Cowboy builders left woman in a 'war zone' after paying £60k to do up bungalow
A DISABLED woman was forced to clean herself with “wet wipes” and wee in a bucket after “cowboy builders” she paid £22,000 bodged building an extension and vanished. in 2016, contracted builders, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on February 24 2022, to make her semi-detached house “more accessible” by building a rear single-storey extension and downstairs bathroom.
Unable to afford the remedial work, Mary said she urinated in a bucket or drove to a friend’s house nearby, and often relied on wet wipes and deodorant to keep clean. She considered spending her pension on a world cruise but said the “sensible” option was to “future proof” her home, where she has lived since November 2012.
But the builders claimed the council had verbally signed off their work and proceeded with the construction after reassuring Mary there was nothing to worry about. Whenever she tried flushing the toilet, Mary said, “raw sewage” would start coming up through her drains and spilling into her garden. One of them was 71-year-old retired fireman Malcolm Carter who, after hearing Mary’s story, offered to help.
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