If you’ve ever bought a brand new house, did it have any problems or was all ok ?

[LovelyYellowLabrador]

Just dreaming of what it must be like to buy a brand new house where everything is perfect

Nothing serious for ours. A creaky floorboard that had to be sorted, burst wall tapes here and there. We fared pretty well. Later houses on the development had major problems. One lost its roof in a wind storm, which must have been awful.

We did have a snagging list but the building company fixed it all. Is lovely only having to think about the improvements that we want to make rather than maintenance

I bought one a few years ago and loved it, it was great and never had a single problem with it.

We sold as we relocated. I still miss that house! I'd buy new build again so long as it was a reputable builder.

We had a bubble in our kitchen Lino floor & a small leak on the bath overflow, but nothing much else. Has been lovely to have no major renovations or problems.

My utility room light was wired up wrong, easily fixed. That was it.

We had issues with the sales team, blatant discrimination in front of us and problems with communication on their end but the actual house we had no snags whatsoever. The only drama we had was the garden was full of rubble but we landscaped it, put down proper soil and it's been fine ever since. I would definitely buy another new build again but would just be wary about grounds keeping charges/estate management fees as they swindle us £200/year but I've never seen them 🙄

There’s always a snagging list! We bought a show home, so it was a couple of years old when we bought it, but came fully furnished and decorated. We gave 2 beds away to the removal company. Lovely having the garden planted and curtains up. We have had to replace some roof tiles, we’ve got plugs that have got stuck and need replacing and drains have blocked a couple times, but nothing major.

I would have preferred an older house with a bit of character, but appreciate we’re very lucky.

Not easy living on a building site if the estate is still being built. We had to buy the bins for the house. There was no broadband at all so had to pay to have a temporary network wired in and pay for a specific open network router. It was more expensive than broadband and not as good. Not to mention we spent a fortune on 4g in the month it took to sort it. House is ok just little things like washing machine plumbed in wrong and plug socket covers missing. It is nice having a blank slate though.

Some minor issues, but all sorted by the developer.

I did use a snagger though!

I love my new build!

Ive bought brand new twice (still in the second one, 20 years on) - great experience both times. A bit of snagging required but nothing major. Agree re factors fees being a con - we all pay way over the odds towards communal grass cutting etc for example.

We had a drain pipe from the sink that was only push-fitted, not glued - resulted in a flood and they had to replace the kitchen laminated floor.

Also we had a leak from the airing cupboard that came through the living room ceiling. Was right at the end of the warranty period and they refused the claim because we hadn't had the boiler serviced (by a manufacturer's authorised service engineer). Was all a bullshit excuse, the leak was nothing to do with the boiler, it was crap soldering on a piece of pipework.

And one of the bathroom floor tiles under the toilet cracked - they replaced that.

And a crack developed across one of the ceilings, was filled and painted. Modern houses do flex a bit though.

I bought a house that was 110 years old and apart from capping the chimney pot it's had no issues at all (just by way of comparison)

My mum did and about ten years after we moved in all the door handles slowly started to fail in the same way! The inside of the handle wore away so you'd be pushing down on the handle and nothing would happen. We had to take all the handles off and replace them.

We’ve had a new build.. not a single problem.

had an old Victorian townhouse… not a single problem.

now have a 50 year old house that I’m constantly finding bodged jobs in!!! Name an issue and we’ve bloody had it!! (I do love the house though so it’s worth it!!)

The only people I know who have moved into a new build and haven't had many snags are the ones who don't know how to snag a home properly?

We've had new builds for the past 3 moves, different builders, different locations, the least amount of snags we had was 56, most 119. Same with 99% of our neighbours too. But we are fussy, we paid for it so want it perfect, if there is a misaligned tile I will make them change it for example

There’s a snagging list, always. We had someone who would come round and sort things, which were mostly minor. After a year or so, any settling and cracks were fixed.

Bought a brand new house in 1999. Builder was pushing to complete for their year end but House wasn't ready. We completed on a Friday lunchtime but the electrician and plumbers were still in till 4pm so couldn't move in, carpets negotiated into the deal were also fitted that day. Luckily didn't have to move as had not sold previous house which was only round the corner (another story). Turned up next morning with a van load of stuff to start moving in and found wet carpets all through downstairs kitchen was an inch deep in water. Shut off the stopcock and found that the pipe which would have fed to a washing machine in utility room had not been finished properly and end cap had come off. Water had poured out all night. To add to that there were bare wires all over the place as electrics not finished. It was a bank hol weekend and no one from builders came to look till Tues by which time water was soaking up the walls. The whole of the downstairs had to be ripped out back to brickwork including kitchen etc and it was 6 weeks before we moved in.

Similar happened in our old house about 8/9 years after it was built

Boiler was plumbed I'm wrong so had no heating or hot water when we moved in luckily was July and could shower at the gym until they fixed it.

Most other things were minor though had a leaking from the bathroom they had to come and fix.

Sold it as need a bigger house and bought a 100 year old house which we much prefer as bigger rooms, higher cellings and storage space! New build was much warmer as well insulated though.

I build new homes. Well, not personally. There is always a list of deficiencies. Always.

Oh and we went to a music festival a few weeks after moving in and came back to find we had been burgled and the French doors had been smashed in. We had a burglar alarm but no neighbours are we were one of the first to move in. Didn't get away with anything of sentimental value but did sour our new home. Apparently is a common thing to happen to new build estates as know you have just moved in. Were young too and got a slap on the wrist for it. Plus put up our house insurance.

Loads wrong. Still finding things 12 years later!!!

Otho t for ours but our neighbour (attracted) went In the loft and half the ceiling came down

Not only was ours perfect but it was the show home so top of the range fittings throughout, fully landscaped garden and all furniture included.

First newbuild we had there was just a window that had an iffy mechanism, which was easily replaced.

Second newbuild the bath wasn't connected right and it leaked to the floor below. This was fixed and we had a patio out of it but it was a big pain at the time.

I have many friends who have had no problems. One friend bought on an estate where sewerage flooded into the houses in winter. Then another friend found her windows all burst after not very long, clearly faulty, but apparently not covered by whatever warranty was on the house.

Some of these were good and bad from the same builders, I think it's just luck if you have issues or not and how well they are dealt with.