orangelemon_uk

a 'friend' of my mums recently rendered her house and to say they have left it in a bad state is an understement, any ideas of what we can do ? have had a surveyors report already, Trading standards have got us to send a letter to them threatening legal action and our solicitor has said it will cost between £10-£15 k for legal costs to take this to court !

here is the overview :

November 2008 they quoted to render the exterior house walls, were accepted and then took 5 months in that time a full catalog of horrors occured including

Left old render in the drive for 2 months (waiting for a skip !!)

Damaged window frames (didnt cover them during removal of old render

Blocked the drains up twice !

ruined the 3 year old double glazing frames by leaving Glue ? to dry on them - they used glue to attempt to get the concrete to bond with the render

charged for 172 bags of renders (Weber Monocouche) when there was only 94 used (counted and verified by myself and neighbours)

Charged for work at the end of the job that we didnt agree to or was made aware of (£480 extra please !)

Charged £20 for resin !!! ?

and then the fun really begins ............

House walls dry eventually leaving walls completely different colours

Front of the house is now blown in 5 places after only 2 weeks with multiple cracks

Left side has approximately 100 snags ! including no render under a pipe and holes (yes real holes) appearing in the wall on a daily basis

After a surveyor report inspection it emerged that there was 2mm of render instead of 15mm and the reder was on top of concrete not the brick as it should have been.

The original estimate grew from £6500 (maximum) to £7700 They charged £7700 (later negotiated to £7000) for work that is now less than useless, and is literally falling off the house as the days go by and needs to all come off ! 5 months of inconvenience and hassle and stress.

Builders comments

'well you have to expect it'

And this was my mother's house and has known this man for 25 years !

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