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Talks over shaky Westbury homes fears

Residents living on an exclusive housing estate fear their homes may be on the move due to shaky foundations. Westbury Homes has confirmed that some people living in £190,000-plus houses in Heritage Place, Hopwood, have been sent letters calling them to talks on Thursday to discuss the situation. An anonymous call to the Advertiser claimed [...]

Westbury Homes

New homes. They all come with a ten year guarantee which is a very comforting thought. But what does it actually cover? When you choose a new house, you might expect it to be trouble free. You certainly dont expect bricks to start falling out of the front of your home when it’s less than [...]

Westbury Homes Home from Hell

We moved into our Westbury home last May, only a few other properties were occupied.The land above our property was still being developed. After having to live one what one would describe as a bomb site, the road was eventually completed and properties landscaped. On returning home after a weeks holiday we found that the [...]

Wesbury Homes Beaten at Last

Hi everyone, our dealings with Westbury Homes plc started two years ago when we agreed to part exchange our home for a new build. We had our home valued by the estate agents and agreed a price for the swap. Then the trouble started. Westbury wanted to advertise our home for more than it was [...]

It is a living hell in this house

When the Skuse family moved into a brand-new home, their dream turned into a nightmare. More than a year later, they and other residents of a Westbury Homes development in Weston-super-Mare are still waiting for defects to be put right, reports Corinne Hitching. Buying a brand-new home should be a pleasurable experience. New appliances, woodwork, [...]

Westbury Homes at Weston (update)

Following the recent Watchdog programme, articles have also appeared in the Western Daily Press, the BristolEvening Post and the Weston and Somerset Mercury all regarding the roof issues on this development. It appears to have generated a lot of interest. Update on the current situation-Westbury Homes have written to every home on this site stating [...]

Watchdog Report: Westbury Homes

Many people elect to buy new-build houses so they won’t inherit other home owner’s problems. We have received over 200 emails from people who bought new-build houses from Westbury Homes. They have inherited more problems than they bargained for. One viewer had a sloping floor. When she commissioned an independent surveyor’s report, it found her [...]

My property nightmare: a defective new home

How to deal with tricky situations. This week: a buyer is put off buying new-build homes for life. Andrew Sutherland vowed never to choose another new-build home after a two-bedroom property he bought six years ago produced 18 defects. But his resolve broke when he found himself looking again at new developments along the South [...]

Westbury homes at Weston

on the site due to the fact that one home had already been proved to have no roof fixings-this same home had already had Westbury to replace thier roof once-however Steve detected that even this home still had unfixed tiles on an area of roof where all the tiles should have been fixed-this was a [...]