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Structural faults
Jellyfish1
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In February of this year our house got flooded, we are unsure if this was as a result of Scottish water or the council. Our insurance company sent a major loss adjuster to see he property and it was agreed it was a major loss and the damage was in excess of £150,000. We have owned the house for 17 years. Due to lockdown, the works took a back seat. When th work got started the surveyor went in with a group of construction workers to allow for the pricing of the job. We have since found the house has 20 structural faults, including no lintils in any of the doors. I was wondering is there anyone who can be held accountable for this, this is obviously nothing to do with the flood, but about building regulations etc not being followed when the house was built, can anyone advise pls
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When was the house built ?You may have a chance of pursuing the developer if it was in the last few years. On an older property, I doubt you'll have much joy.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
Just a reminder that the OP appears to be in Scotland. Most posters have more knowledge of English arrangement which may well be different north of the border.
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I agree the age of the house will be key.My house has a few windows where the frame is acting as the lintel for the wall above but since they are a few hundred years old and well before building regulations who can I pursue? Besides, the frames are far more substantial than flimsy modern window frames and seem to be supporting the wall ok. The lack of a lintel need not automatically mean a structural fault.0
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Did you have a survey done on the house? Even if you did and it was a homebuyer's survey, they probably wouldn't have checked for lintels, After 17 years you will probably be the one footing the bill for rectification.Jellyfish1 said:We have owned the house for 17 years.
We have since found the house has 20 structural faults, including no lintils in any of the doors. I was wondering is there anyone who can be held accountable for this, this is obviously nothing to do with the flood, but about building regulations etc not being followed when the house was built, can anyone advise pls
If there are no lintels over the doors, the presumably the door frames must be strong to have supported the walls above them for such a long time.If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales0 -
I'd agree with the others - after 17 years its your problem. How were these faults discovered? Was plaster and door frames removed to see this? Surveys are normally none-invasive, a building survey on a house you're purchasing isn't going to start stripping the house to see these kinds of faults - they'd have to be obvious due to frames being out of square, or cracks in the plaster work.0
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Looks like this is going to cost more than £150,000 to renovate the property.
Why are Scottish water or the council responsible ?
Did you get a full structural survey done 17 years ago when you bought the property.
Did none of the structural faults not cause problems over the last 17 years ?0 -
Even if you bought 17 days ago, you don't have any implied rights against the builder. After 17 years of ownership this is your own problem.0
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