Furious homebuyers have expressed their frustration after a developer failed to deliver on the house of their dreams.
They are the latest in a series of complaints from customers of Bovis Homes at its Round House Park and Queen's Hills developments.
More than a dozen home-buyers have contacted this paper with concerns about their property and the difficult process they had been through including holes in the wall, cracked tiles and parts of their home missing.
Jimmy and Rachel Hipperson claim they found their new home, in Rowan Way, Cringleford, littered with problems despite having waited more than six months to complete the deal.
'We were supposed to move in on December 9 but it has taken until now to move in,' Mr Hipperson, a pharmacist, said.
'We were told they didn't want to rush it and wanted to get it right. But when we got the keys there were more than 100 snags.
'There were holes in the wall, fittings missing and cracks in the floor. It may have been legally ready for completion but it was not what we were expecting.
'It really has been extremely frustrating - we have had excuse after excuse.'
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The couple said they had previously bought a Bovis property and been very happy with the experience.
Bovis said it was working with the couple and had received a 100pc satisfaction score at Round House Park since February.
Mr Hipperson, 29, said: 'There are parts where they just haven't finished it. Bits of the conservatory are missing, the kitchen light is missing and there are windows that have got the locks the wrong way round.
'It is very far from being home. We agreed to move in on the proviso that identified snags were fixed but they haven't been.'
Since moving in there has also been a problem with drainage which led to sewage leaking around the outside of the house.
Bovis said it worked hard to ensure customers were 'entirely happy' with their homes before they moved in.
A Bovis spokesman said: 'Our regional team have been working closely with the customer throughout the build process and communicating regularly with him to address any concerns raised.'
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The Hippersons are not the only family to experience difficulties.
Jessica and Ben McLeod, along with their four-month-old Brianna and dog Nox, say they were left in 'purgatory' after Bovis kept pushing back their completion date.
'Our original completion date should have been October, then it moved to December,' said Mrs McLeod, 33, who moved in on Friday. 'I was pregnant and we wanted to be here before our daughter was born. Now I have just a month of maternity leave left to get things sorted.'
On top of the delay to get the keys to their family home, the couple found more than 150 snags including the bathrooms not being waterproofed.
Like the Hippersons, the McLeods discovered the plans they had agreed to had been structurally unstable and so columns between the kitchen and living room had to be extended from 9in to 15in.
Mrs McLeod, a lecturer in geophysics at the University of East Anglia, said: 'It is a very lovely area and I am sure we will be happy here eventually. It is just a shame they have hired people that don't show any pride in their work. Some of it we think we could do a better job of but then it is not for us to do.'
Katy Green, 31, arrived at Round House Park in January with her wife and their two young sons.
She said: 'Our tiles have been put in so there is a gap between them and the carpet where you can see concrete. We paid a lot of money to get them put in before we moved in.
'Every time workmen come in, it seems they fix one problem and create another.
'We had to have painting done and they spilt paint on the carpet, so then we had to have the carpet relaid and something else was broken.
'It is not acceptable and it is definitely not what we were expecting.'
Bovis response
A Bovis spokesman said: 'As a business we are taking a number of measures to drive improvements in our quality and customer service, and recent feedback to us from Round House Park have been very positive. These improvements include increasing resources and training to support our people in delivering our expected levels of quality and service, putting more customer care operatives on the ground and strengthening our quality assurance processes.
'We apologise to any customer who believes they have not received the traditional high standards of quality and service that they expect and deserve. We understand that when buying a new home, customers want everything to be perfect, and while we do strive for this, our two-year warranty is an obligation we take very seriously and will see us working closely with our customers and contractors to resolve any outstanding issues should they arise.'
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