Taylor Wimpey misselling

ajf1987

Hi all,

My girlfriend and I are in the process of buying a new build from Taylor Wimpey (I know now this may be an error). We have exchanged contracts and the house is still fairly early in the build phase. We have just been to visit the site to show my parents the area and when viewing the development it has just become apparent that on the terrace there are going to be two rendered houses and the rest brick finished. Ours will be rendered. However we were told it would be brick and even have the code for the bricks written down on a reservation document as we are planning to extend into the garden with a conservatory/extension.

We are naturally going to raise this through Taylor Wimpey Customer Service as the Sales Agent is on holiday and is fairly useless. We will also be contacting our solicitor for advice.

We are concerned about ongoing maintenance costs for the render and also an impact this will have on the value versus a brick finish. Does anyone have any ideas on cost impact or value difference between brick and rendered? The house is a mid-terrace two storey townhouse, so render will be front and back but not to the side.

Also, will this make it harder to extend at the back an make maintenance more expensive as a result?

Thanks

lord_tyrannus

The sales agent should of got you to sign a form telling you what the house is constructed of IE bricks or render

If they have changed the spec you have agreed to then they should compensate you. Although if they have already started to put the breeze blocks in then I doubt they are going to change it

you should speak to the solicitor too about this. Did you use the panel solicitor or appoint your own?

Guest101

They cannot unilaterally change the contract, you have purchased, or commited to purchase a brick house, not a rendered one, its simple contrct law.

Your solicitor shoud be able to sort this for you, in regards compensation and/or nullifying the contract, but as said, its unlikely they'll start from scratch again

Tancred

ajf1987 wrote: »

Hi all,

My girlfriend and I are in the process of buying a new build from Taylor Wimpey (I know now this may be an error). We have exchanged contracts and the house is still fairly early in the build phase. We have just been to visit the site to show my parents the area and when viewing the development it has just become apparent that on the terrace there are going to be two rendered houses and the rest brick finished. Ours will be rendered. However we were told it would be brick and even have the code for the bricks written down on a reservation document as we are planning to extend into the garden with a conservatory/extension.

We are naturally going to raise this through Taylor Wimpey Customer Service as the Sales Agent is on holiday and is fairly useless. We will also be contacting our solicitor for advice.

We are concerned about ongoing maintenance costs for the render and also an impact this will have on the value versus a brick finish. Does anyone have any ideas on cost impact or value difference between brick and rendered? The house is a mid-terrace two storey townhouse, so render will be front and back but not to the side.

Also, will this make it harder to extend at the back an make maintenance more expensive as a result?

Thanks

Why should the rendering cost you to maintain? What costs do you envisage?

gazter

Tancred wrote: »

Why should the rendering cost you to maintain? What costs do you envisage?

I think it is more a case of he ordered a blue car and has got a red one.

Doozergirl

There is no price difference between brick and rendered houses. It's personal preference. All types of house can be beautiful.

phill99

Barrack room lawyers! Don't you just love 'em!

The reality is that there is more than likely a clause in your contract which allows them to do this and the document that you signed with the sales gent doesn't form part of your final contract.

PasturesNew

I'll admit to preferring brick to render.... render takes maintenance. In the short-term you have to decorate it; in the long-term you might have to fix it.

I see anything that wants painting as an additional cost and hassle that I can do without.

oneeye1

phill99 wrote: »

Barrack room lawyers! Don't you just love 'em!

The reality is that there is more than likely a clause in your contract which allows them to do this and the document that you signed with the sales gent doesn't form part of your final contract.

says the barrack room lawyer LOL

makeyourdaddyproud

I thought render was just the type of finish on external brickwork, thus how can you compare them?

lord_tyrannus

on new builds they put the render onto breeze block instead of brickwork

I think the paintwork on the render will last for about two to three years then you will have to repaint which judging by how much painters charge will not be cheap