About Barratt Homes

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Barratt Homes is part of Barratt Developments Plc, one of the UK’s largest property developers with over 30 operating divisions. From city penthouses to family-friendly townhouses, Barratt Homes provides new-build residential units that are energy efficient, carefully designed and built to last. Read on for more information and verbatim Barratt Homes reviews from verified residents.

Developments

Barratt Homes properties on HomeViews include Elektron Tower and Proton Tower, a pair of luxury skyscrapers close to East India DLR station, and Altitude Point, a contemporary City property just a short stroll from Brick Lane. For lots of peace and quiet, Brompton Park Crescent is a gated option in leafy Fulham, while Artisan Place promises an easy London commute from its Harrow base.

The maintenance of the development is well and organised. The cleanliness and services are spot on. Pretty happy with the flats as well however kitchen could do with some more space.” – Barratt Homes review by KT, verified resident at Proton Tower

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Clean, well located. Good layout but wish there were more amenities eg gym!” – Barratt Homes review by Anonymous, verified resident at Altitude Point

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Number of Developments

56

Ratings

3.95 Rating

Rating (based on 739 reviews)

Excellent

32.21%

Very Good

48.04%

Average

14.21%

Disappointing

2.98%

Very Poor

2.57%

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Good Estate Needs Work

We were recommended to move to Waterside Park by an estate agent. We have always lived locally but we have a disabled member of our family and needed a home with specific adaptions. We moved into our house when it was brand new and we spoke directly with the developer to ensure everything met our needs. The house has a lift installed and the kitchen units and sinks have been lowered, we asked before moving in for the kitchen units to be made slightly higher and this was arranged. Whilst the kitchen is ridiculously small with the lift there is not much else they could have done on the configuration. The garden is also really small but is big enough.

We have had a few issues but the management company always sorts them out quickly and we think we get really good value for money for our rent. There is a problem with the windows as they always seem to jam but I don’t think we have actually reported it. We are allowed to paint and change the flooring as well as decorate how we want and we really love living in the house and development.

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Good location lots of shops local. Unfortunately people in the local neighbourhood reduce its attractiveness. Overall a nice neighbourhood and I like that there is a lot of nature in the area and wildlife.

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The park in the estate was destroyed years ago and there have been no efforts to reinstate the equipment.

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4
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5
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Modern, Clean and Spacious and more

Brooklands development is well laid out and beautiful. Houses well spaced out, street lights lit and working properly, I live in a house but I can see that the green areas and the lovely parks for children are well maintained. Safe pedestrian walkways, underground passes where necessary for cycling and for kids on scooters which makes it very safe for a run or cycle, or to go on long walks with your kids. Behind the development, there is a long stretch of walkway with green areas and rest benches that is so nice as you are walking parallel to the M1. The Traffic noise while walking is not unbearable at all. I love it.

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I have been living in Brooklands for 8 years now, the area is always evolving with the new local centre – a newly built fit for purpose Health Centre, Lidl and Sainsbury’s local, a gym, a nursery, a good selection of food, cake, coffee, salons and dry cleaners. Very close to the M1 Junction 14 and good bus links to Centre MK and the train station. MK Connect makes sharing cabs easier too. Houses have drives where cars are parked, bin collections are punctual. Never experienced anything anti social in my area. Kingston district centre – for restaurants, shops including a big Tesco, Aldi, Boots and Costco is just about 5mins drive.

We are surrounded by car shops (Kingston and Northfleet) except just a few missing – makes it easy to drop my car for service/MOT/repair and walk home. What’s not to love?

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

Can’t think of any- nothing is hidden from plain sight

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Very quickly with my recollection, I have recently bought another property from same developer in the same development. I’m a happy returning customer

5
Facilities
5
Design
5
Location
4
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Think Carefully Before Buying from Barratts…

We moved into our property, (we love the house design & location on the development) April 2018 and found the whole process very difficult from day one. Lots of unnecessary snags that show a lack of care and attention – still being resolved today 28th Dec 2019. Customer Services take far to long to get back to you with answers and provide limited updates to emails. I would think long and hard before ever buying a new build from a volume builder such as Barratts again.
We are still waiting for compensation for the out of pocket losses experienced due to damp issues. Our claim went in nearly two months, ago and we are still awaiting some indication of timeline for this to be resolved. This company wastes money like it’s going out of fashion hence the prices of new builds today.

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

We love the location of our property on the development and it’s close proximity to the town centre and link roads.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

Get everything in writing…

4
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4
Design
5
Location
4
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3
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Perfect family development with excellent open spaces

Design of this estate is based around open spaces which we love, as mentioned previously you can walk a dog/Pram around the outside of the estate and once fully open this will be lovely. The design is perfect and spaced out and doesn’t feel as if they’ve tried to squeeze as many houses as possible. Facilities are non existent at present which is a huge shame but we hope in the future this may change. There is currently no local shop within walking distance. Property management on the open spaces is brilliant and they are always being maintained. We just hope this continues once the development is complete.

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At present there are no local shops within walking distance, a shop on site would be perfect. There are no bars, restaurants on site but Mansfield town is a short car drive and the development offers a free shuttle to and from the town on a frequent basis which is ran especially for the development. The open spaces are perfect and I love that you can walk around the estate with the dog and pram and eventually the pathways will run all the way round around when the development is complete.

Our street is wonderful, we specifically waited for our plot due to the private driveway and extra parking on plot. We’re at the bottom of our private driveway so have no reason for anyone to come down unless visiting us. We overlook a huge open space which is lovely. There’s no traffic noise except builders during daytime hours. We have a designed bin collection point but the council refuse to use this which is a shame as it means placing bins on the main road which often blow over and throw rubbish across the estate and means the pathways are blocked for people walking dogs and pushchairs etc.
We hope once the development is more underway there may be a shop/bar which would be perfect.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

Nothing. Thankfully the wonderful family element to the development and open spaces and our perfect plot make up for the downfall in lack of local amenities and the issues we have had with Barratt and the issues with the house. We can’t wait to grow our family here and continue to build on the community feel we have here.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Yes but varied responses. They respond and say someone is coming to have a look however never provide a time tradesmen will be coming leaving you waiting around all day. They often arrive and come and look at the work needed but then disappear and never contact to inform us when they’ll return to complete the work and ending up with us chasing them. We’re currently in argument about our driveway issue with Barratt are refusing to acknowledge is their issue.

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4
Design
4
Location
5
Value
4
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