Injured child due to builders negligence

gerkeo

I've been living in an estate for 3.5 years. Bought the house new. However the builder has never put the final surface coat of tar on the road, gulleys and man hole covers protruding 2 inches out of the ground. i am on the residence comittee and we have chased and chased him with no joy, constantly fobbing us off as he has an option to building more houses at the end.

Now the serious part, a neighbours 7 year old child clipped a man hole cover on his bike last friday and did a diving header into another one, fracturing his skull, slicing his head, you could see bone! it was like a scene from braveheart. He had surgery that night and will be fine thankfully.

I know the family are persuing the issue themselves but as residence could anyone offer advise as how to persue the developer / builder to finish the work so nothing like this happens again?

thanks.

Trojan911

gerkeo wrote: »

I know the family are persuing the issue themselves but as residence could anyone offer advise as how to persue the developer / builder to finish the work so nothing like this happens again?
thanks.

I am the chairperson for our Residents Assoc & I would be consulting a solicitor at this stage, using the recent apparent injury as a pressure point to have this road repaired/finished. I would then take his/her advice and proceed that way in an effort to prevent any further injuries occuring.

Tom Young

Solicitor - thanks. The forum charter does not allow for legal advice particularly with an issue as serious as this and potentially one which may be readily identifiable.