I’ve spent £25k on my dream newbuild home since I was 16 – it has no roof or walls & even foundations have faults

A HEARTBROKEN homeowner spent £25k on her dream newbuild house after she started saving at 16 - but two years later it has no roof or walls and even the foundations have faults.

Rebecca Cook, who is now 26, signed onto a home and land package in May 2020 and was told she'd be able to move in by March the following year.

More than two years on and Rebecca has nothing more than a slab of concrete and a faulty wooden frame on her plot of land just outside Melbourne, Australia.

When she started looking for explanations for the delays, she was told by her developer to speak to their contracted builder, Snowdon Developments Ltd Pty.

"In January, I had had enough and I just put my foot down and started requesting more information and was on their back a little bit more," she told The Sun Online.

Rebecca then joined a WhatsApp group with owners in a similar situation.

Some were waiting months for a tiler to finish their roof while others were still waiting to break soil on their plot of land years after purchasing it.

One woman, a 40-year-old primary school teacher named Mira Vose had been waiting months for Snowdon to complete the roof to her cosy bungalow on the outskirts of Geelong.

She and her husband Anthony had bought the land in 2018 and forked out £17k on "progress payments" on their half-built home.

"The site supervisors, they said they can’t book the roof because every time they book the roof, the suppliers say go and check with your accounts department. When I asked if it’s got to do with outstanding balances, they said yes," she told us.

Mira claims she can't cancel her contract with Snowdon and move on to a new builder because it would leave her out of pocket.

"No builder is going to do the project because it’s halfway done, which means they have to take over the insurance, they then become responsible for the frame, which has been out in the weather for three months," she said.

"They have to take responsibility for the slab and no one wants that.";

Now Mira - who is paying off her mortgage on the property while paying rent - has the only unfinished home on her street, despite it being commissioned at the same time as the rest of her neighbours.