Windows that leaked badly in a block of flats in Borgarbyggð will be replaced. Residents had fought for years with the manufacturer, seller and contractor over who should cover the damage.
Residents of a block of flats on Borgarbraut in Borgarnes have now received new windows and had the installation costs paid.
For years they fought the contractor, the manufacturer and the seller of the windows originally used in the building. The windows could not withstand Icelandic conditions and water leaked into the flats.
Morgunblaðið reports today that replacement work has begun and the building is being repaired under a court settlement.
Under this agreement the Danish company Ideal Combi provided new windows and paid ISK 76 million to cover the cost of replacement. In addition, Húsasmiðjan paid ISK 16 million, TM insurance ISK 5 million, and the company Hús og lóðir, which built the house, provided new flooring and guaranteed up to ISK 8 million for the window replacement.
RÚV’s Kastljós reported on the residents’ struggle in the past two years. They had unsuccessfully tried to have the defects in their homes remedied. Residents complained of badly leaking windows, a leaking roof and faulty flooring.
The companies that manufactured, sold and installed the windows disputed responsibility and pointed fingers at one another.
“So we are just at the end of some chain and got badly caught up in it,” said Guðmundur Eyþórsson, chair of the residents’ association, in an interview with RÚV nearly three years ago.
Source: Ruv.is
