Snagging new built

jam6008

Mutton_Geoff said:

[Deleted User] said:

Mutton_Geoff said:

[Deleted User] said:

Mutton_Geoff said:

Many snags don't develop until the house settles down and is lived in. Better to wait until 6 months down the line to trap more faults. Pointless doing one before completion because the developer could quite legitimately be working on stuff until you collect the keys.

The problem with waiting is that they will blame as much of it on you as possible.

That has not been my experience.

Lucky you, but if you don't report that cracked tile on day one they are going to say you cracked it.

Nothing to stop you reporting visible issues to the developer from moving in. You wouldn't need a professional surveyors report to let them know there was a cracked tile.

Many snags in my new build purchase didn't manifest themselves for a year as it needed all four seasons of hot, cold, wet, dry etc to reveal faults in the construction.

What kind of issues were they? Since you were living in the house didn't you spot those yourself or did you need to carry out a full snagging survey?

2 surveys might be the option then. One initially and one after a year or so definitely before the warranty ends..... 

Mutton_Geoff

jam6008 said:

What kind of issues were they? Since you were living in the house didn't you spot those yourself or did you need to carry out a full snagging survey?

2 surveys might be the option then. One initially and one after a year or so definitely before the warranty ends..... 

Poorly constructed roof sections only started leaking through a year in, garage getting damp because retaining wall not built properly, took 6 months for water to leak through. Underfloor heating pipes not run through to all areas properly, rainwater drain not connected properly underground plus about 50 things I had not noticed until pointed out to me.

Snagging survey only instructed once it became clear I would need to sue builder.

GixerKate

[Deleted User] said:

Mutton_Geoff said:

Many snags don't develop until the house settles down and is lived in. Better to wait until 6 months down the line to trap more faults. Pointless doing one before completion because the developer could quite legitimately be working on stuff until you collect the keys.

The problem with waiting is that they will blame as much of it on you as possible.

Not my experience.  I handed the developer a long list of stuff (mostly minor) about a month before the 2 year deadline and they have all been done bar 2 items for which we are waiting for materials.

One of the items was the tiling on the floor in the en-suite - a tile felt like it kept moving very slightly.  They took it up and found the underlay stuff wasn't right so they ripped up the whole floor and replaced it all.  So this wasn't a small thing and it was reported about 20 months after moving in.

jam6008

That's some interesting stories. Who built your houses if you don't mind me asking? Mines barratts and I dont have high hopes from them.... 

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Mutton_Geoff said:

jam6008 said:

What kind of issues were they? Since you were living in the house didn't you spot those yourself or did you need to carry out a full snagging survey?

2 surveys might be the option then. One initially and one after a year or so definitely before the warranty ends..... 

Poorly constructed roof sections only started leaking through a year in, garage getting damp because retaining wall not built properly, took 6 months for water to leak through. Underfloor heating pipes not run through to all areas properly, rainwater drain not connected properly underground plus about 50 things I had not noticed until pointed out to me.

Snagging survey only instructed once it became clear I would need to sue builder.

What did they do to fix the underfloor heating?

jam6008

On a different note, did any of you guys got security /cctv systems installed and who did you use? This house doesn't come with anything at all. There wasn't even an option to purchase it. 

Sunsaru

jam6008 said:

On a different note, did any of you guys got security /cctv systems installed and who did you use? This house doesn't come with anything at all. There wasn't even an option to purchase it. 

CCTV is not something home builders generally install as they would have to support it to some extent afterwards and... costs.

jam6008

Sunsaru said:

jam6008 said:

On a different note, did any of you guys got security /cctv systems installed and who did you use? This house doesn't come with anything at all. There wasn't even an option to purchase it. 

CCTV is not something home builders generally install as they would have to support it to some extent afterwards and... costs.

No but most give some sort of Intruder alarm as standard.... This has nothing 

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They really should offer to at least install wiring for CCTV and network.

jam6008

I did ask and they refused to install wiring for cctv