£22.5K for dry rot treatment?

[Matt Green]

Unreal.

Politics aside for a second: there's not a single line in any of the scream-sheets about how most of that money was likley to have been spent on unecessary treatments.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...Second-home-flip-paid-22500-dry-rot-bill.html

this should be a major opportunity for SPAB or RICS or any of the independent damp and timber specialists to put the boot in, but no- £22.5K to kill dry rot is not flagged as unreasonable, it's the proximity from her constituency that everyone is raising hell about. And the fear of Dry Rot continues.

M.

 

[DaveBrigg]

I was also puzzled over such a large amount, but then wondered if it entailed a roof being replaced, or floor / ceiling joist repair, which would entail carpets coming up, furniture into storage, re-housing for a couple of weeks, replastering and decorating etc etc. If it was me I would do as much as I could myself, and then shop around for the best value professionals while we all lived in the cellar. But then again, it would be my money that was being spent.

 

[robgil]

just to add , if there are any mp's reading , or anyone who has access to any kind of public money funding and you need any building work , or any kind of work done,then i'm your man.

 

[robgil]

you know the more i think about this the more i think perhaps she needed to launder some public money to put towards a new car or something?
the contractor gets a well paid job and a bit extra and she gets the change to buy that nice new car for her daughters birthday present.