Allied Development (Holdings) is suing property surveying firm George Trollope for damages in a dispute over property in Leatherhead, Surrey.
The firm allegedly breached a surveying contract by failing to prepare contract documents for the project in reasonable time, with the result that the builder, Deeprose, started work without a written contract.
Allied also alleges that George Trollope failed to prepare full working drawings within a reasonable time and with reasonable skill, and that it failed to give the builders sufficient information about windows, floor levels, rear walls, mechanical installations, doors and ironmongery, sanitary-ware, gutters, electrical ducting, and finishing.
The firm is also accused of failing to prepare accurate working drawings or modified plans, and providing inadequate or inappropriate drawings for brickwork, prompting the local planning authority to serve an enforcement notice.
Early on in the project at Bridge House, Bridge Street, Leatherhead, builders allegedly demolished ground-floor shop fronts and internal walls, leaving extensive rubble that created unsafe working conditions and restricted access.
Allied claims that George Trollope had failed to administer the contract to avoid unnecessary delays, and had failed to notice that a roofing subcontractor had not set roof mansard slopes properly. The claim also alleges that George Trollope had allowed toilet cubicles to be built which were too small for use.
Delayed completion of the property is said to have led to its sale, at £1.605m, being aborted, which, in turn, led to wasted costs.
The claim was issued by Coleman & Betts.
PLS News 16/01/02
