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Ranked 17th out of 21 in Oxfordshire
By Bovis Homes
3.45
Bovis Homes at Kingsmere sits in Bicester. Kingsmere is a wider popular development of brand new homes, made up of houses by other housebuilders. The development is located moments away from the sought after designer outlet; Bicester Village. As well as this, there are schools nearby and the M40 providing convenient commuter links to London, Birmingham and Banbury, makes Kingsmere a great family location. In addition there are two rail stations within walking distance of the development. Bovis Homes are also offering a range of purchasing incentives including Help to Buy and Part Exchange.
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Ranked 17th out of 21 in Oxfordshire
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23 total reviews
Ali M (Owner)
Verified Resident
Mar 2023
Ali M (Owner)
Verified Resident
Mar 2023
BEWARE!! Massively overpriced and poor quality housing and really really poor service after purchase. You'll notice that the developers periodically put the prices up of the whole development, therefore artificially inflating housepricing overall. Advice for future buys: - Go way below the asking price. I got mine for £30k under the asking price (£360k instead of £390k) and to be honest I should have gone lower another £20k lower. - Don't listen to the nonsense and heartless pressure the sales team put you under. They are working to get their bonuses! I recommend saying that everytime they threaten to pull out you'll lower your offer by a couple of grand! And definitely drop your bid last minute. They are desperate to off-load stock for cashflow! - Don't sign off the initial faults list for a long time. They will pressure you to do this but don't. Once you sign it off, you can technically still get things fixed but it basically doesn't happen. We were given a weird vent with flaps which we didn't ask for, instead of the normal once, and it woke our two-year-old daughter up every time it was windy and they didn't fix it for three months. It took a lot of chasing from me and caused a lot of stress. - Bear in mind that Bovis couldn't care less about the quality of their product and service but are trying to rip you off as much as possible. - Be prepared for lots of things to break not long into living there and, once the two period period is up, for the costs to start adding up.
Ax (Tenant)
Verified Resident
Dec 2022
Ax (Tenant)
Verified Resident
Dec 2022
Great location, short walk to town and tescos. Local shop, fish and chips and dominoes etc on the door step. Lovely area with some really lovely people. Lots of places to walk and parks for families. Downside is the property management, takes a while for any issues to be resolved and could of planned some of the rooms a bit better.
Jon W (Owner)
Verified Resident
Dec 2022
Jon W (Owner)
Verified Resident
Dec 2022
I was very disspointed with the handover of our house. The finish was very poor. We had lots of issues and things that needed fixing and redoing. The shower in the onsuite needed to be totally rebuilt because it was installed incorrectly. The Bovis site manager was very reluctant to do anything about any of the issues we had.
Mike (Owner)
Verified Resident
May 2021
Mike (Owner)
Verified Resident
May 2021
There are a lot of new-build houses on the estate, they have managed to fit a lot into the area, the streets are nice and traffic flows well. The main issue with the design is the lack of parking, although this is not unique to Kingsmere, all new-build estates have this same issue.
Mark (Owner)
Verified Resident
Apr 2021
Mark (Owner)
Verified Resident
Apr 2021
quiet area though close to the small shopping park, convenient for shopping as well as public transportation, various design of the houses, good building and property management. Customer services are excellent. However, few and small playgrounds within the development.
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