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You and Yours: New Builds, Prom Dress, Tool Theft

New Builds, Prom Dress, Tool Theft

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, New Builds, Prom Dress, Tool Theft

New builds facing demolition, prom dresses from overseas and the rise in tool theft.

The leaseholders stuck with homes that could face demolition. It's prom season - what you should know before buying from overseas. The rising tide of tool theft.

We hear from a man who spent £850,000 on an new build apartment which has such serious structural defects it could face demolition. The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities has described the situation for the residents of Agar Grove in Camden as "deplorable". But how did it happen and who is accountable? We'll be asking Emma Toms, Chief Operating Officer at New Homes Quality Board, who's aim is to drive up standards in new build homes, those questions as well as what she's going to do to prevent it happening in the future. 

Its prom season but with the continuing cost-of-living crisis many parents looking to buy prom dresses might be tempted to search for a cheap alternative online. There are many dress companies based abroad that sell in the UK - we hear one parents saga of trying to return a dress to a company based in Hong Kong called Stacees and Gary Rycroft, Consumer Law Expert, explains what buying from one of the companies means for your consumer rights.

And tool theft is having a massive impact on trades people with new research suggesting tools were stolen every 15 minutes in 2022. We hear from one painter and decorator who's had his stools stolen three times. Are the police doing enough to stop it? Simon Dann, Intelligence and Takings Manager, Surrey Police, explains what they're doing about it. 

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON 
PRODUCER: CATHERINE EARLAM

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