“Ashley Charles has been SHUT DOWN by Trading Standard. The ......”
1 Star Review
May 25,2017
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'98WhitleyStreet'
May 25,2017
Branch: Reading, 46 London Street
Services: Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £950
Would you recommend?: No
Postcode: RG2
Branch: Reading, 46 London Street
Lettings (as a Tenant)
Rent PCM: £950
Postcode: RG2
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Ashley Charles has been SHUT DOWN by Trading Standard. The business was run by a disgusting bully, friendly when you first look at the property, then as soon as you move in the hell starts. Threatening re-inspection fees because clean dishes that had been left on the draining board were out. Because washing had been left to dry on a clothes horse. The roof leaked, causing mould and damage to personal property, took months to fix. An industrial dehumidifier was hired at OUR expense simply to make the place livable. When we finally had enough and gave notice, it got worse. The property was professionally cleaned, NOT using their preferred cleaners. The 'independent' check out report was sent to us, and upon careful analysis of the document and the photographs it contained, it became apparent that the whole thing was completely faked. Court documents submitted - I would not back down. Court date finally given 3 months later, and then one day before we are due to face him in Court, the full deposit appears in my bank Account (with no email from them to confirm this). COWARDS - I beg anyone considering renting with this disgraceful human to reconsider.
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As for his comments regarding our work - The kitchen he is talking about was done to a decent standard and the work was carried out as per the quote given and after several telephone calls and emails to and from AJ, all materials and work was done exactly how they had asked for it. (one reason we stopped working for him was the way he conducted himself, always wanting to cut corners, always asking for one thing then complaining about it afterwards to avoid paying his bills. He went through tradesmen like a duck through water). Then when the tenant complained about items such as the extractor fan (which was a specific item asked for by AC) he then pretends like he knew nothing about it, making out to the tenant that the tradesmen are always at fault. Regarding his comments about our registered company names - he's using half truths to try and justify his claims. Deltra UK ltd - closed down after our business partners tried to steal £10,000 from us (first lesson learnt about going into business with someone. Something I'll never do again). Mrs Hudsons Limited - closed down after years of building up a decent cleaning and maintenance business only to be let down by staff on the cleaning side too many times and simply giving up on it (speak to anyone in the cleaning industry and they will tell you the same thing. The most stressful part of the business is staff - finding them, training them, keeping them, managing them etc.. etc..., never again). LEA Facilities Ltd - set up to run alongside Mrs Hudsons ltd to manage our commercial cleaning contracts. Keeping the domestic side non-VAT registered for our customers. We closed this down along with Mrs Hudsons Ltd. Alpine Cleaning & Maintenance Services - Same as LEA Facilities, only difference being that it was set up way before we really knew what we were doing and it never traded. It was shut down as we never had enough work at that time to justify splitting the commercial and domestic work (I think we just got a little ambitious a little too early). Lucas Property Services - Our most recent name set up whilst trying to work out whether we wanted to be a limited company again or not. Decided against it and have stayed self-employed. If you have any real interest in any of this (because to be fair even I'm bored of writing this by now) you'll see that a number of these companies have never filed accounts as they never actually traded. It has nothing to do with running away from anything, this is merely a statement made by a thieving con-artist to try and discredit myself (as I said, half truths). He has, however, given contact details of my ex-business partners. Please feel free to contact them as I'm sure they'll give a 'non-bias' opinion of me, ROFL. Or you could just understand that I have put a lot of effort into getting justice for the tenants that AJ has spent years stealing from and the landlords that he has spent years hoodwinking and he's merely trying to make himself feel a little better and reclaim a small amount of pride. Whatever!