We have bought a new Morris Homes house and very nice it is too.
We are having some problems and to be fair, there is one large (to us anyway) and the rest are all small but build up.
Anyway, the big problem for us was that a couple of days after moving in, the morning after the bairns had had a shower there was a lot of water on the ceiling in the living room. It turns out the waste water pipe in the shower had been connected but not secured with the screw. In itself not a problem but a few weeks before we moved in we had a wander round the house and noticed brown marks around the tape on the ceiling and suggested to Morris that there was a leak and we were told that it was all fine. On the day we moved in someone came around to stain block those brown marks as they were still showing through the paint.
Not a problem with the water leak, they say, let it dry out and we will stain block and paint it.
We have some friends in the business who said the plasterboard really should be replaced so we spoke to British Gypsum to find out the best course of action and they said that if it was 'moisture resistant' all is well and good, if not it really should be replaced.
We asked the question if it was and are still waiting for a reply. We have had a couple of their directors around and one of them said, 'if it was my mum I would be happy to paint over it'. Now my missus and her mum where there and her mums opinion is 'well i am your mum and i would want it replacing'.
A number of snags as you would expect but what it is the general consensus about the plasterboard. Our greatest worry is in 5 years time when they have left site, having a problem with mould and mildew where the water has been as we have seen it in many other houses that have had a water problem and don't want this in ours as missus has asthma and we have two young kids.
Dave