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81% of homes had defects

Those choosing new-build homes, lured by the low running costs and high specifications, may believe they have chosen the safe option. But recent research shows there is a high chance they will move into a home riddled with defects, or snags, potentially costing them a fortune to put right. The problem has steadily been getting [...]

What defects are there in your new home?

New homes finished in the first half of 2005 have an average of 80 defects per property – up over 50% on 2004, and this at a time when some large house builders are announcing vast profits for the first half of 2005 (in excess of £39,000 per home).
This is according to academics at the [...]

Cowboy Builders

We had a new extension built onto our home 9 months ago by a company called Young and Brolley in Glasgow. They are unreliable and shoddy in their finishing !!
After our new toilet became blocked we were informed that the toilet that we had bought and they had plumbed in was only suitable for urinating [...]

My property nightmare: a defective new home

How to deal with tricky situations. This week: a buyer is put off buying new-build homes for life.
Andrew Sutherland vowed never to choose another new-build home after a two-bedroom property he bought six years ago produced 18 defects. But his resolve broke when he found himself looking again at new developments along the South Coast. [...]