Gorse Fox had pre-booked to visit the development and we duly turned up to hear the marketing guff and to see the show home. It is clear they will be nice houses - but it seems that the designers of today have had their common sense removed. Some examples:
- Largest house - 5 bedrooms - has a single garage;
- Largest house - smallest kitchen;
- Study - too small for a desk and book shelves
- Kitchens in three of the house designs have no room for stand-alone fridge
- No evidence of structured cabling
On top of this there were little things that just shouted at the Gorse Fox:
- There were some splits in the wood of the door architrave in one room
- The baseboard heater grill was not square to the wall
- The external utility access panels were not square
These were expensive houses - and even the show-house revealed questionable attention to detail.
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I think developers of today work on absolute minimum of what they can get away with with room sizes and specifications - builder Jeff from the Telegraph who for me is a voice for common sense on many a subject isn't a fan of new builds as many people chose them for low maintenance trouble free living and have anything but.
Have you considered looking for a plot of land?
Yes, have thought about it, but not progressed with it. As nice as it would be, GF is not sure we could put up with the hassle.
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