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The Link Magazine • October 200 2 37
Family survives summer upheaval A 2 Z Home Improvements
A family in Eastleaze have been living through insurance company
hell over the summer and could face a chilly Autumn if builders are All your needs in one number
unable to complete work.
Kitchen/Bathroom fitting. Tiling, Plumbing, Electrics,
Ten months after The Link Painting. Decorating, Carpentry and much more
reported that Phil and
tE` 111 Pinehurst Road Tel: (01793) 339671
Alison Barrett's home in r
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falling down around them,
builders have been work-
ing around them ripping off • Free Quotation
plaster to try and discover
the cause. But because they
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their insurers Pruden- Commercial Systems
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tial say the house is habit- TEC
able.
Cracks first appeared in Phil and Alison amongst their half packed P em • RedCARE
the house over two years belongings and building works
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foundations to roof. Phil and very considerate but there is dust
Alison believe the problem is a everywhere and in everything. It
deep rooted geological fault, would have been easier if they had Telephone: 01 793 512891
though Swindon Council engi- moved us out and let the builders
neers have been unable to find evi- get on with it. We're doubtful SSAIBEaRT Unit 35 Pembroke Centre, Cheney Manor Ind. Est.
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Their insurers reckon the cracks back and may not complete the job H,E I, I II Fk www.gemtec.co.uk
are caused by garden shrubs and by November."
are refusing to underpin the house Phil said the Prudential had ac-
foundations. The garage and gar- cepted the claim immediately but
den wall have had to be completely were not taking all the action nec-
rebuilt. essary. "Being in the construction Electronic & (Physical
"Thank goodness the weather industry I'm able to talk builders
was reasonable in August and Sep- language. I think there is still move- Security Sollutinns
tember," said Alison. "Living here ment in the structure; unless they
with three teenagers h ,. . get to the bottom of • INTRUDER ALARMS
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neath. Cunningham acting
"The builders have I for the Prudential • AUTOMATIC GATES
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