Comments on: ITV Homes from Hell Needs You

By: Ronnie Valentine

Ronnie Valentine — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:01:42 +0000

NEW HOME for your Series. – Would you be able to do this one please? A new kind of Series,- I have already written to Brix Smith-Start from Goks Clothes show, to pls get involved in this. but saw your programme last night.Details Country House in Surrey, Chilworth Manor Guildford, Surrey. on the National Garden Scheme – -Open to the public a few days per yr. – I worked there with the Gardner, – a few yrs ago, after the Filming of Foyles War there- everybody seemed to be Dead..The Gardner for over 15 years, who lived on the property- Michael Kemp would have got the property, but moved away, & after I found that Elizabeth was dead, I stayed away from working. – There was no one left to get the property, somehow Savills Estate Agents of Guildford, Sold the property,= it was front headlines in the local Surrey Advertiser paper, As Lady Heald had died. & Now as Michael has another Country house to run, has agreed that I could have the property, & run it, if I could get it. There was nobody left to get the proceeds of Chilworth Manor & it wasn`t for sale. Yet savills marketed it for £6 Million- more than it was worth,- With Sealed bids offered at that time- I put in a very low Sealed Bid within the date set out, as there was no one to get the money, except Michael, Kemp, who would not have sold it anyway. As Mistress of The Manor , I would like to get the property & up-keep it, opening it to the public once again. From Ronnie Valentine, Bethlehem, 3, Home Park Close, Bramley, Guildford, Surrey. GU5 0JP Pls Contact Brix- Smith on my behalf to help with this. Michael could then stay there for holidays.

By: The Expert Engineer

The Expert Engineer — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:12:48 +0000

FAO James Gardiner on 15 February 2011

Was this property built by a reputable contractor?

Does this property come with a NHBC guarantee?

By: The Expert Engineer

The Expert Engineer — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:07:35 +0000

FAO Serena Lister 2 February 2011:

Provided the development was completed, the NHBC guarantee is independent of the contractor.

Hence the solvency of contractor is irrelevant.

3. I have been in my new home for 18 months and notified my builder of some faults with the home. Who will fix them if they go out of business?
Under Buildmark, the builder is responsible to put right any items reported in the first two years that do not comply with NHBC requirements. If the builder becomes insolvent, NHBC will meet the cost of any work the builder is liable for under this part of the cover.

I hope this helps.

The Expert Engineer

By: wendie burgess

wendie burgess — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 18:19:37 +0000

hi if you are ever doing anything in bulgaria brits are getting ripped off left right and centre off plan properties are still not complete when they should of been in 2007.there is corruption all over the place in all circles including solicitors there must be something we can do we need help please

By: James Gardiner

James Gardiner — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:20:10 +0000

In Oct 2008 I bought a house for £291K. At the time of purchase it was awaiting a completion certificate therefor my solicitor withheld £5K until the issue of this in December. This certificate gave me permission to run the house as a B & B. Very shortly after I started business I knew there was a problem with drainage (blockages & smell). Finally in July of 2009 I had raw sewerage flowing through my airing cupboard & flooding our own bathroom.I called out the drainage experts with Jetting & cctv equipment. What they found was horrifying. The drainage pipe we had been using in the owners bathroom for so many months was not even connected. This meant that all the waste & waste water from there had been deposited under the dining room floor. They also found that the developer had not followed the plans for the drainage route. Instead of running the pipes around the perimiter of the house they had buried them under the house ,which sits on a concrete base. Also there is no rodding eyes or manholes installed. Every day I have Guests I have to purge each W C on a daily basis with gallons of water just to keep them from blocking up. The only means of clearing the drains is to remove the W C & jet the drains from inside the house.I have had quotes for remedial work to be carried out. (£45,000) It will also mean I have to completely close my B & B for approx 12 weeks.

By: Serena Lister

Serena Lister — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:42:55 +0000

Hi, We bought our house in Nov 2008 after just getting married, it was suppose to be our dream 3 story home, it has turned out to be our worst nightmare, the problems began the first day we moved in, no central heating working, no oven working, no fires working, when the heating was fixed, 2 baths, and 3 showers leaked dripping into spotlights damaging 3 ceilings, our baths and showers leaked due to not being connected up,live wires were left under the kitchen units which could of killed me when moping up. Our extractor fans was omitting all fumes in our bedroom, bathroom floor tiles unlevel and cracked, toilets not working, no insulation in our bedroom, render falling off outside , basically, there was something wrong in nearly all of our rooms. The company who first developed the houses went bust, another firm called wolsley, bought them, they put most of the problems right for us, but with ongoing problems keep occuring, they refused to repair everything, leaving the render and the insulation unrepaired, they have since gone bust, we are now left with an unsightly house with render falling off everyday, and a freezing cold bedroom, which will shortly in 10 days have a newborn baby in. Have been intouch with the NHBC, they were going to do the rendering and insulation, but they have now refused, due to the builders going bust and not renewing with them. Hope you might be able to help with any ideas?

By: Nazir Jussab

Nazir Jussab — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:35:12 +0000

Dear Homes from hell team, I purchased an off plan apartment in Dubai during 2008 with an estimated completion date of July 2009. I have already paid 50% towards the apartment.
According to the contract, if the developer does not deliver by end of this year, the developer is in breach of contract. The developer will not deliver and I have written to him. The developer is claiming Force Majeure on the grounds that the master developer did not deliver the infrastructure in time. My understanding of Force Majeure is acts of god, war, etc that are beyond human control.
I belong to a forum of 112 investors with this developer and would like to solicit your exposure of this situation.
Please advise on how we can meet?

By: Terence Lee

Terence Lee — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:25:10 +0000

My story about polaris world spain
My dughter bought a apartment in [Hacienda Riquelme] completion date sep 2006 ,but my daughter died june 2006 my wife and I ASKED POLARIS WORLD for a refund of deposit and all stage payments she made total about e73,000 thy said thy would refund the money.numerus emails to them and no reply it now 2010 and still waiting

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:41:54 +0000

Dear Sir/Madam

The Lib,Lab.Con have known at least since 1996 that the 3 Million flat Leaseholders have been left in a very vunerable position.
The prescent Leasehold system dates back 900 years where you had a lord of the Manor who could ramp up the prices on the
piece of land that he owned and then make you homeless if he so chose.

We have found ourselves in a terrible situation at rafalgar Court Mundesley where since 2001 he Freeholder/Landlord Mr Raninder Kumer Sharma has been blocking prgress to get our Historical Edwardian building renovated .

Mr Sharma we have found out is as well as TC also involved in another six LVT disputes at other buildings .

What he has done at TC is sell 13 of his flats to Bogus names for one pound each even though they are still owned at his home
address in Hampton!

The Fire Dept plus North norfolk Council plus 6 MP’S plus Grant Shapps HM Housing Minister plus MP Jack Straw and the LVT
are totally unable to stop this mans Fraud.

The People of Mundesley plus us plus many others are totally sick to death of it all.

The LVT as all the LLC parties have known have no Court Powers ,therefore Mr Sharma ignores all of their rulings .

It is no surprise to me that all of Europe including Scotland and Ireland have ditched Leasehold and gone over to Commonhold,
only England and Wales who remain with Leasehold.

I have a press cutting of 1996 where a freeholder would not comply with the LVT decision to pay back frauded service Charges
to the Leaseholders .

Hope you can put some light on this terrible injustice

By: Reece

Reece — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:45:50 +0000

Hi all

I work at itv on a new series of Homes from Hell. I came across this post when searching for new stories for the series.

We are looking for new stories/cases about buying or building your dream home, whether in the UK or abroad. We are looking for your nightmare stories which we can film to demonstrate to the viewing public what can happen, but also to try and help you through it by using our pool of Lawyers and Structural Engineers that are at our disposal.

If you are interested and would like to get in touch then don’t hesitate to contact me at reece.watkinson@itv.com and we can have a chat.

Many thanks.