Persimmon Homes Shifting House

Tony · 9th January 2007, 22:59

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I think you would have a good case for compensation, but you will need to push for this. The saleability and hence the value of your property are affected by this, as you have to declare the history to potential buyers. There is also the stress and worry as well as the time that you have spent dealing with this issue. You should instruct a good solicitor to help you with this - some snagging.org members have managed to get their mortgages paid off but have now signed gagging orders.

There are a number of television researchers looking for stories at the moment - you could leverage this to your advantage.

The cost to Persimmon Homes of this being on national TV could be in the millions.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Tony

fedup · 10th January 2007, 00:46

Many thanks for your reply Tony. Do you have any recommendations for solicitors? I think this is the road we will go down first as we ultimately want to sell the house but don't want to lose a fortune in doing so.

Tracey

Tony · 10th January 2007, 01:22

Hi Tracey,

Here are some solicitors:
Solicitor Links

The only snag is that this takes time and money. They tend to avoid going to court and will settle out of court. There are no guarantees and it will lead to more stress for a couple of years as you will be gambling up to £50,000 potentially.

Kind regards,

Tony

Warwick · 10th January 2007, 13:37

Very imporatnt dont foget you only have six years from data of signing your contract to bring a claim against Persimmon Homes in the Courts

willyj · 2nd June 2007, 18:16

I quote directly from Part A of the Building Regulations (which you can download from the website of the ODPM):-
'The building shall be constructed so that ground movement caused by
a)swelling, shrinkage or freezing of the subsoil; or
b)landslip or subsidence insofar as the risk can be reasonably foreseen,
will not inpair the stability of any part of the building.'
Therefore this case is a clear breech of the Building Regulations Part A 2 a), if, as it appears, the problem is caused by swelling of the clay subsoil.
It is also a case of the NHBC Standards which cover the construction of foundations in clay in Chapter 4.2 not being adhered to.
I believe that while you heard the engineer use the word 'cardboard' what he probably actually said and certainly meant was 'clayboard', which is a crushable material used to form voids under concrete components in clay heave situations.

Tony · 4th June 2007, 13:42

Great post Willy,

Cheers

Tony

Utopia2308 · 20th April 2009, 10:27

Hi

I'm new to this forum and I am very interested on how your case has progressed since your posting.

I am deeply concerned that my Redrow House now 8 years old may be subsiding and I am looking for some advice on how to proceed. Our current position is that we have had monitoring plates put across the major cracks and fear that NHBC/Redrow are using delay tactics.

Many thanks in advance for any help & advice you can offer

GKandR4CH · 9th May 2009, 01:26

Don't waste anytime with the builder or the NHBC. The longer you wait the more the builder will try to fob you off with excuses like 'we are monitoring it' or 'it's settling'.
Your property is the biggest investment you will ever make and subsidence is a killer.
We have over 18 properties subsiding on our estate. I have never seen so many tilt meters on houses.
Take a summons out and sue them. Simples!!

pjbtiler · 21st January 2012, 23:58

Hello!!

Im new here,

Quick description

Moved in to our new house (RED... ) in april 2010, in september, noticed a huge crack go through the front of the house to the roof and mirrored on bac of house.

had monitoring strips, holes dug, soil tests etc by them.

in mean time did our own investigation into what used to be there before the house, and discovered a large Tree, anyway, finaly theyve admitted there was a huge tree there, and there was no Clayboards/master or precautions done to take into account what would happen when the ground started to rehydrate .

the House is heaving, its on clay soil, with vibro columns, not good. we are apparently at the end very soon, they have a Solution to reveal to us next week.!

We dont see how they can repair our house, its clear theres a need to pull it down and just start again as it is seriously blighted in terms of its value

We love the road, and the house, just not the fact its rising in height, splitting open and worth nothing!!!

Any thoughts?

thx

NewHomeExpert · 23rd January 2012, 09:59

Please post in the correct forum and do not duplicate.
We want to help you but it wastes everyone's time re reading duplicate posts.

Do we now assume this is a Persimmon Home rather than a Taylor Wimpey one?