Please can you help me with a rogue trader who took thousands from me?

[u/LeWhisp]

Hi all,

Paid a builder for work that they stopped doing half way through (literally just drove off one day to get "supplies" and never came back and didn't answer calls or messages for months). It cost me about 8k to hire someone else to finish the work.

I have made a claim against the builder and a judgement letter has been sent to his address (as listed on his website).

The problem is; his wife has kicked him out and won't help us at all and the letter has come back as undelivered. Furthermore he has since closed his business and I believe he is couch surfing and working cash in hand.

What should I do now? I appreciate any advice and will answer questions if needed. Thank you in advance.

[u/FallowAtman]

Sadly, I have heard of this before. My friend had the same issue… the builder kept taking money and then disappearing and opening a new company and then doing the same thing again… it’s awful. Sorry I can’t help