£17,670 compensation and court costs has been given to a building partnership for unprofessional and unfair trading practices which left a vulnerable York resident with a damp, leaking house extension
Trading as Ripon Building Specialists, Robert Montgomery (aged 38 of Church Street, Kirby Malzeard) and Jeremy Paul White (aged 62 of Bedale Road, Catterick Garrison, Richmond) were fined today (25 April) at York Crown Court.
Montgomery and White quoted to build an extension designed to accommodate the customer’s disabilities and an elderly relative. The quote was accepted and the customer paid a 30 per cent deposit (£6,500). Work began on 18 August 2014 and was due to finish by the end of September
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