[Sussex] Quality of New Build Homes

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CAPTAIN GREALISH

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Jan 6, 2010

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• Aug 1, 2019

• #41

mikeyjh said:

If you speak with trades who've done some time working on new builds it's scary how poor the quality is - I wouldn't touch a new build with a barge pole.

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sadly very true some of the things you see are unreal

 

Bry Nylon

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Jul 21, 2003

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Playing snooker

• Aug 1, 2019

• #42

mikeyjh said:

I wouldn't touch a new build with a barge pole.

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As many of them are seemingly built on floodplains, often that is the only way to open the front door.

 

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jackanada

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Jul 19, 2011

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• Aug 1, 2019

• #43

While I think new builds are generally shocking I don't entirely agree with the "don't build them like they used to" argument.
If you're looking at housing stock well over a hundred years old then most of the ones left are decent. The shit ones they built have either fallen down or had to be fixed properly since.

 

Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005

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Goldstone

• Aug 1, 2019

• #44

jackanada said:

While I think new builds are generally shocking I don't entirely agree with the "don't build them like they used to" argument.

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Post war housing was also cheaply built.