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Residents threaten legal action against Persimmon Homes

In a recent incident, workers cut through a water main and flooded the road and residents say they’ve not received so much as an apology. One woman seeking legal advice, who didn’t want to be named, said: “They don’t seem to give a damn. It was like a river in Gaston Way and the water [...]

New Build Heating Problems

Heating problems are common in many new build homes. Read this on the Montgomerie Park Residents’ Association Site and find the results of their poll: “Anyone on the Persimmon estate (or any of the others) have an issue with the heating of their property? I have been having a bit of a debate with builder [...]

Mum told boiler ‘could be lethal’

When Lisa Peplow and her family moved into a brand new home she rightly assumed everything had been fitted to the highest standards. But at the weekend the mother-of-two discovered the boiler installed by Persimmon Homes before she moved in, could have leaked potentially fatal carbon monoxide fumes.

Dream home turns to nightmare

“As soon as we collected the keys we noticed problems with the decor throughout the building. The dry lining was visible on every wall and ceiling. We also found that the kitchen had not been built to the specification we had been given, there was one kitchen unit less. As if that wasn’t enough, the [...]

Complaints flood in as Persimmon pipes burst

As Ian and Margaret were out delivering Christmas presents on the Saturday before Christmas they received a phone call from their son Mark asking them to return home quickly because the Fire Brigade were there. Persimmon Homes Flooding Article

No sinking plots at housing development

A building company working near Bridgwater has quashed rumours suggesting plots on its new homes site are sinking into the ground. Persimmon Homes South West, constructing houses on the new Stockmoor Grange development on Taunton Road, responded after claims were made to the Mercury that plots on the site were sinking and work was being [...]

Persimmon Homes Campaign Site

Steve Soulsby, the owner of a Persimmon house of horrors, was so shocked by the experience of buying a new build that he has set up a website to share his experiences with prospective buyers. Steve says that the houses have been thrown together as quick as possible without regard to quality, the focus is [...]

BBC Watchdog Persimmon Homes Again

Persimmon Homes (Archive) make their yearly appearance on BBC Watchdog. Totley Hall Drive sounds charming and looks immaculate. But beneath the surface, things aren’t quite as perfect as they seem. The estate in Sheffield was built in 2000 by Westbury Homes, a company that’s now part of Persimmon Homes – the UK’s biggest house builder. [...]

Persimmon Homes from Hell

It got off to a bad start when they held back the keys for 4 hours after receiving our funds at 1 o’clock. We didn’t receive keys till 5.30 having booked a van and given notice on our rented property at the time and booked holiday from work. On moving in we had no water [...]

Persimmons fined for polluting river

Magistrates heard how in October 2003 Environment Agency officers had made the developers aware of potential drainage problems on their housing site off the A58 in Ripponden. Officers were concerned that silt from the site could end up draining into the nearby River Ryburn and asked Persimmon Homes to take action to prevent this. The [...]

Persimmon Homes Shifting House

We bought our house new from Persimmon in July 2000. Since then we have had problems with internal and external cracking which for four years Persimmon refused to take seriously or investigate the root cause. The NHBC were contacted and eventually independent engineers were appointed to monitor the house. The house has moved and continues [...]

Couple’s Persimmon Homes Nightmare

One of the UK’s largest builders has apologised to a couple after they reported a catalogue of serious faults with their new home. Suzanne and Richard Dewar-Smith have suffered since April when they moved into their home in Copperfield Close, on the Fairfield Park estate, Stotfold, built by Persimmon Homes. The couple say problems started [...]

Persimmon Homes Reneged

We have a snagging issue with our kitchen worktops that has taken almost 2 years to resolve with Persimmon, even though it was quite a straightforward issue. Because of this, two separate Persimmon Customer Care reps offered us a goodwill offer for some minor alterations to our kitchen on two separate occasions. Unfortunately, before this [...]

Inconsiderate Persimmon Homes

I am currently living next door to a Persimmon Homes site called Tagwood View in  Ramsbottom, Bolton)  and wish to complain about the state of the site throughout the working day and later on in the evening. During the day our road is constantly blocked off by diggers and such, not to mention workmen who [...]

Persimmon Homes Blog

A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I visited the Persimmon Homes Admiral Heights Estate in Rosyth, north of Edinburgh. We’d been looking at a few houses on the market, and just vaguely thinking about moving from our (100 year old!) house near the centre of Dunfermline. This newsfeed is pulled from Persimmon Homes:

Persimmon Homes Development Branded a Disaster

They claim to have suffered flooding several times and say they were left without heating or hot water in winter. A Persimmon Homes spokesman said it was aware of various snagging issues

Watchdog Report: Persimmon Homes

The nation’s biggest home builder also has the biggest house-building complaints file on the Watchdog database. Persimmon build new homes and renovate old buildings. Watchdog has received over 450 complaints… The nation’s biggest home builder also has the biggest house-building complaints file on the Watchdog database. Persimmon build new homes and renovate old buildings. Watchdog [...]

Watchdog Report: Persimmon Homes

Seventeen residents who bought their properties from Persimmon Homes have an exclusive no-one would want – that they prefer their water in bottles! Maura Drumm moved into her £100,000 Persimmon home five years ago. Plumbing problems were the last thing that she expected, but she noticed a green stain on the enamel of her sinks. [...]