For those who might be wondering what is going on with my building saga.
Well he put in his defence to our counterclaim. Total lies and was not able to argue anything against our points, and put his foot in it a few times trying (highlighted things we evidenced by trying to demonstrate something else!).
We have received a date for a preliminary hearing for the judge to look at the usefulness of an independent joint surveyor. We will be going to the hearing fully supporting this proposal even though it will cost us money, as cost will have to be split between both parties.
I am very pleased, it is what we wanted, as the surveyor will highlight the truth. He/she will show this scum of a man to be the fraud he claims to be as the loft conversion is still clearly not done according to plans and there are visible errors which we cannot fix due to cost (uneven plastering, sloping walls).
So, while he is (hopefully) bricking it for taking it so far, we are jumping around seeing a possible end in sight in our favour. Fingers crossed.