Builder won't remove scaffolding

[Mark Hodgkinson]

Name and shame.
If not allowed here, do it on Google, Facebook and other social media.

JIMS Roofing – Guttering Ltd

jimsroofingandgutteringltd.co.uk

based in Chessington. Have reviewed them on google maps, they only have 3 reviews (2 of which are awful). Relative is sticking to recommendations from friends from now on after this experience.

 

[phatboy]

JIMS Roofing – Guttering Ltd

jimsroofingandgutteringltd.co.uk

Guttering of Cuttering? Deary me....!

 

[SFK]

I always suggest looking at companies house before employing a company.

Find and update company information - GOV.UK

Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

Taking this company as an example.

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

Incorporated in 6 May 2022 << a newly formed company.
Website copyright is 2020, which is before the formation of actual company in 2022.
Has not submitted any accounts << No company income show to date.
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued << Has had a warning about not submitting accounts on time.
Owner has not been director of any companies beforehand.
Owner has not used an accountant address, but has used a personal address.

 

[RandomGrinch]

Guttering of Cuttering? Deary me....!

Blimey, and I've just done a reverse image search on this...

Hundreds of UK roofers are using this stock image of what is plainly a US roof.
I believe the image is originally from a New Jersey company

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Guttering of Cuttering? Deary me....!

"...Covering Covering Surrey...." - web site written in a bit of a rush?

 

[opps]

I did a google lens reverse image search of one of the images shown on their website.

It is used by numerous roofing websites.

Google Lens

lens.google.com

That doesn't bode well. At a guess, the same image has been used by 50 web pages. They may well be the same company operating under different web addresses, That however leads me to wonder why a reputable company would use 30+ different web addresses.

Edit- some of those companies have decent feedback, but why would a reputable firm use fake photos?

 

[volks]

Crikey, this thread gave me deja vu! I originally spoke to this company to do my roof, he said he could do next day and I initially said yes as it felt urgent. I did some checking around and ultimately came to the conclusion to cancel it immediately, had a bad feeling. Super glad I did after reading this thread!

 

[volks]

This was what tipped me off. I looked at these good reviews, all left with the same postcode by many famous people.

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD in Chessington | Rated People

Our company is growing to become one of the most respected companies in the area. Our attention to detail, value for money and a commitment to customer serv

www.ratedpeople.com

Jimmy Carr, Howard Hughes, Michael Scott. Super lazy fake reviews!

 

[volks]

I always suggest looking at companies house before employing a company.

Find and update company information - GOV.UK

Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

Taking this company as an example.

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk

Incorporated in 6 May 2022 << a newly formed company.
Website copyright is 2020, which is before the formation of actual company in 2022.
Has not submitted any accounts << No company income show to date.
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued << Has had a warning about not submitting accounts on time.
Owner has not been director of any companies beforehand.
Owner has not used an accountant address, but has used a personal address.

Where did you see the warnings and personal email address? Would love to know so I can check my next roofer might be legit

 

[JBR]

This was what tipped me off. I looked at these good reviews, all left with the same postcode by many famous people.

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD in Chessington | Rated People

Our company is growing to become one of the most respected companies in the area. Our attention to detail, value for money and a commitment to customer serv

www.ratedpeople.com

Jimmy Carr, Howard Hughes, Michael Scott. Super lazy fake reviews!

What a give-away!

 

[SFK]

address? Would love to know so I can check my next roofer might be legit

Volks
I found his personal house address, not his email address. But that is also useful as you can then put that address into Google maps and look at outside of house (or accountant if they are sensible) and put it into Rightmove and look at house to see if local and even inside house (if sold recently).

But to answer your question, there are no direct warnings, you read between the lines.

Use the Compaines house link I provided above and type in company name (typically from bottom of webpage)

Or in Google type...
Companies House and the name of the company of interest.

And Companies House will (all for free, if asked to pay you are on wrong website):
- show name of all directors, their registered address, their age (birth date) and the other Compaines they are currently director of or have been director off (too many is a bad sign).
-show the age of the company by seeing when first registered (I would not have a big job done by a new 12month company)
- show annual financials of company.
- show any bad remarks they have received (eg by being late to submit.)
- you can look inside these files and see what their annual turnover is. (You want that to be a lot higher than the quote you receive to show they have experience and financial reserves).


SfK

 

[Mark Hodgkinson]

This was what tipped me off. I looked at these good reviews, all left with the same postcode by many famous people.

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD in Chessington | Rated People

Our company is growing to become one of the most respected companies in the area. Our attention to detail, value for money and a commitment to customer serv

www.ratedpeople.com

Jimmy Carr, Howard Hughes, Michael Scott. Super lazy fake reviews!

Did you met him? Relative thinks he looked like this person, but is not certain

Jail sentence for serial rogue trader who made £100,000 out of Surrey residents

A serial rogue trader who fleeced vulnerable Surrey residents out of more than £100,000 by overcharging for shoddy building work has been jailed for three years. James Saunders, 51, charged extorti…

news.surreycc.gov.uk

 

[volks]

Did you met him? Relative thinks he looked like this person, but is not certain

Jail sentence for serial rogue trader who made £100,000 out of Surrey residents

A serial rogue trader who fleeced vulnerable Surrey residents out of more than £100,000 by overcharging for shoddy building work has been jailed for three years. James Saunders, 51, charged extorti…

news.surreycc.gov.uk

I did meet them but he didn't look like this. Was more heavy set and bald if I remember correctly. Had someone in the van with him that didn't get out, but don't think it was that chap either

 

[blup]

Lol be careful, this is turning into rogue traders, good that the scaff has gone. It is worth reporting to local trading standards, even if nothing done now, it is likely there have been/will be other complaints that generate action. Emphasise the vulnerability if your relative, and the rip off nature of the work.

Blup

 

[opps]

This was what tipped me off. I looked at these good reviews, all left with the same postcode by many famous people.

JIMS ROOFING AND GUTTERING LTD in Chessington | Rated People

Our company is growing to become one of the most respected companies in the area. Our attention to detail, value for money and a commitment to customer serv

www.ratedpeople.com

Jimmy Carr, Howard Hughes, Michael Scott. Super lazy fake reviews!

And some days they would have 4 glowing reviews all left on the same day. Then nothing for a few days and then loads more.