As the UK's No 1 Snagging company we frequently assist the media with case studies: Stephen Nancarrow our MD is widely recognised as the UK's leading expert on new home defects and regularly participates in programmes concerning problems with new homes.

Here is a selection of the media we have worked with:

If you have a press enquiry, please contact Vanessa@inspectorhome.co.uk

Channel 4 - Dispatches

Stephen worked with Dispatches reporter Andrew Gilligan to investigate the private house builders charged with solving Britain's chronic housing shortage.

Click here for the article.

Recommended by BBC Watchdog

Stephen Nancarrow has worked with the BBC Watchdog team on the following
programmes:

The UK's Worst New Home

Stephen joined the team around the UK to check out and judge the UK's Worst New
Home and show them what defects really existed in the new homes they had finalised.
The winner was George Wimpey.

BBC1 Watchdog

Stephen Nancarrow our MD was asked by Watchdog to join them on a visit to
Weston Super Mare to investigate problems some homeowners had with their
Westbury Homes, in particular their roof tiles. In all of the properties he checked, he
discovered that the roof tiles were not fixed down correctly.

This story was also featured in the Sunday Times

Tonight with Trevor McDonald

Stephen Nancarrow was approached by the Tonight team in February 2005 to assist then with a programme regarding problems with new homes.

Steve appeared on the show along with Tim Spear one of our clients who is experiencing problems with his developer and the NHBC and an update on their situation and how it progresses may be filmed later this year.

Radio4 You & Yours

One of the presenters from Radio 4 You & Yours accompanied Steve during a site visit to discover the true extent of defects in new homes. They were shocked to discover the reality - to hear this programme please click here.

Which magazine:

March 2004 issue - please contact us for a copy of this press coverage.

GMTV

Justin and Sarah Gardner contacted Inspector Home after 18 months of dealing with
Bryant Homes, trying to rectify the defects in their new home. Inspector Home found
176 defects and are in the process of assisting the Gardner family in their negotiations
with Bryant Homes as part of our free After Care service.

Vanessa Ambler appeared on GMTV with John Stapleton to discuss the case and to give
advice on Thursday 18th June. With the aid of Inspector Home this story also appeared
in the Oxford Mail, BBC Oxford, and Central TV News.

Click here to see the GMTV coverage...

Click here to see the Oxford Mail coverage...

As featured by the HSBC

Click here to see the HSBC coverage...

The Telegraph

Another fine mess...

As a building surveyor for the London Borough of Havering, Dean Davidson has seen it all: damp walls, dodgy wiring, rat infestations...

Click here to see The Telegraph coverage...

My property nightmare: a defective new home

How to deal with tricky situations. This week: a buyer is put off buying new-build homes for life

Click here to see The Telegraph coverage...

Property nightmare: a subsiding new home

It didn't take long for cracks to appear in Angela Pearce's new home, writes Mary Wilson

Click here to see The Telegraph coverage...

The Guardian

A case for Inspector Home

Buying a newly built house should guarantee a trouble-free time when you move in.
But, writes Emma Tyrrell, the reality is often very different

Click here to see The Guardian coverage...

New homes are great, There's just one snag...

If only. Most have so many faults a specialist is needed, writes Christopher Browne

Click here to see The Guardian coverage...

The Sunday Telegraph

How to deal with tricky situations. This week: a buyer is put off buying new-build homes for life.

Click here to see The Sunday Telegraph coverage...

The Observer

New house, same old problems.

Your dream of hassle-free existence may turn sour, warns Jane Hardy.

Click here for The Observer coverage...

Let the buyer beware the brand new home

Consumers get more protection in a shop than when buying a house, says Jane Hardy.

Click here for The Observer coverage...

The Evening Standard

My flat is no luxury..., by Mira Bar-Hillel.

Click here for The Evening Standard coverage...

Scotland on Sunday

Snag misery shatters dream home

THE dream of owning a brand new home is being destroyed for many Scots by a never-ending list of faults with many newly built properties north of the border, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.

Click here to see the Scotland on Sunday coverage...

Find a property.com

There Are A Few Snags...

Buyers of newly-built properties are often seduced by the prospect of a hassle-free
home that they won't need to refurbish or redecorate. But many developers struggle
to make that dream a reality...

Click here for the property.com coverage...

This is oxfordshire

Couple sue builder over dream home

A family living in their £350,000 dream home are suing the builders after an independent inspector found 176 defects.

Click here to see the Thisisoxforshire.co.uk coverage...

Tiscali

Builders Slated in Homebuyer Survey

Click here for the Tiscali coverage...

Moneyextra.com

Reality check on dream homes

Click here for the Moneyextra.com coverage...

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