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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Tims

How a new-build nightmare left homebuyers in limbo for two years

Chris and Katie Eve have had to look out on this giant metal storage box for two years.
Chris and Katie Eve have had to look out on this giant metal storage box for two years. Photograph: Richard Saker/The Guardian

The view from Chris and Katie Eve’s house for the past two years has been dominated by a large metal shipping container in their drive. It stores family possessions they say can’t be unpacked because of catastrophic blunders that have left part of their three-year-old home without insulation or fireproofing.

The couple, and their two children, now face the partial demolition of the £500,000 property because of buckled floors, warped roof trusses and wrongly laid pipes.

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