Sage Homes Reviews 

802
TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.9

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Considering 57 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for being extremely helpful, professional, and supportive throughout the entire home purchasing process. Many consumers note that team members go above and beyond to answer questions promptly and keep everyone updated regularly. Reviewers often share how approachable and kind housing officers are when handling property inspections and tenancy agreements. However, some reviewers were not happy with delayed repairs and prolonged issues regarding hot water or property defects. Some people also felt that communication from certain administrative departments was poor, leaving emails completely ignored and urgent concerns unresolved.

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Staff

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Customer service

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Service

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Product

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Initially this company were extremely unhelpful in what was a very difficult and highly emotional situation. Officers I spoke with were unfriendly and incredibly judgemental and unhelpful until I was... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Shelley Hynes has been extremely amazing sales progressor as a 1st time buyer we are clueless with everything but Shelley assisted us in every possible way she work above and beyond and make our dream... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Couldn’t have asked for better support throughout the whole process. Shelley communicated regularly, supported, listened, advised, shared all info needed when needed. She went above and beyond to en... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I recently purchased my house and I can’t thank Shelley enough for all her help. My solicitor was constantly pushing back on things, but she was always reassuring and got the answers from her team to... See more

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  1. Housing Association

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Sage Homes is England’s largest provider of newly built affordable housing. As a registered provider, we are proud to be helping to address the housing crisis by providing affordable housing to those most in need. We provide both new Shared Ownership (part buy, part rent) and rental homes. Our customers are at the heart of our business which is why we are committed to providing high quality homes and excellent service. We strive to have a positive impact on everyone we work with from our customers to our partners to each other.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great Experience

I had a great experience, the customer service was top quaility, Jacquline Munro was who I spoke to, found me a perfect house. The house is just sublime, great size rooms, the garden is way bigger than expected.

April 4, 2025
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Good morning Andre,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Jacquline.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Ibrahim 5stars

I rang up regarding a few different problems and I had no trouble getting them sorted and was very greatful for the help I received. I particularly want to thank Ibrahim for his help he was very understanding and accommodating to my questions and made sure he had sorted out all my issues and was very clear on everything going forwards.

April 4, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Ibrahim.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I spoke to ibrahim regarding the…

I spoke to ibrahim regarding the missing keys for my post box and he was very helpful in the whole matter.

April 4, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Ibrahim.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Erdem was very helpful and professional…

Erdem was very helpful and professional regards my arrears.
He gave me the listening ear which I felt really peace with.

First time in nearly four years that someone has actually giving a listening ear in this regards.

Thank you Erdem.

April 3, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Erdem.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I rang up with a query regarding my…

I rang up with a query regarding my rent. I had no problems getting through on on the phone and was helped so much in such depth and reassurance by Erdem Erturan. He was kind, friendly and ultimately very reassuring. He explained twice to me the situation in a calming and informative way. Easing my anxiety and helping me to understand perfectly.

Thank you Sage and Erdem.

April 2, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Erdem.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing team member

I had a phone call with Erdem today regarding my rent payments. Firstly, I would like to say that he is an absolute asset your team, he put my mind at ease and all in all he helped me so much. Very impressed with the call with Erdem, thank you very much!

April 1, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning Chantel,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Erdem.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service provided,well…

Great customer service provided,well explained with patience.

April 1, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning Mary,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto our team.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I recently spoke on the phone with…

I recently spoke on the phone with Erdem regarding my rent payments and he was a great help, explaining to me about the new monthly increase and my rent arrears. I was very happy with his assistance. Thank you :)

March 31, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning Kirsten

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Erdem.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I spoke on the phone with Erdem…

I spoke on the phone with Erdem regarding my rent payments and he was so helpful and explained to me everything that I needed to know. Very happy with my phone call experience, thank you!

March 31, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Morning Maddison-Mae,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review , feedback is really important to us at Sage Homes. I'm really glad to hear of the service you have received and will ensure that this is feedback to Erdem.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Rebecca has been super helpful…

Rebecca has been super helpful regarding all the issues I have had regarding the communal gardens. She has always responded promptly and always given me the answers to any questions I have had. She is super diligent and hard working! Thanks so much Rebecca :)

March 28, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Morning Jude

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review , feedback is really important to us at Sage Homes. I'm really glad to hear of the service you have received and will ensure that this is feedback to Rebecca.

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Kirsty

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A Frustrating and Unfair Experience with Sage Housing

If you’re considering Sage Housing for shared ownership, I strongly urge you to think twice. The service charges have become completely unaffordable, rising by 42.97% in 2023/24, 25.37% in 2024/25, and another 26.69% in 2025/26. Meanwhile, my wages have not increased even a fraction of that. Shared ownership is supposed to help people gradually own more of their home, but these relentless increases have made that impossible.

On top of that, every October, I receive a bill claiming my account is in deficit, despite paying everything required. This has added up to about £180 per year over the last four years. If I don’t pay, they threaten to contact my mortgage provider.

Transparency is another huge issue. Last year, an unexplained £288 “communal repairs” charge was added to my account. Despite asking multiple times, I still have not been told what this charge was for—and neither have the other residents in my block. However, when it comes to chasing money, Sage Housing has no problem reaching out via email.

This year, they’ve introduced new charges, including window cleaning. While that sounds nice, I hope it’s more consistent than the gardeners, who barely show up—even though we’re now paying double for them.

Unlike rent, service charges are not regulated, meaning you’re completely at their mercy. You have no control over what you’re being charged for or how much. If these increases continue, I will no longer be able to afford to stay in my home—a home that I genuinely love. Worse still, I wouldn’t qualify for other first-time buyer schemes, leaving me in a worse position than when I started.

If you’re considering shared ownership, do your research. Unfortunately, many of the negative stories you’ll find about the scheme are true. My experience with Sage Housing has been nothing short of disappointing, and I regret choosing them.

March 27, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Afternoon Cathy ,

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review , feedback is important to us at Sage Homes.

I'm sorry that you have some outstanding enquiries regarding a communal repairs charge, the team are currently looking into this and will provide a further update.

If you do have any further outstanding enquiries please do not hesitate to contact the team on 020 8168 0500.

Thanks
Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The most helpful person I have spoken…

The most helpful person I have spoken to since being with sage homes,

March 26, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Morning Brandon

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review , feedback is really important to us at Sage Homes. I'm really glad to hear of the service you have received and will ensure that this is feedback to the team.

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Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jacquline Munro was amazing throughout…

Jacquline Munro was amazing throughout the whole process very helpful and friendly made it an enjoyable experience.

March 26, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Morning Bradley

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review , feedback is really important to us at Sage Homes. I'm really glad to hear of the service you have received from Jacqueline and will ensure that this is feedback.

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Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

helped with any worries and concerns I…

helped with any worries and concerns I had and sorted them all out for me and my family.
very happy

March 26, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Afternoon Tracey

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Ibrahim .

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great service by Erdem Adam

I received great service today by a young man named Erdem Adam. He explained things beautifully to me so I was able to understand the situation at hand. I felt he had all the time in the world for me and my call. Really made my day to receive such a knowledgeable experience.
Thanks you

March 24, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Afternoon Candy

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Erdem.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing Experience

I had a call last week from Jacquline Munro saying we’ve been matched with a house, she sent through the paperwork which we completed and went through it all and eventually got accepted for it! Jacquline has been so amazing through the whole process and has been so helpful! honestly what an amazing person! I was very sceptical because of the reviews i see but Jacquline really put me at ease! Thank you so much. You are truly an asset to the company!

March 24, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning Iveta,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Jacqueline and her manager.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jacquline Munro was an absolute star

Jacquline Munro was an absolute star! She helped me so much and was so patient, kind and happy! What an asset to Sage Homes she is. So far I have had a 5 star experience with the company

March 20, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good morning Maria,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Jacqueline and her manager.

Thanks

Kirsty

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Defects ignored and unrepaired, and now past warranty. No response from enquiries team. Then no response from complaints team.

My experience with Sage Homes has been deeply frustrating. Since moving into my shared ownership property (built by David Wilson Homes), I've encountered persistent unresolved defects including significant draughts from poorly fitted doors and windows, recurring mould beneath inadequately repaired bathroom flooring, and structural cracks appearing on the driveway.

Communication has been consistently poor, especially regarding my End of Defect inspection, which they repeatedly failed to reschedule despite proactive follow-up calls. Additionally, my Subject Access Request (submitted on 21 December 2024) is now overdue by 56 days beyond the statutory timeframe. Sage Homes has offered £75 compensation for these delays, which I haven't yet accepted as it feels insufficient given the ongoing issues and their lack of meaningful action.

I strongly advise caution when dealing with Sage Homes due to their ineffective handling of customer concerns and ongoing compliance issues.

This doesn't even cover the repeated issues I had during the process of purchasing my property in the first place, with the person managing my account failing to tell me they were going on annual leave for 3 weeks, and provided no cover.

Furthermore they also offered me £75 for the ~2 month delay in getting back to me on their enquiries email address, of which I chased numerous times via email and phone, and raised a formal complaint for, but now the person I raised the complaint to hasn’t gotten back to me for over 2 weeks.

I have no doubt sage will reply back with a generic message saying to email their enquiries team, but what’s the point if I receive no response?

I highly recommend anyone dealing with issues with Sage to raise to the housing ombudsman. With any luck, the company will be liquidated and we’ll have a half decent housing association take over who doesn’t feel it’s acceptable to mess around with the lives of its occupants.

I genuinely cannot raise an enquiry or complaint without needing to wait months for a reply. I can’t even access my own data, which is in breach with UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018.

To whoever manages Sage’s copy/paste responses, please advise as to what to do next. I can’t speak to enquiries department and I can’t speak to the complaints department as they simply do not respond.

March 19, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Afternoon Harry,

Thank you for taking your time to leave us a review , feedback is important to us at Sage Homes.

As discussed with yourself this morning via phone we will review the outstanding issues you have raised and will be in contact to discuss this further once investigated.


Thanks ,

Kirsty


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

What a horrible company and the way…

What a horrible company and the way they run the business is an absolute joke . They do everything to dismiss the problems they are causing . No helps or incentives being offered for delays which has been going on for 9 months which always one month time at the time . They do anything to wash their hands to take responsibility to offer help to people . I will never ever deal with them
In future.

March 14, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Dear Koray,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. I'm very sorry to hear you have experienced issues in this instance. We strive to ensure we deliver an excellent service for all our customers.

We would like to try and make this right for you and to allow us to make contact we have requested some further information via trust pilot, in the meantime if you could email us at enquiries@sagehomes.co.uk one of our team will come back to you.

Regards,

Kirsty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

very helpful when you need them

Christine Giles is really nice and helpful! very professional ,everything was done in time. All the team is amazing and I didn’t have any issues when I contacted the customer services, specially Theresa, very kind.

Also how can I not mention amazing Jackie-all the process was going smoothie-She sang to me down the phone -singing congratulations 🥳

Thank-you Christine , Jackie and all the team for everything.

March 5, 2025
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Reply from Sage Homes

Good Afternoon Cristina,

Thank you for taking the time to leave us a 5* review, we really appreciate this feedback. I'm glad to hear of the customer service you received from our team. I will ensure to pass this feedback onto Christine , Teresa and Jackie.

Thanks

Kirsty

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