Persimmon has announced it will extend the length of time customers can check for faults in their new homes from one day to the first week of occupation, writes Hamish Champ. Following customer complaints over the quality of new homes, the housebuilder announced in March it would offer buyers the chance to hold back 1.5% of the purchase price of their home until faults identified on the day they moved in had been rectified. At the time, chief executive Dave Jenkinson admitted the group had to "raise its game" over the issue of problems with newly-built homes. The scheme had been due to start this month but in a trading update last week, Persimmon said it would extend this from 24 hours to the first week of occupation.
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