Builders urinating on the walls inside new build house

lessonlearned

I'm an ex new build sales negotiator.

I can assure you that none of my site agents would have knowingly allowed this. The offending contractors would have been dealt with pronto.

It is not acceptable.

Peeing in what will eventually be a garden is one thing, because yes portaloos and the kitchen/bothy,are usually placed near the site agents office and could be several minutes walk from where they are currently working.

There is no excuse for this behaviour and you should definitely report this. If the site agent won't deal with it thentake the matter further, right up to board level if you have to.

Don't expect much in the way of compensation, other than a token gesture but you should ask for a build clean. They normally do this on the outside anyway, but you should insist that the bricks be cleaned and disinfected on the inside before any cables or pipe work are laid or before the walls have been plastered.

I am taking it that you have already exchanged contracts. Pity because that would have been your leverage.

Do complain, vociferously......

This kind of practice is not acceptable and people need to be named and shamed.

martin1959

If the foreman bo**ocks the builders for peeing in your house, I dread to think what else they may do!!!


I had to bring a car round for a customer to inspect many years ago, and he complained I revved it too much..... A week later when I had to deliver it, I managed the whole 10 mile journey without using the clutch once......

theartfullodger

Faye125 wrote: »

You really are not being helpful at all.

I'm sorry if you are upset but, did you miss the text at the start of my post " Faye: If you have photographs of gentlemen peeing ...."???? I was trying to alert you to a possible problem you might have had: Glad to hear that is not the case!

...I have photos of the areas covered in urine, not the people in the act.

Wow! How did you tell so certainly the difference between a damp stain (say tea being chucked away..) and a urine stain??
....

However i have paid over £10k deposit on this house which i could do without losing!

True: Sometimes in life we lose money (I certainly have several times): It comes down to what is more important to you..

Cheers!

agrinnall

theartfullodger wrote: »

Wow! How did you tell so certainly the difference between a damp stain (say tea being chucked away..) and a urine stain??

Exactly this - unless you have collected samples and had them analysed you have zero proof that the damp patch is urine and not some other liquid. No wonder the developer has not done anything about it.

Southend1

I expect there are plenty of foxes, dogs, cats etc in the area doing their business all over the place too. The odd builder having a wee on your wall is probably quite insignificant in context. If you make a big thing out of it and the builders get to hear of it there will probably be a lot worse happen to the house that you don't know about.

Thrugelmir

lessonlearned wrote: »

Do complain, vociferously......

This kind of practice is not acceptable and people need to be named and shamed.

So I have to ask the question do people care?

As we live in a world where many people think that celebrity TV presenters should be allowed to retain their jobs despite hitting somebody in the face. The injured party being subject to a tirade of abuse on the same said social media and not reporting the incident himself thinking that they would lose their jobs.

lessonlearned

Thrugelmir wrote: »

I empathise with you totally with regards to your complaint. Though unsure what you hope to achieve by posting to social media. After all you are talking about the actions of certain individuals not the Company itself. The Company quite rightly will deal with the actions of these individuals behind closed doors.

Do you eat out much , travel abroad, use public facililties? As the real world is full of things that you cannot see. Yet are daily occurrences. Try and keep matters in perspective.

Your comments about rights and compensation sum up the sad nature of the culture of the UK today. In that the people that complain are rarely perfect themselves in their own lives or field of work.

martin1959 wrote: »

If the foreman bo**ocks the builders for peeing in your house, I dread to think what else they may do!!!


I had to bring a car round for a customer to inspect many years ago, and he complained I revved it too much..... A week later when I had to deliver it, I managed the whole 10 mile journey without using the clutch once......

This is the point though.

If workers or subbies are getting away with this and the site agent is not addressing the issue then what else are they getting away with.....

this kind of behaviour has to be nipped in the bud, by the SA, otherwise it just demonstrates that he/she is not in control and they can get away with any old slip shod work.

It starts with small issues, like where you pee, not keeping the kitchen and portaloos reasonably clean, not keeping the site clean and safe etc. and then escalates from there.

If the SA has little or no authority and the workforce show no respect for the SA then it does not bode well for quality control.

domcastro

Thrugelmir wrote: »

So I have to ask the question do people care?

As we live in a world where many people think that celebrity TV presenters should be allowed to retain their jobs despite hitting somebody in the face. The injured party being subject to a tirade of abuse on the same said social media and not reporting the incident himself thinking that they would lose their jobs.

and that is why Democracy is over-rated. These people vote

lessonlearned

Southend1 wrote: »

I expect there are plenty of foxes, dogs, cats etc in the area doing their business all over the place too. The odd builder having a wee on your wall is probably quite insignificant in context. If you make a big thing out of it and the builders get to hear of it there will probably be a lot worse happen to the house that you don't know about.

Foxes and dogs know no better, humans are supposed to.......

And, as I have stated, it's more to do with the SA and whether or not he or she has the respect and co-operation of the workforce.

A good SA can make or break a development.

I've worked with both.

One bad one allowed the workforce to trample all over him, the development was 3 years behnd schedule and made over a £4m loss.

lessonlearned

Thrugelmir wrote: »

So I have to ask the question do people care?

As we live in a world where many people think that celebrity TV presenters should be allowed to retain their jobs despite hitting somebody in the face. The injured party being subject to a tirade of abuse on the same said social media and not reporting the incident himself thinking that they would lose their jobs.

I think you will find that the board of directors care very much. If nothing else the bad press would hit their shareholders profits.;)