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Home builder blames knotweed for delays

The builder has accused the council of unreasonable behaviour over its decision to refuse a request to allow the 11 families to move into their recently-purchased houses in Kings Heath, Digby.
Planners made the decision because Persimmon broke a legal agreement not to sell some of the remaining houses on the 670-home development before it completed [...]

Our dream home move is wrecked

But the excitement soon turned sour when they were hit with disaster after disaster in the house, priced at around £200,000.
So far, they have clocked close to 100 serious faults and even had to delay their moving in date.
Fed-up John said: “It looks at first glance like a dream house but it is not built [...]

Number 10 addresses consumer protection issues

Catriona Bright the managing director of New Build Inspection, said: “We welcome the fact that the Government recognises there is a problem, especially as the housebuilding industry is spending a fortune on professional lobbyists and public relation campaigns claiming their house is in order.”
In its response the Government stated that contracts for the sale of [...]

Dream home disasters

Have you had a disaster with your dream home? We are keen to hear from people who have fallen out of love with their dream new home; perhaps it was because of a catalogue of small building problems, or maybe you’ve had significant structural problems. Have you decided enough is enough and want to move [...]

Call for buyers of new homes to be given better legal rights

IT IS probably the biggest purchase in anyone’s lifetime – yet buyers of newly built homes have fewer rights than someone buying a loaf of bread.
Now the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) is calling on the government to include new-build houses in the Sale of Goods Act in order to give more protection to purchasers amid [...]

Pace of housebuilding falls despite tougher targets for new homes

Official figures reveal that the housebuilding industry is on a build-rate to start about 172,000 homes this year.

Too many Snags?

We plan to do a special report on the state of the UK new build market, and as such we are looking for people who have had issues when buying new property. You don’t necessarily have to appear on the show! We would love to hear your stories, in confidence, so we can highlight the [...]

Consumer council attacks new-build property rights

People have more rights when they buy a kettle than they do when they buy a new-build home, a consumer group claimed today.
Many people buying new homes face delays in moving in, while others are left with problems such as faulty wiring, poorly fitted doors and leaking windows, the National Consumer Council (NCC) said.
The average [...]

Dispatches investigates new build

Channel 4’s Dispatches news show will be focusing on the new targets to build three million homes by 2020- Monday 30/07/2007 8pm.
Should we be concerned about private house builders playing such a huge role in what is the biggest house building initiative since the 70s? (Ed. YES)
Andrew Gilligan will be investigating how developers work now, [...]

Building up housing problems for the future

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into the £20 billion industry amid claims that companies have been manipulating the planning process in a bid to inflate
new house prices.

The Truth About Property

Have you bought a New Build home in the last five years?
Have there been problems with your house? How easy has it been to rectify the faults and have you sought help from any regulatory bodies?
Do you think the housebuilding industry is monitored and regulated effectively?

If you are interested in taking part please Melanie Hill [...]

Countryside Properties Campaign Site

Here is our Countryside Properties (Archive) story – its probably the same as yours: we bought a house a long time ago, we trusted Countryside Properties, and after over 9 months (June 2007), we still have 34 unresolved problems.
We’ve had over 80 in all.
Extract:
What kind of problems? Well, here’s a few:
[...]

Housing quality must improve

The OFT study investigating the £20bn house building industry aims to improve consumer satisfaction and increase the number of new homes. However, most of the press attention has focused on housing supply rather than the lack of consumer protection and decreasing customer satisfaction linked to poor quality standards.

Greedy builders cause ‘misery’

The clever marketing term conjurers up romantic images of open fires and country living but the reality couldn’t be more of a contrast, as it is used to describe a property built above two or three garages owned by someone else.
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ITV Documentary

Video evidence is vital to our cause – camcorder, CCTV, emergency services footage; the more primary evidence the better.
If you can think you’ve got a good story to tell us please get in touch with me.
Zoe.sale@itv.com or 07944254798

Case Studies Required

What’s in it for you? Well, generally speaking your defects will be dealt with much quicker or you will get some kind of cash settlement with a gagging order. They know there is always the chance of a follow up piece. On one occasion a developer, one of the big ones, [...]

OFT to investigate housebuilders

The OFT welcomes relevant written submissions on this topic and it would assist the project team if submissions were set out as follows:

A summary of the main points you would like the OFT to consider
A more detailed explanation of these points
Evidence to support the views being made:

If this includes data or financial figures, precise definitions, [...]

Petition Government: More Rights for New Build Buyers

MartynH, Snagging.org member, has just started a petition urging the Prime Minister to ensure that new house purchasers get more consumer protection. The timing couldn’t be more appropriate as exactly three year ago the Barker Review of Housing Supply was published and the housebuilding industry was given three years to get its house [...]

The Inspectors Who Look the Other Way

For 21 years builders in this country have been legally bound to construct homes which conserve energy. The building regulations tell them how much insulation they must use, what kind of windows they must fit and how good their draught-proofing will be(1). Guess how many builders have been prosecuted in that period for non-compliance. I [...]

Bloor Homes Blog

Crag Williamson, author of A Foreign Education and new build buyer has started to blog his house moving experiences:
“I will be using this blog to share the new home experience with you in all of its financially crippling glory. Together we will go through the ups (“…darling, I think we need a 42 inch [...]

 

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