McInerney Homes - experiences please

nicjohnson

Hi All,

This is my first post, and I'm slowly but surely coming round to the fact that up to this point I've squandered all my hard earned :rolleyes: and its time to try to make a difference on the important stuff like .....my home!


Now, I know buying new build isnt overly popular here, but I WOULD love to hear from anymore with any experiences with mcinerney homes - in particular the sort of deal brokered with them, eg amount knocked off asking price, amount given when home part ex'd.


Reason being a new development is going up in our area, nothing built yet, but the area is PERFECT. The first phase should be going up at the end of the summer, and I'm aware their financial year runs Jan - Dec. I was figuring I'd start the haggling game in November, but like I say would like an indication on how far its likely I'll be able to push my luck....so I can start making plans with the commision payments I recieve in my job in the meantime.

The house we are looking at has an asking of £200k
We have £10-15k equity in our home - which we will part ex if we dont sell in the meantime
I will have £10k (minimum) cash to add to a deposit

Any advice, experiences appreciated.

willarikk

Hello not quite the response you may be looking for but in simple terms beware. I am a professional building surveyor who purchased a Mcinerney home in 2008.

We have had a plethora of issues which have come to light as time has passed, some I have identified without any invasive investigations and some through shoddy workmanship, loose pipe joints in walls and ceilings (Yes leaks and floods) not to mention the usual new build "teething" problems one should expect.

But now most concerning of all "Yes" I have another issue which requires the attention of Mcinerney homes, they are in termoil and battling a high court ruling regarding oustanding debts as a result they will not be honouring any warranty or guarantees until the outcome of the case...........as a new member I cannot paste links but you can google for details of the case.:mad:

A worrying thought is that the site is unfinished, Dunelm another developer who closed for business have long gone and the roads are not adopted yet, full of pot holes untarmaced paths etc etc :(the last phase of the site is simply that; a site/ bog and builders tip.

Hope this helps, please feel free to get back in touch if you would like to discuss further. I may have to seek legal action but dont know where I will get with it......almost forgot we do have NHBC cover but that is for structural protection not fixture and fittings.:(

Miss_MoneyPenny_5

Hi,

Again sorry probably not the advise you want to hear but McInerney Homes has recently been placed into Receivership (see press or google for details - can't post link as new member) so whilst this might mean that you could secure a good deal price-wise, be aware that after-care is likely to suffer in a big way, and who knows if the houses part built at the moment will be finished off to the right standards if the workers are due to be laid off...?
I wouldn't risk that if it were me.

(I bought a new build last year from Bellway and have found there after sales team really fantastic so I know how important this is to me. Plus surely that's one the of reasons you pay a premium for a new house?)

Hope this is of some help to you.
Regards,
Sam

leear81

Hi

Sorry to bombard this post! Just recently found out that the company we purchased our final family home from, have gone into administration! Gutted is seriously not the word. We now live on an unfinished building site, where the security guards may aswell not even be there!
We do not feel safe at all in our house as ours was the first on a new street to be built, but as they stopped building, we are the only house there!! This is worrying as we are expecting our first child in a couple of weeks also.

Mcinerney homes and the administrators have apparently issued 2 sets of sites to priority to complete. 'A' sites, which are to be completed by an investor called Ludgate Developments. 'B' sites, are apparently going to be left as they are until the administrators have completed a satisfactory plan for the sites.

We unfortunately fall into the 'B' site category!!!

What my query is, is what will happen to this site now? Will investors buy the site for a cheaper price to pay back the creditors and hopefully get it finished? Or will we be living on an extremely un-safe building forever? I'm worrying myself sick about this as we have a lot of equity in the property, and if it gets to the stage where the estate becomes crime central, we may have to re-think our life plans!!!

Please help!!

Thanks

Lee