Getting money back from cowboy builders

lisawaters

LittleMissKitty wrote: »

Mike! I'm sorry I haven't been more active on the thread.... baby 4 put in an appearance and ruined my MSE time.
I'm just iPlayering you and you live a whole 4.2 miles from me..... I WISH I'd have known. I'm so glad you've had the much deserved help to finally get your home beautiful but if you ever need anything let me know and I can get you a few DIYers to make it quicker for you

Thank you again for saving me from a fate worse than death!

Kitty x

You were the luckiest person on the whole south coast that day! I remember it well. I bet the scumbag is still going around quoting for work and doing his usual 'I'll be back to start Thursday 8 am' fraud.

Congratulations on the new addition.


x

RuthnJasper

Hi Mike,

I was formerly a regular (reasonably!) on MSE, but have been avoiding reality in general and financial stuff in particular, so was staying off the site for a wee while - therefore I missed the rise and rise of Mighty Mike! I don't have a TV either (poverty is no respecter of the BBC licence fee!), so am not aware of DIY SOS, but I got the weekly newsletter today and was intrigued - just finished reading almost all of the threads - WHAT a business you have been through. But MUCH kudos to you; I am so glad that things are looking better for you and your house and that you will have a very long and happy future in your revamped pad.

I also hope that you succeed in getting every penny back from the grasping little Fagin of a builder who stitched you up. You sound like a genuinely decent bloke and I am glad that things have taken a turn for the better.

It just goes to show again what a wonderful site this is, full of some of the loveliest people in existence (plus the inevitable wretched trolls of course, but they get everywhere). I have received some fantastic support myself in tough times from MSE'ers and, hopefully, have been able to cheer up and comfort some of the bods I've posted to. I've said it before - but I SERIOUSLY think Martin is long overdue for a look-in on the Honours List for his advice and support and also for setting up this amazing site where people who feel as though they're in the very bottom of a pit of despair can come for advice, comfort and a bit of solidarity - without having to pay an "entrance fee".

Good luck to you Mike - you deserve your happy ending.

And may I just confirm that, were I wishing to obtain a quote for some building work, it's probably best NOT to contact

"Mr." Paul Bridle of Horsham ...?

Keep smiling!

Roo xx

LittleMissKitty

lisawaters wrote: »

You were the luckiest person on the whole south coast that day! I remember it well. I bet the scumbag is still going around quoting for work and doing his usual 'I'll be back to start Thursday 8 am' fraud.

Congratulations on the new addition.


x

Thankyou for the congrats.

Just finished watching and I must say you're adoreable! (Must make sure I never bump into you!) and I love your garden. Hope you have many many long and happy years in sunny LA.

Kitty x

lisawaters

RuthnJasper wrote: »

Hi Mike,

I was formerly a regular (reasonably!) on MSE, but have been avoiding reality in general and financial stuff in particular, so was staying off the site for a wee while - therefore I missed the rise and rise of Mighty Mike! I don't have a TV either (poverty is no respecter of the BBC licence fee!), so am not aware of DIY SOS, but I got the weekly newsletter today and was intrigued - just finished reading almost all of the threads - WHAT a business you have been through. But MUCH kudos to you; I am so glad that things are looking better for you and your house and that you will have a very long and happy future in your revamped pad.

I also hope that you succeed in getting every penny back from the grasping little Fagin of a builder who stitched you up. You sound like a genuinely decent bloke and I am glad that things have taken a turn for the better.

It just goes to show again what a wonderful site this is, full of some of the loveliest people in existence (plus the inevitable wretched trolls of course, but they get everywhere). I have received some fantastic support myself in tough times from MSE'ers and, hopefully, have been able to cheer up and comfort some of the bods I've posted to. I've said it before - but I SERIOUSLY think Martin is long overdue for a look-in on the Honours List for his advice and support and also for setting up this amazing site where people who feel as though they're in the very bottom of a pit of despair can come for advice, comfort and a bit of solidarity - without having to pay an "entrance fee".

Good luck to you Mike - you deserve your happy ending.

And may I just confirm that, were I wishing to obtain a quote for some building work, it's probably best NOT to contact

"Mr." Paul Bridle of Horsham ...?

Keep smiling!

Roo xx

Hi Ruth
...grasping little Fagin.... you have more self restraint than me!

Let's hope this is your year...

x

lisawaters

LittleMissKitty wrote: »

Thankyou for the congrats.

Just finished watching and I must say you're adoreable! (Must make sure I never bump into you!) and I love your garden. Hope you have many many long and happy years in sunny LA.

Kitty x

You're definitely on my Christmas card list...!

4.2 miles... I could run that... :cool:

x

MatyMoo

Wow!!!!

There have been some amazing, heartfelt and eloquent posts in the last 24 hours, and only some of them have been from Mike

Great mention from MSE Towers to :T:T:T :j:j:j :T:T:T

Butti, I agree with Mike - go with your gut feeling and say a very loud Noooooo Thank Youuuuuuu.

Happy - Sorry you are poorly , hope you are soon on the mend.

Cherisong - So glad you got to see it :T

Well done to the postmen in Littlehampton :T:T:T

Now, could we just stop telling him about the twinkle in his eye and that he is adorable. There will be no talking to him with all this adoration :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

If you were talking about those gorgeous boys....

persephone85

Hi all,
Just had a text today from a good and caring friend directing me to this forum as I am in despair having had my life wrecked by a cowboy who did an appalling job on my house and then did not answer calls or letters.I had just moved, due to divorce, borrowed money to do up the only house I could afford here in the expensive south east and he left me with a house that is far worse than when he started.... how low can people stoop! I went to CAB (very helpful), Trading Standards (ditto) but finally had to see a solicitor (at £285 an hour!) but had to stop as I had paid him (solicitor) £4000 and did n't seem to be getting anywhere! I now live in a cold, crumbling little house that I hate and feel cheated out of £23 000 plus what I paid the solicitor.... would that I could have my time over again! I am 58 and shall have to continue to work full time for many years to try and get straight but cannot really ever see that happening! How do these people sleep at nights! Sorry that my first posting is so miserable... can't help the way I feel!

RuthnJasper

lisawaters wrote: »

Hi Ruth
...grasping little Fagin.... you have more self restraint than me!

Let's hope this is your year...

x

Aww, thanks Mike, that's sweet.

Actually, I have almost no self-restraint - but I don't want to get booted off MSE, hehe :rotfl:

What I would recommend for the Dark Builder of the Sith is a few minutes in a locked room with my dog, Jasper, after the beast has had a heavy hard-boiled-egg and sprout dinner. But capital punishment isn't allowed in England these days... Bring back heads on spikes on the Tower of London walls for dodgy traders...! Or string 'em up from lamp-posts, like Mussolini, in front of a cheering multitude of taxpayers!

That's still quite restrained, I think! I have downloaded the programme to watch on the iPlayer when I've done a bit of long-overdue hoovering!

R xx

MatyMoo

persephone85 wrote: »

Hi all,
Just had a text today from a good and caring friend directing me to this forum as I am in despair having had my life wrecked by a cowboy who did an appalling job on my house and then did not answer calls or letters.I had just moved, due to divorce, borrowed money to do up the only house I could afford here in the expensive south east and he left me with a house that is far worse than when he started.... how low can people stoop! I went to CAB (very helpful), Trading Standards (ditto) but finally had to see a solicitor (at £285 an hour!) but had to stop as I had paid him (solicitor) £4000 and did n't seem to be getting anywhere! I now live in a cold, crumbling little house that I hate and feel cheated out of £23 000 plus what I paid the solicitor.... would that I could have my time over again! I am 58 and shall have to continue to work full time for many years to try and get straight but cannot really ever see that happening! How do these people sleep at nights! Sorry that my first posting is so miserable... can't help the way I feel!

So sorry you are in this situation

The one thing that Mike's supporters wish is that we could find a way to stop this happening to anyone else.

We have seen how it has and continues to wreck lives.

We are open to any and all suggestions as long as they are legal.

We could do with an MP or two to help us and any legal beagles out there that are willing to do pro bono work on our behalf. There MUST be someone on MSE that can get us an in to these sort of people.

Please, please point them in our direction.

We are happy to mass email whoever it takes and get behind any campaign we can - Not just for Mike, but for everyone else in this situation.

IT MUST BE STOPPED

Sorry ,off soap box now......

*crawls away to hide under a rock*

lisawaters

MatyMoo wrote: »

Wow!!!!

There have been some amazing, heartfelt and eloquent posts in the last 24 hours, and only some of them have been from Mike

Great mention from MSE Towers to :T:T:T :j:j:j :T:T:T

Butti, I agree with Mike - go with your gut feeling and say a very loud Noooooo Thank Youuuuuuu.

Happy - Sorry you are poorly , hope you are soon on the mend.

Cherisong - So glad you got to see it :T

Well done to the postmen in Littlehampton :T:T:T

Now, could we just stop telling him about the twinkle in his eye and that he is adorable. There will be no talking to him with all this adoration :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

If you were talking about those gorgeous boys....

Ooooh, don't stop yet! This is all new to me!