Persimmon (Persimmon Homes)

Member Name: adambrown400

Product:	Persimmon Homes
Date:	28/08/08 (487 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice new house

Disadvantages: Lots of issues with snagging and general rushed construction.

We bought our Persimmon home almost two years ago now and we are generally pleased with the construction of the actual building. We were able to get quite a good deal from them. They paid 5 per cent of our deposit - about £7500 and carpeted the place out for us.

When we moved into the development we were in the middle of a building site and there were many snags that we could ask the builders to come and fix for us. However it always seemed that once we had signed on the dotted line and signed our lives away to Persimmon, we felt like second class citizens and whenever we popped our heads into the sales office or rang the helpline we were treated as an annoyance.

One major problem we had was with our drains. Quite a lot of the time we had issues with flushing the loo and water would not go down quick enough. The helpline had the 'balls' to tell us not to use 'quilted' toilet paper as this was the problem. When they eventually agreed for a drain expert to come and have a look - he found huge amounts of builders waste in the drains! Their fault!

Quilted toilet paper indeed!

Since the builders have left we have had numerous converstations with neighbours who have had much worse problems than ourselves. If you are thinking of buying a new house check out the competetion and don't be drawn into deals that sound great to begin with - you are very likely to be ignored once you sign on the dotted line.

Summary: We were lucky