Are show homes on new build developments built to a higher spec than the other houses ?

frank1978

Anyone know ?

getmore4less

Often thrown up and fitted out quickly.

They will tend to have some(many) extras to tempt you.

stevenbecca

don't think there built any different i mean there might be a little more attention to detail in them, i know our local 1 has 20k of extras fitted which is a con on my eye's. 

elsien

Why is it a con? 

If you were buying one of the others you’d check with the developer exactly what you were getting as you would with any other purchase. 
Show homes are selling a lifestyle. That’s their purpose. A relative bought a showhome as it was the only 3 bedded one in the complex. The wine fridge and TV in the bath he could happily live without, 

Due diligence, that’s what buyers should be doing. 

Jeepers_Creepers

I doubt the build quality is any different/better, but the standard of finish inside and out - the 'attention to detail' as Steven says - will very likely be pretty spot on.

If you bought one of their other houses based on what you saw in the show house, and the finish was clearly not as good - rough bits of plastering, gaps in the architrave/skirtings, off-level worktops, gaps around pipes, anything like that - then you'd have a legitimate reason to complain; you bought the house based on the standard you were shown in the show house.

(Usual provisos - see if their small print says anything to suggest the show house has been finished to a higher standard at extra cost. Anything like that. I don't know if that's typical?)

Section62

elsien said:

The wine fridge and TV in the bath he could happily live without, 

Understandably, as surely you wouldn't live for very long with a TV in the bath?

olgadapolga

Section62 said:

elsien said:

The wine fridge and TV in the bath he could happily live without, 

Understandably, as surely you wouldn't live for very long with a TV in the bath?

Would that not depend on whether or not you were in the bath with the TV (assuming that it was hooked up to the electricity)?

amandacat

The build itself is the same but the interior will have optional extras and added spec as well as clever furnishings and smaller furniture to give the illusion of more space.
Photos on the developers website are another story- I’ve viewed a few that look nothing like the photos. 

mat1964

Personally I think new development show homes should be simply furnished (or even empty)  and show how it will be the day you move in.  Fine if you want to display upgrades to kitchens etc (although if you buy a Persimmon home, everything seems to be extra).  Really annoys me to go into a show home and see things like fancy wallpaper, fireplaces which don't exist in reality and landscaped gardens etc.  Obviously it works for the developers.

molerat

I remember looking round a show house and it felt quite spacious but something didn't feel quite right.  Took us a while to twig - no internal doors !

csgohan4

we bought a former show room, certainly is bigger than the others on the estate, but I didn't buy it specifically because it was a showroom formerly, it's if it ticks the boxes. 

Still had it's own problems with bathroom leaks e.t.c.