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Help with advice on taking builders to court
« on: April 21, 2015, 10:28:41 pm »
We moved into our property over a year ago and had nothing but stress and problems, which has been dealt with poorly.
one major issue we have had is the boiler flue which was too close to our window. Fumes were coming in so the gas safety people turned it off due to being immediately dangerous, even so the house builder wanted to turn it back on! Does any one know whether this would be worth pursuing and would the compensation amount be worth all the hassle?
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Re: Help with advice on taking builders to court
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 07:07:32 am »
First of all you should name the house builder.
Not only did they hand over a house with a potentially life threatening defect, they even wanted to override the  watchdog decision.  Quite frankly, if you had allowed this and someone had died, this would be a clear case of corporate manslaughter which would result in a custodial sentence.
You also have to wonder who did the Gas Safety inspection, the Warranty inspection and Building Control final inspection. How could all of these people miss or ignore it?

You can take your house builder to court and the government would appear to promote this avenue to new home buyers as no other regulations for redress against defective new homes exist.
Get in touch with Geoff Peter at http://www.wingrovelaw.co.uk  he specialises in taking house builders to court!
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