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Linden Homes Eastern estate agents in Royston, Kirby Cross and St. Albans
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789 reviews across 3 offices and 2 platforms
Linden Homes Eastern has three offices, in Royston, Kirby Cross and St. Albans. Together they have 789 reviews on two platforms, rated 2.6 out of 5 overall.
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Linden Homes Eastern's three offices, most reviewed first. Each has its own page.
- Linden Homes Eastern RoystonLilburn Avenue, SG8 7FH740 reviews · 9 on Google (4.3)56 in the last 90 days
- Linden Homes Eastern Kirby CrossHalstead Road, CO13 0LR695 reviews · 23 on Google (3.8)56 in the last 90 days
- Linden Homes Eastern St. AlbansSmug Oak Lane, Bricket Wood, AL2 3PN8 reviews · 8 on Google (4.4)0 in the last 90 days
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Google1/5
TrustpilotYou will realise snag list is so high once you bought the house and they would not rectify them
I bought a 4bed show home in shinfield Medows in 2018. When I first got the keys , I realised bath shower curtain is missing. They have taken it to fix it to different house. There was a big snag list including tiles not fixed properly, bath, door frames, kitchen cupboards wrongly fit. You wouldn’t believe how bad the house was. I was waiting for so long them to rectify it. Time to time someone come and they would say they have brought the wrong door or it is a too much of big job. They have to come again. Still they have not rectified anything in to 5 years from buying the house. They will only be nice till you buy the house.
1/5
TrustpilotUseless company
Useless company. Changed estate plans after moved in with confirmation or signatures. No one wants to take ownership from Linden
3/5
TrustpilotThe worst Developer ever!!!!
The worst Developer ever!!!!Floods, leeks and no remorse off taking responsibility for them action.
1/5
Trustpilotterrible sales and awful after sale experience
They give no update to you about the sales process and then at the last minute they give you a final completion date and ask you to release the money. They do not think about all the prep work you have to do with bank and moving company etc.The sales people lie to your face, one day they say they would cover the flooring, after you give the offer and start the process they say "no all of these are extra you have to pay separately".After sale services, especially the call center is terrible. They even do not have a system of logging the cases and following them up. You will not be given a case number, just an emailbox where you keep sending mails. Expect an average of 6 to 9 months for any issues to be resolved. I would give them zero stars if that was an option.
1/5
TrustpilotVisited the partridge walk site at Stafford at…
Visited the partridge walk site at stafford to view 2 houses on the 30th Oct An elderly woman sat behind the desk made no attempt to engage with us we then walked around the site came back and still made no attempt. We are cash buyers looking around to buy .Left a bad taste as we like the look of the cypress house .Very disappointed with so called service
1/5
TrustpilotBrefunde aware
Be aware. Read small print. My wife and i put a deposit of £99. Down on a house. Thought that was the one for us. But didnt no less then 24hrs,we changed our minds, that was a month ago, just found out, they dont give refunds only on a £1000 a £100 isent much to them with cost of living you would think as a good conpany they would give you your money back. So make sure you dont hand, a deposit over unless you are a 100% sure. Your lose it descusting. These companys take it very qwick thoe. Thanks Lindin Mark Jordan.
1/5
TrustpilotAwful company
Awful company. Dealing with an NHBC claim on my house at the 9 year point and Linden (aka Vistry) will do everything in their power to deny any responsibility or reply in a reasonable time frame to legitimate concerns. Shocking. The claim has revealed the extremely poor standard of how their houses are built, I’m just thankful it appeared within the 10 year NHBC timeframe.
5/5
TrustpilotA wonderful experience with Linden Homes
I have just moved into my new home with Linden Homes at Crowborough in East Sussex. I have a wonderful experience. The Sales office team -Samantha Carey and Sharon Haycock are helpful, knowledgeable and patient.Excellent after sales service, the site manager Rob Cole and his team are very professional, outstanding and friendly. All snags of my new home have been sorted efficiently and promptly.I am extremely delighted. Thank you to all of the Linden team. Eric
1/5
TrustpilotAwful experience
Awful experience, no morals, sales people will lie through their teeth to get you to buy one of their cheaply made properties. Six months of delays. Constant miscommunication of build stages. They have no idea. Never again.
1/5
TrustpilotStoneleigh view Kenilworth
Shocking customer service! Non existent . bare faced liars and deceitful with sales particulars not being accurate. Pushy sales staff who String you along and waste your time and then ignore you! The experience has totally put me off buying an overpriced and cheaply built house.. lucky Escape
1/5
TrustpilotSave yourself the hassle
We moved into our home at the end of May, site staff were initially helpful in rectifying our snags, or at least we thought. Snags would get half fixed with a worker telling us that someone would be along later to fix once half the job was done. Some snags we would raise and the foremen/site management would tell us it was normal and nothing to worry about. This issue is mainly to do with mould in the kitchen/living room. It first appeared on the skirting board which a foreman said was nothing to worry about as he wiped it away. Due to our concern, they sent someone round to replace it and gave us a leaflet titled “how to live with moisture in your new home”…great. The mould however did return just in numerous places along at least 7 skirting boards and in our kitchen cupboards! The mould inside the cupboards has led to food being binned. The site management said they would look into it and help us which we fought for and eventually were told we would get a kitchen replacement as the mould was out of hand in the cupboards. This was about 2 months ago now and after at least 3 requests for an update, I finally had a visit today where I was told they would come round on Wednesday to take a moisture reading before ordering our replacement kitchen. 2 months ago we were told we would get a replacement and we were waiting on delivery yet today I’m told they will order it this week!We’ve had 2 industrial sized dehumidifiers in our kitchen for 3 weeks now which are a nuisance and are running up our electricity bill. Were told that Linden will pay the electricity for them but nothing has come of this. Other houses on the development have had similar issues and were in fact told that staff took their eye off the ball when their house was being built. Wow. Ultimately, we feel disrespected, frustrated and that we deserve our expensive house to be fit for purpose and not a health hazard. Speaks volumes that most of Linden's reviews are 1*.
1/5
TrustpilotBracebridge Manor - avoid
Buying a new build home, I do not expect the amount of mould we have encountered. The skirting boards are persistent with mould, we have cleaned them as instructed and it reappears. The kitchen cupboards are mouldy and damp. Their response ‘oh I’ve not seen this before’. Whilst they are replacing the cupboards, I have chased them for an update 3 times and have not received anything back. The lack of communication about this is shocking, especially since this is a health risk. Mould aside, we found plenty snags within the first couple of days, all were reported. We are still waiting for them to come and sort these out and it’s been 4 months.The site management appear to be at a disagreement about what needs doing, which is meaning we are not getting sorted. I also dont appreciate being belittled by the site management and sniggered at when I point out what’s wrong with the house. After we moved in, we saw a house on the estate with a sign in the window saying “can’t wait to sell up and leave” - we wish we saw this earlier so we wouldn’t buy from Linden.
2/5
TrustpilotBe careful about buying a new Linden home
I bought my new Linden home with my ex partner 10.5 years ago situated in a village near York.Over the years and just recently we have become aware of problems with the boundaries not being clearly defined which has the potential to cause serious problems with neighbours. For example at the front of our house we have a small front lawn measuring approximately 6.5 yards. by 4 with some small variation.The lawn is one entity and ends next to the neighbours driveway, there is no fence or a continuous line of shrubs to define a boundary. Just recently partly because the lawn had been dying for some time and efforts to make it grow had been unsuccessful we took the lawn up and replaced it with some new soil and planted small showy conifers and then laid 50 bags of good quality pebbles and it now looks fantastic. However it has been brought to our attention that we may have encroached onto our neighbours property in that even though in excess of 90% of the lawn is in from of our house a small section measuring approximately 1 yard by 4 yards belongs to the neighbours, this is misleading to say the least and a solicitor has said that in his opinion it is downright stupid of the builders to do this. The neighbours next door did not realise this either because they did nothing with that part of what appears to be our lawn and we spent money cutting it and maintaining it with water and feed etc for 10.5 years. In our opinion the 'boundary' should have been marked with a fence, or some other material which would have made it obvious to both sets of neighbours who that small area of lawn actually belonged to and who was actually responsible for maintaining it. Our neighbours did not maintain it for 10.5 years and they have only just become aware of it because of a pathetic and jealous neighbour !It also means that in order to gain access to the east side of our detached house we have to go onto their property which is a ludicrous situation we find ourselves in. In our opinion (our meaning my wife) Linden homes have acted foolishly and not applied any common. sense in doing what they have done. If we need to access the east side of our house wall in order to maintain or repair anything we have to be aware that we could be trespassing on someone else's property!!! What a ridiculous situation all because the builders have not applied basic common sense We are also unhappy with Linden in that numerous things in the house have been done using very cheap materials which in a relatively short time break down, i.e light switches which have all had to be replaced at some considerable cost, toilet flushing systems which leak water after flushing and keep leaking thereafter ( potentially very expensive where water meters are in use) not to mention the cost of replacing them £150 each at minimum , upvc window handles which break down within a few years, there are other problems too which I wont go into here.In short I would advise anybody thinking about purchasing a Linden home to think very carefully before doing so and if I had my time again before buying this house I would have asked for a £10 to15000 discount to make up for all the costs and inconvenience that owning this house has cost me.
5/5
TrustpilotBrindley Edge
We reserved our plot on the Brindley Edge site of Linden Homes in August, sales assistants were great and very accommodating when picking our options and upgrades. We moved into our home in April 2023 with slight snagging issues. Denis from customer care has been outstanding and is always there to help and fix any issues. Small issues he will get them sorted straight away and even do them for you there and then. The larger jobs he is straight on it and arranges for them to be sorted when he is with you. Cannot recommend Linden Homes enough especially the staff at Brindley Edge!
5/5
TrustpilotGreat experience with Linden Homes
Had a great experience recently with Linden Homes at the Copsewood development. Site manager Scott and his team were outstanding. Scott's hands-on approach to resolving the few snags at my house was impressive. He is also a very friendly person to work with. I would highly recommend their services.
1/5
TrustpilotThanks but no!
Let’s start on the positives - the salesperson at the site was very accommodating and good to deal with. The rest was awful. We were going to px our house. We expected a lowball offer, but not 20% less than our valuation from local estate agents. Still we figured it would be less effort than trying to sell, yet we came home to our historic house having had signs screwed to our wall without permission. Twice. The “incentives” were pulled because it had already had grass laid and bits asses which we didn’t want (which is never worth £10k!).In the end after much effort and complaints we pulled out and got our deposit back and pulled the plug. I’d avoid.
1/5
TrustpilotDO NOT BUY A LINDEN HOME!
Bought my flat as new build four years ago. It’s clear that Linden do not invest in build quality or safety. The place is falling apart. They installed an Orona light duty lift as the only lift in the whole complex and of course it is constantly breaking down because it’s not fit for purpose. There are leaksWe rarely have hot water because they appear to have installed a job lot of boilers that are all obsolete so it’s cheaper to buy a new boiler than try and source a new part. The central heating does not work.How they got the design of the building through fire safety regulations I don’t know. We are at one end of the corridor while the fire escape and lift are at the other end. If there’s a fire in one of the five flats between, we’re doomed. The main entrance door has never closed properly meaning anyone can come in …and they do. We have been burgled. My neighbours have been burgled. On top of that, thieves came in and helped themselves to a job lot of bikes in the bike storage because obviously the locking mechanism on the storage did not work. The finishing in the flat feels cheap and nasty. Linden? Never again!
1/5
TrustpilotWe bought a Linden Home property and…
We bought a Linden Home property and have had ongoing issues with leaks for years. All my neighbours have reported the same issues. Today when the plumber came to look at a shower tray he confirmed that the pipework underneath was an absolute joke and does not meet UK standards. The tray was also not sealed in. The buildings warranty won't cover this either. I would recommend to steer clear of this developer as I've read so many stories about leaks and shoddy pipework.
1/5
TrustpilotAvoid Linden Homes
Avoid Linden Homes, once they have your money they don't care about fixing problems.
1/5
TrustpilotSo many problems and issues unresolved
STAY WELL CLEAR. So many problems and issues unresolved. Lack of communication and really poor service. Would not recommend people buying these houses.Cheap materials used, short cuts taken and end up costing a lot more to rectify.
1/5
TrustpilotAvoid buying at all costs.
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1/5
TrustpilotNon existent upkeep of management of development
Don’t hand over the maintenance management to FirstPort
5/5
TrustpilotI have been so impressed with Linden…
I have been so impressed with Linden Homes from the sales team to the site team i can't find fault at all. Very professional from start to finish and a very smooth process. Been in our new home over 6 months now and only had a couple of minor snags which got seen to straight away. Thank you Linden Homes.
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Questions about Linden Homes Eastern
Which Linden Homes Eastern office has the most reviews?
Royston has the most, with 740 reviews rated 2.5 out of 5, followed by Kirby Cross with 695.
Where are the Linden Homes Eastern offices?
The three Linden Homes Eastern offices, by town:
- Kirby Cross: Halstead Road, Kirby Cross, CO13 0LR
- Royston: Lilburn Avenue, Royston, SG8 7FH
- St. Albans: Smug Oak Lane, Bricket Wood, St. Albans, AL2 3PN
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