My rant of the year!!!

LWR GERRY · Post by **LWR GERRY** » Jun 20th, '07, 09:14

as the title says.........

I have a neice who just got married last Friday.
It was a bit rushed as their baby is due in 6-7wks.
They FINALLY got their keys to the new home they bought in April.
Both of them work full time, (with the help of mum-in-law childminding.)

The new home is infested with 'needles and used heroin!!!!!!!!!!!'

After contacting thepolice-who don't want to know
the council- who don't want to know ( they have offered them a box for them to pick it all up and dispose of it themselves,, YUK!!)
C A B- who cant give them any other advice
the news papers- ?????

What would you do?
Does anyone on here have any suggestions?

Post by **billinom8s** » Jun 20th, '07, 09:27

sod the papers, go to the tv news. shame the sellers/estate agents/council into sorting it.

Banditmax · Post by **Banditmax** » Jun 20th, '07, 09:29

Take some photo's of it all send them into the papers and get some coverage in the local press it'll soon gt it sorted.

speedy(delboy) · Post by **speedy(delboy)** » Jun 20th, '07, 09:35

billinom8s wrote:sod the papers, go to the tv news. shame the sellers/estate agents/council into sorting it.

He to agree with Si here, you mention TV or newspapers and people will come running, bet ya.

baskie · Post by **baskie** » Jun 20th, '07, 10:13

yep, spotlight will love to know , and the sun,go for it

Post by **TLS-Moose** » Jun 20th, '07, 12:01

As said above re. press, BUT ..... who were they buying from? if it's a brand-new house, then the developer should have sorted it and deserves all the bad publicity they can muster along with some compensation

If it's a "proffesional" vendor - MOD, Housing Assoc., Council, etc., then whilst they don't HAVE to, most would/should do a basic clean-up if they knew there was an issue.

If it's a "private" seller, then really they take it as it comes

Most people would leave a house in a decent condition as a matter of courtesy, but inevitably there are those that won't ....... depends on the circumstances under which the last occupants left the premises ...

The estate agent has little responsibility, as they are merely an intermediary - it's purely down to the vendor. That said, if the property has been left in a condition significantly worse than one might have expected given previous visits, then there might be a case for seeking "reasonable" clean-up costs from the vendors.

speedy(delboy) · Post by **speedy(delboy)** » Jun 20th, '07, 12:08

TLS-Moose wrote:If it's a "private" seller, then really they take it as it comes Most people would leave a house in a decent condition as a matter of courtesy, but inevitably there are those that won't ....... depends on the circumstances under which the last occupants left the premises

Not necasarily, When I bought my house, I had to order in 2 large skips to get rid of their crap, I took photo's and sent them to my solicitor who dealt with the sale and got £500 from the previous owners

Funky · Post by **Funky** » Jun 20th, '07, 12:44

i was going to suggest solicitors as well, however getting money from the previous occupants might be difficult in this case as they're obviously smack heads and they tend to have to steal in order to get their 'fix'.

Any solicitor could approach the estate agents as I'm guessing they withheld information concering the sellers and the house.

Tom L · Post by **Tom L** » Jun 20th, '07, 17:19

surely they must have gone through a third party broker, and even if it was just junkies squatting, they should still have a fecking sweep up before people arrive. Name and shame

Mike Daytona600 · Post by **Mike Daytona600** » Jun 20th, '07, 20:47

Whoever is responsible, and someone is, even if it's the council or estate agents for not making sure the house is secure if it was squatters , should have to pay imo.

If it was me there is no way I'd clean that up. I'd take pics and then hire a profesional company to do it. Too risky to do yourself. Then sort out getting the money back later. If you can't you may loose some money but at least you won't have caught anything nasty.

Good luck to them and hope it all works out well.

LWR GERRY · Post by **LWR GERRY** » Jun 21st, '07, 08:52

Mike Daytona600 wrote:Whoever is responsible, and someone is, even if it's the council or estate agents for not making sure the house is secure if it was squatters , should have to pay imo.

If it was me there is no way I'd clean that up. I'd take pics and then hire a profesional company to do it. Too risky to do yourself. Then sort out getting the money back later. If you can't you may loose some money but at least you won't have caught anything nasty.

Good luck to them and hope it all works out well.

Thanx for all the good advice given peeps x
They are in the proccess of getting a professional company to clean up!
Then a claim will be entered into the 'Small claims court' via their solicitors to be compensated for it.

Will let you all know how it goes.
CHEERS

Jon B · Post by **Jon B** » Jun 21st, '07, 12:24

Go to the media.