'Diary' of events...

27th Jan 2010

Fiona (see entry for the 17th Jan) has sent me a copy of a letter that she has sent out to residents on the estate that her rental property is on  - Click here to read...
   

17th Jan 2010

I have been contacted about another Gleeson's property down in Hampshire, and yes it is another tale of woe and seeming incompetence and indifference on the part of Gleeson Homes - Click here to read...
   

16th Jan 2010

Just in case you were wondering... Still no word at all on when our roads will be finally surfaced...
   

19thAug 2009

Spoke to the Council a couple of weeks ago and FINALLY Gleeson's (and the other parties involved) have got an agreed 'Section 38' which means the roads can now be finished. However that could take up to TWO YEARS and if nothing happens at the end of two years the council will START to look at enforcing things... How come this news doesn't fill me with joy? Could it be because in the two years and some months that we have lived here, the only thing that Gleeson's have done correctly and in a timely manner is .... Oh gosh, I can't think of anything...
   

23rd Feb 2009

A neighbours tale of woe regarding the flooding of their kitchen on the Temple Spa estate.Click here to read... 
   

6th Jan 2009

Received an email from Derbyshire County Council Development Control in response to an email that I sent them asking about the situation with the adoption of Carr Road.

 

Sorry I haven’t got back to you earlier on this matter. I have been trying to contact the developers to see when the remedial / completion works were going to be carried out, so that I could provide a more comprehensive response, hopefully with some form of program. Unfortunately I’ve not had any response to date.
 
I will chase this up again and get some comments back to you later this week.

10th Dec 2008

Received a very long and detailed complaint history from a house owner at another Gleeson's site.

 

He is very unhappy and has sent details of his situation to 'Watchdog' and is threatening to start legal action against Gleeson's if they don't sort things out within a month.

1st Dec 2008

Just received the following email from a neighbour on the Gleeson Homes Temple Spa Buxton estate:

 

Hi Robert,
 
Just wanted to find out if any other Gleeson residents are unhappy about the time Gleeson is taking to complete the roads and paths and if anyone knows what is going on as we have on numerous occasions contacted Gleeson to ask but no one ever gets back to us! We are very angry about this as all the houses have been built for at least 8 months now and we should be now living in the beautiful area we all paid good money for.
 
I know you have a website so would be happy for you to put this on it and to see if we can try and do something together.
 
Many thanks
 
Bev and John

1st Sep 2008

Snags started getting fixed - see here...
   

21st Aug 2008

Received the following letter - CLICK HERE TO VIEW - giving a revised date for the driveway - I won't be holding my breath...
   

20th Aug 2008

Had a call from Shelley Turner the Customer Care Manager promising us that a person would come and visit on the 1st September to deal with all our outstanding snags. She asked me to send her an up to date snag list and wasn't aware of the letter we received on the 2nd.
   

15th Aug 2008
No work done on driveway yet - what a surprise!
   
13th Aug 2008

Had a long talk with the mother of a Gleeson Homes owner down in Farnham, who has some issues - they are going to send me details of their problems to add to this site.
   

2nd Aug 2008

Received the following letter - CLICK HERE TO VIEW - it didn't 'promise the earth' but did suggest that we would get a driveway.
   

9th Jul 2008  

Oh what a surprise - no further communication from Gleeson Homes - I phoned and spoke to the MD's secretary last week but no further information...
 
Time I think to reinstate the website and also to add to it details of some of the 'fun and games' that Gleeson's have been up to since we moved in...
   

11th Jun 2008    

A meeting was held today, with Lee Sale the Managing Director of Gleeson Homes North West, where various matters were discussed.
 
We were given a time scale and this website was suspended pending the outcome of certain work.