Posted on: October 1, 2025, 05:02h.
Last updated on: September 30, 2025, 11:47h.
- Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas homeowners claim their homes were poorly built
- A prominent Las Vegas attorney is prepping a class action lawsuit against the planned community’s contractor
Since 2020, hundreds of thousands of people moved to Las Vegas and Southern Nevada seeking a more favorable tax environment and a bustling economy based on tourism and casino gambling, though the latter benefit has slowed in 2025. If you’re considering joining the migrating flock, a group of homeowners in a posh gated community has a word to the wise.
In a forthcoming lawsuit, a handful of property owners claim the Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas homes they purchased were hastily and shoddily constructed. Nevada law mandates that homeowners who have grievances about a newly constructed home give the builder 90 days to make repairs or deny responsibility.
Speaking with FOX5 Las Vegas, attorney Norberto Cisneros, who is representing five disgruntled Del Webb Las Vegas homeowners, says that time has passed.
They believe they bought a wonderful home, and instead they bought a lemon. You have cracking in the drywall. They have repaired it twice. It has come back each time, and gets worse,” Cisneros told FOX5 at a home his client purchased for $1.3 million.
Cisneros has decades of experience representing class action construction defects and real estate dispute claims. Cisneros says he will soon file a class action lawsuit on the Del Webb Lake Las Vegas homeowners’ behalf.
Lake Las Vegas is in Henderson, 14 air miles east of the Strip.
PulteGroup, the residential contracting firm that built the Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas homes about five years ago, stands by its construction.
“We stand behind the quality of homes we deliver. We are actively engaged with homeowners in assessing their concerns and addressing warranty-related repairs to their homes,” a statement read.
Las Vegas Lemons
During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, through 2023, Nevada gained almost 400K new residents. Most of the incomers established residency in Southern Nevada, specifically, Clark County, home to Las Vegas and Henderson.
Nevada has many appeals, including no state income tax. Neighboring California levies a state income tax as high as 13.1%. Nevada is also famed for its climate, with more than 320 days of sunshine a year.
In the immediate aftermath of the coronavirus, Las Vegas was booming, as pent-up demand for travel and entertainment, paired with the federal government’s stimulus programs, resulted in record casino revenue and leisure spending. An abundance of jobs and a better cost of living attracted many working-class families from California.
Nevada also became a hotbed for retirees and 55+ active adults. Del Webb, which caters to such demographics, bet on a migration to Southern Nevada just before the coronavirus hit.
Construction on Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas began in 2019. Today, the master-planned community includes 461 single-story, single-family homes across three collections. The soon-to-be plaintiffs Cisneros is representing include homeowners in Collection III, the most luxurious, spacious, and costly Del Webb at Lake Las Vegas pads.
Casino Webb
Del Webb was no stranger to Las Vegas.
In the early 1940s, mobster Bugsy Siegel hired Webb to construct the Flamingo hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip. Webb would later purchase the Sahara Nevada Corporation, which owned and operated the Sahara and since-defunct Mint properties. The Mint is today part of Binion’s in downtown Las Vegas.
