Angry first time buyer who paid £220,000 for 'dream family home'

A first-time homeowner is so appalled by the condition of his new home that he has hung a giant sign from the window to warn off other buyers. 

Father-of-three Mike Firth, 31, paid £220,000 for a four-bedroom home with 'climbing wall brick work' where bricks aren't flat to the wall, leaking shower cubicles and architraves which aren't level. 

The house which was supposed to be a 'dream first home' for his young family has still not been fixed 16 months after they moved there in April 2017. 

Mr Firth hung the 5ft by 3ft sign outside of the window reads: 'Thinking of buying a home on this development? Feel free to knock and view my house. The problems are endless and it could save you ££££. #newbuildingnightmare'.

He said: 'I decided to hang the sign because I was getting nowhere.


'If I'd had seen something like that before I'd bought my house I'd have asked questions. I just want Persimmon to recognise my problems and to sort out the issues I've got.

All I want is what I paid for but for them to come anywhere near that seems difficult.

'It's stressful and it's frustrating. You buy new, you expect new, we're far from it.

'If I'd have seen the house before I bought it I don't think I would have done so.

'The general quality of the work is appalling.'   





MailOnline