Charles church homes

kev.s

anyone bought a house or know some who has or had any dealings with this company? we're looking to buy another house, done a search on google which showed a few scare stories (snagging etc) but wondered if anyone had 1st hand experience with them.

vickyj

With any developer it is hard to find anything other than borrow stories. It Ks not because they are all horror stories, more because those that have had a good experience don't shout as loud. Charles church are part of persimmon. We have a persimmon home and are really happy they were quick with all snagging and efficient. I have had a couple of small issues with my home since and even three years later they just sent someone out and got it sorted strait out. Now we need a bigger home so we have gone to Charles church and part exed our home for a a new one. After inspecting the Shoshone thoroughly there is a couple of bits we will be watching out for but overall looks good.
Go and knock on a few doors of one on their developments if you are feeling ahold enough you will get a descent balanced view this way
Hth
Vj

kev.s

vickyj wrote: »

With any developer it is hard to find anything other than borrow stories. It Ks not because they are all horror stories, more because those that have had a good experience don't shout as loud. Charles church are part of persimmon. We have a persimmon home and are really happy they were quick with all snagging and efficient. I have had a couple of small issues with my home since and even three years later they just sent someone out and got it sorted strait out. Now we need a bigger home so we have gone to Charles church and part exed our home for a a new one. After inspecting the Shoshone thoroughly there is a couple of bits we will be watching out for but overall looks good.
Go and knock on a few doors of one on their developments if you are feeling ahold enough you will get a descent balanced view this way
Hth
Vj

we've had a look around a couple of varieties of builds of the CC development, they seem to be finished well and room sizes appear to be a bit more generous than other developers in that area, we also looked at a stewart milne build :eek: finishing and room sizes are shocking so it's safe to say they are out. we're due to go and view a betts build this week too. it's good to get a view of someone who's actually bought one, no-one has actually moved into the development yet so can go door knocking.

GDB2222

Out of interest, why buy new at all? Older houses tend to have bigger rooms and be much cheaper, and you or your surveyor can spot any defects. New houses tend to have negative equity built into them, as they are priced with a 'brand new' premium, but they become second-hand as soon as you move in.

kev.s

GDB2222 wrote: »

Out of interest, why buy new at all? Older houses tend to have bigger rooms and be much cheaper, and you or your surveyor can spot any defects. New houses tend to have negative equity built into them, as they are priced with a 'brand new' premium, but they become second-hand as soon as you move in.

as do cars etc, i suppose to a degree your right, however having bought my previous houses as "older" there is always something you want to change, whether it be kitchen, bathroom, flooring etc and all this adds up to inconvenience, time and mess. at least with the new build you can choose your kitchen, bathroom decor etc, so at least that hassle is elliminated. as far as the negative equity goes i could not argue as i would not know, however that would only apply if you were selling almost immediately, or you were borrowing more than the house value, no? i just plan to live in it.

GDB2222

Well, the negative equity does matter even if you are planning to live in the house long term. Say that you pay £150,000 for a new house, and its secondhand value is £100,000, that's a loss of £50,000, although you only crystallise the loss when you come to sell. If house prices have gone up a lot by the time you sell, you may not even notice the loss, as it just means that your new house has gone up a lot less than other houses. If house prices do not go up much, as seems likely for the next 5-10 years, you could find yourself having to sell at a loss.

Those figures of £150k new/ £100k secondhand are about right for most new developments BTW, ie you pay around 50% more for brand new. I'm not saying that you are wrong to pay that extra 50%, as it's your choice, but it doesn't seem very MSE to me.

geoffky

Near me the new houses sold for 298k three years ago...now they are asking 189k and none are selling and phase 2&3 are mothballed...do you want to be in that situation? i would be horrified if it was mine.

vickyj

That is uaually for the numpties that did not think to negotiate properly on their home. I purchsed my home in the top of the boom (aug 2006) for 182000 it has just sold for 180000 so a 2k loss after 5 years on a new build in a recession. I really do hate it when people generalise.
When we were looking to move a few months ago we were not especially looking for a new build but we could not find anything that offered the size and location for anything close to the price that CC were offering one at. regarding room sizes we are about to move into a new build with a 22' x 15' kitchen and the rest of the rooms are equally as spacious. so not all new builds are small.
Vj