New build on unadopted road, street lighting problem

needinghelp2010

Hi
Our situation is similar in that the road isn't adopted yet, nor fully finished, and the developer is now in administration. Please let me know if you gained any useful advice?:(

Neil

bubblegumcola

Getting the roads and street lighting up to scratch appears to be the last thing on the developers minds when they finish off a development. Another poster said they pay the local authority to take over the responsibilties, I believe this is the case, in your title deeds it should say something about a 'bond' with them. We had a problem with our lighting, council said it had not been adopted yet. The problem was the lighting was substandard and not to the council's standards when they came to check it before handing it over to the council. Our lighting got taken over a few years ago and our actual road only got taken over by the council over the winter, 10 years after we moved in. It was complicated as we are in a large development with several housebuilders, one of which went into administration, which is why there was a problem finishing off the roads I think.

All I can say is find someone high up in the company to speak to/email. I kept emailing a director and eventually they did what they said they were going to do. (A well known housebuilder in the North of Scotland) I really don't know what legal action you can take, I'm sure someone on here will. Just be persistant , I didn't realise it could take up to 13 years as another poster said but it took 10 years for our housebuilder to get their act together so you could be waiting a while.

cybergibbons

nm1985 wrote: »

The area has its problems and due to poor light a number of houses have been broken into

I know this is old, but poor light meaning houses are broken into? Is that not a massive jump to make?

unholyangel

cybergibbons wrote: »

I know this is old, but poor light meaning houses are broken into? Is that not a massive jump to make?

Obviously cant state for a fact but based on statistics and psychological behavioural patterns, criminals tend to shy away from well lit areas as there is a higher risk of being caught and/or identified.

Pitch black areas pretty much mean that they can operate without drawing attention to themselves or their illegal actions. Hence why when parking your car at night, you are advised to park under a street light.

One solution could be an outdoor flood light on motion sensor?

baza52

unholyangel wrote: »

One solution could be an outdoor flood light on motion sensor?

Like i said in post 5

unholyangel

baza52 wrote: »

Like i said in post 5

TBH i didnt read the older posts Dont really have the attention span tonight.

Reading back briefly i see it was said in post 4 by Jennifer too. I did kinda wonder why it hadnt dawned on the poster. Then read he had one. Like i said, dont have the attention span for it tonight :X