Its really Horses for Courses. There are many reasons why todays buyers choose a new home rather than an older one. Buyers will often be comforted knowing that their new home will carry a 10 year NHBC or like warranty. Also people today seem to live busy and often hectic lifestyles leaving less time to worry about things like DIY and the home in general.

• The choice of finish whereby you can often (from a selection) choose styles of kitchen units, tiling, carpets and flooring (laminates). Bathrooms and often paint finishes. The new home buyer can make their own stamp on the house. It's a blank canvas as no one else has lived there!
• Central Heating systems will be more efficient than older boilers. The same goes for double glazing whereas an older house may be colder and draughty.
• Insulation values will be high.
• Buyers enjoy low maintenance.
• Raising a mortgage is normally straightforward.
• Most new dwellings have allocated parking or garaging.
• Often appliances (white goods) may be included and often wardrobes will be fitted or built-in, meaning that you won't have to buy them and hence make savings.
• There is often an opportunity to make new friends of like minded people.

• An empty new home means no upward chain and you can move in immediately its finished. Developers also offer (in some cases) part exchange deals.
• Developers often offer incentives to buyers, ie carpets or contributions towards deposits.
• If you find a development in its early stages, you will often have a choice of plot locations and dwelling styles