Petition · past parliament
Builders, developers & landlords to raise standards and up the building quality.
Closed
51 signatures
What the petition asks
Many builders, landlords & home warranty providers continue to throw-up cheap dysfunctional homes & taking good money for them, with impunity, while unsuspecting first time home buyers, tenants, pensioners & many hard working people suffer for it e.g. no hot water/heating, moulds, financial loss etc
Please sign to demand:
- all builders & landlords to raise home standards & quality
- new-home warranties be increased from 10 years to a minimum of 25 years
- first time new home buyers to have same rights as residential tenants in first 5 years
- a CHANGE in the Law "Caveat Emptor" - never to be applied to new-build homes
- Parliament & Government to ban refusal of newbuild home repairs & enshrine into law that all urgent new-build home defects be fixed in 24-48 hrs & other defects in 5 days
- all builders & landlords to raise home standards & quality
- new-home warranties be increased from 10 years to a minimum of 25 years
- first time new home buyers to have same rights as residential tenants in first 5 years
- a CHANGE in the Law "Caveat Emptor" - never to be applied to new-build homes
- Parliament & Government to ban refusal of newbuild home repairs & enshrine into law that all urgent new-build home defects be fixed in 24-48 hrs & other defects in 5 days
Timeline
| 20 Apr 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
51
Status
Closed
Opened
20 Apr 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.