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Complaint Review: Freshstart Living Empirical Property Group PF Advisors Ltd - Salford Nationwide
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Freshstart Living Empirical Property Group PF Advisors Ltd
2nd Floor Clifton, Wynne Avenue, Salford Salford, M27 8FF Nationwide, United Kingdom
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www.freshstartliving.com
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A LONDON property developer is behind a bid to wind up Salford buy-to-let specialist FreshStart Living.
Roger Walters, chief executive of Supercity UK which operates three aparthotels in the capital, is chasing FreshStart over a £20,000 deposit he paid on 10 flats at a proposed FreshStart student scheme in Nottingham.
He says the scheme is now not going ahead and he wants his money back, but FreshStart insists the development is on track, although it has been delayed.
The company was planning to convert a 30,000 sq ft office building at the Victoria Shopping Centre into 157 student apartments in time for the 2012-13 academic year.
Mr Walters said: "They didn't own the property and they never bought it so there was no chance of developing it so I asked for my money back, and they just don't give it back, it's incredible, they just don't."
Mr Walters issued a statutory demand, which gives a debtor 21 days to pay, and then issued a winding-up petition which was heard in London on Monday. The case was adjourned to give both sides time to submit evidence.
FreshStart's chief executive Charlie Cunningham said it was "rubbish" that the Nottingham development had been abandoned. "We've exchanged contracts which makes us the beneficial owner and we're going through the planning process to change it into student accommodation. It's taken much longer than we hoped it would but there's no question of the scheme not going ahead."
He added: "He's reserved six units and is contractually obliged to buy the units and complete. We've offered him a number of alternatives but that hasn't come to anything."
But Mr Walters told TheBusinessDesk he was not interested in other developments. He said: "I'm not going to let it go, I'm going to take it all the way. They're not denying they have the money, they even offered to move it to another scheme. They're not denying it, they just don't want to give it back."
A developer for 30 years, Mr Walters said he wanted to "let someone else do the developing" and has also put a deposit of £75,000 down on six flats at FreshStart's Trafford Press scheme in Manchester which has not yet been completed.
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#2Consumer Comment
Mon, October 21, 2013
Although they now claim to be at 7 Empress Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, M27 8FF, I could find no sign of them there. The telephone number is 0845 259 1904. Email: [email protected] Or you can get them at urbanblox on 0845 653 1029. Email: [email protected]
My experience:
Pre-contract, Fresh Start Living Limited misrepresented to me they owned property but didn't; They also misrepresented the timescale to exchange and completion. On the basis of their misrepresentations I paid a deposit.
FSL took my deposit money of £xx,xxx without supplying property and have not returned my deposit for over 2 YEARS.. They have no valid excuse. They ignore all contact requests.
They obtained my deposit by deception and simply refused to give it back despite obtaining a court order to repay it (CCJ) and sending the Bailifs round.
They have numerous active CCJ's against them (Source: http://Bizzy.co.uk)
A few helpful but negative posts have been filtered out despite being FACTUAL. I would be surprised if this post isn't removed.
Fresh Start Living Limited have been taken to court many times for not paying their debts i.e. at Luton Court on 15th January 2013. Google this case or you can phone the court to confirm this.
An investor has applied to the courts to have the company shut down.
The One Show on the BBC are doing an exposé very soon and will be filming in Manchester THIS FRIDAY. If you have been a victim and lost money to Fresh Start Living please contact the BBC One Show and help protect further victims by raising awareness.
BBC Contact: [email protected]
