New Builds - what's normally included?

Jon_B_2

a_j_nicholson wrote: »

Hi,


I just thought I'd weigh into this conversation with some perspective.


A year and a half ago we bought a Persimmon home 2 bed semi and were very pleased with the process with it being our 1st home. We were told from the outset what was included as standard and what is extra, so from the start we knew we had to pay for flooring and turf.


The house isn't perfect, we've had a few issues with water leaks from bathroom but usually the customer care team sort things pretty quickly. In fact we had an internal door that had a small chip in the wooden skin and they were going to replace the whole door but I decided against it because for the sake of a chip it wasn't worth it. I saw someone saying that you'll get a garage that's too small to fit a car and a driveway not big enough for 2 cars, well our house came with a garage you could easily fit a car in and have space around it for gym equipment and then the driveway was for 2 cars but you can easily fit 3 and our garden is a decent size.


We are now in the process of moving house into another Persimmon home a few miles down the road. Again we were told what's extra and what's included, in addition to this we have the experience from our first house. I was initially worried about using Persimmon again after seeing them on watchdog, but the way I see it is they're building so many houses and all the developers will be in the same boat. My Dad always warned me about new builds, but again if you think about it, any housing estate was new at some point and I'm sure they would have had issues too.


You have to go into the purchase of a new build with a pinch of salt and yes these developers (especially Persimmon) will charge a lot for extras but the thing you have to consider is that all of those things will then be complete for when you collect the keys, because you can get work done yourself, but then you have the hassle of organising external trades people in your own time and if you get flooring done yourself you have to go through the stress of making sure all your furniture is out of the way for them to lay flooring.

Im sorry. But water leaking from a bathroom is not a "normal" issue and is a typical Persimmon problem. My mate who bought a Persimmon just had his boiler serviced and it was rendered unsafe as a particular pipe had not been connected properly.

I can't believe you think that a water leak was acceptable on a brand new home.

I've just moved into a new build and apart from bits of untidy paintwork and minor cosmetic issues it has been fine. Got lots as standard and not many upgrades available which is what I liked.

Darksparkle

I went to view a few persimmon developments over the last couple of weeks and was given a hand out showing clearly what was included and what was an "extra". Only thing I couldn't get hold of was a price list for extras but I imagine that would depend on the site? The one I'm looking won't start for another couple of months.

gregsayer

just moved into a kier new build


got laminate flooring in the hall, carpets throughout the rest of the house (4 bed)
turfed front and rear (though it took 3 attempts to get them to turf the rear, and I think it was an attempt to placate me, as I don't have full access to my rear garden due to the scaffolding for the next plot)
also got extra tiling in main bathroom and the patio enlarged.