Homer Simpson
New Member
You know how it is, glossy brochures, the thoughts of been able to choose your own tiles, granite worktops etc, oh the regret !
From a distance the development looks the business, larger than average stone built detached houses in a semi rural location in an affluent area. Within days of moving to our house, a neighbouring family were moved out after a HUGE crack appeared down the front elevation of the home they had recently purchased, two months later they moved back in, after the ground on which their home was built was correctly 'piled', it had to be seen to be believed, had you not known the cause you could have quite easily believed a moderate earth quake was responsible.
Whilst our 380k house still remains standing we have had over 37 seperate faults, from a door slamming in the wind and a ceiling downlighter falling out to water pouring down the lounge wall from a water leak with involved the removal of a tiled bathside, tiled bathroom floor and eventually the floor boarding on the adjacent landing, nothing too major, it only took 9 working days to complete.
The general finish is little short of atrocious, most floors and stairs creek, all the supposed upgraded bathroom fittings have been replaced due to various kinds of failure, the central heating pipes 'bang', the personal door in the garage moved within the wall and turned to be fixed in place with nothing other than expanding foam, and externally the patio collapsed within 3 weks of moving in. It sounds awful does it not ?
This week the dishwasher failed, an engineer from the manufacture came out and I wasn't at all surprised when he showed me that the dishwasher wasn't secured in the housing correctly, oh and who ever fitted it had left the remains of his lunch pushed down the back, a half eaten sandwich, a crisp packet, oh, and a copy of the Daily Sport, need I say more ?
In summary, BUYER BEWARE, the residents of this disaster zone could fill this forum with their tales of woe, most are too busy e-mailing Persimmons useless aftercare.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
From a distance the development looks the business, larger than average stone built detached houses in a semi rural location in an affluent area. Within days of moving to our house, a neighbouring family were moved out after a HUGE crack appeared down the front elevation of the home they had recently purchased, two months later they moved back in, after the ground on which their home was built was correctly 'piled', it had to be seen to be believed, had you not known the cause you could have quite easily believed a moderate earth quake was responsible.
Whilst our 380k house still remains standing we have had over 37 seperate faults, from a door slamming in the wind and a ceiling downlighter falling out to water pouring down the lounge wall from a water leak with involved the removal of a tiled bathside, tiled bathroom floor and eventually the floor boarding on the adjacent landing, nothing too major, it only took 9 working days to complete.
The general finish is little short of atrocious, most floors and stairs creek, all the supposed upgraded bathroom fittings have been replaced due to various kinds of failure, the central heating pipes 'bang', the personal door in the garage moved within the wall and turned to be fixed in place with nothing other than expanding foam, and externally the patio collapsed within 3 weks of moving in. It sounds awful does it not ?
This week the dishwasher failed, an engineer from the manufacture came out and I wasn't at all surprised when he showed me that the dishwasher wasn't secured in the housing correctly, oh and who ever fitted it had left the remains of his lunch pushed down the back, a half eaten sandwich, a crisp packet, oh, and a copy of the Daily Sport, need I say more ?
In summary, BUYER BEWARE, the residents of this disaster zone could fill this forum with their tales of woe, most are too busy e-mailing Persimmons useless aftercare.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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