Originally Posted by
ik9000
I have sat in meetings with developers and some of them I literally quote "I don't care about the people living here, I care about making profit. Now what can we do to make this cheaper but still comply with the ERs?" That was to do with comm-entry systems and security doors etc in a block of flats. Not something trivial in that part of town. I'm not saying all developers are like that, but there are enough who are. Only £100 per house on a 100 unit development? Yup they'll slash that given half a chance. I've seen them swap bolts to a lesser quality of durability just to save x% per bolt. Net saving not much, but "it all adds up".
I've also seen a different developer refuse to get BT, Sky and Virgin pre installed to all flats in a new resi scheme despite it being evidently quicker and easier all round to let them do so in the M&E cores and laying cables to each apartment as part of the first fix while the finishes aren't in. Again, "we don't have to do it, so we're not spending the money. If the tenant wants to get it later they can work that out with the freeholder." SFAIK they put in BT only, and I'm not sure if that wasn't just RJ11. People wonder why new build gets such a bad rep but I have seen enough to feel it's not entirely undeserved.