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IMM wrote:
Barratt and Redrow are amongst the cowboys. Go to a decent builder. You
get what you pay for. Modern houses can be very solid if you get the
right builder and design. Or you can get a cheapie and make it more
solid yourself. On moving in rip up the floor boards and put rigid
rockwool bats under, jammed between the joists, put the boards back with
screws.

Love to know of a cheapie house builder who uses floorboards...

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