Or this could have been even more stressful!
As you can see if you look over our snagging lists, and read our other problems with rain water entering our Oxley Woods eco home, we’ve had quite a number of issues. This in itself has been extremely disappointing and stressful. Some of the workmen, who to their credit do often go out of their way to try and help and for the most part and are very approachable, have said our house is by far the worst on site for faults and snagging. But beyond the initial problems, it’s often the quality and care of the workmanship that’s lead to further stress and created new problems.
The most dramatic of these has probably been the bodged and bodged again window work to stop them leaking, but there are other instances too, this is just a snapshot of some of them, although there are more we could mention.
We’ve had problems with radiators. Several of them had dented front panels when we moved in, some still do, but with the hassle we’ve had getting them changed we’re feeling inclined to l leave them that way, if you’re not looking for the dents you wont notice them, and we don’t feel we can face further stress in getting them changed!
One problem has been new radiators have arrived with dented or cracked casings, some of which were installed, and then, of course, had to be replaced again (after waiting for the replacements to come in, again), the other has been problems with actually installing the replacements.
The reason I titled this post “glad we couldn’t afford carpets” is pretty obvious, because while it’s difficult saving up and making decisions on flooring for the house, the leaks and mess we’ve encountered due to problems could have been so much worse if had actually laid carpet at the time.
The photos below, probably not in order, show the mess left and materials used in one of several attempts to reach a compromise between landing doors that don’t let in wind or howl, and can actually be opened and closed without requiring excessive force.
Leak onto our first floor living room floor following the first radiator replacements.
Water on our ground floor living room floor because a part (rubber stopper/bung) was missing from our sliding door.
Huge water marks after our top floor landing floor was left literally soaking (and a cardboard toy chest drenched) after problems with the radiator during work (valve accidentally left open and unattended apparently).
Smaller water marks in our hallway after valve not shut off properly following draining to allow for radiator work to be carried out.
So you see, it’s not just the rain water coming in that’s lead to me calling this place a leako home rather than eco home!
To their credit once again, the site manager has offered to replace anything damaged by workmen, we had a trampled play mat replaced already, and got some shelving into the bargain, which was a nice gesture.
