MOBILE HOME FRAUD - BUYER BEWARE

BazzyM

Don’t get caught out like me. If this stops one person getting caught out or gives you food for thought before handing over a deposit. All I have been through wouldn't of been for nothing.

Buying a park/lodge home? Please beware of unscrupulous companies. Once you have paid your deposit and their phones have ceased it’s an awful feeling. This is written with hindsight as my dream has turned into a nightmare. 

With hindsight I understand how it works.  They offer you a reality to your dream. They get you to visualise by painting the picture of you having fun, family time at the lodge, friends visiting, children playing, using the pool or in my case choosing the kitchen, bathroom and wall coverings. And if you deviate from the path they are sending you on to get your deposit, they will stroke your dream again. My dream was my new home. A home I had designed myself. The realisation of 3 years work and the company I was using was supplying the result. 

Promises, promises promises. Unfortunately they don’t get the job done or get my deposit back. Action does.

I have given QPS PARK AND LEISURE HOME SALES LTD a deadline to give me my money back. which has expired. So here’s hoping. I have reported them to the police that have passed it onto Action Fraud. I have also reported all the companies involved to Companies house for SIGNIFICANT IRREGULARITIES IN THEIR AFFAIRS & MISCONDUCT THROUGH SCAMS AND FRAUD

After they received my deposit they promised to send pictures, promised to send a receipt for the money. They even promised to start the build on a specific date if I gave them the deposit. Which unfortunately I did. 

So in Hindsight my advice to you is:

Make sure that there is the correct and relevant information on their web site. For instance an address, LTD companies registered number and who owns the company. 

When reporting this I was asked ...Reviews?: Are there any and if there are, please make sure they relate to that company and to the product you are buying.

Warranties - what information is there. Make sure they are true and not plagiarised from other companies and their web sites

Does it sound too good to be true? then maybe it is. Do a google search. Have you found the same lodge advertised else where with the same name but with different contact details and different prices. 

Even if you think the company is legitimate, check them out on companies house. Not just the companies name but check the directors names. See if there are any other companies that they have had or have been disolved. 

Check their business partners too. You would not believe how many dissolved companies I found associated with this company. What’s also worrying I have since found a company selling Park Homes in the process of being struck off, but seemingly still trading. 

Looks can be deceiving: I visited the workshop where the build was going to take place and I have been asked time and time again since "was there any signage on the building"? and my answer is no. I believed what they told me, they had only just moved in. Maybe it was true but to the authorities it doesn't paint a very good picture. If there is anything you feel unsure or uncomfortable about, please don’t go ahead. Since then i have also found that the company has cleared out of the building, but not until after they had been there for at least 6 months without paying any rent and set up another limited company to that now debunked address. 

Payment: My advice is Don’t pay by bank transfer. Speak to your credit card company and see if you can transfer your money to your card and pay by that. Hopefully then you will be covered. 

DON’T BE BAMBOOZLED INTO GIVING THEM MONEY BY PROMISES

You are spending a lot of money, your hard earned money. Keep hold of it until you are absolutely 100% sure you can trust the company. Don’t end up like me fighting to get to get my deposit back.

forgotmyname

No company with the exact name of   "QPS PARK AND LEISURE HOMES LTD". 

You need to be accurate with the details. Even minor mispellings can be a problem.

BazzyM

QPS PARK AND LEISURE HOME SALES LTD

Pollycat

Another (different but same company) thread by the OP here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/76919207#Comment_76919207

hollydays

She is now working for www.westfieldcountrypark.co.uk , as a Sales Manager. Fitling, Burton Pidsea, Yorkshire, HU12 9AL One of the parks Hoseasons represents.

hollydays

Where was this accommodation to be sited?

BazzyM

Thank you. It was to be sited on my own land 

DCFC79

BazzyM said:

Thank you. It was to be sited on my own land 

Have you read some of the other replies on the other thread ?