Linden Homes Eastern estate agents in Royston, Kirby Cross and St. Albans

★★★★★ 5/5

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Susan · 28 March 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 2/5

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To many different couler brickes

Paul · 28 March 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don't waste your money or time

Where to begin! Initially I was blown away by Lindens and their great sales team. I was so chuffed when I moved in and couldn't wait to settle in to my new home. However I quickly realised as soon as I moved in that they had missed something very vital out of their sales pitch. This was relating to the HIU (community heating system). I had no idea what this was when I moved in. Why is this? Because they missed out a vital document in my solicitors pack which explained exactly what this was and there was no mention AT ALL before purchasing that my property was one of the ones that had to be apart of the HIU! I raised a complaint, this was dismissed and none of my points were addressed or responded too. Wishy washy answers to deflect the real issue. Because of this missing info I was informed correctly when buying the property just how much my bills would cost. I was never told at the time of selecting my property 'oh btw this one run on a community heating system', I went ahead and purchased the property unequipped with the correct information and now my monthly gas bills are £300pm!!! My shower leaked - they had to rip out my ensuite and 2 weeks later I am still waiting for it to be finished. The neighbour upstairs is insanely loud, the floor boards creak and every step he takes the light fittings rattle. They do everything they can to avoid responsibility and no offer of compensation to put things right. Apparently Linden homes are one of the better ones, well if thats true, we all have no hope!

Deanna · 22 March 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Terrible experience at Bracken Grange

Danielle in the sales team was really helpful and you could see she wanted to do her best for customers, the same can’t be said for the site team.I was very close to exchanging contracts on plot 192 when I discovered that there was damp and mould on the internal wall of the main bedroom, living room and kitchen. I was asked to go and speak to the Site Manager regarding the mould, when I arrived at the property it had been painted over and apparently “treated” however there was no evidence of this. The Site Manager told me that water had got in the internal wall before the roof went on and that this caused the damp.I explained that unless the plaster boards were changed I wouldn’t go ahead with the sale as the mould would obviously come back, he said that changing the boards “would be a nightmare at this stage”.I then escalated this and sent across photos that I had taken of the mould, and it was agreed via email by Management that the plaster boards would need to be changed, and they asked if I would exchange contracts. I stated that I would not be exchanging until I saw evidence of the work being completed. I was then asked to go to the site to speak to a Contracts Manager, who told me that the plaster boards wouldn’t be getting changed because this would cost them £10k and they would lose profit on the house. I decided not to proceed with completing the sale due to how badly this mould issue was handled by the site team, and the fact that they weren’t willing to rectify it. The whole experience wasted weeks of my time, and money. Linden Homes were happy to sell me a house knowing there was a damp problem, and the only reason they covered it over when they did was because I had discovered the mould issue by chance when I asked for access to the property. They are now happy to pass the mould problem unresolved over to the next unsuspecting buyer.Linden Homes agreed to refund my reservation fee and deposit I had paid for fitted wardrobes, however not my solicitor fees, so I am around £1500 out of pocket due to a serious damp/mould issue that they couldn’t be bothered to rectify properly.I would advise anybody thinking of buying plot 192 at Bracken Grange to get a thorough independent damp inspection, however based on my experience, I would actually advise people to avoid this company altogether.

Rhianne · 17 March 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Shocking after sales service

Once Linden Homes have your money, they seem to wash their hands of youThe day we moved in we reported five windows scratched and 10 months later, they still haven’t been replaced and we’ve had numerous excuses every time we have chased. They have not taken the lead on this at all. We have had to chase themThe gas hob wasn’t working properly, and we were told we had to report it to the manufacturers. Their assessment was it was how it was fitted. Linden Homes disagreed with this?As expected, we have had settlement cracks however these cracks are, in our opinion, are excessive in quantity and size. However, Linden Homes will not do anything about them unless they are the width of a pound coin. We even have large cracks on the stairs which third-party builders that have been in our home have stated it’s poor workmanshipIf I was able to put pictures up, I would attach them for everyone to see the quality We even had a built-in oven that we couldn’t use, because it was meant to be for a undercounter not eyelevel. Again, we had to fight to get that changed. We’ve had issues with the dishwasher turning itself on and off. We’ve had issues with the washing machine despite the high cost of their homes, they provide low-cost appliances, unless you upgrade and pay. Linden Homes customer service after care, not proactive you have to chase them and they never get back to you when they say they will. Even after speaking with shaunagh in customer service and copying Sarah Speerings in on emails they still don’t seem to care that we are not happy after spending £635,000 on our home. To say we are disappointed is an understatement think twice before buying a Linden Homes property.

Marie · 16 March 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Poor craftsmanship and customer…

Poor craftsmanship and customer service. I have now been living in my home for two years and finally have the funds to repair the botched jobs done from the builders.To start when we moved in we chose to install our own flooring and we had plastic and dirt left all over the floor despite being told they had a ‘professional cleaner’ in. We had several snags such as:Poor painting almost everywhere - skirting boards looked as though the brush was dipped in sand. Dents all over the walls.Toilet seats were broken - someone came to fix them then they broke again. Leaking shower screen - this was repaired multiple times and still leaked and has now ruined my flooringBroken electrical sockets.Poor grout in shower - never fixedEven though we had tradesmen come out to fix some of these issue they weren’t to a good standard and I have ended up having to fix things myself.Overall I would not buy again with the poor finish. A new build home has no excuse to be done poorly so please sort this out!

Miss · 15 March 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Disgusting customer service

Disgusting customer service, the basics of human decency have been long forgotten with thisMoney grabbing bunch. Avoid them if at all possible there are better house builders and for sure you will get better customer service from rats although I feel that may be insulting to rats - avoid if you want to be treated like a human being or kept informed - I mean it’s only the biggest purchase you ever make after all - if slap dash service with linden homes always winning then go for it - if not avoid at all costs - totally disgusted with this company.

Tina · 27 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 4/5

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Helpful staff from start to end of…

Helpful staff from start to end of buying/moving in process. Good support once moved in as well. We didn't have a perfect buying process but I don't think any house purchase goes without a few bumps. This was mainly due to a new member of staff who didn't seem to know the process so we missed out on selecting some extras and I assume Linden missed out on extra income. The replacement sales staff were excellent. Regardless, the property was built and completed on time. The site team aftercare has been good, despite a number of minor snags to be resolved. You have to expect snags on any new build and equally have to expect disruption when they are fixed.

Vicci · 25 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Beware

Beware. If you have issues then customer services do not want to help. I had to top my boiler up for the past year or so, and I thought nothing of it as there was no visible leaks, until I noticed that the pipework in the tank cupboard was leaking. Phoned customer services up and it was agreed with one woman that although I was out of warranty by 6 weeks they would send a plumber round. Rang back next day as I hadn't heard anything, to be told they're doing nothing as its out of warranty. Another problem is that my front door has been hitting the frame since we moved in, and they have been out to it 3 times to try and fix it, which works temporarily then it goes back to hitting the frame again, you can see in the photos that the door isn't square in the frame. But as I'm outside of the two year warranty now no one wants to know. I have fixed the leaking pipe myself, because Linden are too rubbish to help a customer over the sake of 6 weeks outside of warranty. The door, I guess I'll have to pay for someone to come and fit one properly so it doesn't hit the door frame.

S.pawneygmail.com · 21 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Arranged for a viewing at Linden Homes…

Arranged for a viewing at Linden Homes Site at Retford for 12noon Sunday 5th February 2023.We arrived at 1130am and waited for a representative to arrive. No one turned up. We left at 1245pm. How unprofessional of this Company. 60 mile round trip for nothing.

Alan · 5 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Awful. Be aware Linden homes Vistry Group

Awful.We bought a new build because we wanted an easy life having spent 10 years renovating a very old house. We should have known when we were not permitted to see the house (in the three months they knocked it up in) that things weren’t great, but we were excited about the new build experience. Laughable. It’s cost us multiples of hundreds of pounds to rectify issues in the home.We are nearly two years in and we are still waiting for painting, glossing to be done. Everything is poor. Report it to customer service you say? Good luck with that. Linden homes (Vistry) send cowboys that make it worse rather than fixing it. Linden homes send them for two hours at a time weeks apart. So by the time you’ve cleaned up after them (sanding dust everywhere, they don’t close doors, sealant wiped all over furniture, up kitchen units etc) your back at again. Issues were on the snag list, multiple issues have occurred since, repeatedly reported to customer service. Still no resolve. When my other half rang this week and suggested they use cowboys in their social media the customer service lady laughed! She proceeded to say it would be another 2 weeks before somebody would come to assess.

Nikki · 3 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Appalling! Avoid from every angle!!!

Nothing but problems since day one! Even a site manager told us he wouldn't live in this house!!! Been here over a year now and still having works and repairs done. It's an absolute shambles! Over 2 page list of problems with it! No one takes responsibility or liability for anything what so ever ... Absolutely shocking. Hated living here since day one!

J.s · 1 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Ruined our New build experience. Please avoid!

The houses are built so poor and cheap! We have had no end of problems with Linden homes who is owned by Vistry group. Eastern area.We have listed 30 problems since moving into our home less than a year ago.I wish I had never bought our new home with them, their customer service is awful and so impersonal, you're just another number to them and they always blame the tenant for problems. We speak with Nicola and Victoria from Vistry Groups and have had so many issues with no communication. You're constantly chasing. Please do not buy with them.

Miss · 1 February 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Be warned

Be warned, STAY WELL AWAY. The worst New Home I have every purchased. Shocking build quality with endless snagging list and with Linden Homes in no particular hurry to rectify. Do yourself a favour and leave well alone. Bunch of Cowboys.

Mr · 25 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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DO YOUR RESEARCH - DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE!!

The Build quality is atrocious, customer services team are even worse. I can’t believe that in this day and age, companies like this are allowed to trade. They lie, overpromise and don’t deliver and don’t return calls. This has been ongoing for two years plus. Our home is currently on the market and two of the three toilets are blocked yet again due to inadequate drainage. Google this before you buy and you will see the truth about Vistry Homes/Linden Homes.

Richard · 19 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 5/5

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Amazing team at Kirkleatham Green!

A great experience from start to finish! Ben, Jack and Karl have been amazing throughout and made the whole experience really enjoyable. Really friendly and helpful people who put me at ease from the start and went above and beyond to make sure everything went right.Really happy with the house and the estate is lovely as well. You can tell Ben, Jack and Karl are really customer focussed and want the estate and the homes to be great for the customers, and its shown in the build quality and the success of the estate. Thanks a lot for everything! So glad I decided buy my first home with you!

Josh · 16 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 5/5

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Fantastic team on kirkletham…

In buying a linden home on kirkletham green, I have found the whole experience great, Ben jack, Karl and kev have been helpful from start to finish, yes we have had snags to get completed but that was to be expected, but working together we have solved most, we had no internet for 6 weeks (due to open reach) but Ben and Jack let us use there dongle for the whole time. Nothing is too much trouble.If I was to put a suggestion forward for the company it would be to have a team of work people who can do your snags when your home but when you work Monday to Friday this is not the case at the moment. Ben jack Karl and kev keep doing what your doing and thank you for making our move into our forever home a good decision.

Claire · 15 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 5/5

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Kirkleatham green

We moved onto Kirkleatham Green in November our experience has been great don't get me wrong we had a good list of snags to get completed but most are complete now and that's because of the great staff that work for Linden homes to mention a few,Ben and Jack from sales are very professional and nothing is to much trouble they go above and beyond to sort any issues out for you also Karl and Kevin site managers are very customer focused and you can call on them at anytime and they will sort any issues out for you.The people I have mentioned have become like our second family and I feel like we have known each other for years please carry on doing what use are doing and hopefully everyone who moves on this site will have a great experience like we did.

Michael · 15 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Uncontrollable leak in our new build

After logging a leak coming through our bay window in our new build on 2nd November, we’re still waiting for a repair.No contractor has been sent out to attend the leak and we now have water pooling in through our ceiling, pulling off the plaster and damaging our floor. What can I say - their team are helpful when they’re on site and want you to rate them highly in their customer satisfaction surveys. But when there’s a real issue, their customer service team aren’t exactly responsive. I sat on hold for over an hour to the out of hours emergency line and no answer.

S · 14 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

★★★★★ 4/5

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Willow Woods, Ely

Just moved into the new Willow Woods development in Ely. Very happy with our home. Damien & the sales team have been great and the Site Manager Mike is super helpful, considerate and professional. Couple of small snags but nothing major and house looks great. Knocked off a star for how Head Office handled an issue with our part exchange. I thought that was cheap of them and we nearly pulled out but glad we didn’t as love the house and the area. Fingers crossed the love continues, will update if it doesn’t but for now, we would definitely recommend.

Nones · 6 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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I moved in my first home at the end of September

I moved in my first home at the end of September and even since there has been nothing but problems. The first day I moved in, my fob to get into the communal entrance was broken so I had to ask a neighbour to let me in which is very frustrating. When I walked into my home there was a massive hole in the wall and dirt all over the floor which the builders left, Linden Homes acted confused and said they ‘didn’t know it was there’ I then had to wait over a week for this to be rectified. The lock on my front room window was broken so I wasn’t able to open it let alone close it, in the freezing cold months it was causing my property to be extremely cold throughout. The estate agent asked a builder to come and fix this, they never showed up the first time, when they eventually did it was even managed to be fixed - the window is still broken 4 months later. The lift was out of service for around 3 weeks after I moved in, surely this is what I am paying my service charge for? Linden homes never informed me on the bin shed code, so I have had to ask around and eventually find out from an on site builder what the code is, this is basic information which I should have found out on the day I moved in. I was given the incorrect water supplier so I have been awaiting a letter from them which obviously never arrived as it was the incorrect company. The entire process has been a nightmare, the communication and professionalism is awful. I would not recommend at all!

Ella · 6 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Manor View East Grinstead 4-bed

Manor View East Grinstead 4-bedOverall we are very happy with the new home.The quality of the build is very good. We had it inspected by a 3rd party and though there are some minor snags, there are no major issues. We've been in for 3 weeks now. Linden have been in touch and proactive on any issues so far.We love the house and compared to what we viewed prior to this it is about 10% cheaper than others we looked at in the same area and much better with an incredible view.Customer service initially was not good at all. Mainly that e-mails and phone calls never got answered, Donna would not answer my calls and never answered my e-mails. I would have to go into the sales office on site on most occasions.However, since Alex arrived in the office, she always comes back to me and has been very helpful. Clive, the Site Manager is also great - both are a pleasuer to deal with.We are first-time buyers, being a new build under construction when we exchanged was unusual but we got to chose all our own features and extras and are really happy with the result.

Daniel · 4 January 2023 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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Worst property and service

The quality of the property I bought from LH is awful, worst one I’ve ever seen. Never buy from them, customer service was good in the beginning, once you changed your contract, no anyone replies you anymore. Site manager is just a liar who can do nothing for thousands snagging issues.Don’t buy from them, don’t trust them, they just wants your money.

Mark · 28 December 2022 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross

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AVOID

We have been a sold a poor home. Please avoid.

Rebecca · 21 December 2022 · Linden Homes Eastern Kirby Cross