SHOCKING ISSUES AT THESE NEW BUILD HOMES! | COMPILATION

[@rb5174]

I always considered myself an unskilled diy bodger, but if that’s what a professional finish looks like, maybe I’ve been too hard on myself

[@serenityinside1]

😂

[@PersonGamma]

Don’t be too hard on yourself Mr Site Manager

[@FuknNoName]

Hah I bet your DIY always looked better than that shite.

[@asambi69]

All about deadlines and Profits for the shareholders these days. Nothing to do with making a Quality product.

[@Patrik6920]

..no1 calling themself a prefessional would want to put thier name on that.... ..this is definetly not professional.... but i bet it was cheap... ...and this is what u get... a huge problem that going to cost alot to fix...

[@robinholland1136]

I've got two sons in law. One's a joiner, the other's an electrician. Both of them do excellent work, have a great reputation and are always booked up well in advance. The one thing neither of them will touch is . . . new build. I've asked them why and it boils down to not wanting to be associated with the sort of shoddy/dangerous work that you highlight. We know where most developers' interest lies - the biggest profit, for the cheapest job they can do, so they really don't give a monkey's, provided they can sell the property. And, once the property's been sold, it's an almost unwinnable fight for the homeowner to get things sorted satisfactorily. Your videos are eye opening and massively depressing at the same time!

[@Joe-lb8qn]

I have an electrician i use for jobs he's said the same thing wont touch new builds because they get insufficient time to do a good job. And this isnt a new problem my dad was a carpenter he wouldnt work on newbuilds more than 50 years ago. Job he enjoyed most was Yacht fitout because they cared about quality on them (and i guess the clients demanded quality).

[@onthetrowel1895]

I know about 2 sparkys, they both make over 1200 pound a week, and are booked up all year, both work on new builds both really good

[@angr3819]

Also there might be an attempt to blame them for the previous shoddy workmanship of the new builders. Isn't that why so many builders and decoraters won't take over jobs that haven't been completed?

[@cdub5033]

My Dad was an Electrician & he was well known & in big demand for Commercial & Industrial stuff like Factory Shut Down’s, Foundries etc. Never needed to advertise. Wouldn’t ever even consider new builds for their low pay & exacting job demands. No wonder these jobs had crap quality he refused to be associated with. He ditched doing Domestic work too, he was sick of the filth & squalor in peoples homes. I’ve seen the eye-popping state of Homes myself when on jobs with him. It’s unbelievable how a surprising number of folk live.

[@kathleensmith644]

Wel put.

[@Tiscando]

3:50 If your mitres don't fit, fill them with glue and $#!+

[@angr3819]

Lol. Like the Egyptian pyramids.

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

I remember the beginning of all this. When I started plastering in the mid 1970's sites had a foreman or clerk of works, usually an older guy who had done his time on the tools. There was no pulling the wool with them, they knew every trick and walked around with a mirror on a stick, a level and a tape. They'd run their hands along the architrave and woe betide the painter who didn't remove the dust before painting. If we worked on a single project for a builder, then the builder or his top man would appear regularly and check the work over; screed floor for level, finish behind the pipes, under the stairs. The sites would be tidy and as clean as possible. Then in the 80's we started to see younger and younger guys rock up in a company Sierra, wearing a sharp suit with clipboards full of projections and work schedules. They'd have four or five sites on the go at any one time and spend more time looking good than looking at the job. We'd arrive and the first job was to shovel all the other trades crap out of the window, something we never had to do before. These guys didn't want to do dirty work so they'd do year long college course to learn the theory and that would be good enough for developers. This looks like the logical conclusion to those years of falling standards on finish. I see it on my place, that I rent from a large charity. They get a builder in and no-one checks round after, they just take the builders word for it. They put a new exterior door into what was the outside loo back in the Winter. It's made by laying five bits of timber down as ledge and brace and screwing planks to them, butted tight, not T&G. Six months and the door has a series of vertical cracks down it, so I call the landlord and point out that they need to get the builder back, his door isn't fit for purpose. The builder came back, made a new door and gave me £500 compensati.....Oh no, I nodded off, he never came back and the landlord never chased it so in 5 years when they do their maintenance they'll have to pay again.

[@dismalfist]

Yes! From the top to the bottom you'd have something in a self-regulating quality control. As a starting brickie you'd probably be with guild workers somewhere in the team and if you made something sub-par they'd take ABSOLUTELY pass comment on it and steer you right (likely sternly) until you learned. Lord help you if the gaffer came by and didn't like your wall! You'd get "Take that down and build it again. And you'll keep taking it down and building it again until I'm happy with it." You're getting teams made of apprentices now with schedules thrown at them by managers NOT builders! Let alone EXPERIENCED builders! All about turning that maximum profit for the large building firms, quality work in a new house is now a rare rare thing.

[@TalesOfWar]

It isn't just younger less experienced people causing this. It's deregulation. One of the many things Maggie did to break this country for the long term was to relax a number of the standards. Gutting the budgets of local councils over the decades since (far, far more under Tory governments like we have now) has also meant local authorities simply lack the resources to check up on this crap and ensure they follow the standards we still have in place. So much stuff just gets ignored these days even though its very much against the regulations.

[@hdetail]

and for £1200 a month I can own half the property

[@Kishgofu]

if you're lucky

[@paulhargreaves1680]

My lad and his girlfriend owned a quarter of 'their' house. What a rip off 🙄

[@nickcoppard5335]

You get the crap half

[@kasroa]

"Own"

[@jefftomlinson9192]

you have carved out a character without even a thought❤

[@philiphowell1505]

The Victorians tried substandard housing, cheap and plentiful, same standards will have same results.

[@mercoid]

When I watch your videos I’m always reminded of the scene in Idiocracy when Joe looks out the hospital window realizing he’s in the future, as he sees a car drive off an unfinished overpass down into a pile of cars. 😂

[@stunimbus1543]

1:25 Galaxy digestives! I'm going to have to look out for these.

[@oldnelson4298]

Great for filling poorly cut skirting board joints

[@mattmorton5641]

Apocalypse finish. Absolutely crying. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ianfreeman2328]

Great to watch your videos, I see these cock ups on a daily basis - the quality seen these days goes from bad to worse with some of the bigger builders thinking that "Crap" is truly acceptable! My latest site visit included a hob in back to front and a bathroom door missing completely!

[@localvetUK]

😂😂😂😂🎉😅😅😅😅

[@FuknNoName]

A back to front hob!! WTAF. RIGHT TURN ON THE GAS WHOAAAAAA

[@Kanesgarage]

I thought our contractors for new construction were bad in the US, this is just unreal! I can’t believe just how bad the workmanship is. Makes you wonder just how bad things are under all the sheet rock! Can you even imagine?!

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

I’m honestly surprised these new homes haven’t fallen down yet.

[@alanwallis2467]

What worries me is the things you can't see or have been hidden.

[@localvetUK]

These problems have arisen since the government abandoned apprenticeships. Some trades had to attend 4 - or 5-year apprenticeships before you were allowed out on the tools.

[@angr3819]

@@localvetUK They were proper apprenticeships, too and at the end of it the lad would have a well paid trade for life. Many builders earned much more than office waller accountants, who often used to look down their noses at the builders and mechanics, engineers etc. Mind, they worked hard for it while the office men would sit and push pens. No hundred weight bags of sand or cement on their backs as they climbed scaffolding. Tradesmen definitely earned their money and were more likely to be be injured - or worse. Also often self employed so not much work between Christmas and Easter each year.

[@curtisducati]

Scottish work force ! That would be a fail in England but up north it is a great job lol

[@davidmoss8301]

Should be a tv documentary on the shambles of house building in the county

[@charlesrodriguez7984]

New home quality at its finest.

[@hovishill2779]

Its literally criminal whats going on in the building trade, people are paying ridiculous house prices for houses that are not fit for purpose. 😡

[@brento4148]

I mean.. people can live in them. So not fit for purpose is a bit over the top.

[@davidgreen424]

​@@brento4148 I hope that's sarcasm

[@brento4148]

@@davidgreen424 define "fit for purpose"

[@davidgreen424]

@@brento4148 A home is a building that protects the owner from external elements so that at the minimum it without excess energy use, is warm in winter , cool in summer , dry when raining and complying to building standards .

[@brento4148]

@@davidgreen424 You're reaching

[@the.just.able.biker67]

Is this just unskilled or lazy workers, or are the building companies threatening to sack them for not meeting targets on time, even though these targets would be unachievable if the work was done properly?

[@ThePhil543]

You are correct.I was a carpenter for 40 years and never if I could avoid it would I touch new build .It's not possible to do good work in the time and price range.

[@Smartacus420]

The second one. Fat cat CEOs chasing Christmas bonuses.

[@M3hr4n.V92]

who is in charge to report ? (department) UK now is full of crap new build flat with terrible finish

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

The homeowner hires us to inspect the property, we provide a report with photos and descriptions which they pass on to the devs to rectify for free

[@M3hr4n.V92]

@@newhomequalitycontrol i am a tenant of terrible flat. I already report all the issues to agency and landlord but no one doing proper action and looking forward to find the right organisation to somehow help me to get things right. How much do you charge for studio flat inspection

[@nvelsen1975]

@@M3hr4n.V92 Check via Citizen's Advice if you're in the right position to reduce your rent to force repairs.

[@munchinbiscuits]

Loving this content mate, keep it up!

[@xanadudawn]

I'm a retired plumber. I'm busier now than I have ever been. Due to nobody available. Old customers only. I got out of site building 30 years ago. Tosspots walking around with clipboards. Unskilled foreigners who fill in the right forms; and agree to work for less. Endless courses required. Building standards appauling. Point a mistake out; but to be told that is not your area of expertise; even if you know there will be a problem later; damp subsidence etc!. I wouldn't have a new build as a gift, and I could repair most problems. What is a newly married couple with no experience, supposed to do

[@gazs7237]

My boss called me a winkle spanner today... I told him to come up with an original insult

[@pvfckev8348]

Lived in a new build n I've seen some of these bodge jobs

[@pacadet]

Glad to see hackjob contractors aren't a uniquely US problem. Here we had a lot of absolute tuna melts flipping houses especially in 2021-2022. Same grade of shoddy, garbage work.

[@jimrichards3916]

That really sad fact of this is, it's not the same workmen ( notice I didn't say tradesmen ) Someone somewhere is breeding Cowboys!!!

[@user-te1le7ck6b]

Honestly this will continue until folks draw up contracts saying any major issues will ensure fines

[@Dougmcjock]

Ive commented before on your TikTok that you should be naming and shaming these builders so the public can stay well clear of them!

[@michaelkimber6203]

Time to expose the "developers". How any bank could lend money on a 25 yr mortgage beats me. Keep up the great work 👌

[@kermito3659]

most of them are beyond rubbish

[@michaelkimber6203]

​@@kermito3659you nailed it. I have worked in a number of newly built 'homes' around here. One family had to move out within 3 months of purchase as the screed was literally crumbling. There was no adequate wall, loft or roof insulation, no storage and an almost permanent queue of the builder's tradesmen putting things right. Shocking to think these substandard buildings are growing like mushrooms all over the country 😡

[@SimplySketchyGT]

@@michaelkimber6203it’s a multitude of factors. The lack of building inspectors / project management on site. The hiring of people who claim to be a tradie but clearly aren’t. The fact that the country is desperate for housing so they can get away with throwing it together. The government don’t seem to control the quality or even punish those that don’t meet the regulations. My dad told me that when he bought our house the bank wouldn’t hand over the money to the developer because of the snagging list. This was in the 90s.

[@ivermektin6874]

@@michaelkimber6203 all made by developers that have expanded during zero interest rates and got greedy during the covid property inflation to pump out as many as possible whilst their window of opportunity is there. In a couple years they'll stop building again and cry for handouts.

[@jablot5054]

When I do work at home building control are all over it down to fine details. How are these getting signed off??

[@kevingreen3781]

Could you let us know what happens to these properties after you give your professional advice,,can we see one before and after just to see all the corrections done

[@AllenTaylor-lu9bu]

This started when the Government stopped proper apprenticeships with qualifications and introduced youth training schemes, within a few years training colleges across the Country closed down. This allowed the replacement of trades people with an influx of 'builders' from across the EU and youths with little knowledge to be a common fixture on building sites. The final nail in the coffin was the the abolition of the Clerk of Works position, the overseer of quality across the building trade. The lack of quality in new builds plus the toothless 10 year guarantee has led to housing estates plagued with on going quality issues. One housing estate in Coventry was so appallingly built that it was in danger of collapse and residents had to live with scaffolded buildings for years whilst the arguments between developers and the NHBC persisted. Whilst the legal arguments were being fought, the developers somehow were given permission to build another housing estate!!

[@DanielHoustonUK]

Any advice on catching these ridiculous bodge jobs before completion?

[@tehsimo]

there's a video full of things to look for about 6 inches up

[@kermito3659]

snag it before buying, and ask to see any QA documentation prior to purchase

[@RillUK]

So glad Blair imported millions into our country and replaced most of the English on the building sites. Saw it happen with my own eyes, until eventually I was replaced with a cheap worker too, right before Christmas, which was nice...

[@danieljones7039]

Love the channel

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

Thank you 😊

[@barryrayner]

Who built these houses? Should be taken off any lists and banned from site! Sue 'em!

[@PHDarren]

It's been going on for years, I bought my first house in 2000 ( a new build) and none of the window seals had been put in, there was a gap around the floor to the skirting, skirting was about 5mm above the floor. Damaged door on a kitchen cupboard, wrong end panel on kitchen cupboard. Kitchen boiler flue was too close to the gutter downpipe. Of the things I remember.

[@NeilLindsaySutherland]

‘Winkle tuna spanner melt.’ Get me everytime 😂

[@paulgumbley4868]

Council houses are built better than private, inspectors/ clerk of the works (or clerk of the Jerks as we bricklayers call em 😄) ensure that a Good standard is maintained throughout the build. Great vids, keep em coming , you'll never be stuck for material 😆 👍

[@andyr4735]

What happens after a snag? Do you ask for money back or do they get rectified. I guess weap vents can't be retrospectively fitted so what happens in that case

[@NUTTER8291]

I think you should come have a look at my kitchen that I've just had fitted The work tops a 4 cm higher than my cooker and a gap of 3 cm ether side of my cooker !! And all because they were short of time so did not cut down the kick board under the units !!

[@billienomates1606]

If planning depts did their regular site visits this would not get to the stage of knocking down entire buildings, but we all know about planning depts don't we.

[@SimplySketchyGT]

Why is the tolerance 5mm on an opening over 1.5m? That’s a huge amount to be out. It should be 1mm because a square and a level is basic construction, and your doors come square!

[@13ampsengineeringltd]

Cheap is cheap. That is standard on new build now. Developers love saving on labour and products.

[@jonatanzed5218]

I like UK quality of craft. It says everything.

[@youknownada2326]

No way they covered a manhole with some turf. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jimbo48able]

They should have stuck it on with no more nails and glued a garden gnome on top so you could lift the turf and manhole cover off all in one to rod the drains out.😂

[@markhorton8578]

They often use Tarmac, grass allows easy access.

[@rtg0616]

Can you do a follow up to give us an idea of what happens with the people who have been stitched up with these "houses". Do these faults actually get rectified?

[@shallowfakes593]

"7 digestives...that takes the biscuit!" pure clssic!

[@dannyleeracing]

Galaxy Orange Chocolate Digestives?! Someone's doing well for themselves...

[@DonnyRP]

Galaxy digestives????? How have I never seen these

[@m101ist]

You have shooked me again. I'm shookalocked

[@carlbarlow8654]

Winkle spanner 😂 love it

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

Absolute tuna melt!

[@bluevanmani]

Best one so far you crack me up keepem coming

[@M_Bamboozled]

I'm technically an 'amateur', but since moving into our house I've had to correct so much shite work by 'professionals'. Not a new build ours, but it's seen some shocking work. I guess anyone can just claim to have these skills and set up. Shocking. And no pride in their work and all about maximising profit. Whomever signs this stuff off needs striking off too.

[@stephenbranley91]

I am definitely going to be using digestives as a measure of level in future.

[@Kleiner_Lutz]

So, i'm in different country and it's generally always interesting to see the work others do and what an inspector looks for. But I gotta say I can't believe what mess some workers leave behind. I know times always an Issue, but i'd be so damn ashamed to present that as my work. Fix it, admit you f***ed up, find a solution. Trying to hide it and hope you get away with it will only make things worse. If it's not your fault you can't do it properly cause others didn't work within parameters: awesome! Tell them to fix it before everything is finished, if that's not possible alert the owner. Don't try to patch it over yourself and make it work somehow. The guy who trained me always told me to build it as if it were my own house i'm working on. "Would you want THAT for yourself? No? Fix it then, go on, git!"

[@djburland]

The winkle spanners 😂

[@robertleem5643]

Yet people pay so much for houses and they are delivered in this state, absolutely shocking. Other issue is that money is exchanged even though you are not happy

[@kevocos]

It's difficult to get as far as saying that these issues are due to a lack of skills. There is a lack of skills but those can be taught, the real problem is a complete lack of pride, ownership and self responsibility. In short, far too many workers in the UK construction industry couldn't give a f@ck about the work they produce.

[@3rodox]

I don't think the blame should just be put on the workers; the higher ups set the targets and timeframes for work to be completed, as well as picking the cheapest possible materials to ensure they can extract maximum profit from each house. Its mainly a greed problem.

[@First_Principals]

Conscientiousness or total lack of.

[@angr3819]

@@First_Principals Because of not paid properly they won't bother to do the job properly. A dangerous job now often at or near minimum wage?

[@alexofarrell3182]

This is the funniest bloke on the internet. Winkle spanner 😂I hope he trademarks some of his quotes

[@muppit666]

There’s an old saying that “Those who can do, and those who can’t teach”. They missed out the bit that those who can’t but want to can, by working on new builds. Its not just the low end housing either. The high end estates are just as bad.

[@rabbitraisin]

And I was worried about my own amateur DIY. Even my jobs come out better than this. They should be held criminally liable to sell properties in this condition

[@KevinMarshallsay]

so if the walls are well out of plumb, how do you rectify as I'm guessing you can't exactly knock it down and start again, especially if its an external wall?

[@TheVicar]

Add plenty of plaster on the inside and some clever stone rendering on the outside

[@Purple431]

"That's shockalockalocking!"

[@mattwest1277]

"if your mitres dont fit, fill it with glue and shit" 🤣🤣🤣

[@scott4418]

the ultimate shocker from this vid is that I didn't know galaxy do digestive biscuits!

[@seagrey75]

Hahaha your videos are gold. That’s what you get when having dodgy contractors without experience and/or qualifications

[@andyhughes5885]

20 years ago, Renfrewshire Council installed new windows in all the Council houses in Renfrew and gave each tenant keys for every window - they would have been great except for the fact that each key fitted every other house in the scheme that got the same windows.

[@jasonlawlor9599]

We once left our front door key with an electrician but he forgot what house we lived at and let himself into next door with our key! Only found out because he rang up to say there was a big dog watching TV in the front room... we don't have a dog. Needless to say we got new windows and doors fitted sharpish.

[@PersonGamma]

@@jasonlawlor9599 well you could’ve just replaced the locks…

[@tlangdon12]

Hilarious comment! I now have visions of the neighbours all breaking into each other's houses at night, just so they can open all the windows with the key that fits from their house. Of course, if the windows were patio doors and the Euro locks were all keyed-alike, that's a different matter.

[@andyhughes5885]

@@PersonGamma Which would have meant replacing the entire window that they just installed.

[@majorlaff8682]

@@jasonlawlor9599 Time to change your electrician.

[@Mrdogedog]

I could understand if these houses were between 10 and 100 years old but most of them are new and only days to weeks old. People need to get their shit together and take some pride in their work.

[@Rupis94]

This is why I rather DIY know I can do better for a lot of theese things. There is 0 pride given in peoples work... It doesn't take much ti do thing's properly just a bit of extra time and planning...😢

[@lordtobe2774]

In my experience its down to the developer.,...some ive worked for have snagged the most ridiculous things.....when others just want it done as quick as possible....one i worked for their favourite saying was "nevermind the finish the painters will hide that"

[@philcliffe6909]

That toilet is the combined 'Toilet/Bidet' model.

[@epictetus8028]

I moved from the UK to NZ 3.5 years ago. Really miss central heating with radiators. Was curious to see the air-source heat pump there - is this installed as a ducted system so the heat gets everywhere?

[@neill392]

They are, most often, attached to underfloor heating.

[@stuartwalters96]

That garden gate braces are the wrong way, should be from hinge side up to lock side. That gate will drop and catch on the post

[@DaBarBe]

Hey @newhomequalitycontrol love the content. Educational and entertaining at the same time. I was wondering what might be the rate of such bad jobs vs. good ones. I guess you are like a car mechanic: due to the nature of your work you are called to the worst, but you may have a good hunch about the market.

[@archangel6415]

I have just retired from owning a joinery business. I’ve stretched my skills to do all and more than the work being shown here. I am so disgusted and massively discouraged to see ‘work’ being carried out so utterly poorly. I simply could not leave a job in such a state-utterly unconscionable. And I left this industry almost penniless. Never really made a profit. Is that because my clients were entirely Scottish or because I spent the time to do the job well? I genuinely don’t know. But this is such a bad omen for housebuilding in the future.

[@hydorah]

Ridickerlusss. Love it. Especially the use of Digestives as a unit of measurement. You'd think all the scandal around new builds would cause improvement

[@astonman4]

Just sit back and enjoy the narration of all the observations this gentleman makes. He's simply brilliant. ...shame about all the shoddy workmanship he has to point out, tho'!!

[@natk8673]

how is it legal for this to happen?

[@chelley1582]

Winkle spanner I'm gunna use that on lol 😂😂😂

[@lukus9419]

Top content, keep it up

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

Thanks, will do!

[@privatefeaces]

I always agree with his snags, but the decking being out of level is probably deliberate, it's to channel the rain water away. A bit excessive on the fall though

[@billwellington4339]

Most of this is because Site Managers aren't build trained and have unrealistic targets to meet due to commissioned sales teams giving unrealistic move in dates. I got out of the House Bashing game in the 90s and it was bad then so today it must be a ""Every man for himself environment""... Bring back build controllers and Clerk of Works Officer who can be held to account and the standard SHOULD rise.

[@markhorton8578]

Throw it up quick and get away before it falls apart, is a common motto.

[@paul8161]

I count my lucky stars I could never afford a new build..oh the irony of people saving all there life for a shiney new home and this is what they get.🙄🙄🙄😏🤣

[@kennethausten]

This is the standard in China as seen recently , worse still , blocks of flats are sinking. Don't expect that in uk. So question is , who were the builders. We all need to know. I am retired electrician and seen some terrible workmanship on new housing over the years. But not anything as bad as this. It's sad i feel. A surveyor would certainly condem.

[@catdurrant5694]

'Absolute wincklespanner' is now my new favourite non-swear.

[@nearlythere9443]

What will these houses be like in 50 years time? Oh, thats a point, will they make 50 years.

[@bluecardholder]

The trouble is that the developers go for the sub contractors who quote the lest and the videos show the result of that.

[@markscarborough1018]

Looks like these builders would be perfect to re-build the wonky pub.... just ask them to build it straight, because if you ask them to build it wonky, they'd build it straight!

[@charlessmyth]

It's all down to the client to be well informed. Norman Foster had to quit trade-build and go over to factory pre-fab because he had instances of builders building walls on top of newspaper painted black, to look like mortar :-)

[@Andrew-tr5zg]

What are these houses going to be like in 20 / 30 years time, they'll all need demolished. I was in the motor trade for Years and I've also some experience working on building sites helping out general labour when I wasn't working. Even being non-skilled in building work I could see the mess some of those houses were in from a mile off, reckon I could've done a better job lol!

[@johnmartinez7440]

Manhole cover under the turf, I'm already done 😂

[@First_Principals]

There's nothing wrong with that, it's called the camouflage finnish 😂😂😂😂

[@F_C...]

Lookithaht... Shohkin! Absolute winklespanners

[@StephenBrown85]

What actually happens with these snags though? I can understand how some of them can be fixed like missing fixings, damaged woodwork, tiles etc. but what do they do about more serious issues with the brickwork and when whole walls are not square?

[@kermito3659]

if it was a client-main contractor situation, the client would knock the main contractor for not building to tolerance/specification. If its a developer, they will just charge the same regardless.

[@ehsnils]

If the worst thing was gold screws holding a chrome hinge I wouldn't have worried about it. I'd worry more about insulation being done right. Sometimes there are supply issues.

[@stevendeeley3050]

Just like my Persimmon house - 5 years here and still not rectified

[@bryanquinn1122]

😂we bought a CG Fry new Home on Dartmoor absolutely brilliant. Thank goodness..

[@user-gv8ov6pe1y]

I dont care how many mil its out of plumb i need to know how many digestive biscuits it is ! 😂 awesome as allways mate !

[@ImHowardMoonsir1]

Shock a loc a lockin'

[@mrright8794]

When I was a site contract manager for kitchen installations and checking on new plot readiness, if I found fault with room dimensions, plastering, electrics or plumbing my job was to report to the site manager. So in effect I was doing what the site manager should have already done by checking each trades work to layout and required standards rather than sitting on his arse in the site office. Don't get me 6:50 started about trades understanding of "as drawing or opposite to drawing. Why is that the building of new houses still seem to be operated from instructions on the back of a fag packet.

[@peterallam6494]

05/5 23, Micheal Gove has just intervened & halted a New Build scheme in Kent citing unsuitable appearance standards as inappropriate. It's time that he got involved with Finishing Standards of New Builds too. This issue is unimportant to the Company Directors - they have the Financial Completion monies & are only concerned for further cash. How many Directors turn up on Completion Day to ensure Customer's Hand-Overs occur smoothly ? Replies here please.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Proper workmanship.

[@offender0]

Once you submit your report to the homeowner, what happens next? Does the developer have to get in a reputable/trusted tradesman to fix the issues free of charge or does the home owners have to take the developer to court?

[@jgdooley2003]

Look to what is happening in Ireland regarding the poor standard of house building. Several events come to mind. Look up Priory Hall and the Pyrite blocks scandal and also the substandard construction of school buildings. Now the irish taxpayers are being hit with huge bills to remedy and fix these buildings and make good on the substandard work of the originals. Decades of neglect in the training and encouraging of people to enter the building trades and careers has led to a legacy of shoddy workmanship, rushed workrates, low wages and poor leadership and training in the building sector. This is now having dire consequences not only in Ireland but across most of the English speaking world with regards to high rents, shoddy and often non-existent housing supply and a mass exodus of small scale landlords and property developers which once formed the backbone of the housing and building sector. It will probably take decades to revitalise and restore the building and housing sector to any form of sanity and consistent quality. What is neede first is to educate the public as to what constitutes good quality building and to look beyond the superficial finishes and surface details and know what horrors can lie beneath a fresh coat of paint.......

[@neilduran3586]

I've seen jobs on indeed advertising for workmen to go around to new build houses to repair the snagg list the developers have been handed.

[@smugbear9558]

That’s nuts for the kitchen unit and counter that’s actually filthy woah