Dad's newbuild nightmare as garage used as 'show home office' for five years

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A fed-up dad has been waiting nearly five years for a housebuilder to give over their garage and landscape his garden, with the restless father seeing 'no end in sight' to his property ordeal.The builder, Strata, have been using Oliver Sims' garage as a show home office after the family were due to move in to their brand new home in July 2018.

But what followed was a chaotic five years after they were told on moving day the house was not ready, reports Hull Live.The dad-of-three signed an agreement allowing the developer to use his garage on the promise of "a year – a year and a half tops." Yet the garage remains an office and Oliver finds the lack of communication with the company 'absolutely disgusting'.The company reportedly told of how the legal document allowed them to have exclusive rights the garage and driveway to Oliver's home as their sales centre until 31 December 2025 or any such earlier date as the company can decide, but the local father says he feels like an 'afterthought'.He told Hull Live: "My home has been a building site since we moved in.

When we signed the document, we were avoiding being made homeless, as our other house had already been sold and emptied. We had no idea how long this would drag on for and we feel like an afterthought in this whole process."Our front garden is just a pile of mud, we had nowhere to park our cars and we still don't have a functioning garage.

There is no end in sight because the brickwork of the garage is severely damaged and it won't be a small job to complete the original plans." Work reportedly begun in March to clear the temporary car park and return to the property's original plans.