
Flooding, running sewage, overflowing toilets, windows that do not close, shoddy workmanship and poor customer service are just some of the complaints made by disappointed homebuyers after they moved into the KingsOak development in Weston Village.Read more… (Archive) Kathryn Deakin, pictured right, aged 29 and her 35-year-old boyfriend Adrian Clarke were among the first people [...]

Soaring levels of complaints about shoddy workmanship and appalling customer service by people buying new-build homes are to be investigated by consumer watchdogs. An increasing number of homebuyers are opting for new-build houses and flats, but they are experiencing what the Scottish Consumer Council (SCC) describes as a “wealth” of problems, including rocky staircases, exposed [...]