Hi everyone
I recently had an inspection completed on one of our IP's that was built last year. The property is now about 6 months old. The property manager noticed that in the doorways of all carpetted rooms, the nails holding down the edge of the carpet were very obvious and painful to walk on with bare feet.
When I did the handover inspection last year I had bare feet and also noticed these nails. They are quite sharp and did hurt if you stood on them. I pointed this out as a defect to the builder but he said that it was normal. He said he could have the nails knocked down if I wanted but that the carpet was the likely to eventually lift in every doorway over time.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal for a new house? Or should I be requesting that the builder (or his carpet layer?) return and rectify the problem as a defect?
My tenants have a very young child and a baby on the way, so I am conscious of children crawling/stepping on these nails also. Any feedback would be greatly received. Thanks.
Angela
I recently had an inspection completed on one of our IP's that was built last year. The property is now about 6 months old. The property manager noticed that in the doorways of all carpetted rooms, the nails holding down the edge of the carpet were very obvious and painful to walk on with bare feet.
When I did the handover inspection last year I had bare feet and also noticed these nails. They are quite sharp and did hurt if you stood on them. I pointed this out as a defect to the builder but he said that it was normal. He said he could have the nails knocked down if I wanted but that the carpet was the likely to eventually lift in every doorway over time.
Can anyone tell me if this is normal for a new house? Or should I be requesting that the builder (or his carpet layer?) return and rectify the problem as a defect?
My tenants have a very young child and a baby on the way, so I am conscious of children crawling/stepping on these nails also. Any feedback would be greatly received. Thanks.
Angela