Nightmare contractors - any ideas?

[contractornightmare]

Hello,

For more than a year the neighbour has had contractors working on his property which has resulted in: water damage to my home, damage to communal property, fly-tipping, environmental hazards, electrical supply being cut. I could go on an on, it's basically been non stop for more than a year.

I've reported to environmental health, HSE, and building control who have been able to offer only limited support/action.

The contractors are aggressive and any requests seem to result in them intensifying their actions. The homeowner does not care and refuses to discuss.

Has anyone ever experienced something like this and know who this could be reported to? There's no end in sight and all surrounding neighbours are having similar issues.

Any ideas gratefully received!

Hi, OP!

Just bumping your post to hopefully get more eyeballs on it.

Best of luck with your thread.

Faye
MNHQ.

Could you go down a harassment route?

@HumanIntelligence what would that involve? Do you mean going to the police?

Does the home owner feel the same or are they happy with what work is being done? I think often if the owner feels neighbours are complaining they feel duty bound to continue to finish the works, when they might really want to stop and find new builders. Have you spoken to the neighbour directly? A single mum friend had a dodgy builder who it turned out had moved to the area and was online as a scammer who had been taken to court. Her neighbours really helped her get him to settle up and leave when he began overstaying his welcome and causing issues. Maybe trying a different tack might resolve this faster?

@HisStericalTestes unfortunately the homeowner doesn’t care, won’t discuss it and on the one occasion he was reached on the phone screamed at the other person and hung up on them. I think this is why the contractors feel so empowered to be awful

Sounds as if it has gone past the point of clubbing together then. My friend was only too glad to have people help her as hers had gone on for months longer than it was meant to and she couldn't get them to leave.

Builders are not very regulated here sadly and communication between neighbours is easily damaged by them.