Belgrave group

alanls

Belgrave Group / Belgrave Atlanta / Capstone Investments

The above companies are linked as they have been operated by the same
people. Michael David O'Brien was a director of Belgrave Group from 28/4/2009
to July 2013 and is also a director of Capstone Investments.

The Belgrave group started out selling USA properties in Detroit. However due
the catastrophic events they ceased to operate in Detroit and set up a new
company called Belgrave Atlanta which focussed on the Atlanta property market.
There is now a proposal the strike off Belgrave Atlanta but it has now switched
its operations to Capstone Investments.

I lost a lot of money on the house I purchased in detroit from the Belgrave group.
I have a CCJ against the company but they have not paid the money owed.

This is an account of my Detroit house purchase using the Belgrave Group
company number Basepoint Business centre, Premier Way, Romsey SO51 9AQ
Although Belgrave group still exists the company now focuses on properties in
Atlanta 'Belgrave Atlanta' company number 08218378 same trading address as Belgrave group.

I purchased a property in Detroit from the Belgrave group.
The contract stated that the house would be refurbished within six weeks
sufficient to obtain a certificate of occupancy from the local city council.
The refurbishment took much longer than six weeks, it took six months and was
allegedly completed on 31/3/2010. However, the refurbishment was not completed.
I have two independent witness statements verifying that conclusion. I also
have extensive photographic proof of none completion. Members of the Belgrave
group visited the property on a date prior to alleged completion. They did not
enter the property as they were unable to obtain entry.
They looked through the windows and could see work in progress. They did not
visit the property when it was allegedly completed. They relied upon
B&L Properties (Steve Louis) to do the work and provide proof of completion.
The alleged proof was photographs of a completed refurbishment. However, the
photographs were not of my house, that again has been verified by independent
witnesses. The Belgrave group allege that they took Steve Louis to court for
misappropriation of funds I understand the amount was $200,000. The fact is
that the Belgrave group relied upon Steve Louis to do the work and provide
proof that it was done.
They were negligent as they did not inspect the property themselves. I was told
that the property was tenanted on 15th April 2010 by Steve Louis. In fact I
have conclusive proof that the property was never tenanted and that is in
addition to dozens of photographs showing that it was uninhabitable.

As a consequence of this I ended up with a property that still needed a
complete refurbishment. I have lost a lot of money on this property. It had
to be boarded up and refurbished again. The cost of the refurbishment was $16,945,
I suffered a loss of income as the property was not available to rent and taxes
still had to be paid. Belgrave Group were supposed to pay the first year taxes
but they failed to do so, I had to pay $2537.76 to prevent the property from being
forfeited by the city council. There was also a water bill outstanding for
the period prior to my ownership. Eventually Belgrave did pay the first year
taxes.

I am not the only victim of this company, in fact some clients have suffered
worse consequences than myself.