LAND & NEW BUILDnews New Build homes
New Build homes. Shiny, bright and brand new, who can resist? Survey reveals 90 per cent
satisfaction in new homes Nine out of ten homebuyers are happy with the overall quality of their new home according to the Home Builders Federation’s annual customer satisfaction survey. HBF’s seventh customer satisfaction survey,
Steven Lees, director of
SmartNewHomes.
New home prices outperform rest of UK
supported and analysed by the NHBC, shows that customer satisfaction levels have risen once again. HBF said that the levels now match or surpass those in any other industry or sector. The survey also showed that nine out of ten
According to the latest index from the portal SmartNewHomes, the average asking price for a new home in the UK in January was £228,909, increasing 0.8 per cent since the end of last year. It is the fourth consecutive month of price increases in the new homes market and the index also shows that annual price growth stands at 6.1 per cent. The average price of a new home is now £13,123 higher than at the beginning of 2011 and new home prices are higher than they were a year ago in every region. The most significant year on year growth was
in the West Midlands, up 15.4 per cent, followed by Greater London at 13.9 per cent and Yorkshire and Humber at 12.5 per cent. “The new homes market has seen a strong
start to the year, with a flurry of new scheme launches, encouraging levels of activity from buyers and new mortgage products announced by lenders which are designed to attract customers,” says Steven Lees, director of SmartNewHomes.
The index report says that new home values are outperforming prices in the wider market. The number of new homes coming onto the market rose considerably in January, as developments and phase launches, which had been delayed over the quiet Christmas period, took place in the New Year. “January trading statements from leading house builders have been extremely optimistic, reporting a strong start to the selling season despite wider economic uncertainty,” adds Lees.
40 APRIL 2012 PROPERTYdrum
A family from Market Harborough and their home has attracted national attention after being featured on prime time television. David and Becky Moore and their three
children, Ethan, Joel and Sophie live in a brand new David Wilson property at Farndon Fields on the edge of the town, and appeared in a report on BBC Breakfast about the changing face of homes over the past 200 years. BBC reporter, Graham Satchell picked the Moores’ home as it represents the way new homes have been designed to meet the needs of a 21st Century family.
buyers would recommend their builder to a friend and 86 per cent of purchasers were very or fairly happy with the service they received during the buying process. “For the first time nine out of ten consumers – the most important people in the process – have said that they’re happy with the quality of their new home and would recommend their builder to friends,” explains HBF’s executive chairman Stewart Baseley. “The results are a testament to the efforts made by our industry to deliver products and services that consumers are happy with, despite the difficult business environment.” Housebuilders that did especially well, having
HBF’s executive chairman Stewart Baseley.
achieved a five-star rating in both categories – recommend to a friend and quality of home are Barratt, Bellway , Bovis, Cala, Crest Nicholson, Gladedale , Lovell , McCarthy & Stone, Miller, Morris, Redrow, Stewart Milne and Taylor Wimpey.
David Wilson property turns TV star
David and Becky Moore.
It has five spacious bedrooms, a double
detached garage, a utility, two en-suite bathrooms, a study, an open plan kitchen and breakfast area, a dining room, a living room as well as a top floor den. The new range of homes was created
after David Wilson Homes joined forces with Nottingham University and monitored the living habits of a young family for six months. The results of the experiment, which showed how people used their home, enabled the company to make significant changes to the way they build new properties. The homes David Wilson build today are
more open plan, for example the dining room is integrated with the kitchen. Often in a three storey house the top floor can become a retreat for children or teenagers as well. The research also showed that people do want a separate study, where homework can be done or where parents can work flexibly from home. Philip Lacey, Sales Director at David Wilson Homes East Midlands, comments: “We’re very happy that the BBC chose us to demonstrate the quality you can expect when purchasing a new build property. I think the Moorecroft home shows for itself just how spacious modern houses can be.”
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