An email i nearly sent to a new home builder... but wimped out...

theartfullodger

Don't waste your time, they'll nae change their spots...

Two suggestions...


a) Not-new houses are usually better value..

2) If the salesman doesn't cry when you make an offer you offer too much £££ for the place..


Cheers!

poppysarah

theartfullodger wrote: »

Don't waste your time, they'll nae change their spots...!

Au contraire!

Writing to the local paper
perhaps as "an open letter to a house builder in the area..."
and remove the actual names.

dawyldthing

i think part of the problem in society is that everyone wants the best. So most people want a brand new house that doesn't need anything doing to it for a while, even though they will be paying way over the odds for it and like someone said its really small and would be ideal for not very much. I know theres some houses made round here thats been on the market for at least 6 months and there not sold, no wonder when there so much.

SilverSix

Strangely the new build homes I viewed by Taylor Wimpey actually, for the most part, made fantastic use of space. There was only one house with an ensuite which had no windows and a cubicle about 2ft square.

twirlypinky

Perhaps Taylor Wimpey are starting to take note then, because Abbey Homes aren't. How they expect a family to live in some of those i don't know.

And why oh why do all these places build so many apartments. I know they think they can make more money from them, but there is a distint lack of decent 2 bed houses around here, they should be building those!

[Deleted User]

I remember some town houses being built near me. Oh my goodness, I could not believe they expected families to live in them. The kitchens were seriously tiny.., little more than cupboards, just about enough room for two wall cupboards, floor cupboards etc. And the houses seem to have a quick turnaround.., barely being bought before they are up for sale again.

poppysarah

dawyldthing wrote: »

i think part of the problem in society is that everyone wants the best. .

13 years of nulabour "debt is wealth" has made people think they're worth it.

SuzieSue

I bought a Barratts new build in 1997 and the bedrooms are even smaller than the ones you are complaining about.

Yes, I might be a crazy fool, but I bought it for the location and because it was the only detached house within my price range. If I could have bought an older detached house for the same price, I would have done, but older detached houses are usually bigger and therefore more expensive.

Most new build 3 bed houses are fine for one or two people but not a family. But until people stop buying, they will carry on building these ridiculous "houses".

twirlypinky

Hey SuzieSue, that's different then - where i am now you could buy a bigger house for the same money. I bought a new build in 2000, purely because it was the best around for that money at the time.

Things are different now, there are so many houses on the market not selling, yet they're still building these! Plus, they're an eyesore now. That bit of the estate was previously just a green area, now it's a building site.

mundibananas

My Bovis Home has a fantastic layout ! Ground floor - open plan kitchen (with understairs storage cupboard) and family room (eg combined dining room/sofa and tv) opening out onto decking and garden. First floor has lounge with understairs storage cupboard, bedroom 2 which is double with fitted wardbrobes. Second floor has good size bathroom, 3rd bedroom with fitted wardbrobes (could squeeze a double in it but I use it as a combined office/single guestroom) and finally my master bedroom with fitted wardrobes and ensuite. http://www.bovishomes.co.uk/Development-Files/w/wpfob/wpfob_sw3022_fp.pdf