Builder didn't insulate walls

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Hobo

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Hi,

First time post so not sure if it belongs here.

Basically had a builder in the house I currently live in to give a quote on some work and by chance he had a Thermal Imaging Camera. Through conversation i told him I could never heat the house properly and he started looking around with the Thermal Cam and to his and my surprise a large proportion of the walls were colder than the outside temperature. The builder told me that this was due to no insulation being in place.This is a newly built house (roughly) 6 years old.

My question is, is the developer responsible for recttifying this? And yes he is still around and has other developments albeit abroad currently under construction.

Thanks in advance for any advice
 
anewly built house of 6 years ago would be working off building regulations of circa 2004/2005 epending on grant of planning date but in any event there would still have been an insulation requirement although not to anyway near the extent required today. You should get abuilding professional (ie architect, engineer,arch tech,surveyor) to fo a detailed report and include testsand take it to a solicitor who should be able to apply a but of pressure to a still solvent builder.
 
Do you have homebond or the equivelent? Did you get a survey done by an engineer and does that person have indemnity insurance and are they liable if they haven't properly carried out a survey. (This is not the valuers report)
 
Bronte said:
Do you have homebond or the equivelent? Did you get a survey done by an engineer and does that person have indemnity insurance and are they liable if they haven't properly carried out a survey. (This is not the valuers report)
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Depending on the exact dates involved any neglegence claim against any survey that was carried out at the time might be statute barred by now?
 
kkelliher said:
You should get abuilding professional (ie architect, engineer,arch tech,surveyor) to fo a detailed report and include testsand take it to a solicitor who should be able to apply a but of pressure to a still solvent builder.
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Sounds like it would be cheaper (and more productive) to just go and insulate the house.
 
T McGibney said:
Sounds like it would be cheaper (and more productive) to just go and insulate the house.
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Depending on the area involved I would agree but the post was in response to a request for information on if the builder was responsible for rectification.
 
The area affected isn't just one wall or part of a wall. It would be over 50% of the front of the building, partition walls between my neighbours house and mine, back bedrooms, sitting room wall etc. Quiet alot of the bridging seems to be affected too.

A small portion of the wall I would do myself but the fact I paid alot of money for the house which included insulated walls, right now I'm a bit peeved at the fact that I personally feel a bit ripped off.
 
Unless the builder decided to comeback and remedy this, isn't the only to way force this issue by suing the builder and/or whomever did the survey.

I find it amazing that you can buy something worth 100k+ and there's no warranty/guarantee on it at all. I am open to correction but as far as I'm aware Homebond is only for structural issues, and hasn't been the solution for people with Pyrite problems etc. Then you have case of Priory Hall and even the state turns its back on these issue.

Are these things dealt with in other countries, better than here?
 

There is a legal liability for fault in the product sold for 6 years in statute. If you purchased a property to a specification that it now appears is incorrect you have six years to sue the builder unless the contract was sealed (unlikly) where you get 12 years.

Homebond is structural only.
 
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