A Scottish father has discovered a Costa coffee cup wedged in his brand new £270,000 home's wall, prompting demands for legal changes to improve housing standards and developer accountability.
A Scots dad has been left shocked after discovering a Costa coffee cup sticking out of the wall of his brand new £270,000 home.
Now he is calling on the Scottish Government to establish a housing ombudsman to give homeowners the right to demand higher standards and ensure that developers face consequences when they fail to get it right. He said: "I couldn't believe how bad our experience was. We literally had a Costa coffee cup sticking out of a hole in our wall."
Mr Anderson believes the problem comes back to a lack of oversight. He said: "There is a presumption of competence given to housebuilders which is just wrong and allows them to get away with shockingly poor standards without any real consequences. Musselburgh councillor Shona McIntosh, Scottish Greens, suggested Mr Anderson to use his membership of the Scottish Green Party to put a motion to the Autumn Conference. The motion to support the urgent creation of a housebuilding ombudsman and to give planning committees the right to reject planning applications from builders with a poor quality record successfully passed at conference and will now become a part of Scottish Greens policy.
Mr Anderson added: "I sincerely hope we can get this on the books. We need more houses, especially more affordable housing, but they have to be built to a decent standard, and there's currently not enough in place to ensure that. Homebuyers need more support and protection from the government."
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