I wasnt even told the parking would be delayed into the DAY i moved in, and they told me it would be 2 weeks, then 2 months and then it turned out to be 5 months.

Be careful if you are buying a redrow home, they are rushed like mad and they are happy to move you in whilst its still being worked on. I havent been able to have one day lay in as the builders are right outside drilling slabs etc.

Please dont be fooled by their sales staff as they are just trying to get themselves some commision.

also the house is cracking up, and they do this on purpose as you have one month to sort out snags, problem is that the cracks will appear in 2 to 5 months time so your be buggered if you think they will help out. The snag visit we had was from the site foreman, he used to tell us hes coming on a day and then never turn up. All he done for the snags was slapped some paint over, and he didnt even finish that off.

DO NOT SIGN THE PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE 100% SURE EVERYTHING IS OK AS THEY WILL BE REALLY FRIENDLY AND POP ROUND ALL THE TIME – BUT ONCE YOY SIGN YOU NEVER HEAR FROM THEM AGAIN!

Not only is the house substandard, the surrounding building works are driving people away, the level of distruption caused by roadworks, the level of aggression and abuse from Redrow, and, a threat of legal action as I am complaining too much.

And Peverell are hopeless. They have not even billed us for the second half of the year yet, and the first half was six months late.

Please use my email address as a contact

SORYY REDROW I AINT NO SPARKY BUT SPEAKING TO THE LIGHTING SUPPLIER THIS SHOULD NEVER OF HAPPENED AND YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REPLACE THE UNITS.
HOWEVER WHEN I GET FINANCES SORTED I AM HAVING THE FITTINGS PROFESSIONALLY TESTED AS I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE UNITS AT FAULT.
IF HOWEVER A PROFESSIONAL SPARKY COMES AND TELLS ME IT IS THE WIRING I WILL BE SO UNHAPPY WITH YOUR POWER SURGE COMMENTS!!

Without wishing to defend management companies, how can they be expected to properly manage (and maintain) a development, if the developer hasn’t actually finished the building work on the site as a whole…??? Who is responsible for what…???

Matt Tullos – who specifically is your management company???

Also, if you are being disturbed by building activities at anti-social hours, I suggest you obtain a copy of the Planning Permission for your development (if you haven’t already got one), which may well include a condition defining specific times when general site works, deliveries etc. can take place (and conversely, when they can’t take place). For example, they might only be allowed to work until 12 noon on Saturdays, and not at all on Sundays.

If you then discover that they are operating outside of the prescribed times (and are therefore in breach of the Planning condition), have a word with the Site Foreman / Project Manager, or otherwise contact your local Planning Department and lodge a complaint.

The excuse might be that they’re trying to get the site finished ASAP, but this is not an acceptable reason for breaching a Planning condition. If they want extended hours, they have to apply for a variation or discharge of the relevant Planning condition, which I suspect they wouldn’t get approved…..

Cheers

matt

If the development was advertised as having electric gates but now isn’t, demand an explanation as to why this item has been omitted. And if such a material change has been made to the development, does this have an impact on the Planning Permission for the development…??? Demand a rebate on your maintenance fees if you are paying towards the upkeep of electric gates that don’t exist (not the first time we’ve heard about such an issue on this website).

If the site is not yet complete, why are you being charged any maintenance / management fees at all…??? I thought these only come into play once a site is completed, and the developer (Redrow in your case) has formally handed over the development to their chosen management agents…??? Check your lease, or discuss this further with your conveyancing solicitor.

So you are being told that letters regarding the insurance situation were sent out, but presumably nobody on your development have received these letters? Have you demanded copies of the letters…??? What reason have you been given for the insurance cover ending on 31st January…???

Regarding the “snagging” problems you have inside your own property, if these aren’t being rectified quickly enough (or to your satisfaction), then contact the NHBC (or whoever your building warranty is with – you must have one, provided by Redrow when the house was first built) and get them to kick some backsides. Or contact ITV to see if they are doing a “Homes From Hell 2010″ programme….. Are there similar problems in other occupied units on the development…???

Not what any property owner needs, and especially a first-time-buyer such as yourself. Get together with your neighbours (if they are similarly worried), talk to a conveyancing solicitor, and basically make a bl00dy nuisance of yourselves (within the law, of course…) until you get some answers.

I owned a Redrow house that was freehold – but we paid a service charge just for the privilege of using the only means of getting to it: the access road.

The main criteria is a for a “continuous block”. There are loads of solicitors getting involved in RTM work as it grows in popularity. Have a chat with a firm local to you and describe your block. They will tell you whether your building qualifies.

I know of one develpoment managed by Peverel/Solitaire which is 11 sepearate blocks – all leasehold. That means 11 rtm cos would need to be set up. Good luck