Thread: disable shower room councill funded help

my son had a wet room installed by local councill, the shower room was put in by a contractor called R.L.Willams aka Celtic plumbing & heating. A job that should have taken 5/10 days at the most take them 5wks right up to christmas eve. they ruined the hall stairs & landing carpets. we they have still not replaced. I would love some advice as we presonnaly dont hold the money for payment the council do.
help please

Once upon a time this might have been a difficult problem because they would have been the question of who are the contracting parties. You might well have been in a position where it you would have had to sue the council has some kind of negligence.

Now there is very little problem thanks to full: --
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (c. 31)

I suggest that you make sure that you have got a fully detailed account of exactly everything that has happened and the damage that has been caused. You need to include in your file any correspondence with the plumbers and also with the council. Very important you need photographs of everything -- including close-ups of particular damage.

You should find another firm and bring them in and asked them to give you an estimate of the repair of all the damage. Then sue the plumbers.

Do this by sending them an explanatory letter before action outlining exactly what is wrong and the steps that you require to put it all right. Invite them to visit you and to carry out their own inspection but make it more clear that if it is not sorted out within 14 days that you will begin a county court action against them without any further notice.

Only do this if you intend to follow it through. If you are simply bluffing then don't bother, just get used to the damage.

Be prepared for letters from them saying that the contract is not with you it is with the council etc blah blah blah. Ignore all that. Just proceed according to my advice here and according to the threats that you have made in your letter before action.

If you do issue a claim -- and you probably will have to -- then make sure that in your claim you statethat you are relying on the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999