Advice needed - New build home

Would they do the same with bricks?. Personally i would create hell about it on a new house, & dont except any guarantee if they do blend them in as they might not be around in years to come when you try to sell the house with possibly odd looking tiles. It looks like its been patched up after storm damage.
Also, if they are going to replace them, get it done before the upstairs ceilings are finished.

 

Dan.

Please ask them what the cause of the discolouration was and also what spray they used - then come back on here.

 

Insist that the roof tiles are changed - entirely the responsibility of the roofing company, whose operative should have ensured that all of the tiles were from the same batch, (this is marked on pack wrappings). Site manager is trying to wriggle out of it in order to maintain his anticipated completion date, upon which he is probably bonussed!!
If you can find out the roof tile manufacturer, their standard fixing details WILL identify that batch numbers should be checked before laying.
Very much doubt that is was the manufacturer who sprayed, more likely Plastic Surgeon, Damage Doctor or similar.......

 

Looks bludy awful,as already mentioned earlier, I reckon you will have problems selling years down the line, peeps will ask questions.
As the treatment is not a one off application, but usually has to be reapplied after so many years.

Roof needs complete retiling, & I also very much doubt a tile manufacturer would spray them.

 

Having slightly different colour roof tiles (same as bricks) is something that happens. Good practice is to finish a section of roof in one batch and use the different batch on another. With your roof they should have finished the main section in one batch before starting the smaller gable roof.

There would still be a slight difference but because they are on different roof sections it wouldn't be so noticeable

Spraying them seems barmy as this will look even worse in a few years as the paint breaks down

 

you have some problems with the brickwork as well. The diagonal line next to the block work looks wrong and should have had lead flashing in it for the canopy roof




The right hand edge the cement joints are too big and the wrong colour to the bottom and higher courses



You may need to check if there are weep slots above the downstairs bay window as well

And the scaffolding is non compliant

 

I can't understand why the roofers fitted them in the first place, unless site management told them to, as Stevie Wonder can see they contrast like a sore thumb. Do not spray, as it may last a few years but you'll have to top it up at your cost and why on earth should you? New Build, New work, New tiles.

 

For one awful moment I thought half the Windows were leaded and the other not.

They blew the pic up.

 

Don't you have some final payments you could simply withhold so as to focus their minds?

These roof tiles are different because they came from a different batch, then? Blimey, that is unacceptable.

(I asked about the cause of the differences chust in case it was something innocent like storage dirt, or moss build-up which could in theory be fully resolved with cleaning, but it clearly ain't that!)

I would not - under any circumstances - accept a temporary fix such as tinting. I would also treat everything they now say with some caution as they've clearly been trying to evade responsibility and have told you some basic fibs - they have shown themselves to be somewhat untrustworthy, so always be as cynical as you can if any further issues come up.

 

NHBC are notorious for not holding builders to account, they let things ramble on for years. Just google "problems NHBC warranty"

The issue with your roof tiles and scaffolding shows on-site standards have dropped considerably

If possible get an independent building inspector to look at the house. It isn't just the tiles you need to worry about the cosmetic issues over the brick work will look worse over the years and the diagonal line of brickwork under the top left bedroom window looks odd. Independent building surveyor at this stage should be £100 - £150 and at least will give you peace of mind if there are any other issues.

You would think buying a new house would be problem and stress free .......

 

I would get your friends dad to have a nosey around before things get hidden even if it is just from the public road.

I went to to see a Wimpey home years ago and where there floor boards had lifted, workmen had stepped on the pipes and partially crushed them, you just know they would have been covered over and the homeowners would have suffered for years

 

Independent surveyors around this way will charge around £500 minimum for a full report.

 

hahaha the joys of Newbuilds...

 

It would be interesting to see what the "standard guarantee" covers. I would be surprised if covers colour retention.

Tiles like Redland are through coloured so the colour is all the way through the tiles rather than just the top