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New build after sales: builder made unauthorised changes

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  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    Told "we would need hard hats and they didn't have any available" when it came to an inspection is something most of us would believe.

    It's only clear in hindsight that they were thinking up an excuse as to why it wasnt possible to view that garden and that was the lie they decided to come out with.

    Warning bells should have rung when they said "excuse excuse - as to why you cant see it" and insisted "We WILL see it right now. You WILL provide hard hats right now. We're going no further on this until you do" - but I can see why OP believed this "lie of convenience".
  • Je55lay
    Je55lay Posts: 22 Forumite
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    We were told, and the plans show, 2 steps and a slight incline to the overall garden. What we got was 6 steps and a 4ft steep slope, along with a bannister and a safety fence. We were told that our house and garden was complete and we moved in. At no point did anyone tell us they were coming back to install a two tier retainer wall. This was an afterthought by persimmon because so many people had complained about the gardens. Persimmon unilaterally decided to go ahead and install one in our garden without our knowledge or consent.
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    Is there a chance you could have them for trespass and criminal damage if they don't put things right? After all - they were in your garden without your permission and basically vandalising it.
  • Je55lay
    Je55lay Posts: 22 Forumite
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    That's a good point! Thank you!
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
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    What does the planning have for this part of the estate.
    They would have to have considered the slope for things like rain run off.


    A slope like that would have been fairly obvious from looking at the site and not just a couple of steps.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »
    Told "we would need hard hats and they didn't have any available" when it came to an inspection is something most of us would believe.
    Really...? A large building site, and no hard hats available for site visitors?

    You'd fall for that?
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,342 Forumite
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    Je55lay wrote: »
    That's a good point! Thank you!

    It's not! Trespass is a civil offence and Persimmon were not doing criminal damage, just trying to rectify the problem. I'm no fan of Persimmon but it does seem they are/were trying to find a workable solution.

    What has happened to the gardens of the other houses in the row?
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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,082 Forumite
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    Je55lay wrote: »
    That's a good point! Thank you!

    No it isn't. Anyone on this board is in trouble when they start taking legal advice from one particular poster.

    How exactly does one "have them" for trespass?
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  • Je55lay
    Je55lay Posts: 22 Forumite
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    Surely a "workable solution" should have been workable for both parties or at least have been run past us first? Especially when there's going to be an ongoing cost we would have to take on. Also, they did enter our property illegally and without our consent. That's trespass.
  • moneyistooshorttomention
    moneyistooshorttomention Posts: 17,940 Forumite
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Really...? A large building site, and no hard hats available for site visitors?

    You'd fall for that?

    I don't think I would have personally - but obviously there are people that do.

    Some of us are stubborn ****s and would stand there asking repeatedly until one was produced:rotfl:
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