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Homebond for affordable houses

  • 11-08-2011 10:18PM
    #1
    mariposa23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭


    A friend of mine bought an affordable house 5 years ago. Are there homebonds in place for these houses? If there are problems who do you contact? The council?


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  • #2
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,904 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    You would need to check the contract.

    If you need to claim, talk to a solicitor immediately as time may be of the essence.


  • #3
    John Mason
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 10,661 ✭✭✭✭John Mason


    you need to contact your solicitor immediately and get them to deal with Homebond.

    best of luck with that :rolleyes:


  • #4
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    As per above- get your solicitor on the case- unfortunately many forum users have been distinctly unimpressed by their attempts to deal with Homebond.......

    Is the builder/developer still in existence? If so- this would be a more appropriate course of action (and far more likely to achieve a favourable outcome!!!)


  • #5
    mariposa23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭mariposa23


    Thanks, i'll pass on your suggestions to my friend. I don't know about the developer - its an affordable home, she only dealt with the council when buying it. I'll tell her to check it out anyway, thanks again!


  • #6
    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,911 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    what is it? homebond?

    sorry for being so newb, but can anyone explain it?


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  • #7
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    ShadowHearth wrote: »
    what is it? homebond?

    sorry for being so newb, but can anyone explain it?

    Homebond is a catastrophic insurance policy taken out by builders to cover significant structural defects over a 10 year period following the construction on the building. Its sole purpose is the rectification of issues / restitution of damage that affects the structural integrity of the building (nothing else- just the structural integrity of the building).


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