Car damaged by house builders earthworks

genericusername1

Mildly_Miffed said:

genericusername1 said:

Neighbours cars are all looking similarly scruffy… but that’s not new for a number of them. 

May I ask...

Is your attitude to car cleanliness significantly different to the majority of the population? Are you a "detailer"? It may not be reasonable to expect them to cater to a standard that is objectively exceptional.

Have you looked into getting your car professionally cleaned, and handing the bill to the developer?

My comment wasn’t the best worded but, I wash and polish the cars weekly, fortnightly at worst. Neighbours don’t wash the car more than a handful of times a year, which is why it’s hard to compare. 

I will be looking into the costs, but I’m also wondering timing wise when it’s worth doing. The earthworks look like they’re going to continue until winter but it would be better to open dialogue earlier if there’s a chance.

genericusername1

ThorOdinson said:

And also ask that they install dust barriers. It's mad that builders don't regularly do that as a matter of course in this country.

Presumably your house, garden, and other property need professional cleaning now too.

Correct - windows, door and garden are all covered in dust blown off the site. Quite the mess to continually clean. 

paul_c123

genericusername1 said:

Mildly_Miffed said:

genericusername1 said:

Neighbours cars are all looking similarly scruffy… but that’s not new for a number of them. 

May I ask...

Is your attitude to car cleanliness significantly different to the majority of the population? Are you a "detailer"? It may not be reasonable to expect them to cater to a standard that is objectively exceptional.

Have you looked into getting your car professionally cleaned, and handing the bill to the developer?

My comment wasn’t the best worded but, I wash and polish the cars weekly, fortnightly at worst. Neighbours don’t wash the car more than a handful of times a year, which is why it’s hard to compare. 

I will be looking into the costs, but I’m also wondering timing wise when it’s worth doing. The earthworks look like they’re going to continue until winter but it would be better to open dialogue earlier if there’s a chance.

How do you wash them?

genericusername1

paul_c123 said:

genericusername1 said:

Mildly_Miffed said:

genericusername1 said:

Neighbours cars are all looking similarly scruffy… but that’s not new for a number of them. 

May I ask...

Is your attitude to car cleanliness significantly different to the majority of the population? Are you a "detailer"? It may not be reasonable to expect them to cater to a standard that is objectively exceptional.

Have you looked into getting your car professionally cleaned, and handing the bill to the developer?

My comment wasn’t the best worded but, I wash and polish the cars weekly, fortnightly at worst. Neighbours don’t wash the car more than a handful of times a year, which is why it’s hard to compare. 

I will be looking into the costs, but I’m also wondering timing wise when it’s worth doing. The earthworks look like they’re going to continue until winter but it would be better to open dialogue earlier if there’s a chance.

How do you wash them?

TFR, rinse, prewash, rinse, pressure wash and then contact wash with Supaguard or Meguiars using a microfibre mitt. Wheels done with separate bucket and brushes/sponge. Water blade and shammy dry then autoglym polish weather permitting. Try to get wax on every month or so. 

paul_c123

The water blade and/or shammy (chamois) will have put scratches in. A new or nearly-new microfibre towel, kept back for this particular job, and NEVER dropped on the floor, would be better.

sheslookinhot

genericusername1 said:

Mildly_Miffed said:

genericusername1 said:

Neighbours cars are all looking similarly scruffy… but that’s not new for a number of them. 

May I ask...

Is your attitude to car cleanliness significantly different to the majority of the population? Are you a "detailer"? It may not be reasonable to expect them to cater to a standard that is objectively exceptional.

Have you looked into getting your car professionally cleaned, and handing the bill to the developer?

My comment wasn’t the best worded but, I wash and polish the cars weekly, fortnightly at worst. Neighbours don’t wash the car more than a handful of times a year, which is why it’s hard to compare. 

I will be looking into the costs, but I’m also wondering timing wise when it’s worth doing. The earthworks look like they’re going to continue until winter but it would be better to open dialogue earlier if there’s a chance.

Polishing your car once a week is far to often. You will be thinning the paint work. A good polish twice/thrice a year is more than adequate.  Polishing is used by professionals to correct damage to paint work.

Mildly_Miffed

genericusername1 said:

paul_c123 said:

genericusername1 said:

Mildly_Miffed said:

genericusername1 said:

Neighbours cars are all looking similarly scruffy… but that’s not new for a number of them. 

May I ask...

Is your attitude to car cleanliness significantly different to the majority of the population? Are you a "detailer"? It may not be reasonable to expect them to cater to a standard that is objectively exceptional.

Have you looked into getting your car professionally cleaned, and handing the bill to the developer?

My comment wasn’t the best worded but, I wash and polish the cars weekly, fortnightly at worst. Neighbours don’t wash the car more than a handful of times a year, which is why it’s hard to compare. 

I will be looking into the costs, but I’m also wondering timing wise when it’s worth doing. The earthworks look like they’re going to continue until winter but it would be better to open dialogue earlier if there’s a chance.

How do you wash them?

TFR, rinse, prewash, rinse, pressure wash and then contact wash with Supaguard or Meguiars using a microfibre mitt. Wheels done with separate bucket and brushes/sponge. Water blade and shammy dry then autoglym polish weather permitting. Try to get wax on every month or so. 

As I suspected - waaaaaaaaay above what the general population would consider normal, so expecting the developers to conform to your unusual standard is probably not realistic.