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Snagging issues and showering facilities
philiusfogwakey
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Hi, just after a bit of advice if anyone can help.
We moved into a new-build house last year and are having a number of ongoing issues, along with great difficulty in getting the housebuilder to resolve them. We may finally be getting somewhere (otherwise I'm off to court), but their proposal for one of the issues concerns me a little. Our entire ensuite needs to be ripped out and started again (plasterboard, tiling, refit sanitaryware etc) as the shower has leaked through the tiling and flooded the hallway below and landing to the other side of the wall.
The housebuilder is agreeing to redo the bathroom (although we are still discussing the water damage works), but they are saying it will take them 4-5 days, i know it will take longer than this, and likely up to 2weeks. All this time we will have no shower, just the bath in the family bathroom. There are 2 adults & 3 children living in the house, so just operating off a single bath will be a nightmare (never mind the fact that i hate baths). There is no shower over the bath though.
We feel that the housebuilder should provide a shower to the bath and finish of the tiling to this area so that in can be used as a shower (partly as compensation for messing us about for 11 months, and partly to provide somewhere where the family can actually wash). The housebuilder is refusing though, and is essentially saying tough luck, the bath is sufficient.
Does anyone know whether there is a requirement to have a shower provided in a new-build property, or has anyone encountered a similar issue to this and resolved it to their satisfaction?
Any help/advice would be much appreciated.
We moved into a new-build house last year and are having a number of ongoing issues, along with great difficulty in getting the housebuilder to resolve them. We may finally be getting somewhere (otherwise I'm off to court), but their proposal for one of the issues concerns me a little. Our entire ensuite needs to be ripped out and started again (plasterboard, tiling, refit sanitaryware etc) as the shower has leaked through the tiling and flooded the hallway below and landing to the other side of the wall.
The housebuilder is agreeing to redo the bathroom (although we are still discussing the water damage works), but they are saying it will take them 4-5 days, i know it will take longer than this, and likely up to 2weeks. All this time we will have no shower, just the bath in the family bathroom. There are 2 adults & 3 children living in the house, so just operating off a single bath will be a nightmare (never mind the fact that i hate baths). There is no shower over the bath though.
We feel that the housebuilder should provide a shower to the bath and finish of the tiling to this area so that in can be used as a shower (partly as compensation for messing us about for 11 months, and partly to provide somewhere where the family can actually wash). The housebuilder is refusing though, and is essentially saying tough luck, the bath is sufficient.
Does anyone know whether there is a requirement to have a shower provided in a new-build property, or has anyone encountered a similar issue to this and resolved it to their satisfaction?
Any help/advice would be much appreciated.
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I can understand why you want it but think you will struggle - I can't imagine any form of 'entitlement' when its just a short period pending a repair.
As an aside, what are you doing in the meantime? Surely 5 of you are not continuing to use the shower and worsen any damage.
Its far from an ideal situation but a full bathroom refit is probably a good result (a more common offer would be patch up after patch up) and I'd probably want to get on with that in the interests of damage control.
Shower head on bath taps as a temporary fix? Or see if you can get a free trial gym membership
If you really struggle with a bit of inconvenience then you could sort the tiling and a shower yourself before the remedial work.0 -
Talk about first world problems and an over-inflated sense of entitlement.... £15 from amazon or £12 from B&Q0
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Just for completion, those don't fit all taps, but I do agree that the OP is on a hiding to nothing.ReadingTim wrote: »Talk about first world problems and an over-inflated sense of entitlement.... £15 from amazon or £12 from B&Q0 -
This was a very common problem up until the 1980s, 2 adults and 3 children sharing 1 bathroom with no shower facility. Sadly it left those who managed to survive traumatised with memories of standing in a queue for a long time outside the bathroom door.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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There are no requirements in building regulations, or otherwise, that a new house has a shower, no. They concern themselves with more important things.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Just for completion, those don't fit all taps, but I do agree that the OP is on a hiding to nothing.
You're right - here's one that fits a mixer tap.0 -
lincroft1710 wrote: »This was a very common problem up until the 1980s, 2 adults and 3 children sharing 1 bathroom with no shower facility. Sadly it left those who managed to survive traumatised with memories of standing in a queue for a long time outside the bathroom door.
Quite how mankind survived the Victorian era of a tin bath once a week in front of the fire is nothing short of a miracle....0 -
ReadingTim wrote: »Quite how mankind survived the Victorian era of a tin bath once a week in front of the fire is nothing short of a miracle....
and one outside toilet........... That was in the 60's as well.0 -
ReadingTim wrote: »Quite how mankind survived the Victorian era of a tin bath once a week in front of the fire is nothing short of a miracle....
You could afford a tin bath ? We had to make do with a puddle out in the street :rotfl:0 -
There were 3 girls and my mum and dad, in the 80s with one bathroom and no shower!!
in the 1990s we finally had a shower fitted. Still shared a bathroom between us all and yup I'm not traumatised by this!
I've moved into an 1930s semi with only one bathroom. And a downstairs loo. Don't see the issues with needing so many!0
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