A CAIRNEYHILL resident has spoken of his five year fight to get essential work done on his new home.

Iain Fisher was forced to give Avant Homes an ultimatum over the saga – which has seen a bent joist cause extensive damage to his home – amid fears he will be unable to sell or rent the property out.

Despite already having to move out of his home for two weeks, he finds himself still waiting for any solution to be carried out and has now issued the housebuilder with an October deadline before he goes ahead with legal action.

In a letter to the housebuilders, he said the way he had been treated showed a "pattern of negligence."

Efforts are continuing to resolve issues caused by a bent joist at Iain Fisher's Cairneyhill home.Efforts are continuing to resolve issues caused by a bent joist at Iain Fisher's Cairneyhill home. (Image: Contributed)

He added: "I have waited five years which is more than enough, and I will wait no more. Your inaction is affecting my life and family plans.

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"It will cost me money which you are liable for.

"Further you continue to try and seek planning permission nearby on the basis of being a high quality and responsible builder, yet our estate is a mess, with several aspects outstanding and of course we are being ignored.

"You have gone for phase two of Cairneyhill and upped the plan from 150 to 256 houses which will be thrown up, have lots of issues and you will move on leaving us high and dry as per phase 1 where several NHBC claims are outstanding and have been ignored or escalated."

Iain moved into the new home on Pitdinnie Avenue in 2019.

"I thought I had done enough homework. I thought it was a new build, what could go wrong?" he told the Press. "I had lots of snagging. Most of my rooms failed, many things. This is where they have gone from good to very poor. When I first bought it, they couldn't have done enough for you.

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"Over the first few weeks, little things were done. Five or 10 of the 70 off things to be done. There was a bend in the floor and other big things which I am fighting to be fixed.

"They then start ignoring you as they don't want to tell you bad news."

An Avant Homes spokesperson said confirmed that they were "fully aware of Mr Fisher’s situation" and the involvement of the NHBC to achieve a resolution.

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“We have been in an ongoing technical dialogue with both our consultants and the NHBC to agree the best solution," they said. "As of yesterday (23 September), we have now established one that meets the NHBC’s requirements.

“This is a regrettable situation, and we are committed to completing all the works required by the NHBC for Mr Fisher as soon as possible.”

Iain said he has spoken to the NHBC who have confirmed that proposed work could solve the issue but require "extensive" upheaval.