Linden South West Exeter reviews

★★★★★ 1/5

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The service is absolutely terrible

The service is absolutely terrible, bunch of crooks and 2 year warranty is worthless. Suppliers they choose and very shady and incompetent and cowboys, not a proper they can only do 9 to 5 if the best case, was left without a heating for a 2.5 weeks, they sent some cowboys to look at it with no tools and who appears to have no clue how to fix the issue. Now the claim all apparently is ok. Faulty boilers have been installed in many of the apartments.

Olena · 30 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Wish we never gave them our money

Wish we never gave them our money. We bought a property in March and it’s caused us so much stress. Customer service is a joke and it’s clear they do not care once they’ve got your money. Most of our serious snags have been left (until we complained higher up). We were moved out of our property because the floor was uneventful - we had to pay to stay elsewhere and then they didn’t pay us back fully. Don’t spend your money on a waste of space company that is linden homes.

Katie · 18 October 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Awful experience repeats of everybody…

Awful experience repeats of everybody else's entry on this site.Everybody should hold back 10% until snagging has been completed that might bring them to their senses. It is quite unbelievable how bad the house is ! There have been and remain so many faults, problems and evidence of very poor workmanship it would be impossible to list here. We asked questions before exchange and completion which were never answered. We emailed the sales manager and sales director but never had any responses ! The site team try very hard and in fairness have resolved some problems, however, the list continues to grow rather than shorten. We really hope things can be sorted soon.

CHRIS · 23 September 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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I wouldn’t even give it a star

I wouldn’t even give it a star. The problems I have encountered since purchasing the home 2 years ago has been honestly diobolical. I get the odd snagging issues you might get with a new build, but I’ve had endless, the list is to long to write. The service and “customer after care” is laughable. Linden are cowboy builders! DONT BUY FROM THEM! We are also starting legal procedures. It’s good others are making a stand, yet sad to hear people are having to go down this route in order to get something done.Worst mistake I’ve made is purchasing a home from linden, let the reviews speak for them selves and save yourself the heartache

Lauren · 28 August 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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CLASS ACTION NEEDED

Reading all these reviews.... this NEEDS A CLASS ACTION. I have been prevented from living in my brand new Linden Home since January 2016 well over 2.5 years now and have just been forced out of my second rental as the NHBC (the so called Buildmark Warranty provider) forced me into rent arrears when they refused to pay anymore rent in April this year. STILL I am paying a mortgage on a house Linden and the NHBC has prevented me from living in. They are despicable companies, corrupt and with no moral compass and their lawyers will continue to cover their backs regardless at what human cost.Linden are hell bent on trying to destroy me, simply because I dared to stand up to them. It has cost them more in legal costs than it would have done to "DO THE RIGHT THING" as per their Code of Conduct, such is their vendetta against me and their pure vindictiveness and utter contempt for their paying customers. Their arrogance beggars belief.

Yvette · 17 August 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Cowboy builder

What a typical cowboys builder company which one is after our money with rubbish customer service & poor quality 1. Paid upgrade in November 2017 still not delivered each time chasing it receiving empty promises and nothing happening2. On house demonstrations just before handing over key you can find patches of not painted wall.3. According to site manager house was cleared by cleaning company but you can find windows not washed as covered with paint; lamp shade covered with paint, marks on painted was as someone was using pen on them and more.Simply avoid them, as houses over prices and they after your money.Worst development site Hawkswood Development in Bicester

Sebastian · 8 August 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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We saved ourselves and pulled out of…

We saved ourselves and pulled out of the sale at the last minute...1. Houses that were on the development that were more than a year old had terrible looking rust stains in the rendering, spreading from the balconies. When I asked, the sale person just said ' call customer service if it happens to your property'2. The houses carried at £40,000 premium over (better) second hand houses in the local area. Instant Negative equity anyone?3. The sales people were really brisk, pretty rude, and were trying to hustle us into completing before Christmas last year. Made me feel like not wanting to buy one of their properties.4. When we did pull out, not a word of acknowledgement from any of their staff. This re enforced what a wise decision this was.

Jonathan · 7 August 2018

★★★★★ 5/5

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Everybody has their experience and I…

Everybody has their experience and I wouldn't seek to cast doubt or comment on others here, this is just our story. All I would say is that we bought a new house on the Elmbank development and it has been nothing but a pleasure from start to finish. Yes of course there have been a few snags and stuff but all of these without exception have been remedied promptly and with great courtesy. Works here are ongoing and every effort is made to reduce the inconvenience to residents. We were very worried after reading all the experiences of others but thankfully we have been very happy

Mick · 20 July 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Bad doesn't even come close.....

Bad doesn't even come close to these life wreckers and if you think that your NHBC warranty will cover you, forget it. They are just as bad, if not worse. The policy is there to protect you but they are in bed with the builders (source: The Guardian) and they give them cash back from the money that they've indirectly taken from you for their worthless 10 year warranty which is built into the purchase price of the property. NHBC will then set their lawyers, Dentons, on you. Read the reviews and make your decision but if you buy a Linden Home beware. You will live to regret it and suffer the misery. Caveat Emptor !

Andy · 23 June 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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It's a zero from me !

I would have given zero stars if it was possible, however it was not.My son bought a one bedroom apartment from Linden & has had various problems since the money was exchanged, which have been difficult or very near impossible to resolve. However, to add insult to injury, recently I collected an order from Ikea for my son & duly parked outside his apartment while we carried the Ikea desk top up to his first floor flat. Upon returning to my car I was surprised & just slightly annoyed to find that I had been issued with a parking ticket by a company called NSGL (£40 if paid within 14 days & £80 if not). I thought that this was obviously a mistake & that it would be easily resolved if I appealed to the common sense of both companies.....how wrong I was.NSGL advised that I could appeal but turned it down without taking into account the mitigating circumstances & upon asking Linden to intervene & have the ticket overturned, they spoke to the parking company & advised that the ticket had been issued correctly. What a shower of s**** !Please tread carefully when dealing with Linden as they will be all sweetness & light until they have your money & then, forget it.

Terence · 30 May 2018

★★★★★ 4/5

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Brought my new home at Bitton mill near…

Brought my new home at Bitton mill near Bristol, the 2 guys down sales were hard work but helpful when really needed. The site team were exceptional and we could not have been given any more assistance than what we got. Some of the trades need to realize that its is a home not a plot. for that reason I have given a 4 not a 5 but i would defiantly buy fro linden homes western again.

Miss · 9 January 2020

★★★★★ 1/5

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BAD WORKMANSHIP

I am a plumber and I have had the opportunity to work in new builds, and the experience I have have had with linden is shocking, I went to a new build, the new owners had called me out as all their toilets where blocked. After much investigation, linden had not connected soil pipes to the main drain under the house, this ment my customers had to move out with much stress. The general workman ship of these houses are nothing but shocking, and after reading these other reviews, I hope Linden don't sell another house until they sort there own house sorted! Linden please sort yourselfs out, and do the right thing for your customers!

Josh · 10 May 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Aborhent builder

Though the property looks nice and some superior materials and parts have been used, the standard of workmanship, quantity of snagging issues and professionalism of their after sales department is shockingly bad.We love the area and the development but every house in our new estate has had issues with Linden. Internally - we have had severe problems, sometime they can take 3/4 visits to rectify. External issues far outweigh any problems we've had within the house. The leadership team deflect and ignore the issues, blame everything and anyone else.My advise would be to tread carefully. We were mis-sold plenty of things and given assurances that were broken. Snag your house and keep on top of them. They strike me as a loathsome company, morally corrupt without any procedures to support consumers.

Hammers77 · 26 March 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Good homes / execrable customer service!

Linden probably build good homes, but their social responsibility and ethics stink!. I stayed in a new Linden development last year and damaged my classic car at night on an unmarked, unlit metal barrier which they had left sticking out into an unlit and narrow car parking access road. I wrote to them politely to invite them to pay for the repair (at £250), and supplied photographs of the damage, and they strung me along for four months before saying they 'can't' defray my expense. This could have been a much worse accident. Clearly, they couldn't care less unless I could assemble a viable case for the Crown Court!

G · 18 February 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst ever experience, avoid

Worst ever experience,1- first they let us move in once even the building mot ready.2-from first day lift is not working till now.3- flooring is came off .4- appliances was not given what we agree.5- boiler start making noise.6- paint start to came off.7- main door alighment problem.8- my car damaged due to thier building work.9- doesn't care of health and safty.10- water start leak under the flooring .In first month we start facing this problem not sure how this will go later .

Shahzad · 3 February 2018

★★★★★ 1/5

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Disgusting company that takes your money and turns its back on you

Customer Service and management are extremely difficult to get hold of and treat you like a piece of dirt.Roof leaked - took Linden 6 months to fix it after many threats from me to sue them and have them investigated by NHBC.Boiler incorrectly installed and deemed unsafe - Not in anyway interested in rectifying it and blaming it on me! as if I'd touch the boiler in any way! - GSR are now investigating them and they may have to audit every boiler they have ever installed!!! (fingers crossed)Went to sell the property - Ended up having to go to the managing director and threaten a financial ombudsman complaint as they refused to answer my solicitors simple questions to enable me to complete - they literally put the sale and purchase in jeopardy for weeks causing me huge amounts of stress!General don't care attitude - Whenever there was a snagging issue they were clueless and generally didn't care Confusion of responsibility - between Linden and the management company first port, each would blame issues on each other and refuse to do anything blaming it on each other, I ended up being in the middle of a blame game every time I had questions or issues with the propertyHead of customer services - when I raised a complaint about how I was being treated I managed to get hold of the HOCS who literally couldn't care any less and said it's not their issue (how do you get to be a Head of Customer Service and have the audacity to speak to a customer like that?) Most of the staff are like this.The apartment - They finish the apartment with some really nice high quality units in the bathroom and kitchen and it does feel premium however lots of unfinished grout and cracks around floor/wall/bathroom joining's - they use good quality products but poor quality contractor's/builders.Smoke detectors - All the smoke detectors in the building went off one day and would not turn off, they sent some lemon contractor round who removed all of the batteries, I called to say what happens if there is a fire in the building now and none of the smoke detectors are on?! it took them weeks to fix them and trust me they didn't care and weren't happy they had to do it. I've lost count of the amount of times I've had to threaten to send them a solicitors letter or go to the FOS/FCA.Put simply if you are considering buying a Linden home, don't let the higher quality of products in the home cloud your judgement just don't buy a home from them ever, especially if you plan on selling it as they will not comply with your solicitor to sell it!!!!

J7gti · 10 November 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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Worst house builders and customer …

Worst house builders and customer service!!!Moved into the property 2014 and I am still waiting for repairs to be completed. Some I have had to do myself including leaks, broken bolier and heating system - promised a cheque in may for this - still waiting. Last communication i had was from the wonderful J Jones to say that my replacement door had been ordered and would be ready to be fitted 4/9/17 - guess what I am still waiting and my emails/ Calls are being ignored. Leaking door, damaged floors, leaking taps, bodged repairs, loose shower, broken shower screen, drafty windows and loose patio doors - I could be here all day listing the problems and no resolutions.Overall this company and customer service is a disgrace - they need to take a good look at their staff and the way they speak to customers. Also there are certain private individual companies that seem to do a lot of work for this company and how they still get work is beyond me as the workmanship is shoddy. Must be those back handers is all I am saying. Even the big manager is ignoring complaints and requests!!! I will not back down and I will make sure all over social media that people know how they operate and not to buy their properties. Leaflets will be given out on their development sitesA very angry customer!!!!

Karen · 22 September 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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you bought the house

The linden homes experience is disgraceful, customer service consists of blame the buyer and play the victim. I have never had such poor relations with a company that will use any trick in the book to not accept any responsibility for their shoddy work, even when nhbc agree with the poor standards they just simply ignore the report and turn it around to being minor faults that somehow you imagined. They try to enforce a two weeks deadline for reporting faults to start with and then claim that you must have damaged the property after that deadline. The most important thing you will buy in your life and then put through the mill for being so gullible, what happened to giving the customer a decent service? a fantasy at linden.

Rob · 15 September 2017

★★★★★ 4/5

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Very polite, good after sales

Sales staff and site manager very friendly and approachable. Contacted by after sales customer support within 1 week of moving in to check on problems. Quality of components and fittings generally pretty good. Only relatively minor snags found: sales staff and site manager performed snagging list after two weeks and seem to be willing to deal with them - time will tell if they live up to their promises. Overall design of home is excellent and well thought out (e.g. light & spacious, good modern layout, plenty & well placed power & TV/phone sockets etc). So far found LH a pleasure to deal with. The reason for the 4 stars is because whilst the snags are generally minor, most are things that ought to have been spotted & resolved by LH before moving in (e.g. missing runner in shower screen). Otherwise I have found the situation to be the complete opposite of the horror stories found on this and other review sites (this of course is only my own personal experience).

Wybird666 · 11 September 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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I would never buy a Lindon build house again...

This company sets up management agreements with a company called Hazelvine Ltd. who, due to the legal structure of these agreements, are able to treat the homeowners very poorly. See the poor reviews for Hazelvine all over the internet. It is impossible to get out of these agreements in many cases. Also, there were loads of issues with the quality of my Lindon build house which I am still correcting at my own cost, and I had many failed promises to call me back about issues when I first bought my property. Once they have your money.....

Craig · 24 August 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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Terrible customer service

Bought a new build almost 2 years ago and filled in our snagging list. 23 months later and they still haven't done anything about our shower that doesn't drain, and our water boiler is missing an important part meaning it breaks down and needs replacing every 6 months (they're covering the repair while we are in the 2 year period, but not installing the vital part!)Their customer service is appalling. I email them, I ring them, I speak to builders on site, and nothing gets done. My emails get ignored (except for the confirmation email to say they've received my email and will respond within the next 7 working days), my calls, if I manage to speak to someone, they promise me they will sort this out for me but nothing changes. I've been to the sales suite and they've given me contact details for specific people in the customer service team, but they ignore me too.I want to submit a complaint, but to submit a complaint you email their customer services team - the same people who are ignoring me already, I doubt sending another email will change anything! They should have a department specifically for complaints, so when you submit a complaint you get to deal with someone other than the people you're complaining about.In just over a month, we will be out of the 2 year period where they are responsible for things that break, and I feel like they're just holding on until that date when they will say that it's no longer their problem. Unfortunately for them I've documented our correspondence and will be taking this further!Buying a home is stressful enough as it is... 2 years later and I have a shower that doesn't drain and intermittent hot water, and all Linden are doing is causing me more stress and frustration.

Ffion · 23 August 2017

★★★★★ 1/5

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Wow - Frosty Much?

Unbelievable that a company with such dreadful reviews would not fix these issues at ground level. Maybe even redressing those reviews so that posters can re upload them.Granted these are a small percentage of the overall sales volume, but they are there and everyone can read them. My experience was similar, yet I did not even get to the sales process. So disenchanted was I with the attitude of the Swindon management. £150,000 + over regional market value equivalent. Wow that is some uplift for a new home.Such a lack of warmth, patience or empathy ...in fact quite a hostile reception. Naturally I would not be spending money with them, let alone making myself mad with their apparent aftersales apathy. People buy from people,It seems to me they are all over first time buyers, help to buy or those who don’t do their local index research, and not so keen to deal with people who do.Despite claiming how fast their development are selling and how in demand they are, I seem to still have around 21 text messages offering me deals, discounts and offers!Wouldn't move my family on the basis of company values alone.

Debbie · 14 August 2017

★★★★★ 2/5

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Terrible customer service.

Lovely house, but circa 250 snags including 5+ serious leaks that took more than 2 years to resolve. Same story from all of the neighbours. Linden were slow, an inefficient in resolving the issues. They handed the house over basically unfinished, some walls not painted, some plumbing not working - for example they didn't connect the dishwasher so it leaked on first use and ruined multiple kitchen cupboards.

James · 13 December 2021

★★★★★ 1/5

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6 months into our new home at Ensleigh

6 months into our new home at Ensleigh. So far no serious problems but trying to get site manager or anyone to deal with small annoying issues, forget it. You must go through customer care i am told, so we wait a week to put right something that could be dealt with in an hour max. Try to speak to site manager on mobile ( his phone does not work ). Multi million pound company?Steve Sherlock

Steve · 16 January 2020