Families from across the country have revealed their horror stories to MailOnline after buying newly built homes that have not been finished. Homeowners, some of them first-time buyers, have told of picking up the keys to find leaks, badly fitted doors, mould and gaps in the guttering.

Customers have told of how when they picked up the keys to their dream homes they discovered a string of issues and work unfinished – leading a housebuilder to apologise. A young couple finding their home was missing its oven and a mum having to make an 18-mile trip to do her washing are among a litany of complaints laid at Bovis Homes’s door.

Shoddy workmanship, terrible customer service and homelessness are just some of the issues homeowners on a Grantham housing development say they are facing. And they have become so angry with developer Persimmon Homes, they have united and are standing together to demand action.

DISTRAUGHT residents of a Woodley housing development have been moved out of their homes as their two year battle to fix hundreds of issues rumbles on. Tracey and Jason Bass and their daughter Emily are three of the 11 Loddon Park home owners who have been placed in the Winnersh Holiday Inn by developers Taylor Wimpey over the last several weeks.

Mr Russell Newcombe,33, and his wife Carly,35, reserved a plot on the Hillside Gardens estate in Pinhoe in February 2014 after hearing that the area they hoped to move to benefitted from good schools and more importantly that the developers had a good reputation.

Shoddy workmanship, terrible customer service and homelessness are just some of the issues homeowners on a Grantham housing development say they are facing.

House-builders Persimmon claim to be committed to the highest standards of design, construction and service. However complaints from their customers who have contacted Watchdog have shown that they don’t always live up to those big claims.

RESIDENTS of a new Barratt estate claim the house-builder has gone against planning approval for their homes to save cash.

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.

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 over undersized radiators.