The Curse of Defective Concrete (Mica, Pyrrhotite, etc.) in Donegal homes - Read Mod warning Post 1

Sorry, didn't know it still stood

Not picking on you or anyone else. But if the cheapest option gives you a sound house to live then it's the right option, if it doesn't then it's a waste of money and time.

Donegal County Council should have absolutely no involvement with this decision making.

Mc Conalogue is likely gone,being re-elected the last time was a fluke, McHugh, if the rumours are true(health issues), wont be standing next time

Turns out, the main supplier of defective blocks didn't even have planning permission for the block yard. There's been a massive dereliction of duty by DCC in all of this.

Mod/ Cut it out. You know fine well that isn't the case so stop baiting people.

No, it's not.

Thats seems very low.

1 of the main things I am interested in is will this still be left up to the home owner to manage.

As I understand it in the pyrite scheme it was all managed by the housing agency. Home owners didnt have to deal with builders and were not left at their mercy for gouging.

Doc22 I removed one of your posts and edited the other. Dont post speculative comments about anyone. You named one individual and a family. Just leave personalities out of it altogether and we'll all get on great..

Long interview on Radio 1 there with Paddy Diver.

From what I understood of it, the suggested limit of €420,000 p/u and €138/sq/ft is being treated as an insult and an affront to those affected by the mica damage and that €150 will be required by them.

He suggests a massive protest(s) will be brought to bring Dublin to a halt ahead of Christmas, in the event that those figures are brought forward to actual redress scheme.

Might I suggest that the large number of people that are affected would want to begin to be very wary of those that they have speaking for them and that it will raise more than a few eyebrows around the rest of the Country if those affected do, in fact, reject the equivalent value of 100% rebuilding of a 3,000 sq ft detached home as some sort of insult.

Such a strategy, if overtaken and pursued by those like Paddy Diver, create the very real risk of them being left with nothing. And, that the threatening tone of many involved in this towards politicians and public bodies, will destroy the whole effort.

Ordinary householders need to understand what a win looks like here and also understand what taking the piss looks like to the rest of the Country.

I would have little pity for anyone who bought a second home on a mortgage, second home in my opinion is something you buy with your own money, I know that might not be everyone's view.

I live in an estate riddled with pyrite. Our house hasn't enough signs of pyrite to be remediated but we can't get a pyrite free cert so we can't sell.

I feel sorry for anyone caught up in the Mica blocks scandal. They shouldn't have to suffer due to mistakes that weren't of their making.

I'm curious and not trolling when I ask, when these people took out house insurance, how much of a rebuild value did they put on their policy? If the Govt are putting a cap on the amount that they will cover then surely the insurance companies should have to pay towards it too? Is that too simplistic?

Insurance companies and homebond have a lot to answer for..

These people deserve some sort of help from the state but nowhere near the degree of funding that's being offered. They should either be offered housing in modestly sized dwellings in state built housing estates or a loan scheme payable to remedy defects repayable long term and cleared on the death of the owner.

The government is giving far too much here, they need to substantially reduce the cost to the taxpayer. If this results in a general election, then so be it. It'll be a landslide win when the facts are put before the voting public at large. Any political party that would try to back up these ridiculous claims would suffer badly in the rest of the country.

doc22, you didnt heed the warning in the OP about the use of the phrase "blank cheques" so you are now thread banned. Do not post in this thread again.

Why? If I bust my balls working so I can build a €500k house on a nice piece of land, and then the whole thing falls apart because the council and the government failed to enforce regulation on materials, why should I suffer loss?

Likewise if I work my ass off to buy an investment property. If the government are responsible for this mess, why should I be left out just because I worked hard enough to buy an investment property?

How's your geography? The worst affected area,Inishowen is larger in area and population than Louth, most of these houses are on family land with outbuildings/farmbuildings,

It's rumoured that the block company have employed the services of Irelands most infamous spin doctor and these type of posts smell of her

But they seem to have no intention of doing that. All I keep hearing is blocking the motorway, blocking the airport, bringing the city to a halt etc.