A couple have been left washing their dishes in the bath for the past nine months after building work left them with a leaking pipe and no kitchen sink. Bryan and Alison Simpson say they have been 'living in a building site' for almost a year.
The pair moved into the property in Consett, County Durham, last February and hired local firm Pennine to undertake the work. They were told the new extension and kitchen would only take four weeks to build.
Bus driver Bryan and Alison, an NHS worker, say they have lost sleep as a result of the ordeal having parted with around £20,000. Bryan, 62, also told how a leaking stopcock had flooded part of their kitchen while units that had been ordered needed to be sent back because of the delays.
