One home had already been proved to have no roof fixings. This same home had already had Westbury to replace their roof once, however Steve detected that even this home still had unfixed tiles on an area of roof where all the tiles should have been fixed. This was a British standards issue.

I stress this is a highly subjective account, based on opinions formed over a few months of househunting/living. It is far from scientific and I am no expert. Most houses are fairly new by british standards and my experience of the houses is looking at and renting houses new-15 years old.

We went to see a few houses and were relatively impressed, not least by the fact that the price of a good-sized two bedroom flat in Edinburgh would buy us a four-bedroom detached house with a garage and garden in Dunfermline! None of the houses really grabbed us, though.

Seventeen residents who bought their properties from Persimmon Homes have an exclusive no-one would want - that they prefer their water in bottles!