All Posts Tagged With: "snagging"

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Redrow Homes Defect Woes

Since 2004 the residents of the Redrow Poets Wood housing development in Streetly have been fighting to get their new homes brought up to standard. Some of the homes have been knocked down and rebuilt but the problems persist.
One resident of the estate, Veronica Fitzgerald, exchanged at the beginning of 2004 [...]

8Jul2009 | Tony | 32 comments | Continued
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Boris Makes Affordable London Homes Better Than Private Homes

It has always been the case that residents of affordable housing get a better quality of home as the snagging is addressed in the housing association’s contract with the build. Private buyers do not have this luxury and struggle for months and years to get their home finished to standard.
Now Boris Johnson, the Major [...]

8Jul2009 | Tony | 2 comments | Continued
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ITV Homes from Hell Needs You

The very successful ITV Homes from Hell series is looking from case studies from the UK and Dubai. If you would like to appear on TV telling the world about your new build problems then get in contact with them. Some people are reluctant to do this, but in general it will get [...]

7Jul2009 | Tony | 40 comments | Continued
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Builder using webcams for buyers

I was just reading about a builder in Leeds TJ Pybus who has installed webcams to allow users to follow thee build process. This is a really good idea and they must have confidence in their product, but I guess the cameras won’t have the resolution or the coverage to be anything more than [...]

6Jul2009 | Tony | 0 comments | Continued
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