Expert guides, market updates, and everything you need to know about buying a new-build home in the UK
Snagging & QualityThe complete UK guide to snagging a new build home. Understand your legal rights, when to snag, how to report defects effectively, email templates for developers, and how to escalate when they don't fix things.
Snagging & QualityWhat to do when your new build developer refuses to fix defects. The complete guide to escalation, formal complaints, NHBC resolution, Consumer Code disputes, the Financial Ombudsman, small claims court, and every legal remedy available to UK new build buyers.
Legal & ConveyancingThe definitive UK guide to new build completion day. Follow our hour-by-hour timeline from morning funds transfer through key collection, learn what your solicitor does behind the scenes, and know exactly what to do if completion is delayed or something goes wrong.
Legal & ConveyancingNew build conveyancing is fundamentally different from buying a resale property. From contract packs and NHBC warranties to developer deadlines and adoption agreements, discover every key difference and why you need a solicitor with specific new build experience.
Legal & ConveyancingNew build contracts are complex, one-sided, and very different from resale contracts. This guide decodes every major clause — from completion mechanisms and longstop dates to variation rights and restrictive covenants — so you know exactly what you are signing and where you have leverage to negotiate.
Legal & ConveyancingA practical guide to choosing, vetting, and working with a solicitor for your new build purchase in the UK — CQS accreditation explained, fee structures compared, developer panel vs independent solicitors, essential questions to ask, red flags to watch for, how to switch solicitors mid-transaction, and the complaints process if things go wrong.
Mortgages & FinanceThe complete UK guide to remortgaging a new build home — when to switch, how the new build premium affects your options, early repayment charges, equity release, Help to Buy repayment, and step-by-step remortgage process.
Mortgages & FinanceThe complete step-by-step guide to getting a mortgage on a new build. From Decision in Principle through full application, valuation, conditions, exchange, and completion — including new build complications like build delays and offer expiry.
Mortgages & FinanceNot all lenders offer new build mortgages. Compare which UK banks and building societies lend on new builds, their LTV limits, construction type restrictions, offer validity periods, and developer panel requirements.
Mortgages & FinancePractical guide to comparing mortgage lenders for new build homes in the UK. Learn to read ESIS documents, calculate true borrowing costs, choose between brokers and direct applications, and find lenders that specialise in new builds.
Mortgages & FinanceStep-by-step guide to the new build mortgage process in the UK — from DIP through to drawdown on completion day. How new build timelines differ from resale, what happens during valuation, offer conditions, and how to handle delays.
Costs & BudgetingA comprehensive budget planner covering every cost of buying a new build home in the UK. Includes deposit requirements, legal fees, stamp duty, mortgage costs, moving expenses, furnishing, and ongoing running costs — with worked examples for three property types.