New-build snagging disaster


On paper all can seem well, but in reality, in practice the experience does not meet expectations.

Hence the OP's question, I pointed out there are much better ways. Your timely research which showed our most modern houses are only 50% better than equivalent builds elsewhere from the 1950s is really telling.
 
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Hopefully those 61k are in houses with a reasonable air-tightness figure, - I mean a measured air-tightness , not once based on paper...
 
clinteastwood said:
Your timely research which showed our most modern houses are only 50% better than equivalent builds elsewhere from the 1950s is really telling.
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Seriously, go back and read what I said!! At no point did I say that "only our most modern houses" use gas for space heating. You put forward an anecdote of one experience of a single building as a reflection on the poor quality of Irish homes, Finnish data suggests they are no better than ours.

I'd also suggest you do some research on the NZEB regulations introduced in 2019 that have resulted in less than 5% of new builds having fossil fuel boilers if you want to understand the requirements for modern homes.
 
Sorry, I disagree. But I take your point on the NZEB regulations. Again its great on paper, the OP has obviously a new house since 2019 and his experience is wide of the mark

No ordinary lay person in Finland has what irish people say to each other "have you a solicitor, have you an engineer" when buying a house - all expensive, time consuming, legalistic BS. Imagine the possibilities if you could sell and buy in 7 days.

Anyway, lets call it , have work to do keeping folks safe.
 
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clinteastwood said:
Sorry, I disagree.
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What do you disagree with? Can you quote where I said our most modern homes are using gas space heating?


clinteastwood said:
No ordinary lay person in Finland has what irish people say to each other "have you a solicitor, have you an engineer" when buying a house - all expensive, time consuming, legalistic BS. Imagine the possibilities if you could sell and buy in 7 days.
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The system in Finland is different, sure, but not massively so in terms of responsibilities for the production of documentation, but I've yet to see any evidence that this translates to higher quality buildings. This report doesn't suggest they are putting us to shame, that prevalence of damp issues in such a dry climate doesn't scream quality.
 
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