Although I’m not entirely sure where “there” is, but it’s nice to know we’re not alone in our situation, or at least some of it.
What the events of last week say about modern culture in the UK I have no idea, but I had a knock at the door from someone who lives just down the road, who had been online and happened to stumble across this blog. Bringing a message of solidarity and understanding no less. Who says neighbours don’t talk to each other anymore. They just need to find each other online first?!
Anyway, it turns out that we’re not alone, but contrary to the information we were given at the supposedly open and honest meeting earlier in the week, it would seem to be that it’s far from just us and one other who’ve experienced the effects of rain water on the inside of their Oxley Woods eco house. Either the management are extremely forgetful, or less honest than it at first appeared.
Anyway, I had good long chat with our neighbour, comparing notes and problems, and it WAS nice to learn that we’re not alone in suffering at the hands of Wimpey and Wood Newton. Things could be taken further on that front, as we now know that it’s not just a couple of us who’ve experienced issues with the building and some of their eco-friendly features, and it would be very interesting to know how widespread the situation is, as Wimpey et al clearly are in no mood to share that with us themselves, and who can blame them?!
As an aside, work was due to start towards the end of the week or start of this week on the front of the property. Friday I had one of the Wood Newton team bring over a side elevation of our property for us to mark down the damaged Trespa panels on. Unfortunately, despite having our plot number on it, the plans/elevation do NOT match our property?! At the same time, we arranged for them to come around at 8:30 this morning to begin work. They wanted 8:15 am, but that was just too early for us and the kids to be sorted.
About 9am this morning we get a knock, it’s raining, it’s been raining hard a lot lately, and they were waiting for head office to inform them if they could or could not apply the seal/tape/primer in the rain. We said no problem, just keep us informed. It’s now 14:30, we’ve not seen or heard anything since. I guess they’re not coming back.
