Archive for August, 2005
Meeting with Crest on Tuesday
John Lewsley from Crest Nicholson called me back again today, as promised…
31Aug2005 | Nik | 0 comments | Continued
Crest Nicholson called me back!
That’s something of a first. John Lewsley, their Home Care Manager, called me back at 16.45 after I spoke to them earlier today.
Unfortunately, I was on a conference call at the time and couldn’t take his call. But the message he left said that he’d try again tomorrow.
Video killed the radio star
After a week or so of being a TV-less house (because new build houses don’t come equipped with aerials) the peace has been shattered after I had a TV aerial fitted over the weekend. I used “Euro Digital TV” (no website, but check www.yell.co.uk for them). Good guys. They got the work […]
30Aug2005 | Nik | 0 comments | Continued
Post-move snags
I’ve been in the house for a week now, which is enough time for the first of the post-move snags to show up…
First, there’s the driveway. The weather’s been a bit warm recently, with temperatures in the 26-27C range. Unfortunately, this is enough to slightly melt the material they’ve used on the driveway. […]
Moved!
[Catching up on last week’s activities]
Pretty much all of yesterday was spent moving. I had hoped that Crest Nicholson might not manage to get anything wrong on the day, but they even managed to make something as simple as handing the keys over unnecessarily complicated.
But first…
Moving in
[Catching up on last week’s activitities]
Tomorrow’s moving day. I’ve got the removal people booked (1st Ever Ready Removals) and my house is all packed up. It looks like a cardboard fetishist’s wet dream at the moment.
Should be moving on Monday…
… and Crest Nicholson have stopped talking to me or my solicitors. So I sent them the following e-mail.
12Aug2005 | Nik | 0 comments | Continued
Sense of humour
Seems like someone at Crest Nicholson has a sense of humour. Either that or, and more likely, their customer service department doesn’t talk to their marketing department… I received this through the post the other day (I’ve obscured the bits that show the location).
Crest Flyer
That arrived last Monday, so after the open weekend dates.
That’s […]
Looks like I’m not the only person who’s had problems with Crest
It’s a little old, but still…
Furious homeowners in Portishead are threatening to stage a sit-in at the offices of dock developer Crest Nicholson - unless complaints about their homes are sorted out.
People living in flats at the Centre Quay building at Port Marine say they have reached the end of their tether after nearly a […]
Making the deposit
Yesterday’s entry (written about events of 26th July) ended:
17:31 Teresa calls back. They want a
Hello Nik
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