Lennar buyers flood TikTok with cracked foundations and mold as defect lawsuits pile up

The most-watched clip comes from a homeowner in Celina, Texas, who posts as TexpatBBQ. His walkthrough has passed 10.6 million views, according to the Post. He traces a crack about an inch wide that climbs the brick facade from slab level almost to the roof, then shows a tub faucet pulling out of the wall and doors that no longer close. He says the house is still under Lennar's 10-year warranty, and that after company inspectors visited he got an email calling the damage "purely cosmetic" and not structural. Lennar later said online that it was in direct contact with him. His newer posts mention a third inspection and a report from his own structural engineer.

Owners in Austin and Houston have posted foundation cracks found under lifted tile and mold they say made their houses unlivable within two years. One East Austin owner showed a level reading that puts her kitchen floor over an inch above the floor at her front door, and complained that Lennar sent a customer service representative instead of an engineer.

The videos land on top of litigation. The Seminole Tribe of Florida sued Lennar in Broward County circuit court in March 2025 over 552 homes on tribal land, alleging defects that bred humidity, mold and illness. Lennar denies wrongdoing and says it offered a comprehensive repair plan. Late last month the builder filed claims against dozens of subcontractors in that case, arguing they owe it damages if it is found liable, Law360 reported. Homeowners in a Lennar subdivision in California filed suit in October over cracked concrete and leaking pipes, putting the damage at $1 million or more. A South Carolina couple's proposed class action, filed in April 2024, blames a sagging second floor on a faulty I-joist.

Lennar relies on arbitration clauses to keep such disputes out of open court. South Carolina's Supreme Court held in 2022 that Lennar's arbitration clause was unconscionable and could not be enforced.