The TRUTH about New Builds! Snag Compilation!

[@BlackMesa_UK]

Great work highlighting this. Having watched so many of your videos it feels like these issues are systemic and even deliberate. You should start calling out the names of these builders in your videos!

[@abzs5811]

Yes, they are deliberate and yes they are systemic

[@dfdrinkduff4606]

Why can’t u do this? He charges £500 for a day

[@rev.waynet.oleary7387]

These companies MUST be named and shamed...

[@lemonshire1]

Absolutely love the commentary, so funny to listen to you

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@fredfred2363]

It's what makes an otherwise boring video excellent! Keep it up.

[@BsktImp]

It's all like a physical metaphor for the state of the country. Depressing.

[@Cube_noob-cr7my]

It's so true 🥲

[@Jo-kd3pl]

Im just in the middle of a total refurb on a 100 year old terrace and the walls and floors are straighter than any of those new builds, i wouldn't want one as a gift 😅

[@bnw5435]

That door being upside down... I just about held in laughter. Then I saw the unique 'lock your child in the bathroom from the outside' mechanism and I lost it😆

[@patty109109]

It’s funny you took the feedback from your last video where people were complaining that you sounded sleepy because you were doing it live and now you’ve done voiceover and you’re back to your old self 😊

[@fredfred2363]

Yeah, the witty voiceover is what makes this channel great.

[@1959BB]

Anyone else watched that Mr Bates Vs The Post Office? In 20 years time will there be a programme of Snagging Inspector vs Every Shitty New Build, and allllllll the builders and company owners will claim total ignorance of how badly built these houses are?

[@paulwhelan7105]

I like the different measuring scales you use - custard creams a favourite :)

[@patrickswan4537]

Confirms why I live in a 400yr old house... I wouldn't have a new build if it was given to me.

[@jamieholden9825]

I'm a crane operator and see this poor craftsmanship every week! I've come across some of these "tradesmen" and their characters match their workmanship.......weak. They are exactly what these new building sites demand, get the job done as uick as you can and fuck the finish. Great work showing this circus off to the world 👏👍

[@Vassle]

My house is 140 years old and the craftsmanship is stunning when compared to new builds

[@Headcase0570]

Made back when a craftsman was judged by the quality of his work, not the quantity.

[@redsaints]

That tiny heated room is hilarious. I would love to know what the architect thought people would use that for.

[@mrsstaff7876]

It’s like a public toilet

[@addym45]

It's so it can be marketed as a 4 bedroom house obviously 😂

[@mrglide7078]

It's the study. Gotta have a study to tell your friends about

[@David_Camerwrongun]

You can literally get an NVQ for any entry level trade in under a week seen loads of foreign "assessors" hand over the cheat sheet and say just reword it. Reported it to City&Guilds and couldn't have cared less.

[@Jinn174]

I bought a new build off Persimmon and inspected the house after receiving the keys, had over 100 problems they had to come back and fix, for example, they had painted over light switches when painting the walls, sockets were not flush with the wall, rusted fasteners in the window rails, radiators were not level, one was actually drooped so much the corner of it was on the pipe running underneath. Eventually I was compensated with 3% equity of the cost of the house due to me saying I would take it to the next level before finally the ombudsman.

[@woodworm001]

I don't feel nearly as bad about some of my own dodgy DIY watching this!

[@T_Perkins]

If it's straight and you can sit on it being a 14 stone bloke, it'll survive most things...

[@theincredibleminecraftbuil9058]

Love this guy so much the way he goes and actually exposes this madness and acts like someone would want these deviations 😂 genius

[@FarObserver]

Sums up modern Britain eh

[@kate25382]

“They used beaver to cut the pipe” love it 😂

[@jjunited1]

'Team of Tuna melts' 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Adam-gq7gk]

Long time viewer here since pretty much day one. What we all want to know if you can clarify (since youre in the business) what happens after you've noticed this? Like say actionwise? Do they have to respond or fix anything? Not that i would buy one of these new builds i own a older house im just curious. Thanks

[@Krapvag]

£380k for these in my area, in a place where there is really not much work for locals but it's on a mainline to London

[@KrisRogos]

There are some things where I can see carelessness or "someone will fix it later" attitude. But then you have the things like the bathroom lock on the wrong side... like they must have put the lock in that way and not notice... how?

[@realaledrinker3733]

I bought a 133 year old house that was in far better condition than some of these! Scary how much they don't care when they hand them over will anything be said to the inspector that signed off on these?

[@stefaneriksson9258]

Landscape, please. You asked us a few days ago, and everybody wanted landscape mode.

[@dazt5831]

these videos make you wonder whether the issues are due to simple error, lack of care or complete and utter incompetence, As a diyer i can safely say that not even i settle for the apocalypse finish and i can without a doubt setup a banister nice and square, keep up the good videos 🙂

[@Worldwidegam3r]

Definitely a lack of care AND incompetence.

[@David-bi6lf]

As a diy'er you care because its your home. If you are paid rubbish, poorly treated, poor trained, have ridiculous time scales etc. and its not your home why care.

[@fredfred2363]

Yay! Back to the normal cynical critical narrative. Love it. We were getting worried. 100% amusing entertainment.

[@demoix]

I'm wondering what happens with these homes, if there are many violations in tolerance levels? Are they still being sold and nobody cares? Is this even legal so sign off such houses for market sale?

[@David-bi6lf]

They are already sold. That's the problem. Most houses are already fully paid for before they are even finished. I believe some countries have schemes where by some of the money is withheld from the builder until it is satisfactory, maybe that's an option that could be looked at.

[@sublimechalicefpv7714]

I have some good images and addresses of some horrific current new builds including solar panels facing North . Interested, or how can I report them??

[@CED99]

😢

[@nigeltollit4113]

I have worked on some of these sites( heating and plumbing engineer.)I am English and qualified to do my work. Some of the labour are just total chancers,they cant speak English some of them.The agencys they work through dont care ,just want the money they generate.Even the site supervisors are agency,so when the job goes pear shaped they just leave before the end and go elsewhere.They dont want quality work ,just get it done quick, or get sacked.Its all done on price work.How does a person pass the site induction when they cant speak English. Two "plumbers" from Brazil on one job.Total cowboys didnt have work permits hardly speak English.No qualifications. Absolute joke.

[@SteveSmith-zo4ml]

There’s a small development of six farm building conversions around the corner from me. They’ve been there six years now and are just finishing. The standard of work is incredibly high from what I’ve seen and they’re all sold. I’ve spoken on occasions to the builders who are full time employees of the developer. They have nothing but praise for him, enjoy their work and he’s made a good profit on their work. So it can be done successfully, even with a more costly conversion project.

[@ianmorgan9291]

So why, are people accepting this crap, shoddy, bodged finish. The site managers need sacking.

[@ade5691]

People accept it because housing in in a criminal state of low supply, that only gets worse as time goes on... and migration does not help... Building firms treat it too much like a business, accepting gov contracts and bidding on them at the lowest price possible, then willing to cut the corners to maximise profit. There are a bunch of new build near me that are on the market for 240k each. Small boxes, would be surprised if they are still there in 20 years.

[@Htrac]

Massively inflated demand on housing due to immigration which means there is a severe shortage of housing. Owning a shoddy house is better than not owning a house.

[@secretsquirrel6124]

My first house was a new build total pile of poo took years to sort second house was a 1930s well build warm home never moving now

[@TheAllyMor]

Great work!

[@newhomequalitycontrol]

Thanks!

[@kiradotee]

4:56 I would be taking one of the doors out immediately. I'm not opening 2 doors to get to the bathroom wtf.

[@talonfluff]

3:32 the cigarette box explains everything.

[@ProFam311]

The fact that most of these builds were persimmon houses is just hilarious 😂

[@oliramsay]

What percentage of new builds are like this?

[@demoix]

I'm genuinely scared as I plan to buy a new house soon...

[@fredfred2363]

Don't. Seriously. Look for victorian or edwardian. Best houses ever made.

[@leemccccccc999]

If you still want to buy one after watching these videos your an idiot 😂

[@dannyhogi4953]

Am a joiner and all over trade people I work with all say I wouldn't buy a new build

[@nvelsen1975]

1:09 That's the second bolt holding the ENTIRE basin up missing. BOTH missing. Those two bolts take the weight. The central column is decorative and putty/caulk isn't meant to bear weight at all.

[@YllaStar95970]

To be 3 custard creams out, is simply criminal.😂

[@-EC002-]

I take it you haven't seen the garden fence that was 2 Plums out of plumb! Reeedickalus!

[@Radvan84]

Maybe its a crap house but at least its expensive

[@the_9ent]

Are the builders obliged to correct these within say a 12 month period after it was signed off?

[@ells5656]

it's actually 24 months you have, to report any snags to the builder and they have to fix them. I believe it is from the purchase date, of the new build.

[@BFKILLER]

I just love ur video. Makes my day.

[@slashingbison2503]

Happy new home!

[@ChrisParrock]

It’s a problem with complete lack of supervision and building companies trying to pass houses off to get there money in the bank and let all these problems become snags, which takes months and months to sort out,, IF they ever get sorted out 🥶

[@tphphrp]

I can't understand why this is continuing cow boy workmanship and they are getting aware with it wholesale. My daughter bought a Taylor Wimpy new build it was shocking I talked to site manager who basically couldn't give a shit about all the issues. I left a review on trust pilot saying avoid this company like the plague. It boils me that they throw houses up but no pride in workmanship its a shame we have to accept this as what seems to be standard now.

[@Caluma122]

How am I, a totally non-DIY/Home Improvement guy, supposed to know all of the things to check, site manager sure as shit didn't walk through it with me. I noticed the back wall to my property is MASSIVELY out of tolerance and has got more of lean that the tower of Pisa.

[@Xopher222]

You're supposed to get an expert snagger like these guys mate

[@Caluma122]

@@Xopher222 Wow, is that actually a job 🤣 So instead of just making a decent product, they're relying on the uneducated to not know about such things. That's so corrupt.

[@andrewsmith9933]

@@Caluma122 Welcome to the constructioin industry, its not just houses, I've worked on commercial projects for the last 25 years upto 70 million in value and this kind of stuff is just par for the course. The contractors view is to see what they can get away with and fix only what gets picked up. All pride in their work is gone for 90+% of trades people, they just want to get in and get out, who would have thought using the cheapest contractors to do everything would lead to this.....

[@montybarko8461]

Could this all change if a sum of money from the purchase price of the house was withheld from the housebuilder on completion? It would give them more of an incentive to both complete the build to a decent standard and to encourage them to complete any snags without delays.

[@JD-wn3cc]

This would be a great idea but the major home builders have far too much sway with legislation and governance, similar to the railways. The tail wags the dog and they decide the level of quality/service to be provided and they get away with it as the demand is always there. The guy doing the videos doesn't like when I say this but whilst his snagging reports are great, when you take them to the developer, more often than not they tell you to do one and if you don't want to complete on the property then go and back out,.as they know there's loads of others lining up wanting to buy, likely with lower expectations than yours.

[@montybarko8461]

@JD-wn3cc Unfortunately, it is too true! Can only hope that one day, people power may make a change, but today's news is tomorrow's fish and chip paper.

[@reviewmaster4x467]

The loose down pipe doesn't even look like it's going into a pipe into the ground so any water will eventually effect the foundations.

[@thomasbyrne8444]

Need to start mentioning what site you are covering mate.. so the rest of who can avoid all properties in that plot

[@tomskih203]

You deserve your own Tv show or Panarama special 😂😂

[@mrpdofff]

You're absolutely right. This is disgraceful. If I didn't know, I could have mistaken this for a sketch on a comedy show, but unfortunately it's real. Unbelievable...!!!

[@lorenzotrujillo4750]

This is 90% of new builds in Colorado

[@alistermunro7090]

Isn't that, @5:00, what's know as an airlock? Not the first WC that requires one.

[@toptechtips9334]

Have you insepcted any NHBC certified buildings that are this bad?

[@WMB10]

My daughter has just bought a new build and it'll be finished in june/July time I'd love for you to visit and see if it's a good gooden or not 👍

[@cainjake7940]

It won’t be new builds are shocking

[@Jinn174]

Make sure when you receive the keys to inspect the house, if there are any problems call them to come and fix the problems, legally they have to repair any problems for 2 years after you take ownership if it is caused by them, I had the developers fix a lot of problems my first few weeks after moving into my new build

[@WMB10]

I'm in the building game - renovations... and I'm chippy by trade, I know how bad new builds are. I'd never buy one, but as you know... now days its hard to get on the property ladder! It's a £400k property her and her partner have done well saving for they first home together. I love this guys work, hence even just for the crack, I'd love for him to come and check it out.

[@Jobberoona]

@@cainjake7940they really arent. I inspect them and have worked all over europe, the USA and the UAE as a consultant and the new builds in the UK are far superior to other countries. Way more efficient and many more points of inspection than anywhere else. Dont be sucked in by social media idiots like this guy who makes his money from youtube but also sending unqualified staff under his banner to inspect these properties. Houses are 300 ton hand made objects, there is no perfect house in existence. Most of his snags are small items. Roughly 0.5-1% of new builds ha e issues in England, in most countries abroad they have zero inspections and it is sold as seen.

[@dannym670]

​​@@Jobberoonaagreed, I've worked on new builds for over 25 years, every now and then you may come across poor standards of work but on the whole in my opinion it's pretty good, on the jobs I've been on anyway. Rough trades don't last long on the sites I've been on. This guy wants houses like this as it keeps him in work, if he really cared he would name and shame them to help people rather than watch them buy them.

[@aceventura7038]

Some of these faults over the videos would cost 10s of thousands to rectify. Can you do a video if anyone has got the work corrected? Or put link if you already have

[@JP-lz3vk]

The difference between a plain wagonwheel and a jammy wagonwheel is reeeeaaaalllllyyy important.

[@jdmjesus6103]

I kinda like the idea of an airlock on the toilet, it might catch on

[@TheWebstaff]

Someone likes protein supplements?..

[@bogged9820]

Absolutely shocking!

[@brianp7022]

And... I want to pay the full asking price with no chance of any discount 😂

[@leogames4180]

How did you do that? Have you been to my house?? You almost listed to the T every issue! 😂

[@ReggieMan85]

Team of tuna melts 😂😂

[@MrGts92]

So why cant this be done before buying the house? Or is the house bought, whilst still being built?

[@tomaytotomato]

People's attitudes are "gimme gimme gimme, I want a new house.". They don't want to know how the sausage is made. I am doing a renovation and you see all the mistakes the previous people did. Sometimes I just wish I had a "new" house but when you watch videos of new build snaggings it's just the same problems.

[@klashnacovak47]

I'm not 100% but I think it is as every new build has to be signed off and I would liken it to purchasing a new car where you expect it to be perfect but you don't often know until you start driving it and faults start showing but you are probably more protected buying a car than buying an house.

[@xtremeog8421]

Apocalyptic finish hahahaha. Nice one.

[@gnomiefirst9201]

Your Massive vocabulary is brilliant!

[@NUFC2412]

"4 custard creams out of plum" 😂

[@AlteredBuzzard]

Like 90% of thisese are going to bought to rent so I really don't care. Appreciate what you do for actual home owners! But while landlords are able to buy and buy and buy, never have a chance of owning a home.

[@MegaSlacker123]

It’s because the developers give the trades no time to build it’s all push push push and they don’t give a fuck (I’m a groundworker ) it’s the same for us , no time to do things right just have to do it FAST

[@Lloyd1885]

Got to keep the local area managers targets on point 🙄

[@Winchester6161]

No Pride in their work .

[@Christoff8188]

If you don't think you have the time to do the work well, then you should refuse to do it at all. Or at least collectively work at the correct speed and screw the managers. They tighten your timelines because you keep meeting them. Classic project management trap.

[@MegaSlacker123]

@@Christoff8188 true but if we don’t you won’t get any more work from them

[@MegaSlacker123]

@@Angus_____ there is that as well yes

[@lyndon1961]

modern standard.. i was a magic man working on homes just like this, its soul destroying work.. they are built from the cheapest possible materials with easy demolition and max profit being the only consideration.. you wont be able to pass these homes down through generations of your family.. its a tragedy like everything else these days..

[@tyronenelson9124]

Well if people keep buying crap, then why not keep on selling crap??

[@BrookePage1992]

Problem is they are expected to be built so fast that majority of new builds are built this way

[@krzysztofmazurkiewicz5270]

I think the radiator is actually installed properly. They usually have a small tilt to allow removal of air when they are folled with water. Thats why they have a screw on top side on the "higher" side to allow all air to escape. But the rest scares the sht out of me ;)

[@vis1223]

Yes but if you look closely this vent screw is lower than the other side of the radiator- so it's slanted the other way :) So it's even worse :)

[@krzysztofmazurkiewicz5270]

@@vis1223 aww dang, you are correct! Its actually on the other side then the tilt xD

[@quakec4233]

4:53... it makes sense that basin and radiator have each been installed in the wrong room, the basin in a separate room for hand washing without disturbing the privacy of the toilet user.

[@ge2719]

nothing about that makes sense, that's just a house designed by someone's cousin.

[@simmer484]

That would only make sense if it was a public toilet with multiple cubicles.

[@vf1923]

This is my thinking, but it's kinda funny to see that kind of setup after the 1920s.

[@daverickards7647]

Sadly I have retired from the building company I used to work for , and it saddens me to see what's wrong with the building trade . No way would that got past me . If we had any complaints it was my cock on the Block .

[@HughzieTube]

Yours for only £220k+!

[@WreckItRolfe]

More like 400k

[@oktfg]

@@WreckItRolfe After the mortgage fixed rate ends the average first time buyer has squeezed another kid out and is moving on up the ladder to a four bedder. Industry doesn’t give a fk

[@FloatingCroc]

That was 3 custard creams outta plumb but never the less….how TAF do they get away with that BS. Is there actually a site agent there ?

[@scottdunn9448]

That garage floor looks like someone had tracked over it in a excavator 😂

[@SteveStevieboy]

My daughter bought a red row new build. The architraves were about 18 to 20 mm above the floor! The carpet fitter even said he couldn’t fit carpets because of it. When I confronted the site manager he said they are cut off site ! So I said well why would you fit them if they are too short and he just shrugged! In the end they glued in small pieces of architrave ! What a joke 😡😡

[@dfdrinkduff4606]

If that’s all u can moan about then well done! I will come round your house and I’ll find u 200 snags in 3 hours

[@haydnbrewer7426]

And we make jokes about made in china when sh*t like this is being passed

[@adriang3492]

Made in China, destroyed in UK. 👌

[@ProbablyLies]

id love to know the follow up of these findings.. what usually happens when this gets reported to the developers?

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Same

[@Danelius90]

Some of them might get fixed if you're lucky. What usually happens is the developer will stall and/or ignore you until your NHBC 10 year warranty runs out

[@isotonemusic]

I suppose the scariest thing is that this most likely means no one is actually checking anything anymore, at all, and you see the immediate cosmetic stuff, but the plumb etc is obvious a lot of the time and surely there will be a lot of these harbouring even more serious defects that become a problem over the years, particularly with weather events and poor surrounding maintenance etc - how many New Builds for these top 5 volume builders do you think are going to have to be condemed before say a standard 25 year term? 50%?!

[@robtheplod]

And people accept this for their £400k..... these builders are either rushed or unskilled, or possibly just dont care?

[@leemccccccc999]

Price work and the prices aren’t brilliant neither

[@MegaSlacker123]

It’s 100% rushed by the developers, trades have no say in it we are just made to rush it in and move to the next one

[@yufgyug3735]

is that even fixable? especially not level floors, walls etc

[@andrewpeek5785]

And all this could be your's for a mere £250k.

[@robbierobinson394]

I want a new home, I need a project.😊

[@CCCP8888]

Cavity-walls must NOT be bridged with insulation(insulation touching the outer walls inside the cavity-wall); or else moisture will transmit from the damp outer wall, through the touching bridging insulation, and into the inner wall; making the inner wall damp inside the building. Injecting foam into the cavity-walls stops the property from breathiing: resulting in drastic condensation saturation of the inner-walls inside the property. Cavity-walls that are already built up can NOT have cavity-wall insulation added. Cavity-wall insulation batts(panels) can ONLY be installed from the very start of construction of the cavity-walls. If cavity-wall insulation is to be used, there must be a large air space gap in-between the face of the cavity-wall insulation batts and the outer wall inside the cavity-wall; this includes an air space gap in-between the face of the cavity-wall insulation batts and the cavity-wall tie drip-points(which must point downwards in the centre of the cavity). Cavity-wall insulation batts must touch ONLY the inner-walls inside the cavity-walls (of course touching the cavity-wall-ties and retaining-clips also). Ask City & Guilds N.V.Q. (S.V.Q.) BRICKWORK teachers for PROOF of this.

[@paulstanton3794]

The joints should also be taped

[@KSN-fy2tg]

Your units of measurement are class, "4 custard creams out of plumb", hahaha.

[@HarithBK]

i can promise you that little room that only leads to the bathroom was a change at the request of the buyer they just copy paste a bathroom and the buyer didn't look at the new design documents and just signed off on it.

[@David-bi6lf]

No I think it may lead off the kitchen and believe that you cannot have a toilet directly off a kitchen so the extra hallway gets around this.

[@husseinj]

Also doubles as a space station style airlock 💩

[@MrAlex3461]

I'm just realising, I'm the the winkle spanner.

[@jasonlandless3332]

The way new builds are managed is only for profit, they don’t care about quality or any of the traders or customers but regular houses are still worth half a million 😱

[@xl5006]

name the builders, i wont hold my breath

[@darrenhopkins6829]

My house is due to be finished in OCT, nothing but anxiety now 😂😂

[@isbestlizard]

How is it? :D

[@syrus3k]

How this is legally able to be sold is beyond me

[@syrus3k]

Can you tell us which estates these are so that at least people can avoid them?

[@ghostdog4330]

A meadow of weeds.. lmao

[@genericuser2339]

So what can actually be done when an exterior load bearing wall is massively out of tolerance? I mean, you can’t take it down can you?

[@mikevlek]

Exterior walls arent load bearing. The inside of the cavity wall is load bearing

[@timhibbart5827]

​@@mikevlekEven if there built with thermalites? and can you see that or would the bit you can see be covered in plaster.

[@mikevlek]

​@@timhibbart5827 really depends on the building, cant say those things without seeing the drwaings

[@IDontModWTFz]

I don't understand how a new build can look like a diy mess

[@oktfg]

Guessing Managers where let loose straight after doing there gold or black cards online 😢

[@chillybrit2334]

If I ever look to buy a new build I know who to call to look it over. I'll then not buy a new build. Absolutely shocking. Tuna melts the lot of them. :)

[@Afkhh]

Same here in Ireland 😂