£750,000 SHOCKING NEW BUILD | WASABI CHALLENGE | COLIN FURZE

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  • Here's a large compilation of serious issues we've found at these new build homes recently! New build snagging Inspection.
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  • @lesleycooper6523
    @lesleycooper6523 2 роки тому +327

    There needs to be a massive shake up in regs for the new build industry, and the person responsible for signing off these should be accountable in court!! SHOCKING!!

    • @benjamincompton9767
      @benjamincompton9767 2 роки тому +13

      Agreed... let me just make this point... I'm an electrician and even my regs are non statutory. Think about that

    • @benjamincompton9767
      @benjamincompton9767 2 роки тому +6

      No matter what work I turn out, I'm only going to be held accountable once someone has already been hurt 🤦‍♂️ ridiculous

    • @imaginehomes3871
      @imaginehomes3871 2 роки тому +19

      They are self certified by site managers who are measured on sales. No Building Control involvement. Larger developers have the freedom to sign off their own work. Not enough sales = sacked. Not enough quality = who cares as long as we get the sales!! There is nobody checking their work.

    • @MePeterNicholls
      @MePeterNicholls 2 роки тому +2

      And inspections. And compliance prosecutors

    • @alexjohn4662
      @alexjohn4662 2 роки тому +5

      Unfortunately it's about hiting the numbers and it's nit their problem. When owner takes keys they jest dont care

  • @ianwarner8894
    @ianwarner8894 Рік тому +40

    Prime example of why I wouldn’t buy a new build, I would confidently say that around 50% of new builds need knocking down and starting from scratch again and until regulations change and these cowboy developers and contractors are bought to account, then the merry go round will continue turning. Keep up the great work 👍🏻

  • @Master_Flowers
    @Master_Flowers Рік тому +66

    I’m a builder, and I find this fascinating that some people get away with this sort of stuff.

    • @leftifornian2066
      @leftifornian2066 Рік тому +2

      Absolutely shocking

    • @wynwilliams6977
      @wynwilliams6977 Рік тому +3

      Hell I do a bit of DIY and i would be ashamed to do work like that let alone a professional builder :D

    • @Master_Flowers
      @Master_Flowers Рік тому +2

      @@wynwilliams6977 I hear that brother 🤛🏻

    • @bobwallacejnr6852
      @bobwallacejnr6852 11 місяців тому

      no youre not

    • @nvelsen1975
      @nvelsen1975 7 місяців тому

      @@wynwilliams6977
      I watch this channel so I can feel better about my own 'redo it twice to get it right' DIY efforts.

  • @Oldmanpeace
    @Oldmanpeace 2 роки тому +16

    In all my years I have never searched for shocking new builds etc... I bumped into an old neighbour the other day and we had a conversation about how she moved from her previous new build Redrow ( next to my house ) to another new Redrow house estate about 20 mins away. She explained the build quality was terrible compared to her old house and they were having real problems getting it sorted. Low and behold I get recommended a fellow Welsh man inspecting new builds including Redrow.
    From what I understand it comes down to how good the new build site manager is and what they standards they tolerate.

    • @sa.8208
      @sa.8208 Рік тому

      95% of managers are mickey mouse

  • @jameshague9107
    @jameshague9107 2 роки тому +26

    Mate, the brickwork you said is shocking is absolutely stunning in comparison to the site I'm on, even the labourer spotted it, in fact pretty much everyone who comes on site sees it, how it was passed, handed over and sold is a miracle, most plots aren't far off it either, worst workmanship of any site I've worked on in 20 years, obviously can't say who and where, I'll give a clue though, apparently it's places people love.

    • @davidpearson6011
      @davidpearson6011 9 днів тому +1

      Never understatement a Labourer mate they are just as good as tradesmen so called....

    • @davidpearson6011
      @davidpearson6011 9 днів тому

      Even underestimate

    • @jameshague9107
      @jameshague9107 9 днів тому

      @@davidpearson6011 I get you, I wasn't trying to be disrespectful, I was just trying to find a way to get across that it's very easy to see, I could've said the buyer but that would've been a lie but, the labourer on that site wasn't intrested in the job, spent most of the days hiding getting high.

  • @brikfiend
    @brikfiend Рік тому +4

    You often find the Brickwork bellies over the windows/patio doors as the Brickies don't allow the Soldier course to go off before they build over it .I used to prop the lintel in the middle ,lay the 3 courses including the Soldiers and leave it until the next day before continuing over . But then ,I actually had pride in my work ! Crazy ,I know .

  • @larrychamel
    @larrychamel Рік тому +6

    You Sir are absolutely on top of it! Sending Love from Toronto, Ontario, Canada! I've been dealing with New Homebuilders here from 1980 - 2003.
    I had to get out of the Soffit, Fascia, Eavestrough, and Window & Door Business because I was ready to have a heart attack! Cheers and do your best to stay young!! 😊👍

  • @davidmanning1474
    @davidmanning1474 2 роки тому +61

    When I (finally) decide to buy a new build, I will be messaging this guy with a substantial amount of cash to make sure it's okay

    • @imaginehomes3871
      @imaginehomes3871 2 роки тому +9

      I would not bother buying one. I have one house built in 1988 and it developed a vertical crack two metres long. The insurance assessor told me that the bricks they build with these days are too brittle and the sand/cement mortars they use are not suitable an too rigid and don't allow flexing. Why? Because the crack is a hot summer / cold winter expansion and contraction crack. His comment: Insurance companies are not there to correct bad building work and building faults caused by the industry choosing to spend the last 80 years using materials unsuitable for our climate. He said no insurance company will pay.

    • @TheFakeNewsFrog
      @TheFakeNewsFrog 2 роки тому +4

      I’ve lived in a house that was 300 years old, built in a mining town. I’ve also lived in a new build…
      Quite frankly, you’re better off going old, or building your own. If you’re going for the latter, I’d highly recommend Marsh:Grochowski to help with the architecture. They’re absolutely incredible, and what Julian Marsh has achieved with The Meat Factory in Nottingham is impeccable.

    • @sa.8208
      @sa.8208 Рік тому

      Are you on crack.

    • @harrydavey9884
      @harrydavey9884 Рік тому +4

      Just don't buy a new build and save the substantial amount of cash 😐

    • @davidmanning1474
      @davidmanning1474 Рік тому

      @Mike Morris why would I (finally) do that? And why does the analogy have to be so violent? You had a bad day babe?

  • @pip1723
    @pip1723 2 роки тому +6

    Our house is 200 year's old and the wall's are straighter ! Great vid.

  • @ESO-ONE
    @ESO-ONE 2 роки тому +27

    I work in a builders merchants and I'm not surprised with these videos, some of tradesmen that come in to our branch stink of booze smoking weed asking me how they should fit doors, asking how to mix up multi finish buying standard plasterboard for bathrooms when they need moisture resistant because they can't be bothered to go
    somewhere else to buy or because the moisture board is too heavy, some of them haven't got a clue as you would say absolutely shocking.

    • @jonjonesongasstationdickpi6179
      @jonjonesongasstationdickpi6179 2 роки тому +3

      maybe the should get a minimum wage job instead like you then

    • @ESO-ONE
      @ESO-ONE 2 роки тому +2

      Minimum wage loooool

    • @ianhoward4246
      @ianhoward4246 2 роки тому

      @@jonjonesongasstationdickpi6179 what's the name of this merchant.... I'll stop buying from him😇😂😂😂😂

    • @dearodeer8238
      @dearodeer8238 2 роки тому +1

      @@jonjonesongasstationdickpi6179 What a unusual reply

    • @theangrygamer895
      @theangrygamer895 2 роки тому +1

      @@jonjonesongasstationdickpi6179 stupid comment. You get paid well in the merchants knob head and sounds like he has more pride than the shit heads on site.

  • @hotrodhouse
    @hotrodhouse 2 роки тому +36

    A builder all my life doing quality work and high end new builds, shocking is a word I have always used I would suggest you also use the word "grim" and another quip we use use is " looks like it was done by a child". Great videos mate they have me in bits.

    • @hosseinabadi8573
      @hosseinabadi8573 2 роки тому +1

      So how do we tell the good from the bad builder?

    • @tomtricks6838
      @tomtricks6838 2 роки тому +3

      @@hosseinabadi8573 research

    • @DeanCliffordDesigns
      @DeanCliffordDesigns 2 роки тому +4

      Lol we use R.A.F ......rough as fuck

    • @woodbine66
      @woodbine66 Рік тому

      @@hosseinabadi8573 You wouldn't know the difference, Abdul

  • @bigjoeangel
    @bigjoeangel Рік тому +15

    I thought my 100 year old house needed some repairs, but not as many as these brand new ones, it's ridiculous!

    • @RonTodd-gb1eo
      @RonTodd-gb1eo 7 місяців тому

      It would be fascinating to find out how many problems the first generation of people to live in the house had to fix. The older the house the more time people have had to find and fix the problems.

    • @bigjoeangel
      @bigjoeangel 7 місяців тому

      That's an interesting point. Just looking at my house and considering the amount of modifications that have been added over the years, the original house would have been much simpler origionally. For instance plumbing and heating would have been added and replaced several times. In terms of the quality of workmanship I expect it was vastly superior and the basic structure (ie.the walls being plumb) was built with more care, by artisans who learnt their trade proberly. @@RonTodd-gb1eo

  • @newhomequalitycontrol
    @newhomequalitycontrol  2 роки тому +33

    I Hope your all watching to the end for the Wasabi Challenge!! 🥵🥵🥵

    • @LewisRhymes
      @LewisRhymes 2 роки тому +2

      You legend keep doing your thing!! ✌️👌

    • @Telukin
      @Telukin Рік тому

      That amount of wasabi was ridiculous!

    • @kippertrace5808
      @kippertrace5808 Рік тому

      My house is 96yrs old. Our neighbour moved in 2yrs ago from a mare new build. They had a 3 A4 page snagging list from leaks to staircase 2inch gaps. Never buy a new build.

  • @The_Nowhereman
    @The_Nowhereman 2 роки тому +27

    I'm all up for leaving the EU but these new units of measurement are absolutely shockin.

    • @TonyRule
      @TonyRule Рік тому

      Two Huels and a tape measure? What's wrong with that?

  • @SuperlativeNinja
    @SuperlativeNinja Рік тому +14

    As someone who bought an apartment of the plans in Sydney (AUS) with waterproofing issues, your videos make me laugh and cry at the same time. Why is this happening everywhere?

    • @howlingbeats2544
      @howlingbeats2544 Рік тому

      Usually it's due to this field of work having bad pay.

    • @Johnketes54
      @Johnketes54 Рік тому +6

      @@howlingbeats2544 Bad pay? Try working retail and find out the TRUE MEANING off bad pay.

    • @stocksyere
      @stocksyere Рік тому +3

      ​@@howlingbeats2544 no it's not, it's agency mongs doing the work with no care at all, there isn't any quality control and inspections like there should be

    • @bsimpson6204
      @bsimpson6204 Рік тому +2

      @@howlingbeats2544 It's got nothing to do with pay, it has evrything to do with the time allowed to do the work and the person doing it.

  • @HarrietBeaumont
    @HarrietBeaumont 2 роки тому +7

    OMG! Our walls are that crooked, didn't notice really till we had laminate put down, you can see it against the lines in the flooring now. Our garden gets pools of water in too. I never even thought to complain. We bought our new build last summer.

    • @simonn2045
      @simonn2045 2 роки тому +6

      Complain about everything and don't stop til they finally sort it! Anything raised in first 2 years HAS to be sorted.

  • @marcusmaximus451
    @marcusmaximus451 2 роки тому +19

    Sir, you are a legend and should have your own tv show, kind regards to you and take care, mark from Billericay 😀👍☀️🇬🇧

  • @AKM3rd
    @AKM3rd 2 роки тому +16

    Big fan of you mate. You help me alot as im doing a degree in construction management. Thanks for sharing

  • @ASHEN_ONE_GAMES
    @ASHEN_ONE_GAMES 2 роки тому +7

    Your channel is brilliant it's absolutely shocking how good it is

    • @TonyRule
      @TonyRule Рік тому +3

      It's 'ridicolisly' good.

  • @theangrygamer895
    @theangrygamer895 2 роки тому +32

    £750,000 House is now worth £200,000. Imagine if you bought any of these off plan and then saw the brickwork that far out. It needs knocking down and re doing.

    • @DanDan-hj2pp
      @DanDan-hj2pp Рік тому +1

      How much do you no about brick work ?

    • @jeremyfoster6942
      @jeremyfoster6942 Рік тому +2

      Haha, you really think the quality of the build has any relation to the value of the property!!?

    • @johnmartinez7440
      @johnmartinez7440 Рік тому

      ​@@jeremyfoster6942 Yeah, my friend bought a new build a few years ago and just sold it for a profit, despite the developers fucking up his back garden. The whole housing market is just a nightmare for so many people.

    • @EverywhereAndyMorrison
      @EverywhereAndyMorrison 11 місяців тому

      a lot of these are built/buy to let. the landlord is probably overseas. it's the tenants that get screwed over

  • @calanon534
    @calanon534 Рік тому +1

    Welsh! That explains so much about our Gordon Ramsey of Home Inspections!
    Keep being awesome. Cheers from Middle America.

  • @michaelkimber6203
    @michaelkimber6203 Рік тому +5

    Unbelievable. Time to name and shame? My 1930s property is a dreamboat by comparison. There MUST be a change to the regs and proper oversight. Thanks for posting 👌

  • @blackbirdmark495
    @blackbirdmark495 Рік тому +6

    Your channel is fantastic & it’s very disturbing that you are highlighting this many errors in new build properties. Keep up the good work 👍

  • @The_Original_KL
    @The_Original_KL 2 роки тому +6

    Quick question i can see a lot of those problems are easily fixed, but what about a front wall be hugely out of plum? they wont knock it down and start again will they.

  • @blackcat5159
    @blackcat5159 2 роки тому +5

    Will show this too my fellow workie mate , this is absolute comedy class for us but not householders . '' Absolutely Shockin '' that nobody hasn't done this before , could see the possibilities from 10,000 miles away . Great laugh ahead watching this while on the pop an pizza 😂👍😂👍 . Brilliant

  • @troythegardener
    @troythegardener 2 роки тому +23

    See for the brickwork that is massively out of plum, what do the house builders do to correct that? (other than drag their heels and do nothing).
    Surely would be major knock downs and rebuild? Shocking!!

    • @tintersniffer9929
      @tintersniffer9929 2 роки тому +11

      That's the problem; we never get to know the answers. Anyone can find problems but the fixes!!!

    • @KeithWhittingham
      @KeithWhittingham 2 роки тому

      My question too. Out of tolerance brick walls are a danger to life - how much discount are you likely to want if your house is going to kill you and your family?

    • @pauldurdan1549
      @pauldurdan1549 2 роки тому +3

      All you can do is knock the lot down and get properly trained and experienced bricklayers to rebuild it,not the labourers with trowels in their hands that "had a go ". Best of luck with that. They are mostly retired or dead now!

  • @The_Nowhereman
    @The_Nowhereman 2 роки тому +9

    I've seen those steps between substructure and structure before on timber frame builds. The substructure has been put in to the mm but the frames are normally slightly oversized and there is no wiggle room with the insulation. Rather than address the situation the agents just ignored it and built over 100 plots all with a varying step." SHOCKIN".

  • @KateRVN
    @KateRVN 2 роки тому

    BRILL video. Having lived in a newbuild we are not surprised to what we have seen. Ours.....it WAS shockin'. The plumber installed the downstairs loo without a seal to the flowmaster and it was leaking for the best part of 10 years. Couldn't fathom out why the floor was wet. It wasn't massive.....just like the washing machine had been dribbling. Only thing was after washing machine hadn't been used for a month....floor still wet.....used a light to see under the side of the loo.....only to discover that it was wet. The plasterboard had blown and it had done damage to the floor below. You could still see the metal angle irons were still exposed. Patio door screws were butchered so handles loose and they couldn't be changed. They had managed to spill brick acid onto the patio doors which discoloured the grey foils. Fence panels were cracked. Bath had not been coupled correctly to the waste P trap so when bath being emptied......water escaped and damaged ceiling in lounge below. Corner of internal wall between us and neighbouring property started to crack along the corner joint of the party wall.....100mm crack. Shockin'! Oh, and the radiator in the bathroom was attached using wood rawl plugs not plasterboard ones and it fell off the wall......
    Outside drains were offset so kept blocking up with bog paper and Sh1t......then the paving slabs up the garden sank....and those are the things we DO remember!
    Thanks Redrow.

    • @robertm7486
      @robertm7486 2 роки тому

      Might be wrong but surely rads are screwed into joists so would use wood plugs. Sounds like they couldnt find the joyce and carried on regardless

  • @benjamincompton9767
    @benjamincompton9767 2 роки тому +6

    "Massively over-tolerance" that's my favourite one 😆

  • @leecoops1248
    @leecoops1248 2 роки тому +5

    I love these but I reckon you should do a vid of a plot that is bang on and "shockingly good" (when you find one)

  • @jefferycook3131
    @jefferycook3131 2 роки тому +11

    I have always talked up English builders in Australia I can't believe what I see in your vids UNBELIEVABLE I thought some builds in Australia are cheap and nasty but wow ,I would like to see what the developer let slide with the concreting over there

    • @markdawes2029
      @markdawes2029 2 роки тому +7

      I work as a handyman and have seen simular problems on site unfortunately you can't just blame British builders as there are far more foreign workers working on British sites than there is British workers , the building companies are to blame for these issues due to not wanting to pay proper wages and using agencies staff that really don't care about workmanship

    • @jefferycook3131
      @jefferycook3131 2 роки тому +2

      @@markdawes2029 we are starting to get a lot of Chinese tradies here that are pretty wild

    • @randomcamerajunk6977
      @randomcamerajunk6977 2 роки тому +14

      Builders don't work on new builds. Coked up deanos with sleeve tattoos in sporty vans with tinted windows and wronguns do

    • @Agnelum1
      @Agnelum1 2 роки тому +6

      ​@@markdawes2029 How predictable.... it's Johnny Foreigner's fault... I suppose the inspectors who sign off the work are all foreigners as well, are they?

    • @Gazza-is2tk
      @Gazza-is2tk 2 роки тому +5

      @@markdawes2029 100% all these builders are coked up Englishmen

  • @kinze2010
    @kinze2010 2 роки тому +18

    A new unit of measurement is invented "a pack of smints" it would surprise me if it gets used more often

    • @loc4725
      @loc4725 2 роки тому

      I think it's a standard unit of measurement for some of these 'builders', especially the fence installers & brickies.

  • @renafielding945
    @renafielding945 2 роки тому +2

    What a delight to see and hear your assessments!

  • @jamesanderson4964
    @jamesanderson4964 2 роки тому +17

    I have a quick question, how much of the issues you find actually get resolved??

    • @JasperJanssen
      @JasperJanssen 2 роки тому +4

      @@Elfin4 I suspect they just give a discount and settle. Maybe replacing one brick, yeah, but the whole wall… not much chance.

    • @MOTwaccoe
      @MOTwaccoe 2 роки тому +1

      I heard on one vid the house was so out of plum they had to knock it down and start again

  • @SoNoFTheMoSt
    @SoNoFTheMoSt 2 роки тому +7

    A friend of mine bought a new house, came home to find the entrance hall way light wasnt working, she went to change the bulb and a load of water fell through the socket!!!!

  • @makg4655
    @makg4655 2 роки тому +10

    Why not do videos showing people what the NHBC IS ABOUT AND HOW THEY SET OUT THE STANDARDs ( not that they are worked to though)

  • @mikerevell8145
    @mikerevell8145 2 роки тому +2

    I went to install the joists and the first 2 went in ok but I noticed they were becoming less and less on the block work until about the 4th one in just fell to the trad deck. So I checked and turns out the block work was out 100mm and on the stair side 🙃 this house needed demolishing and re doing but no I got told to cut some other longer joists to size and fit them

  • @grahamx8623
    @grahamx8623 2 роки тому +14

    Sad thing is that's ony the stuff that shows when the house is complete. I've seen houses taken down because of wrong heights, built the wrong hand, soil connected to surface water, the rear walls taken down and rebuilt. Major F-ups are very common. Too many lads aren't tradesmen and they enjoy the weed a bit too much. Glad I'm out of it now.

    • @markcallaghan8389
      @markcallaghan8389 2 роки тому +1

      the weed or these houses where built by hung over builders on Saturday morning after big drinking session on Friday night

  • @TurinTuramber
    @TurinTuramber 2 роки тому +10

    Victorian bricklayers would burn their levels after seeing this video.

    • @Imfat8888
      @Imfat8888 2 роки тому +1

      and as most brickies nowadays use profiles it makes you wonder if they can actually be bothered to plumb them up,,

    • @nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou
      @nobodydoesithalfasgoodasyou 2 роки тому

      @@Elfin4 in fairness, it's all too easy to get the 0% and 2% phials mixed up

  • @mattlage2640
    @mattlage2640 2 роки тому +3

    The problem is the amount of new builds that we are constantly told by the government we have to build. There is not the skilled labour to do the work, very low take up of chipies and brickies apprenticeships. These new builds are being built by whoever they can get hold of. If you're a decent tradesmen, (I'm a chipie), you're booked for months, so they are getting in subbies that are blagging it just so they can sign off the site. It's a crying shame that brickies and chipies have been undervalued for far to long. Any decent chipie now can earn more privately compared to price work on a site.

    • @jeanhind8198
      @jeanhind8198 2 роки тому

      Couldn't agree more. UK being concreted over with these jerry-built boxes can only be a disaster.

  • @Matwiej19
    @Matwiej19 2 роки тому +1

    Likes on tiktok and UA-cam. Smashing. :)

  • @bellerophonchallen8861
    @bellerophonchallen8861 11 місяців тому

    plenty of them out there; My neighbours at the farm used a builder to put in an RSJ to join their kitchen and narrow dining room into one big room. The wall between was a supporting wall 12" thick, stone and brick. The builder took the existing door out and knocked out the wall, about 10' long, then went home for the night. How the whole lot didn't end up in the wine cellar is anyones guess, but the wall upstairs now has several large cracks running down it. They got the RSJ in the next day but no-one could be bothered to acrow the wall, they just left it hanging. They weren't even cheap, just chanced it.

  • @chileminer
    @chileminer 2 роки тому +12

    So what happens with all the problems you find? Does the price get reduced as I can’t imagine they knock it down and rebuild?

    • @endurokid82
      @endurokid82 2 роки тому +1

      We live in a new build and you typically get a 2 year snagging period. If it’s serious NHBC will make the developer put right ant problems, no matter how big or severe they are.

    • @HarrietBeaumont
      @HarrietBeaumont 2 роки тому

      @@endurokid82 We bought a new build last summer, recently the kitchen tap has come loose, hard to use. Do you think they would fix that now after we have lived in it for almost a year?

    • @endurokid82
      @endurokid82 2 роки тому +3

      @@HarrietBeaumont If you have the two year snagging then contact the developer. Worst they can say is ‘no’, but if it’s a genuine fault they should rectify for you.

    • @04williamsl
      @04williamsl 2 роки тому +3

      My friend's new build had a wall massively out of alignment. They didn't realise until they got a professional snagger in... after they put their own flooring down (they didn't like the options included in the price, so paid to do it themselves).
      Developer had to replace the wall... but then the flooring had gaps down the side where it no longer fit. Developer also had to pay to fix the flooring, too.

    • @MrFrog_
      @MrFrog_ 2 роки тому +1

      @@endurokid82 NHBC weren't particularly interested when the render was cracking and falling off the wall, never again.

  • @icydee1
    @icydee1 2 роки тому +4

    So having purchased a house, and you find these problems, what are the options for the purchaser? Personally I would not accept a house in that condition since it looks like many of these issues are unfixable.

    • @theironshiek
      @theironshiek 2 роки тому +1

      Once you have signed on the dotted line it's your problem. Only thing you can do is get a good server done before or even do some proper digging yourself

    • @loc4725
      @loc4725 2 роки тому

      @@theironshiek But don't new builds usually come with a guarantee? Ok, they might refuse to honour it but that's where the courts come in.

    • @oneandonlyjaybee
      @oneandonlyjaybee 2 роки тому +1

      Just never buy "off plan". I had a colleague who did. There were loads of issues and on the day they got the keys and had to move it wasn't finished. They eventually told them to leave the property as they insisted on painting the door with gloss paint on the day they were taking their furniture in. Literally spent years trying to rectify everything. Too stressful for me

  • @savvysurveyor5318
    @savvysurveyor5318 2 роки тому +2

    Brilliant, you have definitely stepped up the comedy value

  • @naiboz
    @naiboz 2 роки тому +23

    Your vids absolutely give me the shits 😂
    Just imagine what you can’t see
    How deep are the founds? does the block work actually sit on it? What’s the run on the drains like? How many push fit connectors are hanging on by the skin of their teeth? How many weep vents are clogged with snotters in the cavity? How many nails are in the joist hangers? Are bridles up to spec? What do you mean that stud walls only got fixings at the ends?
    Coming out in a cold sweat here just thinking about it. 😂

    • @benjamincompton9767
      @benjamincompton9767 2 роки тому +1

      They give you the shits...? I'm literally sure we mean different things by that

    • @klashnacovak47
      @klashnacovak47 2 роки тому +1

      Give you the shits. Frightening.

  • @brendanfisher2528
    @brendanfisher2528 2 роки тому +6

    how do they rectify some of these faults? I mean a big belly in the brick work isn't a small job to fix...

  • @ReedoTV
    @ReedoTV 2 роки тому +3

    How did you get hold of a spirit level?
    I assume they are sold out everywhere, as the builders certainly didn't have any!

  • @DanDan-hj2pp
    @DanDan-hj2pp Рік тому

    Over 2.1m hight the door opening the plum is in tolerance and if it's a timber frame you have to build to the kit and keep the cavity size so if the panels go of plum so does the brickwork

  • @shauna6140
    @shauna6140 2 роки тому +2

    😂😂😂 mate I was pissing myself at ur reaction to the wasabi.. top quality vids bud keep them coming

  • @neil5006
    @neil5006 2 роки тому +6

    Can I ask, with the £750K house with out of plum brickwork, when you quite rightly point this out, how does the house builder rectify it?

    • @tomtricks6838
      @tomtricks6838 2 роки тому +12

      bulldozer

    • @Gazza-is2tk
      @Gazza-is2tk 2 роки тому

      @@tomtricks6838 can you really see that happening? I very much doubt it.

    • @tomtricks6838
      @tomtricks6838 2 роки тому +1

      @@Gazza-is2tk nah it won’t happen but if u wanted to fix it u can’t

  • @jonathanwilson8951
    @jonathanwilson8951 2 роки тому +1

    The red border around the edge of the thumbnail at a glance makes it look like i've already viewed the video. I almost missed one - shocking!

  • @aye3678
    @aye3678 2 роки тому +1

    Fair play, you did the Wasabi proper at the end. Was expecting you to spit it out, lol.

  • @Handless_handle
    @Handless_handle 2 роки тому +10

    Question, what happens to these properties with out of spec brick work!? I never see new homes being torn down, especially with the rate they are chucking up these new builds.

    • @T_Perkins
      @T_Perkins 2 роки тому +1

      Ask yourself this: what happens when a car goes round a corner too quick and a car come smashing in?
      Seen it plenty...
      They are to rebuild it. Chop it out and plonk new stuff in. If the inner wall is also out of plumb, that too. Then the internals need re doing... That's when things get mighty tasty.
      It's easy to forget that the outer skin is not often the main weight bearing wall, it's the inner wall where it's likely breeze block, stronger and more ugly. Tis why the out skin is easier to replace, but not means easy by the chance of saying
      Brick can hang by the bond of mortar for a little while, but it's by no means safe.
      I'm not qualified but that's from hear say and just giving it an ounce of though

    • @tilerman
      @tilerman 2 роки тому +2

      Great question and you beat me to it. Another question is how did the builders quality control people not see it. It's unbelievable. Surely this house would be impossible to get a mortgage on.

    • @T_Perkins
      @T_Perkins 2 роки тому +3

      If the building fails inspection, depending on the severity, mortgage companies will either decline or offer a 'special' rate.
      Special. Yes. Indeed.

    • @T_Perkins
      @T_Perkins 2 роки тому

      Either the inspectors are cock eyed, lazy or there are 'notes of joy' handed under a table somewhere..
      The latter is more likely to happen if the foreman got good impressions of a outside trades person then they do some... Questionable work... Then get fired before the horribleness continues..

  • @emretouchcompany3096
    @emretouchcompany3096 2 роки тому +1

    everytime you inspect a property and see these damning problems, what happens? What happens to a house with a massive wall out of plumb( am i writing it correctly?)
    also air wents below gravel? water will just go in the air vent right?? how does that effect the sale? or owners? SO MANY QUESTIONS!?
    please do a video of what happens at the end of one of your inspections.

  • @SoNoFTheMoSt
    @SoNoFTheMoSt 2 роки тому +4

    One pack of smints out of plum, i sense a new measuring device :)

  • @scottmurly-cleves8039
    @scottmurly-cleves8039 Рік тому

    I watch these just to hear the guy say "That's absolutely ridiculous" 😂😂

  • @SuperChalkster
    @SuperChalkster 2 роки тому +1

    i work on building sites, and id have to say the main problem with the quality of work is down to greed. the builder will want things done asap so they can sell and have the money in the bank. the contracters are greedy and under pay the workers resulting in them rushing to earn a living. Then in a lot of instances where final snags are left is down to zero time due to the builders stupid unrealistic deadlines.

  • @farikomike524
    @farikomike524 2 роки тому +1

    I saw it from 10,000 miles away….. classic 👍

  • @scottmurly-cleves8039
    @scottmurly-cleves8039 Рік тому

    "Absolutely shocking!" 😂😂😂

  • @finley4836
    @finley4836 2 роки тому +1

    Class if I tried that at work I wouldn't have a job 👍🏻

  • @tilerman
    @tilerman 2 роки тому

    'Absolutely Scottin' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @M0jibake
    @M0jibake 2 роки тому

    I love the “packet of Smints” measure

  • @psyk3r863
    @psyk3r863 Рік тому

    love the wand and harry potter tune.

  • @Ben-zc9gl
    @Ben-zc9gl Рік тому

    Big question here.... other than rebuilding the place. How would you even fix the brickwork?

  • @adamknowles5519
    @adamknowles5519 11 місяців тому

    These building inspectors are all on a back hand. I done a landscape on a new build of a new Tennant when I dug the garden out it was all clay that the grass was laid on when we started digging it out a building inspector said what are you taking thus clay out for we have put that in to stop the garden flooding I was absaloutly in shock what he said to me wow

  • @andrew30m
    @andrew30m 2 роки тому +10

    Covering the intumescent strip, that’s a potential prison sentence if the worst happens for the trade man.

    • @darkviper62
      @darkviper62 2 роки тому

      Surly you mean the site agent.

  • @cagcos
    @cagcos 2 роки тому +1

    Subscribed. Shockin!

  • @David-hi9rp
    @David-hi9rp Рік тому

    I am a Pro Carpenter and im simply stunned about the state of workmanship they probably got a load of foreigners in and were paid on price Discusting work

  • @richardtaylor3798
    @richardtaylor3798 9 місяців тому

    Im so glad my house is 200 or over yrs old--i did buy a 4 ft spirit level after seeing your vids(bit late to complain i grant you)but all is good!! i mean 200 yrs ago they built houses with stone an lime mortar an the blo.dy stones/rocks are all differant sizes an shapes--so they did it di.k on no probs. Mate says leaning was way out of plum is cos they put to many courses up in one day-eg compession of cement-an it moves--iv no idea if thats right but it seems likely--eg build fast get paid fast-the politics of friday night!!! great channel fella you got my sub.

  • @mash83
    @mash83 2 роки тому +2

    Can we have a follow-up on what came of your visits.

  • @Luki1060
    @Luki1060 2 роки тому +4

    Out of curiosity, what happens when external brick walls are more than the standard out of line? How does that get fixed?

  • @tonyjones7372
    @tonyjones7372 2 роки тому +1

    nice bit of editing with the Colin bit, made me giggle.
    but as a retired bricklayer, nothing to giggle at.

  • @BrenBrenMartin
    @BrenBrenMartin 2 роки тому +3

    So how do you fix any of this after the house is complete?

  • @TurinTuramber
    @TurinTuramber 2 роки тому +3

    What happens when you pay unknown line monkeys day rates.

  • @RolloZx
    @RolloZx Рік тому

    never buy anything until it is finished and has been 'independently' inspected by somebody whoi knows WTF they are doing. good job!

  • @SoNoFTheMoSt
    @SoNoFTheMoSt 2 роки тому +2

    Nothing better than english milk! except Irish or Welsh :)

  • @letsgetto1millwithoutvids
    @letsgetto1millwithoutvids 2 роки тому

    "shrecks swamp" 😂😂

  • @Richard-pe4cx
    @Richard-pe4cx 2 роки тому +1

    when these multiple issues are raised i would like to know what remedial action is taken ,

  • @bugattisteve
    @bugattisteve 2 роки тому +3

    are there any firms thats are actually any good at new builds or would you have to use smaller localised builders?

    • @jeanhind8198
      @jeanhind8198 2 роки тому +1

      I've been told by a friend who works in Planning in our local council, responsible for getting these Developers to actually provide what they are contracted to, that ALL the big Developers are arrogant, lazy and they lie continuously, to their own customers and officials. Their fallback position is "so sue us" and it's only when court papers are served that they finally do what they should have done originally, and that could be months, or even years, ago! Small developers seem to be far more professional - my own sister bought a new house in a development of just seven, the builder lives in no.7 and has been brilliant in dealing with a couple of small snagging issues.. Takes pride in his work...

  • @allanjonessoncarpetsandbli3519
    @allanjonessoncarpetsandbli3519 2 роки тому

    some of the faults like missing screws are easy to put right but what about the brickwork on exterior walls that’s out of tolerance that is going to be a major job to put right .?

  • @shardlake
    @shardlake 2 роки тому +9

    Will let the wife to watch this, she will never moan about my DIY again...

    • @lkkrv00rm3
      @lkkrv00rm3 Рік тому

      She will moan sitting on my lap though

  • @bolgendm
    @bolgendm 2 роки тому +3

    Give this man his own TV show asap, or i will!

  • @wynburgess6295
    @wynburgess6295 2 роки тому +1

    All right butt? Love the accent, I'm from Ponty(pridd). My dad was an architect and later was an expert witness in building disputes. He cut a timber wedge 0-50mm about 200 long and 30mm thick, marked it in 5mm stages, really useful as it gives an easy way of measuring out of plumb/level under a level. Good for evidence photographs as well. Best Wyn

  • @MrD1l
    @MrD1l 2 роки тому +7

    Do the property developers ever actually fix everything these guys point out?

    • @mattlage2640
      @mattlage2640 2 роки тому

      The answer is yes, I've had to put right many a bad chipies work in afraid. However they were contra charged (means they had to pay for my labour, it would've been taken out of future invoices they submitted for works completed) for however long it took me to put the problem right

  • @cp4512
    @cp4512 2 роки тому +1

    People often buy new build property for peace of mind….. not with workmanship like this! Shocking!!!

  • @Samuels691
    @Samuels691 Рік тому

    “Look at that…shocking!!” 😂

  • @A65Bill
    @A65Bill 2 роки тому

    I was told by the Site Manager on a major site that the expected structural life expectancy of the properties was designed to be 50 years! He then explained that this means that by 50 years, major structural work will be required to keep the property mortgageable.
    Built-in obsolescence comes to the domestic housing industry.

    • @Dan-zb7vn
      @Dan-zb7vn 2 роки тому

      When I was in the house building industry we used to joke about which was longest the length of the mortgage or the life of the house!

  • @m0nk3yl0v3r
    @m0nk3yl0v3r 2 роки тому

    I will literally never buy a new build after seeing this guys videos.

  • @Montoya2005
    @Montoya2005 2 роки тому +2

    What happens though with all these issues? Builder can’t rebuild the brickwork or walls? What’s happens once you put your report in?

    • @newhomequalitycontrol
      @newhomequalitycontrol  2 роки тому +2

      Yes they can

    • @h9rae
      @h9rae 2 роки тому +1

      @@newhomequalitycontrol they maybe can but do they fix them??

    • @janewhitzend688
      @janewhitzend688 2 роки тому

      My neighbour had all their brickwork redone...he fought it but his dad was a former surveyor and they knew it was wrong.

  • @michaelwright8787
    @michaelwright8787 Рік тому

    The milk at Diddly squat comes from cotteswold dairy in Tewkesbury 😂

  • @David_Camerwrongun
    @David_Camerwrongun 2 роки тому +4

    Looks like the "quality workmanship" my former employer would sign off.
    Pride over profit glad I don't have my name to any of it.
    People more interested in doing chop in the work van than doing their job

  • @sebali6303
    @sebali6303 2 роки тому +1

    I think all this is absolutely SHOCKING 🤣

  • @bigtorrisi
    @bigtorrisi 2 роки тому +1

    At 9.10 he saw the issues from 10,000 miles away. he must have been in Fiji when he saw it.

  • @LeeHoops
    @LeeHoops 2 роки тому

    Should see the state of my new build. We had an inspector out and he blagged everything. 28mm out on a wall, i have 2 in my front room roughly 40mm out and dont even get me started on the giant dip in our front room floor or dodgy plug sockets

  • @woody9052
    @woody9052 2 роки тому +1

    Love your channel ❤

  • @loc4725
    @loc4725 2 роки тому +2

    "Massive step"
    I've seen a new built which about a year after completion started to suffer from cracks to the brickwork on one side. And I mean *massive* cracks, mainly around windows and mostly upstairs.
    Structural engineer comes out, digs a hole next to the affected wall and immediately condemns the house as the wall on that entire side is hanging *over* the foundations. 😱😳
    It's things like that why I don't ever want to buy a new build.
    *Edit:* SHOCKING!

  • @OidHunter
    @OidHunter Рік тому

    "..here's a picture of my ex-girlfriend." 😂 😂 😂

  • @seanwoodley1763
    @seanwoodley1763 2 роки тому

    2.53 gas pipe should be supported and protected from corrosion

  • @daveyjones2215
    @daveyjones2215 2 роки тому +1

    BRILLIANT chanel