Pulte Homes' gag agreements

Can you imagine taking your new car into the dealer for a warranty repair and having the dealer insist that you sign a "gag" agreement before the dealer will make the warranty repair? A "gag" agreement that says that you will not disclose anything to anyone about the defect or seek any other recourse if you are not satisfied that the defect has been satisfactorily repaired?

No? Neither can I.

But, this is exactly what Pulte Homes requires. Pulte Homes’ customers in their Fairhaven development (Schertz TX) with cracked, failed foundations and in Sun City Hilton Head SC with failed stucco must sign “gag” agreements before Pulte Homes will make warranty repairs.

How’s that for standing behind your product? How’s that for treating your customers well?

There ought to be a law. But, there isn’t.

Don’t sign a contract with Pulte Homes to build you a house.
You’ll be sorry if you do.

 

 

Pulte Homes' roofs wouldn't do so well

http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/08/21/2181474_florida-university-unveils-new.html

It’d be interesting to see how SCHH roofs would or wouldn’t hold up in the simulator—the roofs where Pulte Homes decided in 2004 to substitute two nails for a hurricane clip at connections between valley trusses and main roof trusses—and then, when discovered, along with Beaufort County, decided to substitute screws for nails, instead of providing hurricane clips, which were installed in houses built at SCHH before 2004. 

My guess is that the clipless roofs at SCHH wouldn’t do so well in the simulator. 

Thanks, Pulte Homes and Beaufort County, SC Office of Building Code Enforcement.

Pulte Homes' fraud

In construction it's illegal for one party (builder or contractor) to make changes to the project, after the contract is signed, without the other party’s (owner’s) knowledge. To do so is fraud. However, that’s exactly what Pulte Homes did with the house that they built under contract with me in 2004. And, they did the same between 2004 and 2007 with hundreds of other customers as well.

 

The contact that I signed with Pulte Homes in spring, 2004 was for the Wysteria model at Sun City Hilton Head, SC. The model home was built in 2003. The model home, along with all other houses that Pulte Homes built at Sun City Hilton Head in 2003, had hurricane clips at connections between valley trusses and main roof trusses.

 

Sometime after I signed the contract with Pulte Homes to build my house, Pulte Homes decided WITHOUT NOTIFYING ME, ON THEIR OWN, to substitute two nails for hurricane clips at the valley truss/main roof truss connections--on my house, and hundreds of others as well.

"We acknowledge that there's a mistake that's been made, and we are preparing to go back and fix the mistake," said Jon Cherry, who heads Pulte's South Carolina Coastal Division.

Read more here: http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/14423#storylink=cpy

( http://www.lowcountrynewspapers.net/archive/node/14423 )

No, Mr. Cherry. It wasn't a mistake. It was DELIBERATE ON PULTE HOMES' PART and IT WAS FRAUD.


PS  Neither screws nor nails are a hurricane clip. IT'S STILL FRAUD.

 

 

Pulte Homes need not apply

Looking for contractors to build this:

Pulte Homes need not apply:

http://www.hobb.org/content/view/3786/1/

Pulte Homes

the people who have been burned by Pulte Homes, but who don't speak out publicly, deserve what they get.


the people who don't know that Pulte Homes is a dishonest, reckless, and arrogant builder that builds shoddy houses and treats their customers poorly, because people who have been burned by Pulte Homes don't speak out publicly, and because Pulte Homes and their stooges spread lies all over the internet, DON'T deserve what they get.

How Pulte Homes treats their customers

http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/07/31/2152931/delay-and-more-delay-pultes-tactic.html

Delay and more delay Pulte's tactic on stucco

IslandPacket

IslandPacket The Island Packet

Published Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Updated Monday, July 30, 2012

We purchased our Sun City Hilton Head home in June 2006, and the builder began building our home in October.

Even before that, Pulte knew of the stucco issues and could have made the proper changes to the building process. This would have corrected the building procedures and saved so many of us from entering into a lawsuit to correct this problem.

Pulte has done nothing but delay, delay and delay, even to the point of initiating legislative action in the state Senate to eliminate our right to legal action in this matter. Thanks to our state senator, Tom Davis, and two hearings before a Judiciary subcommittee, that action failed. Now, after denial of motions brought by Pulte and South Carolina State Plastering, they have filed four appeals.

An estimated 4,300 homes have been built with improper flashing and control joints. Driving down Sun City Boulevard and throughout the side streets, one can see the homes with scaffolding on one or more sides as they are being repaired.

If it cared enough about its reputation as a builder, it would fix all of the stucco on all of the houses instead of this piecemeal job they are doing.

By the way, we were impressed that Pulte sent a court stenographer to take down every word the presenting attorney said at a recent meeting held to tell homeowners about the class action lawsuit. Even more impressive was the attempt to stop the attorney from presenting us information.

Thanks, Pulte.

Ralph and Linda Perkins
Sun City Hilton Head .

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Read more here: http://www.islandpacket.com/2012/07/31/2152931/delay-and-more-delay-pultes-tactic.html#storylink=cpy

Pulte Homes' puppet politicians

Feeding at the Pulte Homes trough

“It's a tough thing,” the mayor added. “I want you to know that this council supports your positions and we will do anything that we can do within our power, but our powers in this situation are limited. (Pulte) holds all the cards and we don't hold any.”  ( http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/northeast/news/article/Schertz-residents-appeal-Buy-back-our-houses-2456695.php )


Talk about your worthless government!


Don't sign a contract with Pulte Homes to build you a house.
You'll regret it if you do.
And, government won't help you a bit.
.
.

TX mayor: "Pulte holds all the cards and we don't hold any."

http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/northeast/news/article/Schertz-residents-appeal-Buy-back-our-houses-2456695.php

“It's a tough thing,” the mayor added. “I want you to know that this council supports your positions and we will do anything that we can do within our power, but our powers in this situation are limited. (Pulte) holds all the cards and we don't hold any.”

Scary, isn't it? when the government that's supposed to be representing you says: "Pulte  holds all the cards and we don't hold any.”

Scary, but true.

Don't sign a contract with Pulte Homes to build you a house.
You'll regret it if you do.
And, government won't help you a bit.

Don't believe anything that Pulte Homes says

http://www.mysanantonio.com/community/northeast/news/article/Schertz-residents-appeal-Buy-back-our-houses-2456695.php

Pulte Homes bought back sinkng houses with bad foundations at Sun City Hilton Head, SC. I know--I have a house there.

Don't believe anything that Pulte Homes says. Their SOP is to "deny, deny, deny" and "delay, delay, delay".

Good luck, homeowners--you've got it right--you can't "fix" a broken foundation--my civil engineering degree and 45+ years experience in engineering and construction have shown me that.

what ever happened with the VA & Pulte Homes?

The FBI and HUD are investigating Pulte Homes.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/FBI-HUD-investigating-Fairhaven-homebuilder-3700304.php

This not the first time that the federal government has investigated Pulte Homes -- for foundation problems -- in Texas -- more than a decade ago.

http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/archives/va-looks-into-pulte-homes-after-complaint/article_fb0f9ce4-fac2-5cbc-b9da-f52c61fac52d.html

What happened???

Is this another case of the federal government NOT looking out for veterans and other citizens? Who paid who?