A distraught household has been left £107,000 out of pocket after a constructing firm went bust and left their house uninhabitable.
Danielle and Andrew Duffy, from Rochdale, agreed to pay £71,000 for a double-storey extension to their three-bedroom property however have been left with a wreck.
They handed over £62,000 for the work to be carried out solely to obtain an e mail from constructing agency Nuera Building Ltd stating it had gone into administration.
Now they’ve been instructed it is going to price an extra £45,000 to finish the extension, which is cash they don’t have. Mrs Duffy claims that constructing agency boss Michael Ashley Wooden is now not contactable.
The 37-year-old mom stated: ‘He has completely destroyed us each financially and mentally. He has taken each penny that we personal from us.
‘We had been saving for 5 years to assist pay for the work to be carried out. Now we have needed to scrimp and scrape and missed out on holidays to assist pay for this.
Danielle and Andrew Duffy, from Rochdale, pictured alongside their three youngsters
The distraught household has been left £107,000 out of pocket after a constructing firm went bust
After handing over £62,000 for the work to be carried out, constructing agency Nuera Building Ltd acknowledged it had gone into administration
Danielle Duffy, pictured outdoors the entrance of their wrecked house, stated her household has been ‘completely destroyed each financially and mentally’
‘We managed to avoid wasting £15,000 after which remortgaged the home for the rest.
‘Now we have not lived in our home for over a yr now. Happily, my mother-in-law allow us to have her house, whereas she lived elsewhere but it surely was solely presupposed to be for a most of 16 weeks.
‘She has been sensible however, clearly, desires to maneuver again house. It has been a nightmare for everybody.’
The household selected the extension so as to add a fourth bed room so daughters Chloe, 14, and Sophie, 13, may have their very own bedrooms.
‘My eldest daughter is autistic, and her sister is suspected of getting autism and ADHD, so we determined to increase so they may have their very own area,’ defined Mrs Duffy.
The extension additionally included relocating the toilet and growing the scale of the kitchen.
The couple, who’ve a son Lewis, 9, moved out of their home in March 2023 for the work to start however haven’t returned since.
Mrs Duffy, who works as a lunch girl at a college, added: ‘Now we have been quoted £45,000 to finish the work.
‘I simply do not know the way we’re going to pay for it. We do not have that form of cash.
Mrs Duffy stated her semi-detached house was left uncovered to the weather for 5 months
The inside of the home, together with the interior renovations, has been left ‘fully ruined’ Mrs Duffy stated
A take a look at a few of the possessions which had been left behind of their household house
After constructing agency boss Michael Ashley Wooden failed to point out up and made excuses, the home has been left a wreck inside and outside
An aerial view of the Duffy’s household house which they paid £62,000 to get renovated
The household have been instructed it is going to price an extra £45,000 to finish the extension
Mrs Duffy stated her eldest daughter, who has autism, has ‘blamed herself’ and cries herself to sleep each night time
Danielle and husband Andrew stated that they had been saving for 5 years to pay for the renovations
‘Now we have already remortgaged the home for the preliminary extension and are paying for that.
‘I’m so embarrassed. I’ve by no means requested for monetary assist in my life. Every part we have now, we have now labored arduous for.
‘We work to supply an honest life for our kids, and Michael Wooden has destroyed this.’
She added: ‘I’ve my eldest daughter blaming herself for what has occurred. She instructed me that if she did not have autism, we would not have had the work carried out and would not be on this mess.
‘That’s heart-breaking. She cries herself to sleep at night time.’
Danielle and warehouseman Andrew, 38, stated they discovered Rossendale-based Nuera Building Ltd on a number of commerce web sites and opted for the agency after boss Michael visited their house.
Mrs Duffy stated: ‘We contacted a number of companies and he gave the impression to be essentially the most and thorough.
‘He seemed to be essentially the most educated and he inspected the entire home. He actually appeared to know his stuff.’
The couple signed a contract and work started in March final yr, however whereas all the pieces was effective at first, they claimed he began not turning up and making excuses that he was ready for supplies or the subcontractors had let him down.
She added: ‘We had been continually chasing him however as a result of we weren’t dwelling there, we did not hold a detailed sufficient test on the progress.
‘He instructed us to not fear as a result of he would oversee all the pieces.
‘In hindsight, we should always have we should not have stored paying him, however we had a contract, we thought all the pieces could be okay and we had been determined to get in completed so we may transfer again in. Naively, we trusted him.’
Mrs Duffy additionally stated as a result of her semi-detached house was left uncovered to the weather for 5 months, their furnishings, possessions and inner renovation work are all ruined.
A Nuera Building LTD consultant instructed MailOnline: “So far the worth of works accomplished on the Duffy residence totals a price of £59,600.
“There may be additionally a steadiness remaining on the full bill generated of roughly £5,000 which is ready to contribute to the vast majority of remaining works to their undertaking.
“Nuera Building LTD was compelled into the liquidation course of in Late November 2023 on account of a industrial contract failing to pay a considerable steadiness owed.
“Nuera sympathise with the state of affairs and has ensured any supplies saved with ourselves have been returned and can proceed to help the Duffys the place potential.
Nuera is not going to be offering any refunds as though the works had been unable to be completed as supposed, they’ve had the worth in works of paid balances and the ending price is definitely higher than initially quoted on account of amendments and unexpected works all through the undertaking.
“That stated, Nuera is actively in search of potential avenues of compensation to assist in the direction of the completion beneath the circumstances.”
A GoFundMe web page has been set as much as assist elevate cash to renovate the Duffy household’s house: https://gofund.me/a5293d04