New build, not cheap but nasty?

ixwood

They are quite often cheap(ly built) and nasty. An unfortunate side effect of the ridiculous housing "boom". People were buying anything and greedy developers cashed in. Fit as many in as you can and build them as cheap as possible = maximum profit.

There's also the clever marketing and design tricks they get up too. There something about a shiny new house that the inner snobs in people can't resist. Much like new cars.

Most new houses seem to be wood structures with brick façades. I remember one thread on the DIY board where the developers hadn't even bothered to skim the plasterboard and had painted straight onto it. I can;t believe they can get away with building such rubbish.

Not to mention the disaster that is new build flats.

It's such a shame that the boom/bubble induced excessive spending was wasted on garbish.

ixwood

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trixie73

we bought our new build 8 yrs ago and i would never go back to an old property now. yes its small (a 3bed mews) , but you easily adapt. we threw out all the clutter when moving in here and its never built up since,simply because ther isnt room for it to build up. we have a small garden and a double drive . actually our living room is 15ft by 16ft so its not that small really,but we do only have 1 living room. and its so energy effecient aswell. ours was built by a small local firm and we have had no problems with it what so ever. we didnt pay over the odds for it (39,950) as u got no carpets or curtains inc, which i think is better really