Good luck, however don't mention the electrical work.

If it was a straight swap any "competent" person could do it.

Competent doesn't require any registration.

Also, don't sway away from the main subject by introducing irrelevant matters, although important to you.

Well, here I am! An interesting but odd day.

The Judge found in my favour that there s clearly a leak, as proved by a survgeyor, and all was as I had described I have won the case (if that is the right terminology. The Judge said that I, as the claimant, had won the case.

However, I have to pay £4006.00 by the 8the November towards the defendant's costs of around £12,000 and odd! The defendant is also able to claim back approx £2,000 from VAT (?). The possible repair bill for the bathroom itself, recommended by the surveyor, should be around the £590 mark, but he did add that the entire floor section may need to come out so would cost more. Damage to the kitchen ceiling also mentioned by the surveyor, would not be covered because there was nothing to prove there was damage! so the allowance was approximately £600 for the fault in the bathroom.

My costs involving time, paper, printing, postage, telephone were not taken into consideration at all. The £600 I paid - my half payment to the surveyor was also not taken into consideration. The costs I have to pay was originally £4606 but the £600 allowed for the bathroom was deducted so i only have to pay the said £4006.

Therefore, i paid £24,000 for work to be done in the property. I paid £600 for a surveyor.

I now have to pay an additional £4006 to the defendant's costs. I still have aleaky bathroom (the Judge said that he allowed for that in the deduction!), a damaged ceiling and a huge amount of disappointment.

It was all a bit bizarre and surreal. I have no more words at the moment apart from thank you so much to everyone who has been so very supportive on this site. I need to think - but not tonight!

Thank you all so much

Hi.

I dint mention the electrical work . new fittings were installed hence the compliance certificate but i didnt know any of that at the time so it would not, and was not brought up.

Actually I wasn't allowed to say much at all, but really never strayed from the leaky bathroom and ensuing damage to the floor below! But please look at what happened today.

Did the defendant counter claim ?

initially the builder denied that the fault, if there was one, was not caused (happened) because of them. Was proved that there was a fault, not the drain but a sealant. They had, the whole way through not accepted that the problem was of their making. After surveyors report they then agreed that they would hire a contractor to repair, they would pay their own costs, and we just walk away!

I said that I was unhappy that the builder wanted to nominate another builder for obvious reaasons. Surveyor suggested getting three estimates and he would have been happy to oversee (the surveyor that is).

I asked for my costs (£1000), and damages of £8250. No more additions and the repairs would come out of that money.It was 1613 days since the first leak to the court date. So being in Court was literally just to finalise because the case had been proved. Does that make me a loser!

Hello

Just general info please.

I took a builder to court. won the case (!) told by the judge that I had to pay some of his court costs. I was not then (October 2018) nor now, able to pay these costs. Both the defendants solicitors and the court were informed that I was unable to pay these costs. I did not pay any court fees throughout the proceedings. The last written information dealing with this was at the beginning of November 2018 where I confirmed that the position had not changed, I was unable to pay the court costs. i heard nothing further from either the Court or the defendants Solicitors.

Last friday afternoon, the 25th January, I received a telephone call from a woman asking me why I had not paid the outstanding costs. I re-iterated what had been said before, and she responded with saying that the bailiffs would need to be brought in. My response was that if that was the case then that is what must happen.

Today I received a letter from the same woman again,literally stating in writing what she said on the 'phone.

The woman describes herself as a Credit Controller.

The address she is using is the address of the builders that i took to court, which is a house not the business premisies as such.

Not headed notepaper, just plain A4.

It says that they are willing to accept some form of payment plan.

The Credit Controller is a friend of the Directors - I found this out through Linkedin - I do not know her at all.

There does not seem to be anything "official" at all.

My situation remains the same in that I am on state pension, and pension credit. Savings are approx. £240.

Any thoughts on my next move, if any, would be appreciated.

many thanks

Hi.

I've merged your old and new threads to keep the history, it could help the advisers.

HB

Thank you .