Vistry Reviews 

When my husband and I agreed to purchase our property in Fair Oak, Hampshire, from Linden Homes in May/June of 2021 we were advised that there would be a further phase of 35 houses to be built on a field to the rear of our property. We were shown plans which detailed a narrow 'nature reserve' with a very large and beautiful oak tree directly behind our fence (which we were told was covered by a Protection Order and therefore could not be cut down) and that the shrubs surrounding it would be left, therefore leaving a large area of ground between our house and the new build. In 2022, Linden Homes was acquired by Vistry Group and unbeknown to us the original plans were completely scrapped.
On returning home from a day away, we were horrified to find that the tree had been cut down and Vistry had redrawn the plans for the whole of the plot and a house would be built directly behind our fence. When we complained we were told that a tree surgeon hired by the local council had said that the tree was diseased and had to be removed. We have now been informed (by the same Vistry employee) that the tree was perfectly healthy, and was only removed to fit in with the new plans. The shrubs will be removed as well. Vistry drew up the new plans in 2022 but chose not inform those of us who would be affected by it's decision to change the layout of the plots and therefore giving us no time to contest this decision. We now have to face looking out of our back garden onto a brick wall which will block the light,be so close to our back fence that it will totally destroy the rear aspect of our property and that any windows will overlook our garden.
Obviously, this will all impact severly on the value of our property and that of our neighbours and we shall be out of pocket by thousands of pounds if we decide to sell. We have been misled and lied to by Vistry Homes. Absolutely disgraceful. I realise that this complaint will not achieve anything as large corporations seem to be able to steamroll over people without consequence or conscience.

Absolutely shocking cowboy developers
Do not buy off them. New builds are horrendous the gardens are not done properly
The customer service is shocking
They are not following correct building regs

If we could leave a 0* review then we would have done!

The customer service is just absolutely appalling. We have been going back and fourth over snags that we reported with the site manager at the time, which we have evidence of, yet because the site manager didn't complete the necessary paperwork at their end correctly they have no records of some of our snags and now are refusing to fix them. They also won't provide any evidence to support their stance either!

It seems very much like a large amount of snags were not reported to improve their statistics.

I know a very small handful of people on our estate (over 100 homes) that have had a good experience. The rest are going through the same if not worse!

The most shocking, diabolical developers. Very difficult to get hold of, lack of communication and even worse workmanship. they are law bound to sort out defects and are leaving residents to their own devises. I implore you to report them to the new homes housing ombudsman. The more complaints the better.

My freehold house was built 10 years ago when they were called Bovis, and I still have legal problems that would make my house virtually impossible to sell.
We have a retaining wall at the rear that was supposed to be maintained by the residents via a residents management company, but they issued incorrect TP1’s to some of the purchasers and didn’t legally tie those properties into the residents management company.
Because of this problem Vistry still own the retaining wall and the land that it occupies, because they can’t transfer it over to the residents management company unless all of the residents contribute to the costs. At the moment they are desperately trying to cover up the mistake and quoting GDPR as a reason for not discussing the problem, well we all know what happens when large organisations try to cover up their mistakes.
I don’t care if the wall and land are never transferred to the residents management company, but my TP1 makes it very clear that Vistry are responsible for the maintenance until it is transferred, which is something they have failed to carry out. The land is now very overgrown and the fence (part of the land) is in a very dilapidated and dangerous condition (the drop is about 20 feet!).
On top of all this they use Firstport Ltd as the managing agents, and Firstport have invoiced SOME of the owners for the administration of a management company that doesn’t currently have any management responsibilities.
The whole situation is a complete mess and after 10 years we are no closer to a resolution.

We have had nothing from problems with our new build house built by Drew Smith Homes. The garden floods as they put in no drainage. Contractors have damaged both inside and outside of our property. Vistry don’t care and will not put right the damaged caused. There is no aftercare, non-existent. They even make promises, put it in writing and then go back on it. The most unprofessional company I have ever had the misfortune to deal with. Avoid and buy elsewhere.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Horrible company to work for, management is bunch of amateurs

They take your money and don't do what they are paid for. They should be shut down.

Again garbage service from
Vistry bovis homes no one bothers to come
Back on anything

Staggering lack of customer service

Rude woman could not care less about her rotten customer care department
They are appalling

Vistry will try any excuse to avoid doing any snags especially if you have completed your 9 month survey. Very poor customer service