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Avant Homes Midlands estate agents in Derby and Swadlincote

3.7

★★★★★ Good

1,827 reviews across 2 offices and 2 platforms

Avant Homes Midlands has two offices, in Derby and Swadlincote. Together they have 1,827 reviews on two platforms, rated 3.7 out of 5 overall.

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3.2 / 5

66

Reviews on Google

All 2 offices

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1,761

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5/5

Trustpilot

We recently purchased a 4 bed detached

We recently purchased a 4 bed detached (mulbridge) home at Vanbrugh gate. Having been through a new build purchase before we thought we knew what to expect but dealing with avant has been a totally different experience. Talking to experienced, professional people who know how to manage expectations and deal with queries has been of huge benefit to us throughout what has not been a straightforward process (through no fault of avant or our own). Everything explained in a straightforward manner with no hidden surprises. I can't speak highly enough of Julie, Graham, Bill, Lisa and Michelle who have been fantastic, all are true assets to the brand. Very minimal snags and after 3 weeks of being most are fixed. We'll done guys, keep up the good work!

Jon · 15 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Poor customer service and useless

Poor customer service especially in SHELTONE VILLAGE site. They always saying it’s standard but once you ask them provide the written documents they can’t provide at all. We got an issue in front door and they came twice but still can’t sort out. They advised their contractor to put a tissue paper where any suspected air coming from out once it moves definitely there is an issues. Follow what given instruction and took video sent to them that tissue is moving but still they saying it’s standard.

Jay · 14 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Google

Worst experience ever .please stay away from these people My friend Dr.Afaq saleem has bought a 3 bedroom house here and the quality of everything is so bad .washrooms started leaking,doors started breaking and many more within 3 moths .On top of that they have been not helpful at all at fixing the stuff .it feels so bad looking at my friend repenting why he had bought from these people .He is so stressed out .stay away guys from these Worst quality of houses and all material

Asad · 12 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Derby

5/5

Trustpilot

Avant home at Cygnet Park, North Tyneside

The whole experience from reserving the plot to completion at their Cygnet Park site (North Tyneside) has been excellent and, although hopefully I won't need to purchase another house in the future, I would definitely buy an Avant home again. Both sales advisors I dealt with during this process (Jess McGowan and Jordan Owens) have been extremely helpful by answered all my questions and making sure I was updated regularly on the building progress. Now that I have completed, I am very happy with the house as well as the standard of workmanship and only noticed a few very minor snagging issues (mainly paint touch-ups). Jason the site manager has been outstanding during and after the house demo as well as an absolute pleasure to deal with answering all my questions in great details. I'd also like to mention and thank Lisa Johnson at the regional office for her responsiveness and her support liaising with my solicitor which ensured there were not legal delays in the sales process. Finally, despite the current challenges with material supply, my house was completed on time and according to the schedule presented to me when I reserved. What a great team at Cygnet Park! A very happy customer!

Nathalie · 11 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

5/5

Trustpilot

Highly Recommend

I would highly recommend Avant homes to anyone looking for a new home. We have had a couple of small issues, nothing serious but quickly resolved by site or customer care. I would like to thank Michelle from Customer Care as she has kept us updated throughout , and even calling when passing to see if everything is still ok. Really pleased with the experience.

LW · 10 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Disappointing

From the piont of purchase then delays to the build followed by months and months of snagging due to carelessness and what can only be described as shoddy workmanship... The whole Avant experience has been woefully underwhelming. If any of my friends or colleagues asked me about Avant I would recommend they try another house builder to spend their hard earned money with.

Davy · 10 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

5/5

Trustpilot

First house

The move-in date was delayed a few months however this was due to covid and brexit reasons and probably couldn’t be helped. Other than this I had excellent help from the site manager and deputy and everything I asked for and more was sorted by them, they were very helpful and made moving into my first house very easy!

Michael · 10 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Google

If only i had an option for zero star. Worst experience ever,since we have moved here in uk all our friends have bought homes with different housing societies/builders and for all of them the worst experience we had was with Avant homes. My humble friend bought house with Avant and has been facing problems from day to day basis ,for someone with 1st home he had a terrible experience from the start. Initially he was told that the fridge /washer/oven cannot be included in the property as it has passed the building stage. However when we visited the property the fridge and oven were integrated already with wrong doors and wrong kitchen top. They then agreed to change.Delaying the move in date. This does not stop here, doors were damages-and he has still been trying to get it changed after a year Having said that-started having water leak from the toilet For which till date more then 10visits are done -wasting of time and still problem is not fixed. He is totally frustrated and drained now. I strongly recommend NOT TO BUY any new house with Avant. They might look fancy to you but they are s***holes!

Azfar · 10 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Derby

5/5

Trustpilot

Dargavel village

Can’t recommend Avant homes and especially our sales advisor Colina enough! My move to dargavel village was smooth from start to finish, with all the little added extras and them going the extra mile, colina was so helpful and supportive during the buying/after sale process and was always available to answer any questions and cater for my needs with Constant communication which made everything so easy for myself! Now to make happy family memories in my new beautiful house, thanks again!

Stacey · 9 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Horrific !!! Do not buy !!!!!

Horrific !!!! Do not buy one of these houses,2 Years of non stop terrible tradesmen in your house, (Manhattans own kitchen fitter is only skilled trades to have visited I would say) Our home has had , Replacement front door as you could not lock it, flooring that just parted itself the whole length of the house, Replacement bi-fold doors, Replacement bath, Replacement kick boards, Kitchen sink that never fitted in the hole cut for it, miss-drilled spotlights in kitchen and atrociously filled, 10 plus attempts at tiling bathroom and En-suite, They then proceeded to damage shower tray, toilet seat and ruin flooring, we are in the process of getting our own tiler to put it right its that bad, massive bulge in main wall that had to be re plastered, leaks on heating system, miss-matched door handles, garden so ramped it was unusable, loose banister, bedroom floor cut so short you could put your hand into wall cavity, intumescent strip that just falls out of garage fire door, missing bricks in gable end, garage door that never closed by 20mm (3 attempts at that) Guttering fell off, Terrible decorating, Stairs that squeaked terribly, the list go's on and on, I would say I had a 3 page list of snagging in the first day of ownership, the site has been finished a fair while and still no roads, constantly digging up sewers and putting cameras down them, Never again, if you have reserved get your money back and buy from another builder.

Sean · 9 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

5/5

Trustpilot

We have recently bought a house at…

We have recently bought a house at Sommervile village Stockton on Tees.I our opinion the Sales advisor Angela Kingsley has been amazing at every stage of the purchase.Whenever we raised any issues she would get them sorted straightaway.Can not complain about anything.Keep providing excellent service to others as you did yo us.Thanks

Damian · 7 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

5/5

Trustpilot

I visited Peerfields site this weekend…

I visited Peerfields site this weekend and was met by Regional Sales Advisor, Joanna Taylor. From the outset Joanna was attentive to my needs and advised perfectly. Such a personal, yet professional service from Joanna.Thank you!!!

Gareth · 6 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Brutal experience

If you are thinking about buying an Avant house please don’t. Really don’t even bother as behind the smart designs they are utterly brutal to deal with.The concept of customer service is totally lost on them. They don’t have any common decency and fail at every single thing that’s asked of them.Imagine having a simple room to paint and phoning a painter. Then that painter taking 3 years to paint the room, eventually doing it in the wrong colour then blaming you for switching his tins around.That kinda what dealing with Avant is like.Wouldn’t wish them on my worst enemy.

Stuart · 5 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Had our home for almost three years …

Had our home for almost three years …. Leaks from pipes and the roof - fake chimney leaked through four times. Almost all tapes blown on plaster surfaces, hundreds of nail pops, not forgetting the damaged toilet the boiler British Gas told us failed it’s health check, broken bifolds, scratched glass, damaged stair post the list sadly goes on. May be almost 100 days of snagging and could have gone for more but no one likes having the constant disruption. Poor quality and poor customer service. (I almost forgot - two years to fix the ensuite shower…. No flirting for months whilst it continued to leak) audible sigh …

Paul · 4 June 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

3/5

Trustpilot

Love the house but Avant could do more

We love our house and so glad we moved to the area we did. General Avant have been great just a few issue that as we come up to living in the house for a nearly year are still to be retecified and we a re struggling to get them repaired.Some issue we have been told it is what it is and Avant are not not going to do anything we have now gone down the official complaints over one of our issues.

James · 29 May 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

2/5

Trustpilot

A painful experience trying to get all…

A painful experience trying to get all of the snagging sorted. After 4 months the customer liason officer has told me to report the outstanding issues to the warranty team, even though these issues were reported after the first few days of being in the property. Poor tarmac installation has been blamed on me having to use power steering to turn my vehicle.Very hard to communicate with site agents, and poor customer service.

Mr · 27 May 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Major issues with quality of fittings and workmanship…

Apart from numerous minor issues we have had 5 major issues that have impacted us over the last 8 months since moving in. 1. Burst water main pipe the day we moved in no water unable to flush toilet or use other facilities 3 days to fix 2. Sewage flooding downstairs toilet /hallway and ongoing issues with broken sewage pipe underground for a period of 3 weeks 3. Badly fitted door and frame causing draughts all over winter 35 weeks to replace. 4. 10mtr x 2 mtr wall damaged by digger only to reveal it had not been built correctly so all wall and foundations in process of being replaced delaying our garden project and adding cost. 5.Some of our land has been used for Avant storage and we have been informed that it will not be until Aug '22 before we get landscaped and handed over to us 11 months after purchasing the house (we should charge them rent !!) Over the last 8 months it has been very stressful and time consuming, we have had so much disruption when we should have been enjoying our retirement in our new house and summer in our completed garden

Gina · 27 May 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

1/5

Trustpilot

Terrible experience

THE FACTS: Viewed in May 2021 and we were told it would be ready for December. 2021. Once we Paid the reservation fee they then said it would be January to April 2021. Avant put pressure on us to exchange in September and complete in January. We kept our part of the bargain and moved into rented…it’s now end of May 2022 and still the roof has not been completed. We are now in the situation that we are looking to go for a third mortgage offer which because of interest rates will cost us another £300 per month plus we loose the redemption penalty from our original mortgage of £5000. A house should take on average 26 weeks to build but it’s looking like ours is going to be nearer 52 weeks. THE EXPERIENCE: When we reserved we were told the spec was changing but they couldn’t tell us what it was, as Head Office had not confirmed it yet…stupidly this should have been a warning sign. The spec on the website was not updated so in fact was misleading! We have tried to complain but no-one seems to take action. We have had no care or compensation for the delays instead were told…’if you are not happy then you can walk away’. UNBELIEVABLE…this is a huge investment. You get better service when you do your weekly shop! My solicitor was emailed last week to say completion would be end of June and then this week it’s now the end of July. We sold a lovely 4 bedroom home for what we thought would be our dream home…instead it’s been a stressful, frustrating and to top it off we are loosing out financially. AVANT LOOK AT YOUR REVIEWS THEY ARE POOR…LOOK AFTER YOUR CUSTOMERS THATS WHAT MAKES YOU SALES AND GENERATES PROFIT.

Sarah · 25 May 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Swadlincote

2/5

Trustpilot

Terrible customer service

Love our home but terrible customer service. We have been in our house a year now and still waiting on repairs etc. we have continuously chased it up however never get anywhere. We have been in touch with NHBC and awaiting reply. We had a baby in October 2021 and one of the main complaints was our bedroom being Absolutly freezing (particularly in the winter) we complained all through the winter especially because our baby was in the room with us and the temperature dropped to minus. Still nothing was done about it, we are still waiting for this problem to be fixed. Absolutely shocking service from AVANT. They are quick enough to take your money 🙈 We would not recommend

Leanne · 25 May 2022 · Avant Homes Midlands Derby

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Which Avant Homes Midlands office has the most reviews?

Derby has the most, with 1,745 reviews rated 3.7 out of 5, followed by Swadlincote with 1,667.

Where are the Avant Homes Midlands offices?

The two Avant Homes Midlands offices, by town:

  • Derby: Cotchett Village, Derby, DE3 0DN
  • Swadlincote: Cadley Village, Moonstone Way, Swadlincote, DE11 0BB

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