New homeowners across the country are reporting major problems with their newly built houses caused by unfinished or poor quality work. Per a report authored by the Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment, problems are reported by 93 percent of new home purchasers to their developers. This problem affects approximately 15,500 home buyers annually, or 298 home buyers weekly, according to the Parliamentary Group Report.
Building on the Parliamentary Group Report the Daily Mail requested details from new home buyers and received additional details of homes damaged in a variety of ways. These new homes, some costing millions of dollars, included damage to doors, tile, piping, guttering and faulty appliances. Many home owners report regret over their purchase.
Key Takeaways:
- Newly constructed homes, some between one to two million pounds in cost have become a financial chamber of horrors for the couples who paid to inhabit them as first-time buyers.
- Conditions found: Front doors with broken glass panels. Paint and plaster stains on the patio. Washing machines that vibrate uncontrollably around the house. Cracked window ledges, uncapped pipes.
- More horrendous conditions: Ubiquitous water leaks, malfunctioning toilets. some locations involved are Dunstable Befordshire and Essex.
“Homeowners, some of them first-time buyers, have told of picking up the keys to find leaks, badly fitted doors, mould and gaps in the guttering.”