We engaged with our local engineer to get core test drilling done on the house, this cost circa of 2k out of our own pocket but we wanted to know one way or the other.
The results came back at the start of the week and our house had a category C pyrite (High Amber). I’ve spoken to the pyrite board today and I got an answer "we are not interested unless the house has damage".
They call it a BCA rating of 2 or higher our house would be 0. This situation now leaves us in limbo as we can’t sell the house. We can’t even extend it as it’s now structurally damaged. If we did extend it, it might emit us from any future change on the pyrite board.
I’m absolutely disgusted with the decision of the pyrite board. We have high amber which will cause damage down the line, we cannot move house, we cannot extend the house.
We are left in a situation through no fault of our own, of being stuck in a house now that does not suit our needs and no way of moving on from it.
I’ve just spoke to my engineer and he said that there really is nothing you can do here except pay 25k -30k out of our own pocket to carry out this work or wait for the house to start cracking. I’m so angry with this situation.
Results from core test on the house are a category C, BCA Test is category 0