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1,297 reviews across 7 offices and 2 platforms
Linden Homes South West has seven offices, in Newton Abbot, Exeter (two offices), Chudleigh, Penzance, Plymouth and Wellington. Together they have 1,297 reviews on two platforms, rated 2.5 out of 5 overall.
Linden Homes South West's seven offices, most reviewed first. Each has its own page.
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4/5
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5/5
Nice houses
5/5
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5/5
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3/5
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4/5
Really nice and well designed houses. No shops close tho
3/5
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1/5
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1/5
Shambolic aftercare for a poor quality home. 2.5 years later, it’s impossible to get long outstanding problems rectified. Linden should be ashamed of their complete lack of care and quality.
1/5
Buyer be aware
We will have been living in our new build 3 years in June this year. We are still waiting for our ‘snag list’ and other issues to be fixed. Trying to communicate with customer services is exhausting, passed from person to person, when you escalate your case, you speak to a half capable human who promises you the world. Then back to square one. We have had more people around to ‘assess the job’ than I can count. We have been waiting for a replacement toilet for two years, good job we have three! Have I chased it up I hear you ask, yep, they cannot give me any information because a contractor supplies it, they will contact you (they don't) can I have the name of the contractor so I can chase it up? Course I can’t. All the finishes in the house are horrendous, I decided to decorate the kitchen/dinner because it was the only room that wasn’t waiting for things to be fixed (apart from the window and patio door) it took me two days to sand the walls down and other prep which you just shouldn’t have to do in a new build. When we unscrewed the sockets and light switches we realised that they had been filled around the edges to mask the awful job. We now have holes around the sockets/switches. Just one example, I could right an essay. I honestly think it’s hilarious at this point. Thank goodness we don’t have major issues.If you have to buy a house from this company I would 100% recommend getting a snag Dr in, it will be the best money you have ever spent, this company will literally tell you the earth is flat!
1/5
Lazy, inadequate, poor quality shocking builder
Are you Looking for a new home? Do you enjoy being happy and stress free? Do you like company’s who are open and honest? If you have answered yes then AVOID AVOID AVOID linden homes in Suffolk at all costs!!! Don’t believe a word they tell you, from the moment you start a journey with them you will sincerely regret it and wish you went to reputable builder in the area. Customer service is rude, slow, aggressive communication style and unhelpful, I’ve had better service from McDonald’s staff on work experience. I fully regret buying my 3 bed semi house from linden it’s been nothing but structural problems with the house, they built my neighbours driveway to narrow so he/she can’t park their cars on it and now the site have asked me to give permission for them to dig up the green land in front my house so they can build me neighbours a carpark as they don’t know how else to resolve the issue for a mistake THEY made and they are now making it my problem and ruining the nice view I have but there is no f#cks given!!!! I’ve emailed and called and expressed my views but no luck!! It’s fallen on deaf ears.
1/5
0 Star Rating If I Could!
If I could give 0 stars then I would. Whatever you do, do not buy a house from this company if you want any form of straight forward house buying process. The company are pathetic. They are that bad that they have come off social media. I can only assume that is because of the level of complaints that they would have received!We have been on one of their sites for 2 years now and are still having problems with them.
1/5
Linden/Vistry Homes
I've held off adding a review to this on Linden, in hope that they may actually sort the issues we have, but no, now 15 months living in our home near Bristol, the awful workmanship, cheap materials are still causing us issues, and not helped at all by their Customer Service team. We have had issues with everything you can think of, the garden not level to plan, drainage, faulty appliances, a lash up kitchen, all of the trade work has been appalling (to a point we had 4 lots of painters in to paint our home, and we still had to do it ourselves!) I accept most snagging, I accept issues that follow with buying a new build, I'm not naïve, however, what I didn't expect was a Customer Service team who literally and trained and paid to take no responsibility whatsoever! Our garden not being level or draining properly, at one point was put at our door, for letting our dogs out into the garden and this was a Service Director, and when we refused to deal with her, we got their Service MD, who closed our complaint as we were being aggressive! Not once did either, high ranking service members, take any responsibility for anything, despite it being made very clear that it was all down to their workmanship. I wouldn't recommend paying for any upgrades, you won't get what you pay for. When you first see someone in the Sales office, they will make a point of saying, not to look on TP, as the issues are not what they seem, so we thought, fair enough, live and let live.......Boy did we get that wrong! If you are considering purchasing a Linden/Vistry home or any of the other properties within their chain, please really think first, do read all of these comments as gospel and make sure you get an independent snagging company in, as Linden will avoid any responsibility or cost. Also make sure you get everything in writing as NHBC will become your friend through the whole experience and Linden do anything to avoid putting things in writing, which you need, to put in a formal complaint.
1/5
Terrible customer service seems they…
Terrible customer service seems they don’t get there hands dirty when there are complaints about poor workmanship my driveway floods it was installed with no drainage told me the driveway has been installed with In tolerance tarmac is cracking around manhole cover in the process of taking them to court been quoted an average of £4K to replace a driveway they told me to contact NHBC ? Bovis wake up you are liable for your poor workmanship
5/5
Excellent follow-up service
Picked up the key at Church Crookham in Dec 2023. Handed Linden the list from a professional snagger and they addressed in a timely manner. Jonathon, who dealt with the snags of my house has been amazing and very helpful. He is willing to go the extra mile to keep his customers happy.I got a washing machine failed installation from a subcontractor this morning. Texted Jonathon for help, and he just showed up at my front door with his team and sorted it out in the same morning.Thank you to the team over at Albany Park. Efficiency at its finest.
1/5
“Very Poor Quality Houses”
“Very poor Quality houses”We purchased a 4 bed house in this community couple of years back. The build quality is very poor. We reported several issues about cracking noises, shaky plaster walls, leaks, leaking bay window, drainage issues, electrical problems, gas leaks, broken locks and poor paint work to their Yorkshire Customer Service. Their response was very rude and we had to reach to NHBC who finally made some recommendations to the builder to complete the works in the 2 year warranty. After few 10s of emails to the C suite, the regional customer service head sent contractors to investigate the problems. These contractors were unskilled and very unprofessional. For an Example, to make the floorboards even, the contractors shaved the timber😥, to control the noises, a contractor has put few hundreds of nails into the ceiling which even caused more damage to the property. After almost a years of correspondence, some contractor finally attended and did the repairs. Advise not to spend your life savings on a poor quality build. This bad choice has caused lots of disruption to my family and also has taken a toll on my health.
1/5
Still ruining lives of paying customers
Nothing has changed judging by the recent (2024) reviews. For anyone considering buying from this corrupt builder, first Google YVETTE DAVIS LINDEN HOMES Also follow me on 'X' (formerly Twitter) @yvettej07. Linden Homes with its #CorporateThiefGregFitzgerald CEO are #Lifewreckers.Every area of my life has been ripped apart by Linden Homes selling me a contaminated, uninhabitable new build and then ABANDONING me. I continued to pay a mortgage of more than £1200pcm on a house that stood empty and #NotFitForPurpose for 6 years. Linden stopped reimbursing my hotel accommodation bill until my credit card maxed out at £11,000. They also stopped paying the rent to the landlord for my alternative accommodation, after I was left to find somewhere else to live, myself, clearly intending to make me homeless. My credit score is ruined as a result. I've lost my job on health grounds as Linden Homes and Greg Fitzgerald (CEO) caused me to have a breakdown. As a direct result, I've lost my pension, all my employee benefits including my private healthcare as well as my life savings and property. I have never received as much as an apology for ruining my life, let alone compensation. AVOID AVOID AVOID #BuyerBeware I've put a date this month because my 'experience' is still ongoing as Linden Homes needs to compensate me for ALL my consequencial losses, including loss of health and loss of 8 years quality of life. All details of my horror story are out in the public domain.
1/5
Several latent defects including
Several latent defects including, knowingly fitting a split toilet waste, loft extraction vents in the wrong place, flexible ducting creased and bent thus full of water, mouldy garage and loft. One issue after another. Poorly built, building standards ignored.
5/5
Great All Round Service
Great Customer Service from Sales Office and after moving in the Assistant Site Manager at Western Gate, Northampton. Snags are being dealt with really well. Very happy with the house and the area we moved to!
1/5
I never experience such a poor customer…
I never experience such a poor customer services If I could do zero that will be what they deserveThey don’t care about people is obviously all about money for themI was about talking to them about buying the house needed to check a couple of things and they agreed a price I said I will come back to you over the weekend was working Saturday until 2 pm when to the office it was close run them next morning to make sure someone will be there … only to be told they had sold it to someone else I have never been treated like that
1/5
the worst builders in the UK
They are the worst builders in the UK. They use very cheap materials for thier new builds. We bought a house within 6months the windows were blown out. We called them to repair it even though there’s a warranty they refused. All home owners on my street have their baths rusted within 3 years of purchasing a new build including mine. They used wrong doors for the whole estate. A real joke. They are horrible!
1/5
Cowboys
There not selling their homes cause their cowboys, the entire company is the shambles, from houses, to gardens to roads, to attitudes, to the shi**iest of customer service their all deffo in sync with their not giving a hoot attitude, reuin your personal propertie I.e cars ect with the diabolical roads they balls up and have to rip up near enough on a daily basis the local council won't even adopt the roads yet as they're in a sorry state, houses are not much better either. Best advice is avoid avoid avoid. These also go by the name of linden homes. countryside homes,Bovis homes, and countryside partnership.I've put today's date however this has been ongoing since november 2021 and is still ongoing their utterly vulger.
1/5
2 years of pages and pages of faults,
2 years of pages and pages of faults,no follow up from customer service to see if everything is OK, they claim to be 5 star builders, which can only be described as false advertising, never ever again.I give one star as its the only choice, should be minus one star.
1/5
So dissatisfied
So dissatisfied, our garden is a shambles with no drainage and like a lake by our front door when it rains- wont sort out. Our stairs have started to collapse as its past 2 years they wont sort as its “our fault” (stairs dont just collapse) we have had numerous leaks from plumbing, our waste pipe to the bath wasnt fitted. Our outside wall has had the rendering on and off and now just been left unfinished for 8 months. The list goes on…. The after care is shocking, cant speak to anyone and when you do its a false promise. We have spent years to and fro the customer care. We have now contacted the ombudsman. Dont buy from linden the oaks in chudliegh you will not have a good experience once its all starts falling apart and you have to deal with the ‘customer dont care’ department. Just come and look around , knock on some doors. After 4 years they havnt even completed the roads or pavements and the trip hazards are awful.
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Newton Abbot has the most, with 771 reviews rated 2.5 out of 5, followed by Exeter (Gypsy Hill Lane) with 755.
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