Energy price cap

[Steve Bullman]

5 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

All credit to them for seeing it through. They can be very proud of themselves.

 

How depressing is it though that the government is only too happy to throw money at us (help to buy) so that we can buy shitty, mass-produced new builds but there is no support for people wanting to do it themselves. It's almost like the housing companies lobby the government to enact policy that makes them more money..... 🤔

Help to buy has to be a massive money earner for the government. New house prices are at a premium anyway, and they know full well that most people won’t pay off the help to buy within the lifetime of the mortgage. They’ve seen to that by stipulating it can only be repaid in either 1 or 2 lump payments. So most people are going to end up paying the government £100 a month interest for a number of years, then when they eventually sell the government make a nice bit of profit from their percentage stake in the house 

[coppice cutter]

11 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

We plan on moving about a year before our 10 year nhbc warranty expires 

That bad?

[Steve Bullman]

Just now, coppice cutter said:

That bad?

There’s bits and pieces we aren’t happy with. The general quality of everything is poor. If you look at the skirting board funny then lumps fall off. Kitchen might have another 3 years in it before it starts looking pretty tatty. Our outside wall round the garden is falling over. Building company have been aware of it for nearly 2 years ago and it’s apparently ‘in hand’…will get a pic later. House itself is rendered which makes me wonder what the brickwork beneath is like.

 

overall it’s just the unknown 

[coppice cutter]

6 minutes ago, Big J said:

 

All credit to them for seeing it through. They can be very proud of themselves.

 

How depressing is it though that the government is only too happy to throw money at us (help to buy) so that we can buy shitty, mass-produced new builds but there is no support for people wanting to do it themselves. It's almost like the housing companies lobby the government to enact policy that makes them more money..... 🤔

Thanks, and yes it is a credit to them.

 

I take your point about government supporting the building of shitty mass-produced new builds, but then what is the alternative.

 

Can you ever begin to imagine the waste and inefficiency of a public house building body nowadays.

 

No easy answers I'm afraid.

[coppice cutter]

3 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

There’s bits and pieces we aren’t happy with. The general quality of everything is poor. If you look at the skirting board funny then lumps fall off. Kitchen might have another 3 years in it before it starts looking pretty tatty. Our outside wall round the garden is falling over. Building company have been aware of it for nearly 2 years ago and it’s apparently ‘in hand’…will get a pic later. House itself is rendered which makes me wonder what the brickwork beneath is like.

 

overall it’s just the unknown 

How does that get passed in the first place, surely that's a big part of the problem?

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

Just now, coppice cutter said:

How does that get passed in the first place, surely that's a big part of the problem?

 

 

The wall? It wasn’t always leaning obviously. Steadily got worse though 

[coppice cutter]

10 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

The wall?

No, just the general quality of materials and workmanship in the whole job.

 

When BL were building Allegros and Marinas that wouldn't last two or three years, we had houses and building materials that would last several lifetimes.

 

Who, or what, allowed standards to deteriorate to this level?

[Sutton]

This doesn't help either:

Construction materials shortage easing but prices up by 24% | Homebuilding

WWW.HOMEBUILDING.CO.UK

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The construction materials shortage is improving but soaring prices and labour shortages could affect your project

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

5 hours ago, Stubby said:

Decimal point in the wrong place Kev ? ( before you go swigging ) 🙂

No mate forty squid a month and most of that is the bloody standing charge!

[htb]

7 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

No mate forty squid a month and most of that is the bloody standing charge!

Similar here, our monthly payment was £70, now down to £25 till March.