A resident has blasted the 'tousled' work of council contractors after forking out £1,850 to have a dropped kerb put exterior his residence.
Lee Townley says labourers left enormous gaps, chipped the kerb stones and by no means used a spirit stage whereas finishing up the work.
The 40-year-old despatched in an utility to Stoke-on-Trent Metropolis Council to have the kerb dropped exterior his Norton Heights residence again in March.
Now months later, points with the work have nonetheless not been resolved - regardless of contractors returning to the location on 4 separate events, Stoke-on-Trent Reside experiences.
Lee stated: “I utilized to have the kerb dropped after I moved into the property. I wished the council to do it. They must signal the paperwork off and it was about £400 or £500 only for the paperwork.
“I believed I’d undergo the council as a result of they will signal it off themselves and I haven’t bought to fret about dodgy builders. I bought the quote off them, it was about £1,850. It was costly however I believed I’d simply get it finished.
“I despatched them pictures and ultimately they got here out. They dropped two lads off in a van with a noticed and a wheelbarrow. That they had no spirit stage or something.
"I got here from work, checked out it, and instantly put my spirit stage on as a result of I knew it was unsuitable immediately, I may simply inform.
“The gaps between the kerb stones weren’t minimize straight, as a result of it’s on a nook. The stones are formed a sure diploma. You narrow them so that they match, as a result of you possibly can’t have edges spherical a circle."
Lee instantly complained to the council. He says the council advised him that they may not get their palms on curved stones - regardless of him discovering the precise ones on the web.
He added: "They've come again out and left an enormous hole of tarmac, they didn’t tarmac the street. They got here again to fill that in and as an alternative of levelling the opposite kerb stones off they only minimize the highest off the unique kerb stones which they hadn't touched. They're having amusing. They’ve been out 4 occasions up to now.
“I used to be given a begin date of March. It has been about eight or 9 weeks since they began messing all of it up.”
StokeonTrentLive has contacted the council for a press release relating to Lee's criticism.
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