Bought a new House - New Build - Progress Thread

GinG said:
Another quick update:

This is how it stands as off last weekend:

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They are still assuring me the house will be complete on 14th September. The way the other houses are going up I really do believe them!

Grandparents have given me and the gf £400 to go towards AV, so going to put it towards an amplifier & speakers. This helps me as it is £400 less I need to find for the projector! :)
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4 weeks, no chance. first floor not done.
 
14th September is pretty damn quick if they manage to build it in that time from its current state. I live right next to a persimmon site and they take around 2 1/2 months here from piling the ground to putting the finishing touches in so I know they can do it fast but thats abit "too" fast for me lol.

To rotty, we live in a 3 storey 5 bedroomed david wilson home and we also have those bricked in windows on the bottom floor (its on the side of our living room). When we asked about them its supposedly a David wilson design and little more than that lol.
 
They brick some windows in to try and replicate old properties where the windows were sealed due to the "Window tax" levied in the 17th and 18th Centuries. They're trying to create a sense of faux-tradition, doesn't look very effective in the picture shown.
 
You don't need planning to convert an opening to a window.

It might be that they knew obtaining planning would be difficult if there are adjacent neighbours, as you need to maintain privacy etc, so they opted to put the "legwork" in, and give themselves an easy way to convert it once the house is signed off.

We were advised to do the same by our architect (if we wanted to have a window overlooking the neighbours).

...or possibly it is that rough ;)

*runs*
 
cheets64 said:
4 weeks, no chance. first floor not done.
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1 floor per week , so by next weekend (28th) in theory should be ready for the roof.

Saturday (4th) roof & windows in.

Saturday (11th) Electrics, Plumbing, Plastering.

Tuesday (14th) Finishing off the little things required.

Wed (15th) we complete and get the keys...

The house comes with nothing else, no flooring, turf, minimal tiles in the bathroom etc etc, so not a great deal of work to be done by the builders inside.


We shall see!
 
GinG said:
1 floor per week , so by next weekend (28th) in theory should be ready for the roof.

Saturday (4th) roof & windows in.

Saturday (11th) Electrics, Plumbing, Plastering.

Tuesday (14th) Finishing off the little things required.

Wed (15th) we complete and get the keys...

The house comes with nothing else, no flooring, turf, minimal tiles in the bathroom etc etc, so not a great deal of work to be done by the builders inside.


We shall see!
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i would give yourself a day to create a snagging list. do this as soon as you get the keys, don't move anything in or start any work until you have done your snagging list and give it to the contractor
 
cm1179 said:
i would give yourself a day to create a snagging list. do this as soon as you get the keys, don't move anything in or start any work until you have done your snagging list and give it to the contractor
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Yeah the woman in the sales office on site has mentioned this already, I really am expecting quite a lot due to how quick these go up!
 
GinG said:
1 floor per week , so by next weekend (28th) in theory should be ready for the roof.

Saturday (4th) roof & windows in.

Saturday (11th) Electrics, Plumbing, Plastering.

Tuesday (14th) Finishing off the little things required.

Wed (15th) we complete and get the keys...

The house comes with nothing else, no flooring, turf, minimal tiles in the bathroom etc etc, so not a great deal of work to be done by the builders inside.

Weather permitting that is.

How much are you paying for it, would you accept a brand new car to come with snagging?

We shall see!
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£195k is what we are paying for it.

A car is a bit different to a house...in a way a car does not have a drying out period, a house is not built by robotics etc etc -

Of course everything is weather permitting, however so far weather has been very good for the build. In fact the build finish date has been brought forward from the original planned date.
 
jamief said:
Just beware - your builders have absolutely no obligation to finish your house in any specific timescale, but your mortgage agreement will have a limited time span.
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Yeah we got 'hit' by this, our new home (also Persimmon) was supposed to be ready by early-mid October I think it was but it ended up being 5th of December that we moved in. Mortgage application expired after 3 months so we had to reapply, bit of a faff especially considering we were just porting the mortgage from our old house. This was back in 2008 when the housing market was in a real pickle and so housing development was stalling a bit, builders looking to cut costs etc.

The good news is I've found Persimmon fairly decent about snagging and repairs, they are slow at arranging some things and if you are unlucky they may have a rubbish preferred contractor for say the plumbing, but it gets done eventually. You basically get 2 years worth of snagging and despite the usual guff about 'expect shrinkage cracks' don't be afraid to call them back in after a year or so to sort it out alongside any other niggles you have.
 
Well with things being a bit busy in life this thread has not been as exciting as I would have hoped!

Building is getting signed off tomorrow, and should be in next Friday.

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Pic was taking about 9.30 - 10 this morning I believe.

Once we have the keys I shall try and take more photos of work inside the house to try keep it a little bit more exciting!
 
Our flat has the exact same aspect as yours, expect it to be a bit chilly in the winter.

I used to think that south-facing preference was a bit of tosh.... I was wrong, lol.
 
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