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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Review summary

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Considering 74 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers reported significant issues with the quality of work, including poor construction, unfinished repairs, and numerous snags that were not properly addressed. Reviewers also frequently experienced appalling customer service, characterized by unresponsiveness, false updates, and a lack of accountability, making it difficult to resolve problems. Furthermore, many people were dissatisfied with the company's handling of local residents' concerns regarding building plans and the impact on local areas, as well as the poor maintenance of roads and public spaces on new build estates. However, some customers also noted positive experiences, praising specific staff members for their superb service, responsiveness, and willingness to go above and beyond to resolve issues and provide updates. A few other people also felt that the quality of their new homes was great, with some even stating that the homes were above industry standards and that the team genuinely cared about the buyers.

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Customer service

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Quality

Customers had negative experiences with quality, citing numerous defects and poor workmanship in new builds,... See more

Location

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waited 8 months after original build complete date for property to be finished. There were multiple delays due to poor quality work meaning work then had to be redone. Builders would give you false up... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Learn to listen to the local residents about their concerns about the affect their building plans might have on local areas. ie traffic, doctors ,hospitals, flooding, sewage, wildlife, all of which se... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Refuse to repair or maintain roads on my new build estate despite serious and dangerous damage. Will not respond to any complaints other than to say ‘You can’t prove your vehicle damage was due to u... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could give 0 stars I would! Save yourself the time and stress and buy from another builder. We have previously brought from Bellway who were a dream compared to Bovis/Vistry. The build and afterc... See more

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Vistry group PLC - Quality build and design in the UK


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

285 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

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!

22 March 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

AVOID ANY PLOTS FROM VISTRY GROUP

They Use a company called First Port under Vistry and attempt to extort money from you. They had the wrong address I chased them for a freehold service fee invoice as my neighbours were getting theres. They tried to add admin charges of £200+ even though they confirmed they had the wrong address on their systems for my plot. Ridiculous and they think they can get away with it. I have lodged a claim with the county court claims as they now tried to mediate the charges but i have refused want to take them to court so they pay for this.

1 November 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

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,Boris 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.

5 February 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Oxford manager Vistry site

Hello I’m on Oxford one menager with grey hair try morning move my car with forklift w*t*f* where is health and safety and newly try fight with me
Soo idiot

31 January 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could I would give Vistrygroup a…

If I could I would give Vistrygroup a minus. We purchased a house 4 years ago and not only have I had to have a survey (which said the house is not up to code) but the whole development has boundary issues. We as a neighbourhood have had debilitating stress over 3 years of constant building works that never seem to remedy the issues but we can never get any replies from customer services without weeks of calls and emails. Most of my neighbours have had similar issues like mould, drain smells, leaks, bad insulation and our balcony was deemed dangerous and not fixed properly. We were told to block it off until it was fixed professionally. We would love to sell the house but are not able to because of the situation. I have contacted a solicitor to take advice but now feel I need to take them to court in order to get things remedied. DO NOT buy a home from Visty group.

25 January 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 star builder

I have nothing but good things to say about Bovis/Vistry since buying our new build in Gloucestershire last month. The quality is exceptional, the sales team are approachable and the builders been so professional. I am in love with our home, and so glad we bought from them.

15 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible site management

Terrible site management. Contaminate roads by not using wheel baths and hosing off vehicles leavings site. Avoid this company. Sherford site is very poorly managed.

15 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid

If I could give less than one star I would. Horrendous Aftercare by their Sales Team. I have soo many snags with my home that are still to be fixed18 months on. I did not buy the home from Vistry originally, i bought from countryside. They constantly blame countryside and say they do not have records of previous snags. Countryside although did not do all my snags would update me. Vistry nothing. They want to do the bare minimum and constantly look for ways not to complete works. I dread to think what would have been the case if I had bought a Vistry/Linden home. Everything is to chase, they don’t even pretend to be helpful. Everything is met with obstructions. They are also really hard to contract and they respond to emails after 7 working days, nothing is quick.

12 December 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Can't give Zero stars.

Can't give Zero stars.
Where do I start? A joke of a company and a joke of a 'Customer Services' dept out of Caterham.
Firstly, you must understand they do not care about any customer reviews. They as good as told me. I got asked politely to stop emailing their board members with my complaints after inactivity and just plain rudeness by not even acknowledging emails led me to track down who to try and speak with. Would you believe this lot has a 'Customer Experience Director'? look it up on the website. Oh, and apparently Fitzgerald the CEO is in line for millions in bonus this year?!
I apparently live on an award winning site! God knows what an 'ordinary' site would be like.

19 October 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They reneged on our deal and sold the…

They reneged on our deal and sold the house I was buying next door ro my daughter from under me after we had committed ourselves financially by releasing savings to buy daughters house. They have left us in financial hardship and stolen our dream. SHAME ON THEM!

14 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Shocking after service

Moved into my new house Sept 23 .2inch gap in the stairs ,kitchen window would not close external light woudnt work,leak in the toilet and the kitchen cupboard dor fell off when i opened it Day 1
Eventually got problems done But vistry refused to repair kitchen cupboard door and just sent me an email from where i ciuld buy one .this is the first day in a house that had been oassed off by the company
Had to buy a new door for the house i just bought absolute joke

20 March 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ignores local communities

No care or consideration to the Wellingborough request to halt the felling of the historic Lime trees to allow an urgent review to take place.
No response to my personal enquiry on the serious matter.

23 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

agree to fix things before sale and…

agree to fix things before sale and then take 3 years to fix some, then deny agreeing & say it’s your problem. AVOID this shambles of a company as I wish I read reviews before, as I’ve not met a single resident who is happy.

23 February 2023
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

0* doesn’t pay staff when promised

0* doesn’t pay staff when promised, left out family without food & can’t pay our bills. DONT WORK FOR THEM, they say one thing & mean another. Makes out they’re a great professional company to work for but can’t even pay there staff. I’ll be making a small claims case.

12 January 2023
Unprompted review

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