1. Small Rooms
New homes are tiny little rabbit hutches with not enough room to swing a cat and there is absolutely no storage.
2. Paper Walls
The internal wall on new build houses are paper thin – they don’t stop the noise and make it difficult to put up shelves.
3. No Parking
Have you been to a new build estate recently? There is nowhere to park and worse still there is nowhere to walk as all the pavements are blocked with cars.
4. Snagging
New homes are shoddy and are full of inherent defects known as snags. This snagging defects drive owners mad as the builders don’t want to know and the consumer laws are inadequate .
5. Hidden Costs
Buyers are often shocked by the extra expense involved. In addition to the obvious costs for curtains, flooring and lanscaping, there is the cost of a professional snagger and the fixtures and fittings that previous owners of second-hand homes would have installed such as toilet roll holder, coat hooks, and towel rails.
6. Gardens
New build gardens are often little more than a tiny little square of compacted soil that will struggle to support any vegetation. This is due to it being compacted by heavy machinery and it will probably be full of builders’ rubble and waste.
In sumarry, do not buy a new build home.
in mid 2007, the population of the UK was 60,975,000…. by mid 2008 it was 61,399,118 (Statistics.gov.uk) if we all took the same stance.. where would people live?
New homes are often classed as affordable and are cheaper than older style, larger properties. I live in a very rural village in Devon and there is not enough houses to support the new generation, where can we live? move out?
You also forget to mention that older houses can actually be quite expensive to run with on going repairs, especially during the winter months.. and of course what do you call new? newer style houses from the last 40 years have suffered the same complaints as given by you, such as paper walls, small gardens, lack of parking and extra costs.. it’s not a new issue…
It is of course up to the buyer as what they think, but there are swings and turns in all arguments.. but as a footnote.. my last house was a little over 280 years old, was cold and had damp and my energy bills combined was a little over £1300 a year… my new home is fully insulated, double glazed and damp proofed and my energy bill came in at a little over £700 this last 12 months… there is a lot to be said for saving money and staying warm!
Cool post, I love animals myself, always have.
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