Shocking New Build Snagging Inspection

Here’s a compilation of new build snagging inspections from across the uk
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[@taffman1]

A colleague of mine purchased a new house, they were careful with him has they found out he used to a QS for a large building company. However, his neighbour had issues, she took photo's of all the snags and place them on the inside of her car windows, and parked the vehicle outside the showhouse, there were over 100 faults, and the car remained there till the developers sorted all the faults and paid for the independent survey, took them around 7 months.

[@thewaywardgrape3838]

Mate of mine had to wait almost 2 years before he had a internet line put in and 8 months before they made his drive way. Now it got to the point where he was living in a Travelodge so as he could actually do his job - he was in freelance cyber security. Ended up getting a solicitor involved, lots of money later, he was still unable to back out of taking ownership of the house. To this day, the driveway still needs replacing as the bricks had sunk and flooded. The house cost £320k+thousands more in solicitor fees and hotel expenses.

[@OdinzEinherjar]

The car is a brilliant idea

[@FuknNoName]

That’s a great idea. The new build flat I bought in Crawley many moons ago (have since sold) was built by Fairview and they employed a nasty clamping company on day one. Those thugs would have clamped that car instantly. Poor first time buyers were being clamped while moving in ffs but there were no spaces as the road wasn’t even built. Fcuking scandalous.

[@taffman1]

Couldn't clamp her car, as she parked it on a adopted highway.@@FuknNoName

[@FuknNoName]

@@taffman1 yeah the new build estate road was private I guess for a long time and way before the clamping rules were changed. Often the police would be called but had no powers whatsoever. Nasty nasty people those clampers.

[@leecromer3289]

I was a joiner, city and guilds advanced certificate, 5 year apprenticeship, always took pride in my work. Strangely enough, back in the day, the old sweats always wore a shirt and tie, overalls, pencil behind the ear. Most of the so called tradesmen you see now look as though they’re on day release from prison..

[@stormbringerseven8288]

They probably are.

[@Nickster_P]

Bang on about the old boys. I started my apprenticeship in '84, working in a factory and I still work in one now. Many of the old school shift men came to work wearing a shirt n tie. Professional pride in what they were was reflected in everything they did.

[@johnmartinez7440]

I couldn't give a shit what they wear as long as they do the job properly.

[@mojorisin8368]

​@John Martinez Unfortunately you won't find that out until its too late. That's why first impressions matter. It's not rocket science.

[@Nickster_P]

@@mojorisin8368 NVQ. Brought in as an attempt by commerce and the Govt to provide a quick fix to the systemic lack of investment in all trades over the previous 20 years. An indentured tradesman or an NVQer to work on anything in my house? I know what I'll pick, every time.

[@leecromer3289]

I just remembered, many years ago, early eighties, looking around a show house, Barrett’s, the first thing I noticed while in the living room was daylight coming through under the front bay window!!!

[@paulhallam2917]

Will you be posting responses or updated repairs! Be good to see how these girls respond to these inspections

[@coreyjames5454]

Prices go up, quality goes down 😢

[@JD-env1]

How do the developers actually fix the big structural issues? Are the homeowners provided with any compensation.....or a new house?

[@Swwils]

Haha

[@Moe_DeGrasse]

Lol good one 😂

[@jpowguitar3077]

Loool

[@Sikhipacksweekly]

My friend bought a new build. Think for the first two years all issues are paid for by the developer. Best to always read the paperwork before purchasing to see what you're covered with.

[@JD-env1]

@@Sikhipacksweekly but what if it's a fundamental structural issue? That's sometimes impossible to fix.

[@petercopley1242]

Who is the building inspector 😲

[@twistsouth514]

My friend worked on a site for a while after he was made redundant and had to get money in quick. He witnessed what happened after Brexit with all the Romanians and Polish being sent home. He said the quality of workmanship dropped like crazy when it was just the Brits doing the work. He said the Brits on the site were incredibly lazy and didn’t care about doing things properly. Doesn’t surprise me really.

[@Brut-c5b]

Brits cant even make a burger at McDonald's

[@lewishunter9411]

Rubbish

[@k.sjones9139]

I worked on new build houses for over 20 years and met some right yee-ha's. I wouldn't buy new build and I felt bad for the customers. All builders were equally as bad, same shite different site.

[@d_inkz]

I'm a domestic cleaner and fixtures and fittings in every new build house I work in are appalling. Bathrooms in particular seem to be very low quality, and most of the internal doors are little better than sheets of cardboard. I love working in old victorian/20's/50's homes, the new builds are just a depressing task.

[@pauliepaul3697]

Thanks for your hard work, domestic cleaning is hard work

[@fnuppyfnup]

So true..

[@robovac3557]

@@pauliepaul3697 Why, is she cleaning your house?

[@saturn1returns]

@@robovac3557 he's shagging her

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@robovac3557 Your life got any better since posting this?

[@andygray4418]

Just think, this is the now normal standard for houses being built...and people wonder why I don't want to spend £300,000 on a house that isn't even level. Quite literally the houses that Jack built. Get them up, sell them, profit profit profit.

[@Dan-wo4bx]

When i started off in the building trade as a lad i was lucky to work with some top craftsmen . If i built something wrong i’d get a boot in the ass a whack round the back of the head and i’d be ripping it down and rebuilding it. If the trades are getting away with ‘close enough is good enough’ blame the higher ranks for letting it slide.

[@sixstringedthing]

I learned my business on worksites a bit later than you mate, never got a clip over the ear but was definitely made to feel like a complete fuckwit for doing something stupid on a few occasions. It definitely made me better at my job (not doing that again ffs!) and probably also made me a bit stronger as a person, better able to take a bit of criticism and improve. Pretty sure all that kind of thing is illegal due to "potential emotional distress" and whatnot these days. Cheers ;)

[@MonstaTrapz]

Yep I was lucky enough to work with some really good tradesmen back in the 90's, my dad being one of them. From what I've seen, there aren't many old boys on site nowadays, all young 'uns.

[@weswalker7509]

Don't think you know what your talking about. The standerds in the 80s and 90s was horrific. You cant even compare them with the standerds expected off nhbc now. I know ive worked in each decade!! The differnce is there was no internet in those days. If you sent a 'snagger' round the 'good old houses' they would be alot worse than today's modern houses. ​@MonstaTrapz

[@marcusmaximus451]

I’ve said it before and I will say it again, you Sir are an absolute legend, I’m sometimes embarrassed to be a human being with shoddy and dodgy work like that, kind regards to you Mark from Billericay 👍☀️☀️😀🇬🇧🏡

[@SMGJohn]

its just market, it just works mate, pay the price for privatising the building industry! Thanks Thatcher!

[@stephenc1795]

@@SMGJohn How can you blame Thatcher for disgraceful standards and absolutely no concern as to how these houses were left.

[@SMGJohn]

@@stephenc1795 Because they made it so private builders have to get building inspections approved, but Thatcher made it so private inspectors are a thing and no longer require council or local gov to do it. So here you have classic example of corruption being very easy to accomplish.

[@blackirontarkus3997]

@@SMGJohn Wow I didn't know that, thanks for the info

[@stuartscott1679]

The standard is only going to get worse no proper training for trades anymore. Any one can pick up aload of tools a claim to be a tradesmen.

[@theghostofsabertache9049]

As someone who owns a flat and will soon be selling it to buy a house this channel is an one of the most important ones I’ve ever subscribed to.

[@edwards5013]

I’ll be honest I bought a Bellway homes for six years ago and there was so many snagging problems half of them Bellway refused to resolve Some of them they even didn’t acknowledge or even a problem

[@DM-ju7cs]

Don't buy new!!!

[@stewartstevenson4740]

When I was a bricklayer in the late 90s if the brick was out you had to replace it so you would make triple sure everything was spot on build as if your building your own house and take pride in your work, are teachers at college if it was out of plumb for level by 5ml you couldn't fix it the teacher would kick it down so you would learn, it laziness on terrible workmanship. They need to learn how its done right. Keep up the good work

[@Nicka2003]

That’s a palace compared to the Bellway home I purchased. Their attempts to resolve issues generally made them worse and they tended to break something else while they were in. I estimated they did around £35k in remedial works and most of the time we ended up paying professionals to come in afterwards. They refused any compensation for our out of pocket and their regional director just told us to take them to court. We gave up and sold after 3 years. Never again!

[@ianhoward4246]

At least you got rid of it!!

[@christinedavis5813]

I was surprised someone bought my House it was a Bellway but I had been through a lot of snags and like you said more times than not I at to get someone to come in after and redo the work and it ruined a lot of the pleasure of buying a new House, the sales people went from being pleasant to me to making me feel I was the only one complaining on the whole Estate and were quite catty to me I just at to get out the NSBC is not worth the paper it is written on

[@chrisbamborough222]

If you buy a New Built House employ a surveyor to check everything before you pay for the house and move in. You shouldn't have to but it's wise £600 or so to a Surveyor saves a lot of distress and a good builder checking as well it's cheap against the problems you will have to solve later. These videos are yes 'Absolutely shocking" well done for making them.

[@Dan-wo4bx]

My Brother purchased a bellway house in Hassocks West Sussex, i snagged it for him when he got the key. One side of a4 in 20 minutes of little bits and bobs. Ground level at front of house above dpc 🤷🏻‍♂️ . I caught one of the Bellway bods walking past to point this out and her reply was ‘ i sell the houses I don’t build them’ Absolutely ridiculous !

[@josephberrie9550]

brought ????????????????????????????????????????? bought

[@peteramberley9952]

It's very easy to criticise other peoples work ,are you that perfect in your job ?.a lotvof the time people need to manage there expectations, I bet over 50 percent of your snags fell within in the limits of nhbc guidence.

[@darrenpodger7294]

Omg , who the fk is doing this work Def not tradesman, I'm not a tradesman but looking at this horror , vents , gable ends etc etc

[@afriendlycadian9857]

​@@peteramberley9952as a carpenter it isn't that hard the company I work for do single builds there is a snagging list but it is always minor bits that get done the same week or two before the place is even handed over and finished. There isn't any excuse. Half the reason for the shit quality is they put them on price work so it literally incentivizes them to do shit quality work as its the quantity that gets them money

[@peteramberley9952]

@afriendlycadian9857 I agree in what your saying but can't compare single build too large volume house builders which now days are only interested in profit and are under pressure for deadlines and there managers / directors bonuses.but a lot of the problems as you say are subbies working on price and not giving a shit about anyone else and if they get goonered they will start again Monday for someone else

[@Frenchwine15]

I am a bricklayer of more than 46 years of trading and I don't understand why the work in the British Isles is so crap. Unfortunately the problems are down mainly to the large building companies who seem to be the only builders that are allowed to buy building land. Divide the large areas to be developed for housing amongst small and medium sized builders. Quality will increase because there will be more competition and you will also get a more eclectic mix of developments reather than the bland boring crap blighting the British landscape. In all my years of working I have never had to go back and correct anything. If I made a mistake I fixed during that working day or the next.

[@CIinbox]

I like the ''How would you like your ... sir?'' format the most 🤣

[@twistsouth514]

Taylor Wimpey being given a pat on the back here? Wow, I am shocked. You should see the state of the TW house I just bought in Glasgow. I have never seen such lazy, poor workmanship before this. And customer services are just there to provide a barrier between you and getting things fixed. I’ve actually got the guys from this channel coming out to snag it next week. Think this will change their opinion of TW…

[@victory2115]

I went into the UK building trade in 1985. I was told at college that they were making changes to the courses to improve the standard and quality of the workmanship. Well I think it ain’t working. 🤪

[@thestonedudes8538]

Dude I have been seeing this sort of thing for many years on many sites. KZbin wasn't as big as it is now when I was fitting kitchens on site or I would have done videos of what I came across. I have been unable to work for over 13 years now but more of this needs to be shown. Your doing a great job keep it up I have many stories I could tell including one where I was threatened by the area manager of one major builder to fit a kitchen or never work in the Midlands again after I refused to fit a kitchen because the plasterer had only just finished skimming. I can only imagine what problems the buyer had with that house.

[@Frenchwine15]

You should name and shame that manager. I have also come across arrogant bosses like that in my time and guess what they never get the better of me. They might think that they are at the top of the tree but guess what there is always someone higher than them. Bigger they are the harder they fall.

[@jamescpalmer]

Mate these big developers are just scumbags.

[@MrAdeyb]

Haha yeah, I worked for a wanker like that once, he thought the world had to stop turning for some shit little extension or something, he wouldn't graft though, lazy twat, pure bully, full of shit, they all are, seriously I would be embarrassed to admit I worked for them never put them on cv for a reference, laughable cowboys

[@jpowguitar3077]

Working in the finishing trades is a nightmare as you have to fix all the previous cowboy work to get your own job done. Shocking, but happy it's now in the spotlight. Great video.

[@fang_xianfu]

I think that's why the masonry snags are my favourite. You know a brickie is going to have a fantastic day coming back to fix some of the shockers in these videos.

[@dismalfist]

Thanks for the work you do. Though it must be difficult doing quality control on a complete absence of quality!

[@winniepeg2020]

it's like doing an IQ test on someone with no intelligence 🤣

[@MissyL12789]

Hard to believe these tradesman don't actually do it on purpose. Mistakes happen but lots of these almost seem intentional. Don't know how they sleep at night!

[@MrChimpeh]

It’s called not giving a flying fuck

[@FerdinandFake]

Underpaid, overworked and most likely undertrained aswell, these cookie cutter homes are built to maximize profits at any cost.

[@manxman8008]

Shocking workmanship and supervision, despite houses/land at astronomical prices. The tradies are not even up to DIY standard.

[@philiprice8439]

I can't believe the walls are so far out of plum, in my day there was no tolerance it was either plum or pulled down simple

[@sixstringedthing]

Hello mate, Aussie viewer with some experience in the local industry here (not a builder but a technician who's worked on the big stuff and the small stuff, new and rebuilds). Not a tiktoker but I've been loving your content and appreciating getting a bit of an education about the UK residential construction industry, absolutely fuckin' shocking and no mistake. As a Greatest Hits compilation this was a top effort, keep kicking arse and taking names my son. Cheers

[@pauliepaul3697]

fair dinkum love from England mate 👍🏻

[@sixstringedthing]

@@pauliepaul3697 Appreciate it Paul, have a good one matey ;)

[@dkpirie]

You do brilliant work and it's a real eye opener to see what can go wrong. Also can't believe you come up to Scotland and caught the only sunny day of the year. 🙂

[@mattybro88]

As long as these developers keep allowing all the chancers on site with no qualifications, labourers card or a blue card paid for by someone selling them on Facebook then this shoddy work will always be there. The developers do not care. The site I'm on at the moment (Taylor wimpey) is some of the worse brickwork I've ever seen, I'm a brickie. I don't understand how it's signed off. Absolutely mad

[@rich-garland]

Two words " absolutely shocking" 😂 ... No seriously you should see some new houses built by Dennis Family homes in Australia ... Just absolutely shocking!!

[@julianchamberlain5399]

Your videos are great. The only good thing about new builds 😂

[@K.Pilkington]

How do some of these snags get fixed? Like the ground level being too high and air bricks covered, do they come back and lower the ground level? Brickwork out of tolerance, how do you even begin to rectify that, apart from knocking the house down and starting again? Internal walls out of tolerance, do they knock them down and start again? Genuinely interested to know how they rectify these issues. Please go back to a property and do a follow up video to show us if the issues ever get sorted.

[@Burty117]

Well I think that's the issue isn't it, most the issues don't actually get fixed. Because you probably do have to just, level it and start again for some of these issues they probably have a cost and risk analysis that basically makes the call. It's cheaper to just sell it as is, don't tell anyone and pay a small fine if they get forced to later down the line.

[@user-di5pc6xq1e]

So what is the fine? I have a certificate from the developer saying it meets nhbc guidelines but it doesn't. Who fines them? Who rectifies the work or do the compensate you? Is the buildmark insurance null and void if you bring up the issues but it's not resolved?

[@capnskiddies]

Well you can pull out one brick and move your air brick where you want it. As for the out of plumb walls, you get to live with that.

[@nectafarious8842]

The brickwork at 10.55 is beyond words. I thought Yosser Hughes had retired? Perhaps he subbed it to Stevie Wonder...

[@pauliepaul3697]

Ironically a blind person is actually better with their hands

[@fnuppyfnup]

I was chatting with the neighbour about how our 1970s houses are not worth the money we paid for them and she said that her friend who bought a new built in Bristol area for a 400£ k mortgage cant even hang a mirroir on her wall...what are the prospects of those homes, sounds like they will fall apart in 15 years, way before the mortgage is paid off..

[@bartley7953]

Wait till the City and Guilds tradesmen hang up their tools in 10-15 years time this will be replicated on every construction site .

[@madyottoyotto3055]

Well done for giving the best firm a shout out Brilliant stuff

[@Beastlordius]

The crack in the house is heavily concerning yet common issue - newbuilds are bult in rapid speed, so foundation have no time to set in. Back in country where i come, we usually did foundation in autumn, then build rest after spring as the cold period was when most of soil sets in. First time i encountered the issue in UK was when did customer care for Barrat .... not only every single corner cracked, the whole house had crack across it in brickwork, and it was purley becasue of foundation moving .....

[@FuknNoName]

Yah, my mum moved into one and every room had “blown nails” in the plaster exposing the scrim tape and carpet was littered with plaster. “Oh it’s drying out” they’d say like it was acceptable. It was the fricken show house too. Her snagging list was shockalockalockin’

[@Beastlordius]

@@FuknNoName i have done 2 houses in UK as snagger, and boy the list of things .... i had around 50 pictures ... for house that cost them half a million ... i knew it will be bad but damn ....

[@matthewshave7491]

On 12th January 2016, 309 Tory MPs voted AGAINST compelling landlords by law to make their homes suitable for human habitation. Dictionary definition of a house: a building for human habitation.

[@iflan2000]

Looking to buy a new home, these videos are invaluable. Now I know to stay away from Bellway and ill just look at Taylor Wimpey - thanks for the inside knowledge

[@billienomates1606]

Need more like you showing up these dodgey new building estates. I live in Devon and we have massive developements going up around our little seaside town. Over two thousand homes less than a mile away have been built over the last 2 years and more to come. On walking around the new estates in different states of build you can see the absolutely atrociuos lack of skill that is used. Then they cover it in render, plaster, mastic etc. A lot of the fittings used in and outside certainly aren't in keeping with the amount of money they are asking for these bodged built domiciles. It makes me cringe when I see people moving into some of these houses they have paid hundreds of thousands of pounds for. If only they had seen what I had as their newly acquired home was being built, sad very sad.

[@MonstaTrapz]

I'm in Devon and I have my own little Roofing firm. You wouldn't believe the state of some of the roofs and how many we have repaired or had to reroof. It's honestly mind blowing, oh well, it guarantees me work for years to come, at least.

[@donaloconnell5015]

In my opinion all this carelessness came about when timber frame houses became popular. Timber is very forgiven and as a result all kinds of fillers are used to cover bad workmanship. This fine skills of using hand tools, measuring and fitting thing perfectly together are long gone. it's never been easier to build a perfect house but the skills are not being taught and the people being paid to examine the standards don't appear to know the difference between perfection and cover up.

[@rich_rich90]

Donate to corrupt local councillors, get dubious planning permission, throw them up without care on unsuitable ground, riddled with problems...Welcome to the UK new build industry.

[@mikeplant9163]

I think the development of all new homes in the uk should be left to that well known asian construction company Ho Lee Chit and so remove any surprise at buying a crap house.

[@time4change878]

I have over the years fitted several kitchens and shower rooms myself as we have moved. Having seen these cowboys I am now going to give myself a break. I would never as an amateur been happy with any of these jobs. I was a trained mechanic and I think all decent tradesmen work to a certain standard and to a 3 step method 1 Having check what needs doing complete the job to a good standard 2 Check the job is correct and complete before being satisfied with your work 3 Tidy up after yourself Basic really is it not.

[@mercoid]

If I were going to run for MP, I think I’d make the issue of shoddy home building and it’s associated corruption, part of my platform. It would be a sure point of concern and outrage that the voting public could get behind.

[@markysparky1965]

How do they continually get away with such shoddy work?

[@unknownguy4554]

My new build house as got lots wrong with it, but they won't do anything as it's me who's got to pay for it.

[@andrewbrown8903]

I am building my third orangery in facebricwork on a Redrow site just outside Newport having to follow the existing brickwork . All three are at least 25mm high to gauge between DPC and lintol height. Totally unacceptable when I worked on sites over twenty yrs ago . And believe it or not Redrow have one of the better names in my area😂

[@FarObserver]

I bet site managers shit themselves when this guy rocks up in his car 🤣🤣

[@John-ob7dh]

I bought a new property in Turkey 20 years ago .Just sold it .The work was great .No problems at all .They could show these builders how its done.

[@ryanrxb]

These videos make me furious. No responsibility and no accountability. Building inspectors and nhbc = useless. The government won’t do anything because construction booming is what lifts the economy more than anything else, so cowboys and short cuts are all welcome, keep that stamp duty coming!

[@AnonAnonAnon]

Fantastic video. Me and my boss do external work to houses (painting render, woodwork, replace uPVC frames and windows). We get called out to loads of new builds in North Manchester for various problems. Example, lady calls to say her bedroom window frame 'weeps' when it rains. Eh? Go to the house, and yes, the main bedroom window frame is leaking water, but from where? Knock out the bottom beading and there's a gush of water! Take all the rest of the beading out, take out the sealed unit and discover the window frame has been installed upside down, and the drain holes are at the top, not the bottom of the frame.... Checked the other frames, all the ones upstairs are upside down, downstairs all correct. Bizarre! Next, called to another new estate, customer complaining there are draughts in all the rooms. Outside we looked at all the window frames and found under every cill there was gaps from a few mm's to an inch, and all filled in with black foam, not expanding foam and finished with silicone, but strips of black foam. Told the customer that they should really get the developer in and sort it out as the workmanship was shocking on a £299,999 house!

[@jch2211]

I love these videos. Although I don't live in a new build I now have serious doubts about the last 5 trades I have let through my door, things I have seen and thought were normal and acceptable before am now suspecting each and everyone of them may have lifted my leg. The building trade needs to fall on its arse again! Also don't local councils inspect building inspectors to sign this shit off on the new builds. Last time I saw mine he had a nice tan from his holidays, wonder who paid for that fecker?

[@villeporttila5161]

I'm not a builder or involved in a trade in any way. Is it even possible to fix a lot of this stuff? For example, the ground level being too high to the airbricks or the walls not being plumb?

[@SanderSA-ny3lh]

You can't fix it to make it correct as such, but if the walls are garbage you can try to shore them up they're sturdy enough despite not being vertical. Also there's margins in a lot of building regulations that make sure mistakes (illegal ones) don't become dangerous.

[@ushastirrups5547]

Omg this is shocking will have to keep our eyes open. We’ve always bought a new build 4times & never had the snag list this bad. Our last move was 22 yrs ago & we did our own list & the builder then Laing homes no longer in business. We had mattresses & vanity units in the garden the grass was of poor quality & the list was 10pages long. Thought the build quality would have improved now but guess it’s just as bad. Thank you for sharing your videos

[@pamthevan7340]

And thus "winkle spanner" enters my vocabulary.

[@jamesgillett1971]

It's a common thing nowadays, and they're allowed to get away with it too. I had a similar experience with David Wilson homes. Those absolute amateurs built my house and when I moved in i found a broken window, my French doors wouldn't open fully cos the hinges would smash holes in the plaster on the walls. Massive gaps between skirting board and the wall. Dented front door etc. Plus I didn't even get any compensation and when I phoned them there was never any management available to talk to.....how convenient!! Totally incompetent cowboys.

[@user-od8ki6tt1j]

Always get a pro snagger if you are thinking of buying a newer or new house. Project Managers fu** things up so much due to so many constraints, the QC and anything resembling quality is just thrown out to save money, time and meet ridiculous deadlines.. With deadlines like that, just don't bother building cardboard toilets for people to pay for life and live in... The only way I'd eve rbuy a new build is if i bought the land and had the house built to my specs. Waiting to win the lottery first lol.

[@steveprice9737]

I did the turfing at a luxury development in Malvern back in the late 1990s Bovis had built a £500k house on the local dumping grounds for a hospital, we spent weeks getting the broken glass out of the ground before we could lay the turf. They must have known, it was on the surface from day one. Your vid shows nothing changes. Depressing, even our crappy wonky 30s property (built by apprentices by the looks of it) is better than some modern hovels.

[@NickRowsell]

I’m a stonemason/bricklayer with 35 years experience in the game … two C&G’s … please don’t buy a new house … I only work on property that’s old and solid …

[@paulperrin2152]

Who pays for the inspection? And what happens with the reports??. Well done for the help people receive from you

[@paulwarner5674]

Silly question.. What happens when you've put your report in? Are the problems corrected?

[@andrewg9236]

UK "allotment standard" at it's finest

[@1tonyboat]

I`glad my house was built in the 30`s,,solid as a rock and any work needs doing, i do it myself ...i can only blame myself if i`m not happy !....They`ve just built 60 new homes around the corner and i bet you would have a field day there .....

[@jamesking3348]

My son is a huge football fan, please take a moment to have a look 💯🙌 & as a painter I see this sorta thing all the time 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ so many shoddy workmen these days

[@grahamcole4240]

Why do people buy new build?

[@paul8161]

I think you may be my favourite new video's..so educational and funny. Well done..off you pop in your chopper to drop in on your next poor client. 😏🤣

[@kimcallaghan753]

The clerk of works people are appalling too, just approving bad workmanship and letting things go.

[@Richard-pe4cx]

after viewing i feel compelled to rush out and buy a brand new houise straight of plan with no checks and hopefully no warranty

[@davefish8107]

I use to be a electrical test engineer for new build houses, covering Essex , Kent and London I never met a builder that was working on new builds that said he would buy a new house. Most work is done by subcontractors that then passed the work on to other subcontractors which was done by a mate for a price and the only thing that mattered is getting as many done in a day

[@djjuno106]

Anyone had any experience with wain homes or bloor? We’re looking at both of those developers and there builds look pretty good compared too a lot ,but I’m not a builder and the house is going too be our retirement home so we’re looking for a home which is well built . Any advice or recommendations are welcome we’re looking in the greater Manchester area

[@paulmartin4971]

Love your videos mate and long may they continue....

[@hardcoretam]

9:28 anyone else checking messenger on their android device?

[@reccerat4446]

That's because these big house builders go for the cheapest materials and the cheapest labour!

[@daniboy0812]

These companies should be quaking in their boots that you guys are picking up so much shoddy work!

[@Kipsyz]

I don't understand how the fake vents aren't fraud, should result in massive fines.

[@emcdavee]

Why don't you say who the developers are?

[@lackof548]

You should come to Poundbury. You would have a field day.

[@penskib1975]

The laugh is them stone wall toppers (domino) is exactly how the guy lays slabs on soil in the earlier clip.

[@draingame101]

Great videos, do you underground drainage quality checks ?

[@incorrect1844]

Good enough for British standards after visiting Bradford over the weekend 😂

[@richardgiles2484]

It's really sad that this is the best that can be done in UK 🙄 I know we smile but it's really not funny as people have worked hard to buy crap like this

[@antoniohinojos3808]

SHOKIN! 😂 nice video mate

[@neilgodfrey2669]

Ridicalass should be added to the dictionary for “shoddy construction work”

[@AAW-Electrics]

It seems like these large housebuilders don't want to pay the huge costs to correct their mistakes so just cover it up. Why don't they just hire proper tradesman in the first place rather than cheap cowboys or agency workers who just blag all day but who are total F'tards!? My 70's house is ridiculous but I thought that was just down to poor standards of the day and expected new builds in the 2020s to be perfect! Shocking! Thanks to you and this channel I will be looking a lot closer at any new builds I look around in the future. Are new owners allowed to inspect their houses while they are being built!?

[@michaelmoore8372]

I was bricklayer for over 40 years, always had pride in my work, this is not snagging, its bad workmanship ,shocking, I wouldn't buy a new build.

[@robotmad]

12:09 Was that the Barratts helicopter ?

[@madcarew5168]

Sort it out?? Naaa,got to be down the pub for 12!!

[@richarddavey7884]

The question I have to ask, who is at fault....the builder or the NHBC. Their guarantee that isn't worth the paper its written on. When the body that oversees house building is funded by the builders, what do you expect. I've worked on sites all my life and its a joke. The worse time to complete your sale is December or june/July when their half year profits come out. The push to get hand overs is farcical, painters in the day after its plastered etc etc I worked on a wimpeys site in Milton Keynes 10 years ago, the cons director for wimpey complained to the nhbc regional director that they weren't getting enough awards and that if it wasn't sorted they would stop using Nhbc. You can guess what happened. The fact is that whilst the regulator is funded by the perpetrators, the quality will be shit. Best advice, buy from a small builder, might pay a bit more for the property but the product will be far superior and they don't have the power to push the nhbc around.

[@villeporttila5161]

I live in a 2016 build from a small developer and it's fantastic, the work quality is excellent and we've not had a single issue

[@richarddavey7884]

@@villeporttila5161 and if you did have an issue, I'd bet it would be dealt without without any fuss.

[@aircharter1852]

It's the tip of the ice berg. Bellway churns out lots of substandard houses

[@zzoinks]

I wonder if the guys they pay for the job don't really care about the quality since they don't have a passion for the job, combined with having to rush from management or feeling the company isn't respectful so they won't be. (Consequences ends up falling on the buyer)

[@gord220turbo]

You should do MacLeod houses in Scotland for a laugh 🤣

[@bencoppard9661]

Funny guy

[@moemiah5799]

Yes lets keep sub contracting the sub contract to the cheapest bidder who has employees comming in to work smoking dope

[@angr3819]

Thank you for making people aware of what to look for, and for shaming the builders who clearly haven't been to college nor learnt properly on the job.

[@cb01ttr]

I could genuinely do a better job myself than the utter cowboys who chuck these homes up. Responsibility lies entirely with the government. Regulations could be tightened over night, but they obviously get too much in back handers from developers to give a toss.

[@naiboz]

Loving the naming and shaming as well as the credit where it’s due. Glasgow Miller homes are indeed shit