightmare began! We were set to close and due to Miranda ** at the office not having the permit on time, we could not get the appraisal done. Closing was set for the 17th of December. That same day I received a termination letter from James ** stating that he would keep my earnest money if we did not close on the 22nd of December. The change order for the house came in late on the 22nd, and with the holidays, everything was closed until the 28th. Centex attorneys were closed on the 28th so we were to close on the 29th. Mr. ** informed us that we now owed 2,000.00 in late fees. To no avail, even though things were closed, they would not budge with the fees.

Moved in new home Jan 2 2016. Discovering construction issues. Garage has damage above wall of garage door. Garage door not aligned properly thus creating more damage on sheetrock on sides of nearby walls. Really substandard work regarding installation. Not observable during walk-thru prior to closing.

Purchased townhouse in 2012. Few minor issues that they took care of and some that I fixed on my own. Quality was good for a production home. Materials are good but far from top quality. Overall I am very satisfied. This is my second Centex home, first on was in 1988 when I first got married. We had a few issues then and were very dissatisfied, I can tell you they have made very great improvements since that time. Lived in the first home for 4 years then purchased a custom home that was a resale. I can tell you that the construction and materials in this custom home were the same as the Centex. I owned that house for 20 years and during that time I completely remodeled it myself. I used only the very best materials and my work is superior.

Centex fooled me good. When you buy a brand new home wouldn't you expect the roof to last you at least 20 years without any problems? But unfortunately for me it isn't so. At just 8 years and 6 months my roof started leaking. Please see pictures of subpar roof construction fundamentals. Two to three inch non-roof nails were used exposed above the shingles which are susceptible to rust over time and ultimately water would seep thru causing the plywood to rot and leaks would ensue. That's what happened to me and my brand new Centex home of 8.6 years. This is something uninspectable when you buy a home, but it was incumbent on the home builder to make sure they hired professional roof builders and had good QA in place for something as important and costly as a roof.

Purchased a 2400 sq. ft. home in Goodyear, AZ in 2007 from Centex Homes (now Pulte). We've had AC comfort issues (hot/cold spots in the house) and have had multiple failures of our 2 outdoor condenser AC units. After a 3rd failure, and the exorbitant cost of replacing a R-22 compressor, I requested a quote for replacement HVAC systems for upstairs and downstairs. What should have taken the designer an hour to draw up a proper new installation, it took him over 3 hours of trying to design a proper new installation that would provide properly sized plenum and ducting for the two air handlers in the attic crawl space.

We bought our home in 1995. Grant you it was a long time ago, but we keep finding things that were improperly installed. We're talking major problems: Electrical outlets with wire touching metal, shorts throughout the house. Most recently after thousands of dollars of expense we determined that when they installed the air conditioning unit, they installed it at a slant AND the PVC pipe running under the house for drainage was created with pieces of PVC pipe - not fitted together and not glued. They used duct tape. My A/C was backing up, flooding the garage, finally flooded the house. No one could determine the problem until today - 20 years later.

Before you sign a contract with Centex/Pulte homes, walk through one of the new homes being built in that subdivision and look at what they are using to build the home (not just the finish details). I failed to do this. I thought Centex, formerly well thought of in Texas, was still using standard construction and materials in their tract homes. That is very important to the longevity of a house. Today, 2015, Centex is using PEX (hose) for plumbing, which is run overhead in the attic, Thermo-ply 1/8" for sheathing (no OSB), very low quality of wood for framing (why?), fiberglass exterior doors, and drop-in fiberglass tubs that are unusually small (not standard tub size), with the 3-part surround, just for a start, and the thinner drywall. Sadly, these things are very similar to what you might see in an RV or mobile home.

We went to go under contract with a to be built home in Bulverde Village San Antonio TX and gave a $2000 earnest money deposit as a guarantee to secure the lot last May 2015. We mentioned to the sales rep that we want a good size backyard that fits with our budget. We want to move in by November 2015 to allow us time to save money for the closing date. We had a notice that our house will start to be built the week of August 10 knowing that we will have a 2600 sq ft home and decent size backyard fit on our home. After almost a month, we checked what has been built on our house and we saw that there has no backyard at all and from our house, the back wall is just 5 steps away (please refer to the picture below).

In Central TX, Centex are the worst builders. They take lots of shortcuts when building. Please beware when buying a Centex home.

I purchased a Centex home in Columbus, Ohio. Two other identical homes were also built on my street. About 8 years into our warranty we all three discovered that our porch columns were rotting - some worse than others. Centex builders put trim boards in direct contact with the concrete porch, causing wicking into the column which caused the columns to rot from the inside out. My two neighbors were lucky, Centex agreed to fix their porch columns. When I contacted Centex they said I could not get a remedy until I proved the rotting existed (which would mean I needed to disassemble my porch in the middle of winter).

I purchased my home in 2005 in Suffolk, VA. I called Centex Homes about a leaking ceiling twice. The first time they bought in people to pre-plaster and paint the ceiling. The second time, I hired an HVAC person and investigated the problem and he told me that the condensation from the AC pipe is leaking through the ceiling. He told me that the pipes are not insulated and eventually the ceiling will fall. I contacted Centex Home Corporate Office again in 2013 and I spoke with a customer service person about the problem with the pipes sweating and leaking into the ceiling. I explained to her what the HVAC person had told me about the pipes not being insulated. She told me that the housing code in Virginia did not require them to insulate the pipes. So to me, she was aware of this problem because she explained everything about the housing code. I would like Centex Homes to fix this problem before someone get hurt.

Bought a Centex home in Silver Oaks in San Antonio, TX. One problem after another. Appraisal came in lower than my purchase price. Vice President of San Antonio Centex lied to me and my agent. Lived here for one month. No sod. Tons of excuses.

I bought a new house in 2014. The contract people that built this house half did this roof. It's been leaking for long time and my concrete floor is cracking. This house isn't that old to be having so much problem. What are y'all going to do about and I have black mold in my attic.

Water pressure low to non-existent in the Master and 2d Bathrooms' bathtubs, but since our home was built in 2007 Centex/Pulte tells us they can't resolve the problem since they only have a 2 year warranty for plumbing. This is the second time we've contacted this company about a problem with our home and received a less than satisfactory resolution or response, so this is the last time we'll buy a home from any of Pulte's subsidiary companies or Pulte. Buyer beware when it comes to dealing with Pulte/Centex.

Several outlets were not put together... Some had wiring dangling. Several times a month, the circuits would fail when the vacuum was plugged in. Front garage lamps wouldn't work. Costs us a few hundred dollars to temporarily fix the power surges. Door won't stay open or shut...wondering if the ground is level. Fungus growing in 2 windows; replacement was expensive. NEVER AGAIN, CENTEX!

I purchased my home in 2006 from Centex with a full 10 year warranty. Pulte bought Centex shortly thereafter and to this day uses both the Pulte and Centex names. I was assured my warranty was fully covered by the new company. The first spring, the stucco would "melt" off. The underlying stucco would turn to sand and the paint was the only thing holding the surface together giving it a melting appearance.

I am representing a buyer (I am a Realtor) who had planned to build a home with Centex in the Mt Dora FL area. After 2 months they still have not even applied for the permit to start building. It should have been submitted 2 months ago and we should have the permits within 3-4 weeks. This poor couple doesn't have a clue when they will even get around to pulling the permits.

I have been in my home for 9 years and I have had to have the ac unit worked on every year. The unit almost caught on fire one year because the blower motor blew up in my attic. My home and ac unit is clearly out of warranty, but people need to know that Centex is using poor quality equipment in their homes. I ended up having to get a home warranty because the repairs are so expensive. I may now have to replace both units, which may cost around $10K. This is so unfair that families purchase their homes from Centex believing they are doing a great thing for their family and end up getting screwed by a reputable company who obviously care more about profit than providing quality service.

I purchase home in 2008. Water keep leaking, they said expand pipes sweat. Fireplace by heat and Glo gets really hot on the outside. AC unit gone after 3 yrs. Why they use a purchase unit that takes R-22 knew it was being phased out in 2015.

I invested every dime I had into this house and the house, company and community is worthless. One month after the warranty expired every carpet seam started coming apart and pulling away from the tile. The entire dining room outlets can't be used because they trip if you plug anything in. The upstairs window has mold growing in between the panels. Bedroom doors won't stay shut because they were set wrong. One of the sinks won't drain properly. The company's response, "Sorry, it's out of warranty." These things happen.

I reported to Centex Homes a dangerous problem with the foundation cracking which led to an unsafe condition of the structure of my town home while still under the supposed warranty period. Centex only patched the sidewalk knowing very well that the foundation and structure failed due to severe cracks to the foundation around the front doorway of the town home. The awning connected to the front has the potential of falling on top of myself or a family member. If this happens, someone could be injured or killed. Centex/Pulte claims this is not structural failure when clearly it is!

I own property in the Village of Armstrong Farms in Jeffersonville, IN. During my purchase process, the sales information I received, including the governing documents, stated that the developer (now the Pulte Group - Centex) will turn over control of the HOA to the property owners upon completion of the development. Our neighborhood is now almost TEN (10) years old. We are a small community, like 125 properties. The Pulte Group - Centex is refusing to turn over control. I was told by their management company that Pulte Group - Centex is holding one (1) unit and that one unit is NOT for sale and they have NO plans to develop it.

I lived in my home for 3 years now, 8/29/2011. My AC/unit/heat pump has gone out two times now. It’s going to cost me $384.00 today to repair & replace the blow motor & wheel in the unit. Called Centex Homes. Too bad cannot help. Unit was bad when they put it in. I live in my last home 26 years. Never had to replace the unit. Runnnnnnnnn. Don’t walk. Run away.

I bought my home in late 2005. In 2006, a wind storm blew off some of the roofing. Centex (Pulte) subcontractor replaced the damaged shingles at no cost. As this replacement was paid for by Centex on a new home I assumed it would be installed to code and be free of defects. I recently developed a leak and had another roofer inspect the roof. He reports that the roof was installed improperly and not according to roofer best practice for nailing shingles. This resulted in many of the improperly installed nails backing out, resulting is a leaky roof. I contacted Centex (Pulte) and their response was it's out of warranty so not their problem. My position is if the roof was installed improperly causing premature failure that's Pulte's responsibility regardless of warranty considerations.

We bought our home in Las Vegas in Jan 2007. After two weeks in our home, a pipe burst in the master bathroom. We call a plumber, who discover that someone nail a screw through the water line. We call our insurance company who went against them and won, returning our deductible. Fast forward to 2014, a line under our sink crack, causing a slow drip, which flooded our kitchen. We have it fix on Sunday by a plumber, who indicated to us the wires under the sink were not up to code. Now today, after we were about to get everything fix, the insurance people discover a second leak under the sink. Where a nail, slice one of the wires, which were hanging off the wall. We have it once again check and they determine, due to the sink not being up to code, they would have to pull everything from underneath and fix it.

Our move in date was August 10, 2012. After a year of living in our home, the kitchen and bathroom cabinets color starting coming off on the bottoms. Actually looks like peeling. My husband called the office even though it was over a year, and a cabinet person was sent. The guy came and said maybe it came from mopping, vacuuming, etc. He said he would let us know. Now I have friends that mop and vacuum that live longer than I do in this development and their cabinets are perfect. The man never got back to us. Today I noticed the tops of my cabinets starting to chip. Can't call Centex. It is not under warranty. Apparently the material used is some cheap stuff. Looks very unappealing, and would surely not help me if I wanted to sell the home.

We watched our home being built..even got to do many walk throughs as construction progressed. I remember asking the field manager if anyone on the framing crew owned a tape measure! There were 3/4" gaps between many fire blocks. The drywall of course covers up all those qualities issues. In fact, the drywall came out fine! Go figure. We purchased many upgrades....most disappointing....1800 sq ft of ceramic tile which is now cracking....everywhere. Of course that means the foundation is also cracking....WONDERFUL!!!. Think Centex will fix it? RIGHT!! Just like they'll replace the 1400sq Ft of "upgraded" carpet they installed in the bedrooms and great room....upgraded that looks like a wet rag.

We closed our new house with Pulte yesterday (09/08/14) and we decided to replace the carpet with tile and this is what we found after took off the carpet.

RECAP: We bought our home Dec. 2012 - it was a HUD type purchase - we are the second owners of the home. In my previous review I stated a lot of issues with our home - one of them was the flooring on the main floor in front of the bathroom and basically through the home in various areas.

Let me preface with our home was built in 1995 before Centex was bought by Pulte. But all in all our home has been very good. With any house, especially a budget home, whether it's a Centex or not you have to be switched on and be paying attention to everything. But a detailed visual inspection plus a lot of questions from both the builder's rep and next door neighbors is usually all the due diligence you need. We did that. We weighed the pros to the cons and decided to buy.

YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE BUILT BY CENTEX OR ANY OTHER COMPANY OWNED BY PULTE. They lack the amount of integrity that I would expect out of a company building homes for families to live in. We have had nothing but problems with them since we signed our contract to live in Spence Creek in Lebanon, TN on March 1, 2013, and we were told the house would be built in 4-6 months; however it "rarely goes to the six months". We met with the field manager the month after we signed, and he went over the plan. The basement got poured not long after that, but then it just sat there... and sat there... and sat there. Nothing happened for over a month.

We purchased our home in December 2012, it was a foreclosure type sale. We purchased in a neighborhood that was supposed built in 2006. We did get our home for a great price and the home was built in 2006. The first night in our new home our roof started leaking. It was coming through the ceiling on our second floor hallway, right around the air filter vent. Turns out that CENTEX did not install end caps on the roof vent that runs the length of our home. We had to call out a roofer that evening, while it was pouring outside so he could put a tarp on the roof to keep the leak as under control as possible till the next day. We had trash cans and pots and pans the length of our attic to catch the rain.

We purchased our Centex home in 2006, and since then have had very few problems; a roof leak (due to faulty construction around a roof vent) resulted in damage to the ceiling corners in three rooms (essentially along the drip line from the leak) - we had that fixed at our expense. I came to this site because I wanted to report a possible, ongoing situation relative to electrical switches. This morning my wife heard a pop in the bathroom, so turned off the overhead light, shower light and the fan... the fan kept running. I replaced the switch, which corrected the problem. I have never, ever heard of an electrical switch failing. I wanted to notify Centex of a potential widespread problem, however, none of their supposed e-mail addresses worked. I also tried to send an e-mail to the manufacturer of the switch, to wit: Cooper (switch #712T), but was unable to do so.

Lack of quality for Centex Homes seems pervasive. We had roof problems; pictures revealed shingles were installed crooked. The house has several construction flaws. Centex doesn't "honor" their 10 year structural warranty. Never again!

So we and my husband are first time home buyers so we are new to the whole home buying process. Our experience started by them losing our building documents about a month into the home process. We were told that it takes about 2 months to get a building permit now here it is 3 months into the loan process and we get a phone call from our Realtor stating that the lot we picked don't fit the house we designed. Another disappointment, last but not least we haven't even heard back from the company themselves to let us know that we have to pick a new floor plan or what even fits.. We are pissed to the max with this company.

Centex claims and uses the 10 year warranty as a selling point... until you need it. Then the excuses begin when you need repairs that are clearly within the warranty. "It's not our problem" "We will not send someone to inspect your problem." After two attempts to have someone just come look at it, we were told "we have previously answered your concern and will do nothing as it's out of warranty." We, too, will never buy another Centex home. The company is now Pulte, who seem to treat the Centex customers like ugly stepchildren. Our subdivision was marketed as their PREMIER COMMUNITY. However, they left before finishing the streets with the top layer when the sub was completed. After only 10 years, patches are everywhere. Looks like shanty town.

My wife and I purchased a new home several years ago from Centex. At the time it seemed all the project manager supervising cared about was getting me to give the company a high rating. The building of the home was poor to say the least. Lowest quality materials were used. Workmanship was very shady. Most of the doors don't stay closed. Drywall seams are very poor. Electrician pounded large holes in the side of the house. All wires coming into the house had mismatched covers. The air conditioner is not sized properly for the home. Water heater blew up in 1 year. I could go on and on. I will never buy another home from Centex or recommend to anyone.

Built our home in 2007 but went on assignments to Japan in 2008 and Hawaii from January to June 2013. Our home was being rented while we're gone, but the property management was not effectively monitoring the upkeep of our home. When we moved back into our home in November 2013 we found cracks around the foundation, cracks in the ceiling, and the foundation had moved slightly. We also recently found out that the drywall wasn't properly installed (it was installed backwards).

I inherited my childhood home I lived in for 30 plus years and placed a small mortgage on it for renovations. Shortly after, Centex mortgage rep called me and asked if I wanted to refinance since I had equity built up to pay for improvements. The rep lied and tricked me into getting an ARM rather than a fixed rate, stating I could get back in my fixed rate after six months of making payments on time. I believed what the lying rep said and refinanced from a fixed rate mortgage to an adjustable rate.

Our house was built in 2008. 3 years after moving in the bathroom window area started to leak whenever it rained. They sent three different contractors here and neither of them could solve the problem. This started in March of 2012 and still continues to date. The last contractor came out and looked. All they did was put sealant around the balcony and told me that should solve the problem. He even told me to put sandbags on the roof to slow down the leak. I called in November 2014 and told them the same window with the same problem had started to leak very bad. They said it was no longer under warranty and it was my responsibility to repair it. I call a repair person. He came and saw the damage to the room and told me I had a serious problem, that black mold was growing in the area.

We just closed on our new house this Friday and it was the wipe overall experience I've ever had in my life. We are getting married in June and decided to have our dream home built before the wedding due to great programs and interest rates. I wish I would've seen more of these negative reports before we decided to go with Centex because I would've built with someone else. Yes I'm aware that every company has issues and nothing is done prefect these days but some of the crap we went through was uncalled for.

I live in a townhome community built by Centex. I was the President of our Association for a couple of years, so I've heard and seen many of the issues with homes in our community. There are many issues with many of the homes in our community from sinking homes, bowed walls, ac units that barely meet codes requirements, but truly are not appropriate for the size of the home, electrical wiring issues, plumbing issues (which have caused several homes to have busted pipes this winter because they are exposed to the elements), poorly installed windows (casing too large for the window), poorly installed doors (I could see sunlight around my entire door frames), slanting floors on the upstairs floor, tub that constantly creaks, etc. I could go on and on. Centex has operated this way for years and yet, they continue to stay in business. Because people continue to buy their homes, apparently, they never feel the need to improve their quality of build or their consumer satisfaction. It is truly unfortunate because many of the issues are just a matter of have some quality control over their subcontractors. I would never buy another Centex home or recommend a Centex home to anyone.

I signed a contract in June with pre-approval for a home. I applied for an FHA loan and assistance with a first time home buyer's program (due to credit score). I went to three loan processors trying to get paperwork completed. I refused to continue providing the same documents due to staff changes. I was preapproved, conditional approved and then denied at the very end. I was scheduled to close Dec. 26 this year for a new home. I received a text message from the seller that the loan was denied and he will send a cancellation letter. I had to email him more than once to obtain the letter and he refused to refund earnest money. His statement was it was in the contract non-refundable due to a finished home. This was an emotional roller coaster and the worst mistake I could make.

I am in the process of having a home built through Centex. It has been one issue after another. I paid them for Appraisal that I didn't get reimbursement for, then items were not completed in a timely manner. Lastly I am due to close this week and they are now advising they can't have my repairs done before closing as some items take 3-4 weeks, but my contract originated back in May of this year. The home has been sitting empty now since July, due to delays in financing, government shutdown. But it's now November, why couldn't they have repairs done before closing.

Centex homes and its property management company have been giving me the runaround for 7 years about fixing the drainage issue in my yard. It's flooded for days and then they send me letters telling me my lawn needs to be mowed. It's an inch under water. I can't mow it. Plus, the wiring was shoddy. I thought they were brownouts, turns out my electrical box exploded. Now my roof is leaking and I have water dripping out of the smoke detector in my bedroom and the popcorn ceiling is peeling off. I have even sent letters certified mail and I still get ignored. I will never purchase a Centex home ever again.

I bought a Centex home in 2006. I've had to replace the electric switches because they were so cheaply made they kept popping and then break. TVA just told me that that ductwork was done poorly and I should have it ripped out and re-done and that I don't have the minimum insulation. The drainage in the yard is horrible. The siding is warping. Almost every nail is popping. I've asked for the blueprints and Centex tells me they can't give me a copy due to copyright reasons which is BS. I would never buy from Centex again and I would strongly encourage others to purchase elsewhere if you want quality.

I have owned my home since 2008. Recently, I've being having problems with my light switches. I would turn on a light and it would spark or the light would pop as if a bulb had blown. My light in the laundry room no longer works. I changed the bulbs but nothing works. My baseboards are loose and fall off. The windows fog and ice up in the winter. My HOA is suing Centex for this purpose.

My mother bought a brand new townhouse from MD in 2004. And to this day, Centex has not finished it, even though ownership was transferred to my mom (along with the mortgage, HOAs, etc.). The yard/grading which allows water to flow away from the house and driveway are unfinished, which led to flooding in the basement some time ago. Lawsuits are ongoing. If you are in MD and want to help us, please contact me via email at **.

I bought a house from Centex Homes in the Ash Grove Farms subdivision in Thornton, CO in 2005. They failed to correct or look into several issues one of the inspectors pointed out and put blue tape next to. They didn't properly design the house so its furnace was too small for the size of the house. They later corrected the issue and put 2 furnaces in for future builders in that same neighborhood, but did nothing to correct the issue for the previous builders/owners. Their "silent floors" creak all the time.

We purchased our Centex built home three years ago in the Providence Downs section of Union County. The seller was an employee of Centex and probably oversaw the construction and then planned to flip the home asap. Then the downfall of the real estate market and they were in it longer than planned. Three years ago, we purchased the home in a non-short sale, non-distressed, regular closing. Our inspector, however, missed water damage in the downstairs kitchen coming from the area of the master bath shower.

I purchased a newly built town home in 2007 from Centex Homes. The shower in one of the baths fell off a week after signing. Water and mold began building up in the garage, where the workman did not install flashing, and in the front, where I insisted that they install another down sprout. The motion light over the garage has never worked because it kept getting filled with water (even after the balcony was replaced and flashing haphazardly installed). Now the house is literally cracking! The A/C unit did not work. Of course, none of us who moved in December 2007 was aware of it until July 2008 when it was 92 degrees! The A/C unit is still wacked, but you can't tell Centex because now they say it's too late for them to be responsible for the condition of the unit.

Absolutely by far the worst mistake we made was buying one of your homes. Y'all are so unprofessional, not to mention you're willing to admit your mistake and fix things. Your workers continually make promises they are not able to keep. We can NEVER get a return call. No one ever shows up on time to take care of work requests; workers show up 2-3 hours late. We had over 50 nail pops that came through within the 1st 3 months of living in our new house. We have awful paint runs in the walls. Every single base board has trash in it from where they sanded the walls and they did not clean the base boards off; they just painted right over the top of it making it look like we have tiny rocks in all of the base boards. We have paint in the cracks of our hardwood floors, paint splatters on all of our cabinets. We have a window in our sun room that is 2.5 inches lower from the rest of the windows. Our hardwood floors are coming up.

We moved into our home in 2010. Only little things were wrong during our walk around. But in the months after and a closer look at the woodwork, it seemed as if the trim cuts were done in a hurry even though we gave Centex four months before we retired from the military. The roof over the front door diverts water directly into the planter digging up the plantings. Then this past weekend, 25/26 May 2013, the roof started to leak around one of the vents. It hadn't rained this hard in the three years we've lived here. I sent in a request to have someone from Centex to come out to evaluate the poor workmanship. The response I got was something about having to adhere to the warranty, and to contact my insurance carrier. True, my warranty ran out last year, but we bought this house in good faith and poor workmanship should always be investigated before being dismissed.

Buyers beware. Centex does not care about its home buyers! I recently bought a Charleston Single home in Liberty Hall Plantation and was sold on them telling me that it was geared to look like downtown Charleston. The homes in our subsection of Fosters Creek are more expensive than the other Centex Homes in this neighborhood. I was told when I bought the house that they might be letting people build the Brevard model if they choose to. Recently, they began construction of Centex non-Charleston single homes in our neighborhood. Only one of them is the Brevard and none of them actually purchased by anyone before construction began.

If you are considering building with Centex, please reconsider! We purchased our home in September 2012 and we have had nothing but issue after issue. Actually, the issues started from the the very beginning. The entire process was very disappointing. The quality of work or lack of is terrible. Nothing professional about it. From day one, they had windows where windows weren't supposed to be; the patio was laid incorrectly, smaller than what we paid for; t the staircase had to be cut back; the outlets were placed in the wrong places; the building site was gross, trash everywhere, leftover food, etc. from the workers; and we had ants horribly before we even moved in! The workers smoked in the house. They urinated in bottles and they were left at the site. We have pictures of all of this. The driveway has footprints in the finish. They "fixed" it and just made it worse. We are still waiting on this to be fixed again.

I must add to the lengthy complaints about Centex Homes. I purchased my home in 2006, and I love the floor plan and space, but what good does that do when you have foundation problems? I have dealt with extensive drywall cracks and uneven doors. It got so bad at one point that the back door of my home was jammed shut so I could not use it. When I noticed the issues initially, I contacted Centex and they sent someone out to take a look. They told me it was normal settling of the house. Then as things got worse, I contacted them again, and they again said it was normal settling.

Center Home Katy Texas - We bought our home in 2009 and it was the model home. I thought that would mean that they would have taken additional care in all construction and appliances, but that was not the case. The air conditioning went out in the first year and the coils were rusted. Centex stated that it was a model home and therefore had no warranty. They had to repair, since it was less than a year. It was a shoddy job. A year later it was broken again and the coils were not switched out. In three years, I had to replace the air conditioner, had two gas leaks, replace the heater, the alarm system, all appliances, three plumbing leaks in the bathrooms, duct problems in the attic and shingling on the roof. This house is a money pit. Centex houses look great from the outside and they have a good floor plan and ideas, but they are only for the sale, and once they have their money, they run.

I have been in my home for around 7 years. Water heater goes out periodically in the summer. My home had electrical problems throughout, roof leaks, cracks in the concrete driveway and garage, and settling cracks in the ceilings. Plumbing valve in the master bathroom needs to be replaced. Nail pops that they 'fixed' on two occasions continue. Dishwasher sticks out on the bottom (they never attached it at the bottom - it just hangs from two screws on the top). Tile behind the stove is bubbling and pulling away from the wall. These are all items that are too small to be covered by warranty, but it adds up. Add that to the fact that the home is not even close to what I paid for it.

Our roof started leaking around the attic vents after only 7 years. The roof installers had put nails through the plastic vents which caused cracks that have spread and water is coming into our attic, damaging the ceiling. We had it inspected and were told the entire roof was poorly installed and needs to be replaced already. Centex refuses to help us because they only cover the warranty for 2 years. The original installer won't help either because their contract with Centex was only for 1 year. These houses are poorly constructed and Centex is more interested in saving a buck than they are with having a good reputation for standing behind their product and doing the right thing by helping customers. Avoid buying a Centex home!

Avalon Roseville, the solar panels were all defective and had to be shut off over a year ago. At first, installers were going to pay monthly until they were fixed, then they stopped and went out of business. Now, Centex is trying to strong-arm people into signing away their responsibility if they want the panels fixed. They want us to go after the small, bankrupt companies for reimbursement, instead of them. Watch out! Please don't sign, and seek legal counsel.

I bought a house with Centex in 2004. A few months later, the floor by the back door was turning black. I called up the warranty people and about 2 years later, supposedly was fixed. Now it's 2012 and the floor didn't turn black but a big hole showed up instead. I was told at first that there was a 10-year warranty on leaks due to defects, but a week later was told that was only for people who closed from 2007-2010. What a crock.

I have had Centex representatives out to my home on many occasions especially for the air condition ducting. It condensates immensely and causes water damage to my overhead drywall. At first, they tried to pawn it off that my unit was the issue. So both times I had to cut a hole in my drywall, take pictures and prove to them it was the ducting that was not insulated that was causing the problem. Both times they came out and they first tried moving the ducting. That didn't work, then they said it was the insulation from between the house and the garage that was the issue and refurbished it. But that didn't work either, because they never truly addressed the real issue which was the ducting itself. It must be insulated from the warm air or it will condensate and cause water damage and mold!

The external stucco over our windows in our Centex Home which was built in 2004 has cracked so badly that it has let in water and probably has been doing so since we purchased the property but has only just shown now after a severe storm which passed through the area revealing wet walls and heaven knows what else underneath. We are one of a block of 56 homes and we all have water issues because of shoddy workmanship and shoddy product. Centex sold these homes in a hurry back in 2003 at the height of the property boom and now they are worth half what we all paid for them and even less now that we have extensive work which needs to be done on them.

House is only 9 yrs. old & already has a main line break. Plumber was Kitec Plumbing who used defective PVC plumbing pipes. I can't get a hold of Centex Homes as all numbers are not in service!

I have had the person in charge of setting up warranty repairs over numerous times. My house is not even two years old. My baseboards are not flush with the floors, but that is the way it is supposed to be, as I was told by Centex. My drainage system is nonexistent in my front yard landscaping. When it rains, it floods. I just painted my bathroom the other day. The window sill was painted on the sides and top, but not the bottom. What you can't see during the walk through is probably not done or is done poorly. I have ants coming in my house due to poor sealing of the house. I was told, "It is not our objective to make your house resistant to pest, only energy efficient."

It rained a few weeks ago and the water came in my bedroom. I went out and my entire home is cracked.

Worst experience ever on our 3rd new home with Centex/Pulte - This site is great because it shows me that my family is not alone in our experience with Centex/Pulte. Yes, the customer service is, at best, combative; and yes, their answer to every question, every inquiry to purchase options, and every request for more information about products/services before you buy is no. But how about this: being told repeatedly by telephone that the interior of your house would be painted a specific color and seeing that marked in writing; and then on the day of your walk-through, you open the front door and see the entire house painted in the wrong color. Centex's reply: "too bad, close escrow or we will levy $300 per day against you for not closing." How about... "I'm sorry"? Now, we're looking forward to engaging in the arbitration process and retaining counsel… all because the staff is comprised of extremely angry people who just can't say "I apologize." Buying a Centex or Pulte home...? Good luck.

I live in a community of 56, 3 story townhomes built by Centex. These homes are under 10 years old. All of the homes are falling apart. Each home has water coming in from the exterior walls that are severely cracked. We have mold inside our homes and water in our electrical lines. I just had the town of Hypoluxo’s building inspector over to examine our homes. He noted several structural construction defects and advised us that we need to proceed forward with an engineer and notify Centex.

We had a home built in 2005 and I was really excited because this was my first home that I had built. However, once in the home, it was riddled with problems. The first problem we had was the rain constantly came in the back door. The door had to be replaced and still rain was coming in the door. The second problem was the toilets always stopped up, both the upstairs and the downstairs (guest bathroom). We had to call the plumber out because we were told the problem was on our end. The plumber said the builder used cheap toilets and that if we wanted to stop the clogging, we would have to replace them. They had to come out several times due to paint peeling and nails popping out in the walls.

First of all, we have a law here in California that guarantees plumbing for 10 years for new construction. Centex told us only 3 years when our plumbing broke below the slab. We had major damage including mold and they did nothing. Now, we have stucco damage and we can't even get anyone to respond to our request. We were told that it was guaranteed for 10 years per the Centex personnel. They do not build quality homes and do not back up their warranties!

Where do I start? Most recently, the air conditioner capacitor went out when the temp was 108 degrees. Last week, it was the garage door opener. The roof leaked three times and the inside ceiling had to be repainted over and over. The hot water heater has gone out. We had a water leak in the utility room and foyer closet. Part of the wall had to be replaced. We had crown molding installed and there wasn't one straight wall in the entire house, which cost us extra. Surrounding subdivisions have maintained their value. Centex Homes in our area have lost approximately $30,000 in value. So on top of being totally ripped off by you and your salespeople, now our little retirement home isn't worth much. Only 5 years old.

I am very, very, very dissatisfied with Centex Homes. I will go as far as to say I should have never built my house with them. The one year warranty crap they feed you in the beginning is exactly that, crap! I have a crack in my wall at my front door entrance that is a very bad eye soar. I notified Centex and was told they would not come out until I was in my home at least 11 months. 11 months?! I have a 1 year warranty! I also have a crack between my cabinet (coming apart) and the back splash in my kitchen. The Centex contractor came by to look at it and told me it is a grout issue and is not covered under my warranty.

The toilet has been clogging since we park in, but it's getting worse since May.

The quality of the work done on the home in the first place was a bit shady. A lot of little problems that the first construction manager was on top of, check the sub's work to make sure it was done. The wall near the furnace unit has a bow in it. We had a problem with the AC about a month after we moved in and that was the only major problem. Casa Mech was the sub that came out, with no freon to charge the system. So it took three days to get it fixed. All days for over 90 degrees with a 6-month old baby in the house. We come to find out this year that he did not fix the problem and this time, I called out a real AC company and had it fixed myself at a cost of $400.00 so the same thing wouldn't happen again.

Centex installed our garden tub correct, then after a leak, they broke out surrounding cement for plumber to fix leak. Centex builders never replaced the cement they broke away. The cement (remix) was the support for our tub. The front left part of the tub had no support and guaranteeing tub to fail. Without the support, our tub cracked and was leaking water. All this was found true when the side panel was opened and a work order left from plumber, stating cement can now be replaced.

Centex Homes is ripping people off! From what I understand, they have been banned from building in South Carolina. When we moved to SC (after my husband retired from the military). We put down "earnest money" in the amount of $1,500.00. To make a long story short, Centex did not do anything that they promised to do. Needless to say, the deal fell through and we were out of our money. I do not see how they can keep someone's hard earned money when it was at their discrepancy that the deal fell through. Please add me to a class action law suit! I would be glad to testify!

This is the worst home I ever lived in. On my first 2 weeks in this home, water leaked from incorrect refrigeration hook up. An incorrect tub plumbing hookup caused leak to the garage. It has poor outer construction and lack of insulation, I had to call and have more placed. Poor AC/Heating system, incorrect SEER # system (only a 12 SEER, when home builder promised 14 SEER) resulting in excessive energy bills.

First of all, the air conditioner leaked all over the floor many times. We had crown molding installed. There wasn't a straight wall in the place. The roof has leaked 3 times. I had water leak in main shutoff in utility room. Water heater repaired twice already to the tune of $650. Furnace went out several times. I had to replace parts on it. Sales office lied through their teeth selling these homes. HOA was a joke until recently (been here 5 and a half years). I would never, ever recommend these homes to anyone. The model homes are nothing like the actual homes they build.

The concrete "headers" over both garage doors are cracking due to the rebar rusting inside the prefab headers. At least, one window header is also affected, so far. The home is 21 years old and our homeowners insurance has rejected our claim saying it is due to a manufacturing structural defect. The rebar rusted inside solid concrete with no exposure to the elements.

Do not ever buy a Centex/Pulte Home. We purchased our new home in the Lost Creek subdivision just outside San Antonio at the end of July, 2008. Our experience with Centex can only be described as a nightmare. They use cheap materials and products. We would not be surprised if appliances are not refurbished.

I have a three-year warranty on a new Centex condo that they are not living up to. I called in a plumbing problem over a month ago and despite them sending a plumber to check it out, I still have not had any repair work done. My guest bathroom in unusable until the leak in the wall is fixed and Centex will not return any of my phone calls or emails.

We purchased our home in 2006 and at the time our home was 3yrs old. We moved here due to a corporate move and have owned 6 homes. This Centex Homes has been the biggest money pit we have experienced to date. We have written emails and made phone calls only to be told.. sorry, out of warranty or the warranty does not transfer to the new owner. The issues we have had are so numerous and the workmanship and quality of the home and products used in the home as well as the customer service we received are so unbelievably sub par. It's hard to believe they have been allowed to continue in this industry for as long as they have. We would never invest in another home built from Pulte/Centex and would advise anyone thinking of doing so carefully reassess your choice.

A recently built Pulte/Centex home has installed the Low-E cheap windows on the side of their home, facing my home. The heat coming off the window is killing the grass and bushes. I've seen other windows in the neighborhood causing their neighbor's vinyl siding to melt - and they're much further away than my situation. So I can just accept the fact that my siding will soon melt and there is not a damn thing I can do about it.

I purchased a Fox and Jacobs home from Centex homes and they cheated us out of our minds. The first couple of months I was here, my toilets clogged up and I called in a repair man who worked with Centex homes warranty and he told me there was a rock hard substance in the line and that was the reason it clogged which was impossible to be done by someone in my house because that toilet was in the guest room which had only been used a few times. Then in a few years, I've made about 5 service calls because they put a terrible AC unit and system in these houses which are completely unreliable. Centex homes lies about every single hardware they put in. They look for the absolute cheapest products to install so people can't complain they have a house without hardwares! Please, I beg you guys, never to purchase a Centex homes house!

My husband and I purchased a new Fox & Jacobs home from Centex in 2007. It is 1650 square feet with a 2.5 ton HVAC system. I came to find out, now that we are dealing with our second service call in 2 months, our A/C is well below the recommended tonnage per square foot. Two independent professionals have stated that it is too small for our house and is overworked. Centex homes and Fox & Jacobs cheated us and many other homeowners by installing the cheapest unit they could possibly get away with.

After putting a five hundred dollar deposit and returning to California, I found out I had a legal fight ahead of me to leave state. I notified Centex and my agent immediately to cancel sale, and have my deposit refunded all in the required time.