Well, here we are, over 14 months in our multi award winning eco home on Oxley Park. You’d think by now we’d be settled, getting used to our home, be in the advanced stages of decorating. You know, happy families.
This is the first time we’ve ever bought a home, let alone a new build, so perhaps we’re being a little naive. But let me show you how we’re living in Oxley Woods just now, courtesy of George Wimpey and house builder Wood Newton.
The holes, they’ve been here since June. The uncovered patching, that’s been here since the week before last. When is it going to be sorted? We don’t know. Neither do George Wimpey. And if Wood Newton do, they’re not saying. This is Oxley Woods Living. This is some of our house, as it stands, today.
This is our six year-old’s bedroom. He hates the holes. We want to get some more storage and shelving sorted, but can’t because the window is going to be replaced, and that will have a major effect on the walls we need to work on. Life on hold, and a boy who get very upset now and again about the holes in his room.
This is in our one year olds bedroom. There’s another hole by her cot. She quite likes being able to stick her fingers through the wall and play with the plasterboard dust. We don’t like it.
This is our living room, again this has been like this since June. There was no point in fixing it up, because window replacement work was due to start quite quickly. We’re still waiting and it’s now 8th September. When will things be done? We don’t know. We hope it happens before it gets too cold, those pipes are supposed to supply a radiator, currently sat on the floor in our office.
This the room we like to relax in as a family, watch films and unwind at the end of the day (if possible). Now with one wall holy and covered with bare plasterboard, it’s not such a pleasant place to be.
This is our bathroom. The wall was “warped” or had a “bulge” where two plasterboards meet. And some screw pops. Now it looks like this. Not such a big deal if we had ANY clue when it was going to be painted again.
This is our top floor landing and stair case to the first floor. Notice how the flood of light picks out the different shades on both wall and ceiling so effectively! Walls, ceilings, they were all cracking and creasing due to settling. Now we have to settle with this. For how long? Nobody knows. If Wood Newton or George Wimpey could arrange something with us, or even talk to us properly, that would be smashing.
This is our first floor landing. More of the same. And the same old story about if and when it’ll ever be finished:
This is our stair case, and ground floor hallway. Seems a little familiar doesn’t it? Tired of looking at the pictures? Imagine how tired we are of looking at this every day.
This is our kitchen and dining area. Plaster since a couple of weeks back, holes since June, same as pencil marks and water stains. Repair completion date, unknown.
Hope you enjoyed the tour and it gives you an impression of life in a multi-award winning George Wimpey / Wood Newton eco home.
