I'm wondering how much compensation I can get for snags not being done.

BallistixOnZ490

BallistixOnZ490

BallistixOnZ490

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Shared ownership, chased snags for over 2 years, housing association promised many times to get them done, almost 3 years later and still not done.

The total value of what needs doing is at most £2500-3000, but I just sent them a claim letter asking for £10k for that plus all rent up to now refunded and mental state / wasted time chasing it up ETC.

And a 'failure to compensate will be followed with civil litigation for transfer of the remaining share to me for breach of contract'.

So I'm trying for £10k or free house, dont think I'll get either but I shall at least try. Shared Ownership contracts are fun if the housing association doesn't do their stuff.
 
Ugh, feel the pain the snags, been waiting three weeks for s window vent to be changed and the front door to be painted haha
 
You getting your legal advice from Facebook pal? Didn't you say in a previous post that the rent is covered by housing benefit as well?
 
NoobCannon said:
What are the snaggs and how often have you chased? Is it a new build? More information needed.
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dLockers said:
You getting your legal advice from Facebook pal? Didn't you say in a previous post that the rent is covered by housing benefit as well?
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I've chased the snags for over 2 years, regularly every 1-2 months with at least 10 empty promises that the work would have been done by three different employees of the housing association including their manager.

Even before I exchanged contracts, a water pipe had burst flooding the lounge ceiling and damaging the bathroom and upstairs hallway walls. The housing association manager that exchanged contracts had already gotten the pipe fixed and told he had already booked repainting and someone would be coming within the first two weeks. 32 months later, chasing it up at least every other month for the first two years and still nothing.

The downstairs W.C is unpainted, they painted with the yellow plastic pvc waterproof layer and never painted over that with white emulsion.

Upstairs toilet shifted forward by 1-2 inch and damaged the vinyl. The toilet needs reinstalling with less forward pressure from its tubing, and the vinyl likely needs replacing. There were a lot more snags than this to being with, but any others have been done.

The total cost is about 3 rooms worth of repainting, reinstalling the toilet, and new flooring for bathroom. If I had to pay a tradesperson to get this done that would easily be over £2000.

The advice I took is from this article, and I have already contacted the solicitors they recommend but without any reply yet http://www.new-home-blog.co.uk/claiming-compensation-from-housebuilders.

Housing benefit or not, the rent is paid to the housing association, and it is supposed to cover these and any other structural repairs (buildings insurance and initial snagging is their responsibility, everything else is mine).

I dont get why people would even be bitter over someone asking for compensation over this, especially after already constantly chasing it up for over 2 years. I can ask for how much I think it is worth and the point is that the housing association can counter with at least getting the work done and any settlement offer.

The contract says that the works were meant to be done within a reasonable time, I dont think 32 months since I moved in for defects that they even knew about before I purchased counts as a 'reasonable time'.

Housing associations and builders pay out for these kinds of things all the time, you just don't hear about it because the payout also comes with a non disclosure agreement and removing all prior mention of it online.
 
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Housing associations and builders pay out for these kinds of things all the time, you just don't hear about it because the payout also comes with a non disclosure agreement and removing all prior mention of it online.
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So you are getting your legal advice from Facebook :p

Best of luck fella. Sounds like a bit of a drag. You'd think your co-owner would have equal interest in getting it sorted too. Not sure what you'd be compensated for as you seem to have lived fine for 3 years but I'm sure you playing the mental anguish card will help :rolleyes:
 
dLockers said:
So you are getting your legal advice from Facebook :p

Best of luck fella. Sounds like a bit of a drag. You'd think your co-owner would have equal interest in getting it sorted too. Not sure what you'd be compensated for as you seem to have lived fine for 3 years but I'm sure you playing the mental anguish card will help :rolleyes:
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No it literally says all of that in the article I linked, and I checked over multiple sources from 'Anthony Gold Solicitors' including on their website prior to both contacting them.

I also have a considerable previous employment tribunal settlement simply for being refused an interview, except to accept the settlement I technically have to never talk about or mention it again.

All I will say is if you get refused an interview for a job you met the requirements for, you can get over £1000 if you play the discrimination card.
 
I can't imagine you'd get much compo, the best I would imagine is forcing their hand to get the snags sorted to shut you up and maybe a e.g. £500 'gesture of goodwill' for the inconvenience you have suffered.

As for tribunals for not getting interviews, unless there are mitigating factors like disability etc I'd agree that sounds quite entitled. If I had a payout for every job I applied for but didn't get an interview I'd be able to retire.
 
Wanting 10k or a new house because a bathroom is unpainted and the toilet is out of alignment... I'm hoping you've simply not explained the situation very well, because this thread makes you sound like an absolute tool.
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
No it literally says all of that in the article I linked, and I checked over multiple sources from 'Anthony Gold Solicitors' including on their website prior to both contacting them.

I also have a considerable previous employment tribunal settlement simply for being refused an interview, except to accept the settlement I technically have to never talk about or mention it again.

All I will say is if you get refused an interview for a job you met the requirements for, you can get over £1000 if you play the discrimination card.
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Not sure if serious
 
BallistixOnZ490 said:
Shared ownership, chased snags for over 2 years, housing association promised many times to get them done, almost 3 years later and still not done.

The total value of what needs doing is at most £2500-3000, but I just sent them a claim letter asking for £10k for that plus all rent up to now refunded and mental state / wasted time chasing it up ETC.

And a 'failure to compensate will be followed with civil litigation for transfer of the remaining share to me for breach of contract'.

So I'm trying for £10k or free house, dont think I'll get either but I shall at least try. Shared Ownership contracts are fun if the housing association doesn't do their stuff.
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Did you fully read the article you quoted?

The trick is to be fair and realistic rather than greedy.
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BallistixOnZ490 said:
No it literally says all of that in the article I linked, and I checked over multiple sources from 'Anthony Gold Solicitors' including on their website prior to both contacting them.

I also have a considerable previous employment tribunal settlement simply for being refused an interview, except to accept the settlement I technically have to never talk about or mention it again.

All I will say is if you get refused an interview for a job you met the requirements for, you can get over £1000 if you play the discrimination card.
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so you really think that is a good past history to boost about? you don't sound very employable at all.
 
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