Anger at home defects (From Campaign Series)

Anger at home defects

7:28am Wednesday 26th December 2007

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WHEN Jeff Hill and his partner bought a new house they thought everything would be domestic bliss.

But their experience of Pleasant Close, Pontllanfraith, has been anything but pleasant, as a series of problems and defects blighted their lives for almost a year.

Mr Hill, 34, a supervisor at a food manufacturing factory, and his partner, Libby Lewis, 26, a food technologist, moved into their new £180,000 three-bedroom terrace townhouse a year ago.

But soon after they arrived at the George Wimpey development at Nant Y Llwyd, things started to go wrong.

First, said Mr Hill, they discovered the kitchen did not have space to fit in both a washing-machine and dishwasher, the shower was plumbed in incorrectly, the wall on the stairway was bowing and most of the windows had to be replaced because of scratches.

Although George Wimpey remedied most of the problems relatively quickly, Mr Hill is angry they happened at all.

A spokeswoman for George Wimpey South Wales said: "George Wimpey regrets that minor defects do sometimes occur with new homes, but is always focused in efficiently resolving any such matters."

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