Expert guides, market updates, and everything you need to know about buying a new-build home in the UK
Mortgages & FinanceNot sure which mortgage product to pick for your new build? This decision guide matches mortgage types to your buyer profile, compares real costs over 2, 5, and 10 years, and shows how to time your mortgage around new build completion dates.
Mortgages & FinanceHow much can you borrow for a new build home? Understand income multiples, stress testing, what counts as income, what reduces borrowing, and how developer incentives and the new build premium affect your mortgage amount.
Mortgages & FinanceThe definitive guide to managing mortgage timing for off-plan and new build purchases — offer validity, extensions, construction delays, rate changes, exchange deadlines, long-stop dates, and what to do when things don't go to plan.
Buying GuidesA data-driven guide to assessing whether a new build home is fairly priced. Learn how developer pricing actually works internally, how to research comparable sold prices using Land Registry, what causes down-valuations, how to calculate the true new build premium on any plot, and the analytical tools that separate overpaying buyers from informed ones.
Buying GuidesThe ultimate question bank for new build buyers. Over 100 essential questions organised by who you ask — sales advisers, site managers, solicitors, mortgage brokers, and surveyors — and by stage, from first visit to first year. Includes why each question matters and red flag answers that should make you think twice.
Snagging & QualityThe most comprehensive room-by-room snagging checklist for new build homes in the UK. Over 200 specific items to inspect across every room, exterior area, and building service — with severity ratings, what counts as a defect, and how to document everything properly.
Buying Guides50 practical insider tips for buying a new build home in the UK. Covers show home tactics, plot selection strategy, specification traps, negotiation timing, upgrade decisions, part-exchange evaluation, developer red flags, and the things experienced buyers wish they had known before their first purchase.
HomeownershipThe honest guide to living in a brand new home — drying out cracks, snagging battles, building site neighbours, and the things that get better after month six. Real advice from real new build owners.
Design & InteriorsComplete UK guide to styling your new build hallway and entrance. Covers flooring options, storage solutions, lighting ideas, mirrors, colour schemes for narrow spaces, staircase styling, gallery walls, and practical tips with real costs from UK retailers.
Design & InteriorsComplete UK guide to designing and furnishing your new build bedroom. Covers typical bedroom sizes, bed frames, mattresses, fitted and freestanding wardrobes, lighting, colour schemes for sleep, curtains and blinds, carpet choices, headboard walls, storage solutions, dressing tables, guest bedrooms, and realistic costs for 2026.
Design & InteriorsA comprehensive UK guide to choosing flooring for your new build home, covering luxury vinyl tile, carpet, porcelain and ceramic tiles, engineered wood, laminate, and natural stone with real 2026 costs per square metre, brand recommendations, subfloor considerations, underfloor heating compatibility, and room-by-room advice.
Design & InteriorsA comprehensive UK guide to lighting your new build home, covering what developers provide as standard, the three layers of lighting, room-by-room plans for every space, smart lighting systems, colour temperature explained, LED technology, electrical regulations, and realistic costs for 2026.