Barrett New Build home 5 year warranty !!

losgiganteskid

When is a Barratt 5 year new build home warranty not a Barratt 5 year home warranty ?


When the first owner sells up !!


So unlike a car warranty - which moves to the 2nd owner the Barratt warranty doesn't.


My partner recently bought a property from the first owner of the house (he had bought it new in 2012) and we now find that one or two items in the property have failed and need replacing/repair ie panel heater fail. So if the house had still been owned by the original purchaser the panel heater would have been replaced/repaired foc - subsequent owners within the first 5 years are not.

dannim12345

Does the house also have a NHBC warrentee? Might me worth following it up with them...

losgiganteskid

I thought the NHBC warranty was confined to the structure of the house - ie bricks and mortar - roof etc not to fixed electric panel heaters

kingstreet

The NHBC will still apply, but that ceases covering heating etc after two years. From years three to ten it covers building/structural defects only.

losgiganteskid

yes - well of course the builder is responsible for any defects for the first 2 years.


It just seems unfair that where on a car purchase the warranty transfers to the new owner it doesn't with the house.


Looking at the paperwork seems like Zurich Insurance are covering the 5 year warranty on behalf of Barrett homes presumably having paid Zurich an insurance premium for so doing - one could argue that the risk as far as Zurich is concerned is the same whether they cover the original or any subsequent owner within the first 5 year period.


I also read somewhere that if a product fails outside its "normal warranty" you could/should be able to refer back to the manufacturer for a reapair or replacement if there was a fault which rendered it useless after a reasonable period of time. The property contains several panel heaters all from the same manufacturer and all the others are fine so one suspects the faulty heater in question was not up to the job - what say you ?

bris

You have no rights as you weren't the original purchaser, warranties are rarely transferable, those that are, are a company policy that goes above any statutory rights.