Would you say 1995 built is new build??

[Ladyof]

I dont want a new build house but I've seen one that was built in 1995, would you consider this new build or not really, were they better made then still?

It's 26 years ago, not within the last 5 years. So no, it's not a new build and any guarantees will have expired.

In terms of the style and quality, I would put it in the category of "new build".

Definitely not new build

Surely new build refers to just that. Houses that are newly built? Unless their is some odd specification that takes the actual meaning away.

No. We are in similar age house.

I call my house of a similar age new build because I’ve moved into it from a 200 year old cottage! I know it’s not really though as it doesn’t conform to many of the current building regs in force now.

In 1995 I would have, but that's 26 years ago, so, no.

We have a house of a similar age. It isn't a new build. But I understand what you're asking - our experience is that it is not as well built as the (not terribly attractive) 1960s houses a mile down the road but it's much better than the ones built in the last ten years nearby. The more recent ones also have no front garden and are right on the pavement, which we would hate. So it's a trade off, and having not wanted a 90s house initially we are now very happy with it.

I haven't thought about it before but if you need a definition then I suppose it's "something that is still covered by the NHBC guarantee".

If you like it then go for it, a label such as 'new build' means nothing especially compared to a 90's build

I would yes even if technically not correct!

Not at all. My house was built in 2009 and we don’t even call it a new build! 1995 is 26yrs ago.

I know what you mean OP. I am house hunting just now and I wouldn’t refer to it as new build but I would call it modern.

@SJaneS49

I would yes even if technically not correct!

Me too.

@SJaneS49

I would yes even if technically not correct!

But why?

I understand what you're saying. It's 'type' of design/build quality -rather than technically 'new'

I'd probably call it a '90's built and I'm as unlikely to want to buy it, in the same way I wouldn't buy on a 'new' estate.

Depends who you are talking to I guess.

It's not a new build, you're not the first owners. But in the category of what you're actually asking, I think 90s falls into this.

@smoothchange, as above I’m aware that technically it’s not correct having not been newly built. However stylistically it’s likely to be similar to recent builds and quite probably on an estate of similar looking houses.

I’ve never bought a house that’s less than 100 years old (our current house was built in 1750). In that context..

It isn't but I would still think of it as a new build. It is the style. Houses built in the 90s still look similar to those being built today and don't have the character that I like.

I actually think this might depend what the houses are like where you live.

We are in a London suburb, everything is Victorian or Georgian terraces, 1930’s estates, or 1970’s flats/maisonettes/council buildings, so I would call that a new build as it would probably have been the last thing built round here. There isn’t any room left for anything from 1995 really.

So yeah, my mate lives on an estate in Essex built in the 90’s so they are comparatively old compared to the new builds being built currently. But to me, they still look new. And I’d call it a new town

New build is something that has never been lived in previously. Everything else isn’t.