Sense check warranty quotes

[Lincolnshire Ian]

Hi 

Just wanted to share quotes with the community to help with benchmarking for other people's projects + ask if we are missing anything .

We are building a two-storey house, around £200sqm floor space in rural Lincolnshire.

We have quotes from 9 different companies. We've found that several companies offer PPC/Architects Certificates rather than an insurance-backed warranty, and some warranty companies simply provide quotes from companies for which you could go directly.

So, we have narrowed our search down to two:

Protek - total cost £3018 - 4 inspections

Self Build Zone - total cost £2632 - 5 inspections

 

The difference in quote price isn't a consideration. We are looking for the best service, a company that is simple to deal with, few hidden pitfalls etc.

I have read on here that Protek have a clause that puts the insurance liability onto the main contractor for the first two years of the 10 year warranty, but I can't find this clause in the massive bundle on insurance docs we have been sent. We won't have a main contractor, we will manage the build with subcontractors.

Does anyone have any experience of these two companies?

Thanks

[nod]

Depending what you need the warranty for All make it very difficult to claim Architects cert are not accepted by many lenders So worth considering if you need to sell on at some stage 

We used Protec on our previous Nearly 3k Three visits lasting less than ten minutes His completion visit took even less time 

This time we went with a professional certificate While we have no intention of selling No one knows what’s around the corner 

Over 400m2 meters two floors £1500 

CMLC 

[Canski]

Did anyone see the BBC news this morning? Bellway customers showing water damage to their properties caused by badly installed roofs. They are coming to the end of their 10 year warranty with NHBC and desperate to get repairs done before the date. NHBC and Bellway seem to be avoiding the obvious issue.