Refund from gardener

im just at the end of taking a builder to court, first you need to send him a letter saying you no longer want him to complete the work and youre employing someone else, this is to stop him from coming back when you have got somebody else to do the work and claiming you owe him money as you wouldn't let him do the work , he was ill, you told him to start months later etc.etc. apparently it happens a lot and you are intending to hold him to his verbal contract so he can do the same to you, next you write him a letter saying what he has to do to complete the work agreed and give him 14 days to respond then another 14 days to complete the works in your letter, next you should call a mediation service to try to sort it out, apparently its not unheard of for judges nowadays to throw a case out of court (you dont get a refund) if you have not attempted mediation first(this isnt a legal requirement but when you get him to court you can tell the judge you have crossed the t's and dotted the i's), after all tha you send a letter before action stating exacty what you are taking him to court for, how much you want and also what evidence you will be providing. Now after all that is done and finished you can begin court proceedings. I am finally on the last leg and my builder has until tomorrow to file his defence or the court will decide on the case. As mentioned previousey you cane get near trading standards now and get fobbed off with citizens advice who (if they think its nessecary and worthy) will pass your info onto trading standards who will then consider if they think its worth persuing . Good luck

I'd want cash or a cheque.

addis123 wrote: »

Just to update. He's been in touch and said he has filled in the refund forms and the money should be back in his account in a few days. He's also asked for our bank details to transfer the money into our account instead of coming round with the cash. It's safe do this isn't it? Also would there be any reason he's asking to do it this way instead of cash (maybe I'm being paranoid) I'm guessing just for conveniance.

Giving an account number and sort code is very safe - although I'm assuming you've gone ahead and given it out.

All people can do with those two numbers is pay money to you.. or set up a direct debit.

Hope you get your money back.