Here is our Countryside Properties story - its probably the same as yours: we bought a house a long time ago, we trusted Countryside Properties, and after over 9 months (June 2007), we still have 34 unresolved problems. We've had over 80 in all.

Crag Williamson, author of A Foreign Education and new build buyer has started to blog his house moving experiences. You can follow Craig's progress here using the Bloor Homes newsfeed and you can comment using the link below or on the blog itself.

Steve Soulsby, the owner of a Persimmon house of horrors, was so shocked by the experience of buying a new build that he has set up a website to share his experiences with prospective buyers.

Totley Hall Drive sounds charming and looks immaculate. But beneath the surface, things aren't quite as perfect as they seem. The estate in Sheffield was built in 2000 by Westbury Homes, a company that's now part of Persimmon Homes - the UK's biggest house builder.

Getting the keys to a brand-new house that no-one but you has lived in before is a tempting idea. And there are lots of people for whom that dream comes true each year. Last year around 160,000 new homes were built, with the total set to increase by 50,000 a year.

Eyesore, soul-sapping housing that short-changes the people who have to inhabit it is not the exception but the norm, according to a new report.

Residents on a Lancashire estate have slammed house builders Redrow, saying roof tiles have fallen off homes they built for the third time in two years.

Are you being treated unfairly by a retailer, company, organisation or local council? Are you caught up in a bureaucratic storm or being wrapped up in red tape? Have you complained, but feel like you’re getting nowhere?

Builders Bellway Homes North East jumped into action when I asked for an explanation about Andrew Hutchinson's complaint.

I have not seen anything about Antler homes on this site before so let me be the first to dispel the myth that they portray of being a company at the upper end of the quality marke with ‘renowned attention to detail’. See their website at Antlerhomes.co.uk for more hype.