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      <title>Charles Church - Northumberland Gazette, 12 August 2010, 'Play park closed as fears grow for safety'</title>
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      <title>Persimmon - Salisbury Journal, 12 August 2010, &quot;Persimmon Homes issued with breach notice after 'flagrant disregard' for neighbours&quot;</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,179,179#msg-179</link>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:02:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Charles Church - Northumberland Gazette, 19 August 2010, 'I'll see you in court, says mum'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:57:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Charles Church &amp; Persimmon - BBC Watchdog, 6 May 2010, 'More moans about new homes'</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Charles Church features yet again in a television report:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/05/new_homes.html

See also ITV's 'New Homes From Hell' for another one:

http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,109,109#msg-109]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 12:18:47 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Hawick News, 15 Apr 2010, 'Persimmon under fire in Burnflat flooding row'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:38:53 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - This is Wiltshire, 1 May 2008, &quot;Mum told boiler 'could be lethal'&quot;</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,174,174#msg-174</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:06:50 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Charles Church - Fuse8, 19 Jan. 2010, 'Persimmon Group digital marketing account win'</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,170,173#msg-173</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:58:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - The Star, 12 Mar. 2010, 'Stonewalled by builder'</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:53:05 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Charles Church - The Drum, 15 Jan. 2010, 'Persimmon moves Charles Church account to Fuse8'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:04:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon et al. - House Building Federation, 26 Jun. 2008, 'Briefing OFT Consumer and Homebuilder Funding Studies'</title>
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The response from the industry]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:31:05 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon et al. - Office of Fair Trading, Sept. 2008, 'Homebuilding in the UK, A Market Survey'</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:18:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Financial Times, 18 Mar. 2010, 'Persimmon's flat-pack model to roll out homes'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Diss Express, 12 Mar. 2010, 'Residents' despair at house builder's delays'</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:34:06 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - The Sunday Times, 21 Mar. 2010, 'Mike Farley, chief executive of Persimmon'</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,163,163#msg-163</link>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:27:47 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Building, 1 Apr. 2010, &quot;MPs slam TW and Persimmon over 'unthinkable' bonuses&quot;</title>
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      <title>Persimmon - Deadline Press &amp; Picture Agency, 23 Apr. 2009, 'Housing company in street name gaffe'</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,159,159#msg-159</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - London Evening Standard, 6 May 2004, 'Persimmon cheated flat-buyers'</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,158,158#msg-158</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:28:48 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Sommerville J. &amp; McCosh J., 'Defects in new homes: an analysis of data on 1,696 new UK houses', Structural Survey. Volume 24, Issue 1, 2006</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,157,157#msg-157</link>
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      <description><![CDATA['The clamour from UK house buyers over “snags” in new homes seems likely to continue unabated even though house builders are striving to resolve what may be perceived as a quality issue. This paper aims to discuss how the requirements, and hence the quality of new homes in the UK, are defined and the role the house buyer actually plays in this process.'

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/viewPDF.jsp?contentType=Article&amp;Filename=html/Output/Published/EmeraldFullTextArticle/Pdf/1100240101.pdf]]></description>
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      <title>Persimmon - The Sentinel, 15 Oct 2009, 'Overgrown land is cause for concern'</title>
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      <title>Persimmon et al. - House Building Federation, Apr. 2009, 'HBF National New Home Custommer Satisfaction Survey 2009'</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,155,155#msg-155</link>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:13:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Surrey Herald, 5 Mar 2009, 'Residents threaten legal action against developers'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:07:32 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - The Star, 21 Oct 2009, &quot;Payouts over 'cowboy' builders upheld&quot;</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:56:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Tameside Advertiser, 7 Oct 2009, 'Light at end of tunnel for homes left in dark'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:50:20 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Persimmon - The Daily Mail, 17 Dec. 2008, &quot;Boy, 4, crushed to death by collapsed 50kg stone mantelpiece 'held up by plaster'&quot;</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,146,151#msg-151</link>
      <author>UnhappyCustomer</author>
      <description><![CDATA[So very sorry for Matthew Green, and his parents David and Gail Green.

But has the industry, specifically Persimmon plc really learnt anything from this?

With regards to Persimmon Homes, I find these newspaper articles on consequences of their business methods shock me - 24 point inspection (quote &quot;24-point check on all building works, including foundations, plumbing, wiring, blockwork and cavities&quot;), I saw problems with their checks time and time again, especially plumbing from leaking to plain unsafe/dangerous. When you see the site manager, the directors, turning a blind eye to serious construction faults (years after this accident), it sickens me more.

Why the judge stopped short at only claiming - &quot;The lack of national industry standards and regulation for the fitting of fire surrounds, including training, installation, quality inspection, secondary review and audit paper trails, were also a contributory factor.&quot; - baffles me.

We see and witness a lack of standards within Persimmon plc (principally Charles Church Homes, NHBC 'warranty?') across far more areas than just the 'fitting of fire surrounds', and we found evidence of them specifically covering over and hiding serous faults within a home. Not to mention leaving dangers elements on display, such as electrical sockets dangling from the wall.

http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-12-19-Mantelpiece-fixing-blunder-led-to-four-year-olds-death-inquest

http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/12/22/63325/boy-crushed-to-death-by-fireplace-collapse-in-persimmon-house.html - here the article says:- A spokesman Persimmon Homes also blamed the lack of standards for the accident. He added that if they had appointed a competent subcontractor, and if KD Childs had applied sufficient mortar during the installation, &quot;the accident would probably not have happened&quot;. Since the death of Matthew Green, Persimmon Homes has had to carry our repair work on around 120 other fireplaces.

I'd pray this would have been a wake-up call for them, but it appears not, seems the same kind of denial for the real wider problem that one sees in their customer service staff. I question, what they've done to fix the country wide floor issues (neighbour showed me photographs from various developments, and explained the specifications of the lowest specification floor joists they use, estimated over £29,000 in labour to fix), the central heating systems installed while ignoring manufacturers instructions along with British Gas and IGEM advice and recommendations, and the little things like not applying wood preservative or knotting solution.

Makes it a maintenance headache (Charles Church staff, say one should redecorate at end of first season), living hell &amp; owners nightmare. I would now, never buy a new home from Persimmon or Charles Church, the risk of big problems and poor customer service is too much.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:57:42 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Daily Mail, 10 Jan. 2009, '£500m tax boost for housebuilders after rebate payments sped up'</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:20:19 -0600</pubDate>
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      <title>Persimmon - Financial Times, 8 Jan. 2009, 'Persimmon scraps final dividend to save cash'</title>
      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,147,147#msg-147</link>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:18:01 -0600</pubDate>
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      <link>http://charles-church.org.uk/read.php?2,146,146#msg-146</link>
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      <title>Persimmon - Contract Journal, 1 Dec. 2008, 'Persimmon founder Duncan Davidson to fell entire Northumberland forest'</title>
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      <title>Persimmon - Contract Journal, 2 Dec. 2008, ' Persimmon attempting to refinance £900m debt, Bovis Homes does the same'</title>
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      <title>Persimmon - The Telegraph, 16 Dec. 2008, 'Four-year-old boy crushed to death by stone mantelpiece, inquest hears'</title>
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