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Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:28:06 +0100

Newhomeblogs.co.uk our sister site has been much unloved over that last few months, so we have given it some tender loving care and are now looking for new bloggers. If you are buying a new build home and would like to blog about your experiences then head over the new home blogs. We would love to hear your story whether it is Barratt Homes, Persimmon Home or Crest Nicholson (http://newhomeblogs.co.uk).

Consumer Code for Home Builders

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:53:20 +0100

The NHBC has finally come up with a Consumer Code of Conduct, well a draft one. They are planning to launch it in 2010 and if the industry cannot achieve this goal then the OFT will recommend that new consumer protection legislation is introduced as land and property transaction are currently excluded from the majority of consumer laws. However, Zurich have dropped out which may make this impossible: The OFT was officially informed in writing on the 16 February 2009 that Zurich Insurance Company (UK) Limited (Zurich) had withdrawn from the body which proposed to administer the homebuilding code, leaving National House Building Council and MD Insurance Services Limited to form the code body alone.

Wimpey's 'bad workmanship' on new-build

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:45:24 +0100

An angry homeowner is flying a ten-foot banner from his new-build house warning buyers off after claiming he has waited for repairs for three years. Paul Willey, 31, has put up the massive notice on the front of his �280,000 Wimpey home after getting fed up with waiting for them to fix faults with the property. The banner, outside his home in Colchester, Essex, reads: 'Don't buy from George Wimpey. 3 years and still not finished. They just want your cash.'

Residents threaten legal action against Persimmon Homes

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:02:31 +0100

Residents of Gaston Way in Shepperton are considering legal action against a housing developer who they accuse of 'blunders' including cutting through a watermain. People living close to the former Rodd Industrial Estate in Gaston Way say Persimmon Homes, which has been building new homes at the site for two years, has left them without water and electricity on different occasions.

New Build Heating Problems

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:59:46 +0100

Heating problems are common in many new build homes. Read this on the Montgomerie Park Residents' Association (http://www.montgomeriepark.org.uk/) Site and find the results of their poll: Anyone on the Persimmon estate (or any of the others) have an issue with the heating of their property? I have been having a bit of a debate with builder over undersized radiators. They have sent me some literature from company who carried out the U-value calculations for property size and construction which basically tell you the radiators installed offer the correct output.

Are you the victim of bad builders?

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:50:02 +0100

A new BBC television programme is looking for people across the UK whose lives and properties are currently in a state of chaos or disruption thanks to ‘cowboy’ workmen. This is your chance to get the job finished properly – and call to account the builders, plumbers, electricians, roofers or joiners responsible for the problem. Please leave a telephone message or email Mentorn Scotland and we will be in touch for a confidential discussion. Tel: 0141 331 7455 email builders@mentorn.tv. If emailing please include your location and name in the subject line.

Couple shame Bovis with internet list of dozens of faults with new �700,000 home

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:32:38 +0100

Visitors to Bovis Homes' website are reassured that when buying a new home 'you want to be sure you can trust your builder'. Rennie and Sheralee Bottali took the company at its word - only to find themselves living in a house of horrors for seven months. The couple expected their new �700,000 three- storey detached house to be in perfect condition when they picked up the keys.

Couple's internet protest over builders blunders

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:28:52 +0100

Entrepreneurs Rennie and Sheralee Bottali's long-running wrangles with housebuilder Bovis Homes over the luxury three-storey property have attracted almost 100,000 hits since they set up the site March. The couple say they resorted to creating the page - www.whybovishomes.co.uk - after what they allege is a catalogue of botched jobs, poor workmanship and unfinished building work. They have also erected a 10-yard-long banner outside the house in Cambourne, Cambs.

Homes from Hell 2008

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:37:09 +0100

Granada Television is looking for stories for the prime time series - Homes from Hell on ITV1. Do you know of anyone whose home has become a living nightmare? We want to hear about all and any domestic disaster zones - the new build house with a monster list of snags, the expensive development riddled with faults, the new estate built in the wrong place, the cowboy built house that’s falling apart etc.

OFT Market Study Update: Home building in the UK

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:38:07 +0100

In June 2007, the OFT launched a study into the UK homebuilding market. We said that we would consider whether there were any competition and consumer protection concerns in this sector. This study has now been running for nearly a year and is due to report, as we said at the outset, in September this year. We have been working with many stakeholders and commissioned various surveys to gather evidence. We are now coming to the end of our evidence gathering phase and over the next couple of months will discuss our initial findings with the homebuilding industry, consumer groups and other stakeholders.