Today, I have a £350,000 mortgage on a new build house that has developed a leak. One roof survey later, it’s because all the wooden joists have massive splits in them where the screws went in. There’s nothing holding my roof together except gravity and prayer. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, and over the years, my wife has methodically destroyed our house, insisting she is good at DIY. Our house is either in bits, half-finished or falling apart. I had it confirmed by a realtor, who assessed the house as worth 100 grand less than we paid for it. It’s a building site with a roof. FML
Today, to save money, I wanted to fix my own leaky roof instead of hiring someone. When I got on the roof, the ladder fell. As it was falling, it broke three windows and snagged the siding of my house ripping over half of it off. FML
Today, I have a good job, good credit, no outstanding loans or credit card debt, good savings and so on, yet when I applied for a mortgage for a £100,000 house, I was offered a measly £35,000. What the fuck should I buy with that, a second hand wet cardboard box? FML
Today, I found out that my toilet leaked into the apartment's ceiling downstairs and it's going to cost over $2000 to fix the ceiling and the clear all of the mould out. I have two different types of insurance and neither of them are likely to cover it. FML
Today, I found out I have another leak in my house. I've had three inspections and they were all shit. At this point, that pipe is the only remaining original pipe in the entire house. Over 25k have officially gone into this BS. Note to all: go "new." FML
Today, after months of telling my landlord about the weak floorboards in my living room, I fell through them as I was trying to repair them myself. FML
Today, I'm still not living in the house I fought so hard to buy three months ago. As I was fixing a hole in the wall, I found black mold covering the back side of my drywall. On every wall. I can't afford to fix it. FML
Today, after five months of working overtime and doing my own repairs around the house, such as patching my own roof to save money, I walk into my home office. I find my $2500, week old, top of the line laptop won't turn on because it's drenched in water. Apparently there's a leak in the roof. FML
Today, our roof collapsed due to water damage. I had saved the money to get the roof fixed months ago, but my wife saw a scare story about gas stoves and demanded we spend the money getting every gas-powered appliance ripped out and replaced. That new HVAC system will work great in a condemned house. FML
Today, the water company found that a water main has been leaking steadily possibly for decades and has turned the land my house is built on into an underground bog. Cracks have been appearing in my walls for a while, apparently because my house is slowly sinking into it. FML
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core01 30
Go after the contractor hard.
FluffythePink 23
First, I'd check to see if this comes under the Environment Agency on health and safety, if it does then they're real heavy hitters with the legal stuff. Second, get yourself a no win no fee lawyer and sue the absolute shit out of the construction company for substandard and dangerous build quality as well as everything else you can get to stick. I've seen a fair few stories like yours and when it's clearly a build **** up, especially one they were aware of and signed off on, the constitution company tends to be liable for all remedial works. You just have to fight for it. So gird thy loins, channel Granny Weatherwax, cry Havock and go after the bastards with everything you've got. Including your local paper. The more people who know that they need to check their build quality, the more problems will be found and the more it'll cost the construction company. Especially if it's standard bullshit across all their builds and you can get a nice class action going...
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core01 30
Go after the contractor hard.
FluffythePink 23
First, I'd check to see if this comes under the Environment Agency on health and safety, if it does then they're real heavy hitters with the legal stuff. Second, get yourself a no win no fee lawyer and sue the absolute shit out of the construction company for substandard and dangerous build quality as well as everything else you can get to stick. I've seen a fair few stories like yours and when it's clearly a build **** up, especially one they were aware of and signed off on, the constitution company tends to be liable for all remedial works. You just have to fight for it. So gird thy loins, channel Granny Weatherwax, cry Havock and go after the bastards with everything you've got. Including your local paper. The more people who know that they need to check their build quality, the more problems will be found and the more it'll cost the construction company. Especially if it's standard bullshit across all their builds and you can get a nice class action going...