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This is not unusual, I have met exactly the same scenario in 2 blocks of flats I have had rentals in. In the newest one, the canopy lights over the entrance were on 24/7 and were those awful screw-in reflector type. They lasted a couple of weeks, then the factors sent an electrician to change the lamps...very expensive...but the builders said they simply passed the spec on to the electricians who installed them and all the other lighting fixtures on the upper floors. After a year of call-outs every few weeks, at £80/visit plus parts, we simply employed an electrician to retro-fit better gear, which was very successful. A retired banker in one of the flats kept spare lamps and fitted them as required. We were lucky that all the flat owners were cooperative!
If I had any real advice to offer here, then it is this:
Do not waste your time going to the NHBC on such an issue.
If I had any real advice to offer here, then it is this:
Do not waste your time going to the NHBC on such an issue.