![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/we-bought-a-dream-newbuild/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20417997-1668416500812.jpg&description=A COUPLE who bought their dream home say they were unable to move in for nearly two years as one thing after another went wrong. Graham Currigan, 31, and his partner Simone were full of optimism when they bought the new-build in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, but the move just went from bad to worse. Graham Currigan says that his dream house move has gone from bad to worseCredit: Evening Gazette The first tour around the house reportedly revealed issues like flooding and fault appliancesCredit: Evening Gazette An agonising 22-month delay reportedly forced Graham to get signed off work after the stress became too much. He said it also meant that he had to reapply for the mortgage twice, with the interest on his fixed-rate five-year offer leaping from 1.8 per cent to 2.3 per cent. Just when the couple thought the delay had been resolved, a first tour around the home apparently revealed a variety of issues, including a faulty seal on the fridge/freezer and a flooded garage "under two inches of water". Graham told Teesside Live: "We reserved a plot...about 22 months ago. "The original completion date I was given was 20 months ago, and then through complete inadequacy throughout they have continually put the completion date back. "The annoying thing for me, and the reason why it has gotten to a point where I've had to take a legal approach, is that each time they have done it they have put it back by two or three months. "I was never in a position where I had a choice to make, I had to just go, 'oh that's fine because I'm not going to find anything else in two or three months' - and sometimes it has been less than that." The fuming homeowner claimed that the completion date for the development was changed 10 times before he got the keys to the house. He added: "They also had to change my mortgage and everything because the offer ended because it had gone on too long. "The rates are now much worse than what they were, even just in that it's costing me a bunch more. "I've had){kind=link}
A COUPLE who bought their dream home say they were unable to move in for nearly two years as one thing after another went wrong.
Graham Currigan, 31, and his partner Simone were full of optimism when they bought the newbuild in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, but the move just went from bad to worse.
An agonising 22-month delay reportedly forced Graham to get signed off work after the stress became too much.
He said it also meant that he had to reapply for the mortgage twice, with the interest on his fixed-rate five-year offer leaping from 1.8 per cent to 2.3 per cent.
Just when the couple thought the delay had been resolved, a first tour around the home apparently revealed a variety of issues, including a faulty seal on the fridge/freezer and a flooded garage “under two inches of water”.