Crest Nicholson

Feature Article #1

Post-move snags

I’ve been in the house for a week now, which is enough time for the first of the post-move snags to show up…
First, there’s the driveway. The weather’s been a bit warm recently, with temperatures in the 26-27C range. Unfortunately, this is enough to slightly melt the material they’ve used on the driveway. [...]

Nik | August 23rd, 2005 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Sense of humour

Seems like someone at Crest Nicholson has a sense of humour. Either that or, and more likely, their customer service department doesn’t talk to their marketing department… I received this through the post the other day (I’ve obscured the bits that show the location).
Crest Flyer

That arrived last Monday, so after the open weekend dates.
That’s [...]

Nik | August 5th, 2005 | Continued

Feature Article #3

More snag photos

Below the fold are three more photos from yesterday’s snagging inspection.
And to quote from the previous entry:
Keep in mind when you look at these that Crest Nicholson had told me that they’d completed all their snagging, and that as far as they were concerned the house was ready.
Enjoy.

Nik | June 5th, 2005 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Snagging inspection completed

If you’ve been following along you’ll know that today was the day of the snagging inspection, carried out by New Build Inspections. They also sponsor this blog, and the inspection was free as a result of this. If I’d paid for it the cost would have been £480.
So, would I feel happy [...]

Nik | June 4th, 2005 | Continued

About this Site

This is Nik Clayton’s blog of his experience of buying a new build home in the UK. He started blogging in April 2005 and here is an extract from his first blog post: “So we’ve been looking around for the past couple of weeks and think we’ve found a style of house and developer [...]