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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

30 days

In case we missed it? I think you’ll find the bill missed all of it @michaelgove .

Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

@luhc

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ICYMI: The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make the system fairer for leaseholders. Watch below as Secretary of State @michaelgove explains how we will protect leaseholders from unfair charges and improve home ownership.👇

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

@carolvorders @LBC Surely the Post Office should be doing everything it can to find all the Sallys and make sure all the money that was incorrectly, possibly fraudulently, collected is paid back alongside an eye-watering sum for compensation?

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@dannybster

7 months

@carolvorders What about people who were forced to sell their homes? Can they have them back now?

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

10 months

Is there anybody who can explain why I, having spent 4 years, over £300k in legal fees, can't get a resolution to the problems facing my defective new build? Deregulation failed; what's the solution @RishiSunak @Keir_Starmer @michaelgove @lisanandy @mtpennycook @michaelgove ?

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

We've hung our monstrous sign! 4 years of our lives and £300k fighting our developer and warranty provider who've subjected us to emotional and financial abuse. We're out of options, step up @Keir_Starmer ; how do you plan to run this country when you can't fight for us?

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

@carolvorders @PoliticoForYou Not only are our politics in the toilet, but this just highlights we're just not creative enough with our insults anymore! Must do better!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

If there is one thing that #MrBatesVsThePostOffice , #leasehold , #BuildingSafetyCrisis , and the myriad of other scandals facing our country teach us: The systems designed to offer justice are not set up for the little people to win in any reasonable time frame. @carolvorders

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

@esthermusbrown @CCScheme @Redrow @ChrisGPackham @RSPBEngland @SouthCambs @RobGMacfarlane This tends to end conversations. I suggest conversing with them over email but make them aware you will share all correspondence on Twitter.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

We're way past the point of "lessons will be learned". This poor lady will never have the relief of knowing her name was cleared for a crime she didn't commit. 😢

Steve Robson

@SteveRobson04

4 months

Excl: I've discovered another harrowing story of a Post Office prosecution which looks like it involved a second IT system. Liz Roberts, who is now 73 and in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's, was jailed for 2.5 years in 1999 🧵

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

2 months

It's 5 years today since I completed on the property that was meant to be my dream home. It's been five years of heartbreak, five years in which @michaelgove could have taken substantive action but didn't. @Keir_Starmer , please don't let it be another 5; I won't survive it.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

8 months

@BBCNews shows how poor our newly built homes can be. Building regulations often aren't followed, and there's no recourse for "homeowners" who are financially and emotionally abused fighting for the safe homes they thought they bought. We've spent ~5 years and ~£350k so far!…

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

I don't know if I'm getting soft in my old age, but I got pretty emotional seeing a politician actually on our side. Thanks @BarryGardiner .

Barry Gardiner

@BarryGardiner

4 months

Today on the Leasehold Bill Committee. The @RFAssociation , who represent the big landlords, tried to persuade us that Ground Rents were justified & pension funds would suffer if they were abolished. Sorry. Not buying it!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

We've hung our monstrous sign! 4 years of our lives and £300k fighting our developer and warranty provider who've subjected us to emotional and financial abuse. We're out of options; show us you have some power and get us our money back @michaelgove @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt .

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

I've just had my girlfriend break down over breakfast. She's worried that my defective new build will kill me, either from depression or stress. When does the suffering end @RishiSunak @Keir_Starmer @michaelgove @lisanandy @mtpennycook ? #BuildingSafetyCrisis #DefectiveNewBuild

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

I was scouring the GCSE Maths Questions Archive and found a question that actually relates to the #BuildingSafetyCrisis so thought I'd pose it to @RishiSunak and @Jeremy_Hunt . It's a tricky one so I urge @Keir_Starmer @lisanandy @michaelgove and @mtpennycook to have a go too.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

11 months

It was a pleasure to meet @michaelgove today although I wish it had been under better circumstances. We took him around our building, showed him the myriad of issues and discussed how @luhc might be able to support us. Thanks for your time Michael! #BuildingSafetyCrisis

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

@Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner Yet you didn’t come and meet your own constituents?

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

11 months

Since having decent media coverage, support from @Keir_Starmer , and even receiving a visit from @michaelgove , I've had many people reach out, offering congratulations, asking how I've done it, and commenting on my effectiveness. This is all nice, but I'm not a healthy example to…

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

11 months

@JujuliaGrace Not many people have the tenacity to launch a book. Remember that.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

8 months

@michaelgove We clearly desperately need homes, but they need to be high quality with iron clad consumer rights or we condemn first time buyers to financial ruin!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

Today I spoke about my defective new build home on @BBCRadio4 ; about those involved in the construction and warranty of my home acting with impunity whilst I suffer from financial/emotional abuse and how the NHQB optional code of conduct is inadequate.

You and Yours - New Builds, Prom Dress, Tool Theft - BBC Sounds

New builds facing demolition, prom dresses from overseas and the rise in tool theft.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

When @michaelgove visits your home and states that a consumer has more rights when buying a washing machine than a newly built home, it's confirmation the social contract is broken. Buying newly built homes has left us fighting for our futures and wiped out years of hard work.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

5 months

@keano81 It's the rules... no smiling on all-inclusive... cultural faux pas.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

10 months

@cblatts 1. Don't be afraid of asking "daft" questions, 90% of the room will have the same question but will be too scared to ask it for fear of looking "daft". 2. If you're the smartest person in the room, find a new room.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

We spoke to @BBCNews about how buying "new-build" has ruined our lives. Homes should have the most robust consumer protections; this problem should be between the developer and warranty provider @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer @financialombuds @RishiSunak .

Camden leaseholders: 'My £850,000 newbuild flat is now worthless'

Residents say their "futures have been stolen" after their new flats are deemed not fit for purpose.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

I've spent my late 30s in a legal battle because developers are free to sell unsafe homes. This has happened at scale across the UK. When will this end @michaelgove ; when will home buyers get desperately needed consumer protections? @Keir_Starmer …

'Give us our money back Gove': Buyers hang giant banner in faulty flats fight

First-time buyers whose new-build flats in Agar Grove, Camden, are falling apart, have called on Michael Gove to step in and bail them out.

www.hamhigh.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

5 months

The building industry has repeatedly demonstrated that it is happy to build sub-standard, dangerous homes and sell them to innocent victims for a profit, safe in the knowledge that said victims have no recourse. @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer …

Buyers put off new-build homes over quality, report says

A survey suggests more than half of people think older houses are better quality than new ones.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

Our huge 7m x 3m sign has arrived and we're about to go hang it. I hope it brings publicity to the #BuildingSafetyCrisis fight we all face. Emotion embarrassingly got the better of me in the video but @michaelgove and @Keir_Starmer come see our sign and end the years of abuse.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

5 months

Not that I want to tell you how to do your job @HomeBuildersFed , but these "brickwork masterclassess" seem long overdue! @BBCLondonNews @guy_lynn @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer @MikeAmesburyMP @AngelaRayner @Lee4NED @mtpennycook @carolvorders @NHBC @HateNewbuild

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@HomeBuildersFed

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Free brickwork masterclasses 👇

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

3 months

. @michaelgove It's 0019 on a Sunday morning, and I'm placing buckets around my apartment because it's begun to rain. This is a year after you wrote to me, assuring your personal interest in my case and your determination to seek justice on my behalf. Where's the justice?

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

Our @BBCNews article has had over 2 million reads online and triggered loads of emails to be sent in. We're grateful we can lend our voice to those who may have been worried about speaking up, and we hope we can help you all bring about change!

Camden leaseholders: 'My £850,000 newbuild flat is now worthless'

Residents say their "futures have been stolen" after their new flats are deemed not fit for purpose.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

Not a single continuous joist in sight. Every day I'm terrified of fire, and collapse among other things. #BuildingSafetyCrisis

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

6 years

@iamdevloper For that extra shot, I cleared all the backups out for you too. You’re welcome!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

I’ve a lot to say on this topic @ollywainwright . Our building is so defective it requires demolition 6 years after construction. We’ve spent the last 4+ years, and over £300k in legal fees fighting the developer and warranty provider.

Fiona Harvey

@fionaharvey

7 months

UK new houses are “rubbish” - poorly built, nightmare for buyers but great for profits of construction industry that provide at least 10pc of Tory party donations. How did this happen? My colleague ⁦ @ollywainwright ⁩ finds horror stories are common

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

3 months

"We cannot move forward as a country without addressing the current desperate state of housing in the UK." - Kwajo How can we consider ourselves world-leading in anything if housing is one of our main failures?

KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner

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@dannybster

1 month

I just don’t believe politics is about people anymore, it’s about desperate parties not offending donor industries so that they can either cling on or squabble for power. The evidence points to a housing industry that’s not fit for purpose yet no political party is addressing it

Joe Douglas

@joedouglas90

2 months

. @RishiSunak @Keir_Smarter don’t get how serious this is or don’t care. Innocent ppl have had enough of lives being made a misery by shoddy new builds & rent seeking while @10DowningStreet does what amounts to *literally nothing* of any consequence. You MUST grip this for Dan!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

I do my best to keep a poker face at all times. This video is more on brand; it's how I feel. When the building and insurance sectors inflict government-enabled emotional and financial violence on us, I think it's okay to be a little aggressive. @michaelgove @RishiSunak …

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

Just realised I hadn't posted a picture of our sign in all its glory. Get us our money back, @michaelgove ; deregulation defrauded us. Step up @Keir_Starmer , and show the country you'll fight for fairness. @lisanandy @mtpennycook @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

It's one of those mornings where I can't stop thinking: All I did was buy a home, why has it been allowed to turn my life upside down? I know the answer, deregulation, but it doesn't stop the thought cycling. @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner @MikeAmesburyMP @Lee4NED

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

5 months

More from @BBCLondonNews tonight with @guy_lynn and @RizLateef . Also, a scathing review by @LKPleasehold 's @sebastianokelly of #leasehold , the #BuildingSafetyCrisis , the UK's inability to build safe, quality apartment blocks, and the need for consumer protections.…

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

We’re on @BBCOne #RipOffBritain with the story of years of hell an unregulated building industry has caused With a guest appearance from @michaelgove assuring us of a creative solution Spoiler alert: we’re still suffering financial and emotional abuse …

BBC One - Rip Off Britain, Series 15, Customer service meltdown

The customer service meltdown that’s caused chaos for thousands.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

~5 years and over £320K fighting to claim against our warranty. We've proven any requirement to build safe, quality homes isn't enforced and turns homebuyers into victims. Will it be @RishiSunak or @Keir_Starmer who finally admits new builds are unfit?

'My £800k flat is now worthless and I'm scared it will fall down'

Dan Bruce, who lives in the new build block, says he is enraged by the situation he's been trapped in

www.mylondon.news

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

We've ordered this 7m x 3m sign to be hung in a prominent place in #Camden this week. Get us our money back @michaelgove , deregulation defrauded us. #BuildingSafetyCrisis @NewJournal @IslingtonTrib @MetroUK @local_london @standardnews @HamandHigh @BBCNews @ITV @thetimes

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

11 months

Just paid the first instalment of my mortgage at the Standard Variable Rate as my home was built so poorly it can't be remortgaged. £6000 extra interest a year on top of the 10's of 000's in legal fees. A press contact is looking for mortgage prisoners in London. Drop me a DM.…

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

I’ve just on @BBCLondonNews with the fabulous @RizLateef to talk about my shocking new build. We’ve spent the 4 years and £325k fighting the developer and warranty provider. Enough is enough, you can’t expect more from us @Keir_Starmer @michaelgove

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@dannybster

5 months

I've just paid another £5000 in legal fees @michaelgove . Imagine if instead of shoddy houses costing people years of their lives and their life savings, the UK built safe, high-quality homes. This money could go to giving underprivileged children the Christmas they deserve.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

We should be able to "like" more than once for speeches like this! Well done, and thank you @HarryScoffin !!!

Joe Douglas

@joedouglas90

4 months

"RMC alone isn't enough. New flats must be sold with share of Freehold" Allowing rentiers first dibs to buy controlling stake in our homes for a nominal sum is an absurdity & must END. @HarryScoffin proposal would END it without requiring immediate leasehold abolition. No brainer

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

5 months

Just finished updating @BBCLondonNews and @sebastianokelly about my defective new build. Spoiler alert; all involved are still passing the buck whilst we have no consumer rights, and mounting legal bills. The story is up on the web too.

Camden leaseholders: Fears mount as troubled flats deteriorate

Leaseholders who bought new-build flats are enduring a nightmare over structural defects.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

5 months

I know @HarryScoffin has already had plenty of traction for his @spectator letter, but I want to raise that as we approach Christmas he's still out there fighting for each and every one of us #leaseholders . We owe you a debt of gratitude, Harry!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

Alex and I will be on @BBCOne #RipOffBritain telling the story of the fight over our newly built "homes" that are so defective they require demolition. If this was a Friends episode it would be called The One with @michaelgove ! @RishiSunak @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner …

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@dannybster

4 months

👋👋👋 @lisanandy We've been fighting to claim against our structural warranty for over 4 years; it's cost over £320K. @michaelgove is involved, as is our MP @Keir_Starmer , but there's no progress at all. We've been dismissed and ignored, and trust us we've rang that alarm!

Lisa Nandy

@lisanandy

4 months

Time and time again, people who sound the alarm and challenge the system are dismissed, ignored or vilified. The Horizon scandal shows -again - why this finally has to change #bbcqt

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

10 months

I know @lisanandy means well, but every time she says "get Britain building again", my blood runs cold. We've a building industry that's demonstrated it struggles to build safe, quality homes, which appears to be ignored by @UKLabour . Let's build @lisanandy but ensure quality

Lisa Nandy

@lisanandy

10 months

The Tories crashed the economy and sent mortgage rates through the roof leaving homeowners - and aspiring homeowners - paying a heavy price. Read @RachelReevesMP on our plans to support homeownership and get Britain building again ⬇️

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

4 months

We hope that our MP @Keir_Starmer is going to fight publicly for us. We’ve been stuck with a shoddy dangerously defective home for approaching 5 years, spent over £320k in legal fees and there’s no end in sight. Show everybody you’ll fight for fairness.

Keir Starmer

@Keir_Starmer

4 months

Ian’s home was destroyed by flooding. Caz and Carl's pub has become a hub to support local residents, but people shouldn’t have to live like this. Labour won’t wait until disaster hits. Our Flood Resilience Taskforce will make sure flood defences are fit for purpose.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

26 days

I’ve got to say @michaelgove this stings. You made personal assurances to me and there’s been no substantive change.

Michael Gove

@michaelgove

26 days

We need action not excuses from freeholders and developers on building safety. Leaseholders have been unable to move on with their lives for far too long. Freeholders and developers failing to act should expect to face the full force of the law.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

10 months

Getting the keys to my first place has cost me 4 years of my life and over £150k in legal fees. @RishiSunak it’s time to face the fact our new builds are low quality and a mass catastrophe waiting to happen. The #BuildingSafetyCrisis is not solved.

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

10 months

Getting the keys to your first place is a special feeling 🏡 But I know that for too many people, the dream of home ownership feels like just that – a dream. I’ve got a bold plan to support more families onto the housing ladder whilst protecting Britain’s countryside.

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@dannybster

1 year

Fighting the developer/warranty provider for my new build home has been a wholly negative experience. I've had years of my life and over a million pounds stolen, but meeting the fantastic @theJeremyVine today to talk about the problems on @BBCRadio2 was a privilege!…

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@dannybster

7 months

. @michaelgove offers a scathing indictment of new builds and the underlying warranty system. "More consumer protection when you buy a washing machine" @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt @Keir_Starmer @mtpennycook @AngelaRayner @AcastaEurope @MartinSLewis @carolvorders @financialombuds

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@dannybster

3 months

Let's talk about mental health for a second... Has anybody found that the #BuildingSafetyCrisis and/or #leasehold has destroyed their ability to context switch? If I have a building task to do, even a 5-minute task, I can't do anything else that day. @HarryScoffin …

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@dannybster

4 months

In a world where work-life balance is more accepted and more expected than ever, why is it ok for scandals such as #MrBatesvsPostOffice , #leasehold , and the #BuildingSafetyCrisis to take so much from people and then require them to work 24/7 to try and get just some of it back?

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@dannybster

6 months

My neighbour Alex and @sian_boyle at the @theipaper have done a great job describing the terror of living in an unsafe home and the rage of being defrauded out of life savings. @michaelgove @RishiSunak @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner @MikeAmesburyMP

I’m trapped in Britain’s worst new build – and I’m terrified my £1m home will collapse on me

‘When the train goes past, my flat sways like we’re on a boat. If it collapses, at best we’ll lose everything, and at worst we’ll die,’ says a mother living a new build nightmare

inews.co.uk

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@dannybster

7 months

We’re also suffering from a rotting timber frame. All steels and timbers are apparently untreated and have been damaged by extensive water ingress. @michaelgove @luhc @RishiSunak @Jeremy_Hunt @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner @MikeAmesburyMP

Inside Housing

@insidehousing

7 months

London landlord evacuates building due to concern over rotting timber #ukhousing

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@dannybster

4 months

@carolvorders @leighsus @yorkshirepost This country needs more investigations. We've just discovered the builder of our homes, which are so dangerously defective they need demolition, costing us £320K and 5 years of our lives so far, has been given permission to build 14 more in Birmingham.

Dan Bruce

@dannybster

1 year

I've just had my girlfriend break down over breakfast. She's worried that my defective new build will kill me, either from depression or stress. When does the suffering end @RishiSunak @Keir_Starmer @michaelgove @lisanandy @mtpennycook ? #BuildingSafetyCrisis #DefectiveNewBuild

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@dannybster

11 months

Some leases prohibit door mats, and some enable charging £360. It's evident in the freeholder/leaseholders relationship that leaseholders are the doormats! The louder we get, the worse freeholders behave. Are freeholders cashing in before it all ends?

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@dannybster

5 months

Last May, I told the awful story of our new build and the fight to claim against our structural warranty. I've spoken to @guy_lynn again and will be on the web/radio tomorrow with an update. ~5 years and £350k in legal fees; our warranty is worthless, and I'm not alone!…

Harry Scoffin

@HarryScoffin

1 year

‼️Inspired by @dannybster and his pursuit of justice even when some suggested he was uppity + didn’t know about campaigning‼️ He’s shown you have to be a disruptor in order to force change and pressure Westminster and Whitehall to wake up. He was on @BBCLondonNews tonight:

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@dannybster

2 months

@carolvorders Absolutely shocking. There are those of us who wake up everyday fighting our causes, using all our time, energy and intellect to progress them and @GillianKeegan takes the stance that violence is the answer. It appears to me the wrong people are in government.

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@dannybster

1 year

@mtpennycook I've been made to feel like a pest by @Keir_Starmer 's office. Meanwhile, painful psoriasis makes my life intolerable due to the unbearable stress of my unsafe home. This shouldn't have fallen through the cracks and I expect you and @Keir_Starmer to fight vociferously for us.

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@dannybster

2 months

Leaseholders… now hear me out. We need to buy tractors.

David Henig 🇺🇦

@DavidHenigUK

2 months

UK trade folk have expected farmers protests for some years because we saw what happened in other countries. But the complacent government ignored those lessons and thought 'free trade' would be entrenched here. Wrong.

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@dannybster

3 months

Every single #leaseholder understands this. Every single freeholder pretends this isn’t true. Every single government department assures us that the industry must and will do what’s right. This has been happening for years. Anybody else see a problem here?

City Hall Conservatives

@CityHallTories

3 months

"This city has seen what happens when we don't listen to the safety concerns of residents and tenants." Watch @AndrewBoff call for investigations into safety issues on Barking & Dagenham's housing estates following a recent balcony collapse 👇

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@dannybster

3 months

"Why is it that when it benefits the freeholder, you're a leaseholder, but when it doesn't, you're a homeowner? I shouldn't have to deal with any of this as all I really have is a piece of paper saying I am allowed to occupy this flat." @michaelgove …

'Buying a flat ruined my life': Leaseholders plead for tougher legislation against home ownership...

A flagship bill to reform England's "feudal" leasehold system is making its way through parliament - but those caught up in the homeownership "trap" say it is ruining their lives and needs to be...

news.sky.com

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@dannybster

1 year

Featured in a segment on @itvnews thanks to @RagsMartel . @financialombuds could have stepped in but failed; @TheFCA will you hold them to account? 4 years of emotional abuse and millions in financial abuse so far. #BuildingSafetyCrisis

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@dannybster

7 months

. @HarryScoffin is fighting for all of us #leaseholders . Just look at the passion and strain and mental anguish he’s putting himself through on our behalf! Thank you Harry!

Harry Scoffin

@HarryScoffin

7 months

Me to Vanessa Feltz on TalkTV Govt unleashing demons. The package briefed to The Sunday Times will NOT cut the mustard for those of us being extorted in leasehold flats. We need freehold purchase and commonhold conversion made easier and cheaper. And all new flats commonhold.

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@dannybster

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We had an overwhelming response and I appreciate all the fantastic support for our sign yesterday. Special thanks to @wharfgirl for bringing a massive tin of biscuits and to @HarryScoffin for coming over for dinner (fish and chips even though I'm dieting), a beer, and a chat.

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@dannybster

7 months

I need some help from a building expert. I've been told by a structural engineer that there is no evidence of a roof leak in my apartment, so I am wondering if there is a technical term for what's going on here? 😉

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@dannybster

8 months

@Myjeans @GMB And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

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@dannybster

1 year

@HarryScoffin @melyork @luhc @michaelgove This article raises a good point that @michaelgove needs to address. If a sign-off certificate has no meaning, a structural warranty claim is prohibitively expensive, and a DPA claim is inaccessible to most, what access to recourse do homeowners have?

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@dannybster

1 year

@Keir_Starmer It's not just slipping away; if realised, it often ruins lives. You're my MP, @Keir_Starmer , and you won't speak up over my shoddy new build! I've been emotionally and financially abused by the developer and warranty provider. Speak up, Starmer; fight for fairness!

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@dannybster

5 years

@keemween I wonder if in some parallel universe there is a comedian saying the same thing about swapping comedy podcasts for design ones.

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@dannybster

7 months

“Not built to planning or building regulations specifications.” If developers can easily ignore building regulations, we don't have building regulations. Worse, when defects arise, it's evidently homeowners who suffer.

Residents told to evacuate city centre apartments due to 'severe hazard'

'We could hear people moving out with suitcases even at 10-11pm'

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

Enough is enough… our homes have become financial traps rather than safe havens. We have dangerous flammable flats, defective new builds requiring demolition as soon as they’re built, and ruinous leasehold. Our building industry is rife with misconduct and we need protection.

Harry Scoffin

@HarryScoffin

7 months

The legalised robbery of leasehold demolished on @BBCTheOneShow tonight. Leaseholders will be betrayed if the rumoured King’s Speech Bill fobs us off with ‘protections’ and more rights to litigate. We need the ability to switch providers and gain control of our service charges.

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@dannybster

3 months

I spoke to the fantastic @FayeBrownSky last week. She put me in touch with Chris, whose newly built apartment needs repairs costing more than its purchase price. He's new to Twitter (and activism), so please give him a welcome and follow @hayeso123 .

'Buying a flat ruined my life': Leaseholders plead for tougher legislation against home ownership...

A flagship bill to reform England's "feudal" leasehold system is making its way through parliament - but those caught up in the homeownership "trap" say it is ruining their lives and needs to be...

news.sky.com

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@dannybster

1 year

@Keir_Starmer And it shouldn’t be a nightmare if you’re lucky enough to buy it. When would you like to meet with us, your constituents @Keir_Starmer ?

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@dannybster

8 months

This is evidence that builders cannot be trusted and that inspections (building and planning) are not sufficient to ensure they are.

Good Morning Britain

@GMB

8 months

A council has ordered 2 apartment blocks in South East London to be demolished for breaching planning conditions - despite tenants having already moved in. The £36 million Mast Quay development in Woolwich is 'substantially different' to the approved plans, Greenwich Council…

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@dannybster

4 months

@LBC @carolvorders Excellent @carolvorders looking forward to your shows!!

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@dannybster

4 months

@peterproperty Did they not get the memo that we want them to exit the market?

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

11 months

@RFAssociation Across the country tenants are paying service charges to middlemen with no genuine visibility into said charges and no control over the quality of the work. #leaseholders are smart and tenacious enough to manage their homes. What makes you think they aren’t?

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@dannybster

10 months

Developers are not incentivised to build quality homes when the tenants have to pay for all reparations anyway. Shocking demonstration of British build quality.

KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner

@Kwajotweneboa

10 months

🚨 - I’m currently at a New Build block of flats in Mitcham run by Optivo. The whole block has been flooded. It was built in 2018 and is now like a scene from Titanic. Tenants have had issues for years they’ve said. All 3 floors are flooded.

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@dannybster

6 months

This is awful @Lottie_PMeehan , the only (poor) advice I have is keep putting 1 foot in front of the other.. I turned 40 this month and have spent the entirety of my mid to late 30's suffering financial and emotional abuse. Why is the building sector allowed to behave this way?

Lottie - Bellway Cladding Victim

@Lottie_PMeehan

6 months

In 2025, I’ll be 37 & will have spent most of my 30s fighting against government & industry failings that I had no part in creating. All I did was ‘buy’ my first home. The ongoing trauma is becoming unbearable. How has this situation improved @luhc @michaelgove @Lee4NED ?

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@dannybster

3 months

🚨 That's UK construction folks 🚨 People like @MattLismore fight daily uncovering what they know is the truth; when the developer is finally caught out, they treat it like an "oopsie". We're defenceless without investigative reporters like @guy_lynn .

BBC investigation finds major flaws in £41m estate's balconies

One resident said huge beams of wood fell on the pavement when a balcony collapsed last year.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@dannybster

27 days

@carolvorders @GMB It's what's known as the deflation of mathematics competence, I believe.

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

Unfortunately, we have to resign the sign! It's created loads of attention, but our fight goes on; the developer and warranty provider are still breaking the law with impunity. Care to attend @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer ? (See the tweet below for a sneak peek of sign V2.)

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@dannybster

4 months

~5 years and over £320K fighting to claim against our warranty. We've proven any requirement to build safe, quality homes isn't enforced and turns homebuyers into victims. Will it be @RishiSunak or @Keir_Starmer who finally admits new builds are unfit? @carolvorders …

Anna Willis

@annawillis101

4 months

@dannybster says his £800,000 flat is now worth nothing, as he claims the building is structurally unsound. But 5 years later, they've not received a penny in warranty claims. Read our story here:

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@dannybster

1 year

When it comes to the #BuildingSafetyCrisis if it rains, it pours. 4 years and £300,000 so far. Building sign-off meaningless, warranty provider fights us every step, and our homes are worth £0. When will this end @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer @lisanandy @mtpennycook @RishiSunak ?

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@dannybster

2 months

Consistently choosing to betray individuals is a political choice.

Free Leaseholders

@FreeLeasehlders

2 months

. @RishiSunak IS NOT VERY GOOD AT POLITICS, IS HE? Betraying millions of leaseholders to protect sharks and spivs has now united @UKLabour and @reformparty_uk in outrage. They pledge leaseholder liberation. The politics of leasehold just got a hell of a lot more interesting!

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Dan Bruce

@dannybster

7 months

I’ve just been sent this. I do my best to stay calm but honestly I am absolutely fucking furious at the state of housing in the UK! We have to hang signs in protest because we’re not protected. They’re a cry for help @RishiSunak @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner

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@dannybster

3 months

This shows the scale of denial by political parties championing iterations of "build, build, build" or "back the builders". People are exposed to irreparable harm until politicians accept developers won't build safe homes without functioning regulations. …

'I’ve spent £10k on repairs to my converted office block home'

Residents in shoddy office conversions warn that relaxing planning rules will saddle more homeowners with huge bills

inews.co.uk

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@dannybster

7 months

Thanks to everybody who's reached out offering support for yesterday's @BBCOne #RipOffBritain coverage. Before this, I was a Software Engineer; my job literally involved sitting at a computer, avoiding people and sunlight! If I can make noise, any of us can. Let's go!…

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@dannybster

10 months

Sprung a new leak. How long will those in defective premises be let down by laws that offer no recourse? 4 years and £350k in legal fees, when will somebody get a handle on the dire safety and quality of new homes @RishiSunak @michaelgove @Keir_Starmer @lisanandy @mtpennycook ?

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@dannybster

3 months

The term “affordable housing” has been co-opted to mean affordable at a stretch on day one before being rinsed for every penny you own on day two.

Matt Lismore

@MattLismore

3 months

🚨Barking Riverside Service Charge 🚨 L&Q have released their latest tranche of “affordable homes” at Barking Riverside. A 2 bed flat comes with an annual service charge of *checks notes* £4,315.92. This is over 1% of the value of the flat itself. Many lenders won’t lend on…

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@dannybster

25 days

@htmx_org @netflix Darn proud of mine, nearly made it to 10 on all of them. They’re out of 10 right?

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@dannybster

6 months

“Hey leaseholders it’s ok for freeholders to financially abuse you because they created some robust laws to ensure they could” This isn’t government, government should be progressive and protective of the public. @AngelaRayner @mtpennycook @michaelgove @RishiSunak @Lee4NED …

Lord Moylan

@danielmgmoylan

6 months

There’s a lot to be said for leasehold - and, as a Conservative, one can see some merit in those bits of feudalism that have proven so hardy as to survive. Maybe there’s a good reason for it.

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@dannybster

6 years

@DrPizza @iamdevloper So I burned down an entire building for nothing?

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