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I bought a house from Pearls Developments the owners of the company are Mark Dunlavy and Keith Walker I moved in on the 23rd December 2015.I was told my house was to be put on hold so my house was left without any work being done on it during the summer of 2015 for what was called plot 3, next...

So we bought a house last year from elan, before we moved in the problems started; we requested to view the house at various build stages, despite repeated requests we were not given the opportunity to view it. I do not encourage this behaviour but it culminated in us walking on to the site...

We've been in our detached house for a year now and over the last few months cracks are becoming apparent. I thought 'ok it's just drying out' until I realised they were localised. To explain, our house is square to NSEW with front door on south. In back garden, north, and down east side, runs a...

Hi all, We moved into our house last June so nearly a year ago. Last night my neighbour pointed out that we were missing a brick just below our roof and their side so no way we could have seen it. The missing brick is right underneath the roof on the corner of the house. My partner thought...

My number one recommendation to anyone thinking of buying from Bloor Homes in Lyme Regis is: DON'T. The location looks beautiful and the house pictures look great, but they are the worst builders I have ever dealt with (and this is my third new-build). There are so many things wrong that I...

Contractor warned me today that another customer on site had a similar problem to my home. The contractor reported X work needs doing and the house builder refused to pay. The contractor then called-in the NHBC. An NHBC inspected the property and agreed X work needed doing. The house builder...

The NHBC agreed to cover work in my house and put me into temporary accommodation. A week or so after moving into the temporary accommodation, I receive an email from the NHBC requesting my house insurance details, informing me that a leaking fridge caused the faults and my house insurance would...

Hi, The Mrs and I have recently found a new TW house we like the look of. The sales agent informed us that she would have to get the house released if we were interested albeit the house is 80% complete. At the time she said the house would be released around the £320k mark. She has since...

Eight years ago I bought a new build Bovis home. Within four months it flooded. I had to pay for a surveyor as both Bovis and the NHBC refused to consider the problem. He determined that the builders had failed to properly address the drainage behind the house where there is a steep bank. Bovis...

https://demo-account.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/sarahlewis-dissertation Hi everyone! I am a final year university student, undertaking a dissertation survey. I would be very grateful if you could fill in the survey - only takes 5 minutes! - and share it as much as possible! The survey is...

Hi all, I need a bit of a help and advice. I need help and advice from those who already escalate matter further via the code for home builders dispute resolution scheme. As soon as I moved in I have instructed snagging instructed to run a report for me. He has identified 324 defects...

Hello We have recently bought a new house and the floor in our utility room is very cold. Our house has a attached double garage and the utility room runs along the back of the garage. There is a door from the garage in to the utility room, a door from the utility in to the main house and a...

We have just moved into a new DWH in the Southern region. We initially had a few issues with the build on the outside which to David Wilson's credit they fixed before we moved into the property. I know there are countless reviews saying that house builders are poor etc, however are personal...

We purchased a new build in Darlington 4.5 years ago and we are currently getting the en suite upstairs re-fitted with new shower etc Whilst the shaver socket was off the wall, I stuck my camera in behind to see what there was in terms of insulation behind the half-height wall and sloping...

So here is my story.... We moved in July 2010 to our new house. As the colder weather approached, we discovered that we had no heating on our top floor of our 3 storey house. Taylor Wimpey advised us that there was nothing wrong with the heating and it was the way it was zoned. I was unhappy...

Well.... Plain and simple does anyone have these or know what they are??!! We first noticed them on the woodwork within our home and now we are noticing them on the walls also! We have asked the site and they say they are plaster mites but should not be there if the house is fully dried...

No post in this section for over a year. I can't believe everyone who has a DWH house is 100% happy!

Hi all, Any advice would be appreciated here. I've googled the internet for hours and cannot find anyone with this problem! We live in a relatively newly built house (about 4 years old). We noticed a black powdery soot type residue building up in the kitchen cupboards. It appears to be...

Hi guys, I was wondering if someone could help. My partner an I are in the process of buying a New Build house (H2B scheme). It is an end of terrace house. On the 1st floor bathroom there is no window, but there is a window shown on the elevation planning drawings and on the sales brochure...

Has anyone been in the situation of having a house with a separate garage which forms part of the next stage of the development? Are we legally obliged to wait for weeks for the garage to be completed?