Put deposit on new build and now considering pulling out, advice?

danielr82

thedalmeny wrote: »

Absolute rubbish.

I've lived in properties built in the 1950s in every decade upto houses built in 2012, every single one of them has had a boiler in the kitchen and hot water tank on the next floor. You're talking 12 different houses, range from 2 bedroom semis to 5 bedroom detached.

In my dads house both the boiler and tank are in the bathroom. I guess it's not "absolute rubbish" but different things happen in different houses. and 12 houses, is apparently not a statistically relevant enough sample to claim 100%... (beware generalisations, as generally they fail to be true in all cases).


Anyway...

to tag onto the thread.

I'm hopefully not about to be in the same position as the thread starter. but I guess I realise just how fast I could be in that same position.

I'm about to buy a new build as before the house is not yet finished.
I've seen the show home, (actually I've seen a house that's on the same estate that's finished that was shown by the estate agents). and promised that all the houses would be the same.

However that's already turned out to be untrue, the house they showed us had two clearly allocated parking spaces, (with plot number written on the tarmac) when we chose our plot from the map it was clear that the house would only have 1 parking place.

Which kind of leaves me a bit worried now. we've seen one house, that we liked, in terms of layout convenience and utility etc, but given that house is already someone else's house what sort of checks should we be doing to guarantee that we're getting what we believe to have been promised in terms of finish etc?

We can't directly contact the builder as the house will be purchased first by a housing association and we're only buying half the house as a shared ownership property.


everyone is saying "your own fault, why didn't you check properly first." but what checks are possible or appropriate to do in this situation?

fart

danielr82 wrote: »

In my dads house both the boiler and tank are in the bathroom. I guess it's not "absolute rubbish" but different things happen in different houses. and 12 houses, is apparently not a statistically relevant enough sample to claim 100%...

The 'absolute rubbish' comment was in response to OP stating that only 'poorly planed' houses have boilers in the kitchen.

You've tried to be clever without employing basic reading skills first. You'll fit right in round here.

Tancred

hankkosovo wrote: »

I expected the boiler to go upstairs in the cupboard, as the plans stated, the plans didn't state there was an additional boiler. in the kitchen. No the toilets at the front of the house, like you, I would expect it to go under the stairs, or failing that in the full height boiler cupboard.

No I didn't have it in writing there would be a shower, but I was told by the sales agent there would be a shower.

We saw the kitchen counter tops and cupboard doors that would be fitted, and the shape of the kitchen, along with the show home which we where told the kitchen would be of similar quality, there was no mention of upgrades.

Is this really a big enough deal for you to force you to pull out? You need to think very carefully before doing this. Ultimately it's up to you but don't act in haste.

phoebe1989seb

The properties we have lived in (six) have always had the boiler in either the kitchen or utility room. These have been older houses though - nothing more recent than Victorian - so no experience of the way it's generally done in new builds.

Apart from our last house that had an Aga/Rayburn fitted by a PO, the last few have been floor-standing combi boilers sited in the utility.

However, my late uncle had a new heating system fitted in 2006/7 and for some unknown reason they put the boiler in the third bedroom - he was elderly and I think they convinced him it was the best place - a horrible position IMHO

It does seem as though the OP was expecting a combi system, but I still don't get why the upstairs is deemed a better location, although I'm guessing there's no utility room at the property?

MumOf2

Just another place for a boiler - our Combi boiler is in the garage adjoining the utility room. By far the best place!

MumOf2

Tancred

Dan-Dan wrote: »

Well , i have lived in about 15 houses in my life so far ,and i dont know any other place apart from the kitchen i have seen the boiler OTHER than as a replacment for a tank (combi installed) in the airing cupboard , and in one house, the boiler was in the massive bathroom

I've seen boilers in garages quite often. The tank is usually in an airing cupboard upstairs, in the landing.

Tancred

hankkosovo wrote: »

The plans do not show a hot water tank. There was not suppose to be a hot water tank.

I find it quite astonishing that you were not aware of a hot water tank! And why do you object to it? I've had a combi boiler in my victorian terraced house for the last 8 years and it has given me no end of problems. A hot water tank is much better.

Dan-Dan

Tancred wrote: »

I've seen boilers in garages quite often. The tank is usually in an airing cupboard upstairs, in the landing.

To clarify , i meant combi boilers