Worthless 10 Year Guarantee
A guttering Firm J & N Plastics, operating from The Builder’s Yard, Bright Street, Darlington does not have a permanent office in this street.
Following completion of a job in Woodham he appears to have disappeared, not taking calls or replying to letters of complaint about his unsatisfactory work.
A year ago he changed guttering and soffits etc which appeared to be ok until heavy rain, and the poor workmanship became evident.
Having a ten year guarantee he was contacted, but failed to remedy the fault until the client decided to go to the Consumer Protection Officer at Durham County Council.
It was then discovered that J. Nicholson doesn’t have a permanent address and it would be difficult to serve a court summons as he has probably now moved to another area where he just operates from a white van.
His strategy is to get a job and then trawl the same area telling neighbours he is working on a house nearby and would they want to take advantage of the good deal he can offer while he is in the area.
He asks to be paid in cash or part cash as he uses local labour to do his work. The man has a slight Irish accent, and is stocky, medium height with a very strong sales approach always wanting to seal a deal with a handshake and flowery promises.
The consumer Protection Officer said “I have been informed by my colleagues at Darlington Trading Standards that the address is a travellers site and there are obvious difficulties with maintaining records of occupants and/or traders who use this address on a temporary basis. This may explain why the trader is not responding to your messages especially if he is not currently working in this area.”
Don’t be caught by this man as he will disappear and your guarantee is worth nothing! This is bad news to those people in Newton Aycliffe who have used J & N Plastics, but everyone else have been warned.
Anyone with details of this man’s wherabouts or home address should contact Newton News on 300212. e-mail
syd@newtonnews.co.uk
