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Miss_Samantha

One thing to remember is that the dodgy Victorian houses were destroyed a long time ago. The ones we see today are the 'survivors'.

marksoton

Davesnave wrote: »

There's a two tier level of service.

A close relative works for a large builder which does mainly public sector/ large organisation contracts. These have to be delivered on time and all work is professionally snagged, so mistakes must be rectified.

There are penalties for non-delivery on time and to spec. All work is also up for rectification if anything shows -up as faulty in the first 18 months or so of use; in fact their snag team often doesn't leave the site till that time is up.

Then there's Joe Public....

Bang on. If the house bashers ( Our term for them ) were made to work to an NEC contract they'd go bust tomorrow.

Miss_Samantha

It's also a question of pricing.

People usually won't pay more to have the top tier level of service, since obviously the builders' quote won't be the same.

marksoton

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

It's also a question of pricing.

People usually won't pay more to have the top tier level of service, since obviously the builders' quote won't be the same.

Maybe so. But people underestimate the cost of new developments.

My current contract is £5 million. The next is £11 million. And i'm just making smelly water go away.

Capital delivery in this region alone for the next 5 years is circa £300 million. And that doesn't include existing assets.

Someones paying the bill......;)

moneyistooshorttomention

I've certainly heard enough tales about the standard new-build houses can be done to and we had a thread on here only days ago that made me feel very glad I hadn't been the one buying from that particular builder.

Obviously builders will vary and I inspected some new build homes in my current area that I thought had been done to a pretty good standard and I couldn't spot any flaws on them and chose to buy an older house for other reasons. But some builders are pretty cr*p.

Petition duly signed.

Cakeguts

Davesnave wrote: »

Crikey, teachers might be blamed for many things, but people's failure to adequately assess a house is a new one on me!

The National Curriculum came into being around 1989 and SATs tests followed in 1991, since when children have been tested regularly and awarded grades, which they are made fully aware of from 11 years onwards.

Indeed, many feel that the testing regime is limiting the curriculum now, but like it or not, it's there.

There is no pass & fail as in the old days of the 11 plus, but everyone knows the grades that represent poor achievement.

I think you may be referring to a brief period in the 1970s; ancient history in this context.

Yes they know their grades but how many people actually fail as in are not given any grade? Knowing where you come in terms of grades is not the same as actually failing and not being given any grade.

Pixie5740

What's with the young people bashing? Is it only young people who've been at school during the times of "nobody failing" and SATS that buy new builds? Are they the ones looking to buy these 3+ bedroom new build house or would those be slightly older people who sat exams it was quite possible to fail? I was at school during a time where failure was a possibility and the majority of people with new builds are all older than me. In fact the latest people I know who've bought a new build are a spritly couple in their 80's downsizing from a house to a new build flat.

Cakeguts

Would I be right in thinking that people do a bit of research into an area before they buy a house there? Where I used to live there was a piece of land that was known to be unsuitable for building on. This was common knowledge. The land was soft. A developer built an estate of houses on that land and people bought them. The first thing that happened was that the sewers collapsed. I seem to remember that some houses were demolished because of structural problems. You cannot legislate against stupidity. It was common knowledge that anyone buying a house on this estate was taking a risk but people still bought them and this was in an area where there wasn't a housing shortage.

lincroft1710

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

One thing to remember is that the dodgy Victorian houses were destroyed a long time ago. The ones we see today are the 'survivors'.

And even some of those leave a lot to be desired

lincroft1710

The_Bag wrote: »

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