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House builders breaking flyposting laws, says New Build Inspections

Some house builders are breaking the law by illegally flyposting on lampposts, says New Build Inspections. The firm, which carries out independent quality inspections of new homes, says house builders across the country are ignoring regulations and using illegal flyposting on lampposts as a standard marketing technique. But it warns perpetrators can be prosecuted under [...]

Persimmon Homes Campaign Site

Steve Soulsby, the owner of a Persimmon house of horrors, was so shocked by the experience of buying a new build that he has set up a website to share his experiences with prospective buyers. Steve says that the houses have been thrown together as quick as possible without regard to quality, the focus is [...]

Note those defects

According to New Build Inspections, buyers of newly-built homes would have more rights buying a toaster. The company reports that consumers are surprised by how few rights they have when it comes to buying a new home, so managing director Catriona Bright has produced a short guide to help new build buyers with new homes [...]

Blueprint blues

Many people prefer brand new homes, but beware the many “snags” of buying off-plan, warns Peter Davy. For an increasing number of people, second-hand homes are no longer the way to go. Buyers are instead opting for a house in a brand new development. More than 185,000 houses were built last year – the highest [...]

Snag snag snag Is there nothing but

Snag snag snag. Is there nothing but snagging when you get building work done? The kitchen guy is here but he can’t do everything today; he hasn’t got time (he’s replacing the guy that called in with a bad back apparently), and he’s confused about whose responsibility it is to wire-in the hob and the [...]

BBC Watchdog Persimmon Homes Again

Persimmon Homes (Archive) make their yearly appearance on BBC Watchdog. Totley Hall Drive sounds charming and looks immaculate. But beneath the surface, things aren’t quite as perfect as they seem. The estate in Sheffield was built in 2000 by Westbury Homes, a company that’s now part of Persimmon Homes – the UK’s biggest house builder. [...]

BBC Redrow Investigation

The BBC received complaints from homeowners on 26 Redrow estates. They’d all lost ridge tiles during January’s high winds. In some cases the tiles had damaged cars and conservatories. In the majority of cases, homeowners had been left with the repair bill.

Persimmon Homes from Hell

It got off to a bad start when they held back the keys for 4 hours after receiving our funds at 1 o’clock. We didn’t receive keys till 5.30 having booked a van and given notice on our rented property at the time and booked holiday from work. On moving in we had no water [...]

You make me feel brand new

Buying a new-build property clearly has its advantages – no chain, no DIY, cheaper utility bills. But buying new is not without snags, as Caroline Laws finds out Getting the keys to a brand-new house that no-one but you has lived in before is a tempting idea. And there are lots of people for whom [...]

Homebuyer protection needs improving

I have witnessed the plight of some of my clients and have also become a victim as well, as I recently purchased a new build at Treetops, Milton Keynes. The list of problems is endless. {mos_sb_discuss:137}

The Ultimate Online Property Guide

Your help is needed to create the ultimate online property guide powered by Mediawiki the software that was developed to create the Wikipedia. The aim is to produce an always up-to-date property guide that an be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the [...]

Persimmons fined for polluting river

Magistrates heard how in October 2003 Environment Agency officers had made the developers aware of potential drainage problems on their housing site off the A58 in Ripponden. Officers were concerned that silt from the site could end up draining into the nearby River Ryburn and asked Persimmon Homes to take action to prevent this. The [...]

Soulless new homes are built for nowhere, but found everywhere

Eyesore, soul-sapping housing that short-changes the people who have to inhabit it is not the exception but the norm, according to a new report. Only 18 per cent of new homes can be classed as “very good” or “good” and 27 per cent are of such poor quality that they should never have been given [...]

Residents anger at damage to new homes

Residents on a Lancashire estate have slammed house builders Redrow, saying roof tiles have fallen off homes they built for the third time in two years. Homeowners in the Old Lane Park area of Penwortham say dozens of homes on the estate suffered roof damage when gales battered the county last week. Amazingly, no-one was [...]

Gable End Falls From Flats

A gable end fell from a four-storey block of flats at the recent Harbourside development at Kip Marina as high winds continued to pound Inverclyde. {mos_sb_discuss:137}

New Homes Don’t Meet Energy Standards

Licenced energy assessor, Rod Holt, has found that many new home builders don’t understand the new Building Regulation (part L1A) introduced in April 2006 to ensure that new homes meet strict new energy standards. It is ironic that energy efficiency is often cited as one of the major advantaged of new homes, when this is [...]

Unfit for Habitation Bryant Homes

Bryant Homes would not let us into the property until 10 days before completion “for health and safety” reasons! We were pressed to complete on December 21st and since then have been the owners of a property that is quite frankly NOT FIT TO RESIDE IN!! There is currently scaffolding to the whole front elevetion [...]

Inconsiderate Barratt Homes

Barratt have not even completed the first house on the estate the are working on at Newbiggin by the Sea in Northumberland but already have the residents of the only access road up in arms. Somehow they were granted planning permission to build 44 houses on a small plot of land just behind the Front [...]

Persimmon Homes Shifting House

We bought our house new from Persimmon in July 2000. Since then we have had problems with internal and external cracking which for four years Persimmon refused to take seriously or investigate the root cause. The NHBC were contacted and eventually independent engineers were appointed to monitor the house. The house has moved and continues [...]

Kevin’s Grand Design

If you would like the opportunity to vent your frustration or stick up for your modern home then please call 01494 733528 or e-mail siobhan.canning@talkbackthames.tv Please remember to leave your phone number when you contact us. Siobhan Canning Assistant Producer – Kevin’s Grand Design Talkback Thames 01494 733528

 

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