A few years ago I worked for a firm in mid-Cornwall called Wain Homes. The experiences was sobering. I was primarily doing 2nd fix in houses under construction. The standard of workmanship was truly horrifying. When I pointed out snags (that had to be sorted out and corrected before I could do my work) to the site supervisor (supervisor Ha!) He just laughed and said "so, what do you expect me to do about it?" On one house I met the new owners and it was hard for me not to sympathise with her. She had just spent £450g on a house that should have been pulled down and started again. I lasted three weeks before I just had to leave (without another job to go to!) I've been a carpenter for 36 years and I cannot wait to retire, the building industry is a total fraud.
Many supervisors and site managers are equally as bad as the cowboys themselves they make it into the position because of who they know, not what they know
youre one of a kind then as carpenters or wood butchers i call them are shocking. do ya best caulk the rest type shit, stud walls never square always miss something, screws missing in hinges, bit of skirting missed here and there, proud nails every where mitres not sanded, can go on and on really, dont matter what site your on they are everywhere. carpentry standard has gone down massively, Funny thing is your never find a carpenter that dont think hes good, they all think they are the dogs bollocks and should be best paid trade for cutting wood. bunch of tossers
@@joshturbin5343 all these sub contractor tradesmen have their own individual limited companies. Their accountants make their books look like they don't make much profit by way of over inflated expenses and the like. Less profit made = less tax. Plus the tax they pay on their drawings is less than PAYE as they draw their tax free annual as a salary from their company then the rest as dividends which have a smaller tax burden.
I remember a guy on a BBC or ITV documentary about new builds had a sewage problem where raw sewage would backflow up his toilet into his house! When he obtained the plans he couldn't make sense of them... until he turned them upside down!
I just had my new fitted kitchen installed in March 2021 ripped out due to a really bad smell, Turned out the young lad helping the kitchen fitter decided to leave a half empty 4 pint carton of milk behind the unit and then box it in. Locating the smell was hard kitchen had to all pulled out. Thankfully is is being redone free of charge and was given a gift as compensation. Live in the remote western highlands of Scotland and it cost this company money for transport and hotel costs.
As a bathrooms and kitchen fitter you would be amazed how many poorly fitted new suites and kitchens that I rip out because of poor installation. I don’t know about shocking it’s absolute shit. I take pride in my work and once finished I’d like to think that I have become a friend of the customer and someone who they can trust. Have pride in your work or get lost and leave it to someone that knows what they are doing and has some respect in themselves. I’ve seen plenty of amateurs turn out some amazing workmanship that would put this to shame.
They are not excess tiles . As a ceramic tiler in the UK , I used to leave half a dozen tiles as spares in the event that any fitted tiles are damaged in years to come . It's an act of courtesy .
@AI-Maginations it's the only place where they are likely to remain safe and also the first place a new tiler who wishes to do a small repair will look . I don't understand why you think it's such a no-no .
@stevenlewis4961 . I'm retired from tiling and bathroom renovations now . I spent 15 years in Western Australia on mainly private renos . Baths here are set on a bed of mortar and bricked up the sides and then tiled . It's a plumber's nightmare should any fault develop in years to come. Spare tiles are left in the garage but often get thrown out over time .
Buying a new house? Then get a professional snagging firm to inspect it for you. Not doing so could mean you biggest ever purchase could turn out to be worthless.
This is good advice, and it should be written into the terms that clients inspector will have access to property prior to final payment/ handover. If the builder doesn't agree, walk away.
Bit far fetched stating it could be worthless. If the house doesn’t comply with building regs then it’s on the builder if it’s a load of wee snottery issues you can get them fixed. There’s nothing in any of these vids to suggest the house is that bad it’s now actually worthless
I'm a gas engineer and I've been into new builds that were built by barrett homes and I can tell you every house and apartment that I went into had problems, you'd think cowboys were let loose 🤔
I’ve just started my gas engineering apprenticeship and I’m shocked already at how bad some new build houses are. One estate near me just been built 12 vertical flues fallen off! Who’s doing this work makes us all look like twats
@@ivansime9127 to be honest I've not been in a new build that has no problems, they have all had issues which shouldn't be present, I'd never buy a new build, but these new builds make us money as you can be sure they will have problems that need fixing so depends how you look at it
@@bluedwarf8858 yeah very true haha I live in a new build and you’re completely right everything made on the cheap. Coving on ceiling cracking everywhere multiple leaks I’ve had to fix myself already house is only 6 years old
Unfortunately this is the normal. Try and find a gas pipe consealed/ surrounded with dab. You will struggle. I got thrown off a site for refusing to sign off untill they cutout and dabbed in correctly. Thrown off for trying to do my job correctly 😁
I have a brand new house with similar soil pipe and ventilation fan issues, also i have tiny single panel radiators, the clerk of works came over and recons to pass inspection the rads only have to be capable of bringing a room (living space like bedroom, lounge etc) to 15c and maintain it. I can have my heating on 24/7 and it will reach 19c. The developer isn't interested in sorting it as it's above the 15c specs, so looks like im going to have to buy new radiators what a joke, brand new house that is colder than an old house with no insulation or double glazing!!! Persimmon homes if you are interested btw.
Ventilation, running a vent pipe up through the ceiling on a long stretch, never works. Moisture from bathrooms will turn back into water pretty quickly, I've seen them fill up with water and bring down ceilings, loving your videos 👍
Our house (1 of 4) was new 8 years ago and the number of "snags" was unbelievable, for a shower door they sent an electrician....in the end at the threat of going to County court he paid us 8 grand cash and i did majority myself and professional's the rest cost 3,500....if we ever move again your firm is top of our list for pre inspection, well done mate
Learning so much from your videos. Probably never going to buy a new house. Strange that many buy off plan also considering the dangers are well known.
You could turn this into a drinking game. Take a shot every time he says "shocking" 2 if he says "absolutely" before hand. Guaranteed to be smashed by the end of the video.
did this for 6 years as customer service then quit my job as sick of this now running my own bunsiness. thats actually good work jesus i could show some pics lol
It's all of the big ones. Taylor wimpy, Bloor, Crest Nicholson, and Wain homes in my experience. The smaller company's and smaller sites are usually much much better. Big corporate CEOs trying to scrounge money everywhere they can and frankly they care more about their Christmas bonus than they do about a family moving in.
I know absolutely nothing about construction, plumbing and tiling etc. but I love these videos. Feel really sorry for the people who've bought these nightmare houses though.
I've gone behind our drywall to get some extra storage space in our new build 5 years after moving in and found that we've got all of our venting and pipes disconnected in the"loft space" just like you're #9 snag in this video. Is it too late to get persimmon to fix this?
Crikey, you should have seen the new build council flat i moved into. I felt so lucky yo be there, a brand new property but so many problems. No water from hot tap in kitchen - balcony falling away from the building, no insulation in the walls. Door frames that only meet the floor with a tonne of mastic. The balcony got fixed last year - it was in danger od collapsing. The plumbing still the same. It's been over 10years and still finding god awful workmanship. Wish you guys could've done the final inspections on this place.
@@spencerwilton5831 Damn peasants complaining about their 'affordable' houses.... who needs hot water, I say that's a luxury! being able to wash your dishes? Bah just lick them clean! and a good fall off a balcony is good for you! Builds character! I mean why should common people be able to afford rent anyway.... Having a roof over your head should be reserved only for a select few people who are clearly just plain better than everyone else..... Clearly you Sir Spencer (think you) are better than everyone else and deserve to be treated as such!
Well along with N.H.B.C or other, the local building standards clerk of works would also be involved with stage and final inspections , so they all seem to be not doing their job.
NHBC, LABC and Premier will all expect the builder to remedy any defects within the first two years and will only step in if there is a dispute. Which leaves the builder dancing around making excuses but not actually disputing anything, until the warranty expires. Now lets get real. Get a builder back? Youre lucky to get the clown there in the first place!
The tiles under the bath are spares for when the others crack . The lack of plasterboard at the end of the bath is because the room is too small for the bath . Bad setting out
I deliver new recycling and refuse bins to new homes on building developments. You can tell the good sites from the 'not so good' . Most site managers are keen to assist and help you with plot which plot numbers are my house numbers. Clean tidy sites with plenty of PPE in use is a good sign. Ive was on one site yesterday and the site manager was using a petrol stone cutter, NO Hearing protection no mask no high viz and no safety boots. He was rude unhelpful and he gave me grief. Thank you CJL construction
No 1 rule don't buy a new build that cost 30k to build that's made of cardboard the term price work should be banished from building industry it fuck all forms of proud workmanship
I’ve never worked on price and never will, I used to work with a knob head years ago who was unbearable to be around most of the time unless everything was going his way, he used to save time by pissing in buckets and a couple times took a 💩 in one to, couldn’t even take the time to sign in or out. Do what you gotta do in that sense but if you have an accident you are as far as I know not liable for any compensation or anything (I might be wrong on that)
You need to name and shame builders but clearly they have no shame. People are working their nuts off to afford this shit, they deserve so much better.
Needs to be a thorough audit. The blokes doing the work aren't making a fortune and their working conditions suck so I don't think it's their fault. We need proper clarification on the issue.
@@garnhamr in a ideal world I agree but all the audit will do is make it even more expensive crap house. I have done many years on sites and have it up because of standard of work and guys do earn a good wage on site. If you give guys twice the price to complete a task you will never get twice the standard of work it is human nature.
If I can say one thing.... Builders n fitters aren't given enough time on these multi home jobs..it's all bottom line ..dollars before work... Yr videos are v good and needed..keep posting buddy x
Volume Housebuilder's business is'nt supplying New Homes - it's supplying revenue on the Stock Exchange. Not many Directors live in their own products.
I blame managers, they're tasked with trying to safe as much money for people higher up. They should be hiring quality people instead of cowboys. Great video !
i need to get my new build checked out asap. found 170 snags so far and thats only the stuff i can see. its the stuff (plumbing, electrical, insulation etc) i cant see the worries me.
Out of all trades I’d say electrics has the least amount of snags due to the amount of testing it undergoes. That might be me being biased as I’m a spark but I’m also talking from experience being on new builds
@@uplightuk8924 I really hope so. so far Ive had 2 dead internal and an external double socket that werent wired, the BT fibre cable was snapped in the wall cavity. ethernet ports also needed rewiring. a wired doorbell that well wasnt wired. extractor fans not connected. its been the house that jack built.
I am new to your channel and quite astonished that Local council building control have not been involved and passed off the approvals steps . Maybe its not their responsibility anymore
@@samjarman3136 Well what you do ot seem to realise is that N.H.B.C ect. carry out the habitation inspection in most areas of England . Would iit not be prudent for these type of snagging companies to forward there findings of failings by those organisations.
Keep up the channel mate! Just a quick one if you get a chance mate but have recently brought a new build house and our neighbour has been moaning about noise more or less since we moved in which was like 6 months ago but long and short of it he said he can here when we go up and down stairs , if we’re washing up and general noise just wondered if you knew what the cause might be between the parting walls if get chance to get back to me that would be great Stay safe Cheers Tom🤙🏼
In the new build I used to live in, I could hear the neighbour turning on the light switch the walls were that thin. Made me think these new build estates are going to look hideous in about 30 years time. The materials are not made to last and everything seems to have planned obsolescence in-mind. You’ll drive through these estates in future decades to come and they’ll resemble some kind of shanty town.
@@thomaswright4074 i moved lol / relationship i was in came to an end 😂 Largely not helped by the fact we had to whisper and scream into pillows when arguing with each other due to the origami walls.
Thing is, with the wall out of plumb, I bet not a single one got the builder to do anything, as the solution is to knock it down. Far too late at that point. shocking.
Some poor work although you can chuck wallplate straps in the skip for me. The garage roof has over a ton of tiles on it if thats gonna lift off we are all in the poop!
I was working in some new build flats, and, the kitchen applicance bloke was in, the site manager walked in and the appliance fella went "Right, I've done 23, 24 but cannot do 25...", straight away the site manager was "But it's getting CML'd on Friday", the fella was like "Yeah, but I cannot do it beca", site manager "It needs to be done because it's getting CML'd on Friday", so the appliance bloke was like "Will you let me finish, I cannot do it because there is no appliances for it on site!" Site manager goes "But it's getting CML'd on Friday" The poor bloke just looked at me with one of them 'Am I talking to myself here' looks, totally bemused grin in a 'Is he taken the piss?' way! :D Totally pissing against the wind... I just burst out laughing because I see it all of the time, and this is what CML's do, I mean, it all means f*** all really, because if it did, we wouldnt see these videos, unfortunate thing is though, the thing that should protect new build home owners is actually generally down to why they are so shite... Once that CML date is set (And sometimes moved forward for no reasons at all) [AKA just dropped on everyone], 9/10 the shoddy workmanship occurs because noone then has the time to get their work done properly, it's just slap bang wallop... Push push push!!! It seems to me that in the most part, onsite management get told from faceless wonders from head office when a plots CML is, and site management daren't move the date back without getting a bollocking. It's worse in December with the run up to Christmas, because CML's are the basis of peoples bonuses, so they try to chuck as many through as they can, it's brutal and OMG, does some absolute shite get through. So little tip, if your looking to buy a new build that had it's CML in December... Just... Run!!!
100mm of topsoil? Where did the other 300mm+ go (along with all the rest which was removed where roads, houses & drives now sit)? Flogged off for cash to line someone's pocket no doubt.
Never buy a house built after 1965. Thats when it went south . The timber framed rot boxes of the Seventies. They used to refuse to mortgage timber frames!
Always wonder when I see brickwork out by that much what the outcome is. It’s not like you can knock it back plumb it either has to be pulled down or the client accepts it and a cash offer? I would personally refuse the house.
As a qualified Clerk of Works I am astonished and bewildered and experienced first hand the poor standard of workmanship being presented and site supervision, the question is the NHBC have laid down set standards which are aligned to the NBS and Current Codes of Practice with this in mind why are the NHBC Inspectors turning a blind eye and not picking up the blatant defect's and none compliances? it's giving the good trades person in the industry a bad name. The industry needs Government certification of competence for the trades with in the industry and the developers and contractors should be monitored to ensure that they meet the current standards and penalised if they fail.
One, not all will be overseen by N.H.B.C . Two, no follow up by anyone reporting failings of N.H.B.C. or others to local building standards officer. Three , the "governments" decided the C.S.C.S card proved competence. The best tool is to name and shame using the national media .
The incoming pipe is in the bottom left hand corner the plastic pipe is connected to the brass nut and will be plastic on a new build so not requiring a earth bond as there is no potential present as specified in bs7671. Are you a qualified electrician to be saying this is a fail?
@@paulw8707 I can't see what type of pipe is used on the left side of the meter as it's in a black plastic conduit & only the brass nut is visible, The pipe on the right side top (the one he zooms in on) is copper & therefore would need bonding.
@@stef1487 no it wouldn't as the copper pipe is not buried in the ground no greeting any potential do you understand what the earth bond is for. It is there for when a metal pipe buried in the ground could provide a better path to earth than the installation, this bringing them to the same potential. Hence when the incoming service is plastic this can not conduct electric. coming from a 18th edition electrician of 15 years how are you qualified in this field!!!
@@paulw8707 I suggest you go and relearn your trade then mate, I'm a chippy and seem to know more about earth bonding than you do! aaelectricalservices.co.uk/industrial-main-and-supplementary-bonding-earthing-to-gas-and-water-supplies/
This is the type of rubbish that gets sold to the poor unsuspecting customer and these developers don’t care at all, the industry should be quality controlled by a reputable body and laws.🌹
Valley set in roof not fitted correctly, no bracing at node points and couldn’t see what actually was supporting the valley truss as there should be bevel cut timbers nailed down to main truss roof to support valley set truss. SHOCKING
I bought a new build seven years ago and we are still having problems. The NHBC is not worth anything. My advice employ a professional snagger or dont buy a new build. Ours is frezzeing in winter. Nightmare. 🥶🥶🥶
I love watching your stuff.... But being in the process of purchasing a persimmons home...... I'm less absolutely shocking and more absolutely shitting 😳
persimmon you say....i bought one a few years back.worst thing i ever did.55 issues ....with electrics,water, bracing.a missing door on the garage i paid extra for....leaks in all bathroom appliances.......door frames warped/out of square,guess all the cowboys worked on my old house.
Obviously there is always a bigger picture, there any many many reputable builders out there which actually make homes that they are not only proud to have built but would be proud to live in. Never forget this chanel is literally to shame the bad. Also do you actually have any building qualifications? Just because some of your information is incorrect. And working as customer care for a bulder isn't a qualification....
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A few years ago I worked for a firm in mid-Cornwall called Wain Homes. The experiences was sobering. I was primarily doing 2nd fix in houses under construction. The standard of workmanship was truly horrifying. When I pointed out snags (that had to be sorted out and corrected before I could do my work) to the site supervisor (supervisor Ha!) He just laughed and said "so, what do you expect me to do about it?"
On one house I met the new owners and it was hard for me not to sympathise with her. She had just spent £450g on a house that should have been pulled down and started again.
I lasted three weeks before I just had to leave (without another job to go to!)
I've been a carpenter for 36 years and I cannot wait to retire, the building industry is a total fraud.
Many supervisors and site managers are equally as bad as the cowboys themselves they make it into the position because of who they know, not what they know
Cornwall oi oi 👍
youre one of a kind then as carpenters or wood butchers i call them are shocking. do ya best caulk the rest type shit, stud walls never square always miss something, screws missing in hinges, bit of skirting missed here and there, proud nails every where mitres not sanded, can go on and on really, dont matter what site your on they are everywhere. carpentry standard has gone down massively, Funny thing is your never find a carpenter that dont think hes good, they all think they are the dogs bollocks and should be best paid trade for cutting wood. bunch of tossers
Aname A , just curious how so ?
@@joshturbin5343 all these sub contractor tradesmen have their own individual limited companies. Their accountants make their books look like they don't make much profit by way of over inflated expenses and the like. Less profit made = less tax. Plus the tax they pay on their drawings is less than PAYE as they draw their tax free annual as a salary from their company then the rest as dividends which have a smaller tax burden.
I remember a guy on a BBC or ITV documentary about new builds had a sewage problem where raw sewage would backflow up his toilet into his house! When he obtained the plans he couldn't make sense of them... until he turned them upside down!
I just had my new fitted kitchen installed in March 2021 ripped out due to a really bad smell, Turned out the young lad helping the kitchen fitter decided to leave a half empty 4 pint carton of milk behind the unit and then box it in. Locating the smell was hard kitchen had to all pulled out. Thankfully is is being redone free of charge and was given a gift as compensation. Live in the remote western highlands of Scotland and it cost this company money for transport and hotel costs.
As a bathrooms and kitchen fitter you would be amazed how many poorly fitted new suites and kitchens that I rip out because of poor installation. I don’t know about shocking it’s absolute shit. I take pride in my work and once finished I’d like to think that I have become a friend of the customer and someone who they can trust. Have pride in your work or get lost and leave it to someone that knows what they are doing and has some respect in themselves. I’ve seen plenty of amateurs turn out some amazing workmanship that would put this to shame.
They are not excess tiles . As a ceramic tiler in the UK , I used to leave half a dozen tiles as spares in the event that any fitted tiles are damaged in years to come . It's an act of courtesy .
You don't leave them hidden under the bath though lol
@AI-Maginations it's the only place where they are likely to remain safe and also the first place a new tiler who wishes to do a small repair will look . I don't understand why you think it's such a no-no .
Yep I do the same mate.
@stevenlewis4961 . I'm retired from tiling and bathroom renovations now . I spent 15 years in Western Australia on mainly private renos . Baths here are set on a bed of mortar and bricked up the sides and then tiled . It's a plumber's nightmare should any fault develop in years to come. Spare tiles are left in the garage but often get thrown out over time .
@@johnniethepom7545 i wasnt aware of that but makes sense.
Buying a new house? Then get a professional snagging firm to inspect it for you. Not doing so could mean you biggest ever purchase could turn out to be worthless.
Most new build owners have paid their deposit and arranged the mortgage before it's even finished though.
Most builders will just ignore any snags a so-called pro with throw at them
@@Camberwell86 Nope all new home owners pay up front , the keys are not handed over until monies are recieved. Think of squatting rights.
This is good advice, and it should be written into the terms that clients inspector will have access to property prior to final payment/
handover. If the builder doesn't agree, walk away.
Bit far fetched stating it could be worthless. If the house doesn’t comply with building regs then it’s on the builder if it’s a load of wee snottery issues you can get them fixed. There’s nothing in any of these vids to suggest the house is that bad it’s now actually worthless
I'm a gas engineer and I've been into new builds that were built by barrett homes and I can tell you every house and apartment that I went into had problems, you'd think cowboys were let loose 🤔
I’ve just started my gas engineering apprenticeship and I’m shocked already at how bad some new build houses are. One estate near me just been built 12 vertical flues fallen off! Who’s doing this work makes us all look like twats
@@ivansime9127 to be honest I've not been in a new build that has no problems, they have all had issues which shouldn't be present, I'd never buy a new build, but these new builds make us money as you can be sure they will have problems that need fixing so depends how you look at it
@@bluedwarf8858 yeah very true haha I live in a new build and you’re completely right everything made on the cheap. Coving on ceiling cracking everywhere multiple leaks I’ve had to fix myself already house is only 6 years old
Unfortunately this is the normal. Try and find a gas pipe consealed/ surrounded with dab. You will struggle. I got thrown off a site for refusing to sign off untill they cutout and dabbed in correctly. Thrown off for trying to do my job correctly 😁
I have a brand new house with similar soil pipe and ventilation fan issues, also i have tiny single panel radiators, the clerk of works came over and recons to pass inspection the rads only have to be capable of bringing a room (living space like bedroom, lounge etc) to 15c and maintain it. I can have my heating on 24/7 and it will reach 19c. The developer isn't interested in sorting it as it's above the 15c specs, so looks like im going to have to buy new radiators what a joke, brand new house that is colder than an old house with no insulation or double glazing!!!
Persimmon homes if you are interested btw.
I worked for Persimmon for 7 years, and what I saw and heard about put me off buying a new build for life.
Ventilation, running a vent pipe up through the ceiling on a long stretch, never works. Moisture from bathrooms will turn back into water pretty quickly,
I've seen them fill up with water and bring down ceilings, loving your videos 👍
Our house (1 of 4) was new 8 years ago and the number of "snags" was unbelievable, for a shower door they sent an electrician....in the end at the threat of going to County court he paid us 8 grand cash and i did majority myself and professional's the rest cost 3,500....if we ever move again your firm is top of our list for pre inspection, well done mate
Learning so much from your videos. Probably never going to buy a new house. Strange that many buy off plan also considering the dangers are well known.
I've layed bricks for 43 years this is great what your doing! Keep it up 🙂
You could turn this into a drinking game. Take a shot every time he says "shocking" 2 if he says "absolutely" before hand. Guaranteed to be smashed by the end of the video.
I come from a family of builders. If my great grandparents knew how houses are being built today they’d freak out
That soil looks like some of the best I've seen no cap!
did this for 6 years as customer service then quit my job as sick of this now running my own bunsiness. thats actually good work jesus i could show some pics lol
Given that these are clearly "shocking" could you please name and shame the developers
as much as i would agree i think he has to be careful for legal reasons.
It's all of the big ones. Taylor wimpy, Bloor, Crest Nicholson, and Wain homes in my experience. The smaller company's and smaller sites are usually much much better. Big corporate CEOs trying to scrounge money everywhere they can and frankly they care more about their Christmas bonus than they do about a family moving in.
Loving these videos, keep it up 👍🏻
Absolutely Shocking
You wouldn't believe how many bottles of piss are hidden in the stud walls as the price work boys haven't got time to got to the portaloo.
On a new build site in Swindon many years ago a friend of my brothers found a Number 2 (poo) under the floor boards of his new build .
@@laverdajota8089 lol
Absolutely shocking
Used to work with a knob head years ago who was on price did that, couldn’t be f**ked to sign in or out neither for that matter
That is why you should never ever invest in a new build…. Plus the fake freehold… now that is absolutely shocking 👍👍
Fake freehold? What's that im planning to buy a old freehold house
@@njh8277 fake freehold seems standard now , not for me , the solicitors should be held accountable
Tiles under the bath or kitchen units is just good practice! We do it in case of breakages because you'll never match them up otherwise.
Great vids, they teach you a lot
I know absolutely nothing about construction, plumbing and tiling etc. but I love these videos. Feel really sorry for the people who've bought these nightmare houses though.
Does the gas pipe not come under 19th edition whereby eliminating the requirement for bonding?
I've gone behind our drywall to get some extra storage space in our new build 5 years after moving in and found that we've got all of our venting and pipes disconnected in the"loft space" just like you're #9 snag in this video. Is it too late to get persimmon to fix this?
If walls are out of tolerance and not plumb what can you do? Would they have to rebuild to put right or are you stuck with it?
Your biggest problem with the first one was rocks in the soil!? Mate it looked like a swamp! The biggest issue is the poor drainage.
Crikey, you should have seen the new build council flat i moved into. I felt so lucky yo be there, a brand new property but so many problems. No water from hot tap in kitchen - balcony falling away from the building, no insulation in the walls. Door frames that only meet the floor with a tonne of mastic. The balcony got fixed last year - it was in danger od collapsing. The plumbing still the same. It's been over 10years and still finding god awful workmanship. Wish you guys could've done the final inspections on this place.
sorry to hear that the new house we taxpayers are all funding for you didn't quite meet your high standards!
@@spencerwilton5831 i am a tax payer.
@@spencerwilton5831 Damn peasants complaining about their 'affordable' houses.... who needs hot water, I say that's a luxury! being able to wash your dishes? Bah just lick them clean!
and a good fall off a balcony is good for you! Builds character!
I mean why should common people be able to afford rent anyway....
Having a roof over your head should be reserved only for a select few people who are clearly just plain better than everyone else.....
Clearly you Sir Spencer (think you) are better than everyone else and deserve to be treated as such!
@@spencerwilton5831 tosser
Well along with N.H.B.C or other, the local building standards clerk of works would also be involved with stage and final inspections , so they all seem to be not doing their job.
NHBC, LABC and Premier will all expect the builder to remedy any defects within the first two years and will only step in if there is a dispute.
Which leaves the builder dancing around making excuses but not actually disputing anything, until the warranty expires. Now lets get real. Get a builder back? Youre lucky to get the clown there in the first place!
L.M.A.O. All you have named actually passed the buildings if they were involved. So should your point not be why did they accept them as complete.
I would not want the builder back who did such a rubbish job in the first place, i would get a competant one in and bill the developer
The tiles under the bath are spares for when the others crack . The lack of plasterboard at the end of the bath is because the room is too small for the bath . Bad setting out
1730mm for baths he's gone 1700mm
@@meanontoist baths are 1700mm long or 1800 mm long . Standard sizes
@@dennisphoenix1 true, plus the thickness of 2 plasterboard
So much for modern building control !!
I deliver new recycling and refuse bins to new homes on building developments. You can tell the good sites from the 'not so good' . Most site managers are keen to assist and help you with plot which plot numbers are my house numbers. Clean tidy sites with plenty of PPE in use is a good sign. Ive was on one site yesterday and the site manager was using a petrol stone cutter, NO Hearing protection no mask no high viz and no safety boots. He was rude unhelpful and he gave me grief. Thank you CJL construction
Im absolutely shooked
No 1 rule don't buy a new build that cost 30k to build that's made of cardboard the term price work should be banished from building industry it fuck all forms of proud workmanship
I’ve never worked on price and never will, I used to work with a knob head years ago who was unbearable to be around most of the time unless everything was going his way, he used to save time by pissing in buckets and a couple times took a 💩 in one to, couldn’t even take the time to sign in or out. Do what you gotta do in that sense but if you have an accident you are as far as I know not liable for any compensation or anything (I might be wrong on that)
You need to name and shame builders but clearly they have no shame. People are working their nuts off to afford this shit, they deserve so much better.
Needs to be a thorough audit. The blokes doing the work aren't making a fortune and their working conditions suck so I don't think it's their fault. We need proper clarification on the issue.
@@garnhamr in a ideal world I agree but all the audit will do is make it even more expensive crap house. I have done many years on sites and have it up because of standard of work and guys do earn a good wage on site. If you give guys twice the price to complete a task you will never get twice the standard of work it is human nature.
How do they fix brickwork thats so far out ?
If I can say one thing....
Builders n fitters aren't given enough time on these multi home jobs..it's all bottom line ..dollars before work...
Yr videos are v good and needed..keep posting buddy x
Then its time they TOOK time not wait for it to be given. This is the work of couldnt give a shit cowboys.
Seeing these videos and then seeing all these building plots being bought when the house isn't even up yet.
Absolutely shocking T-shirt’s?
I've just started watching. The amount of times he says shocking is, well shocking 🤣🤣🤣
Which place is this?
What happens to outside wall being out of plum and out of tolerance? Do they have to tare down and rebuild?
I wondering if they can adjust the tension on the wall ties? I imagine they could straighten it that way perhaps? I’m not builder so only a guess
Absolutely shocking boyo
How do they pass the CML
Pay perch and rice you get ?
No 3 Gas pipe, if the gas service comes into the property is plastic it no longer needs bonding new regs
Volume Housebuilder's business is'nt supplying New Homes - it's supplying revenue on the Stock Exchange. Not many Directors live in their own products.
Its time we stopped buying them then and leave them and the cowboy builders wondering where their next pay cheque is coming from.
6 month old loft looked absolutely battered that's mad man
So what happens next where the brickwork is out by 19mm knock it down and start again ?
Forget shocking, now we are rocking
I'm guessing they didn't call you in to do the snagging in Pisa ? I'm guessing thats a bit out of plumb
I blame managers, they're tasked with trying to safe as much money for people higher up. They should be hiring quality people instead of cowboys. Great video !
Well actually the hiring of sub-contractors is under the remit of a Q.S. not a site manger. Every day is a school day eh!
'Cut it out with a machete' Love it 😂
What happens when the brickwork is out of plumb by so much? How can that be fixed?
Either ignore or pull-down and restart. Builder will just say it doesn't effect the structural integrity of the building
It can be easily fixed with a d8 cat or a d50 komatsu
i need to get my new build checked out asap. found 170 snags so far and thats only the stuff i can see. its the stuff (plumbing, electrical, insulation etc) i cant see the worries me.
Get it booked in! You won’t regret it
Out of all trades I’d say electrics has the least amount of snags due to the amount of testing it undergoes. That might be me being biased as I’m a spark but I’m also talking from experience being on new builds
@@uplightuk8924 I really hope so. so far Ive had 2 dead internal and an external double socket that werent wired, the BT fibre cable was snapped in the wall cavity. ethernet ports also needed rewiring. a wired doorbell that well wasnt wired. extractor fans not connected. its been the house that jack built.
@@gazman7579 you probably want to get someone to check your head out too, must be something wrong if you'd buy a UK new build
@@greenreaper1985 i blame the wife.
I am new to your channel and quite astonished that Local council building control have not been involved and passed off the approvals steps . Maybe its not their responsibility anymore
Are you joking? The stuff they sign off is incredible. The builder must have properly nice biscuits
@@samjarman3136 Well what you do ot seem to realise is that N.H.B.C ect. carry out the habitation inspection in most areas of England . Would iit not be prudent for these type of snagging companies to forward there findings of failings by those organisations.
It's brown envelopes crooked bastards
Shocking
Shocking.
Absolutely
The fence is the best one 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1:23 Is that the bath waste, open? A bit of drywall ripped out won't matter the first time you have a bath!
Absolutely shocking
snagging is bits that have been missed ..this is pure sh*t workmanship
Cheapest contractor wins the bid, absolutely shocking!
The builders should be heavily fined by the NHBC and loose their NHBC certificate for allowing this .
It’s disgusting to do work like this .
And what about the N.H.B.C. ?
@@jimmyc974 just thinking about it again , the NHBC are a waste of space
NHBC warranties are absolutely worthless......
How the hell do they level the house up 😂 knock it down and start again. Talk about cowboys 😐
Keep up the channel mate! Just a quick one if you get a chance mate but have recently brought a new build house and our neighbour has been moaning about noise more or less since we moved in which was like 6 months ago but long and short of it he said he can here when we go up and down stairs , if we’re washing up and general noise just wondered if you knew what the cause might be between the parting walls if get chance to get back to me that would be great
Stay safe
Cheers
Tom🤙🏼
In the new build I used to live in, I could hear the neighbour turning on the light switch the walls were that thin.
Made me think these new build estates are going to look hideous in about 30 years time. The materials are not made to last and everything seems to have planned obsolescence in-mind.
You’ll drive through these estates in future decades to come and they’ll resemble some kind of shanty town.
@@brianbadonde9039 yeah think you could be right mate was there anyway to resolve the issue?
@@thomaswright4074 i moved lol / relationship i was in came to an end 😂
Largely not helped by the fact we had to whisper and scream into pillows when arguing with each other due to the origami walls.
Thing is, with the wall out of plumb, I bet not a single one got the builder to do anything, as the solution is to knock it down. Far too late at that point. shocking.
wow
Absolutely shocking....
Where is the architect and Building Control?
Some poor work although you can chuck wallplate straps in the skip for me. The garage roof has over a ton of tiles on it if thats gonna lift off we are all in the poop!
Hi from tiktok
I was working in some new build flats, and, the kitchen applicance bloke was in, the site manager walked in and the appliance fella went "Right, I've done 23, 24 but cannot do 25...", straight away the site manager was "But it's getting CML'd on Friday", the fella was like "Yeah, but I cannot do it beca", site manager "It needs to be done because it's getting CML'd on Friday", so the appliance bloke was like "Will you let me finish, I cannot do it because there is no appliances for it on site!"
Site manager goes "But it's getting CML'd on Friday"
The poor bloke just looked at me with one of them 'Am I talking to myself here' looks, totally bemused grin in a 'Is he taken the piss?' way! :D
Totally pissing against the wind... I just burst out laughing because I see it all of the time, and this is what CML's do, I mean, it all means f*** all really, because if it did, we wouldnt see these videos, unfortunate thing is though, the thing that should protect new build home owners is actually generally down to why they are so shite... Once that CML date is set (And sometimes moved forward for no reasons at all) [AKA just dropped on everyone], 9/10 the shoddy workmanship occurs because noone then has the time to get their work done properly, it's just slap bang wallop... Push push push!!!
It seems to me that in the most part, onsite management get told from faceless wonders from head office when a plots CML is, and site management daren't move the date back without getting a bollocking.
It's worse in December with the run up to Christmas, because CML's are the basis of peoples bonuses, so they try to chuck as many through as they can, it's brutal and OMG, does some absolute shite get through.
So little tip, if your looking to buy a new build that had it's CML in December... Just... Run!!!
Who signs this work off? Like you say, Shocking!!!
100mm of topsoil?
Where did the other 300mm+ go (along with all the rest which was removed where roads, houses & drives now sit)?
Flogged off for cash to line someone's pocket no doubt.
Most new houses will struggle to last 10 years
The problem is, must people would not have a clue sadly, but these are worse then shocking, some of these could render your house unsellable!
Pay the correct money simple!
Never buy a house built after 1965. Thats when it went south . The timber framed rot boxes of the Seventies. They used to refuse to mortgage timber frames!
Always wonder when I see brickwork out by that much what the outcome is. It’s not like you can knock it back plumb it either has to be pulled down or the client accepts it and a cash offer? I would personally refuse the house.
Unless customer inspects it for themselves they will never know. Very rarely does anyone check.
There just ur spare tiles lol
SHOCKING😃🤣🤣🤣
As a qualified Clerk of Works I am astonished and bewildered and experienced first hand the poor standard of workmanship being presented and site supervision, the question is the NHBC have laid down set standards which are aligned to the NBS and Current Codes of Practice with this in mind why are the NHBC Inspectors turning a blind eye and not picking up the blatant defect's and none compliances? it's giving the good trades person in the industry a bad name.
The industry needs Government certification of competence for the trades with in the industry and the developers and contractors should be monitored to ensure that they meet the current standards and penalised if they fail.
One, not all will be overseen by N.H.B.C . Two, no follow up by anyone reporting failings of N.H.B.C. or others to local building standards officer. Three , the "governments" decided the C.S.C.S card proved competence. The best tool is to name and shame using the national media .
the gas pipe doesn't need a earth wire to it if the incoming pipe is plastic learn the regs
@Paul W And is the incoming pipe plastic? No! looks copper to me.. Moron.
The incoming pipe is in the bottom left hand corner the plastic pipe is connected to the brass nut and will be plastic on a new build so not requiring a earth bond as there is no potential present as specified in bs7671. Are you a qualified electrician to be saying this is a fail?
@@paulw8707 I can't see what type of pipe is used on the left side of the meter as it's in a black plastic conduit & only the brass nut is visible, The pipe on the right side top (the one he zooms in on) is copper & therefore would need bonding.
@@stef1487 no it wouldn't as the copper pipe is not buried in the ground no greeting any potential do you understand what the earth bond is for. It is there for when a metal pipe buried in the ground could provide a better path to earth than the installation, this bringing them to the same potential. Hence when the incoming service is plastic this can not conduct electric. coming from a 18th edition electrician of 15 years how are you qualified in this field!!!
@@paulw8707 I suggest you go and relearn your trade then mate, I'm a chippy and seem to know more about earth bonding than you do!
aaelectricalservices.co.uk/industrial-main-and-supplementary-bonding-earthing-to-gas-and-water-supplies/
This is the type of rubbish that gets sold to the poor unsuspecting customer and these developers don’t care at all, the industry should be quality controlled by a reputable body and laws.🌹
Valley set in roof not fitted correctly, no bracing at node points and couldn’t see what actually was supporting the valley truss as there should be bevel cut timbers nailed down to main truss roof to support valley set truss. SHOCKING
spare tiles under bath panels and plinths is normal, just me ya need them one day.
The builders used a Chinese spirit level , without a bubble.
The biggest thing that’s contributed to the problems is tradesmen working twice as hard for a little bit extra.
I bought a new build seven years ago and we are still having problems. The NHBC is not worth anything. My advice employ a professional snagger or dont buy a new build. Ours is frezzeing in winter. Nightmare. 🥶🥶🥶
At some point it’s just not shocking anymore. Maybe it would be if you found a dead clown in the wall or something
Part of the course of owning a persimmon or Hopkins homes they're a lot worse than this.
Hello my English friend. In my country I biuld house. You give may job.
If he says 'shocking' ,just one more effing time. lol
I love watching your stuff.... But being in the process of purchasing a persimmons home...... I'm less absolutely shocking and more absolutely shitting 😳
Now you know what to look for 🤔
persimmon you say....i bought one a few years back.worst thing i ever did.55 issues ....with electrics,water, bracing.a missing door on the garage i paid extra for....leaks in all bathroom appliances.......door frames warped/out of square,guess all the cowboys worked on my old house.
If you are buying from Persimmon, your problems do not end with the house. Check the terms of the ground lease and maintenance agreement.
Persimmon , good luck with that one then!
Do not buy a persimmons house
Unfortunately the site team are under massive pressure to get plots finished in time scales that aren't realistic.
Obviously there is always a bigger picture, there any many many reputable builders out there which actually make homes that they are not only proud to have built but would be proud to live in. Never forget this chanel is literally to shame the bad.
Also do you actually have any building qualifications? Just because some of your information is incorrect. And working as customer care for a bulder isn't a qualification....
And the joke is these properties will all be signed off as energy rating A