SHOCKING ISSUES AT THESE NEW BUILD HOMES! | COMPILATION

Shocking issues found at these Uk New build snagging inspections

A compilation of our shorts!

[rb]

I always considered myself an unskilled diy bodger, but if that’s what a professional finish looks like, maybe I’ve been too hard on myself

[robinholland]

I've got two sons in law. One's a joiner, the other's an electrician. Both of them do excellent work, have a great reputation and are always booked up well in advance. The one thing neither of them will touch is . . . new build. I've asked them why and it boils down to not wanting to be associated with the sort of shoddy/dangerous work that you highlight. We know where most developers' interest lies - the biggest profit, for the cheapest job they can do, so they really don't give a monkey's, provided they can sell the property. And, once the property's been sold, it's an almost unwinnable fight for the homeowner to get things sorted satisfactorily.
Your videos are eye opening and massively depressing at the same time!

[hdetail]

and for £1200 a month I can own half the property

[polla]

There should be a £50k mortage retainer before full acceptance for shite like this. Give the housebuilder 3 months to put right and release it or £50k goes to finish the build and residuals shared as a means of compensation between the mortgage provider and owner.

[bellerophonchallen]

I remember the beginning of all this. When I started plastering in the mid 1970's sites had a foreman or clerk of works, usually an older guy who had done his time on the tools. There was no pulling the wool with them, they knew every trick and walked around with a mirror on a stick, a level and a tape. They'd run their hands along the architrave and woe betide the painter who didn't remove the dust before painting. If we worked on a single project for a builder, then the builder or his top man would appear regularly and check the work over; screed floor for level, finish behind the pipes, under the stairs. The sites would be tidy and as clean as possible.
Then in the 80's we started to see younger and younger guys rock up in a company Sierra, wearing a sharp suit with clipboards full of projections and work schedules. They'd have four or five sites on the go at any one time and spend more time looking good than looking at the job. We'd arrive and the first job was to shovel all the other trades crap out of the window, something we never had to do before. These guys didn't want to do dirty work so they'd do year long college course to learn the theory and that would be good enough for developers.
This looks like the logical conclusion to those years of falling standards on finish. 
I see it on my place, that I rent from a large charity. They get a builder in and no-one checks round after, they just take the builders word for it. They put a new exterior door into what was the outside loo back in the Winter. It's made by laying five bits of timber down as ledge and brace and screwing planks to them, butted tight, not T&G. Six months and the door has a series of vertical cracks down it, so I call the landlord and point out that they need to get the builder back, his door isn't fit for purpose.
The builder came back, made a new door and gave me £500 no, I nodded off, he never came back and the landlord never chased it so in 5 years when they do their maintenance they'll have to pay again.

[Tiscando]

3:50 If your mitres don't fit, fill them with glue and $#!+

[mercoid]

When I watch your videos I’m always reminded of the scene in Idiocracy when Joe looks out the hospital window realizing he’s in the future, as he sees a car drive off an unfinished overpass down into a pile of cars. 😂

[mattmorton]

Apocalypse finish. Absolutely crying. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[jim-wm]

Where the hell did British craftsmanship go. 💔

[davidmoss]

Should be a tv documentary on the shambles of house building in the county

[philiphowell]

The Victorians tried substandard housing, cheap and plentiful, same standards will have same results.

[Kanesgarage]

I thought our contractors for new construction were bad in the US, this is just unreal! I can’t believe just how bad the workmanship is. Makes you wonder just how bad things are under all the sheet rock! Can you even imagine?!

[xanadudawn]

I'm a retired plumber. I'm busier now than I have ever been. Due to nobody available. Old customers only. I got out of site building 30 years ago. Tosspots walking around with clipboards. Unskilled foreigners who fill in the right forms; and agree to work for less. Endless courses required. Building standards appauling. Point a mistake out; but to be told that is not your area of expertise; even if you know there will be a problem later; damp subsidence etc!. I wouldn't have a new build as a gift, and I could repair most problems. What is a newly married couple with no experience, supposed to do

[stunimbus]

1:25 Galaxy digestives! I'm going to have to look out for these.

[hovishill]

Its literally criminal whats going on in the building trade, people are paying ridiculous house prices for houses that are not fit for purpose. 😡

[jefftomlinson]

you have carved out a character without even a thought❤

[gazs]

My boss called me a winkle spanner today... I told him to come up with an original insult

[michaelkimber]

Time to expose the "developers". How any bank could lend money on a 25 yr mortgage beats me. Keep up the great work 👌

[RillUK]

So glad Blair imported millions into our country and replaced most of the English on the building sites. Saw it happen with my own eyes, until eventually I was replaced with a cheap worker too, right before Christmas, which was nice...

[barryrayner]

Who built these houses? Should be taken off any lists and banned from site! Sue 'em!