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Hey all, First time posting on here.

The reason for my post is to warn others about a company called who call themselves Countrywide Repairs Ltd, who are offering a contract for 350 EICR's in a year.
Their operation is bloody brilliant. They organise phone interviews, use online contracts signature service, have people in the office who seem legit and have an aparent registered company on companies house.

They start off by saying they have changed the way they offer work to electricians due to some taking the work privately from landlords and thus not giving any referral fee to Countrywide Repairs. This has pushed them to have a fee of ÂŁ3,500 to pay, ÂŁ2,500 prior to any work commencing and the rest after 6 months of successful EICR's.

However, it is a scam. I fell for it and feel really stupid. There were a few warning signs and I ignored them.

Beware every electrician out there. Please be careful. They will probably continue to do this under different business names.

They are very good at what they do. They go by the names of Dan, Colin and Adam.

I am still trying to get hold of them. I am speaking with solicitors, a news organization, who are keen to catch these guys in the act. They have Scottish accents and are good talkers.

The email address they used is now not working, so I assume they have disappeared, however I do have email threads and some indication on their whereabouts due to phone calls etc.

If I get any more information about them, I will post here.

Happy New Years Guys.
 
Hey all, First time posting on here.

The reason for my post is to warn others about a company called who call themselves Countrywide Repairs Ltd, who are offering a contract for 350 EICR's in a year.
Their operation is bloody brilliant. They organise phone interviews, use online contracts signature service, have people in the office who seem legit and have an aparent registered company on companies house.

They start off by saying they have changed the way they offer work to electricians due to some taking the work privately from landlords and thus not giving any referral fee to Countrywide Repairs. This has pushed them to have a fee of ÂŁ3,500 to pay, ÂŁ2,500 prior to any work commencing and the rest after 6 months of successful EICR's.

However, it is a scam. I fell for it and feel really stupid. There were a few warning signs and I ignored them.

Beware every electrician out there. Please be careful. They will probably continue to do this under different business names.

They are very good at what they do. They go by the names of Dan, Colin and Adam.

I am still trying to get hold of them. I am speaking with solicitors, a news organization, who are keen to catch these guys in the act. They have Scottish accents and are good talkers.

The email address they used is now not working, so I assume they have disappeared, however I do have email threads and some indication on their whereabouts due to phone calls etc.

If I get any more information about them, I will post here.

Happy New Years Guys.
They are now under vanguard home repairs, they tried the exact same thing to me this week!
 
Hey all, First time posting on here.

The reason for my post is to warn others about a company called who call themselves Countrywide Repairs Ltd, who are offering a contract for 350 EICR's in a year.
Their operation is bloody brilliant. They organise phone interviews, use online contracts signature service, have people in the office who seem legit and have an aparent registered company on companies house.

They start off by saying they have changed the way they offer work to electricians due to some taking the work privately from landlords and thus not giving any referral fee to Countrywide Repairs. This has pushed them to have a fee of ÂŁ3,500 to pay, ÂŁ2,500 prior to any work commencing and the rest after 6 months of successful EICR's.

However, it is a scam. I fell for it and feel really stupid. There were a few warning signs and I ignored them.

Beware every electrician out there. Please be careful. They will probably continue to do this under different business names.

They are very good at what they do. They go by the names of Dan, Colin and Adam.

I am still trying to get hold of them. I am speaking with solicitors, a news organization, who are keen to catch these guys in the act. They have Scottish accents and are good talkers.

The email address they used is now not working, so I assume they have disappeared, however I do have email threads and some indication on their whereabouts due to phone calls etc.

If I get any more information about them, I will post here.

Happy New Years Guys.
I am in conversation with these guys at the moment although they're now called Vanguard.
 
Hey all, First time posting on here.

The reason for my post is to warn others about a company called who call themselves Countrywide Repairs Ltd, who are offering a contract for 350 EICR's in a year.
Their operation is bloody brilliant. They organise phone interviews, use online contracts signature service, have people in the office who seem legit and have an aparent registered company on companies house.

They start off by saying they have changed the way they offer work to electricians due to some taking the work privately from landlords and thus not giving any referral fee to Countrywide Repairs. This has pushed them to have a fee of ÂŁ3,500 to pay, ÂŁ2,500 prior to any work commencing and the rest after 6 months of successful EICR's.

However, it is a scam. I fell for it and feel really stupid. There were a few warning signs and I ignored them.

Beware every electrician out there. Please be careful. They will probably continue to do this under different business names.

They are very good at what they do. They go by the names of Dan, Colin and Adam.

I am still trying to get hold of them. I am speaking with solicitors, a news organization, who are keen to catch these guys in the act. They have Scottish accents and are good talkers.

The email address they used is now not working, so I assume they have disappeared, however I do have email threads and some indication on their whereabouts due to phone calls etc.

If I get any more information about them, I will post here.

Happy New Years Guys.
Hi, I have fallen subject to this. How did you get on?
 
Hi,

This has also happened to us, I have reported to trading standards and included your link to the message. Exactly the same process but a different company name! They also had Scottish accents and good talkers so it's clearly the same company. Happy to chat more to see how we may be able to help each other to try get our money back and ensure this doesn't keep happening to others? You can message me on FB -https://www.------------/laura.harvey.332

I am in conversation with these guys at the moment although they're now called Vanguard.
I am the same even sent a contract, how did you get on. What steps have you taken ?
 

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