Urine in new builds

Ybe

Postik said:

As other have said, I'd be concerned about more serious things, from weak mortar (probably an uncommon issue) through to pipes that leak through your ceiling and require your ceiling to be hacked open and replaced (almost guaranteed in a new build).

I imagine the property will be cleaned before handover.

If you had workmen over to do a job for you and they asked to use the loo I'm sure you would say yes. I think taking the approach that a loo is new and therefore you should be the first to pee in it is taking things a bit too far. Might be different if the workmen cooked a full roast dinner in the oven and then used the dishwasher afterwards.

Well like I said I don’t mind if I don’t notice it. If a workman used my toilet, I’d expect them to use it respectfully and pee in the bowl, not outside it which is clearly what’s happened to cause that stench. Or it’s been peed in whilst unplumbed. 

Ybe

Is it a reasonable request for me to cancel the reservation and then re-reserve a flat once construction is complete?  I don’t think those flats are going anywhere in the next 6 months given the current market conditions. 

MultiFuelBurner

Ybe said:

Is it a reasonable request for me to cancel the reservation and then re-reserve a flat once construction is complete?  I don’t think those flats are going anywhere in the next 6 months given the current market conditions. 

It's your gamble to make

Ybe

MultiFuelBurner said:

Ybe said:

Is it a reasonable request for me to cancel the reservation and then re-reserve a flat once construction is complete?  I don’t think those flats are going anywhere in the next 6 months given the current market conditions. 

It's your gamble to make

Or the other option is to ask for a larger incentive than the 0.9% incentive they offered me. To offset the risk. 

MultiFuelBurner

Ybe said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Ybe said:

Is it a reasonable request for me to cancel the reservation and then re-reserve a flat once construction is complete?  I don’t think those flats are going anywhere in the next 6 months given the current market conditions. 

It's your gamble to make

Or the other option is to ask for a larger incentive than the 0.9% incentive they offered me. To offset the risk. 

Yep first you have mentioned this so indeed. One of our biggest bargains came about in 2009 as the building industry was still sleeping due to the slump £40k off a new house and 10k of extras.

However we are not in that pickle yet building industry appears to be holding up with houses selling. But it's a fine balance all heads down for the interest rate holding or reducing.

For reference We know the builders had a pee in all our sanity wear (all four wet rooms) and worse lol

pinkteapot

As others have said, could definitely be worse. My brother's a plumber and has had a lot of work over the last few years replacing nearly-new poor quality bathrooms on a nearby new-build estate. At one house, he removed some boxing-in and found a water bottle filled with wee hidden behind it. 

MrsStepford

My parents moved into a house and found bricks and rubble under the bath. When we moved in here, we found unlabelled hydrochloric acid in the lean-to and a box of KFC bones in the boarded-up sitting room fireplace. It's not just new builds which get rubbish etc hidden from view.

prettyandfluffy

Ybe said:

Is it a reasonable request for me to cancel the reservation and then re-reserve a flat once construction is complete?  I don’t think those flats are going anywhere in the next 6 months given the current market conditions. 

Do you really want to risk your purchase over something that can easily be dealt with?

NameUnavailable

prettyandfluffy said:

I don't think this should happen but unfortunately it has.  I've worked on construction sites and seen far worse - what people will do is really quite appalling. However, it's as it is.  As I previously suggested, ask for the property to be thoroughly cleaned without going into details; or if this is a big deal for you, re-think your options.  You are unlikely to buy a property that no-one has ever urinated or defecated in tbh so you need to decide how you can deal with that.

It's not an unusual "hang up" by the way; we have a motorhome and there are a surprising number of people who will buy a used MH but have the bathroom fully replaced because they won't use a toilet/shower that someone else has used.  Personally, I think a good clean with a steam cleaner will sort it out to an acceptable standard,

I do wonder how some people manage to stay in a hotel - a bed someone else has used, bathroom someone else has used, towels someone else has used etc. etc. What happens when they're out and about and need a loo? The mind boggles.

MultiFuelBurner

NameUnavailable said:

prettyandfluffy said:

I don't think this should happen but unfortunately it has.  I've worked on construction sites and seen far worse - what people will do is really quite appalling. However, it's as it is.  As I previously suggested, ask for the property to be thoroughly cleaned without going into details; or if this is a big deal for you, re-think your options.  You are unlikely to buy a property that no-one has ever urinated or defecated in tbh so you need to decide how you can deal with that.

It's not an unusual "hang up" by the way; we have a motorhome and there are a surprising number of people who will buy a used MH but have the bathroom fully replaced because they won't use a toilet/shower that someone else has used.  Personally, I think a good clean with a steam cleaner will sort it out to an acceptable standard,

I do wonder how some people manage to stay in a hotel - a bed someone else has used, bathroom someone else has used, towels someone else has used etc. etc. What happens when they're out and about and need a loo? The mind boggles.

Don't ever use a hotel kettle lol