New House Incomplete Ceiling Insulation and Compensation

LNeopath on 11/12/2019 - 19:45

Hi all,

I had my built by a builder in 2012. Moved in the same year and I just got to find out that the insulation on ceiling was not completed at all. Never had to climb up to the attic to check but recently we had our solar installation done and the technician had advised me there were bundles of ceiling insulator still laying around up in the attic.

I have contacted the builder asking to complete the work and provide a compensation for extra heating and cooling cost spent due to lack of insulation work. they have agreed to complete the insulation work but no compensation(extra cost for heating and cooling due to lack of insulation) will be made.

Do I have any chance of claiming the compensation for the heating and cooling cost up till insulation work gets completed?

Thank you all in advance.

Home & Garden

Comments

  • tsunamisurfer on 11/12/2019 - 19:56
    +3

    How do you propose to quantify how much additional energy you have used to heat or cool your abode?

    Do you have logs of how many hours your air-con / fans / heater / towel heater / fire place has run over the years? And do you have any numbers of how many hours you wouldn't have run them if there were insulation?

    • Neopath on 11/12/2019 - 20:00

      No. Thats another thing I was gonna ask. :)

      • tsunamisurfer on 11/12/2019 - 20:06
        +2

        I see.

        Mods may we please close this thread?

  • Ocker on 11/12/2019 - 19:57
    +2

    Curious to know how you propose to calculate the amount of compensation you expect?

  • Hithere on 11/12/2019 - 20:06
    +2

    It's a good builder who agrees to come back after 7 years to finish a job when they could blame the original tradie who didn't finish the job and drag it out for months.

    Compensation would be pushing your luck a little bit too far unless you are prepared to engage a lawyer, spend a lot of money and go to court, and you may possibly lose anyway.

    • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2019 - 20:25
      +1

      Good and bad.

      The builder should have ensured the job was completed to begin with.

  • SBOB on 11/12/2019 - 20:08
    +3

    The fact they agreed to come out, 7 years later, should be positive enough.

    No way you'll be able to quantify any compensation

  • whooah1979 on 11/12/2019 - 21:04

    Op, you are entitled to ask them pay for 1/2 your bills for the last 7 years.

    • hmac on 11/12/2019 - 21:24
      +2

      you are entitled to ask anything you want, doesn't mean you will get it or you are entitled to get it

      • whooah1979 on 12/12/2019 - 05:13
        +1

        That is what I wrote.

        • [Deactivated] on 12/12/2019 - 12:52

          I don't think the masses will get it… even if you tried to explain it.

  • pegaxs on 11/12/2019 - 22:41
    +1

    I love this forums ability to go from zero to “I WaNtz MaH CoMpEnSaTiOnZ” in under 3 seconds…

    • onetwothreefour on 12/12/2019 - 06:21
      +1

      I want to be compensated for taking the time to read this thread. OP I'll see you in court!

  • [Deactivated] on 11/12/2019 - 23:46

    What about the days when the weather outside was perfect and your house heated up a bit quicker than it should have.

  • JohnSy on 11/12/2019 - 23:53

    Forget about compensation - it is very unlikely to happen. Be thankful you don't have to climb up into the roof and finish the installation yourself - that could easily have happened.

    From now on - check all work where possible and never assume it has been done correctly.

  • Ryanek on 12/12/2019 - 10:35

    Not completed

    How incomplete are we talking about here? It's common not to insulate the garage for example.

    • Peter Enis on 12/12/2019 - 12:28

      Exactly.

      had advised me there were bundles of ceiling insulator still laying around up in the attic

      This could simply mean that they completed the job and left any spare bundles up there.

    • Neopath on 12/12/2019 - 16:28

      Not done at all.

      • Ryanek on 12/12/2019 - 16:37

        Well crikey me! Builders stuffed that one up. Every build is supposed to be inspected and given sign off.

  • wordplay on 12/12/2019 - 21:44

    no joke i reckon that they should have to give about 75% of the electric and gas bill for that time. no insulation up there means you would have would have chewed through the juice.
    bet they got the rudd insulation scheme money too.

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