Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.

Not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. And before you know it, you're there.

This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does.

Avanti West Coast, feel good travel.

We are supposed to be, by reputation, a nation of homeowners.

So it's a big moment when you become one of them.

It's becoming harder and harder to achieve, but it's still one of the great moments of life.

It was a very new modern, good looking property. It was a feeling of great excitement that I was embarking on my future really.

For me, it was the start of proper adult life.

Surveys done, mortgage sorted, you've moved in and rolled out the welcome mat.

But what if things start to go wrong?

What if, within months, you find yourself at the centre of the largest building safety scandal since the Grenfell Tower tragedy?

It looks quite simply like a building site. The gardens in Dissere, it's got skips and about seven or eight for sale signs up.

It's an eye saw and I actually feel for the neighbours who have to look at it.

Thankfully, you invested in a property that came with a 10-year repair guarantee,

backed by one of the biggest and most trusted global insurance companies. Surely that's got to help.

It's been great business buzzer, right? But, you know, they ruined our lives in the process. How can that be fair?

You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times. I'm Manvine Rana.

Today, the new housing scandal.

I am recording on my iPhone and I've got a digital fan as well. And hopefully my children won't come running in at the middle of this, so we'll see.

I love that. Don't worry if they do, honestly, we can stop and start.

I am Martina Lee's senior property writer for the Times and Sunday Times. And for the past two years or so, I've been investigating Britain's Building Safety Scandal.

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