Why are people buying new builds.

jamie_128

Just a general wondering more than criticising anyone who does.

Im currently selling my new build home i bought a while ago on the helptobuy scheme. Its the smallest house that was available on the development and it was solely as i was single at the time. However, im now buying with my partner, we have been to look at every new build development in our area, theres a good 6 we looked at.

I am absolutely shocked at the complete lack of space you get in them, i can see the appeal for a single person buying a 2 bedroom house, but cant for the life of me understand why anyone is buying the bigger detatched houses for the prices when you can get so much more for your money, all the new builds ive seen cant fit a king size bed in and have zero downstairs storage cupboards. Also generally have a shared driveway.

Ive found a lot of new build estates are massively overpriced, gardens are always overlooked by tons of other houses, quality is pretty poor, cardboard for skirting boards anyone? And ive found you end up getting people who couldent usually afford to buy that house living in the street which without sounding snobby, generally brings down the street as a whole as they are generally less likely to put any effort into keeping thier property looking nice.

We were shocked at how small some of them were and its only because they use tiny furniture that they even look an okay size.

anselld

So you bought a new built with help to buy in an area you could not otherwise afford. Now you are complaining about others doing the same?

Barny1979

jamie_128 wrote: »

Im currently selling my new build home i bought a while ago on the helptobuy scheme.

jamie_128 wrote: »

And ive found you end up getting people who couldent usually afford to buy that house living in the street which without sounding snobby, generally brings down the street as a whole

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The Irony

jamie_128

A lot of people buying the bigger houses can afford that price, what i mean is you can get so much more for your money in non new build estates.

Zero_Sum

jamie_128 wrote: »

A lot of people buying the bigger houses can afford that price, what i mean is you can get so much more for your money in non new build estates.

Theres pros & cons with new builds.

Ive lived in both and the benefits of new builds are:

More energy efficient - cheaper to keep warm

Less work in decorating. Its a blank canvass & can get it done to your tastes, not having to alter someone elses

Many older houses dont have garages or driveways.

G_M

Ah but the advantage with many New Build houses is that you get a lease and/or service charge so that the communal green patch gets maintained..........

coffeehound

Blame Maggie Thatcher for the undersize new homes; it was her administration that reduced minimum room sizes.

zagubov

We need bigger houses. Nobody else in high-income Europe seems to buy our rabbit-hutch-sized dwellings.

In fact we need better soundproofed flats, scrapping the unique leasehold system only we seem to think necessary. Perhaps we should have bigger courtyards and balconies and stop pretending we're all green-fingered David Bellamies.

In Taiwan, if you don't look after our gardens, they send farmers in to grow food on them.

Either have big garages big enough for the oversized tractors so many people think they need, or adequate parking spaces for all normal-sized cars. Or, like Japan, build car storage drawers you can slide below your house.

Here's an example of a better system used in England.

The houses have courtyards and balconies, off-road parking, and room to extend into their top floors.

HanPop

We are trying to buy a 5 bed detached new build house because we need the bedrooms, it is much cheaper to buy than a 5 bed older property here (at least £100,000 cheaper). So although the bedroom sizes may be smaller (although the master is huge on the top floor and the biggest en-suite I have ever seen) we can not afford an older 5 bed.

Zero_Sum

zagubov wrote: »

We need bigger houses. Nobody else in high-income Europe seems to buy our rabbit-hutch-sized dwellings.

In fact we need better soundproofed flats, scrapping the unique leasehold system only we seem to think necessary. Perhaps we should have bigger courtyards and balconies and stop pretending we're all green-fingered David Bellamies.

In Taiwan, if you don't look after our gardens, they send farmers in to grow food on them.

Either have big garages big enough for the oversized tractors so many people think they need, or adequate parking spaces for all normal-sized cars. Or, like Japan, build car storage drawers you can slide below your house.

Here's an example of a better system used in England.

The houses have courtyards and balconies, off-road parking, and room to extend into their top floors.

A better system? Sorry but I wouldnt want one of them. Aside from them being hideous the small courtyard / lack of garage / no loft just doesnt work.
Where do you store DIY tools & materials? Most people keep in garage or shed. But theres no room for a shed. So you'd put them in the loft? Oh you cant as it hasnt got one.

And actually i like gardening, and growing my own fruit & veg. So having a garden for me is an absolute must.

zagubov

Zero_Sum wrote: »

A better system? Sorry but I wouldnt want one of them. Aside from them being hideous the small courtyard / lack of garage / no loft just doesnt work.
Where do you store DIY tools & materials? Most people keep in garage or shed. But theres no room for a shed. So you'd put them in the loft? Oh you cant as it hasnt got one.

And actually i like gardening, and growing my own fruit & veg. So having a garden for me is an absolute must.

Good for you!

But who needs a shed or a garage? If you're keeping tools in those, I'd suggest that in these houses you'd be better leaving them in part of the office which often a feature.