Q:Hi,
We're looking to buy a new Barratts home in Redhill and would like to know how reliable they are. Keep hearing lots of horror stories on the internet and do not want to make a huge mistake !
Thanks
Lisa
How to Write Your Life Stories – home study programA:Hi,
When your bf says he wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole, why? People still live in them & they're been knocked up everywhere there's a bit of land, if they have so many problems why are these companies still getting away with shoddy workmanship on these developments??
Also I've heard recently Barratt are offering a part exchange scheme, does anyone know what this entails? I have a house to sell which is on the market for 120K do they use this figure our some rediculously low valuation to part-ex against?
Thanks for the feedback in advance.
Hi
I am doing a pert ex with another builder. House on at ￡95k. Offered ￡83k. Advised ok but wanted them to discount their asking price by ￡11k! 10 days later was offered ￡87k for my house. I am happy with this as I would probably only have got an offer close to ￡90k (less I think) – so all in all estate agent fees saved and legal costs paid I feel I'm better off that I was on the market.
Depends how keen you are to move I guess!
Best of Luck
JoJo
Inspirational Kids Stories.A:I bought a barratt home 2nd hand but before the 2 years were up. I`ve had them back to do quite a few things and never had any problem with them coming out. The workman has always come on time and if he`s been early he`s always waited. they`ve done things like replacing bulbs when I thought it was the fitting and even replaced all the floor tiles in both bathrooms as they became loose once the floor had settled. I personally wouldn`t buy a new house as brand new as where I am in Nottingham they are really losing value but if that doesn`t bother you, I wouldn`t be put off with buying Barratt, but I`ve had excellent service from them.
Rachel Ryan’s Stay Home SystemA:Hi,
When your bf says he wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole, why? People still live in them & they're been knocked up everywhere there's a bit of land, if they have so many problems why are these companies still getting away with shoddy workmanship on these developments??
Also I've heard recently Barratt are offering a part exchange scheme, does anyone know what this entails? I have a house to sell which is on the market for 120K do they use this figure our some rediculously low valuation to part-ex against?
Thanks for the feedback in advance.
Stay at Home Mom IncomeA:For what its worth we are saving to buy a house
My bf is in the building trade and he says he would not touch a new build with a 10 foot pole!
101 Baby Name StoriesA:I think that I am now convinced to fork out the extra ￡500 to a snagging expert and we will not sign or hand over any money until the snags are fixed.
Home Energy Kit – Hot New Energy Product!A:Check out www.snagging.org (http://www.snagging.org) for info on all new build properties.
Building an Affordable High End Home TheaterA:hi,
I'm in a Barratts new build flat. We and our neighbours have had no end of problems. The properties are just over a year old and already the roof has leaked to such a extent that people second floor from the top have damp!
Mainly its problems such as finishing. Be VERY VIGILANT with your snagging list and keep pestering them to solve your problems. If they think they can get out of doing something, they will.
Most of us in our block have been told we will need a portion of our ceilings ripped out as they are not attached to the joists properly so everytime you open or shut internal doors it pulls and ceiling and makes a loud creaking noise!
Silly things like – not sealing the bath/shower properly, not connecting wires to the TV aerial socket. One of our neighbours discovered his bath had not been connected (he had a bath and the neighbour below him found water pouring through his ceiling and light fitting) and nor was the washing machine. Another neighbour's front door did not lock for around 6 months before they managed to fix it.
Otherwise its a lovely flat, just make sure you check absolutely everything and be the biggest pain in their a*se til you get it fixed.
Story Telling in Business Resources for Leaders | Leadership eBooksA:The quality of the build, IMO, comes down to how good the builders & site foreman are, not the name above the site office.
This is perfectly true.
ALL builders use sub contractors,who`s main job in life is to sling up houses as fast as they can,grab the money and run.
Workmanship and pride in the job has long gone out the window.
The site manager is held over a barrel by these people and he daren`t say a word.
I once asked a site manager why he didn`t check up on a plumber`s work and if it wasn`t right to tell him to put it right.
He replied he couldn`t say a word to the plumber in case he walked off the job and that would leave him without a plumber and he would get a good kick up the a*rse from his boss.
This is why house prices are so high,apart from the greed of everyone linked to the industry,builders have to keep sending "tradesmen" back to fix "snagging" problem.
If they were built right in the first place you wouldn`t need a "snagging list".
Write great Harry Potter stories like J.k Rowling!A:I've got a Barratts home, approx 6 years old. I've had two leaking pipes in that time, not major leaks, one resulted in the hall ceiling being replaced. The people with Westbury & Taywood homes on the estate have told me that I'm lucky to have a Barratt built house due to all the problems they have had.
The quality of the build, IMO, comes down to how good the builders & site foreman are, not the name above the site office.
Good bit of advice here.
Barrat, used to have a very bad name, but then they seemed to make major steps in improving this by building better homes.
We bought a Barratt House and my In-laws did as well and found both properties excellent.
Maybe they have slipped their standards (we bought 3 years ago) but I think more likely you have to keep on top of the fite foreman and be very critical with the snagging list.
Your Life Story with Numbers – Personalized ReportA:not much to choose between the major builders :confused:
A:Don't do it.
I am in an 18mth old Barratt apartment. Very poorly finished, although things look ok upon first glance.
Its just little things at the moment such as tv aerial points missing, skirting boards not fastened to the wall and radiators in the wrong place etc. We have a huge problem with damp tho which according to Barratts is due to the building getting wet during building (everything in our spare room is covered in mould).
Barratts now claim to have handed everything over to a management company, the management company say it hasn't been handed over…
I also work for a local estate agents and barratts asked us to advertise a local development they were building. We went to view the buildings and found that the floors did not meet the wall, skirting boards not fastened to the wall, kitchens badly finished etc.
I would find a smaller local firm.
A:The main problem with Barratt is that they subcontract most of the building work.
6 months in and I've:
Plasterwork and painting could have been done by kids!
Had a leaked radiator in hall which ruined 2 week old laminate – I had to ring the contractor myself and scream!- took 1 month of ME writing letters!
Leaking pipe upstairs – Very well handled on a Saturday night which caused no damage.
ALL walls upstairs have "come loose" causing very squeaky floors. They have fixed all of them but it's a complete bodge job!
Once the floors stopped squeaking the downstairs roof started, I now have an extra 200 screws reattaching the plasterboard.
My site manager has absolutely no people skills. After missing 3 appointments he turns up not bothered. I show him the problem and he immediately works out who's fault then gets them in, He then fails to show them the fault and then calls me a liar when I tell him that they have not done what we agreed to and signed to.
You do get a new home but after all the things get repaired it really knocks the joy out of ownership
I don't think its just barratts but I would probably never buy another one new again.
A:dont do it…..ours is 3and a half years old and just discovered all downpipes at all four corners of the house are not linked to the main sewer or even a soakway (which they should be) so all surface water is pouring into our foundations, the downpipes just disappear into gravel and until digging foundations for an extension didnt notice this problem. Now out of two year repair warranty so going to have to get nhbc to sort it out which will involve digging up front and rear garden, tarmac drive way and block paved patio!
Barratt are experts at hiding problems and not finishing the job.
If you do buy, about one week after you move in the site manager will come around and while chatting to you (a distraction) hand you a document to sign, its the 'im happy with my house form' which is very sly, dont sign then any problems should get sorted out quicker!
A:I've got a Barratts home, approx 6 years old. I've had two leaking pipes in that time, not major leaks, one resulted in the hall ceiling being replaced. The people with Westbury & Taywood homes on the estate have told me that I'm lucky to have a Barratt built house due to all the problems they have had.
The quality of the build, IMO, comes down to how good the builders & site foreman are, not the name above the site office.
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