Punctures incurred - do we have grounds for reimbursement?

renzotiger

jimjames said:

Can you go for a walk along the road to see what might be causing it? Have you found nails/screws in the tyres?

Yes Jim, one of the residents (loads of us have had punctures) started this yesterday and picked up a handful of screws. I’m going to make it a daily occurrence. The screws in my tyres were actually lodged in them 

renzotiger

Alfrescodave said:

Might be worth getting the local news media involved. This might get more attention from the developers, especially if they are still building and hope to sell future houses.  Also organising a group that has been similarly affected would show that this isn't just one person with a gripe.

I’ve started collating issues that other residents have had since the gate opened and there’s quite a few. We’ve got a local community social media platform so I’m hoping for more residents to step fwd through that. The builders have said that there’s a dedicated car park for contractors and that’s the only one they use. That’s a blatant lie, they take up about 90% of the spaces in the Main Street to the entrance. We’re starting to gather evidence that pints towards the site being the issue but I’m not quite sure what to do with it. I’m thinking local councillor first then perhaps the media?

unforeseen

The builders have said that there’s a dedicated car park for contractors and that’s the only one they use. That’s a blatant lie, they take up about 90% of the spaces in the Main Street to the entrance. 

Not a lie. The only parking area they use on the site is the dedicated one. Off site, they are free to park where they wish unless it is written into the contracts that they must only park in the specified parking area on site. 

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Tradespeople's trucks spray out nails & screws (they must get them very cheap) at every change of direction, which is why you never ever drive on anything but the wheeltracks of the other cars at islands and bends. (And is the real reason you don't cut across junctions or drive on Chevrons )

Vans only spray them out when the doors are open, so they tend to concentrate outside the houses where the work was done.

born_again

renzotiger said:

jimjames said:

Can you go for a walk along the road to see what might be causing it? Have you found nails/screws in the tyres?

Yes Jim, one of the residents (loads of us have had punctures) started this yesterday and picked up a handful of screws. I’m going to make it a daily occurrence. The screws in my tyres were actually lodged in them 

You need to get someone from the developers out to see the state of the road.

renzotiger

unforeseen said:

The builders have said that there’s a dedicated car park for contractors and that’s the only one they use. That’s a blatant lie, they take up about 90% of the spaces in the Main Street to the entrance. 

Not a lie. The only parking area they use on the site is the dedicated one. Off site, they are free to park where they wish unless it is written into the contracts that they must only park in the specified parking area on site. 

There are contractors who attend the site who use parking spots intended for residents 

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unforeseen

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Send them an invoice for the repairs. 28 days to pay. If they don't send a letter before action.

And then try to cobble together some evidence that the offending screws etc came from the developer or their contractors. 

BOWFER

We had two punctures driving through a new estate lately.
Nice shiny scrails still attached to the paper that's used in the nail guns (they're like machine bullets in a row).
Unfortunately they diverted an arterial road to go through this damned estate, so avoiding it means a substantial divertion.
I was all for complaining to the builders, but ended up just consoling myself that the lazy !!!!!! builders are hopefully suffering just as many puncture themselves.
When I ran a crating company, I used to make the joiners go up and down the yard with a large magnet on wheels and a stick to pick up any strays.
Saved any trucks and visitors to the company getting punctures.

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BOWFER said:

I was all for complaining to the builders, but ended up just consoling myself that the lazy !!!!!! builders are hopefully suffering just as many puncture themselves.

Unlikely. The screws & nails spray out the back, so they can't run over them unless they reverse, and by the time they come back the next day unfortunate motorists have picked them all up using their tyres.