I'm just intrigued as to what it actually takes to get NHBC certification on a newbuild property nowadays? Is it just that there's 4 walls, a room, and some insulation?
Does this 'certification' in any form mean that your house meets building regs at the time of build?
I ask this as in the past year I've discovered that
- soil pipe not capped properly in the loft
- bathroom lighting doesn't meeting zone/ip rating regulations
- somewhat dubious interpretation of gas cut off valve access capabilities
- live wires handing on top of cupboards.
(I'll stop there for now.)
and that's just me being someone not skilled in the art of building, and just taking a common sense approach to thinks that didn't quite look right.