hi there yes i fell in the trap but a warning not to use this guy, he works from croydon is romainian and will rip u off
my first flat buy in london a nice small one bed in ealing, so through word of mouth i employ and draw a contract up with this guy who starts work straight away, one week in he'd riped out everything and started plastering walls, then asked for all money to purchase kitchen so it would be delivered on time so payed hime £4k in cash,work carried on until he said his plumer broke his leg and he never returned back to flat only to provide a list of stories as to why he hasnt finished work, there are still tools in the flat and a few materials which i think is weird, he also stole a chess set which was of some value to me,i know its small claims to try and get some money back but is it worth going to the police for the chess set as this is theft, would they be arsed to do anything about it?
£5k out of pocket so i guess i learnt the hard way
ealing green any advice welcome
my first flat buy in london a nice small one bed in ealing, so through word of mouth i employ and draw a contract up with this guy who starts work straight away, one week in he'd riped out everything and started plastering walls, then asked for all money to purchase kitchen so it would be delivered on time so payed hime £4k in cash,work carried on until he said his plumer broke his leg and he never returned back to flat only to provide a list of stories as to why he hasnt finished work, there are still tools in the flat and a few materials which i think is weird, he also stole a chess set which was of some value to me,i know its small claims to try and get some money back but is it worth going to the police for the chess set as this is theft, would they be arsed to do anything about it?
£5k out of pocket so i guess i learnt the hard way
ealing green any advice welcome