When people move into their immaculate new build properties, they expect the build to be nothing short of faultless. Unfortunately for some, this description couldn’t be further from reality, as detailed by one inspector on social media.
From leaky taps and ill-fitting doors to poorly measured carpets and broken window frames, rogue traders can wreak havoc with your brand new abode.
A Welsh TikToker, who goes by the name New Home Quality Control on the platform, visits newly completed properties and documents the myriad of issues he finds with them. In the building trade this is often referred to as a snagging list.
In his most recent clip, viewed nearly 30,000 times in around 48 hours, the inspector notes a whole range of issues that new home owners would want to avoid.
He starts his video in the garden, revealing that one of the fence posts that has been installed isn’t straight and is in fact out by the width of four thin rectangles (which he calls “custard cremes”).
Before moving into the debris, he videoed a drain that was “full of debris”. He then showed his 686,000 followers a leaking shower than was “squirting water out of the wrong hole”.
He then branded the builder in charge of the brickwork a “wet lemon” for filling a broken brick with “a bit of mortar”.
Zooming in on a bit of pipework that was clearly not cut correctly, the inspector said it looked like it had been cut by a “beaver”.
Perhaps most egregious of all, while inspecting the bathroom and looking under the bath, the TikToker found a “bottle of apple juice”, which some in the comments speculated may be urine.
In general, TikTok users were appalled by the shoddy workmanship on display, with one writing: “So glad I never bought a new build. They are literally thrown together by agency workers wantin to make easy money.”
Another said: “I can’t believe it’s almost EVERY single trade that’s doing dodgy work. P*** poor craftsmanship for the prices you pay.”
Have you been hit with new-build horrors in your home? We’d like to hear from you. Please email max.parry@reachplc.com
