Persimmon builds block of homes the wrong way round

A HOUSING developer has been ordered to modify properties after they were built backwards.

Persimmon Homes, one of the UK’S biggest builders, was constructing 262 homes in Colchester, Essex, where an entire block of one, two and three-bedroom homes has the windows, doors and balconies facing the “wrong way”.

Martin Goss, a Colchester councillor, said the “major cock-up” from Persimmon Homes was “mystifying”.

He said: “It just beggars belief. How on Earth can a developer build a set of flats the wrong way? How can a national developer make such a major mistake?

“It’s gone through a long process and a number of iterations to get where it is today but obviously they now need to build it to the agreed plan.”

It follows cases where a Persimmon leaky sewage system allegedly left a family in Derby with rashes and a Cardiff homeowner made the firm knock down and rebuild his walls that contained damaged bricks.

Persimmon Homes said: “We have made some limited alterations to the position of some windows during the early stages of construction, in line with our planning consent.”