Five agents belong on a Cardiff new build shortlist, but they do not all offer the same route into a development. Savills, Allen & Harris, Peter Alan, Jeffrey Ross and Moginie James give buyers different starting points for a new build agents Cardiff search. Choose by relevant stock and the questions each team can answer, rather than the polish of its show-home photographs.
The numbering below organises the selection; it is not a measured ranking. Dedicated new homes teams sit alongside wider estate agencies, whose current new-build instructions need checking. General browsing through Property Bases belongs before a viewing shortlist, not in place of written information about an individual plot.
1. Savills
According to its Cardiff office page, Savills has a specialist new homes team covering Cardiff and the rest of south Wales. Its work includes development consultancy, sales and marketing. That makes it a sensible first enquiry when you want to compare developments rather than inspect one isolated listing. Ask which schemes it actually represents. A developer’s selling agent can explain the product, but your solicitor and surveyor still need to examine your purchase independently.
2. Allen & Harris
Allen & Harris has a Cardiff New Homes branch listed on OnTheMarket, with a Ferry Road address. The dedicated branch is the useful distinction here: direct your enquiry to the team handling development stock, rather than assume every local office holds the same information. Request a plot schedule showing availability, orientation and proposed completion stages. Buyers researching through Estate Dir should carry those same comparison questions into their conversations with the branch.
3. Peter Alan
Peter Alan’s Cardiff branches appear on Rightmove’s new homes results, including instructions through Llanishen and Rumney. That branch-level spread makes it worth considering when your search includes smaller developments or individual newly built houses. Ask the listing office whether the property is a new construction, conversion or completed resale. Those categories need different questions about workmanship and documents. A fresh kitchen and unused rooms do not, by themselves, tell you what construction cover accompanies the sale.
4. Jeffrey Ross
Jeffrey Ross publishes Cardiff sales coverage and identifies new homes through its public links page. Its neighbourhood coverage is useful if your new-home search competes with an existing-house alternative in the same part of town. Give the negotiator a street-level brief, not simply “Cardiff”. Someone comparing a new apartment with a nearby older flat needs clarity about floor area, parking and recurring charges. Include Open Ridge Lands in wider browsing only as a separate research stop, not evidence about this agency’s instructions.
5. Moginie James
Moginie James operates across Pontcanna, Cyncoed and Roath, according to its company information, and works with developers as well as ordinary buyers and sellers. It is a broader estate-agency option here, rather than a confirmed dedicated new-build desk. Ask whether it currently has suitable newly built stock before booking appointments. Its local coverage makes the most sense when you are willing to compare a new property against established homes in a tightly defined Cardiff neighbourhood.
Compare the plot before the finish
Say you are choosing between two hypothetical three-bedroom houses, one ready to occupy and one still under construction. The second has the better kitchen. The first has a firmer moving date. If your tenancy ends soon, the cost of temporary accommodation deserves more attention than a worktop upgrade.
Treat the show home like a display kitchen: it demonstrates possibilities, not necessarily your order. Get the included specification, boundaries, parking arrangements and estimated recurring charges in writing. And separate the reservation deadline from the date you expect to receive keys.
My rule of thumb is to compare the least glamorous document first. A specification schedule reveals more about what you are buying than staged furniture does. Background reading at Lands Culture can broaden your questions, but the plot documents must settle the answers.
FAQs
Can I view a development before my existing home sells?
Ask the selling team. Viewing arrangements and reservation conditions are separate matters, so explain your sale position before discussing a particular plot.
Should I appoint a snagging inspector?
Consider independent inspection, and agree access and timing with the developer. Ask what happens to reported defects after handover rather than treating an inspection report as the end of the process.
Will the advertised property include the furniture?
Only if the agreed sale specification says so. Obtain a written inventory for any furniture, appliances or upgrades included in your particular purchase.
Request one comparable plot pack
Send the same location, budget and moving deadline to your chosen teams. Request the specification, plot plan and proposed timetable for one suitable home from each. Book viewings only after those documents show that the homes fit the move you actually need to make.
