At the moment I'm not in a situation to name the builders.
I'll try to keep a long story pretty shortish but bear with me as I try to explain because it's still an ongoing nightmare.
My daughter due to a brain injury is classed as a vulnerable adult, is a protected individual so as such has court of protection.
She has solicitors that look after her finances etc etc.
The house next door to where we as a family live came up for sale and my daughter purchased the house.
The next step was for builders to be interviewed and 3 were narrowed down to one. It was project managed by a respected company ‘or so we thought'. The builder that was chosen has made a complete mess of everything, and I mean everything.
I won't yet list all the issues but one of the major issues is that prior to an extension on my daughters house being built the electrical power cables ‘these cables that are connected to a power box then go on to feed power to another 6 houses' that ran along where the extension was to be built should have remained visible at all times. However the builders have boxed the cables below the extension roof and as such part of or if not all of it has got to come down.
The builders said they had now completed the project and in came the experts namely the chartered surveyor to snag the whole lot of the property.
My daughter was to have a canopy over her front door and before I knew just how bad these builders were to become I asked if they would be able to extend it over my front door too which they said they would. Obviously my half of that canopy was to be paid by me.
The canopy is such a disaster it serves no purpose at all. The builder wanted payment for my half but I told them that when it is put right I will then pay it.
The builder attempted to put both myself and daughters canopy right and he sent a photograph to the chartered surveyor who for some reason commented on how it was now fit for purpose and now the builder is using this against me when he issued a small claim against me.
When I questioned the surveyor as to what legal right he had in commenting on my side of the canopy and how he could possibly pass it off by means of just a photo and that surely you need to see it in person his response was that he would look at it when all of the list of snagging of the property is put right and won't just come to look at just one at a time completed snag.
I also asked the chartered surveyor if he thinks it's right that this building company is using your opinion based on a photograph in a small claims court in order to get payment from me for my half of the canopy. I also asked if he felt it was good practice to pass off something as done correctly by simply seeing just a photograph.
He replied that the building company have been made aware that none of his correspondence regards the canopy is to be used by them.
When I got issued this money claim there was a section where that I had to complete should I wish to produce an expert report. I do and I had to let the other side aware of this, which I did.
I have the report done and this report slates the canopy as not fit for purpose, doesn't meat any standards set by the guidelines and that it's incompetent.
So, I turn up at the preliminary hearing and I am refused permission to submit my canopy report upon it going to a trial.
The building company now say that they've 2 chartered surveyor reports on the canopy. I don't understand why 2 reports when in the money claim they only quoted 1 which to be honest that's been blown out of the water.
I got evidence that shows I asked the builder to repair the canopy and then when completed I'll pay the money so it isn't as if I've refused to pay and yet this builder didn't agree with that and as such issued the money claim.
The builders have made such a mess of my daughters home to be that after her solicitors had sought advice over this. It turned out they were well within their rights in not allowing the builders to attempt in putting things right.
I must add that the builders were offered some monies for the work but only a third of what they had originally expected and they duly accepted the offer.
Now, because the chartered surveyor company had issued the builders with a practical completion certificate they've been made aware that lawyers will be coming for you.
All in all just a total nightmare and now I've still to fight for myself over my half of the canopy.
I'll try to keep a long story pretty shortish but bear with me as I try to explain because it's still an ongoing nightmare.
My daughter due to a brain injury is classed as a vulnerable adult, is a protected individual so as such has court of protection.
She has solicitors that look after her finances etc etc.
The house next door to where we as a family live came up for sale and my daughter purchased the house.
The next step was for builders to be interviewed and 3 were narrowed down to one. It was project managed by a respected company ‘or so we thought'. The builder that was chosen has made a complete mess of everything, and I mean everything.
I won't yet list all the issues but one of the major issues is that prior to an extension on my daughters house being built the electrical power cables ‘these cables that are connected to a power box then go on to feed power to another 6 houses' that ran along where the extension was to be built should have remained visible at all times. However the builders have boxed the cables below the extension roof and as such part of or if not all of it has got to come down.
The builders said they had now completed the project and in came the experts namely the chartered surveyor to snag the whole lot of the property.
My daughter was to have a canopy over her front door and before I knew just how bad these builders were to become I asked if they would be able to extend it over my front door too which they said they would. Obviously my half of that canopy was to be paid by me.
The canopy is such a disaster it serves no purpose at all. The builder wanted payment for my half but I told them that when it is put right I will then pay it.
The builder attempted to put both myself and daughters canopy right and he sent a photograph to the chartered surveyor who for some reason commented on how it was now fit for purpose and now the builder is using this against me when he issued a small claim against me.
When I questioned the surveyor as to what legal right he had in commenting on my side of the canopy and how he could possibly pass it off by means of just a photo and that surely you need to see it in person his response was that he would look at it when all of the list of snagging of the property is put right and won't just come to look at just one at a time completed snag.
I also asked the chartered surveyor if he thinks it's right that this building company is using your opinion based on a photograph in a small claims court in order to get payment from me for my half of the canopy. I also asked if he felt it was good practice to pass off something as done correctly by simply seeing just a photograph.
He replied that the building company have been made aware that none of his correspondence regards the canopy is to be used by them.
When I got issued this money claim there was a section where that I had to complete should I wish to produce an expert report. I do and I had to let the other side aware of this, which I did.
I have the report done and this report slates the canopy as not fit for purpose, doesn't meat any standards set by the guidelines and that it's incompetent.
So, I turn up at the preliminary hearing and I am refused permission to submit my canopy report upon it going to a trial.
The building company now say that they've 2 chartered surveyor reports on the canopy. I don't understand why 2 reports when in the money claim they only quoted 1 which to be honest that's been blown out of the water.
I got evidence that shows I asked the builder to repair the canopy and then when completed I'll pay the money so it isn't as if I've refused to pay and yet this builder didn't agree with that and as such issued the money claim.
The builders have made such a mess of my daughters home to be that after her solicitors had sought advice over this. It turned out they were well within their rights in not allowing the builders to attempt in putting things right.
I must add that the builders were offered some monies for the work but only a third of what they had originally expected and they duly accepted the offer.
Now, because the chartered surveyor company had issued the builders with a practical completion certificate they've been made aware that lawyers will be coming for you.
All in all just a total nightmare and now I've still to fight for myself over my half of the canopy.
In reply to Post #1
Hope you can sort it out mate.
In my line of work I've come across alot of this type of thing.
Although most contractors are up to scratch and give a damn, there are too many that ain't, and it needs to be sorted.
Hope you can sort it out mate.
In my line of work I've come across alot of this type of thing.
Although most contractors are up to scratch and give a damn, there are too many that ain't, and it needs to be sorted.
In reply to Post #2
Thanks mate much appreciated.
Don't know how some folk can sleep at night.
Thanks mate much appreciated.
Don't know how some folk can sleep at night.
In reply to Post #1
Aren't you the washing line bloke?
Aren't you the washing line bloke?
In reply to Post #4
Indeed I am.
Indeed I am.
In reply to Post #5
I assumed you were in secure accommodation and you only posted about what you saw through the bars but your not are you?
I assumed you were in secure accommodation and you only posted about what you saw through the bars but your not are you?
In reply to Post #6
I used to be in a secure institution.
Edit - Anything else you'd like to know or ask?.
I used to be in a secure institution.
Edit - Anything else you'd like to know or ask?.
In reply to Post #7
How did you escape?
How did you escape?
In reply to Post #8
I served my time.
I served my time.
Despite it being noted and documented in the minutes of the meeting that a sink with the drainer to the left is fitted for some reason the builder saw fit to put in a sink with right handed drainer. Now it's a big big job to put it the way it should have been in the first place as appliances etc etc have also got to be rearranged.
The builder has even fitted the worktop bowed so when you look at it from the other end of the kitchen it's akin to a fcuking banana.
Over 200 snags with the property.
Buried power cable in the yard all of 6 inches deep.
I don't know how they sleep at night.
The builder has even fitted the worktop bowed so when you look at it from the other end of the kitchen it's akin to a fcuking banana.
Over 200 snags with the property.
Buried power cable in the yard all of 6 inches deep.
I don't know how they sleep at night.
In reply to Post #10
It sounds a bad situation and it's very difficult to resolve. I can't see the contractor finishing it to a standard you are happy with, and getting anyone else in would cost a fortune.
I would like to see some photos just to see where this falls on the cowboy builder vs pedantic customer scale. There are lots of tradesman on here, photos would get you a lot more feedback.
Especially the kitchen, laughing at builder fits is a hobby of mine
Who actually chose the contractor, and was there a previous relationship between them and the solicitor?
It sounds a bad situation and it's very difficult to resolve. I can't see the contractor finishing it to a standard you are happy with, and getting anyone else in would cost a fortune.
I would like to see some photos just to see where this falls on the cowboy builder vs pedantic customer scale. There are lots of tradesman on here, photos would get you a lot more feedback.
Especially the kitchen, laughing at builder fits is a hobby of mine
Who actually chose the contractor, and was there a previous relationship between them and the solicitor?
In reply to Post #11
It's all fun and games until you are justifying a price or timescale to rectify **** work.
Seems to be my bread and butter the last 18 months or so, then they want you to build or fit something else when you've done a good job but “funds are tight” and they want it done properly for tuppence and a shirt button
It's all fun and games until you are justifying a price or timescale to rectify **** work.
Seems to be my bread and butter the last 18 months or so, then they want you to build or fit something else when you've done a good job but “funds are tight” and they want it done properly for tuppence and a shirt button
In reply to Post #12
I've done a few over the years but I price them very high these days. even someone who might have been great to work for previously will watch you like a hawk, and question every aspect of what you're doing, what you need, and what it costs, which makes people uncomfortable and leads to a lot of mistakes and then the cycle starts again...
I've done a few over the years but I price them very high these days. even someone who might have been great to work for previously will watch you like a hawk, and question every aspect of what you're doing, what you need, and what it costs, which makes people uncomfortable and leads to a lot of mistakes and then the cycle starts again...
In reply to Post #13
Disconnecting dust extraction usually clears an audience prettty swiftly
Disconnecting dust extraction usually clears an audience prettty swiftly
In reply to Post #14
"YOU'RE GETTING DUST ALL OVER THE NEW PAINTWORK I JUST GOT RID OF ONE COWBOY I DON'T WANT ANOTHER"
"YOU'RE GETTING DUST ALL OVER THE NEW PAINTWORK I JUST GOT RID OF ONE COWBOY I DON'T WANT ANOTHER"