Taylor wimpey doesn't want to fix the garden

Sassii

AdrianC wrote: »

I think even having the garden turfed is normally an extra-cost option.

Yes I paid £300 for garden turfed as an option

AdrianC wrote: »

how you didn't notice this minor mountain just outside the back door. Did you visit the site before reserving the plot? Or was the first time you saw the plot the day you moved on?

I was living in the same area before & while TW building the house and I'm sure the area has the same level with no steeps as it was ex park.

1st time I saw that slope before I moved in by one week while viewing.

AdrianC wrote: »

If there really is this ski slope in your back garden, I think it's fairly safe to say that there IS a reason why your house is built to a higher level than the neighbours.

PHOTO, PLEASE.

I asked TW this question several time but no answer.

http://www.keepandshare.com/userpics/m/s/a/l/aheldin/2015-09/sb/img_0465-9676005.jpg?ts=1441912194

http://www.keepandshare.com/userpics/m/s/a/l/aheldin/2015-09/sb/img_0472-21682949.jpg?ts=1441912201

Sassii

libf wrote: »

How much was the landscaping quote? Sounds like you'd be better off just paying it and having done with it...

the landscaping quote £3500

bigfreddiel

Actually when you buy a new house you have very few rights, not even covered by the sales of goods act, in fact you have more rights when you buy a tin of baked beans!

You would have had more comeback had you had a contract with the builder rather than the development company.

Cheers fj

AdrianC

Sassii wrote: »

Yes I paid £300 for garden turfed as an option

And it has been turfed.

I was living in the same area before & while TW building the house and I'm sure the area has the same level with no steeps as it was ex park.

1st time I saw that slope before I moved in by one week while viewing.

So you reserved a plot and got almost all the way through the buying process - including past exchange - without seeing it, assuming it was level?

As for the slope - it looks like about six bricks along for four courses down. 6x225mm=1350mm for 4x75mm=300mm, so 1 in 4.5, or about 15 degrees. Steep, but not 30deg.

Freecall

It may just be me but I really can't understand the issue here.

You have bought a house with a sloping garden. Lots of houses have sloping gardens.

How does this translate into legal action or claims involving TW, HSBC or anyone else?

Cheeky_Monkey

Sassii wrote: »

now the garden is totally useless & unsafe for my kids as I can't put a chair without falling down.

Of course it's not unsafe for your kids.

The patio looks flat so why don't you just put your chair on that - afterall that's what patios are for.

nidO

Is the wall at the end of your garden a dividing wall between gardens, or part of your neighbour's house?
It looks like the former, in which case i'm not really seeing where the £3500 problem is, this looks like a job for a load of stones then a couple of tons of soil to level the garden out.

PasturesNew

In basic terms of the law and property: Until the exchange of contracts you had the opportunity to see/ask about the garden level and the slope. Up until exchange of contracts you should have asked, in writing - and got a satisfactory reply, in writing. These documents could then have been used in evidence that you asked for it to be levelled and that they had agreed.

You did not do this. There is no case to answer.

You bought the property "as it was on the date of exchange".

It is unfortunate you didn't know this, check this, visit/question this at the house and with the developer, but it's happened now, so it's "your problem" and not theirs.

I can understand your disappointment/anger/frustration, but, in the eyes of the law, it's your "fault", not theirs.

AdrianC

nidO wrote: »

Is the wall at the end of your garden a dividing wall between gardens, or part of your neighbour's house?
It looks like the former, in which case i'm not really seeing where the £3500 problem is, this looks like a job for a load of stones then a couple of tons of soil to level the garden out.

Assuming that wall's strong enough to be a retaining wall.

TonyMMM

My son recently bought a TW house - he had a meeting with the site manager at an early stage of the build to go through all sorts of specification issues and one of the things discussed at some length was the garden - potential levels & slope (his plot was also higher than a neighbour) , turfing, fences, manhole cover positions, slab laying etc. I went to the meeting with him and there was a lot of detailed discussion and looking at plans involved.

Did you not go through this with your site manager ?