Have you ever bought a brand new house?

[Sparkler1]

Been chatting to my neighbour today. They are moving into a brand new propery soon and it sounded wonderful.
Just wondered if a new propery is as good as it sounds. I would just love to walk into a new home, knowing that everything was freshly decorated and we could just move in and there would be nothing left to do to it.
I'm dreaming here as I know that ours is in need of a good lick of paint and a new kitchen etc etc etc .

Our friends moved into a brand new house about 3 years ago. They absolutely hate it. Everything sounsd really tinny & echoey, the walls are flimsy (can't put heavy pictures or shelves up). They say it is soulless. They're looking to move into an early 20th century house just to get some character.
BUT that's them - can't speak for eveyone!

yes.

it was great.

detached, too.

Until our current home, we'd always bought new or newly renovated. You're still going to get snagging, but on the whole, it's so much easier!

We bought a brand new one and I'd never do that again! There wasn't enough storage and had so much trouble trying to get snagging sorted & fixed!
Also had to get the back garden & fencing done carpets etc. ended up costing us more than we thought

I'm looking at houses at the moment, and find the newest ones do try to squeeze as much as they possibly can into the space. Tiny third or fourth bedrooms, a garage you can hardly get a car into... Just a few years older, and things seem much more generous. And I'm not talking about "period" houses, even ones bult ten years ago seem substantially more generous with their space.

Yes, but it was built onto the end of an existing 30s terrace and so we got the ceiling heights, etc of an older house but the insulation, etc of a new one. It totally blended in with the existing houses too. I like the idea of new houses in general but don't like estates and the fact that gardens are usually small, plus around here all the new builds are too far out from the town centre for my liking. But as we are now living in a period house which constantly needs work doing to it, I would be sorely tempted if there is ever a next time...

we bought a new house 10 yrs ago and it was fab, especially after having lots of fun removing anaglypta etc in out previous home.

We have loads of pictures up, plus shelving and a wall mounted TV in the kitchen - you just need the correct fixings for dry lined walls.

Biggest downside is the small garden.

We moved into a new house a few months ago but i know we were really lucky to find it. It's a decent size(a 3-bed but bigger than some cramped4 beds we saw)and has a decent size garden by newhouse standards. The majority of new homes these days seem to be townhouses, (which I really don't like-ours isn't) with postage stamps gardens. The snagging can be a bit of a pain but in a new house it's someone elses responsibility to sort out.

I'd definately buy new again, but wouldn't buy a new one just because it was new. Other factors would have to be right too.

We are on our 3rd new home and tbh we wouldn;'t have it any other way. IMO it's nice to have a "new" toilet and bathroom and nice to have a "new" kitchen etc.

The house was tiled and carpeted to our taste and we didn't have to wait weeks or months to change things while living with someones else taste in decorating iykwim.

Yeah sure our 1st home was a 3 bed semi and looking back was tiny BUT as our 1st home we loved it. Our 2nd was a 4 bed detached, again enough room for us BUT compared to our home now...we now have a 5 bed detached. The other 2 homes have been small in comparison BUT you need to find a builder who builds homes with lots of room. We don't have a "box" room like our other 2 homes did and we have lots of space and an brilliant sized private garden.

The home wasn't totally job free as you still have to decorate to get it to your taste or even a few years down the line and we had a snagging list like you wouldn't believe (But hey after our 3td new home we were older and wiser .) We are luckily to have bought at the start of the development as the nearer they got to the end the more house they shoved together. Also our home is now worth a hell of a lot more than we paid 4 years ago.

Would I buy a new home again..you bettcha..! . In fact ours is up for sale now and we are on the look out..

BTW it's also nice having neighbours who are in the same boat as you..they have the same issues as you have and also have to make friends with the neighbours just like us.

On an established estate it can be hard to fit in and sometimes I bet it's hard knwoing that they have known other longer than you iykwim..

we did 4 years ago and its plain sailing wiht regards to mainteneance , no problems, well insulated & easy to heat. boilers / immersions work efficiently.

planning to build next spring and would chose that anyday over a 2nd hand house.
both my parents live in old old houses, beautiful as they are i would want one to heat or renovate or hang curtains/blinds up on (big windows)
something always needs doing.

iklboo - there are specfic picture hooks for non solid walls.

My parents bought a brand new house and it was very pokey and soulless and they were forever getting the builders back to fix things I didn't like it at all although it was all v clean etc but didn't feel right.They sold it after 3 years and said they'd never buy another

we've bought a brand new house and I really love it. Before, we lived in victorian properties (flat & house) in London,. omg, never again, mice, rats, draughts, water pouring in under window sills, damp.....

Our lovely new hous was totally fitted out to our spec, ie we got to choose everything, kitchen, flooring, right down to the taps and toilet seats. Which was a lot of work, but a rare chance. We had the builders fit loads of cupboards, so no storage space problems. And the walls are very solid. We're in a semi & in the 2 years we've lived here I've never once heard a noise through the walls. ANd I was so happy to say goodbye to those squeeky floor boards..