My Hero
Its funny as you get older, you get more cynical and your heroes become normal people. However, this guy is a true legend.
After waiting 8 months for payment he decided enough was enough and took the entire extension down with a sledgehammer…
Seems pretty cut and dried really, he provided something at a cost of £15,000. He never saw the money, so he “took the goods back”. Ok so he can’t reuse the bricks or get his time and effort back, but if he didn’t get paid why should Mrs Dovey get an extension for nothing?
Classicly though some people are already up in arms saying its “not her fault she couldn’t afford to pay” and this will have caused “intolerable stress”. Firstly, if i can’t afford something I don’t buy it. I don’t take it and then say I can’t pay - thats theft. Morever she wasted a week of this mans life. Furthermore any stress cause to Dovey is miniscule in comparison to that of the builder Mr Gray who said:
“It has been very stressful on my partner and family who have also had to deal with it all.”
He estimated that the building work, legal fees, bank charges and lost work cost him about £22,000. So really Dovey still owes him £5,000 and it would have been nice to see the council force her to pay, by use of baliffs if required, as they actually own the property.
Filed by Kieran at April 24th, 2008 under Complaint!, Topical?