New Build developers

Section62

SarahB16 said:

If despite, of all the helpful comments above you are still wishing to buy a new build try to find out what other developments the developer has built previously.  Visit those developments and see what you think and even speak to the people who live there.  

If you do find someone to talk to, then bear in mind it isn't in the interests of people who have invested in a new build home on a particular development to let it be known that the houses are built from spit and tissuepaper and the ManCo is fleecing them for every penny.  If a development gets a reputation for being bad then it means the current owners risk losing more money than they already have.

Only if a development is unbearably bad does it make sense for the owners to make the issues public knowledge... which is probably why relatively few cases make it into the newspapers.

And someone who freely admits to a stranger asking questions that their expensive home is a pile of junk is possibly not the best at making good judgements either way, so their thoughts should still be taken with a shovelful of salt.

RelievedSheff

Section62 said:

SarahB16 said:

If despite, of all the helpful comments above you are still wishing to buy a new build try to find out what other developments the developer has built previously.  Visit those developments and see what you think and even speak to the people who live there.  

If you do find someone to talk to, then bear in mind it isn't in the interests of people who have invested in a new build home on a particular development to let it be known that the houses are built from spit and tissuepaper and the ManCo is fleecing them for every penny.  If a development gets a reputation for being bad then it means the current owners risk losing more money than they already have.

Only if a development is unbearably bad does it make sense for the owners to make the issues public knowledge... which is probably why relatively few cases make it into the newspapers.

And someone who freely admits to a stranger asking questions that their expensive home is a pile of junk is possibly not the best at making good judgements either way, so their thoughts should still be taken with a shovelful of salt.

Much the same as random strangers on an internet forum then?

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Determine how much effort is being expended on energy efficiency.

Not scraping to a min standard but actually demonstrating that effective design choices, choice of heating method, levels of insulation and possibly electrical self sufficiency have been enacted to ensure good energy outcomes.