When we were looking at moving, I was adamant I wanted a new build. I went to view some and, as lovely as they are, it was not worth the money. Especially as you can upgrade the kitchen, so Dan will have paid extra for her quarts worktop and carpets. In the end we were looking at 400k for a bog standard 4 bed house (I live in South Yorkshire) and this was quite a few years ago now. The house we ended up buying is 35 years old and has a huge back garden and tons of room to extend and no one is behind us. What I love is we can put our own stamp on it and make in unique. Plus add much more value to it. I find with new builds that because they are so tightly packed together, you haven’t got much room to extend/change the house. She’s not got much of a back garden and the house behind will see straight into hers. Good luck to her. I’m sure she have a few teething problems that will burst her ‘new build’ bubble.