Orbit Reviews 

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.3

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Looking at 139 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Many customers appreciate the helpfulness and politeness of the staff, with some individuals being singled out for their excellent support and efficient problem-solving. Reviewers frequently highlight positive interactions where staff members were respectful, communicative, and quick to resolve issues, making stressful situations easier to manage. However, some people were dissatisfied with the overall service and contact experience, often reporting significant delays and a lack of responsiveness to their concerns. Customers mentioned issues with repairs not being completed, repeated reports being ignored, and difficulties in reaching the right personnel, leading to frustration and a feeling of neglect. There are also instances where staff were perceived as rude or dismissive, and some reviewers experienced poor communication regarding repair schedules and follow-ups.

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Service

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Customer service

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

It was helpful to talk to someone and try to explain the situation and get help without endless time on the phone. It was helpful they were able to raise the problem with the correct people and hop... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

My experience with Orbit has been mixed. Staff I’ve spoken to have generally been polite and pleasant, however dealing with ongoing ASB issues has felt very slow and frustrating despite repeated rep... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I had my boiler serviced yesterday and for some reason two workmen came to do the job. They got all my stuff out and didn’t put anything back after and I had to follow behind them cleaning up. Also th... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

One particular contractor always makes the jobs fantastic. Mega tall, long dark dreadlocks, cool sunglasses. Hes like the Terminator of Fortem lol but very well spoken...You ask him anything and he ca... See more

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Orbit is one of the UK’s foremost housing groups, managing a portfolio of quality, safe and affordable homes for over 100,000 customers. Socially driven and commercially minded, we are a not-for-profit committed to creating a better society, building affordable homes and communities, and to do so in more socially responsible and sustainable ways.

For over 50 years, Orbit has been a force for positive change. We have a growing property portfolio of over 47,000 affordable and social rent homes across Midlands, East and South of England.

We support over 100,000 customers in differing stages of life, from those seeking their first home to customers looking for enhanced supported living and are one of the UK’s largest developers of affordable housing, building over 5,300 new homes by 2025.

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Supporting Our Customers

Our Better Days programme offers support to help our customers maintain their tenancies, develop the skills to get back into work, access grants, apply for the benefits that they’re eligible for, and manage personal finances.

As part of Better Days, we run Breathing Space, a mental health support service commissioned with Mind and Aspire4u, to support customers who are experiencing difficulties with mental health issues. This service aims to prevent problems occurring or worsening, tackling the causes rather than dealing with the consequences, with the ultimate goal of enabling our customers to be in control of their lives.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just had new windows put in Fabulous…

Just had new windows put in Fabulous job Really polite and considerate work crew I had no mess very professional

November 3, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Linda, thanks for your lovely feedback! We’re really pleased to hear you’re happy with the new windows and the team’s professionalism. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful

Megan has helped me today with an issue over fencing that has become hostile and is damaging our property. She was so helpful, understood my concerns and has escalated this to get resolved. Very pleased with her support.

November 19, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Rebecca, Thank you for your kind words! We’re so glad Megan could help you. We’ll make sure to pass your review on to her. Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Month wait for repair

I’ve got a leaking tap that’s using a lot of water each day and they will not repair for another month. Which obviously is costing me. The person I spoke to on the chat wasn’t the most helpful or polite either

November 19, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi, Thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re very sorry to hear this. So our team can look into this, please respond to the private Trustpilot request we’ve just sent. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Regan was really helpful + honest…

Regan was really helpful + honest sorting out a repair of street lamps. Offered to arrange a call for when repairs would commence and keep me in the loop. Really appreciate it, thanks Regan!

November 13, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Lilia, Thanks so much for your kind words! We’re pleased to hear Regan was helpful and kept you informed about the street lamp repairs. We’ll be sure to pass your review on to him. Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Trying to contact orbit….no response

Trying to contact orbit as one of their properties they manage in Stratford upon Avon has a boundary wall against mine and it’s fallen down causing damage. Impossible to get through to anyone and no response to online emails or forms. Thinking now I’ll have to take legal action against them. Disappointed that a housing association managing flats and being paid for this service won’t maintain the property and could potentially kill someone with walls falling down onto other properties

November 1, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Natalie, Thanks for sharing your review. We’re really sorry to hear about this and take property safety seriously. To help us look into it, could you please email your contact details, address, and the property in question to trustpilot@orbit.org.uk Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The customer service agent Regan was…

The customer service agent Regan was polite and helpful at all times although he could not resolve the issue himself, he has directed me to the right channel

November 13, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Yvonne, Thank you for your lovely feedback! We’re so glad to hear Regan was polite and helpful, even if he couldn’t resolve the issue himself. We’ll be sure to pass your kind words on to him. Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just gone to stage 2 complaint…

Just gone to stage 2 complaint procedure, Orbit are a non communication housing association. I have a bathroom/wetroom which needs urgent replacement. I've had several operatives attend take photos and saying needs replacing, waste pipe needs to be lowered water not draining away, wal tiles blown. Works should have been done in February this year, Orbit cancelled the works, not even contacted! I should have been decanted, but told to wash in the kitchen sink or health centre, neither was ever going to happen. Now I'm having surgery and a recent xray shows more deterioration to my lower back, due to Orbit. Has been referred back to a property manager, who's sitting on it. Orbit try to control the narrative hoping tenants will give up. No department talks to anyone, they get given Tasks, which are ignored, requests to call back ignored. We should have listened to Orbit tenants and stayed away! Contacting my M.P. and the Ombudsman once stage 2 completed, or should be!

November 13, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Susan, thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re very sorry to hear about your experience. So our team can look into this, please respond to the private Trustpilot request we’ve just sent. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very helpful hopefully will sort problem

Very helpful hopefully will sort problem

November 12, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Tanya, Thanks for your feedback. We're really pleased to hear that. If you need any more help, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Huge room for improvement

Warwickshire Sales team were amazing. Jacqui, Zoe and Givette. Cannot say the same for the builder. Moved in, an overwhelming number of snags. This included heavy clay gardens which was heavily compacted and allowed for flooding and water pooling around the house which goes against the NHBC guidelines. Roof joists weren’t even connected and broken beams. Poor quality mastics, wood worm in banister, amtico flooring that has been poorly laid, leaking shower, poor plastering work and grout that has been redone numerous times but still turns to a paste when wet. All repairs had taken months for Orbit to sort out.
Still waiting on grout work to be sorted.
I would not purchase an Orbit home again based on our experiences.

November 7, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Josh, We’re pleased you had a good experience with the sales team, but we’re really sorry for the issues you’ve faced since moving in. So that our team can look into this, please respond to the private Trustpilot request we’ve just sent. Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not use these they move all sorts of…

Do not use these they move all sorts of stuff out the way and don't put it back very disrespectful I bet they wouldn't like me doing that in there home

November 6, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Wayne, thanks for sharing your feedback. We’re very sorry to hear about your experience. So our team can look into what happened, please respond to the private Trustpilot request we’ve just sent. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Orbit gets it right again.

The company Sent by Orbit were first class , friendly ,knowledgable and courteous.

November 3, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Jemma, Thanks for sharing your positive feedback. We're glad to hear you were happy with the service. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Live chat was easy to use and the…

Live chat was easy to use and the person dealing with my request was helpful and polite

November 5, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Helen, Thanks for sharing your positive feedback. It's great to hear the live chat was easy to use and the advisor was able to help. Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Failure to notify of gas safety check

Orbit couldn’t even be bothered to send me any notification by text, email or post that I was due a gas safety check, in the end they were sending me final notice letters where they were insinuating legal threats against me for failure to comply even though the fault was theirs to begin with.

They’re happy enough sending their newsletters out by email to pretend they care so you know they have the capability to, just not when it’s for important maintenance purposes.

When I phoned to complain about the experience, the operator replied with “Yeah, sorry, that happens sometimes.”

October 15, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Thomas, We’re really sorry to hear about your experience and would like to look into this further. So that the team can do so, can you please respond with your details to our Trustpilot request we've sent you privately. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Such a lovely representative for Orbit

Such a lovely representative for Orbit
who was very helpful to me

October 21, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Angela, Thanks for taking the time to share your positive feedback! We're really pleased to hear this. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

customer service team

When you speak to the customer service team they help as much as they can xx

October 16, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Heather, Thanks for sharing your positive feedback. It's great to hear the team was able to help you! Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Woeful, do not believe the slick PR

A woeful and incompetent organisation. Please do not get caught up in the slick PR and marketing.

Poor communication, lack of transparency over service charges for services that are either not delivered, or delivered to a very poor standard with no quality assurance.

Update 22/10/25.

Dear Orbit,

I would reply to your Trustpilot request, but do not seem to have received any communication from you.

October 19, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Jayne, We’re really sorry to hear about your experience and would like to look into this further. So that the team can look into this, can you please respond with your details to our Trustpilot request we've sent you privately. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Every time I've needed orbit to do a…

Every time I've needed orbit to do a repair etc always helpful staff very friendly and polite cannot say a bad word about them keep up the good work

October 14, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Dawn, Thanks for sharing your lovely feedback! We’re glad to hear our team has always been helpful and friendly. Thanks, Emma

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful

The person I was chatting to was helpful and gave me some good advice

October 13, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Sharon, We’re really happy to hear that our team could help - thanks for taking the time to share your feedback! Thanks, Emma

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Orbit have no duty of care.

Well what can i say. After informing Orbit Housing Association about the condemned electrics in this property for over 19 months, and confirmed by 4 electricians that a full re-wire is needed as it's a serious health and safety issue, Orbit have done absolutely nothing.
We have storage heaters that run off a sperate board, and when all the power switches are flicked off on that board power is still being supplied to the heaters. So even after informing Orbit of this electricity hazard they still say it's ok to use.
Also ive found out that the communal electric door and lighting have been wired up to run off individual tenants properties. We pay a service charge to Orbit for this and yet we all get billed by British Gas, as shown in the bill breakdown for the same thing.
Orbit, you really need to stop avoiding the health and safety issues in this property and address them with the correct procedure. We no you have a reputation of doing bodge & patch-up job's with Fortem, but you really do need to honour your duty of care to your tenence and not just bang on about the rent, because that's all your ever interested in.

HEALTH & SAFETY issues in this property that you are well aware of yet have done nothing in 19 months:

(1) Hazardous Electrics
Full re-wire needed.

(2) Asbestos removal
From through out the property.

(3) Mould & Damp

October 14, 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I spoke with someone called Megan who…

I spoke with someone called Megan who was very helpful and has helped more than she knows I have mental health issues and was stressing about my gas she got it sorted straight away

October 6, 2025
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Reply from Orbit

Hi Cooper, Thanks so much for sharing this. We’re so glad Megan was able to help and ease your worries. We’ll make sure she sees your lovely feedback. Please reach out anytime you need help or support with anything else! Thanks, Emma

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