Persimmon Homes Unhappy Customers - Rip Off Britain - 3/10/19

Rip Off Britain reports on the people who are trying to make themselves heard though social media, but have been left battling strong opposition from the companies they’re criticising. Persimmon Homes acquired the administration rights to the “Persimmon Homes Unhappy Customers” group, which had almost 14,000 members. before shutting it down, deleting years of customer posts sharing problems with their homes.
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[@davidandrews17]

The government seriously need to sort out the laws and building regs as so many home builder companies are not meeting the critical standards expected. My wife and I bought a Persimmon house in 2018, and we had nothing but problems. Customer service was appalling. Once they had your money, they ran. Would not answer the phone or deal with any questions/queries. Finally sold nearly a month ago and will never go back to new builds. Advice, research before you buy.

[@fnuppyfnup]

Ive heard someone who bought a new home for an almost 500k £ mortgage can not hang a mirroir or a larger picture on their walls. Makes you wonder what will happen to that house in 15 years, half way through the mortgage? With all of this info coming out, it will be even more difficult to sell these homes for the current owners. And the fact that they lack almost any isolation - the new energy bills will be trully the icing on the cake for these unfortunate owners.

[@riggstwenty2]

I have never heard a good word about this company !

[@annastarkey9284]

It’s a wonder why people buy from these companies, I just wonder how long these house will last. Looking at the video, at the start where it shows the crack in the bricks doesn’t look like shoddy workmanship it looks look some sort of subsidence, no expert but doesn’t look good.

[@mesparky9]

The boss, I want 500 houses by June. This gets passed down till it reaches a development where the area contracts manager will tell the site agent I want 20 houses by June. If you're not able as a contractor to comply, you get replaced. If you carry on you end up working in unsafe conditions with multiple trades in one property while under pressure to get it done in half the time. That's why the workmanship is so bad.

[@kayleighwayman1869]

Ha ha wow this was a blast from the past! Funnily enough every single snag was fixed after this aired & we got compo! Don’t buy a persimmon home!

[@philiphowell1505]

Never, Never , Never buy a new build, the poorly informed who buy 'off plan' are particularly vulnerable. Personally, i wouldnt give these cowboys a penny , not even after i had ridiculed their 'sheds' after inspection . Demolition is the only answer to their excuses for 'construction'.

[@mhoward181]

New houses are a rip off.

[@ImmaculateRecovery]

why would they be in the group if they were not customers - wow what a BAD lie

[@jonmills5097]

This is just gonna make me shout even louder at them and get the word out that they are dodgy af . No morals

[@jamesmetcalfe9554]

They clearly paid the original admins for permission to control the group

[@pebblespop9053]

Been in a persimmon house for over four years, it’s been awful. Cannot afford to move and constant problems to this day. 😭 absolutely ridiculous.

[@saintjude8029]

I work for persimmon homes.First let me apologize for your situation.The reason persimmon homes have sub standard work is because the houses are thrown up at quick speed.The trades all work on price and the management and the sales reps get a bonus for every house thats finalized. Once you have signed that survey to say that you are happy or not the build sector will not do anything for you,they will fob you off to sales,and sales will promise you the earth and fob you off with its buils fault.Most of the management I've worked for are heartless out of touch aresholes.I'll go to work tomorrow and take the money as im just a small cog in the wheel.But just thought I'd let you know we on the ground who work for persimmon homes think they are a terrible company too.Once again sorry you had such a bad experience.

[@pebblespop9053]

I’m in a housing association and didn’t have the choice, I had to move in. I work full time and I have children too. The first day we moved in, we had sewage coming up through out kitchen sinks, one of our bedroom windows isn’t fitted in properly, my outside wall is damp and it’s come through to the house due to no drainage, I don’t have the right insulation, no fire cavity in the loft, my boiler leaks a green/blue substance and my downstairs toilet constantly leaks. 4 years of phone calls, and even persimmon said they’ll come out and Inspect, but I’m still waiting. I have a child with really low immunity, which gets triggered by the cold. I was a week without any hot water and heating and she ended up in hospital twice! I’m having a survey done soon by a private builder and I’ve been told to contact the NHBC (think that’s right) to see what they can help with. Which means more money gone!

[@axnn1]

@@pebblespop9053 Yeah contact the NHBC. They give a 10 year warranty on all new homes on when it was first built. Get everything done through them. I wish you the best with getting your problems sorted because that’s absolutely ridiculous how persimmon have barely helped you out.

[@robogamer5384]

I worked for persimmon for two years worst builder ever went through six site agents while I was building for them what does that tell you stay well clear and buy an older property

[@davidandrews17]

@@saintjude8029 the concerns is that Persimmon will put money before health and safety standards. People are putting their savings into a home that should be finished completely to a safe and satisfactory standard, yet they're not being given this. When things do go wrong, Persimmon (and other companies) are not responding in a timely manner to get these defects rectified. It's all about money, how much can we charge for this with spending very little? It's disgusting. We bought a Persimmon home in 2018. We were bullied by them saying if we do not complete by a particular date, we would not receive the incentive they offered. That was beyond our control as it was to do with the mortgage company releasing funds. We had nothing but problems. Doors would not close properly, walls not straight, water leaks, heating problems, the list went on. I'm not having a go at you, please don't feel this is a dig. We managed to sell our home very recently and our experience is to never go back to a new build purely because of these reasons.

[@firefox-vc6rb]

Harron Homes are the same but you pay twice as much for the same build quality.

[@braveconcepts]

GREAT britain...

[@christopherwilliams8104]

What about the #fleecehold scandal

[@MomMom-rs2xi]

Our mo don't even know the term fleecehold

[@tonybaloney4195]

Crap firm

[@tazernuts5930]

If youve got the money for one of these boxes, my advice is build your on home.. Little more stress but you'll make ya better job as your in control... BRICKLAYER!

[@andypickup6606]

Yeah... so... don't use facebook

[@CARLIN4737]

Persimmon has loads of uploads....National leasehold campaign...etc.

[@CARLIN4737]

Electricity run on a generator?