Is Our New Home Very Badly Built Or Not?

[HOTR]

We moved into our new home 6 months ago and we think we might have one or two, well more than one or two issues. But someone experienced may well look at this list and the snaps and tell me this is all normal.

Not sure, so thought I'd ask and see if it all adds up to something and nothing. Any advice gratefully received. Thank you.

1. Bricks with literally no mortar between them in the lower courses of each wall.




2. Bricks with very little mortar up to the edges.


3. Bricks with crumbling mortar



4. Plastic pegs on view in the wall, some with gaps due to lack of mortar.




5. Cracked bricks



6. Cracks in stone (It's actually Bekstone, not a natural product)


7. Bricks with loose or broken facings.


8. Bekstone that's turning pink in patches


9. Mortar beneath window sills is crumbling and breaking down


10. Mastic around window and door seals poorly placed and cracking leaving gaps.


11. Roof verge is so narrow on gable ends that when it rains, the rain drips constantly onto the plastic window sills below sounding like a machine gun. Also runs down the walls.



12. Steel lintel edges can be seen above tops of window frames.



13. Steel lintel above French doors and brickwork above that appears to be bowing in the middle.


14. Stone boundary walls have caps on them with such a narrow overhang, rain water pours down the walls.

15. When in the loft outside can be seen between the bottom of the last run of tiles and tops of the front walls - Roof interior has thick gauze-like membrane fabric attached to it that blows in the wind. Loft is cold.

Hmmm...That's about it for now. The central heating not functioning properly since we moved in I'll leave for another day.

What do you think?

Is this all normal?

Should I be getting a surveyor round?
 

[New Home Expert]

Hard to believe this is all from one house?

1) Perp joints below ground should be filled.
2) 3) 9)Crumbling mortar needs to be investigated!
http://www.new-home-blog.co.uk/weak-mortar-britains-crumbling-new-homes/
4) "Plastic pegs" are in fact weep vents and very necessary to drain water from dpc trays usually above windows, doors and air bricks.
5) 6) 7) Cracks in bricks, spalled bricks and cracks in stonework need to be assessed by independent expert.
10) Mastic needs to be stripped and re done. Looks like possible caused by timber frame shrinkage.
11) Verges overhang. You need to look up manufacturer's guidance notes but in my opinion it would be deemed acceptable.
12) 13) Perfectly normal to see galvanised steel lintel edges. Cant see and bend in the lintel either so not serious enough.
14) Boundary wall copings stones - drips under should be beyond wall face by 10mm Would appear these stones are too narrow.
15) Perfectly normal for your loft to be cold means not heat being lost. The daylight you can see is also necessary for ventilation.