A DEVASTATED couple say they can’t eat or sleep after a builder left their house in a ‘horrific’ state – and now they face a £20,000 bill to fix it. Tracy and Stephen Willia…
: "I had been on the job nearly every day myself as well as the carpenter [a subcontractor] was there every day."
His concerned wife said: "It made me afraid to stay in the house. It could have easily been one of the children who was shocked.put the hot and cold pipes the wrong way round, causing the shower mixer not to work, so a plumber must cut the pipes and move them round. "The carpenter had told her over the phone that it would take up to 72 hours to dry so he advised her not to go in there... As far as I am aware the cables in the kitchen were all in connectors and no live cables were out.Mr Gay continued: "All the bedrooms had the doors closed... I had explained to Tracy from the start there was going to be a lot of dust. Originally she wasn’t to be living in the house while the renovation was going on.
He added: "All money that had been sent over to me by Tracy for materials had been spent on materials as well as giving her my trade discount in places I get discount.
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