UK new builds these days are so small that when you go in the front door you're coming out of the back door.
My son and I are in the process of finding a place to rent together and we have very quickly decided to rule out anything built within the last 20 years or so, as the rooms are too small, the houses are too close together, and the internal walls are of paper-thin plasterboard construction.
Also (and this is something people don't seem to notice) there aren't any trees or hedges separating properties - it is all rather flimsy fencing with the adjoining properties all overlooking the garden.