{"id":101396,"date":"2018-11-17T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-there-a-crisis-of-quality-in-new-build-homes\/"},"modified":"2018-11-17T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T07:04:04","slug":"is-there-a-crisis-of-quality-in-new-build-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/is-there-a-crisis-of-quality-in-new-build-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a crisis of quality in new-build homes?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCharles Church claims its homes are of \u2018unrivalled design and quality\u2019 \u2013 but some buyers feel badly let downWhen Victoria Baker and her husband opened the door to their brand new \u00a3380,000 five bedroom home in Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton, they were thrilled to finally move into what they thought would be their perfect home.Instead they say they were confronted by a catalogue of issues that has left them stressed and put a strain on their marriage. \u201cIt\u2019s been horrific,\u201d admits Baker, 36, who moved into their Charles Church home with Gavin, 35, and their two children in June. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Charles Church claims its homes are of \u2018unrivalled design and quality\u2019 \u2013 but some buyers...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qnq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":159844,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-guardian-view-on-build-to-rent-hardly-a-solution-to-the-housing-crisis-editorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":101396,"position":0},"title":"The Guardian view on build-to-rent: hardly a solution to the housing crisis | Editorial","date":"August 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Labour is hoping that big investors will build more homes. 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