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New here, is there anyone who could advise on what to do now please

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RR

New here, is there anyone who could advise on what to do now please? i have a new house build which is 2 years old and still has no ccc. There has been a ‘notice to fix’ in place for the past couple months. It took this company 1½ years to rectify things we werent happy with. Now, we feel worse off(damaged aluminium, paint on carpet, blotchy gib(even tho its already been level 5’d). We do not feel we should pay the final retainer held back (a minimal 5k). Where do we stand now please?
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Chris

Hi RR, I’m sure there are others reading this blog who can offer a more expert opinion, but in my view you need a lawyer who knows something about building contracts to look at yours. Because I suspect that what you can now do may depend on exactly what that says, together with any correspondence between you and the builder, and records such as site diaries, and photos you may have taken. In fact I’d be a bit surprised if you didn’t respond to me, by saying you have had a lawyer working on it for many months. It would be very difficult to say what else you should do now, or whether you can withhold payment etc, without seeing all of the above documents.
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SallyN

Hey RR, its a miserable place to be, I totally get you. If you can’t afford a lawyer then a good idea would be to try the citizens advice bureau to see if they can give you some help and point you in the right direction. Is the builder a Master Builder? Do you have a guarantee in place? Because that would be the next step if so. Good luck.
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RR

Hi Chris, thanks for replying. At present there is no lawyer involved as finances are tied up at the moment. We have taken thousands of pics, and have a diary of events that have been happening. We are just sick and tired of the past 2 years and want to be left alone-not wait for people to keep coming and assess things
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RR

HI Sally, no not a master builder and we have the usual build guarantees in place. I’ve thought of going thru the disputes tribunal tho.
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