{"id":7836,"date":"2022-08-24T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=7836"},"modified":"2022-09-09T11:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T10:30:43","slug":"new-build-buying-considerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2022\/08\/24\/new-build-buying-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"New build buying considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Demand for\nnew builds is on the up due to more people seeking energy efficient homes, but\nresearch<sup>1<\/sup> has revealed other factors people wish they had considered\nbefore purchasing a new build.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Top of the list\n(36%) is researching the property manager as well as the developer, closely\nfollowed (35%) by checking out the parking arrangements, including the on-street\nparking situation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>A common\nproblem on developments can be drainage; 19% of respondents recommended\nchecking this out. Other top tips include booking in a snagging survey early on\n(18%) and visiting the property at different times of day (15%) to check noise,\nlighting and mobile reception. Ten percent of respondents wished they had\nchecked the terms and conditions more carefully, while 9% wish they had\ncommunicated proactively with the developer and ensured they had everything in\nwriting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Paula Higgins,\nCEO, HomeOwners Alliance, commented, <em>\u201cDon\u2019t assume anything when you\u2019re\nbuying a new home. There\u2019s a lot more to research than you think. And with a\nnew build in particular, you need to look beyond the glossy marketing\nbrochure.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>HOA, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong><em>As a\nmortgage is secured against your home or property, it could be repossessed if\nyou do not keep up mortgage repayments.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand for new builds is on the up due to more people seeking energy efficient homes, but research1 has revealed other factors people wish they had considered before purchasing a new build. Top of the list (36%) is researching the property manager as well as the developer, closely followed (35%) by checking out the parking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,91],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7836"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7839,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7836\/revisions\/7839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7836"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=7836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}