MAJOR ISSUES AT THESE UK NEW BUILDS!

[@fairyheli2]

I feel much better about the standard of my diy work after looking at these. The people who build these places are supposedly professionals

[@Moondogg111]

Nathan Dance professional con men

[@Mardy-old-Bstard]

Ha ha me too. Always do everything myself then I've only got myself to blame and it didn't cost anything.

[@georgegently3026]

These cretins all drive fancy vans, usually VW's and think a hard day's work is from 8.30 till 3. I too won't let any of these dickheads near my property. We need a recession so building calms down and only the better ones get hired. Right now, house builders will employ chimps they are that desperate.

[@joer2513]

Same here, I'm 21 and my dad passed away a few years ago, living with my mum and refuse to have anyone come in our house, don't a majority of tradesman nowadays, makes my DIY look like a professionals

[@johnchristmas7522]

Also added to the pile are the "qualified" electricians, who came over from the EU eastern block,(under freedom of movement") living 10 to a room and given full indentures by rouge companies.

[@angliscsaxon1288]

As a former hod carrier for 9 years I can confirm that modern houses are just over priced"thrown up" magnolia boxes built by people pretending to be bricklayers

[@MrCharlan1]

clearly them people 'pretending to be bricklayers' had more sense than you rather staying on the hod for 9 years 🤣

[@hewoguys2506]

😂

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

@@MrCharlan1 lol

[@georgegently3026]

Tell you what Mr Charlan, at least he has an understanding of grammar. What's it matter to you what people do. I'm on sites all the time and he's right, houses are thrown up by anyone that says he's a brickie. Quality and standards don't come into it.

[@angliscsaxon1288]

@@georgegently3026 no point wasting your time on Mrcharlan he's just a swamp fraggle 😁

[@rexcatston8412]

General rule is that a house built in 1930 will outlast anything built tomorrow. Either self-build or buy old. No other options if you're planning on keeping it for life

[@metalizawsome88]

What about houses built in 1927?

[@Thebeardofwisdom]

Just recently bought a 1950s ex-council house for the same price as a new build, and the build quality, room size and quantity of land is insane compared to one of these new builds.

[@sahhull]

Mine was built in the early 1700's I have a 100 x 50yrd garden to the rear and a 5x50 yrd front garden. Modern houses are just packed and stacked.. Tiny faceless square boxes with postage stamp gardens. They are not built to last.

[@PropertyVlogsUK]

If a house that was built in 1930 survived until now then that's evidence enough that it was of a superior quality 👌🏾 ;)

[@tripwire3992]

@@Thebeardofwisdom i have a 1947 council house and it WAS owned for a while until the council bought it back off of the previous owners and they did some "renovations" they removed the driveway, put in fake skirting boards and they made the doorframes completely shit

[@tracer1127]

The bosses of these building companies should be in jail. They are ripping hardworking people off with crap workmanship. Never mind insulate Britain how about getting some decent builders who have some pride in their work to build the houses in the first place. Absolutely shocking is an understatement.

[@Dockhead]

stupid constructs for stupid people... they know gormless hair dressers and lads on first role of IT jobs are going to be saving up to mortgage these and have absolute 0 clue on how a house and craftmanship should be, people are indoctrinated with being conned in this country, actually the entire globe is conned from capitalism and its abuse of profiting from communistic labor productions.

[@penman1289]

This is what you get after years of neglecting descent apprenticeship, and giving people a six month course, then telling them that they are qualified tradesmen ,disgraceful, the government are just as much to blame, by not sending out inspectors to see if these firms are training thes apprenticeship lads to the right standards, no they just give grants to any firm who says they will take an apprentice, eg cheap labour, did you no that if you take on an apprentice you can pay them below the minimum wage, so what do you expect ,disgusting!

[@johnchristmas7522]

These Building Companies get away with it because their paying people to look the other way including MP's.

[@lpmuzza3274]

I work on new build, the ammount of time your given and the prices your given to do your job is disgraceful, tradesmen know how to do there jobs properly, but aint given the time or money to do it properly, its the builders fault having to keep to stupid deadlines thats the problem

[@johnchristmas7522]

@@lpmuzza3274 If your a 'Tradesman' then why are you on New Builds?

[@stevenharvey1970]

I went to Persimmon Homes as a snagging manager - I Lasted 2 hours before I walked off site. They try and snag 2 days before people move in so you cannot get anything sorted. Snagging needs to happen from day one of the build and every day. Not just the end.

[@Lloyd1885]

I got slung off a site because I bollocked a site agent for not pulling the carpenters, dry liners and patchers dogshit work before snagging the (easy target) decorators. So ueah, snagging should definitely start sooner.

[@steveedmondson7526]

It's called quality control. Mostly non existant. They just don't care.

[@bsimpson6204]

Persimmon, famous for building garbage homes and making massive profits, go figure 🙄

[@DavidNelson-s3o]

I had my own removals business.turned up on moving day and the turf layers had two pallets of turf outside the entrance and mud everywhere.The carpet fitters were laying the stairs carpet.6 cleaners doing the final clean.It was like a circus.words failed me.Ridiculous and the tip of the iceberg.come on Britain pick your socks up.once upon a time we led the world.

[@Yagdrol]

This is fraud. Should result in compensation and criminal charges to the housebuilder companies.

[@jayraza1386]

The developers are in bed with the current Conservative government. The developers throw lots of money at the Conservatives so don't expect to see any change -.-

[@noahyxru]

@@jayraza1386 sources to confirm this? I'd like to learn more about it.

[@tuikimchinming9823]

In Australia since the 1950's every part of the process is checked by government inspectors and the process can't move on till each stage is signed off up to specification on new and remedy building work the cost of this is incorporated in the Permits to build by the contractor they can't even bill the client until they have the work signed off by the government clerk of works they have no problem with the construction industry because every builder /tradesman is checked for qualification and quality and must be registered to work in the industry no such think as cowboy builders in oz and the public are protected at all stages

[@CARLIN4737]

I agree

[@jackster2568]

@@noahyxru just go on the Dorset echo and see what the Conservative council there is up to. Single biggest use of brown envelopes in the UK

[@richardh6905]

Great video - hilarious, maddening and heartbreaking all at the same time... Nice to know our house isn't the only heap of sh*t out there - we bought it 6 years after it was built and no idea why first owner didn't get stuff sorted - every window fails to seal properly, so we've had to use StormGuard foam strips to stop draughts as the windows haven't been made to correct sizes! Shambles!

[@irenedavo3768]

Awful

[@abigailmckernwalkingwithpo4582]

These builders should be made to live in what they’ve built. I’ve always lived in Victorian or Edwardian built homes - beautiful workmanship. Thank you for posting this - such a relief to listen to someone with STANDARDS (and wit!)

[@MrTomtomtest]

That is mostly because those are the ones left standing tho. You had less standards back then... And you can still have major issues as it will have been renovated multiple times. Building companies have reputation, buyers just need to do their research instead of just looking at the price tag. That's how you end up with this shit. Also always always show up to the build site. Just doing that a few times puts some pressure. Several of those issues could have easily be caught by the buyer himself even if that's not his job. Don't blindly trust people, not for that lifetime investment, put in a little work it is worth it.

[@duplicitouskendoll9402]

It seems like there's a combination of problems with these new build companies. 1. They just don't allow enough time to finish a job properly. 2. They're going for low skilled and inexperienced labour. 3. The contractors are greedy and just trying to smash out as much as possible as quickly as possible because they know their work won't be checked. 4. The site managers are discouraged from looking too closely at work quality by the company who just want to chalk up sales as fast as possible. My first home, back when help to buy was only for new builds, was a TW house and it was full of issues just like all of these. TW were great, right up until I'd moved in, then it was radio silence! ABSOLUTELY SHOCKING!

[@THCgoodness]

Completely agree. Pissed off owner of a TW home here and a year on still chasing for issues to be made good!

[@vivalachocolat1]

Yup spot on assessment. The problems are grave. Go for new builds on small projects build by reputable contractors , stay away from mass estates

[@calchemist21]

Best off buying old homes - pre 50s

[@johnriggs4929]

Worked for Persimmons for four horrible years - good site managers - i.e Those who checked the work and got rid of poor tradesmen - never lasted long: the pressure on them to meet targets (quantity, not quality) was relentless. Probably the same with all the others. I was asked, during my final year with them, if I fancied training as site manager. Not a bloody chance - they are all depressed, miserable and fearing for their jobs most of the time.

[@MS45636]

@@calchemist21 Yeah but old houses pose other risks no?

[@leeshellam3150]

Name and shame every single builder. Absolutely disgusting. I would never buy a new house.

[@effervescence5664]

I've been called in as a 3rd party to do Gas and Electrical snagging on new builds and it quickly becomes evident that the majority get signed off in the site office and not actually tested. Advice to anyone that wants a new build - buy off plan and have your own team finish it, usually a similar cost, often cheaper and always a better finish. Many sites and large companies now don't like selling off plan because it often makes the adjacent buildings faults show even more.

[@johnchristmas7522]

FAR BETTER NOT TO BUY NEW BUILD IN THE FIRST PLACE

[@zenastronomy]

who can find a team that won't do the same terrible job as these lot? Unless u in the business, most ppl wouldn't know they've been ripped off by them

[@stevebozrecreations]

bought a house recently that was built in the 70s, knowing full well there's a bunch of things I need to sort out, but I'm feeling a lot better about my decision now seeing the shit these companies are throwing together these days

[@anthonynicholas1165]

Part of the problem is they demand a bit of paper, it doesn't matter how long you've been a tradesman, if you have the right paperwork you're in, good experienced men are out, this has been a growing problem for years.

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Bit like Morgan Sindall I overheard had a few illegal workers on one of their sites. However, that doesn't mean they weren't doing a good job, its just big companies don't appear to do proper checks on anything.

[@johnchristmas7522]

THAT BIT OF PAPER, CLEARS THEM OF ALL LIABILITY

[@stevehallam6495]

The day housebuilders decided Grp canopies are ok sealed along the top with mastic rather than £50 of lead flashing was the day quality took it's final breath in the building industry. As for the NHBC requirement to have door chains like that fitted to front doors in the year 2022....just Wow!

[@kevinscollan8293]

There are all sorts of modern replacements for old techniques but an awful lot aren't up to the job or do not last as long or are difficult to fit correctly.😎💕🖖

[@Yagdrol]

Great point. Cowboy quality.

[@johnriggs4929]

NHBC is a builders club - not a quality control outfit. They just tick boxes and get the sale through. When it's the builder who pays them - who are they going to look after?

[@dominicevans1084]

I feel so sorry for those buying all these new builds . They finally manage to save and get a mortgage, look forward to their new homes and pay way over the odds for this shite. I've done several jobs on houses less that two years old and some if the shit I've seen is horrific. Are they suing these chappy firms, because they would win in court amd maybe these firms would actually pay for real trades who care about what they do.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

You think they can afford a lawyer on top of the mortgage payments?

[@markcallaghan8389]

these properties are ticking time bombs for super expensive repairs/rebuild

[@CalvinCooke18]

Imagine paying a mortgage every month knowing all this cheap funny embarrassing things you see 👀 😅 moral of story hire your own and build your own if you have the resources

[@dominicevans1084]

@@CalvinCooke18 agreed. Problem. Is land is disgustingly expensive, and when trying to do it on a budget they take up to 10k for surveys and shit. It's all designed to keep normal people from owning outright.

[@CalvinCooke18]

@@dominicevans1084 agree plus the getting the house up for water etc if your house is one off build it will be easy expensive, connection up the power grid , water, roads , all adds up

[@antoniohinojos3808]

Okay so what happens after the inspectors have discovered their findings??? I know some of these corrections require a lot of work. Are these sort of things usually covered under a warranty for new builds, is this post sale??? Great work mate 💯

[@wirliv]

If you snag find AFTER the house has sold,are the builders still liable to repair it all? You need to be part of the pre purchase survey report.

[@Danfrank24]

All new builds are covered, usually for ten years, for any structural issues so after this survey they would be liable for all faults found.

[@1390sammyg]

What is the usual outcome for the properties with ‘out of plumb’ brickwork? If it’s out of tolerance, does that mean any insurance would be void in the event of a claim down the line? Can it be sold in those conditions?

[@memejest]

Compromises strength and durability.

[@davegreathead9946]

Glad to see/hear some positive! Been in the game a long time and they're not all bad! But massive difference between builds with same materials/programs! All comes down to site teams/trades👏

[@johnchristmas7522]

No no No iTS THE RESPOSIBILITY OF THE BUILDER, NOT THE "TRADE PERSONS"

[@davegreathead9946]

@@johnchristmas7522 yes and no! If its not right..... its not right? I've always worked to the..... would you have it in your home???? 🙏👍❤

[@johnchristmas7522]

@@davegreathead9946 Well to be fair, I WOULDN'T BUY A "NEW HOUSE" I'd buy an old one, refurbish it with known and proved tradesmen, with me doing the Electrics (being a fully qualified Technician Electrician.now retired) so no it wont be in my house. I feel very sorry for the people who buy 'New Houses' on the prayer that they are built right.THEY HAVE NO OTHER FORM OF GUARANTEE THAT THE HOUSE IS FIT FOR PURPOSE. The existing types of guarantee are worthless. I'm even amazed that insurance companies will give them home insurance.

[@derykhawkins2199]

Not just the UK. I am having a house built in the Philippines and the contractor put the reflective roof insulation in upside down so it would keep the heat in the house instead of keeping it out. Good job I spotted it!!!

[@mikewalker3169]

Omg...😅

[@tigermint69]

Can not wait for your revisit to my property; as I don’t believe for a second they’ll have correctly put right the >250 errors you found on your first visit!

[@JD-env1]

Are people allowed to get your inspections done prior to buying a new build? It seems so backwards they would have to buy it, then get it inspected.

[@sarahl7904]

They normally have to use surveyors from the company and arnt allowed external ones

[@ge2719]

I don't get why anyone buys any of these companies houses if the companies have these conditions. They should build the houses, then once they're finished people can go look at them and decide if they want to buy it. Like buying any other house. You know what you're buying because it actually exists. The bad companies making crap houses would never sell them so they either have to up their quality or go out of business.

[@jasonjeavons1754]

Worked on new builds for years as a groundworker, have to say most of the time the motto is "quantity over quality" and if you don't work by that they get rid of you sharpish, I do civils now because I couldn't stand it any longer

[@sahhull]

House building companies CEO's and directors need to be held personally accountable for what their company produces. Its the only way things will get better.

[@davenz000]

They won't because they make too much money.

[@Pvfc]

Fake weep vents will probably mean no cavity tray in there

[@scottnever8732]

cavity tray would be in, its a major miss but weeps even 450 is an easy miss, when you consider it was a new thing that nhbc introduced and trades were not told.

[@kevinhawkswood3486]

I've said it for years and years . You wouldn't pay me to buy a new build in this country. And when my kids think about buying I'll be with them all the way checking every inch of a new build before the signature is signed ! Shocking and shamefull !

[@danielbentley7117]

Just don't let them buy a new build. 1920s or '30s much safer bet.

[@johnmartinez7440]

I mean you could probably pay me to live there, all things considered.

[@gpet23]

What’s the process after you do your report? Like some of these defects are really major. Does the builder rip down brick walls and stairbuilders remove entire staircases etc?

[@amritlohia8240]

Yes - they have to knock it down and replace it.

[@SovereignR3387]

We had/have some issues with our new property. We did 8 pages of genuine snags and not even 1 page of that got dealt with. All the internal walls/ ceilings and door frames/ skirtings were caked in excess plaster. We have dips under the vinyl in the kitchen and hall which need rectifying when I laminate in the future. Digging up the garden currently it's full of rubble, batteries, bits of plastic and the slabs aren't cemented down just sanded. I could go on but it is a joke considering we spent 300k on our property, you want it done right.

[@Priest92]

The builder just refused to sort it out? How did it end?

[@SovereignR3387]

@@Priest92 well we was given 2 dates to rectify these problems but 2 contractors came in 1 of those days and all they did was tidy up the banisters and fix the carpet grips on the stairs as they were poking through the carpet and we have kids, clearly not safe. That's all they did unfortunately, they couldn't provide any more time for us. I call it laziness. Like I said, I had to rectify all the snags myself. The only thing I can't fix is the banging from both neighbours. We're just doing upgrades to the house for now, to bump up value and then moving out.

[@joejo4549]

@@SovereignR3387 banging? They're that noisy 😂😂

[@marcusmaximus451]

Superb vlog as always sir, if someone is going to use wood 🪵 fence posts why don’t they coat the first 2 feet in 2 coats of bitumen to stop the ground damp getting in, I prefer concrete posts and composite fence panels myself, take care mark from billericay 😃👍🇬🇧🏡

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

Thank you

[@pincombe]

Looking at some of the stuff you've found, it seems like someone is trying to see how crap they can do a job before they get noticed.

[@markywellsboy2182]

I know a civil engineer that graduated a few years ago, so has seen the rise of new builds. He says that there is no way he would buy a new build and that is only based on the "new technology materials" that are being created and MUST be used for insulation/energy rules etc. "They are not going to last. Good thermal efficiency, crap structural integrity!". And that is before discussing the chimps that are being used to put it all together.

[@fiskrond9212]

Some 20yrs ago I used to work in office for a company - civ eng, plant hire, mining, housebuilding - got on well with the gents in QS, site managers, etc.. was advised even back then not to buy a new-build... "..they're not even using blocks for groundfloor internal walls now.."

[@ge2719]

@@fiskrond9212 do they have a water tank in the loft though?

[@Shaggy12321]

Feel I've got very very lucky with my new build, I purchased it about nine months ago from a developer that was only building four of these houses on a very very small plot near the countryside, and I think because it was such a small plot the developers seem to put more effort into these buildings, I've not found a single issue with this house everything is tiptop perfect, the paint work, the brickwork, all of the wiring, the lights etc. I wonder if the developers on large plot with 100+ houses get fed up from doing the same thing day in day out and bodge things and rush them?

[@bradleybrand0]

Thank you for exposing this. These builders are criminals, ripping off people.

[@anonamoss78]

who did he expose?? no company names

[@bradleybrand0]

@@anonamoss78 nobody, meant pointing out a serious UK problem

[@HoverdogBrewery]

Wish we had someone like you when we bought our house in 2000, even now I keep finding issues when I come to upgrade things. House builder finished the house on a Friday and we had 5 days to complete including the weekend but they didn't work weekends so 2 days wasted. They only fixed 2 items on our list of 20 snags. #Shocking

[@johnchristmas7522]

Sad but, think of the snags you cant see. LEOPARDS DONT CHAANGE THEIR SPOTS

[@gentlegiant171]

I laughed a lot at the persimmon job at the end 🤣

[@Cornz38]

Genuine question, how do you go about putting most of this right without actually knocking walls down again?

[@nectafarious8842]

Obviously you can't. There's only one way to correct a wall like the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

[@tuikimchinming9823]

The only way to ensure a property new or old is at a high standard both structurally and internal services and finishes is to engage a top surveyor to carry out a full inspection of property will cost several hundred or even thousands of the seller or builder rejects a full inspection and remedy report costs steer cleare builders & tradesmen no match to time served tradesmen government stopped construction industry standards in the 80's and the UK now full of sub-standard trades from overseas With the demise of the clerk of works the site manager is not Qualified or experienced enough to deal with these cowboys. Note my son brought his first home in February by following these simple rules you will have no problems at all treat it as if you are buying a car you would have every thing checked before you put a penny down good luck Tradesman 45 years experience

[@eddjordan2399]

And that's why when people ask me why I cost 3 times more than a other builders I say it's because I actually do the job properly.

[@bigchoppahg-dawg7181]

The things I've learnt since moving into my house 12 years ago... I'm surprised it's still standing tbh. Shocking brickwork. Shocking finishing, Shocking window fitting and Shocking internal door fittings.

[@johnchristmas7522]

DOES YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY KNOW?

[@The_Nowhereman]

Most site agents are just interested in health and safety and box ticking and what they are going to have for lunch. Zero practical experience in actual construction or a failed trade tonguing their way up the ladder.

[@mjames978]

Work should stop on site until they get to the bottom of shoddy work. Also new buyers should have free access to an independent snagger that has full access to the site at all times and be paid at the cost of the developer. Then they might start taking builds more seriously. This could also provide more jobs in the industry.

[@gpet23]

Agree but in this world something so logical seems impossible.

[@mjames978]

@@gpet23 really no excuse now using laser levels and technicians. What is the answer long term?

[@gpet23]

@@mjames978 criminal charges,this is criminal work

[@sambrooks7862]

The main problem is that all the big house builders use the NHBC who are, in the simplest terms, an insurance company. They are paid a premium for each new house they sign off and there is a handful of large house builders who provide most of the NHBCs revenue. These house builders are only interested in profit so the quicker they can throw these jerry built sheds up the quicker the cash hits the share holders bank accounts . If the NHBC start finding too many faults the big developers would kick them to the kerb and just get the houses signed off by their own architect and pretty soon no more NHBC!

[@tingstrap]

@@sambrooks7862 bang on mate. It is in the nhbc's best interest to get the houses over the line.

[@davidcousins5493]

Absolutely shocking. I would do a full site inspection before even showing an interest in a "New" house. Great vids, thanks for showing these cowboys up. Keep up the good work.

[@craigmuddiman6423]

It would be interesting to know what happens after you've found all these problems. Do they have to rectify everything you've found? I bet they hate you. 😅

[@Lloyd1885]

Nothing happens...never will

[@aye3678]

Just stumbled on your videos, can't get enough! So damn many absolute shockers!

[@TheWtfnonamez]

I tinker with metalwork and DIY and as a result Ive earned absolute respect for professional tradesmen and the level of skill and expertise they exhibit in their work. So it pains me to say that I could have done better than this. Some of my DIY might be a bit rough, but at least I clean up my shit, dont leave giant holes in things, and I certainly wouldnt "hide" mistakes. I would do the job to the best of my ability before calling it a day. As you say..... shocking. I recently watched a video about an angry builder tearing down some new builds over a pay dispute. The quality of the builds was absolutely appalling. Once he started tearing down sections of "wall" you could clearly see that they were like post war prefabs, which gave the illusion of being a bricks and mortar house, when really they were posh looking sheds mostly made of shit timber, plasterboard and the cheapest trade paint money can buy. There were some new builds near my mates house, and it caused a real stink in the local press because apparently the contracts for the properties factually stated that the buildings were only fit for purpose for a 40 year period. They literally wrote it into the contract that the houses would be dilapidated and not fit for purpose after 40 years. Imagine buying a house that you know will require knocking down in four decades. I could literally build a log cabin with homemade chinking that could last longer than that.

[@chris-terrell-liveactive]

Many ww2 prefabs are still going and decent homes too!

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

I now live in a 1980s house but boy do I miss my old 30's semi. The quality was superb, you could tell they used to make houses back then that people wanted to live and spend time in and there was real pride in doing things properly in order to last a lifefime

[@johnchristmas7522]

No EU then, all well trained British people

[@1066Kitchen]

People are paying hundreds of thousands for these properties and potentially in dept for life and this is signed off fit for purpose. TOTALLY SHOCKING

[@marcusmaximus451]

Agreed it’s diabolical, the person who signed off these new builds should be investigated and possibly sacked/ blacklisted, best regards to you mark from billericay 👍

[@1066Kitchen]

@@marcusmaximus451 I agree legal battles would last for years and possibly ruin your life in the process, it’s all about the money and zero pride

[@Dockhead]

stupid meets stupid, stupid idiots (and overworked apprentices) building them and stupid idiots buying them.

[@nectafarious8842]

'The grass is nice and green' - end of video. Classic!

[@engx3733]

I live in a old victorian house and it has it's issues. I always dreamt of owning my own, cheap new home or flat. But after seeing this video and what my friends told me about there new homes - I am having second thoughts about moving.

[@johnchristmas7522]

Save yourself a lot of money and stress DONT BUY NEW BUILD.

[@Tunsgate123]

It all comes down to the site management. There should be outside quality control

[@football_forever.1]

We bought a new build, from new, and genuinely we must have had 20 outstanding pieces of work that needed to be corrected. From a whole new set of garden turf to be relayed, to handles on kitchen cupboards not being lined up correctly. Fridges being dragged along the lino floor, cutting it/denting it. Honestly you couldn't make it up. What made the whole experience worse is that, I fully appreciate mistakes can be made, but it's the mentality of the 'new build' industry, in that unless you as the customer makes the initial enquiry, they will not proactively amend anything. It's very much a 'let's see what we can get away with' approach. Even then, you have to debate what's expected and what's not. My argument was always the same, if a spent 200k on a brand new ferrari and the wheels were scratched would that be acceptable? No chance, therefore if I'm spending 200 k on a brand new house, why should I accept a crack in the front window?

[@Kishgofu]

i like that he put in a quick "this one's perfect!" video. Guess if you buy new it should be form Taylor Wimpey...

[@mistermatix8241]

Keepmoat are a bloody awful "builder". My cousin bought one and had similar issues. I think they build them using cheap labour (apprentices and foreign workers paid a pittance) she's currently battling them in the courts as there are massive cracks in the bedroom walls (one of which is about half an inch wide, and the plaster scrim is coming away from the wall, she's actually duct taped it in case it falls), skirting coming off, doors not locking properly. She has sash windows which are distorted and open about an inch. She also requested a Quooker tap (it was on offer to her), and PAID for one, wasn't fitted, and a really cheap mixer tap was fitted, They are like a scam, cowboy builders. Alarm bells rang for me, when I went with her when she was viewing houses (we're close) and spotted builders not wearing ANY site ppe. Not one hard hat, hi vis, safety boots. One lad (he literally was a lad) loading stuff onto a truck wearing a band t shirt, jeans and TRAINERS, not safety steel toe trainers, just Adidas trainers. Keepmoat don't care as long as the houses are there, and they look like houses, no QC, no assurances, just chuck them up. Expendable workforce it seems. One dies from a stray brick to the head, run over by a truck because no high vis, foot lopped off because no safety shoes? No problem! Go to local college, grab lads from construction course or contact Polish community and put them to work in the deathtrap site. I'll bet there's no site safety videos, no briefings, just build that, build this, eff the quality

[@nizal9388]

Who were the approved inspectors on this? Who were the housebuilders /contractors on this? Just asking so we can avoid in future.

[@theangrygamer895]

Imagine buying that house with the brickwork like that. Everything would have to be refunded or re do the brickwork. Shocking.

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Absolutely shockin'

[@williamhall8460]

Question please…. With all the fake weep vents, what is the necessary rectification? Assuming that they have probably also missed the trays out?……

[@Tom_Hadler]

Just put new fake ones in and hope it gets signed off again?

[@tonyr9487]

I worked in this industry in the health and safety part, for a fairly huge "family owned" (to not be obvious about who it is) company and was told these new builds are made to sell, not to live in. Glad I bought a house built in the 70s now

[@phillbarnes8513]

Site management is key. A proactive site manager, who checks & questions at every stage, nipping problems in the bud & not allowing them to be a can that’s kicked down the road.

[@philrich3914]

I'm assuming you fail these houses but what happens once you fail them? If the brick work is so out of plumb do you have to knock the house down?

[@tony359]

how do they sort out the whole wall being out of plumb?

[@tomwebb3081]

"How'd the site manage sign this off after inspection?" Mate, helluva assumption that they've *actually* inspected the property...

[@Kontson]

Or that they know what they are looking at. Most site managers I come across are just glorified form fillers with close to 0 technical understanding

[@hsfest]

They have to be inspected because of building regulations dude all building work is inspected and has to be signed off buy a building inspector wether you just put a new roof on build an extension or a full new build otherwise its illegal. Structural Engineers have to be involved depending on the build too and the building inspector will make you aware of that

[@johnchristmas7522]

iTS DONE VIA PHOTOGRAPHY OF ONE GOOD BUILD!

[@Mike_EOD]

@@johnchristmas7522 Said the guy who doesn't work on site. On my job we have weekly visits from CoW and local authority building control. Been like this for a few years now.

[@johnchristmas7522]

@@Mike_EOD Well your right not being on site, but then my standards wouldn't let me. Plus the builders are not the best employers, together with a site visit from the Cow Doesn't really mean anything, while houses are still being 'built' like shit. I've had people aggrieved at the fact they can do better with DIY than the so called 'professionals'-not my words, theirs. The whole 'New Build Housing' has earnt itself a name, rightly so-your the one who has to live it down not me.

[@532bluepeter1]

Your knowledge is great and your eye is keen. Please note however that windows have cills whilst doors have thresholds.

[@bengoacher4455]

This guy found more issues with a tiny new build home than I found in a 200 year old property the other day. Maybe I'm not doing my job properly, but I know for sure that whoever built this wasn't!

[@mrmagoo9249]

I have a new build Very grateful and it’s lovely, I’ve done a lot of work being a multi tradesman But One thing that really annoys me is the banana hand rail I’ve been presented with and a newel post 50mm out of plumb Also all the grass in the garden died as it’s a rubble pile underneath I’ve had to lay down top soil and seed it all myself Cause I just feel like sometimes I can do a better job, especially because I’m living here But in general people are very proud of their work I have personally seen a few people on sites who are just there for the money, they don’t give a fuck about the finish or standards They just want it done And it doesn’t help with some deadlines, Just to get the job done to some extent

[@gpet23]

Is this really for real?Your government must suck for allowing this to happen.

[@wumpty93]

conservative government. 12 long years

[@Jaymo_the_monkey]

@@wumpty93 Can’t blame the Government, this has been going on since dawn of time. Just gained more exposure with guys like this offering new home inspections. Your Building Inspector isn’t Tory/Labour/lib dem etc except for their own personal voting choice.

[@chrismartell6135]

Building industry in Uk is a joke.

[@tellmemore8837]

The Government looking after their friends, in the building industry.

[@slimeygoose8064]

Problem is everyone’s paper chasing. No pride in there work, then those no pride in the work people train apprentices an show them how much they can make but never the aftermath of fucking up cause half the time they don’t even go back to snag there own mess just bash out price work. Shameful really

[@mjames978]

You are bang on, Absolutely Shocking!

[@davenz000]

Holy shit, what are the internals you can't see going to be like. How about a walkthrough by Roger from Skillbuilder channel?

[@keirongaman6634]

I took out 2ft deep of dirt from our crest back garden and was still finding scaffold poles,cans, cowboys

[@paulthompson5416]

Mark Do you do these inspections for mortage companies or are you an independent inspector for the client/homeowner. Because surely it’s down to the mortgage companies to clamp down on these horrendous builds. If they all withheld funds unless the property was of a satisfactory condition, the firms would think twice before signing off on such 💩 work. And what is the outcome of these inspections? Where do the home owners stand? Do they fix the issues or refund a percentage to the clients? Cheers

[@JackLauricourt]

Would love to know too!

[@NeoFreshair]

He works for private company which offers quality report of new builds purchased by homeowners! Once they identify faults, then developers need to rectify and fix the issues! The private quality control checks come after properties are bought, that's why the guy in the video keeps mentioning inspectors signing off properties with lots of faults and we presume they get bribed by developers or they're not competent! Developers will submit their inspection reports to mortgage companies, and new builds have 10 year guarantees in them, so any faults then developers are liable and should fix them!

[@JackLauricourt]

@@NeoFreshair thanks! Only one question, how does the developer go about fixing a wall that’s out by a significant amount?

[@willrobinson9612]

@@JackLauricourt the brick walls are like a skin, if you knock them down there is usually a cavity gap where insulation goes and then breeze block walls behind, so brickwork can be knocked down and rebuilt without the house falling down :)

[@JackLauricourt]

@@willrobinson9612 thanks for explaining! Appreciate it :)

[@bobfish7699]

Bravo sir. Keep up the good work by calling out the terrible quality of new builds. Sadly it's not a new phenonium. I am in the middle of renovating my 80s build house and am finding many of the same issues. Particular bug-bears are absolutely terrible carpentry - nothing is square or plumb, none of the door are hanging in plane, plumbing and electrics were terrible and standard of plastering - yes guessed it, shocking!

[@liamc9425]

For my sins I've worked on keepmoat homes. They are definitely one of the worst.

[@roberttennant6282]

The day they went from hourly rate to price/piece work killed the building trade, no pride in work anymore. Served my time late eighties, and as an apprentice would have been slapped if did work like this. Weeping vents must take longer to bodge than fit in first place.

[@NeoFreshair]

The UK is going backward and the golden era was the Victorian, but after that the UK looks very old, and the new builds are shocking and horror! However, you can't blame housing developers and it's down to governments past and present Labour and Tories! Governments promise to build 500,000 homes each year, and that's exaggeration and always housing developers end up building less than 200,000 a year and during Covid it was less than 100,000! And the big problem is when developers are rushed then quality will be shyte and mostly cheap materials to cut costs as developers pay for lands and get to wait 5 years before local authorities do their assessments and all the bureaucratic craps and it's waste of time and developers pay for those assessments! And what's worse is the Help to Buy scam sorry scheme forced 1st time buyers to buy cardboard homes way too expensive as that's the only option they can get their hand on a property! Which means 1st time buyers with low deposits end up with negative equity as if they try to sell in two years time they'll find out their homes worth less due to overpricing! In my area plots are being sold before even being built by developers and it's just shows how desperate some people to get into housing ladder! The issue is young generation is fooled into must have own your home and that's wrong, as more than half of Europeans live on rent! But the difference is majority of European countries build social housings but never sell them, unlike the UK keeps selling council properties and never replace them!!

[@sahhull]

Where I live, the council has levelled a huge area of old but well built pre war council houses. The land has been sold and private new 'affordable' (tiny) houses with no gardens are been crammed in. I wont say built because the last lot the same company built were thrown up and over priced.

[@QuackVideo]

My 'New Home, built in 1989, by Rydons, had a 'garden' that would have put the Somme to shame. A 2-foot drop onto 'topsoil' that was more builder's rubble and a barrowload of cement, which took two men to lift, dumped right where it could sprain an unwary ankle. Then there was the East German faux Velux window, which had been so badly installed that it leaked within 5 years...

[@ianhoward4246]

No wonder they are only 400000 thousand 😃😃

[@jamesjones3371]

Would love a update do they get fined or problems fixed . Id hire thus guy if i ever buy a newbuild

[@xxwookey]

This is why I resent the way that DIY is increasingly discouraged by regulations. Grants are not available for DIY work and things like electrics are made extremely difficult. The idea that professionals are always better is just wrong. If you are doing your own stuff you are likely to take the time to do a decent job: it's not speed and cheapness at all costs.

[@johnchristmas7522]

As an EX TECHNICIAN ELECTRICIAN I WOULD SAY, YOU ARE TOTALLY WRONG AND BY A MILE. THERE IS A REASON WHY THERE ARE ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS AND ALSO WHY IT TAKES 5/6/7 YEARS TO BE COME PROPERLY INDENTURED ELECTRICIAN. IF YOU THINK ITS THAT EASY -TAKE THE COURSE!

[@johnchristmas7522]

​@@xxwookey They are NOT tradesmen or professionals, working on new builds-they are "chancers". If they were any good, their pride would make them leave and get a job elsewhere. Ever thought, that because their so poor, that nobody else would employ them? I WOULD NOT EMPLOY ANY "ELECTRICIAN" WITH JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS KNOWLEDGE. BESIDES "HOUSE BASHING" IS NOT THE SUM TOTAL OF AN ELECTRICIANS WORK. Electricians work on petroleum depots/ airports/house of commons/Oil rigs/Scotland Yard/nuclear sites, many more and overseas where I have been in charge ,where the whole remit is completely different .Dont compare these "New Build" electricians" with the true trade of Sparking, you would be insulting them. If your work is as good as you say, then an inspection and test by electrician (fully qualified from a company that has a lot to lose) would be needed for the Certification. Which is a requirement, should you wish to sell your house. Unfortunately, if your as good as you say, then you'd also be an odd one out, in that most DIY I've seen has been a nightmare and very plainly why DIY is not considered. Large electrical companies, with good reputations, ensure their Electricians are fully qualified, they don't want any liability claims to come back. iTS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THESE "NEW HOUSE BUILDERS" have no fear or any chance of facing any sort of prosecution. Makes you wonder, how far up the chain the "Brown Envelopes" go.

[@PropertyVlogsUK]

Great video showing some of the pitfalls possible with sub-par workmanship 👏🏾

[@s3ra9h1m]

I come from a family of builders in New Zealand and both my dad and grandad built their own houses. After moving to the UK I cannot honestly believe how terrible the quality of work is over here. It’s horrendous and how these people get away with it beggars belief. From new builds to just having a wall plastered, there’s no pride in their work all. No way would I ever buy a new build in the Uk, it’s a disgrace!

[@JONO3679]

1 million is the avarage house price in nz...

[@s3ra9h1m]

@@JONO3679 yea the market is pretty bad there

[@imaner76]

And YES! The word ridiculous is three syllables in Wales. Glad I could help. 😎

[@shiftyshamsk]

Had a new build semi 20 years ago. You could hear the neighbours flushing the toilets, using the stairs, shutting from the door, it was bloody awful. We got invited round one evening for coffee and one of them used the upstairs toilet and you could hear them clearly peeing through the ceiling. Walls were all plasterboard. Drilling wasn't necessary, hit a screwdriver through it. Moved out and bought an older property made during the 70's with solid walls!!

[@namelessgamer7255]

The problem with new builds is there’s no money left for the actual tradesmen building the properties. A company buys the plot and gets the plans for the housing estate then engages another company to price for the building work who then engage another company to carry out the work who then engage trades and do their best to knock them down and even once a price is agreed make them jump through hopes to actually get paid. Hence the poor work!

[@vivalachocolat1]

No PAYE, no accountability, cost of living too high, not enough investment in good trades from apprenticeship programs, not enough staff in 2022....just another reason the economy and this world is caving in on itself. Something big is coming. I can see it, can you

[@neilballam8701]

"Melt with a mastic gun" classic.

[@Haawser]

I had a choice of a DIY 'fixer upper' house built in 1966 or a new build. Deciding took about 2-3 seconds, maybe.

[@nigeljames6017]

I profess i know nothing about the building industry, so forgive what is probably a basic question :- when the hole has been drilled into the mortar and the plastic piece inserted, two things….. a) what are those things called and b) what should they be doing if correctly installed. Thanks !

[@littleratbag1111]

Loving the videos commentary is excellent as always!

[@lammin675]

What happens when the walls are out of plumb? How do they fix that?

[@philipglancy8593]

Great review for them lads at the end there..... "The grass is green" 😂

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Aye for 2 weeks, then discover a hard bed of rubble and concrete beneath it, and who gets the blame? Us gardeners who try and rectify it🤣

[@martinthoburn1089]

We bought a Keep moat “built” house. The wall corners are not square, brickwork not lined up properly, all windows and doors had mastic applied before the protective covering was removed, a 1 1/2 gap above the bathroom external vent, floor by the front door cracking up, no possibility of finding any part of the kitchen floor being level, nails sticking up in the main bedroom and the garden was full of rubble. All reported and surprise surprise nothing was fixed.

[@scottnever8732]

Heres what pisses me off, I have worked on many sites for different companies over the years and the rules/regulations change so fast. As a tradesman I dont get notified of the changes, NHBC dont send me the update, they dont know who I am!. On top of that you have know nothing site agents trying to win awards because they read it in a book that no one can find! Then you get a nobody come round and pick holes in your work, Pick holes is the easy option and better paid and site agent will tell them to f off anyway

[@Mardy-old-Bstard]

It seems a bit lame pointing out the plastic protection hasn't been removed BUT as I know from experience you leave it for a few months / years it's an absolute swine to get off and it goes mouldy and looks a mess.

[@johnriggs4929]

On one site I worked on, the guys who fixed the fascia and soffit left the plastic film on. As you say, it's murder to get off, when it's been left a while. The customer kept complaining, and eventually the site manager had to get a labourer to peel it off in little shreds. It took him almost a week, at the top of a triple extension ladder, to ger the whole house done.

[@mikem7928]

😱😱😱m a window and door guy in Canada that caulking was horrible! The one window with missing stops ! The broken Frame on the door ! So many terrible things!

[@barrythurgood4147]

I have just retired after 50 years in the construction industry very early in my career I formed an opinion that I maintain to this day, while building work is procured on the basis of the cheapest price quality comes 2nd.

[@sahhull]

Now building work is.. Cheapest quote wins, then they skimp on materials and workmanship to maximise profits

[@thevocalmale3754]

Unbelievable - that wouldn't have made the grade in my day. We had a site agent that used shine a torch up at the ceiling line and if it wasn't perfect it would have to be snagged and snagged until it was. He used to pick up pin holes to be filled. Today standards do seem lacking! 😕

[@nathanieljohnson4896]

I have seen loads of these new builds just popping up everywhere recently. Literally full estates built within a handful of weeks. I thought to myself at the time, "surely, that can't be good work?", I understand the need for speed in most cases, but building a house that is supposed to be safe and durable is not one of those cases.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

Council quotas and building plots out for tender to who can whack them up the fastest is the problem, a problem exacerbated by a) lack of housing b) contractors wanted the most money c) government policies to want more houses without footing some of the Costs.

[@ryanb94457]

How can they fix the brickwork not being level? Interested to know what would happen at that point

[@sidefish8362]

I feel really sorry for anyone who lives in one of these new builds, even the ones that don't have structural issues. They are so utterly charmless and depressing the thought of having to live on one of these new estates nearly brings me to tears.

[@Loinheartleo]

Same in South Africa, if not worse. Government initiative RDP developments. This going out on tender. And the corruption is rife, this type of workmanship is the result of it, sad. Recent flooding washed away a lot of these houses

[@Chelskie-darts]

No pride in ppls work anymore now mate , I was a fiberous decorative plasterer for many many years and we always did our jobs asif we were working in our own house , nice to see someone going round new builds ripping the shoddy work apart 😃 me and my family are moving out of a new build to go into a older house and I can’t wait

[@toshishimura]

I'm a Drywall patcher after plastering for 44 years and I can't believe the total lack of self respect from the trades on the sites, my biggest gripe is sparkie's and plumbers using a pick axe to make holes in the plasterboard when hole saws are cheaper than pick axes

[@shaunobrien534]

What actually happens after you have been, do these issues ever get rectified?

[@Pienimusta]

Great Romanian and Polish quality.