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George Wimpey Homes

You’d expect more for £440,000

Gavin Henderson had been commuting for almost a year from Newcastle – longing to move into his new house down south.
But when he and wife Susan arrived at their new £440,000 Taylor Wimpey home in Padworth two months ago they began to discover a catalogue of 160 alarming faults.
Early shocks when they arrived on October [...]

Wimpey’s ‘bad workmanship’ on new-build

Mr Willey, who works in the building trade, decided to put up the warning after three years of complaining about the four-bedroom property which he moved into in June 2006.
He said: ‘I would’t wish on anyone what I’ve had to go through. It’s a lot of money to spend and you expect a new house [...]

Wimpey the Facts

We made a few visits to the site as the development (1st phase) went up and were shown plans outlining street furniture, types of soft landscaping etc and all was well. We ended our rental agreement as we didn’t need another six month lease and moved everything we owned into garages amongst friends and [...]

A George Wimpey Home

One would expect two fundamental requirements to be met on completion of purchase: that the house looks OK from the front (at least) and that the house is watertight.
It is also essential that site management does not avoid householders and does not leave sales representatives to act as the only accessible site representatives.
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Property nightmare: leaky new home

Christopher Browne meets a couple whose spirits were dampened by their new home.
Family ties and low property prices persuaded Gavin and Julie Griffin to buy a new house on a George Wimpey Homes estate near their childhood city of Sheffield. Read more…