Home Improvement Building Company Shuts In A Hurry!
FAMILIES in Lancashire have been left thousands of pounds out of pocket and living in wrecked homes after a Blackpool building company left town in a hurry.
Luxury home extension firm Space4Living, which builds kitchens, conservatories and orangeries, packed up and shipped out of their Marton showroom – allegedly in the dead of night.
Furious homeowners contacted The Gazette to say they had been left up to £30,000 out of pocket because of the company leaving town.
Many have also been left with half-built extensions – with workmen leaving pipes exposed and conservatories without roofs or walls.
Trading Standards and police are now investigating Space4Living which advertised on its website it was the “North West’s premier home extension company”.
The firm’s now empty Brinwell Road showroom bears a sign in which directors claim the premises are closed for refurbishment.
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However, when The Blackpool Gazette visited the site, the landlord, who did not wish to be named, said the showroom was not being refurbished and Space4Living had left the site.
He said: “Space4Living owners left overnight, and stripped the shop of assets, and the police arrived to see if these items had been taken illegally.
“We have had many inquiries from members of the public and we are obviously very sympathetic towards those who have lost money.”
Customers Ruth and Ian Peri said their home in Fulwood, Preston, had been left in ruins after paying out almost £30,000 to Space4Living.
Mrs Peri said: “I paid Space4Living an £8,000 deposit for an orangery, £4,000 for the kitchen, and another £19,000 for some of the work they have done. All I’ve got for it is a ground floor set down for the orangery and some steel work completed.
“There are exposed pipes in the bathroom, which don’t work, broken gutters and dismantled floor pipes, as well as a skip which I will have to pay £150 to be removed.”
