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New build woes....advice urgently needed please
chizzy
Posts: 19 Forumite
here is the score...
I put down a deposit on a new build from plan 4 months ago and paid £500 reservation. The house in question was £190K and the builder is Persimmon.
About 40 days later i exchanged and paid £3k towards my 5% deposit (the other 6K paid by Persimmon as an incentive) when the house was a 30% shell.
All was good until the house was nearing completion when i became apparent there were problems. The main being a severe brick mis-match on 1/2 the brick on the front elevation. They have now tried to tint the bricks twice. The first was a disaster, and the second was a lot better but I'm far from happy.
I have discovered other problems which the builders have attempted to cover up. The overall workmanship is shocking, including:
-A PVC porch being poorly fitted. It was cut 2" short and covered up with a PVC trim which fell off in my hand.
-Chipped bricks being filled with mortar.
-The plumb line on the first and second elevations not matching on the rear of the house.
-A few rows of bricks have been laid with ridiculously large mortar gaps (around an inch wide).
On top of this, the customer service has been shocking.
The NHBC inspection is on Monday and i expect it to pass as we all know where their allegiances lie.
Where do i stand legally? and what do i stand to loose should i pull?
any advice is will be appreciated.
I put down a deposit on a new build from plan 4 months ago and paid £500 reservation. The house in question was £190K and the builder is Persimmon.
About 40 days later i exchanged and paid £3k towards my 5% deposit (the other 6K paid by Persimmon as an incentive) when the house was a 30% shell.
All was good until the house was nearing completion when i became apparent there were problems. The main being a severe brick mis-match on 1/2 the brick on the front elevation. They have now tried to tint the bricks twice. The first was a disaster, and the second was a lot better but I'm far from happy.
I have discovered other problems which the builders have attempted to cover up. The overall workmanship is shocking, including:
-A PVC porch being poorly fitted. It was cut 2" short and covered up with a PVC trim which fell off in my hand.
-Chipped bricks being filled with mortar.
-The plumb line on the first and second elevations not matching on the rear of the house.
-A few rows of bricks have been laid with ridiculously large mortar gaps (around an inch wide).
On top of this, the customer service has been shocking.
The NHBC inspection is on Monday and i expect it to pass as we all know where their allegiances lie.
Where do i stand legally? and what do i stand to loose should i pull?
any advice is will be appreciated.
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The first thing I would do is commission an independent surveyor to inspect the place, at the same time as making my solicitor aware of the issues (which I'm sure you will have done). Once I got the surveyors report, I would take it from there.0
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I would suggest you get a snagging inspection done. Have a look on https://www.snagging.org for info. They have a good forum over there, where you should get advice.
The inspectors report will indicate whether the defects are serious or not. From what you say, the defects are not reasonable grounds for not completing. I.e. They are primarily cosmetic.
Finally, you need to get your solicitor to put your above points in writing to the builder.In case you hadn't already worked it out - the entire global financial system is predicated on the assumption that you're an idiot:cool:0
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