1. Your new home will be a rush job and poor quality as house builders all scramble for tradesmen to get homes included in their
END OF YEAR (or half year) figures.
2. Your home will have been built and finished in the worst of the British weather. It will be wetter and take longer to fully dry out, resulting in a
greater degree of shrinkage cracking. This is not covered by the NHBC warranty!
3. Should there be any problems with your new home, especially with plumbing leaks, heating and electrical faults, you will be 'on your own' as all house builders will
close down between 23rd December and 4th January 2012.
4. Your new home will have been decorated in artificial light. Only in the spring sunlight will you be able to see blemishes and poor quality finishing.
5. It is likely that the external areas may not have been fully finished due to weather delays and fewer daylight hours.
6. All services are more expensive the nearer you get to Christmas, removals, carpets, solicitors etc.
TV aerial, satellite TV, telephone and broadband could all slip until the New Year unless you are very organised.
7. Deliveries and post are more likely to go astray in the busy Christmas period, especially as you will have a new address.
8. Roads and footpaths will get covered with mud once building work resumes after the Christmas shutdown. Do you really want mud on your new carpets?
9. It is more likely it could be raining on your moving in day.
10. Streetlights may not be installed or working yet, your street could be pitch black.
