Do you find your new build house significantly warmer than an older house?

[AmyInTheBoonies]

Hi - I am going to move in the next few years and am scoping out places / types of houses to look at.

One thing that is really important to me is that it is warm. I am now in a big, cold 1930's semi and it makes me miserable to be so cold and the heating bills are still high.

Has anyone moved into a new build, are they loads warmer? Someone told me recently she didn't think her's was! I'd be buying a detached new build if I did go this route.

OP, there are big new builds! Try looking at one off individual builds, rather than estates.

New builds in the 90s are a lot better than new builds now. My parents bought their new build Persimmon in 1994 - boiling. My friend from the same cul de sac bought her build nearby to chimes of 'you'll never have the heating on' (this was 2015) she does. All the time.

And the walls in a lot of them are so thin you can't hang TVs on them.

So maybe a 90s house?!

Yes it's blinking boiling. We have underfloor heating; once it blasts on after the thermostat has dropped, it doesn't need to come on again for about 2 weeks. Think we're starting to get the hang of it (after 2 years!). Previously we would end up having to open windows to cool down.

We moved from a 1930s into a new build. Its roasting. Even just cooking the dinner can warm the house up.

At the most we have the heating on an hour when we get up and about half an hour when we get in from school. Thats when its at its coldest.

We also had solar panels fitred and out energy bills are tiny.

If you are looking a new build sometimes you can grab a plot with bigger garden. Ours had a really big garden. Especially compared to next door.

It was the same price but slightly different layout so a few people disregarded it (we were the 10th people to buy). But iver the kast few years we have moved stuff around so it suits us better and we have the big garden.

Yes. I used to live in an Edwardian mid terrace and I now live in a new build.

New build has no drafts and heats up and keeps the heat much, much better.

Not all new builds are small, you just have to really look out for the bigger plot. A lot are building upwards now so they have 3 floors, which means bigger bedrooms.

My newbuild - well, now 10 years old build- is much warmer than previous 50s or Victorian houses. It takes less time to heat up and retains heat very well. There aren't any draughts unless you want there to be (trickle vents etc).
I don't agree there's so much of a negative trade off either. Character is often a description of a feature that could be called inconvenient! My garden is a manageable size, smaller than my 50s house, larger than any of the victorians. The key word is manageable, it is easy to keep it looking good, giving me more time to actually enjoy it. The rooms are a decent size and I think as long as you decorate well then anywhere will have charm, a welcoming feeling etc. After 10 years some repairs have been needed and a bit of redecorating has been going on but by and large the sheer lack of a list of repairs as long as your arm has been blissful. I nearly bought a period project fir the view. It would have bankrupted me looking back and the new house has nearly as good a view anyway! Buy new.

OP my new build is massive as well as boiling if that helps look for developments of just a few houses instead of a whole estate.

My first home home, after moving out of my mothers at the age of 36 to have a baby, was a new build flat. it was ridiculously energy efficient. That being said, the ventilation took a back seat, and I ended up with a low energy bill, but a damp flat, with water streaming down the windows and damp on the walls. It was ground floor, so I couldn't keep the windows open at night -- it was extremely hot in the summer.

I now live in an end terrace built around 1870. It costs much more to heat, but I prefer the higher ceilings, and the fact that isn't as stuffy, or anywhere near as hot in the summer. We only have single glazing, which doesn't help matters. A cold winter would cost me a fortune, but I'm frugal, and use much less energy that Eon expected me to. I figure that if I'm careful in the summer I can splurge in the winter.

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