Dear All.
I'm in need of a lot of advice if anyone out there can help?
We have had our house re roofed and dormers added by a builder "friend", who has made a really bad job of a lot of the work that was done. The cladding has been fitted incorrectly, the dormer roofs have no ventilation and they have damp in the walls, the sun tunnels are fitted incorrectly, insulation has large gaps in it in places, other areas of the roof space are blocked with insulation and it can't breath, none of the new stud walls are square- some are out by 2.5cm over a 50cm run -and the plastering is poor.
Because he WAS a friend and we trusted him, we have had little in the way of invoices from him (no detail in the ones we do have) and we paid him some cash....
He has been back to re do some of the work but it has been left either in a worse state than before, or unable to be completed.
He is now saying that he is happy to refund the money for the cladding, after we have paid an outstanding invoice of £6,500 +VAT. WE DO NOT OWE HIM ANY MORE MONEY....
We have shown pictures to a surveyor who has warned us that if we go to court with this we could end up losing a lot of money, not because we are wrong but just because that is what often happens.
Has anyone been in a similar situation or can anyone help please?
I'm in need of a lot of advice if anyone out there can help?
We have had our house re roofed and dormers added by a builder "friend", who has made a really bad job of a lot of the work that was done. The cladding has been fitted incorrectly, the dormer roofs have no ventilation and they have damp in the walls, the sun tunnels are fitted incorrectly, insulation has large gaps in it in places, other areas of the roof space are blocked with insulation and it can't breath, none of the new stud walls are square- some are out by 2.5cm over a 50cm run -and the plastering is poor.
Because he WAS a friend and we trusted him, we have had little in the way of invoices from him (no detail in the ones we do have) and we paid him some cash....
He has been back to re do some of the work but it has been left either in a worse state than before, or unable to be completed.
He is now saying that he is happy to refund the money for the cladding, after we have paid an outstanding invoice of £6,500 +VAT. WE DO NOT OWE HIM ANY MORE MONEY....
We have shown pictures to a surveyor who has warned us that if we go to court with this we could end up losing a lot of money, not because we are wrong but just because that is what often happens.
Has anyone been in a similar situation or can anyone help please?
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