Linden South West Exeter reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful company - avoid at all costs

Awful company. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!Gave us 6 weeks to exchange via 'smooth move'. We sorted our side, the buyer (arranged via their broker Movewithus and via their appointed agents) lagged a little with the admin so they pulled our sale, and sold immediately to someone else. All without any communication at all before it was too late for us. We are now £1000's out of pocket. Their management is faceless, no communication. Utter money grabbing morons.

Robin · 11 February 2022

★★★★★ 3/5

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Things are improving.

Things are improving.When this company’s top people become aware of their problems, they do to do something to improve. I’m happy to see things are improving.My experiences with different departments of this company are different. In general, the site workers and site managers are good. The Customer Care Dept. is sometimes careless. They can help for small easy things but refuse to help for something trouble. The front-line Sales people are lazy. They just try to avoid doing things to help the customers. They have no sense to improve their company reputation. I don’t say they cheat but sometimes they tell small lies to avoid doing things even that’s their responsibility to their company and to the customers.

WHT · 15 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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2 weeks later I've still not heard back about my offer

linden homes. bovis homes. vistry. they're all the same owners and merged into one big mess.bovis homes, vistry. they're all the same. I gave an offer for an apartment at brunel street works in canning town and it took a week of chasing to hear back with a counteroffer. Within 30 minutes I replied - this was 1 week ago. How pathetically lazy do staff need to be? and how useless are the people employed here that this is how they act when they are trying to sell a property...NOT a property they've sold and now don't care about. This is them not caring about selling the property in the first place. Talk about a red flag. If this is the pathetic level of service when selling imagine what it would be like in the aftersales.I've had to chase these clowns and no one came back to me. No one chased. No one bothered. Then 1 girl responded saying she'll chase up an answer on Monday - it's now Monday evening. I don't know who the bigger fools are - the staff or the people running it but it's clear the employees just scroll on Instagram and pass time until they can go to the pub. hands down the biggest disgrace I've come across in property and customer service

Ali · 9 August 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Linden make poor business choices in using First Port!

We moved into our house in Oct 2018. We were full of praise for them getting us in so quickly with very little hassle. However, things since then have gone downhill. For one the property management company that has been used, First Port are beyond awful. Have charged us extortionate rates for very little maintenance. Two weeks after moving in the pavement slabs outside the house were broken and have never been replaced. The groundwork only seems to be a half-hearted tick box exercise and play parks never created. When called they never ring back! The house itself is what you expect from a new build with cracks emerging everywhere and doors and windows that are becoming increasingly difficult to open and close. When called to discuss this, was told this is due to the weather. Last time i checked we live in England and temperatures especially in Cornwall move very little. Poor!Linden, you should be ashamed.

Sophie · 30 July 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Hanstead Park

Hanstead Park - Bricket Wood now owned by Bovis Vistry. Still ongoing problems and issues with quite a few houses on the development. Trying to get snagging sorted is a nightmare email customer services to wait weeks to get anything sorted - or is that proving how many properties have snagging issues that they can't cope with the problems. Seriously need to sort out existing problems before selling anymore houses on this development. if buying here make sure you get a professional snagger or a good tradesman that knows what to look for. Take this as a warning !!!

Hannah · 11 July 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Very little care for customers and their experience

Some very poor finishing on our London flat exacerbated by sub-standard work to address way too many snagging issues. Months waiting for problems in communal areas to be resolved (still waiting). A meeting to discuss outstanding problems diarised at the convenience of and by their SMT not attended. No explanation or apology and four follow up messages (email and phone) about the missed meeting completely ignored. A company which seems to care very little about its customers and their experience.

Kieron · 30 June 2021

★★★★★ 2/5

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Look out for details and their Partnership with FIRST PORT

Homes are nice looking but look out for the details that are rushed and scratched windows which you may only see when the windows have been cleaned (they take no responsibility) Many of their workers do surface jobs ( I found rubbish behind floor boards ie. empty cans/silicone tubes). One of the building managers however, was great and tried to help as much as possible to individual flats as he acknowledged some issues, but seems the HQ is far off and disconnected to their buyers.Another reason to consider buying from Linden, is their partnership with FIRST PORT management firm. I suggest you read the comments about First Port and note what you sign on when purchasing as they will send you invoices for little things without explaining what it is and suddenly paying almost double of what you signed up for. It is a nightmare to deal with and not worth the hassle of expensive service charges where you are better doing everything yourself with your neighbors.

Cathrine · 27 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Unkept sites

I had called to try and book an appointment at the Salisbury development, was promised a call back 2 times, never materialised. So myself and husband took a drive out to the estate to have a look. We drove round the entire estate and it was awful, overgrown with weeds growing through cracks in the roads, on peoples drives and pathways. I initially thought someone had thrown paint over some of the doors, however it transpired the paint on the front doors to new builds was peeling off.If the developers don’t care about keeping the site looking it’s best to sell properties, then I feel they certainly don’t deserve my or others peoples business.I haven’t even seen inside one of these properties, and I certainly won’t be going back to view even if they did ever manage to pick up a phone to return my call.

Fi · 20 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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‼️ DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY ‼️

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!! They miss sold us our property!! We moved into our linden homes house 3 years ago now, paid full price and was sold a house with sole access to our drive, we had over 200 snag issues on the house including structural brickwork issues. So Lindens agreed to pass us the access road to our drive in compensation for all of the problems, 2 years down the line they have inserted a gate onto our neighbours property creating what was sold to us as sole access into a communal access which means we get frequently blocked in or out of our drive daily and creating a whole world of problems for us! We explained to lindens that not only if this very frustrating but this is dangerous for us as our daughter suffers with life threatening seizures so we need clear access at all times! As usual they just don’t care at all!! They have now backed out on their deal with us, haven’t completed any of our snag issues, this was supposed to be our forever home and they have left us with a drive that we are blocked into daily, and a house that is falling apart, we are living in complete misery! Even after legal action they are still refusing to fix the issues they have created,Customer service is shocking And the salesman are liars! All this company cares about is your money!

Holly · 9 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE COMPANY. STAY CLEAR.

After waiting 2 months for a plot to be released & weekly contact with the sales team. The plot was given away to someone else without being released. Just to add to this they didn’t even let me know. I was so upset until I decided to read reviews on linden homes. Now all I can say is thank you for all the bad comments, the relief is overwhelming that we have had such a lucky escape. Would never waste my time with this company again.

T · 4 June 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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DO NOT BUY

Do not buy in Glen Parva. Building on toxic landfill. Bet they will gloss over that one! Planning permission refused repeatedly locally. Finally central government overturned decision. All very dodgy. Feel sorry for people who end up living there.

Lottie · 20 October 2024

★★★★★ 4/5

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Explaining construction

Hey guys seen alot of issues raised as a construction worker myself, I van see that the main issue isn't what linden deal with unfortunately they have to bring in plumbers brickies and the general finishing of the builds. As to play Park review I was looking at a house myself if you actual drove down the road you would of seen it, do apologise for the rant just saw alot of bad feed back which isn't there fault if you moved on the frist block of houses and there's issue then they have to get in touch with each individual company that the issues fall under. They can't help time deal on this point

Courtney · 8 May 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Do not buy on the development it says…

Do not buy on the development it says there was going to be a play park as their isn't any round here and for us that was important due to having kids. We had to pay a lot of money out to have garden re done as linden didnt wanna know cant open windows properly and all my floor down stairs is scratched and linden will not take responsibility. With all these bad reviews why are people still buying of them that's why they dont give a dam because they know people will still buy

Amanda · 23 April 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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No respect once you’ve bought. Buyer beware!

Having initially given 5 stars I’m sadly reducing this to one.Verbal abuse from the site manager. 20 snags outstanding one year on. Impossible to sit in my garden in the summer due to the site kicking sand up like a Sahara desert storm. Site manager thought it acceptable to take (he said he borrowed it when confronted) my neighbours wheel barrow. Then gave me a load of abuse when I went to find who’d taken it. Shocking treatment or customers and lack of respect. There’s a Barrat Homes site next door in Doncaster; I’d look at buying one of those and give Vistry/Linden a wide berth.

Richard · 16 April 2021

★★★★★ 5/5

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Kirkleatham Green Forever home 🏡

We were the first family to buy on Kirkleatham Green at Redcar. Danielle who sold us the house was and still is absolutely brilliant. She went above and beyond in helping us find our forever home. Nothing was too much trouble. She is so friendly and approachable. Our house is perfect. The quality of materials used on our property are next to none. Any snags we found were sorted straight away. We can’t fault any of the team. They are all fantastic. Thank you again.

Kim · 29 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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We were interested in 2 properties

We were interested in 2 properties, the first one we went to an independent mortgage broker which gave us an agreement in principle (DIP), as we were told that we need this to book the appointment only later after the viewing to be told that we needed to go via home reach as they were their mortgage brokers and they only dealt with them, so we could not resave this plot. After no communication for over a week from Home Reach we had to complained to get them moving! on the DIP. In the meantime we called the sales staff only to find out that we had lost our first choice, so we started process for the DIP again only to find out that we had lost a 2nd property of our choice - we can reserve one which is not built, they cannot show us on the site as they are still building where it will be etc. so we cannot get a feel for where it will be etc. If we put down the deposit and back out we lose £500. They are rude, don't answer calls when you leave messages, willing to put our name down if we want to be 2nd on the list!! if it falls through. My friend had to complain as she lost her first choice through them - too many sales staff and no passing on messages, they like to use their own brokers and solicitors but don't tell you the process. Don's go there as they have a back hander in everything - you lose out every time!!!

Debbie · 25 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Could their customer service and sales process be managed by broken Robots??

I have been trying for over a week to speak to someone just to get some more information about the homes available etc but so far I've not heard back from anyone yet. Really makes you wonder what their customer service would be like if you choose to buy a home with them... Clearly, all the reviews suggest that they don't have good customer service at all and it seems they're not interested in making that good. I don't get why do they advertise all these properties if they don't want to sell them! Another interesting point to make: one google review suggests that they are discriminatory against foreigners....I am foreign myself and I am really starting to think that it might be true!

Peachy_p · 11 March 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Not impressed so far ........

I have rung and emailed numerous times over the past two months to book an appointment to view a new local development. I have heard nothing. Yes, I know we are in a lockdown but the houses are being advertised and their own website is saying they are open for viewings. Even a quick courtesy call would be better than nothing but it seems they don’t want the business. It is certainly making me think twice about buying one of their homes.

Kat · 22 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Buy a house if you don’t care about your safety

Up until 18 months ago, I would have given more stars. Since then there has been various issues with the drainage system which has meant that the road cannot be surfaced. Finally in the Autumn of 2020 the iron works were raised which suggested the road would be surfaced. However, as of February 2021 this still has taken place. This is causing issues for pram and wheelchair users as the curbs are too high. It’s affecting our cars as you can’t avoid going over the raised iron works. It’s meant that the council can’t adopt the road, so we can’t have a grit bin. We had a letter to say it would be surfaced w/c 1st Feb. Then on the 5th Feb we were told that due to adverse weather it couldn’t take place. However, that week our town had no adverse weather. We were told it would be surfaced the following week, but we knew this wouldn’t take place as we had been forecast snow. Yesterday we got told that due to health and safety of the workers, another meeting is needed on the 1st March. Seems Lindens don’t care about our health and safety....they have our money and now couldn’t care less

Michelle · 16 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Don't care once you've moved in

Linden are great service wise, until you have moved into your house and then they are absolutely useless.We moved into the Manor Park site in December and so far have had 8 different visits to fix issues that should have been dealt with before we moved in. The site team make all the promises in the world but then the trades people don't care and just cause more damage when they come to fix anything.If I could give 0 stars I would

Nicholas · 10 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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Appalling service

If I could give no stars I would. Such a bad service. Just emailed a complaint but don't suppose I'll get a response from that either. Had to jump through hoops for affordability check even when you know you can afford it. Declined and cancelled our viewing because I cant get Aprils tax return before 5th, even when bank statements and service contracts can be provided and if it take 6-9 weeks to complete I'll have the return by then. Mortgage team were rude and made me feel like I wasn't worth anything and would never own my own home. Lady I just spoke to from Linden after days of trying to speak to someone was rude, arrogant, condescending, patronised me and didnt like it when she got it back from me and raised her voice at a customer! Absolutely appalling way to deal and treat with customers.

Whitney · 6 February 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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To even know where to begin with this…

To even know where to begin with this review is filling me with dread and anxiety and if someone had given me the foresight to avoid using linden homes i would’ve avoided a whole year of heart ache.The houses look beautiful on their website and the face to face customer service is second to none! They’ll become your best friend..... but please don’t be fooled....once you’ve handed over your life savings for your dream home you’re forgotten.... we’ve been here a year now and have had endless problems..... the customer service has been probably the worst I’ve ever experienced in my whole life from everyone I’ve had to deal with.... even the “highest” person in charge.... they really honestly DO NOT GIVE A ****They do not return your calls..... speak to you like dirt and if you do get an appointment for someone to come and repair the ENDLESS problems you’ll face... they just don’t turn up.I can’t tell you the saga that started when we came to collect the keys because I’ve written about it so many times to complain and nothing has even been acknowledged never mind dealt with.... and reading all the reviews on here .... lots of people have all had very different stories but with the same outcome ..... nothing is done to make you glad you bought your house with these people ..... spend your hard earned money elsewhere and save yourself an emotional breakdown

Claire · 26 December 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst experience ever!!!

It's just the worst building company ever. Zero quality and Zero Customer service. It's been absolutely disgusting to deal with Linden/Vistry Customer service, so unprofessional and disrespectful. All the care is money coming in and nothing else. If I had an opportunity for a Zero star review, this would definitely be it.

Ed · 27 January 2024

★★★★★ 1/5

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Lemon Home

Well!!!!! Where should I start. Bought this property a year ago after one of the other properties on this site fell through, which I found hard to believe as they said it was not affordable to me... absolutely crap linden homes.Had the mortgage in place, so they offered me a 3 bedroom across the road. Talk about not finished, snagging order went in after 2 weeks and to this date absolutely nothing has been done. No attention to detail, they sub contract out to cowboys absolutely terrible. If other houses were missing things this must of been the house I purchased to come in and take what they want. I have a fridge with no shelving only a wine rack where I’m balancing my eggs on, and still not got them.I’m fuming with this company, sales team promising this and that... what a load of crap... all lies.To anybody thinking of purchasing a property from this shower think again... they promise the world, but actually doing it is another thing.Regarding the landscaping... to be honest I’m not even going to go their, again cowboy landscapers.Don’t buy from Kingsgate Development !!!!!!!!

Tony · 12 December 2020