My Thoughts on New Build Homes... 3 Years On
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I bought a new build home 3 years ago, it was a shared ownership apartment in London with a 40% share. In this video, I share some of my thoughts of why I'm not a huge fan of new builds and the problems that come with them.
New build homes have their pros and cons, in some ways they're great - you get a brand new house and everything is untouched and clean. But they do come with problems. There's no right or wrong on new builds and I've seen some great ones about. But here are my personal thoughts.
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What are your thoughts on new builds? I used to love them but now can't wait to sell up and get an old characterful house to transform!
I couldn’t agree more. We had 2 apartments so far, newly built, but small local developers so it was ok-ish in terms of quality but will never buy a new flat or house ever again. The older the better for us over here.
I personally think new builds are catfishes. Yes the external and internal design is nice and modern but it’s utilities like you mentioned have too much issues, they’re trying to sell style over functionality
id rather have a 150yr old brick chonker where all issues are known than play roulette with chicken pen new constructions
Totally agree, you make many valid points but at the same time I’ve lived in Victorian properties and council flats in which you could hear all your neighbors, walking around, tvs and people walking up and down stairs, also the Victorian houses are so cold and poorly insulated, unless you buy one and spend money on modernizing the whole thing it won’t be that much better, I would go as far as saying that the whole quality of building in general is very poor in the uk, in comparison to continental Europe where properties are of better quality and there is more focus put on regular maintenance of buildings, can’t say that’s a priority for managing agents in the uk who just want your money
Yeah! very good points - I'm working on an ex council 1950s build at the moment. All the of walls have a concrete plaster mix directly onto the walls so poorly insulated! Would have to back to brick the whole thing to make it better
@@MattBrighton Good luck with your renovation, I suppose at least you're in control of the materials and process, so you can improve quality
My wife and I have been in a new build for 10 years. Absolutely no issues. Only issues are the standard shrinkage around skirting boards/door frames very easy fixes.
I completely agree, there is so much more fulfilment in upscaling an old home. Most have structural foundations that are just so rare to find otherwise and actually have more scope in design than new builds do.
Yaassss. So much more satisfaction! Sometimes more hidden problems for sure, especially if you go back to brick but once fixed - so worth it!
great video mate! I wish you a blessing and very good luck with your next steps👍
If you are having noise transfer issues in any block of flats built since at least 2010 (one could even argue 2003) then it sounds like the property is in breach of building regulations part E and must be rectified. If built to regulations the sound separation should be outstanding and vastly superior to pre 2010 construction.
I so agree with you, we are seeing so many cookie-cutter estates of new build houses being thrown up ("built" suggests a level of skill and pride in workmanship that, sadly, just isn't there!). These estates are on expensive pockets of land, so the developers cram the maximum number of houses in, with narrow access roads, tiny back gardens more like exercise yards and often no front gardens at all! These houses are sold at a premium price as they're new (same principle as buying a brand new car) but as soon as you've taken possession it drops in value and if you decide it was a mistake and want to sell on, you could be in negative equity for a few years.. Go for an older property - you'll get a lot more for your money and could turn a profit really quickly.
Great video Matt, looking to buy my first place now. Great to know!
It's been great but can't wait to get my flat valued and get out of it. Noise is a killer!
thank you!
Yeah, we rented a new build for about 3-4 years in London, W10. It costed about 1,200 a week as I remember, just born with issues, toilet dripping, high water bills ( over 1000) , bathroom had no window. Also wifi connection was so terrible, it would always disconnect and have low speeds, when we was using the most expensive Virgin Media plan. Also, those circle things in the ceeling, that are supposed to bring "fresh air" into your house, but they do nothing!! We now live in a house built from the 90s, super fast wifi speeds and more. No issues
I bet it's a bit cooler in the summer as well!
Ladbroke Grove?
wifi quality isn't to do with the house. It's to do with other factors. It could be something as simple as the placement of your router.
Brilliant video! We're all sick of how low the quality is in new builds. We only think about what's cheap and fast nowadays rather than the long term. Even though when you build for the long term you save money in the long term
Very informative video.. any idea if its safe to buy from keepmoat properties please
Also … do a video covering Barrett homes & things like that bc I would like to know more
Will look into it!
You are describing a nightmare to me. I’m glad I didn’t go down that route
One of the issues is the use of light weight blocks on the internal walls, I hate them, no sound proofing density, no thermal mass. They don’t even make much difference to the insulation of the property, they are just quicker to lay.
I’m sure every case study you used there was from a Wimpey/Taylor Wimpey development. Was your apartment in London built by TW perhaps…..
They seem to come up a lot as they're one of the biggest, mine wasn't built by TW
My mid 20th century house comes with its own set a problems, but at least I can’t put my fist through any walls
I moved into a new build house in 2003 and my biggest gripe is that these new builds have hollow walls and even the parting wall between me and my neighbour is a hollow wall and there is no adequate soundproofing in these houses whatsoever and its almost as if me and my neigbhour are just living in two seperate rooms in the same house. I would advise anyone to buy an older style house and avoid properties from say the year 2000 onwards.
The builders build as fast and cheap as they can. It’s regulation that is sadly lacking. Lightweight construction can be made soundproof. Just needs a correct detail.
@@user-ok1kw4rr3h If my house is anything to go by but if you don't mind being able to hear everything your neighbour is doing I would advise anyone to go for an older property because these new properties are just like cheap hollow built buildings.
Ouch I mentioned on another video that you’ll run into these problem
Haha I think I remember seeing it!
Some nice points from you here. All the problems you have are down to 2 causes and more likely a bit of both. The first is that the detailing is poor, which is down to lack of supervision of workers by management and/or ignorance of all the building company’s staff. Second problem is the hopeless inadequacy of the current building standards so even if the flats were constructed correctly you would still have many of the problems you now have. The Uk is probably unique in Western Europe in still constructing sub standard dwellings. Think about that. We already have millions of old substandard houses, and we are still building more to add to that total.
By the way I bet you can hear all noise between the rooms in your flat so there is no privacy even in your own flat.
The only gd thing about new builds was supposed to be modern boilets cheaper to heat more efficiant cheaper to heat coomie cutter ffs not even cheap to heat ffs
The energy efficiency is definitely better but not hard to insulate an older home to get it up to similar standards, I've noticed they've started putting tank systems back into new builds which I was quite baffled by, especially for smaller homes
Let us say I get extra super lucky and score a triple digit jackpot in the Euromillions, with over £100 million in the bank, can I have a nice luxurious new build house made with a budget of around £10 million?
Defo! You'd be able to get a high quality new build as well - rather than buying from a big housebuilder that would be a custom architect and build crew using the best materials!
New builds will be worthless in 20 years if many are still standing
100 defects on average!!!!
Get counting! I had loads that Telford wouldn't even acknowledge as defects (none of my doors fit in the latches) and LOADS of small things that should just work, but don't :o
Just another sign of decline.
New homes are souless
Your first mistake was buying a flat. You should have bought a house. Also shared ownership isn't really owning a house and is literally just renting but worse
The key is to build your own home
Literally just renting but worse - love it and very true! Way more expensive! I'd love to build my own home - that's the dream!
Talk of building more and yet more houses is becoming an obsession. We need less people on this tiny island and not more houses, using up more valuable farmland!! 🤔
Why TF would you ever do shared ownership, that’s the worst thing & that’s the 1 mistake you made.
Thankfully the housing association in with allow you to have a lodger so the spare room has helped pay off the shared owner costs and service charges. So I ended up with a 2 bed London flat with £600k for the cost of a £400 mortgage a month plus bills and maintenance costs