Should the developer pay for my drive’s missing dropped kerb?

PROPERTY CLINIC: I bought a house with a drive that the developer never got a dropped kerb for, who is responsible for paying for one? You have approached your local council about it paying for your kerb to be fixed  The developer was issued with guidance by the local council to drop the kerb No … Read more

Builder causes £425,000 of damage using a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2m’ 

Builder causes £425,000 of damage by tearing down German apartments’ balconies with a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2million’ Family recorded the man from a building opposite in Blumberg, south Germany The destructive outburst happened at around 7.30pm on Wednesday evening  Man driving the digger first fled the scene in his car but later handed … Read more

Builder causes £425,000 of damage using a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2m’ 

Builder causes £425,000 of damage by tearing down German apartments’ balconies with a digger ‘because developer owed him £4.2million’ Family recorded the man from a building opposite in Blumberg, south Germany The destructive outburst happened at around 7.30pm on Wednesday evening  Man driving the digger first fled the scene in his car but later handed … Read more

Can my flat’s developer avoid a cladding repair bill after the firm’s sale?

Can the developer that built my flat avoid a cladding repair bill now its company has been sold? Claims against a developer depend on age of the building with cladding issues If you bought new you may have a new build warranty that may cover cladding By Myra Butterworth For MailOnline Published: 10:25 BST, 21 … Read more

Developer is found not guilty of drowning his wealthy heiress wife at their Danish holiday home

The trial of a property developer accused of murdering his wealthy heiress wife in a holiday drowning ‘accident’ in Denmark to get his hands on a ‘vast fortune’ has collapsed. In the prosecution case against Donald McPherson, 47, seven ‘secret’ life insurance policies had been taken on his ‘besotted’ wife Paula Leeson, 47, and he stood to gain … Read more

Property developer, 47, ‘murdered heiress wife to cash in on £3.5million in life insurance’ 

Donald McPherson, 47, killed Paula Leeson in June 2017 after taking her on a mini-break to Nørre Nebel, in Denmark, before staging her death to look like an accident A property developer murdered his wealthy heiress wife by drowning her in the pool of their holiday cottage in Denmark to get his hands on £3.5 … Read more

How a penniless Married At First Sight bride became a successful property developer

How a penniless Married At First Sight bride became a successful property developer after her shock discovery that her husband of 10 years was cheating on her Do you know a Married At First Sight participant? Email [email protected]  By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:59 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 10:35 GMT, … Read more

Father-of-two forces developer Persimmon to tear down his new build home and build it from scratch

A father-of-two forced housing developers Persimmon to tear down his new home and rebuild it from scratch because of its ‘poor workmanship’. Andrew Higgs bought a new-build five-bedroom home in Old St Mellons, Cardiff, in June 2019 but noticed major issues on the day he moved in with his wife and two children, aged two … Read more

Amazon’s store plan faces delay as developer goes bust

Opening date for Amazon’s first checkout-free store in Britain uncertain after developer at site goes bust By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 23 January 2021 The opening date for Amazon’s first checkout-free store in Britain is uncertain after the developer at its Notting Hill … Read more

British video game developer says working from home HAS affected efficiency

British video game developer says working from home HAS affected efficiency as it announces delays to its latest releases Frontier Developments said lack of physical group work has caused setbacks  Firm said there was ‘no question’ that remote working was stifling productivity It announced postponed launch dates to two of its games in a trading … Read more