Barratts Homes - How reliable

chelseablue

For what its worth we are saving to buy a house

My bf is in the building trade and he says he would not touch a new build with a 10 foot pole!

Stu784

Hi,

When your bf says he wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole, why? People still live in them & they're been knocked up everywhere there's a bit of land, if they have so many problems why are these companies still getting away with shoddy workmanship on these developments??

Also I've heard recently Barratt are offering a part exchange scheme, does anyone know what this entails? I have a house to sell which is on the market for 120K do they use this figure our some rediculously low valuation to part-ex against?

Thanks for the feedback in advance.

space_rider

I bought a barratt home 2nd hand but before the 2 years were up. I`ve had them back to do quite a few things and never had any problem with them coming out. The workman has always come on time and if he`s been early he`s always waited. they`ve done things like replacing bulbs when I thought it was the fitting and even replaced all the floor tiles in both bathrooms as they became loose once the floor had settled. I personally wouldn`t buy a new house as brand new as where I am in Nottingham they are really losing value but if that doesn`t bother you, I wouldn`t be put off with buying Barratt, but I`ve had excellent service from them.

JoJoArmani

Stu784 wrote: »

Hi,

When your bf says he wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole, why? People still live in them & they're been knocked up everywhere there's a bit of land, if they have so many problems why are these companies still getting away with shoddy workmanship on these developments??

Also I've heard recently Barratt are offering a part exchange scheme, does anyone know what this entails? I have a house to sell which is on the market for 120K do they use this figure our some rediculously low valuation to part-ex against?

Thanks for the feedback in advance.

Hi

I am doing a pert ex with another builder. House on at £95k. Offered £83k. Advised ok but wanted them to discount their asking price by £11k! 10 days later was offered £87k for my house. I am happy with this as I would probably only have got an offer close to £90k (less I think) - so all in all estate agent fees saved and legal costs paid I feel I'm better off that I was on the market.

Depends how keen you are to move I guess!

Best of Luck
JoJo