On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:34:54 +0100, a particular chimpanzee named MM
randomly hit the keyboard and produced:

I dunno! I'm only asking! As far as I could tell, the house was
amazingly well built, and some neighbours who have already moved there
volunteered their very positive opinions. (This is a local builder,
not one of the big chain builders.)

Check who carried out the Building Control (if it was the NHBC, their
inspection regime tends to be less frequent than the Local
Authorities). Check that the Building Control body did all the stage
inspections (foundations, dpc, drains, etc). Check that the work has
had a final Building Control inspection and been completed. You may
have to ask via the builder, as this kind of information is not
available to third parties. If he's not happy to release this
information or allow you to ask yourself, then you can make an
inference from that.
--
Hugo Nebula
'What you have to ask yourself is, "if no-one on the internet wants
a piece of this, just how far from the pack have you strayed?"'