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    External Front Brickwork does not seem straight

    Hi, First post to forum did not show, so unsure if the post will repeat itself. Long and short is that we have external brickwork which does not seem straight from the garage side of the house to the front door. Attached a couple of pics to share what I'm seeing. First pic is the front of...
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    Garage Floor Surface

    My garage was the first to be constructed on our development and from my understanding looks to have a screed base. All other plots have a standard concrete base. From the attached image please could someone advise if this looks to be a screed finish and if there is a reason why sections of...
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    Driveway size

    When buying our new house we looked at the double garage with a double driveway infront and never thought anything of it. Now purchased we have realised that we cannot park 2 cars on it and get out of the drivers doors, open the garage doors with the car parked on the drive. The dimensions are...
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    Taylor Wimpey customer service rubbish and complaints process a farse

    I moved in to my Taylor Wimpey house in April 2016. There were a few snags which I marked on the 7 and 28 day checks. The biggest snag was that my garage is damp due to the neighbour's plot being higher than mine so their soil is piled against my garage wall. The damp has caused everything in...
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    Persimmon Homes - No Electrics in Garage

    I purchased a 4 bed detached house in Rugeley, Staffs from Persimmon 12 months ago and have been in 'discussions' with them ever since regarding the fact they haven't provided lighting or power into the garage even though my neighbours garage has it provided and the garages are adjoining...
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    Buying a house with garage unfinished

    Has anyone been in the situation of having a house with a separate garage which forms part of the next stage of the development? Are we legally obliged to wait for weeks for the garage to be completed?
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    Water water everywhere

    We moved into our new Taylor Wimpey home early December and snagged it ourselves, and have had the majority of the snags dealt with but we have a huge problem. The downplipe drainage system was not connected not only on our house, but living on a road with a slope the two propeties above us...
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    Encouraged to lie to solicitor re: unfinished garage

    Our home builder told us our house would be ready by end of Sept. Our mortgage (another problem due IFA) runs out on 9 October. We must leave our rental property by 10 October. This is the situation - we can't do anything about either of those dates (tenants moving in straight after us and 9...
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