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New house with faulty extension
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ChiChi
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Bought our first home in february it's a 1920's red brick and the previous owner was infact my old landlady who fancied herself as a bit of a developer and bought two houses next door to each other which she renovated and extended. The extension is alumnium and glass and was supplied by her husbands company. The renovations are a bit poo. loads of corners have been cut, which was all stuff not obvious until you are living in it- annoying but unavoidable.
We had survey done and a few points but nothing related to extension and sale went ahead. Last week i came home to find massive puddle on extension floor- turns out the drainpipe was blocked outside, but somehow, the water has flowed through outside screwholes on the structure and filtered through into the house. So we can take measures to avoide drainpipe filling up but still hear a constant drip drip when it rains which sounds like it's inside the house!
Popped next door last night (old LL rents this one out) and the tenants said they have had MASSIVE problems with their extension, water filling the trays at the bottom of the doors etc. Old LL kept saying it was condensation etc however after the 'flood' LL reluctantly got her company to come and have a look at their extension and he basically told them that there were loads of things wrong with it that there were gaps were the roof joined the doors in the corners, etc etc. So, because they rent LL obviously had to fix and wont cost her a penny as its her husbands company and guarantee in her name.
I'm obviously major concerned now that there are loads of issues with our extension that we can't 'see' but we dont have the guarantee. Old LL said we would have to pay £175.00 to have guarantee transferred as a survey would need to be done- but if survey throws up problems would we need to pay for these to be fixed before guarantee can be transferred? Or are we better just getting someone independant to come and look at it (and who would that be?)
Help!
We had survey done and a few points but nothing related to extension and sale went ahead. Last week i came home to find massive puddle on extension floor- turns out the drainpipe was blocked outside, but somehow, the water has flowed through outside screwholes on the structure and filtered through into the house. So we can take measures to avoide drainpipe filling up but still hear a constant drip drip when it rains which sounds like it's inside the house!
Popped next door last night (old LL rents this one out) and the tenants said they have had MASSIVE problems with their extension, water filling the trays at the bottom of the doors etc. Old LL kept saying it was condensation etc however after the 'flood' LL reluctantly got her company to come and have a look at their extension and he basically told them that there were loads of things wrong with it that there were gaps were the roof joined the doors in the corners, etc etc. So, because they rent LL obviously had to fix and wont cost her a penny as its her husbands company and guarantee in her name.
I'm obviously major concerned now that there are loads of issues with our extension that we can't 'see' but we dont have the guarantee. Old LL said we would have to pay £175.00 to have guarantee transferred as a survey would need to be done- but if survey throws up problems would we need to pay for these to be fixed before guarantee can be transferred? Or are we better just getting someone independant to come and look at it (and who would that be?)
Help!
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:huh: Extension or conservatory?The extension is alumnium and glass0 -
Its an extension of the house so all open plan and the sides are brick but roof and doors aluminium and glass so a hybrid i guess?0
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The phrase "caveat emptor" comes to mind.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0
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Its your house so its your problem.
Get the gutting sorted by roofer plumber and get them to inspect the conservatory as well, they may have a better eye than you while they are up there.....take a couple of photos for us to look at too.0 -
If they're only going to consider assigning the guarantee to you after they're satisfied that there's nothing wrong with the extension, I suggest you forget about it and just get someone in to fix the problems.0
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Foxy- stoat i know its my problem i was asking for advice on best way to deal with it0
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lincroft1710 wrote: »The phrase "caveat emptor" comes to mind.
*not helpful*
I'm not stupid just looking for practical advice0 -
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The best way to deal with it is to get a competent builder in to have a look and give you a quote. Not the idiot cowboy who threw it together...Foxy- stoat i know its my problem i was asking for advice on best way to deal with it
Unless you want the idiot cowboy to do it, the "warranty" is useless. I wouldn't waste my breath on it.
Post some pics up, and there might be an obvious cause. Let's see how it attaches to the wall of the house, and how the ground level sits around the outside.0 -
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