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  • carefullycautious
    carefullycautious Posts: 2,464 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I sent an email through Rightmove to all our local estate agents. I think it was countywide land sales that contacted me who I subsequently phoned and realised that it all sounded a bit dodgy. Why is this company linked to Rightmove?
  • 1903Lee
    1903Lee Posts: 16 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Has anyone who 'invested' with Countrywide Land Holdings made contact with a solicitor? If so can you message me as i'd like to pursue a claim against them too.
    Cheers
    1903Lee
  • geoffky
    geoffky Posts: 6,835 Forumite
    greed wins again,,followed closely by foolishness.....oh dear....
    It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
    Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
    If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
    If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
    If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.
  • 1903Lee
    1903Lee Posts: 16 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    I wish my mother taught at your school...she always said "only make a point if it's worth making". You know nothing about my claim and my circumstances so instaed of floating about cyberspace making cheap remarks get yourself a life or even better offer some constructive comments...if you have them.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 9 October 2010 at 2:55PM
    screwed wrote: »
    well i have certain plots in rusper and cambridge, I have solicitors letters from Cains Associates and that th land is registered to me. Does this mean I dont own anything and all the money I had is gone, please there must be something I can do

    If the land is registered at the land registry in your name, then yes, you own the land.

    A perfectly legal transaction took place: you paid some money, they sold you some land.

    However if you try to sell your land you will be lucky to get a fraction of what you paid: why would anyone pay you that much for a small piece of land that cannot be farmed, cannot be built on, cannot be used?

    You could hang on to it and apply for planning permission. It will almost certainly be rejected.

    You could hang on longer and wait for policy to change and planning permission to be granted. Perhaps in 50 years from now.....

    There again, perhaps not.

    As Geoffky said above:
    greed wins again,,followed closely by foolishness.....oh dear....
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,278 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    1903Lee wrote: »
    Has anyone who 'invested' with Countrywide Land Holdings made contact with a solicitor? If so can you message me as i'd like to pursue a claim against them too.
    Cheers
    1903Lee

    You might be throwing good money after bad. That's the problem. If you received paid-for advice about this deal you might be better off suing the advisers. Likewise, if somebody introduced you to Countrywide, depending on what was said ofc.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • Looking12
    Looking12 Posts: 1 Newbie
    Hi
    I suggest anyone who has been scammed by this company contacts the Metroplitan Police and Trading Standards.
  • esjjk31
    esjjk31 Posts: 4 Newbie
    I have contacted a solicitor and am currently going over plans to take this to court. Anyone else interested in joining me is more than welcome. The solicitor seems confident of a successful outcome
  • GDB2222
    GDB2222 Posts: 26,278 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    esjjk31 wrote: »
    I have contacted a solicitor and am currently going over plans to take this to court. Anyone else interested in joining me is more than welcome. The solicitor seems confident of a successful outcome

    You do know that, even if you have a no-win no-fee agreement with your solicitor, you may become liable for their fees if they can't get them from the other party.
    No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    If you do own the land, what offence has been commited?
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