Shocking Snagging Inspection Finds at NEW BUILD HOMES....

[MAB]

A compilation of serious issues that 'New Home Quality Control' found during snagging inspections at new build homes....

https://newhomequalitycontrol.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

[Nickfromwales]

And people are snapping these houses up as fast as they can finish them (or not quite finish them).

[MAB]

 

ITV Tonight Investigation - Floods: New Build Nightmares:-

https://www.itv.com/watch/tonight/1a2803/1a2803a9449

 

Flooding prompts discovery of planning breaches on ten new-build estates across country:-

https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2026-02-12/flooding-prompts-discovery-of-planning-breaches-on-ten-new-build-estates

[Alan Ambrose]

This guy is hilarious 

[Nickfromwales]

59 minutes ago, Alan Ambrose said:

This guy is hilarious 

And he comes from a very prestige part of the country too.

[saveasteading]

3 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

a very prestige part of the country too.

I was wondering why they shouldn't be named and shamed in words. They'd hardly sue would they. with this going all over local media?

 

But I think I've worked out who it is, and which sex of county it is.. Well done.

 

On 10/02/2026 at 16:41, Nickfromwales said:

And people are snapping these houses up as fast as they can finish them

It's shocking lack of judgment / knowledge among buyers.  mostly fleeing London.  Much better older houses in better locations  are dropping in value because of all this junk development flooding the market.

Is there a dislike among younger buyers in buying 'used'?

[Nickfromwales]

23 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

But I think I've worked out who it is, and which sex of county it is.. Well done.

 

Glad you're in agreement, of its prestigious nature  

 

24 minutes ago, saveasteading said:

mostly fleeing London

The bastards are climbing in under the cover of darkness, using the webbing under the Severn Bridge as their cradle to the next level.

 

I'm driving over it in the opposite direction hoping to get a better wage.

 

Que sera!

[MikeSharp01]

6 hours ago, saveasteading said:

Is there a dislike among younger buyers in buying 'used'?

They think they are getting a trouble-free house with no work to do, the horror stories won't happen to them, and anyway, there is a 10 year guarantee. What they don't know is that the guarantee is mostly worthless, the horror stories happen everywhere, and the house will be poky and the same as the one next door without any character. 

[G and J]

7 hours ago, saveasteading said:

dislike among younger buyers in buying 'used'?

Sample of one.....few years back we were doing up a mid victorian print workers cottage as a holiday home, we were aware the young lad helping us was trying to get on the property ladder, and this was in the price range (particularly before work) that he would have been looking at......"wouldn't touch it with a barge pole mate".....he bought a 'cardboard' new build that over the next 10 years (2008 etc) plunged in value and when the time came we were able to sell at cost plus, but he wanted "new"

[LSB]

One of my daughters is currently looking to buy in Felixstowe, but will only consider new build.  This is despite me sending her details of lovely older house that are bigger and cheaper.

 

another daughter bought a new build near Bristol, heap of rubbish, flooded downstairs bathroom, garden full of rocks and lots of other issues.  And now she can't sell it because of the offers from the developers for new ones mean that she would need to sell for 25k less than she paid 5 years ago and she can't do that with her mortgage.

 

Another daughter bought new in Oxford where the oven wasn't attached and they had to pay to have it fixed as developer wouldn't take responsibility and being young they didn't make a fuss like I would.

 

So, yes youngsters like new, even when their dad is a builder and can help with an older one.

 

 

That said, another one had just bought a 17c listed house in Suffolk.

 

Yes, I have lots of daughters 🙂

 

 

[MAB]

A couple more articles (linked below) from The Telegraph which may be of interest, by buyers of what turned out to be substandard new-build houses and the problems they faced trying to get all the faults fixed....

 

My nightmare new-build proves how much we’ve normalised substandard work. (Telegraph - 18th April 2026)
Leaks, mould and a hole in the ceiling: one writer reveals why her move was not as straightforward as she thought it would be:-

https://archive.ph/HrhpB

 

What we wished we'd known about buying a new-build house. (Telegraph - 20th Nov 2022)
Four months after moving into their new home, one couple are still dealing with an ever-growing list of construction faults:-

https://archive.ph/aEmwj

 

 

[Spinny]

The thing is that snagging stuff is mostly at the finishing stage, because that is what is visible. It begs the question of what 'snags' might exist in foundations, drains, structure, electrical cabling etc.

 

New build estates can look good when newly built, go back 10 years later and you can find rainwater stains all down the render, paint/finishing  peeling off window frames, rotten fences, cracked kerbs etc. Suddenly it doesn't look like a place you would want to live.

 

As the generations pass, general knowledge and basic skills seem to erode. Most used to have some DIY manuals and knew how to change a plug, a tap washer, put up some shelves, change their car oil, mix cement, and keep house and home together. Usually learned helping out dad as a kid. These days a lot of that seems to have all but disappeared. Contributed to by youngsters in generation rent that have to call the landlord and not fix it themselves.