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damp patch and cracked window
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I'm in a top floor new build leasehold flat. It's a small development of 15 flats done by a local builder.
After 10 months they've completed all the snagging (last week!), or so we thought...
Got woken up this morning at 9am by someone stomping/banging/crashing about on the roof, which was odd because no one had notified us that anyone was doing any work, and the builder doesn't do saturdays normally, and it scared the living daylight out of me!!
Opened the velux to try and see who was on the roof (wanted to ask them who they were working for), and noticed a huge 20cm crack across the very top of the velux window! I know for sure it wasn't there previously when we fitted the blinds 6 months ago, and I'm 99.9999% sure that it wasn't anything we've done, because we rarely open that window, and it's too high up to have anything hit it. I'm wondering if the person on the roof has stepped on it?!?
There's also a new damp patch appeared in the bedroom over night.
So looks like it's back to the builder again on Monday, but I have a feeling they're just going to say that we did it, like they tried to do with the enormous chip in the enamel bath when we moved in, which could only have been caused by dropping something like a tool in the bath. (they fixed that)
sigh. I guess this is more of a vent than a question. I'm just feeling frustrated, and I'm going to be really annoyed if they won't sort this broken window out, because it's certainly nothing we've done. They'll have to come back and do the damp patch at least. Is there any way of proving that I didn't break the window?? I just have a hunch they're going to try and get out of this one.
Thank you for listening to me vent my frustration!
PS x
After 10 months they've completed all the snagging (last week!), or so we thought...
Got woken up this morning at 9am by someone stomping/banging/crashing about on the roof, which was odd because no one had notified us that anyone was doing any work, and the builder doesn't do saturdays normally, and it scared the living daylight out of me!!
Opened the velux to try and see who was on the roof (wanted to ask them who they were working for), and noticed a huge 20cm crack across the very top of the velux window! I know for sure it wasn't there previously when we fitted the blinds 6 months ago, and I'm 99.9999% sure that it wasn't anything we've done, because we rarely open that window, and it's too high up to have anything hit it. I'm wondering if the person on the roof has stepped on it?!?
There's also a new damp patch appeared in the bedroom over night.
So looks like it's back to the builder again on Monday, but I have a feeling they're just going to say that we did it, like they tried to do with the enormous chip in the enamel bath when we moved in, which could only have been caused by dropping something like a tool in the bath. (they fixed that)
sigh. I guess this is more of a vent than a question. I'm just feeling frustrated, and I'm going to be really annoyed if they won't sort this broken window out, because it's certainly nothing we've done. They'll have to come back and do the damp patch at least. Is there any way of proving that I didn't break the window?? I just have a hunch they're going to try and get out of this one.
Thank you for listening to me vent my frustration!
PS x
Should've = Should HAVE (not 'of')
Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')
No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)
Would've = Would HAVE (not 'of')
No, I am not perfect, but yes I do judge people on their use of basic English language. If you didn't know the above, then learn it! (If English is your second language, then you are forgiven!)
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