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Homebond for affordable houses

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  • 11-08-2011 10:18pm
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    mariposa23
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭


    A friend of mine bought an affordable house 5 years ago. Are there homebonds in place for these houses? If there are problems who do you contact? The council?


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    Victor
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    You would need to check the contract.

    If you need to claim, talk to a solicitor immediately as time may be of the essence.


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    John Mason
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    you need to contact your solicitor immediately and get them to deal with Homebond.

    best of luck with that :rolleyes:


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    The_Conductor
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    As per above- get your solicitor on the case- unfortunately many forum users have been distinctly unimpressed by their attempts to deal with Homebond.......

    Is the builder/developer still in existence? If so- this would be a more appropriate course of action (and far more likely to achieve a favourable outcome!!!)


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    mariposa23
    Registered Users Posts: 41 ✭mariposa23


    Thanks, i'll pass on your suggestions to my friend. I don't know about the developer - its an affordable home, she only dealt with the council when buying it. I'll tell her to check it out anyway, thanks again!


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    ShadowHearth
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    what is it? homebond?

    sorry for being so newb, but can anyone explain it?


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    The_Conductor
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    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    what is it? homebond?

    sorry for being so newb, but can anyone explain it?

    Homebond is a catastrophic insurance policy taken out by builders to cover significant structural defects over a 10 year period following the construction on the building. Its sole purpose is the rectification of issues / restitution of damage that affects the structural integrity of the building (nothing else- just the structural integrity of the building).


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