written by Conleydp495 on 25/01/2023
Bunch of incompetent people. The worst built homes I have ever seen. Do yourself a favour and stay well away
written by Miracle367 on 03/01/2023
Ridiculous company, no care for the customers and continues to sell homes that are terrible and unsafe and engages solicitors even in the smalles situations where things should be covered by the warranty.
written by Strong260 on 08/07/2022
Please be careful linden homes will delay your completion date and doing this you risk linden keeping your deposit if you cannot source another mortgage offer if it laps (full deposit not just reservation fee) then they can resell your property at a higher price if the market has improved We actually moved in but its far from good The quality is awfull in general walls not level bare floors a garden that's not a garden as gets left like a building site where you can't even let your daughter play as it's dangerous She actually fell down a drain outside that was unfinished Quality isn't there whatsoever from the actual stair spindles cut short and filled? I've literally had to do all snags and repairs myself as they don't follow up on snags and if they do its no better than before cheap materials they tell you what you will get level garden ect but when you get your keys it's different and nothing you can do with it We didn't actually meet building regs which i discovered myself and raised the issue which was the only thing to get rectified but it still gets signed off?? Shame can't post photos on here Still waiting for repairs to the structure but there not interested
written by LukePJ on 28/01/2022
First time buyer here! Bought my house in June 2019 . . . Sales team were great and really friendly. Super helpful, chatty and built a good relationship with them . . . that's where the positives stop. Linden's quality of workmanship is poor (putting it politely) . . . My house 'feels' like it was a training exercise for a work experience project. Worryingly I've been told by many workman that my house was in 'a lot better condition than others they've seen'. I raised over 100 snags of which some are STILL outstanding. As soon as they've got your NHBC survey they essentially wash their hands of you, unless you keep up enough of a fuss. I felt like I had to really fight and work for my snags to be reviewed and rectified. It was knackering. The qualified contractor / site manager should have had higher standards . . . they are the experts after all . . . not me! I feel like there is a lot of responsibility for the new owner to know what is and isn't acceptable without a construction background. So many details around the house were poorly finished! Paint on switches, missing screws, chips and dents in door frames, grout and mortar ALL over the place . . . It really has tarnished my first home buying experience. I don't expect to buy a brand new car with it's wing mirror hanging off, so why is it acceptable to buy a brand new house with all these defects . . . Its now been 2 years with other snags that i've found which are really unacceptable and they've washed their hands of me. I'm now left to fix these issues at my own expense. New homes are always marketed to people as 'Cheaper than buying used' . . . I think not considering the amount of time, energy, stress and own money to try and fix their incompetence. Avoid if possible! But I know with help to buy schemes, people are really restricted to new builds and stock.
written by Hannaf134 on 03/09/2021
I first made my enquiry with Linden Homes Sales at the number given for Hanstead Park, surrounding March 2021. Since then to now, i have been misled, totally enforced chaotic ordains and thereafter deliberately confusing me, discouraging me and thereafter regimentally becoming stubborn about their sell policies which truly have NO adherence. Lack of rationale and logistics, if the funds are borrowed on a mortgage, and a buyer's mortgage fall through surrounding October due to anticipated interest rate rise in financial management of UK., therefore, substantial reservations by December 2021 will fall through!!!!! or otherwise, come to a crunch of auction sale in 2022-23 after really the cost of borrowing goes up. Your mentality of enforcing your ordains upon buyers such that you have only one sided benefits and this is called unfair contract. The only reason why you are successful is because you are taking advantage of a market wherein there is acute shortage of properties.
written by 1958Hart on 17/08/2021
Bought a house off them just under 2 years ago just before Christmas and they rushed it through so the bosses got extra an bonus. Been emailing them for well over a year now about our garden been uneven, sloped and rocks sticking up through the turf. Have been told people are coming to look at it and they haven't, we have been told they are going to sort it and then they haven't. Now they are saying that we signed off on the plan for the garden which we have never seen. Needless to say we will never buy a property from them again.
written by AllisonArnold70 on 10/03/2020
We purchased a house in Saffron Walden in Sept 2019 and yes we have had standard snagging issues but also some major issues and the customer service up to MD level has been shocking. The overall attention to detail in the homes is terrible. On completion day we actually raised issues with our carpet and flooring downstairs, we still have not had this rectified and now in an internal battle with them. Our turf was laid and they are quoting its normal....well we followed the maintenance regime and its coming up, bald patches, you sink in it and there are rocks everywhere. Not really the best when you have a 2.5yr old. Our solicitor raised with us that they tried to resubmit different boundary plans for our property which meant we had some land missing from our plot. So underhanded and their solicitor admitted an admin error. Due to a 10 day response and me chasing this for our formal complaint to the MD, he threw a shocking response to us, backtracked everything that was approved and said it was all normal and customer service were in their target KPI for responding. Once they have your money, the customer care goes our the window. Whilst we love the house and location, I would advise people to think twice before buying and do your own flooring and turf. Throughout the 6 months we have been here, they have ceased working with 3 different contractors which has not helped the situation.
written by 4616 on 02/03/2020
Dreadful initially helpful. They deliberately have a poor complaints procedure. they have refused to pay for work i had to get done in order to fix an ongoing problem that had been continuing for 4 years. they initially paid and then decided not to. Poor customer service that increasingly gets worse as you stay in the house.
written by Eddy_Monz on 08/05/2019
Been in one of their homes for a year now at their site in Plymouth, Devon. Initially, snagging was dealt with promptly on site but now they keep feeding us rubbish so we don't bother them! Problem one. The render on the side of the house (gable) has fractured/cranked the whole length of the house. They say it's not an issue and have so far refused to do anything about it. Its a crack in the render, you can see it with the naked eye and if/when we come to sell the house, the price would be reduced. They've also just finished rendering another new property behind ours. They laid it during really bad weather and part of it fell away. All they have done is patched it and you can see the scar! Good luck to the family who buy that one! I do have pictures as well. Our home isn't the only one with this happening so we'll be getting together to see where we stand legally. Problem two. They have left a gap between our property boundary and a wall. They failed to remove all the plants behind and these are now encroaching into our garden. The plants are ivy and brambles so you can imagine how quickly they grow! Again, they have said they don't own that land and it's nothing to do with them. Absolutely disgusting behavior. If they had sorted the issues with the ivy and brambles prior to putting our boundary fence up we wouldn't have an issue now. I have also asked countless times to find out who needs to sort this but no one ever gets back to you. Its been going on since we moved in. I am going to have to speak with our solicitor to find out who owns this 'no mans land' to get it sorted. This is the first time we've bought a new build and probably won't do it again. Galliford Try Partnerships and Linden homes are hopeless. Happy to take your money, and a lot of it, but not happy to fix issues that are major problems and shouldn't be happening. I don't know what the other sites are like but by going through reviews on here, they're just as bad!
written by LH44 on 12/11/2018
Linden Homes is by far and away the worst customer experience I have ever had. There are two many minor issues to mention, and some issues more significant than minor. The home itself is extremely well built - but there are issues that were reported some months ago, that I have not yet received information upon how they intend to resolve these issues. My neighbours' say the same things. My experience of their customer (lack of) care is that they tend to ignore you. The whole customer care experience is one of hoping that we go away. There are at least two issues that make the home unsalable at present. (Land boundary / fence position confirmation at show home end of garden, and incorrect smart meter number registered with electricity supplier). If you do buy a Linden Home - Good luck! I am sure that after 12 months, you will wish that you hadn't.
written by McGinnis84 on 24/06/2018
Allegedly purveyors of dreams. Reality is they ruin lives, ruin families. Na.omi Burr.ell in particular avoid at all costs.
written by AmandaAAF on 15/05/2018
DO NOT BUY FROM LINDEN HOMES From start to finish had nothing but problems. Bad attitude towards paying customers. Very sly and underhand tactics. Tell you what you want to hear until they have their money. Very sneaky! If you buy from Linden Homes expect problem after problem. I have bought 3 new builds before and experienced snags but not 5 pages worth which took more than a solid month to resolve. Quality of the house is horrendous. Boiler wired wrong. The list is endless. They after paying over a quarter of million pound for a balcony with a view, 8 months later they plonked a lamp column outside which took the value of the property down, blocked my view and looks disgusting. Mislead. Their “values” is customer care is a load of rubbish. Everyone on our site had major problems and they don’t care about resolving them. AVOID AT ALL COSTS! READ REVIEWS online they have 1 star. I wish I did
written by 246Devine on 18/03/2018
Buy a Linden home and expect RATS in your loft due to poor build and badly laid drains. You can also look forward to poor wood workmanship, stupid layouts of electrics, a lawn full of rubbish just under the surface, toilets that dont flush and the thinnest lick of paint on all walls as standard. NHBC refer you back to Linden for any issues and after 2 years they couldnt care less.
written by Isiahj1964 on 04/03/2018
We are very happy with our new property and more than happy with the aftercare we have received, the staff in customer services are exceptionally helpful especially out of hours and the site staff have been very helpful. We have had several problems which is to be expected with a new property and one must expect mud on a new ongoing site which must be obvious when purchasing the property.
written by Raul197 on 28/02/2018
We have put up with this outfit building on a brownfield site behind our houses for nearly 2 years now. They broke our fence digging up the soil from behind. made a big hole in it. Noise, dust, shaking houses, alarms going off all bank holiday weekend, all parties blaming each other as to who should come out and turn it off. We climbed over onto site in the end and got noise dept down, it was their site office alarm. Starting work at 7am with beep beep reversing tones, driving us mad! They were starting at 7am (it's legally 8am) until I got a notice served on them not to start until 8am! Lorries in/out all hours, parking in sideroads, blocking traffic, potholes appearing. Workers park in our close dropping their litter from lunch, beer cans, thought they were not to drink on site? Real load of could not give a stuff merchants. Really hate them with a vengeance. No one wants the bug hutches they've made. Too expensive. We had a nice outlook, trees, birds, animals, bats, all gone since they came. Now will have a load more people clogging up our lovely town.
written by McKennatv182 on 20/01/2018
I don't even know where to start. Shoddy, unprofessional, third rate company The quality of their work is appauling They were painting the stairs the day I moved in The garden was not done Outside a building site I can't believe one of my family have not broken their neck getting in and out of our house Don't be tempted I'm pulling my hair out trying to get them to put it all right I have pages and pages of snagging It has made me very ill I bought a new house asi needed to downsize and was diagnosed with a life changing illness a few months back, this has made me even worse I'm not sure I will recover I hate the house I have bought can't see me staying in it Every time I hear water I assume pipes bursting radiators leaking
written by KamrynMiller1954 on 11/01/2018
Agree with previous comments-this company is DREADFUL. shoddy workmanship and non existence customer care. Had a hole in the pipe in our kitchen (just like last review), their plumber finally came to sort out the radiators but messed up the boiler but Linden won't sort out the boiler problem their plumber caused as boiler just out of warranty. Am currently sitting here with my husband and three children with no hot water or heating and we are freezing. STAY AWAY
written by GraysonNelson117 on 16/11/2017
They are interested in taking your money but then the process goes down hill . We moved in on 18th dec 2016 but snagging still not finished .the garden was a nightmare .We had 5 inches of water at one point .They hadn't put top soil on and put the turf down .Spent 1500 on better drainage .No broadband for 4 mths .the list goes on .
written by McGraw494 on 04/11/2017
Stay well away! I totally agree with all the other negative comments. Pre-sales lady was fantastic but as soon as we had bought the house they did not want to know. After a few months of purchasing the units in kitchen and nearby wall were mouldy. Linden kept trying to fob me off and said it was condensation. Had to get NHBC involved but only after tiles on kitchen floor started coming up and I had nagged them did Linden listen and start to act. It was not condensation but a hole in the water pipe which meant whole kitchen wall had to come off!!! After sales service is dreadful-they don't want to know. Seriously don't fall into the trap of thinking it couldn't happen to you as it will! Stay well away.
written by jjmiller on 31/10/2017
I could spend an hour writing things on here about Linden Homes but all I will say is if you are thinking about buying a home from Linden Homes home, DO NOT DO IT!!!!
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Dave7107's Response to AmandaAAF's Review
Written on: 13/02/2021
Well I have looked at many reviews. And I must say there customer care program is shocking. I will not be buying my new home from linden homes I will go to david Wilson homes. Or Barrett homes. Selling my house in edgware Glad I looked at these reviews. Have helped.