THE SNAGS WE REPORTED IN OUR NEW BUILD HOME | DONT JUST LEAVE IT! - EP 6
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These are the “snags” we reported in our new build home to Taylor Wimpey. Do not just leave it, get it reported within the first seven days of moving into your home.
Within this vlog, we touch upon the warranty and what it does not cover.
As of January 2021, we are still in dispute with one of our major snags with Taylor Wimpey, so please follow along with our journey to see how we got on and has the issues finally been resolved?
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I work on new builds as a floor layer and some of the things I see are shocking. I honestly don’t know how they get signed off. If you hired an independent snagger I can guarantee they would find plenty more snags
I didn't know an independent snagger was even a thing and where do you find them? Chekatrade?
@@rafmo7413 internet buddy, they cost a bit usually £500-£1000 for inspection but can save you x10 more.
Years ago i was a tiler on a new build site. I kid you not, hand on my heart, the developer put plasterboard onto the block and beam to tile onto. I really had no choice but to crack on.
Going to be a bigger problem in 20 years time when all these new builds are crumbling
You give them 20 years that's optimistic
You mean 10 years...
And along comes a property developer to tear them down and start the money making again...
A big pile of poo, never ever go near house bashing sites
5 year I have been in mine and it’s shocking and to top it off for 4 years we have had rats in the cavity off walls and they have gained access to the loft just don’t no how they are getting it’s the whole street who have them now it’s shocking
The reason i wouldn't buy a new home,overpriced and built with cheap materials while the housing company bosses live the life of billionaires.
As someone who has worked for a groundwork subcontractor, that works on house builder sites - if you think Taylor Wimpy are bad, be thankful it wasn't Persimmon built.
🤣🤣🤣 or Barratts
They're all the same... Rubbish
Yes, I bought a persimmon house. Never again!
Or brick by brick.
Bought a Mc Leans house off plan and you have to pay before moving in. First surprise was that the built in master bedroom cupboard had been entirely filled by the hot water tank as they couldn't be bothered to fit it understairs, as plans.If in the bathroom and someone walked past on the landing the floor moved down and then up again. Oh, and stairs moved a couple of centimetres away from walls. The first summer we had weeds growing through the warm air vents.
It’s the biggest scandal currently ongoing in this country today. Mass building of cheap, poor quality housing at extortionate prices fuelled by a so-called ‘housing crisis’ when there are 100s of thousands of empty homes across the country.
Large-scale house builders get billions in government grants for affordable housing, get huge planning applications for swathes of green/agricultural/protected and unsafe land (flood lands, former mines, etc...) approved, the quality of workmanship, materials, finishes, treatment of staff, and land treatment is appalling, and their lack of contribution or weaselling out of local community projects is absolutely horrendous.
These companies and the politicians that facilitate them truly are poison, the quality housing in this country is completely on its knees.
It isnt that bad mate jesus christ 😂
This isn't a bad one
They normally are very bad
@@tommy12887 Believe me, the more you look into new housing and/or renovations by large companies, the worse it gets. It seems quite trivial on the surface, I do understand that.
Look at how many small builders never get paid buy these big companies.
The snap on the window was the safety catch re catching. You're wife released it when she opened the window. All mine do it
I bet it’s the radiator they won’t agree on , that’s the hardest and most expensive thing to move as it will require plumbing and some tile work
I would have said so as well yes, need to re-tile part of the bathroom as well as moving pipes
First thing I thought of
I would have to agree on this.
I would agree, but on the basis that it's a design flaw which would not be covered under the guarantee.
I would have thought so too but these radiators are surprisingly easy to move. They literally lift off and are on flex pipes. To move over a few inches would still hide the existing wholes without the need to retile.
The one aspect of new build developments that is of the highest quality, is the big glossy brosures showing artist impressions of the wonderful new build houses, it all looks so heavenly 😄
The warranties aren’t worth the paper they’re written on, my window has literally detached from the building and they won’t sort it
Friend just brought a persimmons home I told him to organise a snag inspector to come the day after he moved in, the guy said his house was good for Persimmons a there was only just over a 100 issues.
I work for persimmons and can confirm if there was only 100 issues it was more than likely a show house
@@jamesminter2780 Nope was built for them, I believe that several are not minor snags as they are not installing flooring in some rooms because of it. Just really lucky . Feel sorry for the guy when he said he was buying a new house and I joked that I hope it isn't persimmons as it will collapse around him and his face dropped. That said I have been electrocuted gassed and had a finger almost severed by my house and it was built in 1937, so he is still doing better than me.
I worked on new builds , the problem is the pressure to complete on time as its what’s called fast track , no matter what the weather or any problems you come up against the date for completion is final, you will soon be looking for another job if you miss completion dates
Like others, this is why I'd be reluctant in purchasing a new build. It blows my mind that people even purchase houses before they've even layed a brick. If this is the standard of workmanship on just the cosmetics it's frightening to think about the quality of workmanship on the things you don't see like the structure etc 🤦
I bought my first home new in 1981 when it was 4 bricks high. It was a Barratt home and they were the butt of everybody's jokes then. Compared to today's new builds, it was solid and professionally built! The only issue we has was the wooden windows rotting inside 2 years.
My brother brought off a drawing in 1985 for £32000 and sold it as soon as it was completed six months later for £79000 . He didn't have to do a thing to it as he didn't care because nothing was coming back on him. That is why some people buy new builds. I wouldn't as when I brought my first house that is the house I still live in .
This would piss me right off, I'd want to move to another house. I'm guessing they disputed the ensuite radiator ?!?
That Render has been done it the rain. The water takes away the colour, that’s why it’s okay under the window cills.
That's monacouche shite, collects algae goes green, used instead of sand and cement cheaper labour cost.
I think every new build owner will have a story or several to share! We brought our house new from Linden homes back in 2015. I Kidd you not we had just over 130 snags on ours, ranging from small scuffs on the walls, incorrect flooring, damaged kitchen worktops, hot and cold mixer tap incorrectly plumbed, the waste pipes on the sinks, shower and the bath not connected at all.... I won’t go on. We now loving call our house the Friday home (seems like the trade people who built ours liked to knock off early on a Friday) don’t let them fob you off with anything, for the majority of people a home will be the most expensive thing you ever purchase. I had to argue, if I brought a new car with a scratch down the side would that be acceptable?? It took just a little over 4 weeks from my first contact to them sorting it all. But they did, patience and persistence will win over 👍🏼 good luck with it all 🤗
In the bathroom that toilet looks too close to wall aswell, odd that it's a normal rad and not a towel rail.
Regarding the render on the back, it was probably put on in the rain so thats what those streaks are, and on the side the bottom half was done left to dry and than finished the top.
I work as a plumber on site and if the customer hasn't asked for a towel rail as an extra then a radiator is fitted.
I'm going to say the radiator!! I can not believe how many problems you guys have had with your new build but I will say that I'm not surprised!! We live in close proximity to 2 new build estates & they are literally thrown up within a matter of weeks!! There is no attention to detail as it's just a job to get completed. Our house is 38 years old so not old or new, weve been here for just over 6 years & have only had minor problems like split exterior pipes, cracking artex, etc. I feel for you because that house should be perfect!! Hopefully everything will be rectified & you can start your new chapter....Good luck🍀
Don't buy a new build.... Very poor quality. Buy an older house and spend the money on refurbishment..... Also why did you accept the property in this condition?
I'd not buy any new house, and "new" would be stuff back to the 00's. The only way you could get me into a "new" home would be if it was a independent build. It's just rubbish. Flimsy, poor materials, poor quality boilers, kitchens, bathrooms, windows, electrical fixtures, the lot is just cheap tat. Contractor special the lot.
This house will last 40-50 years tops.
@@peterpeterson9903 there has been well over 1000 new build homes in my area in the last 2 years and you couldn't pay me to move into a single one of them. The short amount of time it takes them to go up should be a big indicator as to the quality, you shouldn't be able to get a full brick laid house up in less than a day with only 3 bods on site, and yet within a week they can get 50+ up. Also, you can't just stick brick onto a wooden frame and call it a day, there's supposed to be more than one layer to a house. I don't understand how they're getting away with it. We're looking to move house this year and if the building hasn't been there at least 30 years we aren't interested 🤷🏻♀️
@@Mixedia Exactly, we built an extension last year and even getting it built really well, allowing for timber shrinkage etc. before putting in windows and doors and putting up the blockwork or plasterboard takes time, you cannot rush that. I also insisted on 2x6 studs so the walls are serious, I used loads of concrete and block and just made sure it was built solid. Didn't cost much more either, these new houses are just lego. When the Tarmac rep came to see me to discuss my concrete pour he was telling me that several large house builders were using Tarmac Topflow concrete (basically a soupy mix that self compacts and more or less levels - it just needs tamped with a sort of rake thing with 2 handles to slosh the stuff about) then starting building on it the following day, even though Tarmac advise them to wait 3 days minimum longer if cold. No one cares is the issue. Where are all the quality trades people and why are the management and foremen all about rush rush cheap cheap. Just money grabbing is all. I feel sorry for people who buy new builds as they probably don't know what awaits them, for if they did, they wouldn't buy it.
Im a scaffolder worked on plenty new build sites and the way these houses get put up is shocking.. they put them up as fast as possible and as cheap as possible.. after moving in if the company have left the site it takes ages to correct the snagging list.. if only you could see the wall cavitys
I bet it’s the radiator that they don’t want to move!
They’ll be saying to you that every house of that design is the same. However, the toilet is not fit for purpose, and you stand a real risk of being burnt.
They won’t want to move the radiator because it’ll be a tricky job.
However, I suggest changing the radiator to a towel warmer that won’t stick out from the wall as much? And, like you said, slide it down the wall a little.
OR.....swap the bog and the sink round!!
Do I win a prize? 🍌
I think what they’ve done surely doesn’t go with bathroom building regs? As you’re meant to have a certain amount of around a toilet and it doesn’t look like it meets that
The radiator would move quite easily actually because now they on flexible pipes it’s just a case of taking it off the brackets and moving them further across the wall!
@@leemoore8068 But then that leaves plug holes in tiles etc, they would have to re-tile that whole wall or it'll look crap, not to mention the pipes would then be visible, which true isnt the end of the world, but if I just forked out probably 250-300k for a new house, I'd want it to be done right.
those ceiling lights are what they are they have a double clip that mounts it to the ceiling . they can be readjusted depending on how big the circle hole was cut for the wire and light fitting.
I bought a Wimpey 4 bed detached in 1975 and I have to admit it was a well built good quality home the only small thing was the kitchen door leaked slightly after a big downpour.
I built these for 15 years im a carpenter/joiner and I'd never buy a new build, i know how badly built they are ive seen some shocking work. Left because i wasn't happy with the finished job they were leaving and my work wasnt appreciated or valued. Do mostly domestic work now. My advice... sell it on
Hope everything gets sorted i think its the radiator in the family bathroom.... enjoy your lovely home
My guess would be the bathroom radiator would be in dispute just because I’d imagine that would be the most expensive for them to fix or they may try to argue it was setup the same way in your tour of the model home and use that to get out of fixing it. Hopefully they do the right thing and fix all of the issues for your guys though!
The rad in the bathroom, you can clearly see the pipe work not coming out straight in the left hand side has looking at it. And yea agree it may could have been placed further along the wall.
The Guardian had an article about how new builds are designed to last for 40 years, and 60s in the best builds. They said there would be a housing shortage coming when these have to be knocked down and replaced in 40 years.
Lol new build you could just stand in the street and take a wide shot of the house “snag #1” ....can you image what its like where you cant see
Omg i hope this didnt take the shine of your new home.hopefully they will finally sort out the remaining snags asap.your new home is beautiful.congrates Del and Jenny xx
What is needed is a list of the most common snags to look for. Here’s one - damage to kitchen worktops. They fit them, then use the to stand on, leave tools on etc. To cover the surface scratches they use varnish. That will eventually wear off, but past the 7 days and then they will blame you.
The rad would be costliest internal, is my guess. The render....let us know! :)
You're also missing a trim panel above the garage door. It's exposed metal and should have a plastic cover...
Hi you lovely pair,I can’t believe TW passed your new build onto you with all them faults it’s pretty disgraceful to be honest hope you get everything sorted and they should move the radiator no questions asked for the state of all the snagging,hope you both have a great life together in your new home 🏡 xx
We were glad to get into the house with covid and the delays we had and didnt want to delay our buyers any longer. most if the snags are fixed now just waiting for a response on the radiator and the rendering we have to wait for better weather but spring is around the corner :)
I'm an electrician, I used to work on a few new build sites, they're always awful! Kept getting told to do work as cheap and fast as possible, ended up ditching all new build sites!
Why do they want it done that way?
Some serious snags there!
I imagine they are disputing the radiator, because they won't want to do such a big job moving everything and replacing the tiles.
But don't back down guys, tell them it's not fit for appropriate purpose.
We had some serious issues with our first new build home, and we fought for around a year, in the end everything was rectified.
Good luck 😊
177 snags in the new build I moved into less than two months ago. After having a professional snagger survey the property I'm still finding issues which I'm happy to say our developer is dealing with. Your house looks fab (minus the snags) 😉
We couldn't fault Taylor Wimpey as they were great through this whole thing as we had covid aswell to deal with, think we didnt have many snags compared some horror stories we have heard. We are so happy we are in now and enjoying the home, Thursday we show a tour around what the house is like now
I had loads in my last new build, but was a far larger house. And in honesty you continually notice stuff you wish your sorted previously.
New builds are rubbish wouldnt have one given total waste of money thrown up crap
So frustrating seeing this, how some of them issues got signed off is pretty astounding, the house goes through 2/3 sign offs before handover.
Some of them snags are just unacceptable... when you see them it makes you wonder what it’s like behind the scenes.
Even with the 7 day rule, make sure you report anything and everything else you find. Buying a new noise should be an enjoyable experience.
All will get sorted though. 👍
I'm a building surveyor and wouldn't buy to live in or to rent out any new builds. The state of the property market in the UK is a big joke
I’m gonna guess at the rad being moved they are disputing. But I do love your new home and have been enjoying this series.
I live in a new build, we have had a few snags aswell, sadly it’s new builds they are rushed unfortunately
It’s not the rush it’s the trades hammering out their price work. Time is money. And some of the tradesmen I wouldn’t even let them make me a sandwich let alone a house.
@@johnstonlee which in some trades the rates are lower than what they were 20 years ago lol
@@Scarz3ny a bit like most jobs, I’m in public sector and should be earning at least 15k a year more if it wasn’t for cuts etc
We have a Tayler wimpy house we had for 4 years and we are really happy with ours .
"The Grass is nice and green" :))
Have you checked your loft space ? Make sure all the pipes are connected to vents and they’ve actually put in ventilation tiles on the roof. Work in lofts 5 days a week in new builds and 90% haven’t been connected up
That's unacceptable for a new home, and the tap outside looks like it would fall off, hope all goes well
We bought a Bellway new build, we had a number minor issues some petty and they fixed everything we found, even had the water cylinder replaced along with half the garden turf. I think it was easier to get the trades back because they were still on site on phase two of the builds.
I remember my dad working on new builds and issues they had were management and sales, especially sales who would say a house would be built in 8 weeks even though it took 16 weeks to build it normally and the amount of cutting corners they had to do, but the rad issue isn't a snag, probably regs and rules, funniest one was where to put the toilet roll holder so someone put it in the door because it had no where else to go, but its the guys who build them who get the backlash and they have no say or time to get them done right in the first place
It will be the rad in the family bathroom. It’s a common issue in new builds but my understanding is there is no regulation stipulating the distance a rad should be from a toilet.
its about time there was a national enquiry into the major house builders Signing off their own shoddy work.
That's loads snags, glad u got most of them fixed . Hope the others get approved by the company. You don't need stress and hassle , looking forward to the tour in the next vlog 👍
We didnt think we had many as we have heard some stories of some people getting their whole stairs replaced, most of them have been fixed now just two more left which is the radiator and render but the render is booked in for the spring :)
@@GetBinky wow thats not good. They must have some quality control before sign off I guess you can't find everything. Some of the ones you had were things they should have noticed. That radiator in the bathroom just was so in the wrong place. We could see the lines in the render too.
This is why I didn’t want a new build! So many things! All rush jobs
Old builds have even more issues!
@@jduffy4851 old of course does, but for all the extra money you spend on buying brand new house you should expect them to be perfect and well made
Yep, don't touch a new build.
@@jduffy4851 most have solid walls, not plasterboard walls. New builds are built for maximum shareholder happiness not customer happiness.
For the family ensuite, they should've fitted a thin profile towel radiator (or a single panel radiator) considering the space available. Mental.
Yes we agree but these houses are built at mass rate so they are not thinking but hopefully hear soon about if they are going to more it
My brother bought a new build and a Neighbour found where a Builder had pooped under the floor boards when they had to have some work done , lovely.
And the show home is always spot on. So try and buy a show home
I got an independent snagger in, well worth the money and i have had all bar the odd one or two minor issues resolved fully within the two months i have lived here. Luckily I didn't have many to start with. The site manager has dealt with the issues promptly and with clear communication with me. I think i have been lucky. I know some house builders are shocking and really do not care once they have left site. My friend lives in a mixed linden homes, taylor wimpey, bovis estate and the sewer blocked and backed up dumping human excrement all over her and her neighbours driveways. Took days before it was sorted as none of the developers would take the initiative. I also wouldn't touch a Persimmon home if i was paid to live in it. That company inparticular wants nothing more than profit.
Thaaat’s shockalockalocking!
We moved into a Berkeley home in Sevenoaks in 2018. Their snagging period is only 12 months and they did everything possible not to repair issues. There is a particular issue with the flashing around the solar panels which lets air flow into the loft and blow your loft hatch open. They repaired the flashing once poorly within the snagging but now refuse to look at it. The NHBC say they don’t cover the issue as there is no water ingress. So we are left with an expensive house which is cold due to not being sealed!
I hope 3 years I. You have sorted all the issues. I'm currently going through the same with them. Awful builds.
Had a few friends who bought new builds, both were in the trade ,one a plasterer the other a brickie. They found hundreds of problems the worst being the entire ceilings being ripped out because the beams were 4x2 and all bowed in 4 mths, that took 6 moths to do but 5 yrs to have done. The other one was the waste pipe finished in the garden as it hadn’t been connected to the sewers so that backed up pretty quickly, buyer beware .
I bought my first Wimpey home back in 1998 and the first night we had a storm and the front window fell out, they hadn't screwed it in, there is no pride today and for the money you pay it's disgusting
NHBC - also doesn't cover any defects in the original construction not found by a competent surveyor if you buy a second hand house still in warranty.
Lovely home, so happy for you both. I think its the upstairs banister. They would probably blame the removal people (yourselves) saying you for scuffed/damaged the paintwork. They did in my sisters new build. She had 2 A4 sheets of snagging! Good luck with it. x x
Thank you. The one we are waiting for is the radiator in the bathroom as they think its fine but we are awaiting a response to see if they will move it. Lucky for us the banister was noted down before we even completed so they knew it wasnt us and it was done straight away xx
Your driveway will wash off within a year. Just wait for few good storm's
I bought a new holiday home in Florida. After a year one lounge wall was really wet. They tried to tell us it was due to lack of homeowner maintenance. Banister was also flopping around from side to side because it wasn’t correctly installed. A guy came out to fix this. He walked in the house & proudly said, “I’ve brought my biggest nail gun.” I would never buy another new house. These won’t be standing in over a hundred years, like my last Victorian terrace house.
I work in construction. We don't build many large sites, 20 or 30 dwellings, odd site a few more. Quality is prime, yes a few snags but they are MADE to be put right by the sub contractors and our company go out of their way to be right with the customer. It's not hard, if you care
15 snags. At least 5 hours of someones time each for admin and fixing. Re rendering probably 60 hours to fix (couple of people for 3 days) plus matetials. Lets say £70/hr. Close to £10 grand.
1:16 - the whole drive looks really shoddy.
You should put a spirit level on the drive and see where it's uneven
Seriously, 2 draw pulls when they could have just put 1 in the middle 😂
I have that exact same door, from ag doors in Glasgow. Every 2 years I phone for a new one cause there cheap shit and warp.
Imagine what new builds will look like in 20 years.
The only thing that matters now to most of these house builders is profit. Everything is thrown up for the cheapest cost . The site managers don't care and neither do the trades.
I'm a bricklayer, plasterer and renderer. Well I don't use competent people anymore, the older confident experienced tradesman is better and won't cut corners like these young ones do to save on time.
The white streaks on the render is salt, the salt comes from washing up liquid in the mortar. Cowboy builders trick to keep the mortar softer, but salt degrades the cement in the mortar. Washing up liquid is a building wrecker.
Pay for a professional snag. They will pull up 10x as many as any normal person could.
The siting of the rad must have been on the specs/plans.
The toilet snag was jokes lol can you imagine curling one out like mr whippy and suddenly getting a toasted knee cap, poor chap.
That's if the heating doesn't break down first because of a leaking pipe 😁
All about get it done quick and cheap. Look at that rad by the toilet , what a mess. Not good enough.
Moving the ad away from the toilet.
Been discussing new builds with my mum as she is on the move soon, and as she is 73, we're looking for a place for her that will be easy to maintain, not too much outside space to look after etc. The problem with new builds is they're often full of irritating 'snags' as much as older houses can be. Another problem is suitability of the property, they're not building ANY new build bungalows anywhere round us either. We were hoping to get mum a bungalow, which is more future-proof than a house, but there are no new build ones, and the older ones either have too much outside space with lots of trees, plants, lawns to worry about upkeep of, and they all need a lot of work doing to them. The property situation in the UK is dire, end of.
Got my Mum a really nice Blue Cedar bungalow in Devon last year. Overall the quality is pretty good, apart from all the external paving which is total crap. The patios are too high and water tends to pool against the house so we are having to have them all stripped out, the ground level lowered and new patios laid with proper drainage installed. It's costing £10K to have it all done but since she is the second owner ( the place was put up in 2016 ) it falls outside the NHBC Certificate. Hay ho at least we saved £30K in Stamp Duty so my attitude is the cost is covered by that.
Great video guys and very helpful for new build buyers . We had a big list too ! Our en suite shower needed re plastering and re tiling down one full side . We had no door on the landing walk in cupboard for weeks . The shower was finally sorted about 7 weeks after we moved in . Oh and as for NHBC , they ain’t worth a carrot 🤬.
Hope all the work is sorted now 🤞🏼🧱👍🏼
From my perspective, you should never buy a house that hasn’t been built unless you are having one custom built. The warranty isn’t worth the paper it written on with companies like this.
Snags....well the day I moved into my new home I opened the bedroom window frame completely fell out waited 6 weeks for a new one, I had 2 inch gaps under my front and back doors and to this day 18 years later they have said I need to buy myself they dont see it as a problem
We bought a StModwens property - closing in on 12 months in, and we are still dragging them back for snags (some of them reported in the first week). I will give them their due however, they are still accepting new snags for consideration and are repairing screw pops/etc. We were foolish and did not get an independent snag company, so they may well be very happy that we have not found issues that they are aware of!
That's not too bad for snagging. The radiator is probably the one in dispute? If it's timber framed though get prepared for the shower tray leaking. Nice looking house overall.
I think it will be the rad that they are disputing.
Hi guys love the new place we have a very similar Barrets new build we brought about 9 years ago , we had very similar snags the other thing to look out for is cracks in ceilings and walks they normally appear about 6 months in as the house starts to settle
We had quite a few 👍🏻
Taylor Wimpy used to be like Barrat, the issues with new home builders (the company) is they nearly all use contactors (not employees) so there's little to no control or even checks on those contractors abilities or skills.
All new builds have snagging issues. We purchased 2 Persimmon homes, one for rental and one for us to live in. Both had issues, our house had a major design flaw where the dishwasher wouldn’t open fully due to the closeness to the double oven. To open it we had to fully open the oven door! I managed to get them to swap the oven to a slide and glide oneall at their expense. My sons own an Anwyl new build and their customer care is shocking compared to Persimmon.
I think they will argue the radiator issue? Good luck in your new home though 😘😘
How any builder can walk off the job after leaving some of these snags is shocking. Would they be happy living in a house with all these problems..
I would never buy a new build, and I work in house building doing drylining.
Really enjoyed this vid. We are onto our second new build. If I had made a snag video when we moved in last year it would have been 5 times as long as this lol. Painting of the Bannister's/ staircase was the same for us. Worst snag was the central heating zone valves were wired the wrong way round! The thermostat upstairs was controlling the downstairs and vice versa. Lovely house- really like your internal doors and tiling
Defo that radiator is the one they won't deal with- too much work to rectify
This is what quantity surveyors are doing to the building industry!
Quantity surveyors basically work out what quantity of materials are used in a house.
I think they’ve refused to fix your upstairs toilet.
The NHBC isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. You have to pay for the damage then apply for the NHBC to approve it, it doesn’t work like normal insurance.
We bought a TW house 16 years ago and some of the snags couldn’t be fixed due to shoddy workmanship or damaged product. Our bedroom ceiling bows in one section because they used a warped beam in the loft. Same on the stairs wall, a warp. We had a cigarette butt inside an upstairs window double glazing unit .....WTF. Who signed off on that. The nails in the plaster board started popping within two weeks. We eventually got a small settlement from them because the work to fix the snags would be too intrusive to the structure. Many of the houses in our street had the same issue. I don’t rate TW at all. Our snags took 5 years of arguing. Between the side path in our house and the neighbours side path there was a difference in height of about 16 inches which they supported with concrete but it was like a slide, so when you walked down the narrow side path, on occasion you, would slip down the concrete. The wheelie bin would go over then when my toddler fell down and smashed his head into the neighbours harled wall we complained about there not bring a safety fence. After 5 years they eventually gave in and put up a waist high fence.
Common sense showed that a fence should have been there in the first place. Good luck!.
On the plus side East European craftsmanship
The radiator will be what they won't fix
It’s definitely the radiator bog foul ! That’s a product of maximum profit per square foot!
I reckon it's the radiator in the bathroom
nhbc minimum claim value was about 1300 could be more now but can be more than one job
I think its the rad is in dispute and the white plugs on the front door are ok they can be removed and screws behind them for replacing the glass i have worked for years fitting this rubbish its a shame they think this is passable clients pay loads for rushed out crap the best i worked on are berkeley homes but you pay more but they are properly snagged and finished to a good quality and they don't painr the render thats a finished job apparently good luck
The radiator in the bathroom is like that because 99% of people go for the towel rail which takes up a lot less space outwards. You have inspired me to thoroughly check me new taylor wimpy house when i move in though!
Word of warning never have a chrome towel rail that close to the toilet because unlike a radiator that gets hot but radiates the heat a chrome or stainless towel rail can be way hotter. I have been to 2 jobs to move towel rails. A young child grabbed the towel rail as she jumped off the toilet and needed to go to hospital with a badly burned hand and another job where a towel rail badly burnt an elderly ladies leg as she used the toilet, she also had to go to hospital. On a lighter note it’s also a bloody inconvenience sitting side saddle on the loo reading the paper.
You expect a few snags with a new build, but wow, so many?! I bet it’s the rad they don’t want to move. AP has said there’s no legal minimum distance between toilet & rad - that just seems crazy! Was it like that in the show home? Hope they fix it for you.
Most snags have now been fixed but we are waiting for them to response about the radiator, like you said theres no measurements for the radiator and toilet. The show home wasnt on our estate we had to go see it somewhere else but the showhome had a towel radiator.
I no it will be the rad as this will cost them a lot more money to take tiles of and re do