‘Fix our flats, or give us back our money’: buyers protest against Vanke build quality
- Giant housebuilder dismisses claims it had not been fully transparent during the sales process at the Tiandi development
- ‘I feel cheated out of my hard-earned money,’ said one disgruntled new owner
Angry homebuyers who protested outside housebuilder China’s Vanke’s headquarters in Beijing last week, have dismissed the company’s claims it had been fully transparent during the sales process at a development in the capital, and have vowed to continue to fight for justice.
Tensions first flared between the two sides after the buyers gained access to their multimillion yuan flats a month ago, only to find what they claim are serious quality issues.
Two dozen of them noisily gathered at the office gates on Thursday afternoon, wearing white masks and T-shirts emblazoned with “reject Vanke homes”. They chanted “rectify or refund”.
Early last year they had each paid up to 4.5 million yuan (US$650,000) for a 43-90 square metre unit at the “Vanke Tiandi” development in the Daxing suburb of Beijing, in which Vanke is co-invested.
“The homes are so shabbily built that I was appalled when I saw them,” said one new owner Liu Meimei, a Beijing accountant.
