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A building firm has been forced to knock down 88 brand new homes after they were discovered to be faulty.

The three- and four-bedroom homes, worth between £575,000 and £850,000 apiece, were part of a massive housing development on the outskirts of Cambridge.

Built by housing developer Barratt and David Wilson Homes, the properties were part of a development called Darwin Green which when finished will be made up of around 1,500 homes.

But 88 of the properties are currently being demolished after problems with the foundations were discovered last year.

It is believed a number of the affected homes had already been sold, but are not yet occupied.

Two massive excavators were brought into the site on Thursday, pulling down the brand new homes.

The demolished homes are part of a 1,500 homes development (Picture: Bav Media)

Picture supplied by Bav Media 07976 880732. Picture dated January 17th shows the first of the new houses being knocked down on estate in Cambridge after the developers discovered defects in 88 of them. Bulldozers have started demolishing properties on a huge new housing development on the edge of the university city of Cambridge today (Wed) after developers discovered defects with 88 NEW HOMES. Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire admitted last year that 88 properties at the Darwin Green site in Cambridge need to be demolished and rebuilt following foundation issues - at a cost of ??40 million. Four houses have already been knocked down today and work is expected to continue on the site over the next 12 weeks. In a planning application to Cambridge City Council for the demolition last autumn, the developers said tiles and other materials, such as doors, windows, sanitary and kitchen equipment, would be salvaged where possible and concrete and brick would be crushed on site and reused. See copy catchline Developers start demolishing 88 NEW HOMES Cambridge

Two yellow excavators have been on site today (Picture: Bav Media)

The developer applied for planning permission to begin demolition works last autumn, and today four houses were knocked down, with works expected to continue on the site over the next 12 weeks. 

Around 36 homes which had reached the roof stage of construction will be completely demolished, while ‘remediation’ will be undertaken on 47 other plots which are at various stages of construction.

Developers originally said it was a ‘small number’ of unoccupied homes which didn’t meet their ‘usual high standards’.

Initially, the developer said that 30 homes worth an estimated £20 million would need to be demolished and rebuilt, and the remaining plots would ‘also require work to remove the foundations and any other structures that have been started’. 

In documents submitted to Cambridge city council last September, the developers said that ‘circa 83 units’ would need to be demolished, however this number has since increased.

The developers said tiles and other materials will be salvaged where possible, and concrete and brick will be crushed on site and reused.

Picture supplied by Bav Media 07976 880732. Picture dated January 17th shows the first of the new houses being knocked down on estate in Cambridge after the developers discovered defects in 88 of them. Bulldozers have started demolishing properties on a huge new housing development on the edge of the university city of Cambridge today (Wed) after developers discovered defects with 88 NEW HOMES. Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire admitted last year that 88 properties at the Darwin Green site in Cambridge need to be demolished and rebuilt following foundation issues - at a cost of ??40 million. Four houses have already been knocked down today and work is expected to continue on the site over the next 12 weeks. In a planning application to Cambridge City Council for the demolition last autumn, the developers said tiles and other materials, such as doors, windows, sanitary and kitchen equipment, would be salvaged where possible and concrete and brick would be crushed on site and reused. See copy catchline Developers start demolishing 88 NEW HOMES Cambridge

The developer says tiles and other materials will be recycled where possible (Picture: Bav Media)

Picture supplied by Bav Media 07976 880732. Picture dated January 17th shows the first of the new houses being knocked down on estate in Cambridge after the developers discovered defects in 88 of them. Bulldozers have started demolishing properties on a huge new housing development on the edge of the university city of Cambridge today (Wed) after developers discovered defects with 88 NEW HOMES. Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire admitted last year that 88 properties at the Darwin Green site in Cambridge need to be demolished and rebuilt following foundation issues - at a cost of ??40 million. Four houses have already been knocked down today and work is expected to continue on the site over the next 12 weeks. In a planning application to Cambridge City Council for the demolition last autumn, the developers said tiles and other materials, such as doors, windows, sanitary and kitchen equipment, would be salvaged where possible and concrete and brick would be crushed on site and reused. See copy catchline Developers start demolishing 88 NEW HOMES Cambridge

The homes set to be demolished are worth up to £40 million in total (Picture: Bav Media)

In a statement released last year, a spokesman for Barratt David Wilson Homes Cambridgeshire said: ‘As a five-star house builder we have an extensive quality assurance process and during inspections we found that a small number of unoccupied properties at our Darwin Green development did not meet our usual high standards.

‘Unfortunately, the most effective course of action at this stage is to demolish the properties and rebuild them. 

‘We have apologised to the customers affected and understand their frustrations, but we are doing all that we can to lessen the impact of this for them.

‘The most important thing is that the homes we build for our customers are of the highest quality possible and this means spotting and mistakes and putting them right, which is what we are doing here.’

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