Barratt Homes Reviews

Kevin McCloud, presenter of Grand Designs on Channel 4, is angry about the state of housing in Britain today. In protest to the shoddy estates cropping up around the country, he plans to build his own suburban housing estate, to prove it can be done properly. But first he needs YOUR opinion and advice... he wants to talk to people who live in, ...  Read the complete review

I hated everything about my Barratts house. Moved into Nursery Gardens in Melton Mowbray 2 years ago and am still upset about it today. I was told by the sales person it was a nice area but we had really bad anti-social behaviour problems in the area and had no end of problems. Bought the house while at DPC level so did not realise the poor ...  Read the complete review

Barratts Thameswalk New riverside development, Barratts in their wisdom sold to a load of people who had fraudulant mortgages...and then who promptly installed a load of gang member rogue tenants who have turned the place into a ghetto...guns, crime, fraud, intimidation....reposessions rife, empty flats already.....£30,000 negative ...  Read the complete review

In general, Barratts provided me with a new house with few problems for a reasonable price. However, the soundproofing (in a house built in 2001/2 before the new soundproofing laws came into effect) is definitely not as good as it should be. The house as a whole could be somewhat more solid - if you have heavy plant machinery outside ...  Read the complete review

I went to 'The Elms' development in Leicester to enquire about Barratts new development. I met the sales adviser Phillip Graham, he blurted out 'What do you want', I said I didnt like his mannerism. He told me to leave the premises, couldnt believe it. He told me hes annoyed with me for picking up Barratt brochure from his office, which is open ...  Read the complete review

I wanted to make sure people were aware so to avoid future upset. I have recently purchased a Brand New Barratt home, based in Rochford in Essex. The house is gorgeous, there have been a few problems as you would expect, snagging to be fixed, eg paint work touching up and screws missin here and there. Everything has been sorted, and the time scale ...  Read the complete review

MOVED INTO OUR BRAND NEW BARRATT HOME FEB 2005, IT IS A 4 BED DETATCHED COST £250,000. SINCE THAT TME WE HAVE FOUND OUT OUR HOUSE IS BUILT ON UN-LEVEL FOOTINGS, RESULT HOUSE IS 53MM HIGHER ON ONE SIDE THAT THE OTHER. THIS AMOUNT S TO ALL CEILLINGS FLOORS DOORS WINDOWS BRICKWORK ALL BEING OUT OF LEVEL. WHAT DO BARRATT DO WHEN ...  Read the complete review

My house is full of naphthalene, a toxic gas that is potentially cancer-causing. Barratt East London are aware of this, but have failed to remove the contamination source. Instead,for the last five years they and Newham Borough Council have been in 'without prejudice' negotiations about sealing the cellar floor of the 8 houses affected. We have no ...  Read the complete review

Entered sales office with parents, as i was first time buyer. chose house off plan,were about is it? sales rep (who won top award)if you look straight out across the road from my window its right there (not true)its now in the place i pointed out to her i did not want to be. Whats the difference in this row and the other and the garden ...  Read the complete review

Please see the full details at www.BarrattHomeowners.co.uk I have owned my leasehold house since May 2002, the freehold being owned by Barratt West Midlands who originally built the house. In June 2004, having become stressed at work and lost long term interest in my job, I decided to resign, to sell the house and take a gap year in ...  Read the complete review

Barratts West Midlands office Construction Department ( the Construction Director will not even talk to customers!) have little in the way of Customer Service skills. They ignore the customer's viewpoint even when there is a Health and safety issue at stake. They appear to think that Barratts are too big for anyone to challenge - including ...  Read the complete review

I too have experienced terrible service from Barratt Southampton, enclosed are a few pointers that I brought along to a meeting with the MD of Barratt southampton on the 20th Aug 04...to let him know how disapointed my wife and I are about buying a Barratt home.....something we will never do again!! living next to the show rooms in Whiteley ...  Read the complete review

Really upset by everything - Advantages: affordable - Disadvantages: red tape, unhelpfull

We moved into our new Barratt home in Bonnybridge Scotland in May '03, and the snagging list was quite significant. Mostly poor workmanship on the part of the Sub Contractors - over whom Barratt seem to excercise no quality control. The most significant were:- Marble Fire surround broken in half and glued with yellow glue, electric supply ...  Read the complete review

I moved into a brand new Barratt home 2 and a half years ago. The house is a good sized 4 bedroomed detatched. It was also an ex show home. Beautifully decorated and well worth the money. As soon as we moved in the kitchen flooded, we found out this was the incorret plumbing in of the washing machine that came with the house. My 2 neighbours ...  Read the complete review

We bought a Barratt house in November 2003 and I can say it is the worst decision I have ever made. We started off with a good few lies from the sales people about doors, fixtures etc. Then when we moved in we discovered all the lights take special bulbs and after a lot of complaining they gave us one bulb!!! for the entire house, we ...  Read the complete review

I've listed below the shirt hisory of my Barratts home.... - Signed to buy July 2002, told it would be complete Sept/Oct - No contact from Barratts for over 4 weeks so called in show home mid August and advised completion would be October/November - Chose carpets, kicthen and bathroom September. - October, November ...  Read the complete review

I've been in my new Barratt home in Edinburgh for six months now. After three months Barratt sent me a survey form where they asked "would you recommend Barratt to anyone else"? My question to that was a straight "no". Why? I'm pretty happy with the house itself, but the customer care is utterly poor. Not a ...  Read the complete review

It's Official! Barratt Homes habitually mislead their customers, and they do not care about providing quality customer service! We bought a new Barratt home in June 2002 and whilst the the actual construction of the property is, I would suggest, of Average quality, the aggravation surrounding the whole new home experience has been ...  Read the complete review

I moved into a Barratt bungalow just over a year ago. They look lovely inside with pretty little gardens to th efront and rear. I thought it would be great to move into a new home, since the previous home I lived in was Victorian and it was full of leaky roofs. When I moved in there was a brown stain on the living room wall. What on ...  Read the complete review