Why are people buying new builds.

AdrianC

TiberUK wrote: »

I am sorry that my partner and I buying a new build is upsetting for you

It isn't. I'm just intrigued by how you're justifying it to yourself.

RelievedSheff

For us one of the advantages of a new build was that there was quite literally nothing in it. It was a completely blank canvas.

Luckily we are both quite handy so we can do the jobs like fixing curtain poles etc ourselves, but I can see how it would be an issue if you had to pay someone to do the work.

We have been in 4 months and there is still loads to do to the house. We love it though and are really enjoying taking this house on its journey from an out of the box new build to our lived in and loved forever home.

pattypan4

I love my new build and have done everything myself. Drilling etc into beautiful unmarked walls, hanging up holders via permanent sticky onto tiles. Completely private back garden, sunny and not overlooked by anyone. I had 2 wardrobes built in by an expert cabinet maker. I chose my builder carefully, an older experienced builder and a small development within market town periphery, surrounded by established homes. Close to shops and closer to buses. I only had one snag and that was the plumber. High value epc,very low running cost, lower council tax. Upmarket and upgraded fire to multi fuel and modern, beautiful warm easy flooring throughout, my choice. No woodworm, no clothes moths, no damp, no dog or cat dander.


underfloor heating downstairs, flexible heating zones, 5 of them. My builder has is own permanent workforce, just a few people

seven-day-weekend

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.

The house we used to own in Spain had no land at all, but had two terraces (a covered one and an open one), and a balcony. We had no garage. However, what we DID have was a large storeroom on the ground floor, where we could store tools etc. I agree with you that there is nowhere to store such things in those houses.

They are also very overlooked, like most newbuilds. I would rather have smaller rooms and a bit more space in between the houses. Even the terraced house we lived in before we bought this bungalow wasn't overlooked like that, as the back garden adjoined another back garden, so no overlooking from the rear. That houes also had a large cellar which could be used for storage, as well as room to put a shed.

PasturesNew

Some new builds are lovely, the higher the price bracket, the nicer they are.

You can't tar them all with the same brush.

Each has to be taken on its own merits.

I am at the price point where the new builds I can just afford are pokey boxes .... and the lovely ones I'd have considered are unaffordable to me

A lot of the 2nd hand homes on the market are equally as poor a choice, for different reasons. Often the current/past home owners have made poor choices when extending or "improving" their home which are annoying if you feel you'd have to unpick that work and start again for what you wanted.

At least a new build one nobody's had time to bodge anything (except the builders of course).

seven-day-weekend

zagubov wrote: »

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.

We have three sheds One is for general storage and one is for power and other tools. One is my husband's art shed. The loft is also used for storage.

seven-day-weekend

zagubov wrote: »

Okay, here's another. The upside-down houses in Salford.

There needs to be some architectural rethinking if we're going to house everybody who wants to live in cities if we don't want to be stuffed into tower blocks.

I like those!

Crashy_Time

AdrianC wrote: »

A stopped clock, an' all.

If people didn't buy these shoddy new-builds, they'd quickly step their game up. Nobody HAS to buy one. They might WANT to. They might PREFER to buy things that aren't available. But the only way to get over the message about shoddy products of any kind is to vote with the wallet.

Eventually the silliness (for the buyer not the banker) of massive debt for a basic living space just becomes too obvious to be sustainable.

https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property-news/buying/new-homes/ikea-affordable-homes-furniture-giant-branching-out-into-building-houses-in-the-uk-and-they-re-a131646.html

RelievedSheff

Everyone has to live somewhere.

If no new builds were built and sold then prices of existing property and rental costs for existing rental property would sky rocket as demand increased.

Crashy_Time

RelievedSheff wrote: »

Everyone has to live somewhere.

If no new builds were built and sold then prices of existing property and rental costs for existing rental property would sky rocket as demand increased.

Yes, but obviously now enough new-build has been built (that is what happens as developers chase bubble credit money) and there is over-supply of over-priced property, hence IKEA seeing a gap in the market for affordable basic property. As more and more people see the sense in basic shelter being affordable more and more people who bought new-builds at peak prices will drift into negative equity.