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togo.bevan
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Re:NHBC Forum - 2008/03/20 17:21 We bought a Persimmon Home just over 2 years ago.
Right from the start we had 180 snags.
Called in the NHBC who sent an incompitant inspector (tried to use a spirit level on a stippled cealing) who refused to enforce his companys own standards and sided with the builder.
We subsequently found out that the house is non compliant to Building Regs (guess who was Building Controls, thats right NHBC). Both Persimmon and NHBC have refused to do anything about it.
Contacted the Construction Industry Council who regulate Building Control Bodies who have also declined to get involved.
The result is we have a house that is legally defective and no one will do anything about it.
It is obvious that house builders can construct what they like and are protected by a closed shop.

WE WILL NEVER BUY A NEW HOUSE AGAIN!!!

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Warwick
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Re:NHBC Forum - 2008/03/21 11:38 what was the name of the NHBC inspector?

Have you been in touch with your MP?

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Tony

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Re:NHBC Forum - 2008/03/21 12:30 Please don't name individuals on the forum. Thanks for your understanding

Tony

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togo.bevan
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Re:NHBC Forum - 2008/03/22 22:07 Have writen an e-letter to our MP and AM and await a responce.

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woody
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Re:NHBC Forum - 2008/04/01 19:51 Our house was covered by a 10 year NHBC and we noticed the motar between the bricks on our south facing wall was badly eroding.
I contacted a Structual Engineer who done a inspection and agreed it was bad. The NHBC came round and took samples of the mortar and sent it away to be tested and the results came back that the cement content in the Mix was low to VERY low.
Still the NHBC refuse to have my house re-pointed saying that it is not a Structual problem.
We also have about 10 hip tiles that have fallen out from the roof and they told us that its nothing to worry about as they are only decorative tiles and it would not make my roof leak!!!!
It seems as though they have an excuse for all the problems we have reported.
What is the point of a NHBC warrenty?
It is going to cost me a fortune to get my house re-pointed.
Does anyone have any ideas how I can take this matter further?

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malcolm22
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Re:NHBC Forum - 2008/04/07 20:33 Sorry, I can only sympathise, and perhaps panic a little.
I've been trying to use NHBC online, and it must the slowest site I have ever used. If you make a mistake and want to correct it by using the back button, then the page has expired and you have to start all over again.
I assume that it is intentional that the site is unfriendly to users?

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