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★★★★★ 4/5
TrustpilotHelpful 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
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotBeware
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
★★★★★ 5/5
TrustpilotAmazing 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
★★★★★ 5/5
TrustpilotFantastic 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
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotUncontrollable 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
★★★★★ 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
Dean · 31 October 2023
★★★★★ 2/5
TrustpilotVery Poor Communication/Service - Don't waste your time.
One of the worst companies I've dealt with for general communication - You go through the motions for share-to-buy but when it comes to signing up and paying a deposit, can you get hold of them? Three times, with three (phone) eligibility interviews, numerous personal data sent and then they are impossible to contact and just don't return calls, voicemails & e-mails. They then call out of the blue asking if I am still searching for a property. I said yes I am, just not with them anymore because of the above. This lot are ranked joint bottom with Bromford (New Homes) for basic communication/courtesy. Just not worth the time as they appear to not be interested and/or any good.
SP · 10 November 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotAvoid
Would definitely consider looking at other new-build companies and homes in Bristol and avoiding this one. (Taylor Wimpy, Brabazon, Barrett and Bellway all have new build sites across Bristol) When purchasing they don’t tell you the kitchen is a bog standard white, and all you’re choosing is the doors, they sell it like the kitchen would match the doors (like it should) so all other panels like the corners, centre posts, ends and top edging is in the cheapest bog-standard white. A massive cost saving issues which seems to be their main priority across the board, which isn’t what you’d expect when paying the prices you do. I’m now left with a grey and part while kitchen that looks odd and not done properly. When contacting Vistry and linden, was told they’re not willing to do anything whatsoever and if I wanted it sorted I would have to get it done myself. Only reason I’ve given 2 and not 1 stars is because the sales woman Tina has generally been excellent and helpful, but the money saving over customer satisfaction mentality is very disappointing.
Gavin · 1 October 2022
★★★★★ 5/5
TrustpilotManor Park
Manor Park, Pontefract.Noone has asked me to do this review. We bought our house earlier this year, was a few problems with the house but they where sorted really quickly. Everybody is really polite. All the negative reviews makes me think quality differs from site to site.
Sarah · 21 August 2019
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotAvoid
Avoid, avoid, avoid. Really shoddy workmanship, eg wiring downstairs heating to the upstairs and vice versa; balcony needing replacing because they didn't fit the seals properly; kitchen wired up incorrectly. The list can go on and on. Plus they have an incorrect email address on their website to contact them. I wonder why? Had to get NHBC to make them do all the work.
Julie · 30 December 2023
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotOne of the worst built houses I’ve ever…
One of the worst built houses I’ve ever seen. A three year old could make a better construction with cardboard.The builders are using such random cheap crap from Germany and it’s impossible to source to fix. Snag work? Don’t get me started. The builders are stupid, lazy and use apprentices with no supervision.The building architect must have been high as a kite designing a house with a super flat roof made of some plastic crap that leaks!My garden was buried full of crap from the builders. The walls are so thin that an ant could far and blow them down. Customer service is a joke, they just want your money and they don’t give a toss. They’re flogging honest to god death traps with fault after fault and I can see someone being seriously hurt or worse. Profits before bloody people indeed. Don’t buy a house from these fools, don’t rent one, don’t even look at them. Summary here, houses are cheap and built with Mickey Mouse materials. The builders don’t sort snags, and when they do, they ultimately make them worse. Houses are badly designed by what I’m assuming is a Child architect.Customer service is like chewing a brick.It’s just not worth the stress. If you sell up, you push the rubbish onto the next poor undeserving sod.Awful experience.
Craig · 10 September 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotAffordability check even before seeing a show house, first time I have seen.wanted to know all the details…
They wanted to know all the details about ourselves even before showing us the show house in the name of affordability check which was the first time I had seen any one doing. They wanted to know our date of birth , value of previous house, whom we are lending with etc etc. Comeon guys we just wanted to see your show house before we can decide to go ahead and if we do not like it what do you want to do with all our information.
Nandita · 9 September 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotWe purchased a house from them 3 years…
We purchased a house from them 3 years ago. The first few months customer service was excellent then went completely down hill. Had nearly 100 snagging issue some of which we still have but LH ignore my emails. Had an issue with high water bill due to the fact they laid dead turf in our back garden so was instructed by site manager to water for hours a day and ended up with £1400 water bill. First they accepted responsibility but dragged out paying, then refused to pay altogether. Will never buy from LH again and advise people not to
Dave · 18 August 2022
★★★★★ 5/5
TrustpilotLinden site at Kirkleatham Green, Redcar
We have bought our Linden home through Ben and Jack at Kirkleatham Green, Redcar. They and Linden have been very patient as we had a nightmare sale of our old property. We cannot fault the service and build on this site and very few snags. Ben and Jack are very kind and professional who answer all queries and sort any problems promptly. It has been a joy to deal with them and also the site manager Karl and his overall manager, Michael.
Kevin · 14 August 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotAvoid this builder I’ve had nothing but…
Avoid this builder I’ve had nothing but problems I wish I was able to post photos of the problems as I’m sure you would avoid buying a property. It started November 2021 I had a leak from a pipe in my living room I left a key with the site manager for them to find the leak oh my days when I got home I had 5 holes which were larger than a spot light , I then found as I went up to my bedroom that my foot sank into a hole and that my carpet had been lifted up to create this hole. The holes in the ceiling. Im still waiting for my carpet to be put back down and I ended up painting my living room ceiling as I’m fed up of waiting. I also have a large crack from ceiling to floor that when you press it your finger goes through but I have been told that it’s up to me to correct this. I had to send a message through Instagram as when I sent emails no one would get back to me, they finally got back to me but after emails back and forth and being fobbed I’m still waiting so I decided to put a review on here I’ve had new houses before and been so happy with them but this builder needs striking off I have so many problems I’ve not listed them all PLEASE AVOID
Karena · 29 June 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotPls avoid.....
Pls avoid.....In general, very bad sale service delivered, rude and never follow up even they attended meeting and draft something. When the cilent advised there was some points missing, they would just simply ignore. Besides, provided wrong information of material of roof and luckily after several clarification, finally got it right. Can you imagine the consequence if there is any claims of providing wrong info when insuring home insurance ? Linden Home just simply does not care.Furthermore, it takes so much effort to fix defects.....Until now it is still struggling for more than 1 month after completion..... What should we say?
Ms · 27 June 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotSo nearly 3 years in and with the…
So nearly 3 years in and with the communal area still not finished the snagging has begun on my home. So far I have water coming through my ceiling in 4 different places which I reported 4 months ago which hasn’t been fixed. Completely new en-suite had to be fitted. Replacement Bath and shower fitted in Bathroom. All 3 toilets leaking and flushes not working. Flooring downstairs to be replaced. Floorboards upstairs to be lifted and refitted. French patio doors to be removed and refitted. Driveway subsiding in places and needed relaying. Patio subsiding as laid incorrectly. Ceilings downstairs to be skimmed and repainted along with all the skirting boards which weren’t primed. Front door threshold to be replaced. Hot water tank leaking and thermostat fallen off the wall.Lead flashing to be replaced on garage roof.drainage stinks. Cracked slabs leading to front door. Kitchen units peeling. 2 radiators hanging off the wall. 200 emails sent. Please please be aware. THIS IS NOT SNAGGING, ITS DEFECTIVE WORKMANSHIP, THERES A DIFFERENCE. Don’t be taken in by some dubious 5 star reviews naming individual staff (I think we can guess where they came from) BE CAREFUL. 78% of reviewers won’t be wrong!!! Please check The Daily mail, The Sun, Surrey Live for reports online and see for yourself.
Mark · 22 June 2022
★★★★★ 4/5
TrustpilotWe moved into our home back in December…
We moved into our home back in December 23. Both the sales and the site team were really helpful at all times in resolving inevitable issues with a new home, although to be fair they were small in number. We love the house and the development and have no regrets whatsoever.
Peter · 30 July 2024
★★★★★ 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.
JamJar · 14 October 2023
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotPoor service
Poor service. We moved to our new build in July 2018 after just giving birth and 3 years later, our kitchen is still not completed. We have constantly asked the team when this is being completed and we have people come out to finish the kitchen, but they turn up with the wrong materials and say it is a 2-3 man job that will take majority of the day - rather than a quick job they were made to believe.Longacre Basingstoke cannot hold a site manager and the staff rotation is awful. No wonder there has been no consistency with our experience. Fed up, and just want a finished kitchen.
Emily · 4 June 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotPoor quality and follow up service.
Initially good and attentive but numerous problems and shirking of responsibility. Build quality not good. Plumbing was dreadful And have had issues for 5 years. 2 houses on are development had their roof blown off and ours was not properly secured!!
George · 23 June 2020
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotSome of the worst after care service…
Some of the worst after care service I've ever known for any product or service, let alone one which represents the biggest investment I'm ever likely to make. Very badly informed staff from start to finish. Blatant lies regarding obvious problems with the property. Constant avoidance tactics in rectifying problems. Untidy and unprofessional contractors sent to fix problems. Obviously its the property and price point that will decide wether or not you buy with Linden but literally every stage of the purchase and after care has been a litany of problems.
S.B · 4 April 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotSubstandard houses built by cowboys
Never buy a house from these lying unscrupulous scumbagsWe have 140 snagging problems on our home, we have been fighting for 4 1/2 years to get them sorted. The warranty is not worth the paper it is written on. Nhbc say linden are liable, linden says nhbc have to fix it, no one fixes it!!Our porch is hanging off, the electric is wired wrong, there is no rain water goods under the garage, the earth wire was not attached to the gas and electric meters, if you turn the electric off for upstairs the electric partly goes off downstairs and not upstairs at all. The flue for the boiler is at an angle so rain water runs into the boiler, the extractor fan pipes were non existent in the loft causing a fire hazzard, the windows are fitted incorrectly and were supposed to be grey but turned up onsite white so they sprayed them, now they are peeling and look like a Friesian cow. Toilets aren’t level, door handles aren’t level, light switches aren't level or they are damaged, i could go on but whats the point, they are able to build substandard houses and get away with it,because it says on their blurb that they dont have to build quality, i wish we has never brought this house, its been too stressful to call home.
Sharon · 28 March 2022
★★★★★ 1/5
TrustpilotI have just had the most pathetic and…
I have just had the most pathetic and discourteous treatment by the sales and guy at Hanstead Park sales office and I only went in to make a sales enquiry as a genuine buyer - now I wouldn’t touch them . I went in without an appointment which is ‘against policy’ but he squeezed me in . Everything sold off plan this year apart from a few houses and the one I was interested in the show home was off limits until the oven had been replaced ??!! Ok fair enough , I had to beg to have a look through the window and the young guy concerned had no sense of making me feel comfortable, totally unhelpful arrogant and in the ‘computer days no’ mold. So I went back 10 mins later with my family and he outright refused to let my wife look through the window - ‘not I can’t let you do it again’??!! What arrogance and a control freak . ‘I have a teams meeting now and can’t allow it’ how that can affect my wife looking through a window was beyond me ? I was so outraged that it got a little more heated as he made no effort to smooth things and have no explanation other than ‘company policy & health and safety which was rubbish. These guys are inexperienced and have no idea how to deal with customers. This is the service and attitude you can expect from these muppets - see all other reviews . Good riddance
Paul · 14 March 2022
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